Chapter 5: His Maid- Home
WARNINGS: Language
Sebastian continues to pull her along the streets clearly very pissed off. Okay maybe, just maybe her prank was a little harsh. If what he says is true then the others have made a bigger mess than she anticipated. "Look I'm sorry okay. I didn't expect them to cause that much of a mess. Only a slight one." she says sighing trying to pull her arm away. Sebastian stops again and glares at her, not uttering a word.
"STOP RIGHT THERE, KIDNAPPER!"yells a male voice somewhere in the crowd. It sounded like... no it couldn't be? Could it? A man a few inches shorter than Sebastian, with shaggy blonde hair and warm brown eyes, glares at the butler. He's handsome as hell, with chiseled cheek bones and a strong jaw. He's wearing a black coat over a navy blue vest and a white button down shirt. His pants are the same navy color as his vest. His black shoes are worn and have a couple of scuffs. She'd recognize him by his unruly hair alone, it's Theodore, her best friend. Her only friend.
"Theo what are you doing here?" Violet asks. Sebastian finally lets go and looks back and forth between them.
"Violet! I'm so glad I found you!" he exclaims wrapping his arms around her in a hug. "I went to your house, but I found your father and Clive(1) dead! You were no where to be found! I was going to check up on you since you told me that Nathan had been acting strange."
"I'm so sorry Theo, I should have written." she says frowning. "Oh the man pulling me a long isn't a kidnapper, he's actually my coworker." Violet points to Sebastian who is glaring at Theodore.
"Just what in the world happened Letty?" Theodore asks glaring back at Sebastian.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!" she hisses punching him in the arm. He just laughs and grabs her, ruffling her hair with the hand he's not hugging her with.
"Perhaps we should go back to the manor to discuss this?" says Sebastian finally speaking. That's probably a good idea. They're already drawing a crowd to them. A man yelling 'Stop kidnapper' is sure to attract attention.
"Manor, what manor?" asks Theodore eyeing Violet.
"Phantomhive Manor. I told you a few seconds ago that Sebastian and I we're coworkers." she says pointing to the grumpy demon. "Well I'm a maid and he's the head butler, we work for Earl Phantomhive."
Theodore gives a low whistle. "Huh, who would've thought you'd end up as a maid." he says teasingly. Violet shoves him and laughs.
"Well neither did I, you ass!" she retorts giggling. She missed Theo, she can't believe she completely forgot to write him. Sebastian clears his throat reminding them of his presence.
"I will take Violet back to the manor, I'm sure you can find your own way there Mr.?" He trails off looking pointedly at Theodore. Violet has no idea why he looks so mad at Theo. Sebastian keeps glaring at him, is he...is he jealous? Oh he is, that has to be it. To test her theory Violet grabs Theo's hand and squeezes it. Theo smiles down at her, oblivious to the harsh look Sebastian is giving him. Well her theory been proven, he is jealous.
"It's Hadley, but please call me Theo. Sorry about accusing you earlier of being a kidnapper. But yes I have my own horse, I can just follow you two back." he says grinning pointing with his free hand towards the stables.
"Okay sounds good to me." Violet says grinning back at him and releasing his hand. All three of them make their way to the stable. Theodore's horse is a couple stalls down from Violet's own. Once she reaches her horse she turns to Sebastian. "So we'll meet you there."
"I'm riding with you." he says already climbing onto the horse. "You are going to ride with me back to the manor." He grabs her by the arm and pulls her up setting her down behind him. As soon as she's settled he takes off. Theo yells at him to wait up.
They arrive at the manor, Theo close behind them. Violet hops down ignoring the hand Sebastian offered her and runs towards Theo to escort him inside. She's so excited that he's here, she missed him. He gets off of his horse and Violet grabs his hand and basically drags him behind her.
"Wow! So this has been where your staying?" he asks eyes roaming all over the manor. Violet smiles at him as Sebastian falls instep beside her.
"Yeah, I've only been here a few months. They're pretty nice here." she replies. They reach the door and walk in. "Come on we can talk in the kitchen." Violet begins to pull him along again when Sebastian interrupts her. It's clear to her, now that she knows he's jealous, that he doesn't want her alone with her friend.
"I believe the young master would like a chance to speak to Theodore as well."
Violet guesses that true. Ciel would like to speak or see a guest in his home. She's just so worked up. Theo has always been like an older brother to her, keeping safe from bullies and later Nathan. "Yeah, he probably would," she says turning to look at Theo. " He's a thirteen year old Earl named Ciel, don't comment on how he's a child though. He's pretty sensitive about his age." She warns him grinning.
"You should heed your advice Violet. Do you not call the young lord a child also?" Sebastian asks smirking. Violet begins to walk towards Ciel's study. The boy should be in there during this time of day. The two men follow behind her, one glaring and the other looking around in awe.
"I never call him a child to his face though. But I refuse to call him master or my lord. It feels too strange to call a kid master. I don't know how you and the others do it." Violet says brows furrowing. Granted she does call him that when he has guests over. But that's only so Ciel can keep up appearances. Also her and Sebastian came to an agreement when she first came here, and she refused to call Ciel by nothing but his name. She could as long as they had no guests, but if they did, she was to call him master or sir. It's really the only thing she dislikes about being a maid.
They all reach Ciel's study, Violet gives a light knock before entering. Ciel is at his desk, with a pile of papers in front of him. He looks up as they all enter the room, giving Sebastian a questioning look. "This is my friend," Theo coughs and looks at her. "Sorry BEST friend, Theodore Hadley, Sebastian and I ran into him while I was in town. He's been searching for me since I went 'missing'."
"It's nice to meet you Ciel." he says walking to the child's desk shaking his hand in greeting. Ciel sighs and moves the stack of papers over, before sitting back in his chair.
"Well you might as well sit." he says nodding to a couple of chairs. "Sebastian you might as well stay too, to hear what Mr. Hadley has to say." Sebastian goes to stand beside the chair Violet is sitting in.
"Of course young master."
They all three turn to look at Theo waiting for him to speak. He clears his throat and begins to tell them whats been going on. "I went to your farm, to see if you needed any help. I knew your father would have been drinking heavier than he normally would on that day. So I was going to take you into town for the day."
"Why would her father drink heavier on that day?" questions Ciel his eyes narrowing. He looks at Violet clearing wanting her to tell him the reason. Violet's whole body tenses, she hates thinking about it. It always leaves her body feeling cold, and a feeling of remorse fills her stomach.
"A week after my fifth birthday, my mother was killed." Violet closes her eyes, trying to will the images out of her head. It's funny really, she can barely remember her mother, but she can still see her lifeless body in the middle of the road, her throat torn to shreds. There was so much blood, to much blood.
"I thought your mother was sick and eventually perished from her illness." Sebastian says clearly confused. Violet's mouth goes dry, she can't tell them she was the cause of her mother being killed. The reason her father drank, the reason why he hated her so much. She looks at Theo for support, the man smiles at her reassuringly.
"Violet used to love dogs, any animal really," he began. "Her parents and I used to warn her though that the town had vicious strays. Violet would get so excited and run to greet any dog she saw..." Theo reaches out and squeezes her hand. "One day as her and her mother were shopping in town, one of the feral dogs crossed their path. Violet ran towards it and it lunged at her, sinking it's teeth into her arm. Her mother, ripped her daughter away, the dog then turned on her and..." His voice trails off gesturing at his throat.
"So your father drinks heavily on the anniversary of your mother's death," Ciel says to her before he faces Theo. " and you go there to take her away?"
"Yes, but when I went there this time I found Nathan dead and their only horse dead also. I became worried about Violet, fearing she too had been killed. But I never found her body so I assumed she had been kidnapped." Theo says frowning. He was really worried about her. Violet smiles to herself, he always did.
"Nathan sold me Theo. I...killed my captors and met Ciel and Sebastian there. They were investigating the area looking for the cult Nathan sold me to." she tells him grimacing.
"Wait, Nathan, your father, SOLD YOU!?"
"Yeah, remember I told you he always threatened to, well he finally did it. I tried to escape and rode Clive to the edge of our land. But they shot him and caught up with me. The leader of the cult, shot and killed Nathan when he refused to give him the money back." Violet says settling back into her chair.
"And then you meet these two?" Theodore asks looking at Ciel and Sebastian.
Violet's mouth forms a small smile. Meeting Ciel and Sebastian was the best thing that's ever happened to her. She has a home now, something she didn't have with Nathan. "Yes, about a month later."
"Well you look a lot happier, but what about your house? Didn't your grandfather leave it to your mother in his will?" he asks curiously.
Violet nods. "Yes, and when she died the house went to me. That's the only reason why Nathan didn't gamble it away. It wasn't his."
"Well I think you should come back to decide what to do with the place." he says eyeing Ciel.
"What do you think Ciel? Would you wanna go see my home town?" Violet asks eyes pleading with him to say yes.
"Where is it?" Ciel asks sighing pinching the bridge of his nose, like he's forming a headache.
"It's a small town called Alverton(2). It's about a days drive from here." she says smiling.
"We'll leave in the morning. Sebastian would you show our guest where he'll be sleeping for the night."
"Yes my young lord." Sebastian replies bowing.
Morning comes quickly. Well quicker since Sebastian woke her up at the crack of dawn to help him prepare for the journey. Everyone's still asleep, except for Ciel and Theo. Violet made them both some breakfast and their both currently eating. Sebastian told the disastrous trio that they we're leaving for a few days and to not destroy the place. She would've liked for them to come, but who knows what kind of trouble those three could get into in such a small town.
"Violet, please pay attention." Sebastian says frowning at her.
"It's to early." she grumbles yawning. She had to been asleep for only 2 hours last night.
"You would have been more rested if you and Mr. Hadley had not spent the entire night talking." he informs her placing Ciel's clothes in a travel bag, Violet picks out a couple pairs of shoes and hands them to him.
"I haven't seen him in a while, I wanted to catch up with him," Violet says arms crossed over her chest. "Besides couldn't you pack Ciel's things by yourself, I still have to pack too. Aren't we leaving soon?"
"Do not worry about packing. I packed for you whilst you and talked." he says hand over his heart.
"I'm not so sure that's a good thing," she mutters. Ever since he woke her up he's been trying to keep her away from Theo as much as possible. It's actually pretty cute, who knew he could get so jealous. Maybe he likes her too? He has to feel something towards her at least or he wouldn't act like this. "Is that everything?" she asks speaking louder.
"Yes I believe so, I will go get the carriage ready if you would go get the young master and your guest." He picks up the travel bag full of Ciel's things. Violet follows him out the door and makes her way towards the dining room.
Ciel and Theo are done eating, both of them are leaning over a chessboard. One of them must have grabbed it from Ciel's study. "Are you both ready to go?" she asks picking up the dishes, she'll put them into the kitchen sink on the way out. Mey-rin can wash them later.
"Yes, at least I'm ready, are you Ciel?" Theo asks standing and walking towards her. Ciel nods and stands as well. He walks past them and out the door. Violet shakes her head and smiles. Ciel was so adorable in the mornings. Especially early morning, he was so grumpy.
"You might as well follow him, I'm going to drop these off in the sink then I'll join you." she says nodding towards the dishes in her hands.
"Is that Sebastian fellow out there?" Theo asks worriedly. Sebastian must've really spooked him last night. He kept popping in unexpectedly while they we're talking and making snide comments to Theo.
"Yes, he'll be out there. But don't worry to much, he won't harm you, you're a guest," she says smiling at him and pushing him out the door. "I'll be there shortly, he won't have time to murder you." she teases laughing at his shocked and scared face.
"Your a cruel friend Letty." he sighs shoulders slumping the smile on his face betrays his act of sadness.
"I told you not to call me that!" she hisses stomping her foot. Theodore just laughs and makes his way to the entrance. Violet grumbles to herself and goes to the kitchen before going to her and Mey-rin's room. She grabs an empty bag hoping to bring some things here from her old house.
"Are you ready?"
Violet lets out a shriek and drops the bag. She turns around and sees an amused Sebastian. "Damn it! You almost gave me a heart attack! I told you before not to sneak up on me," she whispers eyeing Mey-rin, who just let out a rather loud snore. She really can sleep through anything. "But yes I'm ready, I just wanted to grab this bag so I can bring my other belongings here."
"Then let's go." he says patting her head like she was a small child, she hits him with the bag earning a chuckle from him. "My so violent."
"Just go." she laughs walking past him.
They both make it outside to the carriage. Sebastian takes the empty bag and puts it with the rest of the luggage. Violet is about to enter the carriage when he stops her. She looks up at him expectantly, what could he want now?
"You'll be accompanying me on the driver seat Violet, you will have to guide me to your town." he says hoisting her up onto said seat, before he climbs up himself. Violet settles herself on the hard bench and sighs. She was hoping to spend a little time with Theo on the journey.
It takes them one full day to reach Alverton. Then another hour to reach her home. Sebastian drove all night long the two humans in the carriage slept. Violet on the other hand had trouble finding a comfortable spot, and Sebastian refused to let her into the carriage to sleep. So she snuggled into his side hoping that if she annoyed him enough he'd let her. Her plan didn't work though. He just allowed her to lean against him.
He woke her when they reached her house. The place seems so small now that she was used to living at the Phantomhive manor. It desperately needed work done to it. The white paint was chipping and the roof had a pretty sizable hole that was being covered by a plank of wood. She hopped down and went to wake the others as Sebastian grabbed their luggage before placing the bags on the front porch.
"Are we there?" asks Ciel rubbing his eyes and walking out of the carriage, Theo right behind him.
"Yes we just got here, Theo do you have the key?" Violet asks looking at her friend expectantly holding out her hand.
"Yes, yes I do. It's here some where..." he says patting himself down, he reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a bent key. Violet takes it from him and walks to the door. She lets out a deep breath before unlocking the door and entering. The others follow her in.
She glances around and winces. She forgot how bad it was in here. Theo was used to it, he's been here multiple times. But the other two...she doesn't want them to treat her any different because of how she was raised. The walls were a disgusting yellow color that had once been white, cracks and holes dotted them. A small couch sat in what would be the drawing room, but the couch sat in tatters. A small chair knocked on it's side next to it. She knows the rest of the house will look the same. The only room that fared any better was her own room, but not by much.
"Sorry about the mess..." her voice trails off not knowing what else to say. Ciel, bless him, doesn't seem fazed. Sebastian rights the small chair and the child sits down.
"Just get what you came for, the sooner you do the sooner we can leave." he says looking her in the eye. She has to agree with him, she doesn't want to be here any longer than what's necessary either.
"Okay I just need a few things it shouldn't take long." she says trying to smile, she turns towards the stair case and begins to make her way to the attic. She'll start there first, she stashed some of her mother's photographs up there and a few of her items. She reaches for the door knob when a gloved hand reaches around her and opens the door for her. She jumps in surprise and glares at the butler behind her.
"I thought I told you not to sneak up on me! I swear I'm going to buy a bell and pin it on you."
"I would like to assist you in getting your belongings." he replies smiling easily up at her.
"Yeah, okay just follow me, and be careful the floor up here isn't exactly stable." Violet says walking into the attic. Trunks and furniture draped in yellowing cloth cover the room. But Violet ignores all of them, the one she wants is in the very back corner hidden from view. Her and Sebastian carefully step through the room, mindful of the floor boards that look rotted. Violet kneels down once they reach a small trunk that's locked.
"Damn, I don't have the key anymore." she grumbles glaring at the padlock.
"Allow me." Sebastian says reaching forward. He grasps the lock and jerks his hand back, the clasp and padlock now detached from the trunk and in his hand. Violet beams up at him and laughs.
"Thanks! I knew I let you follow me around for a reason." she teases still smiling.
"Are you going to open it, or should I?" he asks smiling back at her.
Violet looks at the trunk and takes a deep breath before opening the lid. There's not many things in it, and they hold little value. But to her they mean everything. A small oval picture frame sits on a blue and yellow quilt. Violet picks up both items and sets them in her lap. Her hands hover for a second over the frame before she flips it over. The picture is of a young woman in her early twenty's with long wavy hair. In her arms she's holding a toddler wearing a ribbon in her hair, their both smiling at the camera.
"Is that your mother?" he asks leaning down and looking over her shoulder.
"Yeah that's my mother, her name was Julia. I was only two in this picture." she says fingers running across her mother's face. She sighs before she sits the picture back down onto the quilt before she stands. Sebastian takes the bundle out of her arms and looks around the room.
"Was that all that you needed?" he asks looking at her questioningly.
Violet rubs the back of her head and smiles sheepishly. "Yeah the blanket used to be hers. I put it in the trunk along with that picture. Nathan destroyed the rest of her things. Thankfully he didn't care to much about the attic or it's contents, so I knew it would be safe," she says making her way towards the door. "I would suggest we could stay here for the night, but I don't think that would be a good idea..."
Sebastian just nods and follows her down the stairs. Violet goes start to the drawing room and takes the items from his arms. She stands next to Theo, shifting the items in her arms to hold on to them better. "Are you guys ready to leave?" she asks looking at them both.
"We're not staying here?" Theo questions standing from his spot on the ratty couch.
"No. I don't think it'd be a good idea. We'll just get a hotel and tomorrow I plan on just selling this place to the bank." Violet informs him smiling lightly. She'll miss this place, it's the only other physical connection she has with her mother. But the house is in horrible need of repairs from years of neglect. She can't possible over see repairs when she lived all the way in London.
"Why don't I just buy it from you and fix the place up?" he asks placing a hand on her shoulder, Sebastian takes a step closer to her and frowns at Theo. Violet resists the urge to tease him, and instead looks up at Theo.
"If your sure you want this place just take it. You don't have to pay me for it. The bank would probably just demolish the house and resell the land."
"Then it's settled, I'll take this place off your hands!" he exclaims grinning and shaking her hand vigorously. Violet laughs and jerks her arm away.
"What are you trying to do? Shake my arm out of it's socket?" she giggles shoving his chest. Theo grins mischievously and pulls into a tight embrace, rubbing his knuckles on top of her head. Violet shrieks in laughter and tries to push him away. Ciel just looks at the two adults acting like children and sighs. Sebastian who seems to have had enough, pulls Violet away from Theo and tucks her into his side.
"I believe we should leave before the sun sets. Would you be accompanying us Mr. Hadley?" Sebastian asks smiling darkly at the other man.
"Err ummm... N-no I think I-I'll just stay here and go ov-ver everything that needs done." he stammers clearly scared by the look Sebastian is giving him.
"Are you sure Theo?" Violet elbows Sebastian in his side and gives him a warning look. He better be nice to Theodore if he knows what's good for him. Sebastian, who must not have any fear for his life, ignores her.
"I'm sure Vi, I need to figure out what needs my immediate attention. Then I need to hire a few people to help me with the repairs." he says easily trying to ignore the butler.
"Well if your sure, maybe we could meet up for breakfast tomorrow?" she asks while trying to squirm out from under Sebastian's arm, who just tightens his grip on her.
"I'm sure he'll meet us for breakfast, let's just go." Ciel says clearly getting annoyed. Theo waves as Sebastian basically drags Violet away.
They stay at the only hotel in the small town. They have to share one room though. The rest are all being used by boarders. Lucky the room has two beds, and Sebastian doesn't need to sleep. Violet and Sebastian place the luggage next to one of the small beds. Sebastian opens one and begins to put Ciel's things away. Violet shakes her head, not understanding the need to unpack when they'd be leaving tomorrow.
"Is there a place to eat?" asks Ciel looking at her expectantly.
"We can eat here, Clara cooks the meals for the guests. I could go see what she's made if your hungry." Violet says. Ciel just nods, so she takes that as his way of saying he is in fact hungry. Violet leaves the room and makes her way down stairs to the front desk.
An older woman with gray hair and a few inches shorter than Violet stands behind it, writing something down in a large book. "Excuse me, Clara? I was hoping to trouble you for something for dinner." Violet asks trying not to startle the old woman.
"Oh dear! Of course, I'm sorry I should've offered you and your husband and child something to eat. It does my heart good Violet that you married such a nice man, and his son is so well behaved! I hope stew is okay?" Clara says excitedly.
Violet smiles at her, Clara always did get overly excited, she even came to the conclusion, by herself, that she had married a widower who had a young son. Ciel almost lost it, and Sebastian didn't correct her. Probably for the best, it wouldn't look very good for her to share a room with a man she wasn't married to. "That sounds fine, do you need me to help you bring it up stairs?"
"Oh no dear, go back up to your handsome husband." Clara says winking.
"Okay if your sure?" Violet says frowning. Really it wouldn't bother her to help. It'll actually get her out of the room for a little while longer.
"Of course I'm sure. I just have to heat up the stew, and I'll send up some of my peach cobbler as well." Clara says making shooing gestures.
Violet giggles. "Okay thank you Clara. I always loved your peach cobbler." she says making her way back up to the room, Clara already gone and in the kitchen.
Violet opens the room door and steps in. Ciel is sitting at the table off in the corner and Sebastian is looking out the window. Violet sits across from the child. Violet is about to say something when Sebastian speaks.
"How small is this town?" he asks eyes never leaving the window. It probably shocking to come from a big city to a small town like this. They only have one store, and the hospital resides on the top floor. Their church is also the school house, and the only hotel is also a boarding house.
"I think they last time someone counted, there had to be 100 or 200 people here. Everyone eventually moves. A lot of families relocated during the years those feral dogs were here, this used to be a fairly large town before then." she asks grimacing at the thought of the dogs.
"Hmmm. How did a pack of feral dogs make it into the town, and how were they taken care of?" Sebastian asks finally turning to face her.
Violet furrows her brow and frowns. "I was only five, I don't really know how they came to be here. But I know the town hired a group of men to exterminate them. I think one of the men died though, but they did manage to kill all the dogs." Violet is interrupted by someone, probably Clara, knocking on the door.
Sebastian walks forward and opens it, sure enough Clara is there with a cart of food. She even brought Sebastian a plate, Violet bites her lip wondering how she can get Clara to take one of the plates back.
"Thank you Mrs. Thompson the food looks delishous." Sebastian says smiling a the old woman taking the cart from her.
"Oh no need to thank me, I'm just glad to see Violet doing so well! Just put the cart with the dirty dishes out in the hall and I'll come retrieve them later." Clara says already making her way back to the front desk. Sebastian shuts the door and begins to serve the food.
"What are we going to do about your plate?" Violet asks sitting down to eat the stew and cobbler.
"I am going to eat as well." he answers easily, sitting down at the chair next to Violet. She looks at him and watches as he picks up a spoonful of stew and eats it. Violet has never seen him eat before, she actually wasn't sure if he could. Violet and Ciel begin to eat too a comfortable silence fills the room the only sound is of silver ware hitting their bowls.
"I'd like to leave as soon as possible tomorrow. There are things I have to do back at the manor." Ciel says pushing away his half eaten stew and taking a rather large bite of cobbler.
"Of course, my young lord." Sebastian readily agrees with him. Violet frowns but doesn't say anything, she can't stay here forever, she'll miss Theo though. Hopefully he'll visit often now that he knows where she lives. They continue to eat in silence. They finish eating and she gather the dishes and waits outside until Sebastian changes Ciel into his night clothes. Violet opted to just wear the clothes she's wearing now to bed, to save them the hassle of having to leave the room while she gets ready for bed. It doesn't take long, thankfully, before Sebastian tells her she can come back in.
The room is dark, she barely makes out Ciel, who has chosen the bed closet to the window. Which leaves Violet with the one near the door. Sebastian sits down on the chair closet to her bed and settles in for the night. Violet quickly gets into bed, only fumbling a little before she relaxes beneath the covers.
"Good night Ciel and Sebastian." she says fighting back a yawn.
"Good night Violet" responds Sebastian. Ciel makes a noise of acknowledgment. Violet cuddles up to one of the pillows and falls asleep.
She's awaken all to soon for her tastes. A hand trails up her side and rest on her neck caressing the skin there before it moves back down her side. It's like who ever is 'petting' her thinks she's a cat. Her eyes snap open and she sees Sebastian staring down at her with an amused expression. Her left arm swings out to hit him but he backs away quickly, out of her reach. Violet sits up about to give him an earful, when she hears someone knock on the door. Shooting Sebastian a glare, which he ignores and continues smiling at her, she goes to the door and opens it. Expecting Clara to be there but instead a little boy, around 6 years old, with dark blonde hair and brown eyes looks up at her.
"Henry? Where's Theo, did he send you?" she asks the child looking down the hallway trying to see if she can spot her friend.
"Theo said he wouldn't be able to make it to breakfast. He found someone to help him at fix up your old house, but they wanted to start right away." Henry says inching closer to Violet before he fist her dress and buries his face in the fabric. "I missed you Violet, I'm so glad big brother found you!"
Violet pats his back, she can feel Ciel and Sebastian's eyes on her. "Well maybe Theo can bring you to London sometime for a visit? How's that sound?" she asks trying to appease the child turned octopus. His little hands grip her dress tighter and he looks up at her with tears in his eyes, lower lip out in a pout. He quickly hides his face, and sniffs. "H-hey don't cry buddy. If we don't see you soon I'm sure I can come back for a visit. Right guys?" Violet looks behind her, both males have an amused expression, clearly enjoying her discomfort.
"Yes that should be fine." Ciel says coughing to hide his laughter.
Violet gently pulls Henry away and looks down at him. "See? You'll see me soon and we can play all sorts of games! How's that sound?"
"O-okay. But real soon, promise?" he asks wiping his face on his sleeve.
"Absolutely!" Violet says before hugging him, squeezing him tight. "Now we have to check out and get ready to leave. I guess we can eat breakfast on the way back?" The last part she directs to the other two, waiting for one of them to answer.
"Yes, fine. Sebastian go prepare the carriage and find something to eat for Violet and me. Violet you are to pack our bags." instructs the child Earl.
"Yes my young lord." says Sebastian giving a little bow before he sets off to do what he was told.
"Okay Henry you should head home, okay?" she says patting his back.
"You'll come back soon?" he asks step ping back, lower lip jutting out again. Violet kneels down so she can look him in the eye and hugs him again.
"You'll see me so much you'll get sick of me!" she exclaims tickling his sides. The smaller child laughs and wiggles out of her hold.
"Okay! I'll see you soon then Violet! Bye Violet's friend, bye Violet!" Henry shouts racing down the hall.
Violet turns around and enters the room, shutting the door behind her. She's glad she got to come back to her home town and see everyone. There's not a lot of good memories in Alverton, but her friends make up for it. She'll definitely be back to visit soon.
Violet let's out a small laugh. Who would've thought that a small town girl's life could be this exciting?
A/N: (1) Clive: that's Violet's horses name, or was it's name before he was killed. (2) Alverton: I used a name generator to use for Violet's home town. So the town itself doesn't actually exist except in this story ^^
This chapter really kicked my ass. I must have rewritten it three times because I didn't like how it was going. But now you all know what happened to Violet's mom and the reason why her dad was such a dick to her. Also do you prefer longer chapters or shorter ones? I tend to like them long but it'll take a little longer to get them out than shorter ones. Just let me know :) Until next time!