I've set a goal for myself; I have to make this story interesting before I leave to go back to school on the 20th. That's in a few days so I should be able to, its not like I'm doing anything. Anyways, I don't own any of the characters they belong to Margaret Mitchell.
As I'm writing this I realized I might want to explain something, when I first watched the movie GWTW I thought Suellen was a nasty, bratty girl and then I read the book. I felt sorry for her. Her sisters were prettier than her and she got her sisters reject as a husband. So my goal is to make her not nasty and bratty girl but a woman who still holds a grudge but is loving and caring and can forgive.
Forming a BondA woman stepped out of a carriage and walked up to the funeral processions. She was wearing black just like everyone else, but there was something different about this woman in this dress. This dress was cut a little low in the front for a funeral; this dress was cut a little low period. The woman walked with authority as she walked threw the crowd to stand beside the widower.
"That's my pet, already trying to get her claws into Ashley Wilkes." Rhett said to himself as he shook his head back and forth. The night that Melanie Wilkes died, Rhett had told Scarlett that he was leaving her, but he would stop in now and again to keep the gossip down. But right now as he watched Scarlett standing there by Ashley he didn't know if he wanted to keep the gossip down. All these years Scarlett wanted Ashley and never loved me Rhett thought. Well my dear Scarlett you say now that you love me! Ha I don't believe it for one moment and I'll be damned if I let you toy with my heart again!
Rhett watched the funeral from a distance. He was far enough away that he could see everything and just out of view of Scarlett and the rest of them. He watched in disgust as Scarlett hugged Ashley. He laughed and said, "She's not even cold yet Scarlett and you already let known you attentions. She never did care what people thought of her." Rhett watched his wife walk off in quite a hurry, he noticed her hesitate and look in the direction of his Bonnie. For a moment he thought that Scarlett was actually going to go see his beloved daughter, but instead she climbed into the carriage. "That's just like Scarlett! She was always a bad mother," Rhett said in absolute disgust as he walked in the direction of his precious Bonnie's grave. When he reached it Rhett fell to his knees, he placed flower over her grave and placed his hand on the tombstone. Rhett eyes filled with tears as he spoke, "My sweet Bonnie Blue, how I miss you so much. Daddy loves you so very much. I'm going away for a while sweet child so I won't be here to visit you. Where ever I go I will take you with me because you are always in my heart." Rhett let the tears fall from his eyes as he closed them. He whispered, "I love you," as he rose and wiped the tears from his eyes and cheeks. He made his way to his horse and headed into town.
He was at the door to Belle's when he felt a pain in his heart, and a thought came to him. How dare Scarlett throw herself at Ashley at Melly's funeral! She didn't even go see Bonnie. "Scarlett is a bad wife and a bad Mother, but hell she should of visited Bonnie! If she wants to drag her name into smut of Atlanta's gossip that's fine! But I'll kill her before I let Bonnie be any part of it," Rhett declared in a stern voice that scared the young man who was going to enter Belle's. Rhett jumped back on his horse and fiercely rode to Scarlett's demented idea of a home. He rushed in the house and charged up the stairs yelling "Scarlett" as he made his way to her room. He didn't even bother to see if the door was unlocked, he just kicked it in. When he did he was surprised to see just one of the house servants tiding up the room. Rhett had scared the life out of the woman; she stood there holding her chest as Rhett asked, "Where is my adoring wife?" Still a little startled the woman said, "Home, Mr. Butler. She went back to Tara." Rhett stormed out of the room and out of the house, Scarlett was crazy if she thought I would come after her he thought as he made his way back to Belle's where he would stay for the night and then he would head up to Charleston.
Scarlett awoke early in the morning, got dressed quickly and quietly, and went downstairs. This was going to be it she was going to put her plan work. First she was going to go into the kitchen to get started on breakfast for the family. Scarlett was surprised to hear giggling coming from the kitchen. She opened to the door to see Suellen and Mammy in there making biscuits. Mammy looked up from her mixing to see Scarlett standing in the doorway,
"Child, what are you doing up at this hour?" she asked.
Scarlett wasn't the type of person to rise early in the morning. "I was going to come down here and get started on breakfast. But I see that the two of you have beaten me to it," she said calmly.
"Oh, Mammy and I always get up early to make sure breakfast is done before Will leaves to work in the fields. We can handle it Scarlet, you might as well go back to sleep." Suellen said in a matter-of-fact kind of way.
Scarlett was trying hard to suppress her anger, "No, Suellen I want to help. We are feeding my children too."
Suellen wasn't sure what Scarlett was up to, "Don't be ridiculous, we've been making breakfast for Wade and Ella for awhile now. Anyways, you are our guest and I can't have you doing my duties."
Scarlett could take any more of this, "This is my home too Suellen. I have every right to be in here helping make breakfast."
As this scene played out Mammy continued with the biscuits. Mammy of all people knew how much Scarlett and Suellen argued, they had been fighting back and forth for most of their young lives. Mammy knew it was about time they solved their problems. Suellen knew Scarlett would eventually bring up ownership of Tara. She didn't care what Scarlett thought; Tara was her and Will's home.
"I seem to remember that Tara also belongs to St. Matthew's Church, as Carreen gave up her part as a dowry, and I don't see them in the kitchen!" Suellen rebutted and quickly added, "Anyways aren't you too good to be working in the kitchen. I mean you wouldn't want to get anything on that obviously expensive dress of yours."
"You are so ungrateful! If it wasn't for me Suellen you would of starved to death after the war. As I remember it I worked in the fields and cooked." Scarlett reminder her.
"That was a long time ago. That was before you, you…" Suellen couldn't seem to get out the words, but she didn't have to Scarlett knew.
"Don't tell me you are going to bring up Frank Kennedy! That's water under the bridge. Anyways Will makes a lot better husband than Frank ever could of been."
"That's not the point, Scarlett. You steeling Frank from me could possibly be the greatest thing you ever did for me. I love Will with all my heart, and he loves me we are very happy together. But you didn't even tell me what you did you wrote to Carreen and had her tell us all. That hurt me bad and you never once said I'm sorry. You claimed you did it for the money for Tara. Well once the taxes were settled you didn't come back to Tara! You felt us all. Only to return for Pa's funeral." Scarlett tried to reply but Suellen wouldn't have it she was finally saying everything. "And then Frank was killed and you married Rhett and you had him fix up Tara. To show off just how much money you had. Let me tell you something, if you are here to show us how much money you have, we already know. So you might as well go home to Atlanta, to your husband."
Scarlett was just shocked by all that Suellen had said. It was now her turn, "You….you" Scarlett was about to say some mean awful things that would hurt Suellen just as bad as what she had said hurt her, but she found that the words wouldn't come out. Scarlett tried hard to keep from letting tears fall from her eyes but it couldn't be stopped. "You don't know anything. I would go home Suellen, but to what a big empty house. There's no love there. Rhett's gone I don't know when or if he'll be back." At those words the tears from Scarlett's eyes fell in a steady stream and Mammy and Suellen's eyes about popped out of their heads. " I thought," Scarlett continued, " I would come home to Tara and I'd be ok. Tara has also been my safe place. I was wrong though I came here and I saw a happy home. I saw my children afraid to give me a hug. Asking you to read to them. For the first time in my life I was jealous of you."
Suellen couldn't help it tears filled her eyes, "I have been jealous of you most of my whole life. You always seemed so perfect. I'm so sorry Scarlett."
"I'm sorry too Suellen for everything. I've grown up a lot in the last few weeks, and I'm sorry for everything I've done to you. I lost my daughter, my best friend, and I've lost Rhett. I could really use a friend right now."
"Oh Scarlett," Suellen said as she reached to hug her, "I'll be more than a friend, I'll be your sister. I'm sure Rhett will come back. He loves you."
"Oh, Suellen thanks for understanding." She said pulling out of the hug and wiping away her tears, "What do you say that we get to making our families some breakfast."
"Yes," Suellen said as she wiped her eyes, "they are going to be up soon. Why don't you start on the gravy."
Mammy watched the two sisters fight and make up and she couldn't hold back her emotions. She quickly wiped away her tears before the girls noticed. "Now, Children, if you are done let's get breakfast finished I still have other choirs to do."
"Ok, Mammy. So before I came in here I heard lots of giggling, what was that all about?" Scarlett asked.
"Oh that," Suellen giggled, "Mammy was telling me stories about mother when she was young."
"Really I would like to hear some of those stories. Mammy please tell us some."
"Well when you mother was ten years old…."
Note: Okay I know this is a little sappy. Ok, it is a lot sappy, but I had to do it. Sometimes things have to be solved the girly way, with lots of tears.
