His Butler, Elizabeth
Chapter X: His Butler, Not Flattered
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Suddenly, Elizabeth felt herself falling down only to be caught by Ciel right before she hit the ground. Ciel's arm was around her waist. Their faces were inches apart.
And way he looked at her with his eyes (or, from what she could tell eye) was full of excitement, full of passion, it was full of love. And then she realized something.
That was not Ciel.
He was leaning down, it looked like he was going to kiss her. As much as Elizabeth wanted that, she stood up and shook her head.
"No." She said simply as she walked in a circle, "No, no, no. You're acting different Ciel. Very different."
He nodded, "I'm aware of that. I feel a little different, too. Do you want me to stop? Because I've sort of tried, but it hasn't been working. I could try harder though."
"You've been feeling different? How?" She interrogated.
"Well," He began, "I've only been feeling different around you. I feel awkward and stiff, but on a good way. And I also feel warm and a little fuzzy."
Elizabeth's stomach got extremely fuzzy inside. Ciel had a crush on her. She shook her head again, "How long have you felt this way?" She asked, trying not to be eager.
"Since yesterday." He replied, "Around the time you served me my tea."
Elizabeth's eyes widened, "I...there must've been something in the tea. But I put in the same things I always do. Unless someone else did..."
"Well, who would've done that?" Ciel pondered.
So both of them thought for a moment, and when none of them came up with an answer, Elizabeth spoke, "Well, you aren't the only one that feels this way-"
"Wait, there's another guy?" He interrupted, "Who is he? He's going to-"
"No! Not about me, Ciel. Other people have drank love potions. Maybe we should go ask someone about it."
"Who in the world could we ask?" He asked.
He knew that deep down, Elizabeth was a brilliant girl. It had nothing to do with death, so they couldn't go to the Undertaker. It had nothing to do narcotics, so they couldn't go to Lau and Ranmao. But Elizabeth had brought him here. Elizabeth was brilliant...
...but then again, Einstein couldn't remember his own address...
"Elizabeth, why are we here?" He asked.
"They know everything about love!" She exclaimed happily.
"Nina and Alisha?" He questioned, "They know everything about love?"
She smiled, "Of course they do." She replied as she opened the door.
"Well, if it isn't my favorite Earl and his fiancée." Nina greeted, "You do know I can't do anything without an appointment, right?"
"We know that." Elizabeth replied, "We want to-"
"LIZZY!" Yelled a loud voice.
"Alisha!" She called back as the young woman previously mentioned rounded the corner.
"Lish!" Nina called, "Slow down."
The brunette stopped and looked at her sister, "Sorry."
"As I was saying," Elizabeth continued, "It seems there has been a mysterious love potion epidemic. No one knows what it is, or the extremity of its affects."
"So what's being given to people that makes them fall in love?" Nina asked.
Elizabeth shrugged, "No one is sure. I gave Ciel some tea for a headache yesterday and now he's in love with me."
Nina turned to Ciel, "Is that true?"
Ciel pursed his lips and mumbled, "So? It's not my fault. Besides, she smells like strawberries..."
"Aww..." Alisha gaped.
Ciel's face turned pink, "Shut up! How are they supposed to help us again?"
"Alisha's a chemistry major! Maybe she can analyze...stuff..." Elizabeth tried to think of the proper word, but it wouldn't come to mind.
"The tea?" Alisha tried.
"Yes." Elizabeth replied reaching into her pocket, "Here. All I did was pour this into boiling water."
The young woman sniffed the tea bag, "Well, it smells normal. Maybe it contains an extreme infatuation pheromone releasing product. Or it could just contain an infatuation pheromone that reacts when..." At this point, Ciel had stopped listening and his attention was turned to Elizabeth.
'Lizzie...' He thought absentmindedly. He leaned toward her neck and smelled her hair, 'It smells like strawberries...'
Lizzie's eyes widened when she relized what was going on. Her face immediately became redder than a fire truck hit with tomatoes.
"Um, Ciel?" She began extremely softly.
"Hmm?"
"What are you doing?"
Ciel jumped away from her, "I-I...I...I...um I-I...I'm sorry. You just smelled like strawberries...I like strawberries."
Nina stifled a laugh, "He does that? Wow, I need to get a hold of that stuff. I bet someone's flattered..."
"I...am a not flattered." Elizabeth stated as a-matter-of-factly, with her face even redder, "I'm worried. Ciel would never be like this of his own free will."
"Well, I'll analyze the tea and get back to you as soon as possible. See you around." Alicia bade.
"Yes, we must get back before Bard blows something up again." Elizabeth said as the two nobles exited the store.
She wasn't talking to him, she wasn't smiling at him, she wasn't even looking at him for Pete's sake.
"I'm sorry." He tried.
She shook her head, "It's okay. You didn't do anything wrong."
"Then why are you upset with me?" He asked.
"I'm not." She replied assuringly as she turned her head to him.
"Then why wont you speak to me? You usually have a thousand things to say."
She bit her lip and turned back to the window, "I'm afraid that if I say something, it'll be extremely stupid."
"About earlier, I'm really-"
"I'm not upset. It was okay. It kind of...tickled. It just caught me by surprise. That's all."
"...Okay..." He replied.
So they sat in silence for a few minutes, occasionally giving each other sideways glances, but the silence was interrupted by them coming to an abrupt stop.
Ciel swung the door open, "Finnie! What happened?"
"This kid told me to stop in a very passionate voice, so I stopped." The gardener explained.
"What kid?" Ciel demanded. His question was immediately answered when a platinum blond boy pushed him out of the way and fell down to his knees in front of Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth Midford! I love you! I've loved you ever since the moment I laid eyes upon you! Which was about 15 minutes ago when you were walking out of Nina Hopkins's shop!" The boy cried.
"I..." Elizabeth was very stunned. Ciel, meanwhile, was fuming (anime-style), with smoke -literally- coming from his ears.
"Hey," the boy began, "Who's the angry, short fellow dressed like a pirate?"
"He's my fiancé." She replied as Ciel screams of, 'I'm not a PIRATE!' went unnoticed.
"Oh," He replied as he turned to the Earl, "You're fired."
A large puff of smoke emitted from Ciel's ears, "Excuse me?!"
"You are relinquished from your duties as her betrothal. I'm her fiancé now." The boy announced happily.
"Who are you?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah! Who do you think you are?" Ciel questioned angrily.
He grabbed Elizabeth's hands, "I will make you mine Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Midford! Or my name isn't..."
"...isn't what?!" Ciel demanded.
The boy stomped his foot, "I was trying to pause for dramatic effect! Anyways, I will make you mine Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Midford! Or my name isn't Alois Trancy!"
A/N- Bum bum bum! Haha! You didn't see that coming did you! :P
Review Responce-
DissIsCourtneyxx- I know right! I feel bad for all of them... Well, now I feel really bad for Ciel, but...
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NVCiel- Thank you! And your welcome! I love the way you view my story, it makes my see my story in a different light.
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"'Oh? It seem Smile isn't the only one in love with Greenie...' Notes Wordsworth.
'Oh, no. They are trying to kill each other!' Says Goathe.
'And who even gave them that stuff to begin with?' Asks Keats."
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