*Okay, I am warning you about this chapter, it stars…. You'll never guess… LUCINDA! And well earlier on you may have though she is touched in the head, like George thought Alanna was last Chapter, but way, way worse, if you can remember her, well anyway, I just wanted to warn you…*
Lucinda(Lucinda has a singsong voice going along with her script)
Lucinda sat happily in the garden knitting a woollen scarf. She had used a few colours, all her favourites, of course! Light blue, white, pink, yellow…
Well anyway, she was knitting and that was all that mattered. There was going to be a ball in a few days. She was looking forward to it. There would be punch in glass cups, cute guys, music…
Oh she would have a grand time. She wondered who would ask her to dance… hopefully a cute guy, but probably not. There was a cute squire around, but, sadly, she didn't know his name…
She'll have to ask someone. Maybe she would ask Lady Alanna. Alanna was very nice, she sometimes was in a bad mood, but she always talked to her, unlike Lady Delia. Delia would her she was crazy and she needed help if she told her about a guy she likes, and that she was way out of his league, but Alanna would listen quietly and nod on few occasions.
Lucinda wondered if Alanna knew about the ball, she probably did. The Prince seems smitten with her. He probably asked her. But wasn't he asking Delia? Hang on, she could have sworn, not that she ever curses, that she had heard Delia bragging earlier on that day about him asking her… well that was strange.
High-heeled footsteps walk up the path towards her. Lucinda looked up from her work.
It was Alanna.
"Alanna… Oh hi Alanna!"
(Okay, enough of that, she is starting to bug me… changing to Alanna.)
As Alanna was walking through the garden towards her sleeping chambers, she reflected on what a good day she was having. Nothing had bothered her, and Delia wasn't in sight… neither was that goat of a prince.
Alanna sighed. She had a great time last night. The big man who was called Croak was really nice to her and he said she could come back more often. She didn't even have her pockets picked. They didn't care all that much that she was a noble. Well they did, but not after Croak shook it off with a joke. His majesty didn't come back down after he saw her, which was quite funny…
"Alanna!" She heard a voice call breaking her train of thoughts. "Oh hi Alanna!"
Alanna stopped dead in her tracks looking to see who had called her. Lucinda.
"Uh… Hi Lucinda," Alanna replied.
Oh well, so much for having a good day…
"How are you?"
"I'm quite good…"
"Oh that's wonderful! Did you have a good sleep last night?!"
"Yes…" Alanna said, sighing and started going into a trance…
"The weather is lovely today isn't it?"
"Yeah I guess…"
"Yes, I thought so too. That's why I'm out here doing some knitting. Do you like it?"
"It's pretty."
"Oh I'm so glad you like it! Did you know I was just thinking about you?"
"No…"
"Well of course you wouldn't… silly me! Well anyway, I was wondering, did you know about the ball?"
Ball??? The word snapped Alanna out of her trance…
"Ball… what ball?!"
"The ball tomorrow night silly!"
"No…"
"Well there is one, and did you know what?"
"No what…?"
"THE PRINCE ASKED DELIA!" Lucinda squealed and giggled.
Alanna didn't laugh… well now Delia had even more to rub in everyone's faces…
"I don't know about you, but I find that really funny."
"Why?"
"Hee hee hee…" Lucinda giggled softly again and started twirling with a bit of hair. "Well it's quite obvious that he likes you."
"WHAT?"
"Oh come on Alanna… he likes you… you know it… so stop being childish and get over it." It was just then Alanna realised that Lucinda's voice had lost its childness to it. "And I think Delia deserves to be used from him to get to you."
Alanna sat down on the bench next to her.
Lucinda smiled happily… and went back to her usual childish singsong voice. "So… what are you going to wear? I'm going to wear a lovely dress with lace around the edges…"
Alanna by now wasn't listening… and was thinking that she's never ever going to go to the garden again, as long as she shall live.
Did you like it… and yes, Alanna should learn not to go into the garden, don't you think?(PS) SoHo Chic… another chappie for you… and you will have more up soon… though this is a queer one so I'm not to sure if you will want more
(PPS) Thankyou all for review and apologies to all that have wait a long time for them…