Chapter 7

Eliza didn't say a thing; she only stood next to the door and watched Henry as he walked back into his study. Eliza hesitated a second and then followed him.

Henry stood in front of his bookshelf and looked at it. He didn't move he only stood there and the only sound that was heard was the breathing of the couple.

"I am sorry." Eliza honestly said. She didn't know what else to do.

"What are you sorry for? Maybe for the fact that he thought that you agreed on marrying him or for the fact that he kissed you in front of me, your fiancé?" Henry asked and turned to face Eliza.

"I am sorry for the fact that he insulted you and for the kiss, but I also feel sorry for him. He loves me and thought that we had a future together and I just broke his heart." Eliza honestly replied.

"You can feel sorry for him as much as you want to, but you will never see that stupid boy again! Do you understand me?" Henry told her.

"You have no right to tell me who I am allowed to see and who not." Eliza told him with anger in her voice.

"I have every right if that bloody boy is trying to steal my fiancée!" Henry told her, his and just like Eliza with anger in his voice.

"You are jealous of him aren't you? I tell you what Henry; I can go where ever I want to go when ever I want to and if I want to meet Freddie you are not going to stop me." Eliza's voice was now filled with anger.

"Good go and meet him or better run of with him!" Henry now yelled.

"Yes I might run away with him! At least he is not a confirmed old bachelor like you! " She yelled back.

"Very well woman go and run a way with that boy, but than never come back!" He yelled and storm out his study, up to his room.

Eliza who just realized what she had said followed him and called after him, "Henry wait! I didn't mean it that way!" She now stood behind him at the door of his bedroom.

Henry waited a second, opened the door and without saying a word went inside.

Eliza stood in front of the now closed door and didn't know what to do. She had hurt him and that without even thinking about it. When she didn't hear anything from Henry's room she went to her bedroom and into bed, but she had to adjust things in the morning.

The next morning Henry woke up before his alarm rang, which was a rarity. He dressed and went downstairs for breakfast.

At the dining table Eliza already ate her breakfast. When she noticed Henry she smiled.

"Good morning Henry, Pickering is visiting a friend in the north and he wanted to stay the hole weekend, so he went this morning, then he has hole Saturday." She told him helplessly, she didn't now what to tell him.

"Morning Eliza, good for him." He stated uninterested, sat down and began to eat.

After some time, where neither of them said anything Eliza had enough.

"Henry I am sorry, I didn't mean what I said. It slipped out." She tried to assure him.

"Is that so. You sounded quite serious, but then my ears aren't that good anymore. You know the age." Henry remarked sarcastically.

"Damn Henry you know that I didn't mean it! I was mad at you and wanted to make you angry." She explained him, but saw that he didn't believe her.

"Henry please don't do that. Don't shut yourself away." She said under tears.

When Henry realized that she was crying he felt bad. He took Eliza's hand in his and tried to calm her, "Eliza, I know that you didn't mean it, I only got so mad because I might have been a little jealous."

Eliza looked up with a smile on her face, "You know that you don't have any reason to be jealous." She assured him.

"Good, now we can have a nice breakfast. You said Pickering has gone away over the weekend?" Eliza nodded "Then we will be all alone in this house, after all the staff has of over the weekend too. Do you think it's a good idea to leave the two of us alone?" He asked her teasingly.

"Why Professor, do you plan on doing anything improper with me?" She asked flirting.

Henry looked at her with a grin on his face, "Well Miss Doolittle if you go on behaving like that, I might get weak."

"Behaving like what Professor? I don't know what you mean." She asked innocently.

"You little vixen you know exactly what I mean." Henry told her but he just couldn't wash that grin of his face. He liked that they where playful around each other, but of cause he would never openly admit it.

When they were done with breakfast Henry was lost in his thoughts.

"You have an appointment at 1 o'clock." Eliza told him.

Henry's head snapped up, "How did you know what I was thinking about?" he asked stunned.

"You always have a funny look on your face when you try to remember something." She told him.

"I certainly do not!" Henry defended himself.

"You certainly do, darling." Mrs. Higgins told her son.

Henry and Eliza turned toward her.

"Mother! What the devil are you doing her?" Henry asked his mother annoyed.

"Nice to see you too son. I am here to take Eliza out for some shopping." She answered not caring about the annoyance of her son.

"Oh but Mrs. Higgins I don't have any money." Eliza said disappointed.

"That's no problem. Henry is going to buy you your things, right darling?" Mrs. Higgins asked.

"Why the devil should I? She doesn't need more clothes she has enough of them!" Henry replied.

Eliza got even more disappointed, "Your son is right I have enough clothes, but I would have enjoyed it very much."

Henry realized that she would really like to go, so he gave in, "Alright woman, you can go and waste my money on stupid clothes, but don't overdo it."

Eliza's eyes lit up. She had to hold herself back from rushing into his arms and shower his face with kisses.

Mrs. Higgins had to smile. She still couldn't believe how soft Henry was around Eliza, she didn't know that Henry even could be like this.

"I am going to wait for you in the study." She told Eliza and Eliza only nodded.

When Mrs. Higgins disappeared I the hallway Eliza rushed to Henry, pulled him into a thin hug, gave him a sweet kiss on the cheek and whispered, "Thank you." In his ear.

"What ever for you silly thing?" He asked already knowing what for but he wanted to hear.

"For letting me waste your money on stupid clothes." She answered with a knowing smile and disappeared in the hallway.

Henry went into the study to wait with his mother. After some time Henry couldn't ignore the silly smile on his mother's face.

"What is the matter mother?" Henry asked uninterested.

"You really love her don't you?" She asked back.

Henry looked at her and said with an uninterested and cool voice, "No mother I only use her. You know she is such a pretty little thing and is going to be a good wife."

"Henry can't you just once in your life talk about your feelings." She scolded her son.

Just as Henry wanted to say something Eliza walked into the room.

"We can go if you like to." She told Mrs. Higgins.

"Alright. Good-bye son. Eliza I am going to wait outside, please don't take to long." She told them and went outside.

Eliza walked over to Henry kissed his cheek and told him, "Don't forget your appointment at 1 o'clock. Good bye." Henry nodded and she turned to leave, but Henry took hold of her arm turned her back to face him and gave her a short kiss on the lips.

"Now you can go, but don't spend all my money." He told her and let her leave.

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