CHAPTER TWO
[HAMISH POINT OF VIEW STARTING JUST BEFORE ALICE RETURNED WITH TARRENT ( just to clarify this means thoughts { and this is conversation out-loud]
"How dare Alice leave me alone without answering!" Hamish thought to himself as he smiled and nodded at the crowd trying to save face. How could Alice leave him to face the crowd alone without answering his marriage proposal? Especially when she knew that he had a weak stomach and that he couldn't take being out in the sun for too long. Hamish could feel his lower lip protruding out as he pouted. When Alice got back he would make sure to set her down and explain how to act in front of other people, after she said yes to his proposal which of course she would. "Where in the world could she have gone?" Hamish thought to himself as he checked his watch, he was surprised to find it had only been a minute since she had left, it had felt like years. All the sudden the crowd, which up till now had been whispering quietly to each other, gave a loud collective gasp.
This caused Hamish to look up from his watch just in time to see Alice step out from behind some shrubs, "Hah! She's finally come to her sense's I see!" Hamish thought cockily to himself and he turned his full attention to her, fully expecting her to come meekly out and apologizes for leaving him without an answer and to immediately accept his proposal, when Hamish realized she was not alone. "Wha..? Who or what is that?" Hamish gasped inwardly in horror as he realized that Alice was holding that that 'persons' hand. The whole party turned their attention to Alice and the strange person that she was holding hands with. Hamish could feel the blood leaving his head. "Who…Alice how did…where did…oh someone catch me!" Hamish gasped out as he fainted dead away.
Needless to say everyone was so surprised by the appearance of the man that Alice was holding hands with that nobody even heard Hamish's request and when he fainted he managed to hit the back of his head on the railing. It was three days before he awoke but when he did and after his mother convinced him that he hadn't just been having pre-wedding nightmares Hamish was furious and grew even more so as his mother told him that Alice was marrying the other man, whose name was apparently Tarrent Hightop, in four days.
"No one is going to steal Alice away from me!" Hamish angrily thought to himself. "But if Alice loves another man we should let her be happy." Hamish's good conscious said. "Ah who cares if she loves another guy? She's ours! She should be ashamed of herself for trying to marry anyone but us!" Hamish's prideful conscious arrogantly said. "Hmm. You both have good points but disappear your ruining my thought process." Hamish snottily said out-loud, causing a nearby maid to back away quietly before running for her life.
"Now what should I do to get Alice to marry me instead of this, this *train-rat* or whatever his name is. I should probably scope him out first then decide on a plan of attack…hmm how to get close to him without raising suspicion.. AHAH! I've got it. I'll say that mother made me ask Alice to get married and that I am really happy for her and that I just want to get to know that guy better to make sure that he is good enough for Alice. That should work!" Hamish happily gave a little jig before he ran down the hallway and slid down the stairs railing ready to put his brilliant plan to work.
(BIG NOTICE! SINCE THIS IS MAINLY ABOUT HAMISH'S REVENGE (AS STATED IN THE TITLE) MOST OF THESE CHAPTERS WILL BE IN HAMISH'S PROV JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE A HEADS UP! )