A/N - Hiya!! Thankyou Pennithil and SiriusObsession for all your support!! So yes. I promise more Char and Ella romance!!
Ella and Char walked into the room of their daughter Elizabeth to discover the three of their children dozing.
Elizabeth and Isabella had squeezed on the bed, by the looks of it they had managed to push Leonardo off.
"Aww…Char!" Ella exclaimed "Do they not look lovely together?"
"It seems like it was only yesterday when they were babies" Char wiped a tear before Ella could see it.
"It's so sweet!"
"Yes…"
"Well, we'd better wake them up.."
There was a pause
"GOOD MORNING!" Ella called loudly "Fine weather, you don't want to miss the sunshine do you?"
Isabella blinked then got up, her brother and sister followed.
"Motheeeer" Leonardo stretched the word.
"Up, up, up!"
It took fifteen minutes for the three of them to get dressed and go downstairs for breakfast.
Isabella had just about finished her breakfast (a piece of cinnamon-nut bread) when she saw Nabáre. He was standing right there joking around with some of the knights who were waiting for a meeting. Could he be a knight? He never mentioned anything about being a knight, and his father was a well-respected earl. No it wasn't possible Nabáre could not be a knight.
"I am training to become a knight" Nabáre explained to Isabella after she enquired to as of his presence.
"I see…because I thought that you were…" Isabella's voice trailed of slightly, she cleared her throat and made her voice more formal "Anyhow, my apologies. Good day Sir Nabáre"
She turned and started to turn but he caught her hand.
"By the way I asked you a question yesterday that you did not answer, are we friends?"
Isabella smiled and pulled her hand back. "Yes. I suppose we are"
She started to walk off again but after a few steps somebody caught her hand again. "Nabár-"It was her father. "Father!"
"Isabella…honey…who was that?" She could tell that he was trying to sound as unconcerned as possible.
"That was Nabáre father"
"Who is Nabáre"
"Just somebody who I met at the Ball last night. Father don't you need to guide the meeting now?"
"Yes…they can wait…you met him a the ball?"
"Yes" It took all of her brief training at finishing school to keep her eyes from rolling.
By now most of the knights had started calling for him to start the meeting. Char let go of her hand, muttered something about not getting too close with men and went in to the meeting-hall.
"Isabella what was that about?" Elizabeth's voice came
"Nothing Liz, just father telling me not to get too close to Nabáre"
Elizabeth giggled "Wait 'till he sees John!"
"Shush!" Isabella said then rushed to her sister "Don't be so loud about that!"
"Father's at the meeting and mother is upstairs somewhere talking to grandma probably about how you should get married, and they are the only people who don't know about you and John's…er…relationship"
"What do you mean!"
"Everybody who matters know except for mother and father" She paused "And grandfather"
"How?"
"Well, you told me, Leonardo eavesdropped and found out as of yesterday. Mandy, you know her, she finds out everything so she knows. Our serving maid, Nina, saw you him in your room. Aunt Cecilia saw him kiss you on the cheek, she told grandma and half of the royal servant population have seen you kissing in the lawns."
"Aunt Cecilia, grandma and Mandy know!"
"Of course! Didn't you know that?" Elizabeth gave her sister a look of faked disbelief
Isabella gaped at her sister.
Ella and Char walked into the room of their daughter Elizabeth to discover the three of their children dozing.
Elizabeth and Isabella had squeezed on the bed, by the looks of it they had managed to push Leonardo off.
"Aww…Char!" Ella exclaimed "Do they not look lovely together?"
"It seems like it was only yesterday when they were babies" Char wiped a tear before Ella could see it.
"It's so sweet!"
"Yes…"
"Well, we'd better wake them up.."
There was a pause
"GOOD MORNING!" Ella called loudly "Fine weather, you don't want to miss the sunshine do you?"
Isabella blinked then got up, her brother and sister followed.
"Motheeeer" Leonardo stretched the word.
"Up, up, up!"
It took fifteen minutes for the three of them to get dressed and go downstairs for breakfast.
Isabella had just about finished her breakfast (a piece of cinnamon-nut bread) when she saw Nabáre. He was standing right there joking around with some of the knights who were waiting for a meeting. Could he be a knight? He never mentioned anything about being a knight, and his father was a well-respected earl. No it wasn't possible Nabáre could not be a knight.
"I am training to become a knight" Nabáre explained to Isabella after she enquired to as of his presence.
"I see…because I thought that you were…" Isabella's voice trailed of slightly, she cleared her throat and made her voice more formal "Anyhow, my apologies. Good day Sir Nabáre"
She turned and started to turn but he caught her hand.
"By the way I asked you a question yesterday that you did not answer, are we friends?"
Isabella smiled and pulled her hand back. "Yes. I suppose we are"
She started to walk off again but after a few steps somebody caught her hand again. "Nabár-"It was her father. "Father!"
"Isabella…honey…who was that?" She could tell that he was trying to sound as unconcerned as possible.
"That was Nabáre father"
"Who is Nabáre"
"Just somebody who I met at the Ball last night. Father don't you need to guide the meeting now?"
"Yes…they can wait…you met him a the ball?"
"Yes" It took all of her brief training at finishing school to keep her eyes from rolling.
By now most of the knights had started calling for him to start the meeting. Char let go of her hand, muttered something about not getting too close with men and went in to the meeting-hall.
"Isabella what was that about?" Elizabeth's voice came
"Nothing Liz, just father telling me not to get too close to Nabáre"
Elizabeth giggled "Wait 'till he sees John!"
"Shush!" Isabella said then rushed to her sister "Don't be so loud about that!"
"Father's at the meeting and mother is upstairs somewhere talking to grandma probably about how you should get married, and they are the only people who don't know about you and John's…er…relationship"
"What do you mean!"
"Everybody who matters know except for mother and father" She paused "And grandfather"
"How?"
"Well, you told me, Leonardo eavesdropped and found out as of yesterday. Mandy, you know her, she finds out everything so she knows. Our serving maid, Nina, saw you him in your room. Aunt Cecilia saw him kiss you on the cheek, she told grandma and half of the royal servant population have seen you kissing in the lawns."
"Aunt Cecilia, grandma and Mandy know!"
"Of course! Didn't you know that?" Elizabeth gave her sister a look of faked disbelief
Isabella gaped at her sister.