Sorry for all the errors in chapter 1, especially the one where Mace is talking about Blue skies.. haha I was sooooo worried people wouldn't get it * rubs neck anxiously. Well, here's Chapter 2, Enjoy :)
~Chapter 2
Mace sat at the end of the table, directly opposite of Ciel. After Sebastian left her room, She decided to pull her hair up in a ponytail with a dark red ribbon, almost matching Sebastian's eyes, and wash her face, before heading downstairs. While meandering around before supper, she couldn't help but think of the smile Sebastian displayed on his face as she told him how she dislikes dogs and blue skies. Those piercing crimson eyes playing through her mind like a dream. It made her uncomfortable. She had never felt such an annoying tickle persistent in her abdomen before, and she didn't like it one bit. Did she fancy Sebastian? Whose to say. Her brain wrapped around this question as the dinner bell rang from down the hall. There he was, still smiling, holding the silver bell motioning towards the dining hall. As she stepped into the room, Ciel stood right next to a chair at the end of the table. She inched closer as he pulled the chair out, asked her to sit, and slid the chair closer to the table. She could tell it took all of his strength, being smaller than her, though it was so gentlemanly.
So, now she sits, struggling to hear Ciel from across the long mahogany table. Through most of the meal she sat quietly, letting Ciel explain rules of the household as Sebastian served them with a sly smile and quick glances in her direction. She wondered why Sebastian doesn't join the Earl for dinner, but he seemed busy bustling around, he probably doesn't have time. This concluded her to query when exactly he does eat.
"-What do you think?"
She blinked, coming back to reality. "W-What?"
The Earl chuckled, "Not listening, eh? You have much to learn. I asked you what you think about Sebastian?
She blushed, could he read her mind? Has that damned demon told the Earlabout the previous events leading up to dinner?
"H-He's a m-marvelous... dedicated butler I suppose."
"Ah, admiring his workmanship. I saw you eyeing him curiously and was just wondering what exactly you found so enthralling. He's the perfect frame a butler should fill. I must agree with you about that. Mind your gaze though. You might distract him."
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Sebastian smirk through his glossy black fringe, Clearly directed towards her. Needless to say, she kept conversation with Ciel for the rest of the meal.
After dinner, Mace retreated to her room. However, she couldn't find her way back to the secret hall. She pushed on wall after wall, with no success. She wandered around the dark corridors looking for Mr. Tanaka or Sebastian, instead, to her actual surprise, she found three more servants in the kitchen surrounding the island. She stood stunned as they introduced themselves.
"Oy. Look there, she must be the new Governess. Hey mate! I'm Baldroy, but you can call me Bard."
"Hello miss, I am Mey-rin. pleasure to meet you finally."
"Yeah, specially since Sebastian said 'Dont scare the new governess, Mace. She seems delicate.'"
'Delicate?!' Mace thought to herself, slightly angered at Sebastian.
"Oh, yeah! I'm Finny." The boy spoke again. He was young, with a goofy grin to boot.
"Oy. Hey Sebastian. Don't worry, she walked in on us. She's a right pretty one isn't she?"
Mace looked behind her and jumped a few feet. Sebastian had snuck up on her! How did she not detect his presence? His slight breath, beating heart, soft steps? This puzzled her more than shock. How did he move so silently?
" Are you lost miss?" replied Sebastian, disregarding Bard with the wave of his hand.
"Sebastian, I said call me Mace. Remember." She said, trying to calm herself and slow her heartbeat. Why did her chest flutter when she saw Sebastian. Her face flushed when he eyed her, feet shuffled backwards when he walked near?
"Right, I do apologise. Now, let me show you back to your room."
"U-Uh, ok. Goodnight Bard, Mey-rin, Finny. See you tomorrow I guess."
She waved to them with a genuine smile. She liked them. They were less mysterious than Mr. Tanaka or Sebastian. This time when Sebastian held out his hand, she reluctantly grabbed it, after a moment of hesitation. She didn't want to wander the halls unprotected in the dark. The darkness held secrets, entrapped lost souls, enveloped a person to suffocation of the throat. The darkness made her uncomfortable, Sebastian could tell. She didn't like darkness, she liked gloom. Gloom has the perfect amount of light, as to not blind you or hide you. Sebastian led her seamlessly back to the secret hall, bid her goodnight, and stepped into the blue door next to hers, the same color as the earl's eye, and into his room.
Looking back at her door, she noticed the color had changed. Stepping through the threshold she realized. The color replicated that of a gloomy winters day, her favorite kind of day. 'Did Sebastian do this for me?' She queried as she sit on her bed. Even the sheets and goose-down comforter replicated the clouds she loved ever so much. Why would he do this? Why did he seem so interested in her? She was just another servant, nothing special. And why did she care so much? All questions she couldn't answer as she unpacked her bags into the maroon colored wood wardrobe. She lay on her bed, stomach down, singing and drawing. She was a spectacular artist. Lines in fabric swaying down, eyes perfectly symmetrical, hair flowing through the wind. She molded the story into one masterpiece, though, never to be seen by anyone else at her discresion.
Sebastian perked up in bed as he heard a familiar voice through the wall to Mace's room. An angelic voice echoed in his head, perfectly on pitch, never missing a word, 'London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London bridge is falling down, My Fair lady.'
~Hope you enjoyed my little Chapter 2 :3 Will write more soon :D Constructive criticism only please!
