Chapter 2: Learning to be a lady.
I glanced at the Phantomhive butler as he led me out of the study. Looking around the vast halls that I was taken down, we finally came to a stop outside one room. Sebastian simply opened the door, and strode in. I fallowed soon after. Looking around the room, I was simply in awe. The bed itself looked to be a California king size bed. The blanket on the bed looked very plush and soft. Standing where I was inside the room, I gazed along the walls. Out the corner of my eye, I caught he butler staring at me with his intense gaze. Turning to him, I gave him my full attention.
"The young master told me to find you a room fit for a lady. I believe that this one would suffice."
I looked over at him, and nodded my head, still in awe. Never in my life had I seen a room almost the size of a house. I nodded my head.
" Very lovely. I cant believe this room is so huge.. It alone is the size of my whole house."
I saw him walk over to the dresser, or armoe(sp) and threw open the large double doors. He looked inside for a moment or two, before pulling out a hunter green dress. Walking over to my new bed, he placed it down, and walking over I tilted my head to the side.
" Please don't tell me I need to wear this..,."
He gave me a look, before nodding his head. Walking around to my side, he placed a hand on my lower back, and the other hand on my shoulder. Pushing against my lower back, he pulled against my shoulder. It took me a few seconds to realizes tat he was trying to straighten out my back.
" A proper lady has to be the picture of sophisticated grace. Slouching your back like that will not do. I do believe that it is time that I teach you the proper way to behave like a lady. First things first. I will have Mey-Rin fit you into your dress."
He took out his pocket watch, and sighed. Placing it back into his pocket, he would head for the door.
" I trust you to be ready soon, so that your lessons could begin" He nodded his head as he turned and shut the door. A few minutes later a made with red hair, and thick glass's came into the room. Placing the torcher device down, he gave me a big smile.
" Hello there, my name is Mey-Rin, yes I am. I'm going to be helping you into your dress and corset, that I am."
I give her credit for having an upbeat attitude, but there was no way in hell that I was going to be fitted into that cage. I looked around, I knew that some of these old rooms had secret doors, but if this one had one, I would need to find it. Mey-Rin soom approached me as she held out the corset.
"Please no…"
" Come on now, miss. Its not that bad, really its not."
"Easy for YOU to say, where I come from, corsets are used to turn on your boyfriend or husband to spruce up one's sex life."
I kind of felt back for her, because as soon as I said that, her nose started to bleed a bit. Placing a hand to her bloody nose, she eeeped, and looked at me. I could tell that she was trying to get a mental image as she processed what I just said.
"Don't think to much on it…"
I sighed and resigned myself to my fate. Only reason why I am letting her put that dang cage on me is because I made her nose bleed with my horrid comment. She quickly picked up the corset, and slide it around my waist. Hm. 'Not so ba- BLOODY HELL GET THIS THING OFF ME!' I nearly lost my breath when she was pulling up the strings to my corset. I closed my eyes, and after a few minutes, the horror was over, and the corset was on.
" there you go miss, all set with the corset. Now we need to place the petticoats on you, yes we do."
" Well I guess it wasn't so bad…"
Sighing I lifted my arms up, as she slit the coats around my body, fallowed by the half cage thing that goes in back of me. Finally The dress came on. It fitted over my head, and down my body. Sticking my arms through the sleeves, I turned around and allowed her to button it for me. Once I was complete, I walked over to the mirror, and looked at myself. I looked stunning to say the least. The dress hugged my curves in all the right places, the color glowed against my (skin type here.). I twirled around and looked at myself. The dress had volume and body to it. All in all I can say that I rather liked it.
" Not bad, if I may say so myself…"
" Yes, you look most lovely, yes you do."
So now I guess its time to go and find the devil incarnate-I mean The Phantomhive butler. Really, he could double as the phantom of the opera. All he would need would be the mask. He already has the looks, the voice. Who knows, maybe he can sing. Mey-Rin and I walked down the halls to a smaller study. She opened the doors, and I walked in. another look of awe was on my face. I also failed to noticed said butler looking at me with a grin on his face.
"Welcome to my study. This is where I do most of my paperwork, and where I give the young lord his lesions of the violin. Today, it will be used to teach you to be a proper lady."
He smirked at me, and frankly I had a feeling that something was going to happen right now. He motioned for me to take a seat, and rushing over to the chair. I sat down, and gently fixed myself. He sighed, and walked over to me. Once again, he fitted me in the chair properly. Once I was sitting pretty, if you will, I watched him sit down behind the desk.
" Now, from where you come from, do you know anything about how things are done in the 1800's?"
Thinking for a moment I would remember my history lessons at school(The only class I really paid attention in)
" Besides wearing these toucher devices you people have the audacity to call corsets, there was the Industrial Revolution, Child slave laws, and a few other things that I have forgotten."
I saw him pinch the bridge of his nose as he looked at me. Standing up, he walked around the desk, and walked over towards the bookshelf. Taking a rather heavy looking book, and made his way over to me. He motioned for me to stand up. Doing so, I felt the heavy book placed on my head.
" The first thing about becoming a lady, would be walking. I want to see you walk around the study with that book on your head. Keep in mind that I will be watching, and will be correcting you when you do something wrong."
I took a step away form him, and started to walk the way I normally walked. However I soon felt a hand on my shoulder.
" No. There was no grace in that . Glide across the floor, you are a noblewoman. You are going to be representing my lord and his house while you stay here. Now. Again.
This went on for a few hours. When I finally got the hang of it with one book, he added another one, though lighter then the other one I did that for most of the day. Finally it was time for lesson two. Eating properly. We ended up at the main dinning table, and Sebastian sat me down. Once again he propped me to his likening. I was told to stay where I was. Looking around I let out a deep sigh.
" I hope this lesson doesn't take to long, and I hate to complain, but im getting a little tired, and my neck and back is sore. Plus it feel slike my insides are gonna get squeezed out."
I rarely ever complain, but when I do I'm usually in the greatest of pains. We sat there going over the different etiquettes of being noble. A few times, Sebastian had to slam his hand down on the table to keep me awake. I was getting tired, and hungry. Finally, he nodded his head,
" That will be all for today. Its nearly dinner time, and I wish to give my master his meal on time. You are dismissed."
I had never been so happy to leave a dinner table. Listing up my petticoats, I all but fled from the room, however before I could pass the thresh hold, the butler had a firm hand on my arm. Stopping I let my(your color eyes) widen as I stared up at reddish eyes.
"You have done decent for today, however tomorrow we shall be practicing how to dance. So I openly suggest you get a good nights sleep my lady."
I sighed, and looked defeated. Tomorrow we were going to work on dancing. Did I mention that I have two left feet? This was going to be great. Please not the amount of sarcasm that I am using. So, what do I do when I'm faced with a problem?
I simply smile.
" you do realize that I have two left feet, and that I'm possibly going to break your own. Just letting you know ahead of time so you can request time off from work so you can recover."
I had to smirk there. He simply shook his head, but returned my smirk with one of his own.
" We shall see, Milady, We shall see…"
I simply stared at him, and walked away. I knew that something was going to brew form this newest encounter. The way that he looked at me just now, it was as if he was a cat, and I, the mouse. All I know, is this…
The gantlet has been thrown, and the challenge..
Accepted.
AN: Ok here is the second chapter to Sebastian. Here is were things are no longer going to fallow the same context. The chapters are now going to become different in their own ways as the storyline progress's. Just to let you know, I do have a learning disability, and I do apologies for some of the minor mistakes that I make. Sadly Microsoft Word cannot pick up on all mistakes, epically those that have the same meaning, and more the one proper spelling. Thanks to HoneyBadgerGal for pointing out this style of posting. I rather enjoy it, thank you so much for resurrecting me with your mighty Chainsaw of Criticism. I hope to do you, and everyone else proud. Ja ne!
