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Days turned to weeks and those soon turned into months. Lydia had accumulated quite a collection of dresses during her stay at the Phantomhive manor, and the general dislike that Ciel originally had for her slowly dissipated. That fake smile that he gave to everyone else became a real one around her. She'd even started calling him by his first name. It slipped out once a while ago and she was never corrected. Ciel blushed and laughed and smiled more often. He was almost a different person.
The servants had taken a liking to her as well. She'd taught Mey-Rin to be a little less clumsy, showed Baldroy how to properly prepare a meal for him young master, and well… she sometimes kept Finnian company in the garden. There was really no way for Lydia to help him train his brute strength. Sebastian had even grown rather fond of her.
"Young Master, this came for you today. I have reason to believe it is from your fiancée," Seabstian said, handing Ciel a letter in a pink envelope off of a silver platter. His first name was written in handwriting so fancy that it almost wasn't legible. Lydia, who was already sitting beside Ciel, peeked her head up from behind her book, watching Ciel take the letter.
She'd forgotten that he was betrothed.
"She wishes for me to join her for tea sometime soon. I should have expected this. I knew this was coming after about 2 months without a letter or call from her," the earl thought aloud. He looked to his side at Lydia, who seemed to still be quite interested in one of his books of poems written by an Edgar Allen Poe. "Lydia," he called her. She dropped the book almost immediately into her lap, all of her attention now focused on Ciel. "You might like Elizabeth. You two seem to have a lot in common. Yes… I could see you getting along swimmingly." The way he said it sounded like he was trying to convince himself more than his guest that she and his fiancée would behave around one another.
Lydia giggled. "I'm sure the two of us will get along just fine, Ciel. From what I can read of that letter you're holding, I can tell that she's obviously a very sweet girl."
Ciel smiled and Sebastian let out a low chuckle.
Sorry these chapters are getting so short. Maybe a review would help me write more?