Chapter 2

I awoke just before dawn and sat on the window seat to watched the sun rise. Several knocks signaled the entrance of Sebastian.

"I expected you to be in bed," he said, setting what looked like a bunch of nicely folded clothes on my bed.

"I have a fondness for the sky,"I replied moving from the window.

"Some of the clothes, here, are maid uniforms the others are clothes from your home,"

I realized that I had not told anyone where I had lived, I also realized that I didn't care.

"Thank you," I began hanging the clothes in the wardrobe.

"I will wait outside for you, come out when you are dressed," he left. I put on a nice black and white maid's uniform (think Frenchmaid minus the fishnet and a wee bit longer) I combed out the black wavy hair in disarray about my head. My hair was odd, it had a natural bob. The front was long and less wavy stopping at about my breast while the back was higher, wavy, and and stopped just at my shoulders. At the bottom of the wardrobe was a pair of black heels, which I quickly put on then looked at myself in the mirror. My body was curvy, very curvy and this dress did not make for a modest display. After a soft sigh I walked out of my room to meet the butler waiting for me.

"Hmm...your figure is not a modest one," Sebastian murmured. I ignored him, I mean good for him he has eyes, " Alright as a Phantomhive maid will work around one another quite often. I will apologize in advance, you seem like a very capable young lady and if you're any good at your job, you will find yourself doing the work of other's ," we walked down the hall, I listened closely as he spoke.

"You will prepare breakfast every morning, assuming you are any good at cooking, wash the linen, clean the floors, you will also be responsible for helping our chef prepare dinner for the servants of course that means that you will be doing your best to keep him away from the kitchen. The young..."

"SEBAAASTIAAAN!" I turned my head in the direction of the shrill female voice. She came barreling down the hallway, she tripped and tackeled Sebastian, the boxes she held flew up and out of her hands. In a quick reflex, I caught the boxes and looked down at the burgundy haired woman.

"Mey Rin what have I told you about running in manor?" Sebastiand his voice annoyed.

"I'm sorry Mr. Sebastian!" she yelled quickly scrambling off of him," some boxes were delivered, yes they were" Here voice was unsettling to me, it made my eye twitch.

Sebastian stood and brushed him self off; he turned to me. I looked at the boxes ast they balanced, Ten in my hands and one on my foot, I kicked the one on my foot on top of the other boxes on my hand.

"Sebastian," I said handing him the boxes.

"Ah, thank you," he said and took them, "Mey Rin this is the new maid, Lillian"

I put my hand out to shake, she grasped it, "Call me Lil, Lily anything of the sort, I don't mind." I smiled at the woman, Mey Rin.

"Well, Lillian come with me to the kitchen," I looked up at him, where the hell did he put the boxes so quickly?!" Mey Rin collect Finnian and Tanaka, so they can meet the addition to the household."

"Yes, sir." Mey Rin hurried off. I looked up at the butler and stared in to his peculiar red eyes. He stared back; I'm sure he expected me to look away, but I did not. I only deepened my gaze. Sebastian smirked and resumed walking.

"You will have to memorize every hall in the manor, know every nook and cranny. I don't believe that will be a problem for you."

I rose an eyebrow, but otherwise showed no emotion. We walked to the kitchen in a moment of quiet.

"Bard, I want you to meet Lillian, our new maid." Sebastian said to a blonde with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Charmed, to meet you, Bard." I said holding my hand out for him to shake.

"Hey," he smiled and shook my hand.

"Lillian, prepare breakfast for the young master." Sebastian ordered. Wordlessly I got to work, the kitchen was my haven. I sung to myself as I cooked allowing myself to forget about the men observing me.

Once i was finished and everything was assembled nicely, I looked up to see Mey Rin, Bard, and a young blonde boy staring at me, wide eyed and open mouthed. Sebastian wore a slight smile, and an old mad, very small in stature merely laughed it was an odd laugh. I looked at him, perplexed for a moment then nodded as a realized his predicament.. I stepped away from the silver cart had d the food on.

"Very well let's serve the master his breakfast," Sebastiansaid as he pushed the cart out of the kitchen. Only then did i realize that i had prepared sister's favorite breakfast, cherry crepes, seared salmon with lemon marinade, chocolate scones, Earl grey tea, and assorted fruit juice. My jaw locked and my body grew rigid.

"Lillian," Sebastian called his voice impatient.

"My apologies," I said and hurried to follow him. I memorized the halls as i followed the butler. He stopped at a set of double doors and knocked.

"Come in," Ciel said just loud enough to be heard. I opened the door and Sebastian walked in.

"Master, your breakfast," Sebastian said as he set plates before him. The master picked up his utensils and took a bite of salmon.

"Who prepared breakfast?" Ciel asked.

My heart dropped, the young master did not enjoy the food.

"The new maid, Lillian," Sebastian said while gesturing towards me.

"Lillian this is exceptional." I smiled at him in delight.

"Thank you, master." I curtsyed

"You both may go," Ciel dismissed us.

I left immediately, Sebastian was close behind.

"Good job, Ms. Lillian," Sebastian said before walking ay from me. I went back to the kitchen to clean up my mess

"So um... Lillian was it?" Bard said as I scrubbed the stove.

"Yes, Bard," I answered in a warm voice, with a smile.

"Where did you learn to cook?" he asked scratching his head.

"I taught my self. Someone had to learn, and my sister was hopeless." I laughed.

"Whoa, You're beautiful!" said the young blonde boy who was only slightly taller than me.

"Well thank you, what's your name?"

"Finnian," I finished washing the dishes and wiped hands on my apron.

"May I call you Lily?"

"Yes you may," I smiled at the boy, he smiled back.

"You can call me Finny!" he said excited.

Something about this kid made me smile, maybe it was the fact that he hadn't stopped smiling since I started talking to him.

"Well Finny, what is it that you do here?" I asked as I continued to clean things.

"I am the gardener...mostly because I'm too strong to work inside."

"Ah, I'll let you in on a secret," i put my lips to his ear," I used to have that problem, now I can stroke a soap bubble without it popping. It's all in self control." I whispered.

"Wow!"

"Is there a reason you are all loitering instead of working?" Sebastian came into the kitchen, authority plain in his voice

"I was just talking to Lily." Finny answered.

"Yes, you were ; now get back to work, the fields need irrigating and the garden needs to be weeded."

Sebastian said briskly.

"Yes sir," Finny said