Recap:
The handsome young man, humming softly to himself, did not see Chloe, and Chloe did not see him either. "Chloe, look out!" at Allegra's cry, both parties looked up and saw each other. Chloe however was unable to stop herself, and smacked into the young man, but luckily enough he was able to catch her in his muscular arms before she ended up on the floor.
She looked up at her handsome rescuer and smiled timidly at his surprised and curious, yet so intense, gaze.
"Sir I beg your pardon." Chloe broke from his embrace and smoothed her skirts and her hair. "I should have looked, I apologise."
The youth smiled at her "No forgive me. My father is always warning me against daydreaming when I travel around the castle. But my fair lady, I do not recognise you. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is…"
…Mitch." His toothy grin was infectious and she smiled back at him, much less timidly that before. "What may I call you?" She opened her mouth to respond, before realising that in her position, she was unable to do so. Her smile vanished, and she broke away from his gaze. She could not think of how she could respond to such a request without being outright rude.
"I am sorry, but I must go." Without looking back into his mystifying eyes, sparkling pools of mystery that she had all to strong an urge to become a part of, she began to again sprint down the hall. Allegra curtsied politely and then ran to catch up with her mistress.
"Wait! My lady, wait!" Chloe could hear the young man calling out to her, and as she rounded the bend in the corridor she ducked into a side passage, with Allegra close on her tail. Together they pressed themselves into the hard wall, and sure enough he ran straight past. Ducking her head out to check the corridor, Allegra proclaimed that it was all clear, and together they walked quickly out into the gardens.
The sun felt wonderful on her face, but all Chloe could do was wonder about Mitch. He was to well dressed to be a servant of any kind, a gentleman's gentleman maybe? No, not possible. He sounded much too well educated. So a member of the nobility? Chloe bit her lip as she concentrated on the identity of the mysterious stranger.
Mitch's P.O.V
Oh my goodness, I fear that she was a goddess, the young prince thought to himself, remembering her shining chestnut curls and her sun-like hazel eyes, panting from his run around the castle. Leaning against the cold stone wall, he began to contemplate the identity of the angel he had come in contact with. She could not have outrun me… Maybe she turned off into one of the side corridors? But such a beautiful maiden could not be of servant birth. She is a member of the nobility, and she spoke as if she had been well educated as well. She was foreign, must have been. I would have seen her before had she been from around here. But what foreign nobility is visiting at the moment? Surely I would have seen her before, remembered her had we been introduced! She did not know me either; she would have curtsied else-wise. Who could she have been? Lapsing off into further thought, he began to walk distractedly down the halls.
Soon he came to the gardens, and walking through some of the less frequented areas, he would have sworn to see flashes of chestnut or the lime green of her dress. Mentally slapping himself, he shook his head. Come on, snap out of it. She was probably not real anyway. You imagined it all, nothing that perfect could have been real. But deep down inside, he knew that she had been, and he wondered if she knew how she had stolen his heart with a glance.
Allegra's P.O.V
Chloe had remained distracted all through their outing, all through lunch, and all through the afternoon. Allegra too had her own question as to the identity, and was every bit as puzzled as her mistress. He was too well dressed to be one of the lower servants, too well built to be a gentleman's gentleman or the likes. Mitch. Why is that name so familiar? Allegra made a mental note to think of where she might have heard it before afterwards, fixing her eyes on Chloe, who was sitting at her window, staring out into the palace grounds, brush in hand although her hair was still knotty.
She stood up and went to sit next to her. "Chlo, we do not know who he was, where he was from or what he is like. True enough, he was incredibly handsome, but someone must tell you that it could never work. We know nothing of him or he of us. You must try to forget him, Marcius will certainly not be happy if he hears you have had your heart stolen by one with angelic looks, who is but a stranger." Chloe looked up at her, and her eyes showed an understanding of how her friend was impeccably right, but they also showed a defiance that Allegra had seen all too many times before.
"I know I must. But how curious I am! Ally, how I know you are right, but how it hurts me to realise it! He was so handsome…" Chloe hugged Allegra and she buried her head in her shoulder. Muffled by Allegra's clothing, "I will do my best to forget him I promise. But how I wish we were not here, having to hide our true feelings, not being able to say who we are! But I will not let Marcius see a change in my behaviour."
Allegra said nothing. She hugged her friend and realised how beneficial this could be for their cause. She felt quite terrible for thinking this but she knew that now Chloe would be more determined than ever to get away from Kemack. Or would she? Thinking a little more, she realised that now, her friend would be determined to work out who this strange man was. But who could he have been? I wonder… Mitch… Oh my goodness. It could not be possible. Allegra gasped when she realised how right she was.
"Ally, are you alright?" Chloe pulled her head from her friends shoulder. Seeing the shocked look in her friends eyes, Chloe queried her further. "Allegra. What is it?" She looked around the room. Seeing nothing of consequence, she turned back to her friend.
Allegra was steeling herself to answer her friend, "I-"
Knock, knock.
A/N: I'm lying on my bed, listening to my ipod which has FINALLY been fixed thank god and writing this on my laptop. I hope its ok… but im having some trouble working out what kind of reaction she should have had. I'm not sure if she was too intense or not? Just review and tell me.
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