Author's note:Another chapter, trying to keep you guys updated! Enjoy!
It's lonely without Samuel. Two weeks of this, I can't stand it already. The kiss at the airport seemed so short lived, and I regret not kissing him longer. I sigh, sitting in the din on the same floor as my office. It was a rather cool day, so cool in fact I asked Walter to turn on the heat. I am wearing a grey knit sweater, and blue cravat tie. I was feeling a bit casual today. I keep thinking of Samuel, and what he was doing, probably checking into a hotel, and getting settled. Then I about Constance and what she was doing, probably finishing up breakfast and getting ready for her tutor. I should call Vincent and see how she's doing. I want to go over there. I wasn't busy today, although I wish I was. I can't sit around feeling sorry for myself. Or thinking of Samuel's proposal. I was considering it, But how would our lives mend? He is a foreigner, He has dual citizenship in the United States, and his birth country, Germany. We could figure it out. I rub my chin thought. Plus I would have legal rights our Constance, legally she would be my daughter. I could give her the world, not that Samuel hasn't. But I could help, I could further her knowledge and culture. She could have my old room. The walls were still a soft pink from when I was a child. I like the idea of being her guardian the more I think about it. I then think about Samuel and I being parents, and our disciplines and rules we would make for her. And our Children. Oh, children. Heirs. Us, making them. I swallow hard. I wonder how many children we could have. As many as we want I suppose. Then I think of Alucard, his face graces my inner thoughts. He would have to have a master. I haven't spoken to him in months. Maybe I should talk to him. Six months of no words exchanged. I am a horrible master. But I need to let him grieve. He'll come to me when he is ready, I should not force him to heal. I must admit, I miss him too. I clasp my hands together. I think of Samuel again, I am instantly less tense. I get up, and go to Walter's office.
"Walter," I say as barrage into his office. He jumps at my binks, then acknowledges my presence.
"Yes Sir Integra?" He asks me, he has ordering forms in front of him. Might be for the kitchen.
"Do we have anything on the agenda today?" I ask.
He laughs. I scowl.
"My apologies Sir Integra, but I don't have anything for you. No reports, no phone calls." He then snaps his fingers, realizing something. "Actually, 6 months ago there was case, I am sure you remember, the case of the missing wife? Yes? Well a police report came in, they found her body." He grabs a folder, trying to find the report.
My eager mood is ruined. I remember that case all right. At least the wife did not have to suffer being a slave.
"I see." I say. I extend my hand out to grab the report. He hands it to me. I carefully look it over, a tiny picture of the woman's body was in the corner of the paper. It gave me chills. I shake my head.
"File this away." I say, coldly. Trying to hide my feeling of guilt. Walter takes back the report.
"Right away Sir." He says standing up, getting ready to leave his office. But I stop him by grabbing his arm.
"Yes?" He asks.
"I will going over to Samuel's today." I say.
"Isn't Samuel in Japan right now?"
"Vincent asked me over." I lie.
"Did he now?" Walter raises an eyebrow. Oh god, I feel like a teenager trying to lie to their parents to stay out later.
"Yes!" I smile. "He has something for Samuel he wants me to approve." I continue. Why am I lying?
"All right, do you need me to drive you?" he asks me.
I shake my head. "No, I can drive myself." I say.
"All right, I'll call if I need you." He tells me. "Have fun." He tells me before going to do what I asked. I sigh. Then I go down stairs. Putting on my coat before leaving. The drive to Samuel's was long, and I become very nervous. This wasn't the first time I had dropped by unannounced. Besides, Sam and I are seriously dating, it shouldn't matter if I come by unannounced. I pull up to Samuel's manor, the guards knew me very well, and they let me in without question, although they were confused, since Samuel was away. I don't bother to knock.
"Vincent!" I call for him. "Vincent!"
"Integra?" I hear his voice coming from the other room.
"Yes!" I call to him, following the sound of his voice, he was in the kitchen, cleaning up breakfast. He stops and turns to me when I approach.
"Integra, I wasn't expecting you, I would have kept out some food for you." he says, turning back to the dishes he was doing.
"That's quite all right, I'm not hungry." I say. He nods, continuing his task.
"So what brings you here?" He asks me.
"I wanted to see Connie," I tell him. He turns, a slight smile on his face.
"Oh, how nice." he says. "She's with her tutor at the moment."
"Oh, I can always come back later." I say.
"No, No, It's fine." He tells me, "It'll be only a little bit. I can make you a pot of coffee." he says.
"Tea." I correct him.
He nods. "All right, what kind?"
"Surprise me." I say, smirking. He smirks back before going into the pantry. I wait for him, my hands clasped together. He sits a small cup of tea under my chin. It's regular black tea. I try to take a sip, but it is far too.
"Be careful." Vincent warns me.
"I am." I say, blowing on my tea. I hear him chuckle under his breath. I take a sip, it's soothing.
"So, has Samuel called in yet?" I ask.
He shakes his head. "I'm sure he's getting settled." He tells me. "You already miss him don't you?" He teases. I look away.
"You could say that."
He laughs. I don't look at him still. I continue to drink. I hear the tiny pat of feet on stone floor. The double doors to the kitchen swing open.
"Teggy!" I hear a small, excited voice of a tiny child. I turn to the voice.
"Hello deary!" I stand up and walk to Connie, picking her up. I hug her tightly.
"Daddy is gone Teggy." Connie says.
"I know sweetie." I tell her. "I came to see you." I hear a small gasp from her.
"Really?" She says excitedly, her eyes widening with wonderment.
"Yes," I nod, smiling. "What would you like to do?" I ask of her.
She thinks for a moment, Then says, "Can we go to the park?" She asks.
"We can do that." I nod.
I look at Vincent, "I'll get the keys." He tells me. He then leaves and comes back with keys to one of Samuel's cars. I take it.
"Have fun you two, when you get back I'll let you know if Samuel calls." He tells me. I nod before leaving.
The keys are to a mid-sized cream colored car. I put Connie in the carseat in the back. She swings her feet, fluttering her lashes at me. Luckily Samuel had taught me how to put Connie in a car seat in all the times we taken Connie out with us. After I get her in the car seat, I get in the driver's seat. I adjust the mirror, the put the keys in the ignition. I pull carefully out of the garage. I begin to drive into the city, to the closest park I could find. There was small one, it had swings, and a slide. Plus a little pond. I park, and get out, taking Connit out of the back and setting her down. She then runs as fast as she can to the swings. She tries to jump up to sit on it, but she is too small.
"Hurry up! Hurry up!" She tells me. I continue to take my time walking over to her.
"I'm here, I'm here." I laugh, picking Connie up and setting her on the swing, I began to push her lightly.
"More! More!" She demands. I do what she tells me too. She laughs happily, swinging her feet as she goes higher and higher. I feel joy as I push her. Her eyes big and bright, her puffy hair in her face. My chest feels warm, there was something fulfilling about bringing a smile on a child's face. I had never had a desire to be a mother until these past few months. A tiny person who lives in your house and is a part of you. But Connie isn't a piece of me, she was a piece of someone else. She definitely looks like her birth mother, The dark blonde hair, and the tight curls. The green eyes. Despite the fact she wasn't mine, didn't change my feelings on the matter.
I think of Samuel's proposal again. And all of the possibility. It sounded more and more promising. To combine our wealth, our knowledge, our power. We could become one before god. Two great houses combine to create a greater good against evil.
I keep pushing Connie until she asks me to stop. I grab the chains of the swing, stopping it completely. She hops down, running to the slide, I make my way over after her, sitting at the end of the slide to catch her. She slides down quickly, I catch her, wrapping my long arms around her. She laughs, joy filling her small voice.
"Again! Again!" She says, squirming out of my arms. She climbs the ladder to the slide, going down once more. We do this little game several times until she gets tired.
We go to sit on a bench afterward, I place my arm around her.
"So, how was tutoring this morning?" I ask her.
She makes a sour face.
"Oh I see." Taking notice of her frown. "Don't want to talk about it?"
She shakes her head. "It's boring." She says,
"I thought my tutoring was boring too when I was your age." I tell her. "Unless I was learning on my own time."
"Could you tutor me?" She asks me. I blink.
"Me? Why me little one?"
"Because you're fun." She explain. I laugh.
"I'm fun?" I ask, teasingly. "Really?"
"We always do fun things when you come over." She tells me.
"So you think I could make learning fun for you?"
She nods, happily.
"Well.." I trail off. Maybe I could tutor her. I could talk to Samuel about it. Maybe I could tutor her a couple times a week. It would great. I smile at the little girl. "I'll talk to your father." I say. She hugs me tightly.
"You will?" She asks, her eyes full of hope.
"Yes, I will."