It was a nice sunny day, the early sun beams were streaming into the room and Bernadette smiled as she snuggled up under her blanket.
Her nice, warm soft blanket.
Outside she could hear the earliest birds starting to sing and even some animals moving around, everything was nice and cosy and Bernadette smiled as she sat up and stretched her arms while yawning deeply even if it was with no voice.
Another day here at fairbanks! With its wild nature and lively people and Bernadette smacked her lips as she finally threw the blanket aside and got up from bed. She walked towards the window and opened it wide to get a taste of the fresh and and she was not dissapointed as it met Bernadettes face and she exhaled deeply taking in the breeze and smell of plants and running water.
Then Bernadette headed back to her bed and made it up nice and good before she dressed up, just a simple grass green skirt and a beige shirt in natural materials. On her feets she had sandals and she was ready to go after having given her sandy brown hair a brush.
Bernadettes first stop was the room of her mistress, it was time to get Angelina ready for the day! and as such Bernadette headed to a much bigger and much fancier room, the first thing Bernadette saw as she opened the door to the bigger bedroom was that the room was left in semi darkness as the drape were still tightly shut, and from the bed sounded snores.
Bernadette rolled her eyes as she walked to the window and pulled away the drapes now lightning up the room and revealing the full figure of Angelina.
The young noble woman was laying sprawled over her big bed, her arms were spread across the bed, her long dark hair was falling around her face and looked like a big mess, her mouth was wide open and salvia was falling down her cheek and to finish off that picture… She was snoring too.
Bernadette rolled her eyes as she walked towards the bed, then simply grabbed the blanket and pulled it away.
Angelina groaned annoyed as she turned to her side and crumbled together. "Is it seriously morning already? I just went to bed I swear." she yawned then buried her head down in the pillow. "Just five minutes more…" she asked and then it seemed like she was half asleep again.
Bernadette amused shook her head but walked to the big closest and found one of Angelinas white dresses laying it out before finding matching shoes and gloves for the young noble lady, before at last she simply walked over to Angelina, put her hands on Angelinas back and pushed the young woman out of bed so she landed on the floor in a big thud.
"ARGH! Al right I get it, i'm up already!" Angelina exclaimed as she appeared from behind the bed. "Every day, seriously?" she asked. "You couldn't just ask?"
And Bernadette smirked amused only for Angelina to roll her eyes but finally get up and allowed Bernadette to help her get into the dress, then let Bernadette comb and manage her hair which somehow always ended up being incredible knotted, every single morning.
Seemed to be part of Angelinas special skill set, go to bed with hair that looked just fine and waking up with her hair being a filtered knotted mess.
Still, at least the young lady cleaned up well and soon Angelina could join her family for breakfast while Bernadette headed downstairs to the downstairs kitchen to enjoy breakfast with the rest of the staff.
Todays breakfast consisted of freshly baked bread, several different spreadings to choose from, fruits available in a big bowl on the middle of the table, fresh squeesnhed orange juice and of course, tea and coffee.
Lisa was the head cook of the Pulido estate and made food both for the noble family and all the servants and she always made sure they ate varied and healthy, every day Bernadette got great food for both breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Often when Bernadette would go out with Angelina they would get a basked with lunch with them they would share or they would eat at the tavern in town they sure never lacked though and only to happily did Bernadette tuck into a piece of freshly baked bread with a home made jam spread on it.
"Bernadette, do you know if Lady Angelina Pulido will be here for lunch and dinner today?" Lisa asked Bernadette and Bernadette shrugged. "Honestly that child, how am I supposed to make a dinner plan when we never know when she's here." she muttered annoyed. "Lolita how-ever, now there's a true lady. Always tells at least a day in advance if she can't make it to lunch."
"Isn't it because Lady Angelina is doing a lot of volunteer work at the country side?" A young man asked, this young man was rather lanky and wore practical clothes filled with dirt as well as a wore a worn out straw hat on his head, his name was Pedro and he was a gardner of the estate helping with the flowers and grape stocks.
Bernadette nodded and Pedro sighed deeply.
"No offense Bernadette, but I really wish you could elaborate more." Pedro admitted.
"I say." One of the young maids a girl with dark curly hair called Anna commented. "Bernadette gets to walk upstairs and be close to all the nobles and then she can't even gossip about it to us, what a let down!"
Bernadette smirked amused, oh if this people only knew what kind of secrets she held! It probably was to her own advantage she couldn't speak, it saved her the trouble of her having to watch her words.
"In any case." Lisa exhaled deeply. "Bernadette, could you ask Lady Angelina Pulido if she intent to eat dinner at home or not today?" she asked and Bernadette nodded giving a thumbs up
After breakfast it was time to see if she could locate Angelina again, easier said than done though. Angelina would kind of just do whatever and Lisas complaint about Angelina being bad at telling what she was going to do was very justified indeed.
Angelina was not in her room, and the dining hall for the nobles were empty. Bernadette could of course check the cave but chances of Angelina having gone there without telling Bernadette was slim.
Then Bernadette poked her head into one of the drawing rooms, this room had basically been turned into a work study which Lolita used, and right now the woman in question was indeed sitting at her desk bowed over paper work which seemed to be about legislations and quite important matters.
Bernadette looked down on the floor and discovered a piece of paper had been dropped down, so she walked towards it and picked it up then walked to Lolita poking her on the shoulder.
"ARGH!" Lolita screamed in shock then wide-eyed turned around. "Bernadette! I… I didn't hear you come in! Can-can I help you with something?" she asked clearly trying to catch her breath and in response Bernadette held up the piece of paper.
Lolita blinked. "Oh thank you! I couldn't find that!" she exclaimed taking the paper. "Let's see, ten kilos of grapes to be send with the next shipment. That's a profit of around twenty golds provided they are all being sold, so well lets assume it's going to be fifteen." she mumbled and wrote down.
Bernadette glanced down at all the numbers on Lolitas papers and realized she was currently doing accounting for the estate, not to surprising really. Lolita did most of the accounting, as far as Bernadette could tell Francesco used to do a fair share of it to but didn't have the same talent so he had hired help before Lolita had stepped up.
Bernadette supposed that was the advantage of being rich, if you're not good at something you can just hire an expert.
Lolita though clearly liked to do things herself to make sure everything was in order. Bernadette liked Lolita! Lolita was hardworking and that meant sometimes she could be quite sharp and harsh, unlike Angelina whom was probably way to easy going when finances were concerned.
That was after-all the woman whom had handed over a hundred gold without a second thought just to safe a low life pick pocket stranger.
Now Lolita halted then turned to Bernadette. "Can I help you with something else?" she asked.
Bernadette looked questioning at Lolita, trying to ask if she had seen Angelina. Lolitas brow how-ever furrowed in confusion.
"Erhm." Lolita tried. "Is something wrong with the staff?" she asked and Bernadette shook her head. "Is someone calling for me?" Lolita asked and Bernadette shook her head again. "I… I'm sorry. I don't know what you want." Lolita admitted and defeated Bernadette looked at her.
It wasn't Lolitas fault, most people were like Lolita and couldn't tell what Bernadette wanted and honestly Bernadette mostly felt bad for Lolita in these situations because Lolita was honestly trying, she just lacked whatever gift it was Angelina possessed. Defeated Bernadette shook her head and then offered a smile before she left the study and walked to the garden where she finally found Angelina whom was taking a breather sitting under a tree.
"Hey! Bernadette!" Angelina waved her over to her and Bernadette smiled as she walked over there. "Lovely day today isn't it?" Angelina asked and Bernadette nodded. "I think i'm going to take Firestorm for a ride today, see if everything is alright at the border area." she said. "Could I ask you to go to town for me while i'm out? I need to restock my first aid kit, it's incredible how many people out there lacks the most common first aid isn't it?" she asked and Bernadette nodded as she exhaled deeply while Angelina found a pouch and a note offering them to Bernadette. "Here you are, just get the things on the list okay?" she asked and Bernadette smiled signaling her understanding.
Well then! Then Bernadette's first order of business was clear and after having informed Lisa, first through failed hand gestures but then simply writing a note, that Angelina probably wouldn't be at lunch today but probably dinner. She headed towards the stables, the stables were pretty close to the house, in fact they were right behind the house as well was a big wide area for the horses to walk freely around in when they weren't being ridden on.
That was another thing coming from the Pulido estate, they bred horses and in this area Francesco ruled supreme as was evident as Bernadette could see, now seeing the older man himself standing out on the field as he was calming one of the horses, a gray stallion that seemed like it had gotten quite a shock. "Woah there friend!" Francesco smiled at the horse. "Easy now, easy." he asked as he calmed down horse and brought it down. "So what's wrong old boy. It's not like you to behave like this." he commented then he looked down and saw the horses left back leg was raised up, he walked behind the horse and crouched down grabbing the hoof to have a look making the horse neigh in pain and would have kicked Francesco, but he clearly was a professional when it came to horses and kept a firm grip. "Huh, might be a sprain. Better get the vet to look at you." he commented standing up just as one of the young workers came running. "SIR PULIDO! SIR PULIDO!" the young man called.
"Yes." Francesco turned to the young man.
"Rosy! She's in labour!" And Francesco's eyes widened so did Bernadette.
Rosy was one of the mares of the stables, she had been pregnant for quite a while and she had been expecting any moment! This was finally it! And Francesco rushed towards the stables and so did Bernadette eager to witness the new little foal coming to the world!
The sight itself was not exactly magical nor peaceful, to see the blubbering mess coming out of Rosy's behind.
It especially didn't make things any more cute as Francesco simply grabbed the small hoofs of the foal whom was halfway out and then pulled it out so it dropped down on the ground.
The newborn though which was only two seconds old shook its head and seemed just fine even though it was covered in slime, blood and all sorts of other things.
Bernadette blinked as she looked at the newborn, it was incredible. the little foal had eyes, fur and everything.
Bernadette had seen small newborn kittens before and even small nests of mice and they were always helpless at the beginning but this thing was already getting up on its legs!
Francesco smiled happily. "A healthy female!" he concluded. "Gray with white bliss and socks, we need to weigh her."
One of the workers grinned. "What should we call her?" he asked then his eyes landed on Bernadette. "Oh you're here! That's perfect!"
Bernadette blinked then she pointed at herself.
"Ah yes, Bernadette!" Francesco grinned as well. "See, we have a little tradition here at the Pulido estate. When we get a new employe, that employe will get to name the first foal being born doing that persons employment!"
Bernadette gaped. She got to name the foal?!
Francesco chuckled amused. "Fun thing, that's how everybody reacts when they are told they can name a horse! Those foals always get spoiled rotten by their name giver so what do you want to call her?" he asked then he halted. "Oh… erhm. We don't have to name her right away, we can wait until Angelina is here and can… You know."
Defeated Bernadette looked at the older man, Francesco was such a kind person and he really had treated her so nice. It was clear where Angelina had gotten her sense of justice from and now he struggled as well, Bernadette looked down then she lightened up as she turned around and ran outside, bowed down and picked up a flower before she ran back and held up the little white flower with a yellow middle.
"A Daisy?" Francesco asked then he blinked as he realized. "Oooh! Daisy, you want to call her Daisy?" he asked. "Hah! That's a good name! Well done Bernadette!" he smiled and Bernadette beamed just as little Daisy nudged at her elbow and Bernadette petted the little and quite lively foal.
Soon it was time to say goodbye to the newborn though as Bernadette had a job to do and she saddled one of the ponies she got to use for lend when doing errands for the house and Angelina.
This smaller girl was called Phillipa and was a younger but rather quiet pony of decent seize, perfect for Bernadette.
Maybe Angelina had a fondness for the big and showy like firestorm, but Bernadette really did prefer the much smaller and much more mild mannered little Phillipa.
Bernadette quite enjoyed the short ride to town, she got to pass the fields and witnessed the workers being out and about.
Chances were Francesco would soon come out here to to have a personal look at the crops's progress, he really was a man whom liked to be un top of any practical work. Bernadette had noticed him working together with the workers not minding to do manual labour himself, in fact he seemed to enjoy it.
Angelina was right, the man wasn't old at all, he was doing just fine in spite of his graying hair Bernadette reflected. And of course there was the fact he had begun to practise sword fighting in secret in the evenings, as Angelina had already figured. Heh, the apple sure didn't fall to far from the tree did it?
Francesco was a good man and a good master, this estate and these workers sure were lucky to have him around as their employee, and so were Bernadette!
People whom were less lucky about their superior though were the soldiers of the city as Bernadette witnessed as she entered town. The first thing she saw was a group of soldiers coming running around the town from the left and disappeared from the right, only as Bernadette came nearer and around ten minutes had passed the same group came again! Apparently they had been ordered to run ALL the way around town, only god knew for how long!
Finally as Bernadette had gotten to the plaza and tied Dahlila up did it look like the soldiers were being spared as it looked like they had all collapsed on the ground in front of the military building and Monstrasio was not happy.
"Disgraceful." he drawled. "You're a disgrace to the king and the nation of Blakeney!"
Standing beside the Captain, though with his foot still wrapped up in tight bandages was the sergeant whom looked at the Captain with slightly dumbfounded eyes, but as Monstrasio turned his head the sergeant quickly looked away. "And ones that foot of yours is healed, it'll be ten laps around the city for you as well!" he stated.
"Yes sir." Garzia replied without even looking at Monstrasio though he clearly had to fight an urge to groan.
Bernadette shook her head, she kind of felt bad for the sergeant. When he was in peak condition he could probably run those laps fine, but because of his foot he was probably not going to be in the best shape ones he had to do it. She still wasn't entirely sure how it had happened, other than the sergeant had been in a fight with Angelina high up on a cliff and had fallen.
Clearly something more had been going on since Angelina was this uncomfortable talking about it, normally she would be laughing and boasting about her exploits.
Oh well, if it was that important Bernadette had no doubt in her mind that Angelina would have told her and with that in mind Bernadette went into the pharmacy to do her shopping.
The moment she opened the door she was greeted by the man behind the desk, a middle aged man with a healthy round frame a bold head but a thick dark brown mustachio. This was Mr Hernando whom ran the pharmacy. "Ah Bernadette, let me guess. More disinfection, antibiotics and bandages for Lady Angelina Pulido?" he asked.
Bernadette smirked amused as she stepped up and put the list on the table.
"How can I say no to my best costumer?" Mr Hernando asked as he picked up the. "Bless Lady Angelina Pulido, she truly has made sure my shop will strife." he chuckled amused. "I mean I suppose those Akapaki has their own ways to deal with injuries but sometimes there just wont be any substitute for a normal disinfection." he admitted. "Let's see here yes indeed, disinfection, bandages…. Painkillers?" he asked then looked up. "I can give you some painkillers but not the strong kind, only doctors are allowed to hand out the really strong stuff. I could get in trouble if I gave Lady Pulido that." he admitted.
And Bernadette nodded understandable.
"Erhm… I.. I assume the regular painkillers are fine then." Mr. Hernando then commented as he turned to the shelves behind his desk.
As Bernadette left the pharmacy she could conclude it was already the middle of the day as the sun was on it highest on the sky and the air the hottest it was probably going to be that day, which meant being outside in direct sunlight wasn't the best idea and everyone had naturally taken to the shadow, so Bernadette decided to do so to and settle down at the tavern veranda for an ice cold glass of lemonade which she paid a copper for. A copper of her own money, that really was another thing that felt amazing people didn't really appreciate. Bernadette now earned money in a fair way and she could afford her own lemonade, she didn't have to steal and it was a great satisfaction to say she had earned her money and she could pay on her own, somehow the feeling of paying with her own money just never got any less satisfactory.
Another thing that was satisfactory were people whom were happy to see her just like the kids coming running now.
"BERNADETTE! BERNADETTE!" A small boy was yelling as he came running towards her with other kids in tow. "BERNADETTE! I told Ollie could do magic and you can make a glass of water dissapear but Ohe wont believe me!" he exclaimed pointing at another kid behind him.
"Magic is not real, my mom says so herself!" The other boy pouted.
"It is to!" The first boy exclaimed. "Bernadette took a vow of silence in exchange for her magical powers, that's why she don't speak stupid! If she spoke she would loose her powers!"
Bernadette blinked…. Where had that kid gotten that idea from? She hadn't said that… Well quite obviously, and it was more like something Angelina would say. Wait a minute? Had Angelina…. Bernadette narrowed her eyes.
No probably not, it was just children being children and Bernadette smiled amused as she picked up a white handkerchief which she showed to the kids, both the back and forth then she laid it above her water glass and removed it again in a wush revealing the glass to have mysteriously vanished and the kids eyes were nearly boggling out of their skulls.
"I told you! I TOLD YOU OLLIE!" The first kid shouted.
"WOW THAT WAS AMAZING!" The other kid laughed.
"Thank you Ms Bernadette!" The first kid grinned and Bernadette smiled though at that moment a soldier came riding in.
"CAPTAIN!" he shouted. "CAPTAIN! THE SCARLET FOX HAS BEEN SPOTTED! AT THE EAST!"
That made Monstrasio up. "Squat three saddle your horses, Sergeant you will.."
"Erhm Captain." Garzia blinked. "I could go ride on a horse but… I would be no good on foot right now. And galloping is kind of out of the question it would have to be trotting." he had to remind the Captain hinting at his still quite swollen foot.
And Monstrasio hissed. "You're useless." he muttered. "I'll go myself. Make sure the men will fullfill the rest of the training regime for today."
"Of course sir." Garzia replied honestly as Monstrasio headed for the horses that were saddled for an emergency including his own white horse and swung himself up kicking his horse, except he was so busy he didn't even see the two kids whom had been in front of Bernadette a moment ago, Bernadette how-ever saw!
She would have screamed but really couldn't, so instead she did the only thing she could do, jumped forward grabbed the kids and got them out of the way so they all tumbled down on the ground and Monstrasios horse jumped up on its hind legs. "Watch where you're going!" he demanded in a angry voice and then rode off without offering them a second glance nor apology.
Bernadette pouted annoyed as she got back up on her legs and then stuck out her tongue at the Captain whom had his back to her riding away.
"You better make sure he wont be seeing that." a voice sounded behind Bernadette and she turned around to see the Sergeant addressing her. "If the Captain saw you doing that to him, he probably would cut out your tongue. Though I suppose in your case it wont make to big of a difference, still i'll imagine it hurt an awful lot and I don't think Lady Pulido would appreciate it either. So be careful quiet one." he asked.
Bernadette smirked amused then shook her head.
"Are you all okay?" Garzia then asked them all collectively.
"Yes sir." The boys muttered abashed.
"Be careful al right? This plaza is not a play ground." Garzia lectured.
"Yes sir." The boys repeated. "Is the Captain going to capture the Scarlet Fox?!" one of the boys then asked and Garzia smirked.
"Maybe." Garzia stated. "If we don't get her today, we'll get her another day very soon. She wont be allowed to run loose for long."
Heh, good luck with that. If there was one aspect about Angelina that out did her insane lust for thrills it was her stupidly dumb luck. Bernadette wasn't exactly worried.
"Run along now." Garzia asked and the boys nodded and ran off. "AND BE CAREFUL!" he shouted after them then he shook his head turning back to Bernadette. "Well, back to my duties. Say Hallo to the Pulidos from me or… Well." he blinked. "It's not really necessary either, good job looking out for those kids." he blinked.
And Bernadette returned the smile as she nodded and the sergeant walked away. The Sergeant sure was an odd person, he could both be very mean but also very nice, Bernadette though didn't really hold it to much against him. As Bernadette had spend most of her life being on the wrong side of the law she really had been in a number of bad situations which involved police officers and soldiers trying to manhandle her.
This though didn't mean these people were bad people, they were just doing their job and Bernadette had just tried to survive. She really could only be thankful it wasn't like that anymore and the only one here whom even had a clue about her thieving past was Angelina herself.
All in all, Bernadette didn't really have anything against the sergeant. He actually treated both her and other people of lower status quite nice, which was more than Bernadette could say of some other people.. Like the Captain, the captain was really mean! He was only nice to people of high status and would always dismiss anyone whom was what he considered... of lower standing.
The Captain had never done anything to Bernadette personally other than just being rude, but Bernadette couldn't deny she found a pretty decent satisfaction in helping to take him down. He was the exact kind of person whom would have branded Bernadette without a second thought and send her to the field to work for the rest of her life... Bernadette shivered by the thought and ones again was very thankful about how her life had turned out
As Bernadette finally made it back to the estate the sun had begun setting again, as predicted Francesco was out in the fields examining crops. Lolita had moved from her accounting work to relaxing and re-creational activities as she was sitting outside with a big elaborate broidery she had been working on for the last few weeks.
It was a broidery depicting a grand rose bush and two blue birds meeting over it, it was really nice Bernadette liked it a lot.
Lolita seemed like she had a flair for these more quiet creative activities. She even played the piano and could sing as well, she played and sung way better than Angelina for sure! Angelina could barely even hold a tone.
Bernadette made her way up to Angelinas bedroom and there found the suitcase with the first aid medicine and then she started to replenish.
Refilling the bottle with dis-infective, stocking up on cotton and bandages and made sure everything was laid in a very fine and orderly manner ready for use so the suitecase just could be grabbed within a second notice.
She double checked the items and medicine and was at last satisfied it was all there, from there it was time to head down the tunnel and go to the lair to see if everything was in order.
As predicted both firestorm and the Scarlet fox costume were missing which meant that Angelina was still out and about.
Her white dress had casually been thrown on the table and Bernadette rolled her eyes, she started to really question if Angelina would ever learn to fold her own clothes. But then she shrugged and picked up the dress, checking it for any obvious dirt or wrinkles before she was at last satisfied and folded it probably.
Then Bernadette looked around and exhaled deeply, they had been using this cave for a while but there was still a lot of cleaning that could be done and of course there were certain things that just had to be maintained.
Like putting corn into Firestorms manger and of course fresh water, which Bernadette naturally did and then spend a bit of time of cleaning and examining some of the box's they had yet to go through, sorting through the old soldiers equipment putting useable items such as gun powder in one pile and trash such as uniforms that were basically falling apart because of sheer age.
Still after that, having gone through three box's of that Angelina hadn't returned and Bernadette had time to herself and she knew exactly what she wanted to do.
Eagerly she went to the book shelf and pulled down one of the books she had brought down there as well as pen and paper.
It was one of Angelinas old school books, one on buildings and geometry. Angelina had barely even used it herself but Bernadette found it fascinating.
She didn't even really need to study anymore, with her current job she was provided for and since she was able to both read, write and do mathematics now she was pretty well off.
So well, she didn't even study because of a need anymore, she just genuinely liked it. Especially these visual geometry problems, they were fun! They were like those puzzles Bernadette had been able to play with on very rare occasions when she had been a child and as such Bernadette made herself busy.
Finally though, after a while hoofs from a big horse sounded and a young woman came riding in with a big smile on her lips. "HAHA! THAT WAS AMAZING!" Scarlet shouted. "Oh Bernadette! You should have been there, I was just minding my own business helping some Akapaki with a feud, and then the Captain showed up! I mean I wasn't even doing anything to him specifically but I guess you know him, but then suddenly there was this bear! I am not even joking, it was massive!" she stated. "Boy Monstrasio sure turned white quick, it was hilarious." she stated as she jumped down from the horse. "Man it's a shame you couldn't have been there!"
Bernadette smirked amused then shook her head. As far as she was concerned, she had had a pretty good day, she didn't really mind.
And at the evening Bernadette stood by Angelinas side again after they had both eaten dinner and Angelina was now having a bit of evening tea with Lolita and Francesco.
Lolita though looked rather thoughtful and Angelina looked questioning at her. "Lolita, are you al right?" she asked.
"Yes, I was just… wondering." Lolita then admitted. "I was pretty unsure about Bernadette when you first came with her, but now I can see she's doing you good and i'm glad." she said. "How-ever, I can't help but wonder. Her voice Angie, do you think she'll ever be able to talk?"
Angelina blinked. "I honestly don't know." she said. "But, does it even matter?"
"Of course it matters." Lolita said. "She can't speak."
"So what?" Angelina asked. "Bernadette doesn't need to speak to be heard." she said.
Francesco smiled amused then shook her head. "It's quite a hand maiden you got yourself there." he then admitted. "Did I even tell you she named Rosy's new foal?"
"Oh really?" Angelina asked then turned to Bernadette. "What did you name it?"
Bernadette smiled and then looked at Francesco, and actually it seemed like he caught her meaning.
"She called the foal Daisy. That's good name for a horse isn't it?" Francesco asked.
"Yes, it's very good." Angelina smiled.
And Bernadette smiled happily.
Yes it was true. Bernadette had no voice.
She was just a former pick pocket whom was now another persons hand maiden, a servant.
But that didn't mean she couldn't talk, it didn't mean her life was bad or she didn't have friends whom cared for her.
In fact, her life was pretty good. And right now, she wouldn't trade it for anything.
AN; Heh, I just want to express a few words about this chapter. This is of course, kind of just a "Slice of life." chapter, what a normal day in Bernadettes life looks like.
There's two reasons for this chapter, the last two archs in this story were indeed kind of heavy and I wanted to write something a bit more cheefull.
And secondly... I had the most awfull couple of days these last few days! I mean awfull, we are talking about I lost sleep because it was so awful. So for my own sake, I just wanted to write something nice and pleasent. So yeah, this is just a pleasent little "Slice of life." with Bernadette stroding along doing what she does and being positive. Cause she is.