Cat2fat900- LOL. Well at least you have a good list. :-) Thanks.

Bored247- LOL. She sure does. A fork, hmm interesting. ;-) Thanks.

Nettlez- LOL. No thank you. :-) Don't worry about it, Julien is definitely evil. LOL.

Shira's Song- LOL. Yeah, he is something, and find's ways of getting around. Glad you're enjoying it. Thanks.

Roguechere- LOL. Don't worry, I'm definitely not changing him good here. He's just trying to keep her calm in his own sick way to make sure that he doesn't have to kill her before he gets his uses out of her. :-) Thanks.

RECEPTIONS

Slowly but surely, it crept from the window, across the floor and into Anna's bed. It was a piercing light that woke her as she groaned and attempted to turn over trying desperately to get away from it, but the day had begun anew and it was not about to let her stay in bed as she noticed another window on the other side of the room. She could have sworn that the curtains were shut when she went to bed last night. Somewhat annoyed, she slowly arose from her warm bed and stretched. That is when she noticed it, another plate of food on the dresser, with a note on it. Anna reluctantly made her way to it and opened the note.

Je suis desole for the interruption of your sleep, but if you wish to see Remy you will need to be up and dressed for the party this evening. There will be some people up to see you and help you get ready.

The note was not signed, but she knew who it was. However, she couldn't help but allow herself the small joy of actual being able to see Remy after all she had done to get out here and see him. She just hoped that this wasn't some ploy to hurt him. But she couldn't help but wonder.

It did not take long for the two women to come up to her room. But they did just as he told her in the note. They were not rude or anything, but treated her very respectfully, well, when they actually spoke to her. They made sure that the dress fit her, and fit her perfectly it did. It was a long, sleek, strapless, black dress, with two slits for each leg. They did her hair and makeup elegantly but smacked her hands away if she tried to fix something. When she looked into the mirror as they finished, she couldn't believe her own reflection. She had never seen herself look like this before, and even though she did look beautiful, something about all of this was so unnerving. Not that she couldn't put her finger on it, because she could, she didn't trust Julien. There was just something odd about him and everything he did. What she didn't understand is why she had to dress up like this. What was going on? But before she could really think about it, there was a knock on the door. Before she said anything, Julien entered smiling at her.

The way he looked at her made her want to panic and run as far as she could away from him, but she knew that there was no way of doing that, at least not at this point. Plus, she had to see Remy, so if she had to go through this man to get there, so be it. She didn't come all this way for nothing. Finally, pulling himself out of his revere, he began to walk towards her. She flinched ever so slightly, but then refused to let him get to her and quickly changed her expression to a blank one as she stood strong in front of him. His smile grew at this as he held out his arm for her and she took it, smiling gently back. Once they made it outside there were limousine already departing, as one last one waited upon them.

"Chere, ya carriage awaits." He told her as he opened the door for her. All the way there Julien was on the phone. But she could not make out what he was talking about. Even with her understanding of french, nothing made sense, as if it were all code for something. Once they arrived, he had her go and mingle and what not, telling her that she should have fun because Remy was not likely to be there until later.

The whole party was definitely black tie, but there wasn't an outsider in the place, other than Anna. Even then she knew that she shouldn't let anyone else know that. She made sure to be evasive towards any questions regarding such things, and made sure to speak french when she did, but chose not to speak too much to make sure no one knew that she was an outsider. As it began to get dark, Julien found her and asked her to walk with him, so she did thinking that he was going to bring her to see Remy. Instead he asked her to wait in this gazebo not far from the party and wait there. So she did so. It wasn't but maybe ten minutes when she heard someone coming calling her name. At first she could not tell who it was in the dark from such a distance, but as he got closer towards her, she knew, it was Remy.

She was about to go running towards him when someone grabbed her arm. She turned and saw that it was Julien in the shadows. He shook his head at her, but was not able to get out of his grip. Finally Remy reached them and stared at Julien.

"What's dis 'bout?"

"You know 'xactly what dis is 'bout Remy."

"Den what does dis have ta do wit her?" Remy tried to touch her, but Julien only pulled her closer to him.

"She came to me." Remy flexed his hands over and over again, itching to hit the man before him. Then looked at Anna to see if it was true.

"Ah'm sorry." she mumbled, but couldn't look away from him. She was so close to him after all of this, and yet so far away.

"You got nothin' ta be sorry for chere, it be dis blood thirsty homme here who ought to be." he told her. Julien merely smiled.

"Such words for a thief."

"What you want with me Julien?"

"Don't want you marryin' ma soeur." Remy smirked and shook his head.

"You think dat Remy really want to be marryin' her any more den ya want him to?" he asked him sarcastically.

"Ma soeur ain't da problem here LeBeau, it be you and those thieves. You find some way ta get out of it, or else." he gripped Anna harder.

"Get ya point."

"Then go get to work." Just as Remy turned to leave, Anna struggled to get away from Julien.

"Don't do it chere." he whispered into her ear.

"There be assassins in dem trees over there. Ya easy pickin's if anything goes wrong here." her eyes went wide with that statement, wondering if he wasn't just going to have Remy killed there and then. She turned towards him quickly and kneed him in the groin. Without even looking back she ran towards Remy calling out to him. He turned around quickly, but just as they made it to her she dropped to the ground. Not far behind her was a not so amused Julien holding a gun that was still pointed at her.

"So predictable." he spat. Remy looked down at Anna and found himself relieved that it was only a dart and not a bullet. But once he looked back up, Julien had made it quite clear that he should go along with his business as he would take care of Anna, but that taking care of her part was what bothered Remy the most. He had to get her away from him, and it had to be tonight.