~Anticipation
Throughout the next week Nicolette hardly had a break. Often times the only thing that kept her from screaming was knowing Sirius, or at least hoping Sirius would be coming. Her father returned to their manor the night before as Nicolette was trying to finish up some last minute decorations.
"It looks lovely, Nicolette" he said but she ignored him.
"Right there" she said "Okay, just a little bit more. Perfect. Go take a break."
"You have the same wonderful taste as your mother"
"Don't talk about mum as if you miss her"
"Excuse me"
"Never mind. I'll see you at dinner"
Nicolette walked off and went to her room. It was large and had every she'd ever wanted because her father tried to win her love by buying her things. She had a balcony on the far side with a hammock and telescope for her.
She loved Astronomy almost as much as she loved her mother. She could tell you every constellation at the drop of a hat. Right now she wished she could be up with the stars than anywhere near her father. She plopped down into her hammock. She would have given anything at this moment to have the Marauders there just having fun. Only they could pull her out of such a depressed mood.
A few hours later the dinner bell rang but Nicolette didn't move. She could time it though when her father would send someone up to get her. She counted down on her fingers and when she got to one, sure enough, someone knocked.
"Miss Carnahan?"
However she did not want to join her father for dinner. When the maid came in, she knew Nicolette would be on the balcony, but she found nothing but a black cat sitting in the hammock. The cat jumped in the tree by the balcony and ran off.
The maid returned to the dining room downstairs.
"Sir, milady is gone," the maid said
"Gone?"
"Yes. Her room and balcony are empty"
"Did you check anywhere else?"
"No, sir"
"She needs to be here for tomorrow. Find her!"
"Yes, sir"
The maid swept out while Liam Carnahan stood angry. He thought about how much she was like her mother and that's what annoyed him so. Nicolette, in her cat form sat in the dining room window watching her father with a kind of satisfaction. She waited until her father went to bed before she returned to her bed and went to sleep.
Over the week his parents hounded him about the party claiming he should make a good impression on the Carnahans' since they were rich and pureblooded. He suspected they would love to dig their claws into such a prestigious family.
He only found solitude when he would sneak out at night and wander the city in his dog form. Little did he know Nicolette was doing the same thing to escape the hounding of her own father.
Throughout the next week Nicolette hardly had a break. Often times the only thing that kept her from screaming was knowing Sirius, or at least hoping Sirius would be coming. Her father returned to their manor the night before as Nicolette was trying to finish up some last minute decorations.
"It looks lovely, Nicolette" he said but she ignored him.
"Right there" she said "Okay, just a little bit more. Perfect. Go take a break."
"You have the same wonderful taste as your mother"
"Don't talk about mum as if you miss her"
"Excuse me"
"Never mind. I'll see you at dinner"
Nicolette walked off and went to her room. It was large and had every she'd ever wanted because her father tried to win her love by buying her things. She had a balcony on the far side with a hammock and telescope for her.
She loved Astronomy almost as much as she loved her mother. She could tell you every constellation at the drop of a hat. Right now she wished she could be up with the stars than anywhere near her father. She plopped down into her hammock. She would have given anything at this moment to have the Marauders there just having fun. Only they could pull her out of such a depressed mood.
A few hours later the dinner bell rang but Nicolette didn't move. She could time it though when her father would send someone up to get her. She counted down on her fingers and when she got to one, sure enough, someone knocked.
"Miss Carnahan?"
However she did not want to join her father for dinner. When the maid came in, she knew Nicolette would be on the balcony, but she found nothing but a black cat sitting in the hammock. The cat jumped in the tree by the balcony and ran off.
The maid returned to the dining room downstairs.
"Sir, milady is gone," the maid said
"Gone?"
"Yes. Her room and balcony are empty"
"Did you check anywhere else?"
"No, sir"
"She needs to be here for tomorrow. Find her!"
"Yes, sir"
The maid swept out while Liam Carnahan stood angry. He thought about how much she was like her mother and that's what annoyed him so. Nicolette, in her cat form sat in the dining room window watching her father with a kind of satisfaction. She waited until her father went to bed before she returned to her bed and went to sleep.
Over the week his parents hounded him about the party claiming he should make a good impression on the Carnahans' since they were rich and pureblooded. He suspected they would love to dig their claws into such a prestigious family.
He only found solitude when he would sneak out at night and wander the city in his dog form. Little did he know Nicolette was doing the same thing to escape the hounding of her own father.