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The next day, while Mary was helping the cook figure out what to make for the next week, she started thinking about when Colin and she used to eat dinner together, in the dining room or sometimes in the garden:

"Race you to the swing!" Colin shouted as he raced through the gardens, dodging various weeds that were slowly growing in his path.

"I'm going to get you Colin!" Mary was right at his heels, and gaining, even though she was carrying a picnic basket full of food.

When they both arrived at the door to the secret garden, Colin opened it, but was pushed out of the way by Mary, who sped past him, through the garden, and then sat down on the swing. Colin ran after her, but she was already sitting contentedly, smiling innocently as Colin stop to catch a much needed breath.

Mary smiled at him. She loved racing Colin, it made her feel like they were still ten year old children, instead of two married eighteen year old's. She slowly looked around her, admiring the garden's beauty. Colin and she had tried to keep the garden beautiful, but they sometimes could only work on it for maybe half an hour. But the garden also seemed to work hard to keep it's beauty, too, always allowing it's flowers to wander about, but crushing any weeds that tried to invade. It made Mary smile.

When she turned around again, she noticed that Colin had stopped breathing heavily and was now watching her, a large grin, on his face.

"What are you staring at?" Mary asked.

Colin shook his head, "Nothing, I'm just so happy that you are my wife now." With that he leaned down and kissed her.

Mary smiled when he pulled away. Even though she and Colin had only been married for two and a half week's, she felt as though they had been married forever. She hoped that they would always keep their child like fun, always racing each other, and that they wouldn't suddenly realize that they were not being proper.

Mary reached down and started unpacking the picnic basket, enjoying the smell of fresh baked bread and cupcakes. She and Colin spent the rest of the afternoon in the garden, talking and pulling weeds.

Mary sighed. She remembered always thinking that she and Colin would be happy, and here she was now, ttying to get Colin to stop and acting childish and start becoming the man she loved again.

When she was finally finished helping the cook, she walked back up to her bedroom. When she got there, she opened her closet, trying to figure out what to wear tomorrow since she didn't have anything else to do.

While looking, she had another memory

"What do you think of this one?" Mary stood in front of Colin, who was laying on the bed. He studied her, but then shook his head.

"I think the pink makes you look like you are a tall five year old."

Mary sighed. She had been trying on dresses for about an hour now, trying to figure out what to wear for the grand dinner that Colin's father was holding, and Colin did not like any of the dresses she had. She was trying to look good in order to impress some new people who were visiting Colin's father from London.

Mary walked behind her changing screen and put on another dress, this time a green and red one. When she walked out, Colin shook his head.

"It makes you look like you are going to a Christmas party, and it is only April!"

Mary sighed, and then walked over to her closet.

"Well, I have nothing else to wear that would be appropriate for a dinner paryty, inless you have any ideas."

"Actually, I do." Colin stood up, walked over to his desk and pulled out a large brown package from one of the drawers.

"Here, I think that this would be perfect." Mary slowly opened it and gasped. It was a gorgeous dark blue dress, with gold trim all the way around the neck, cuffs and hem. She looked at it closely, not wanting to damage it, until Colin spoke up, "Well go try it on, it won't break, I promise."

Mary gave Colin a hug, and then eagerly put the dress on, spinning in front of Colin when she was down.

She loved the dress. She made her look slim, but also made you look at her eyes. She gave Colin a hug, and then kissed him, trying to tell him how happy she was.

That evening, all the guests stared at Mary in amazement when she walked in on Colin's arm. Mary smiled at all of them, but they just stared at her.

Mary ran her hand along that very dress, tears slowly coming to her eyes. She had always loved that dress, always wearing it to balls and such, but after Colin and started acting mean, she had put it in the back of her closet, not wearing it again. She closed her closet door and got ready for bed.

She just wanted to forget some of her memories, even though she thought that she had had a plan, but she decided that it wouldn't work.

Colin was just so selfish, mean and stubborn, that she would never be able to convince him to fall in love with her again. So now, she just went about her day, taking care of the servants, making sure that everything was working properly, not going near Colin's bedroom at all.

Mary knew that she would need to face him eventually, but not today. Maybe someday, but defiantly not today.

I hope you liked this chapter, and yes, I know that I had written in the last chapter about Mary making another plan, but I decided against it. Remember, I am still just making this up as I go along, but PLEASE REVIEW! THANK YOU! Li Li