Chapter 11: Plans
"It has been decided that one of the Phantomhive servants shall serve as your assistant when you are in town on your own. It is for your safety," Sebastian calmly said as he poured two cups of tea for Alena and Ciel as they sat in the salon before dinner. It had not been long after the encounter with Taran. Sebastian had told Ciel what had taken place. Alena was a bit miffed about that, since she felt that it was a personal issue that should be dealt with between her, Sebastian and Taran and no one else, yet Sebastian reminded her that he was technically under orders.
Her only thought had been damn demon.
"For my safety?" Alena asked as she raised an eyebrow towards Sebastian before turning to glare at the young earl.
"Yes for your safety." Ciel said as he took a sip of the tea. "Like I have stated before, there are those who seek to harm those who are associated with the Phantomhives."
"Yet this is not dealing with anyone that is associated with the Phantomhives. This is dealing with heaven and hell." Alena said almost in a yell as she stood up and got in Sebastian's face.
In a bit of a shock, Ciel set down his teacup and watched with interest the scene unfold before him. He had never seen anyone get in Sebastian's face like Alena was at the moment. It was a bit amusing. He wondered what Sebastian was going to do.
"And what makes you think that you can determine what is best for my safety? I think I've done pretty damn well on my own for the last 1000 years or so on my own!" she said jamming a finger into Sebastian's chest.
"I know you have," Sebastian said as he traced a finger along the side of her face in an attempt calm her down. "But now you do not have to do things on your own. You know that right?"
Alena took a deep breath nodded yes as Sebastian placed his hand against her cheek before he moved his fingers under her chin so that her could pull her face closer to him before softly kissing her lips.
"Now that the problem between you two has been settled," Ciel said, interrupting his demon butler and angel physician's kiss. "I will make sure that who ever is with you knows to stay out of the way. But they are there simply to watch out for you when are not on the estate. As an added set of eyes, since it is clear that you are more than capable of taking care of yourself."
"Simply for keeping up appearances?" Alena asked as she turned to look back at the young lord.
Yet before Alena could receive an answer to her question there was a large crash from the hallway followed by Mey-Rin, Bard and Finny rushing into the salon complaining about something. Before anyone could ask what was going on, there was a blur of pink that came whizzing into the salon and crashed right into Ciel's arms.
"Ciel!" Lizzie squealed as she hugged Ciel tightly in her arms. "I've missed you so much! I'm so glad that you are all right! I was so worried!"
"Lizzie?" Ciel asked a bit out of breath from how hard he was being hugged. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to check on you silly!" she said letting go of him. "Sebastian had informed mother when you had returned home and that you had recovered from whatever alignment you had contracted."
Without saying anything, Mey-Rin, Bard and Finny quietly slipped out of the salon. While they had nothing against Lady Elizabeth, there were just some times that they did not want to be exposed to her extreme bubbly personality.
"He had a mild infection – nothing too serve. He only needed a few days bed rest. Now he is fully recovered. It is his asthma that you should be worried about." Alena said from the chair that she had sat back down in.
"Ciel, who is she?" Lizzie asked as she looked from Alena to Ciel and back to Alena.
"My doctor, Alena Martel." Ciel answered as he led Lizzie over to the chair that he had been sitting in.
Behind him, Sebastian cleared his throat.
"And Sebastian's fiancée." Ciel added as he helped Lizzie take a seat in the chair, which she gladly accepted.
"What do you mean that it is his asthma we should be worried about?" Lizzie asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
Alena's blue eyes studied the young woman for a moment before a small smile spread across her face. She noticed how Lady Elizabeth's hand reached up behind her in search of Ciel's, who did grasp ahold of hers as he stood behind her. This small bit of display of affection did not go unnoticed. That was what caused Alena to pause and smile before speaking. "Asthma is a tricky ailment since is varies from person to person. You just have to be careful and monitor for flare-ups. That is all."
Lizzie sighed in relief. Thankfully Ciel was safe and sound for now. She always seemed to worry for him. She never could quite understand why either. Perhaps it was from when Ciel had gone missing for all those months following his parents' deaths, only to return with a new determination on what he wanted in life along with a new butler.
Yet now there was something different that had settled over the Phantomhive household. Almost as if things were a bit brighter.
Lizzie turned to look at Ciel's new physician once again. "When's the big day?" she asked with a big smile.
"Excuse me?" Alena asked a bit shocked, not understanding what Lizzie was asking about.
"I mean when are you and Sebastian going to be married?"
"Oh!" Alena said, blushing. "In two weeks. Nothing big or fancy."
"Oh please let me help!" Lizzie happily asked, jumping up out of her chair and rushing over to Alena. "I've always wanted to help plan a wedding!"
Alena's eyes flickered to Sebastian, who smiled and shrugged as he stood off to the side of everything that was going on. "Sure," Alena said with a smile. "I would love some help."
Lizzie's squeals of happiness and excitement could be heard throughout the Phantomhive manor.
"We under estimated her." Taran said as he sat across from Midir in a tavern. They were cloistered in a corner where no one could see them very well, let alone overhear them.
"We under estimated them both." Midir corrected. "I've never seen anything like the bond that exists between the two of them. A demon should not be that protective of anything other than his master."
"Well this one is." Taran added almost with a snare. "So what are we going to do?"
"We go after Ciel Phantomhive instead."
AN: Whew! I would have had this chapter posted about an hour ago, but the NBA playoffs are going on right now and my team was playing in a critical game! Thankfully we won….so I was typing and watching at the same time. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it! Let me know what you think!
