Please remember that I, sadly, do not own Pandora Hearts or afiliated characters. Only my own characters, I own them, Alisha and Reiyo.
'That couldn't have been more awkward if I tried.' Alisha thought, shaking her head slowly. 'Oh Alice, I really hope they don't explain it to her, or even worse, make me explain.'
After mustering up as much strength as she could she stood up. As she did the world began to spin.
'That was weird.' Alisha thought after a few seconds. 'I guess I really am tired.'
She made her way over to the bedroom door and opened it. She took a couple of seconds to adjust to the bright sunlight that was filling the room. When she could see again she noticed that Alice and Gilbert were arguing while Reiyo and Oz looked on amused.
"I was just trying to wake her up!" Alice was defending herself.
"You heard what Reiyo told us she had a tough night and should have been allowed to sleep in."
"Stupid Seaweed head, Sharon said that they were going to come over at 10, it is nearly that now. I just wanted to make sure she was awake."
"Good morning." Alisha interrupted whatever Gilbert was going to say.
All heads turned her way. She was met by a chorus of good mornings. She walked over to the front door and grabbed the jacket from where she placed it earlier. She put it on before going back over to them. She stopped when she heard someone at the door.
"See I told you!" Alice got up and ran past Alisha to open the door.
Through the open door way Alisha could see Sharon and Break's smiling faces. Their happiness made Alisha wonder what they had in mind. Break looked over at Alisha and winked. She just looked back at him then turned around.
"Good morning everyone, are you ready for tea?" Sharon said while she walked over to the group of people clustered by the couch.
"Why are you wearing a jacket? Not like its cold in here?" Break asked Alisha as he passed her.
If looks could kill, the glare Alisha just gave Break would have ensured that he was no longer part of this planet.
"For your information, I got a chill from last night." Alisha responded pointedly. 'Not like you would know after leaving without saying goodbye.' She added silently.
Break looked moderately surprised that she would have spoken about that here. Not like it was a secret, it's just that they may take it the wrong way. "Oh did you?'
"Yes, Reiyo hogged the blankets all night so I was freezing."
Reiyo was sitting on the couch still and piped in, "Yep my bad."
"What about you? How did you fare?" Alisha continued as if Reiyo didn't even speak.
"Break was out all night at Pandora! Those people clearly have no regard for the individual person.' Sharon was obviously aggravated. "He hasn't had time to sleep at all since he came back when the sun was just rising. I told him that we could postpone this until later, but he wanted to make sure that Alisha had som-"
Sharon broke off when Break placed his hand over her mouth to prevent her from spilling the secret before the time was right.
Alisha was just close enough to catch Break's whispered words in Sharon's ear.
"That is a surprise; we don't want to let the cat out of the bag so soon right, Milady?" He released his hand as Sharon nodded.
By now Gilbert and Oz both were noticing that something was up. They glanced at each other before Gilbert cleared his throat to speak.
"Alisha-san? Are you feeling alright? You are determined to give Break a hard time."
Even though he meant it as a joke, he still wanted an answer. He lifted his hand and placed it on Alisha's forehead.
"Nothing happened between the two of… Alisha!" Gilbert broke off with a start. He placed his palm more firmly against Alisha's forehead. "You are burning up! You must have caught a cold last night."
"Or this morning when Alice…" Oz didn't finish, instead he blushed as if the image was still fresh in his mind.
Gilbert and Alisha locked gazes then both turned identical shades of pink. Gilbert removed his hand and turned around. Alisha also turned her head around as if just by not looking at them maybe it didn't happen.
Break and Sharon both had no idea what was going on, but Sharon was determined to find out.
"Soo, what happened this morning? What did we miss?" She asked sweetly.
Alisha shot her head forward to look at Sharon before stuttering, "N-nothing happened!"
Sharon didn't buy that. She gave Alisha a doubtful glance before Alice began speaking.
"Nothing much happened in my eyes. Just a little of this and that. Alisha, Oz and Seaweed head all flipped out when I woke up Alisha. Also I still want to know what those are!" Alice pointed downward on Alisha again.
"'Those'?" Sharon repeated. "What does she mean 'those'?
Alice opened her mouth to speak, but Alisha cut in.
"Not yet." Alisha cut off Alice. "Before we divulge in that topic, we have another thing to discuss. Sharon," Alisha paused and coughed a couple of times, Gilbert tried to say something but Alisha shooed at him with her hand. "What did you mean when you said that you couldn't postpone this?"
"Alisha, you are sick, you need to go back to bed." Gilbert tried to persuade Alisha.
"I am not sick, I just had a little tickle in my throat that's all; and I need to find out what they were talking about.
Sharon sighed and said, "We were planning on waiting until after tea time but I guess we can go to the surprise now. Break, would you mind getting the trunk?"
Break dipped his head before going down the hallway and out the door. He came back with a large mahogany trunk. He set it down in front of Alisha and gave her a slight smile.
"For you," He said.
Alisha gave Sharon a look of surprise, and when she nodded Alisha got on her knees to open it.
The trunk had a buckle on the front of it. She unbuckled it and when she lifted the top open Alisha was amazed at what was inside.
Sharon and Break had brought the dresses that Alisha had tried on at Sharon's house. The ruffled dark blue one, the light pink one with the crystals, and the lilac one were all inside the trunk. There was also a new one that she hadn't seen before. This one was a light material like cotton; it was a light sky blue one just like, Alisha reflected, her undergarments. She stifled a laugh as she lifted her head.
"That last blue one is a night gown," Sharon said. "That way you won't have to sleep in that shirt and pants."
'Oh she doesn't sleep in the pants anyway." Alice cut in.
Alisha was too jubilant to care about the snide comment. As soon as she got on her feet she ran over to Sharon and wrapped her in a big hug.
"Thank you so much!" Alisha was fighting back tears. "This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me."
Sharon hugged Alisha right back. "You are so welcome, but it was not my idea to bring it here."
Alisha broke the embrace and took a half a step back. She had a puzzled expression on her face.
"Then who?" Alisha asked.
"Break had the idea when he came home earlier today. He thought that it would be nice to bring them to you."
Alisha looked over at Break surprised. Then she tossed her arms around Break's neck.
"Thank you." Alisha truly meant it. "You're forgiven." Alisha whispered as quietly as she could.
"Hm?" Break breathed while wrapping his arms around Alisha as well.
Alisha dispelled the question by shaking her head at the nape of Break's neck.
She released Break and was about to walk back to the trunk when Sharon spoke up.
"Now then, what was the 'those' in question?" Sharon inquired.
"Oh!" Alisha turned around and cupped Sharon's ear. As Alisha was explaining what Alice wanted to know Sharon's eye lit up.
"You want to know that! I can tell you, Alice-chan." Sharon said.
"Really?" Alice piped up.
"Not. Right. Now." Alisha articulated. "You can do that on your own time." She laughed.
Alisha went back over to the trunk and as she was about to shut it something caught her eye. There was a small pouch in the top right corner. She picked it up and heard the jingle of coins. Alisha brought her head up, her eyes seeking Sharon's, looking for an explanation.
"I thought we could go on a shopping spree one of these days. You can maybe get some other clothes that are maybe a little less fancy. Ones that would be good for everyday."
"Oh Sharon, thank you so much, for everything. I don't know what I could do to repay you!" Alisha's voice went up an octave on that last word and it sent a splint of pain through her body. "Ahh," Alisha's hands went immediately to her throat in an attempt to stop the pain but it was futile.
"Alisha!" Break shouted and ran over to her, placing a hand on her back for support. He looked up at Gilbert who had also rushed over along with everyone else. "She is burning up, and despite that, she is shivering."
"Like I told her, she is sick. Let's get her to back in bed." Gilbert reached down to pick her up but she raised an arm to push him away.
"I am fine; I'm just a little tired that's all." Alisha began to stand up.
Once she was on her feet she walked over to the room she was staying in. Sharon had followed along with everyone else. Now she shooed everyone away.
"Give her some space." Sharon followed Alisha through the door way and closed the door behind her. "Here, I brought the night gown."
Alisha had made her way over to the bed and she sat down heavily.
"I really am sick aren't I?" Alisha regretted. "I guess it was last night, well this morning actually."
"Most likely, now raise your arms so I can get you in the nightgown." Sharon demanded.
Alisha did as she was asked obediently and waited while Sharon tugged the shirt over Alisha's head replacing it with the new gown.
"Stand up for a second and take off the pants."Sharon waited until Alisha did before continuing. "What were you saying about getting sick this morning?"
"Around one I went outside and went on the roof." Alisha painfully told her.
"But it was freezing last night!" Sharon was thoroughly shocked.
"I know, but..." Alisha groaned in pain.
"Shh, lie down and get some rest." Sharon said. "Try and go to sleep, okay? When you wake we can have some tea, and then go shopping."
"I would like that, thank you, for everything Sharon." Immediately after saying that, Alisha was asleep.
Sharon made her way outside to greet the anxious people on the opposite side of the door.
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