There was a knock on Leonardo's door.
"Who is it?" He asked
"Who do you think?" Came Elizabeth's voice "Nobody in this world would waste their time with you, but since you're my twin I sometimes have to."
"Come in"
Elizabeth opened the door and came in, she was in a pink nightgown and pink slippers, and was holding the doll that Leonardo had stolen from her earlier.
"Okay so why are you here?" Leonardo asked her
"I think mother has a secret, a really big fat secret," Elizabeth told him sitting on his bed cross-legged
"Are you serious?"
"Yes"
"How do you know?"
"Because, when mother said 'It's just a figure of speech Elizabeth' she didn't look me in the eye, and because her nose always flares when she tells a lie"
"Yes, and before she said something about freedom when she was our age"
"Yes"
"It's about her past!" They both said at the same time
"Who do we know from mother's family?" Elizabeth thought out loud
"Mandy…?"
"She's not family…she's just a friend… I think"
They both stared at each other, they had never really though about their mother's family. All they knew was their grandmother had died a long time ago and their grandfather…. they knew nothing of their mother's father.
"Okay so…what's the plan?" Leonardo questioned
"The plan is…. I go to mother and you go to father and we ask them both a question, maybe two, but we ask the same questions. Then we compare the answers." Elizabeth replied
"What would father know about mother's past?"
Elizabeth smiled "More than you think"
~*~
"Mother?" Elizabeth called as she knocked on the room to her mother's little privacy room.
"Come in, Elizabeth" Ella replied through the door
"Mother, I was just wondering if we could have some girl, to girl talk," Elizabeth explained to Ella as she entered the room
"Okay…" Her mother's response was quite confused
"Mother, where did you and father meet?" Elizabeth asked in a curious way
"Well…. honey…we met at…" Ella was trying to think of something, but what was the point of lying to her own daughter? "We met at my mother's funeral"
"Oh…."
There was silence, and then Elizabeth was able to say something again and said
"Where did you two make the decision to get married?"
"Umm…. he proposed to me in the palace garden…it was a garden party." After all, there was a limit to the truth
"That must have been romantic..."
"Yes it was..."
~*~
"Father?" Leonardo called loudly as he pounded on the door to Char's study
"Come in Leonardo" Char answered back
"Father," Leonardo said entering and clearing his throat "I think it's time we had that talk."
Char rubbed his neck and started to sweat a little "Oh…. umm…I'll call your mother"
"No!" Leonardo cried "Not that talk father!"
"Oh," His father wiped his face a little, "good"
"Father…where did you meet mother?"
Char hesitated but then thought better than to lie to his son "We met at her mother's funeral, son"
"Oh really, where did you and her make the decision to get married?"
"Umm…A ball…it was a ball and we had so much fun, we decided to get married"
"Okay, well, thank you father"
Leonardo smiled and left the room. Leaving behind a very startled and confused Char.
"Who is it?" He asked
"Who do you think?" Came Elizabeth's voice "Nobody in this world would waste their time with you, but since you're my twin I sometimes have to."
"Come in"
Elizabeth opened the door and came in, she was in a pink nightgown and pink slippers, and was holding the doll that Leonardo had stolen from her earlier.
"Okay so why are you here?" Leonardo asked her
"I think mother has a secret, a really big fat secret," Elizabeth told him sitting on his bed cross-legged
"Are you serious?"
"Yes"
"How do you know?"
"Because, when mother said 'It's just a figure of speech Elizabeth' she didn't look me in the eye, and because her nose always flares when she tells a lie"
"Yes, and before she said something about freedom when she was our age"
"Yes"
"It's about her past!" They both said at the same time
"Who do we know from mother's family?" Elizabeth thought out loud
"Mandy…?"
"She's not family…she's just a friend… I think"
They both stared at each other, they had never really though about their mother's family. All they knew was their grandmother had died a long time ago and their grandfather…. they knew nothing of their mother's father.
"Okay so…what's the plan?" Leonardo questioned
"The plan is…. I go to mother and you go to father and we ask them both a question, maybe two, but we ask the same questions. Then we compare the answers." Elizabeth replied
"What would father know about mother's past?"
Elizabeth smiled "More than you think"
~*~
"Mother?" Elizabeth called as she knocked on the room to her mother's little privacy room.
"Come in, Elizabeth" Ella replied through the door
"Mother, I was just wondering if we could have some girl, to girl talk," Elizabeth explained to Ella as she entered the room
"Okay…" Her mother's response was quite confused
"Mother, where did you and father meet?" Elizabeth asked in a curious way
"Well…. honey…we met at…" Ella was trying to think of something, but what was the point of lying to her own daughter? "We met at my mother's funeral"
"Oh…."
There was silence, and then Elizabeth was able to say something again and said
"Where did you two make the decision to get married?"
"Umm…. he proposed to me in the palace garden…it was a garden party." After all, there was a limit to the truth
"That must have been romantic..."
"Yes it was..."
~*~
"Father?" Leonardo called loudly as he pounded on the door to Char's study
"Come in Leonardo" Char answered back
"Father," Leonardo said entering and clearing his throat "I think it's time we had that talk."
Char rubbed his neck and started to sweat a little "Oh…. umm…I'll call your mother"
"No!" Leonardo cried "Not that talk father!"
"Oh," His father wiped his face a little, "good"
"Father…where did you meet mother?"
Char hesitated but then thought better than to lie to his son "We met at her mother's funeral, son"
"Oh really, where did you and her make the decision to get married?"
"Umm…A ball…it was a ball and we had so much fun, we decided to get married"
"Okay, well, thank you father"
Leonardo smiled and left the room. Leaving behind a very startled and confused Char.