Alex walked out of his room in the early morning, he stretched out his limbs and yawned softly, making sure not to wake his siblings. He dressed in a white collared shirt, brown slacks, and a navy blue jacket. He resembled both his mother and uncle, the black hair of his mother, the yellow eyes of his Uncle James. Alex took after the rat side of the family, and was consequently resented: by schoolmates, some acquaintances of family, and even teachers. His parents decided that he should be homeschooled, and he became accustomed to the loneliness. One teacher saw he had excellent skills with different objects, and was able to assemble clock parts into a small flying machine, soon to become the Davinci of his time. For a fifteen year old, he had the experience of someone in their thirties
He softly shut the door and tiptoed past Uncle James room, Rosalie opened the door and smirked "And where are you off to?" she noticed the nervous look on his face "Go get em' tiger." She winked and shut the door softly, letting Alex turn the corner and softly knock on Mavis's door. When she answered the door, her short blonde hair perked up on one side, and laid flat on the other. Her eyes opened wide and she nervously chuckled, holding her pink robe close to her "Alex! How.. early to see you!"
Alex laughed "Yeah…" she smiled and he continued "In a week is gonna be the…the.."
She finished "Wedding?"
"Yes! and you are the Bridesmaid so…Your gonna be alone and.."
Mavis pulled a piece her long bangs behind her ears "And."
He closed his eyes "Would you like me to be your escort?"
She smiled wide "Of course I would! You're the first person to ask!"
Alex's yellow eyes became bright "Y-you would? Wow! I guess I woke up a little early because I thought others would ask you.." he pulled his collar "Because you are a lovely girl and I think that a girl like you should have an escourt because-" she held a finger to his lips and yawned "I'm thinking of going for a walk tomorrow on the property, want to join me?"
He smiled as wide as his eyes "Y-Yes! Id love to!" he backed up and accidentaly toppled over a vase, tripped over it and fell "Whoops.." he tried to pick it up and it fell again "I'll let you sleep, bye Mavis." Vanishing into the hallway, hiding his leap for sheer joy.
By 10:30 everyone in the house was wide awake. Rosalie dressed in a dark blue dress with long sleeves and white lace at the end. She placed her unruly brown hair in a bun and clasped on her gold necklace, Ratigan walked out of the bathroom and looked at her "Were are you going?" Rosalie smiled and mocked Samantha's southern drawl "Miss Samantha, her loyal bridesmaids, and her friends are coming together for a morning brunch." She laughed and Ratigan sighed "And what am I supposed to do?"
She walked out the door "Your bonding with the boys." Ratigan cringed and Alex walked through the door "Uncle James?"
"Yes Alex?"
Alex plopped on the bed "I have a question.." he folded his hands "How do you charm a woman?"
The professor rolled his eyes and laughed "It's that girl from the party isn't it?" Alex smiled "She's not just a girl.."
He scoffed and crossed his arms "Fine. The first rule is to be a gentleman. Second is to separate her from others.. it allows for you to charm her on your own without distractions."
"So kind of like with Rosalie?"
He smiled "Precisely."
Alex crossed his arms and smirked "Just without the kidnapping, attempted murder, and holding her against her will at the risk of harming her loved ones, and-"
"Enough Alex." Ratigan turned and he felt Alex touch his shoulder "I was going to say that being in love with someone meant putting their needs before yours." Ratigan turned and smiled "More or less."
Basil served tea at the brunch, While Dawson was serving the men, and making sure not to grab attention. He watched around and made sure everyone was safe, including Rosalie.
"So Rosalie! I heard that wedding bells will be chiming for you!" Samantha smiled and Ginger nudged Rosalie who in return smiled "Well.. yes. Me and James are planning… it is taking a long time for us to plan however but.. no problem."
"Better sooner than later." Ginger smiled at her friend and a one of Samantha's friends sipped on a cup of tea, then stopped "I never asked you Rosalie, how did you and James meet?"
Oh nothing special.. he just kidnapped me, held me against my will and I fell in love with a convicted felon! How cute huh?! Is what she wanted to say, the only person who really knew the true story was Ginger but Ginger was her best friend, not someone who would judge at first sight. But…little did she know is that Basil was watching quietly as she started to fidget in her seat "Well… what happened was that…" she looked around and nervously laughed, knowing that if she told the true story, her friends would resent her decision.
It was my first couple of weeks in London, I was taking a stroll in the park on a Sunday afternoon. I was daydreaming as usual and my clumsy self tripped and I fell right into his arms." She smiled "The end."
"That cant be it!" Samantha protested "You couldn't just have fell in love like that!" the girls whined and she rolled her eyes "Well.. at first we didn't like eachother, you could say that if he had the opportunity, he would well… I don't know… threaten my life and my families welfare in order to get rich quick."
Ginger laughed "Pretty specific Rosalie." She was nudged and Rosalie continued "Then in a great turn of events… We saw each other differently and fell in love." the foolish girls awed and Basil smiled slightly, noticing her good intentions.
Samantha grinned "How is the singing career?" the girls ooed and Mavis remarked as she grabbed a small sandwhich "Yes Rosalie! You have such a beautiful voice! Weren't you going to audition for-"
"The opera house? Yeah.. well when daddy died I decided to pass the opportunity.." the girls pouted and one commented "Well how about opprotunities in London?"
"I'd love to but." She sent a pleasant smile at Victoria, letting them know she had no intention of leaving. "Plans change."
With a quick flick of her wrist, Samantha's blonde hair passed over her shoulder "You shouldn't let an event like that stop you from living your life.."
She sarcastically noted "Wow.. thanks Samantha." She sent an unsettling gaze to her. Samantha continued "Well I think daddy can pull some strings and get you an audition for the opera house before you leave!" her green eyes turned bright and she stood out of her seat "Really?! that would be wonderful! I can't believe it! thank you Samantha!" Rosalie began to smell the air, noticing that a sharp musky smell entered the room, she looked at the door and saw smoke coming from the door "Fire!" the girls panicked, flaling their arms in the air and running around the room. Rosalie attempted to open the door "Its locked!" she shouted, and caused the girls to scream louder. A voice was heard on the other side "Rosalie?"
"James! The door won't open!" the boys surrounded the door until Lorenzo shouted "Don't worry Rosalie! I'm comin!" Ratigan sneered at the boy and watched as he ran into the door and fell to the floor clinging to his arm. He laughed and crashed through the door, only to the result of breaking the locking mechanism off the door and letting more and more smoke inside, making the girls gag. Basil tore off his mustache and grabbed Rosalie on the shoulders "Mr. Basil? What-"
"Miss Rosalie no time to explain, get to higher ground!" Rosalie nodded and pushed a brick on a wall that opened a secret passage "Go girls go! To the top of the building!" the girls ran up and the boys began to burst through the door. The top of the mansion led to at least a fifteen foot drop, next to the building was a tall weeping willow, that provided vines to climb down. Half of the girls were down including Victoria and P.J, everyone was down except Mavis, Ginger, and Rosalie. The boys reached the top and panted out of breath. Nicolas watched in jealousy as Basil grabbed Ginger's waist and wrapped a rope around the tree, swinging down to the floor. Mavis began to cough as Alex grabbed her and led down the same way as Basil.
Ratigan grabbed Rosalie's arm "Are you hurt?" she touched his face and stressed to him "I'm fine! Let's go!" Lorenzo grabbed her arm "Ready?" he said holding a sturdy vine
Ratigan turned her to face him and his vine "Allow me."
"I got this." Lorenzo turned her to him.
Rosalie became dizzy and watched as the flames begun to reach the roof "Would you two stop it! this is not the time!" Lorenzo held on to her waist and in a jealous rage Ratigan grabbed his vine and climbed down, watching as Lorenzo carried her in his arms away from the flames. Then at the most inopportune time, his vine broke halfway down, plopping to the floor.
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