I sat on a couch in the library with a book open on my lap but I wasn't really reading it. It had been 3 days since I'd sprained my ankle and 3 days since I'd seen Ciel.

I hadn't called him Master Phantomhive in my head since the kiss we'd shared. Not that I'd told anyone else that. The only person I knew about our kiss anyway was Sebastian and I wasn't about to tell him that I mentally called my boss by his first name.

The morning after the Ball Ciel had been called away for an emergency at one of his factories. He was supposed to be back late tonight. I wondered what would happen when he got back.

With his abrupt departure we hadn't had time to talk about the weather let alone our kiss. I wondered if we'd even talk about when he came back. After all I was the help and he was an Earl. It was almost cliché in a way. As much as I wanted to know what was going on with us I had decided to keep my mouth shut. If he wanted to talk he would.

Shaking my head of the thoughts I turned back to my book. It was a book of fairy tails I'd had since I was a kid. The pages were stained and the spine was lined but I loved it. It had a lot of sentimental value to it.

I had just started reading the story of Snow White and Rose Red when Millie walked into the library.

"Charlotte? There's someone on the phone for you!" she said.

"Who is it?" I asked as I reached for the crutches I had found by my bed this morning, confused as to who it could be.

"It's your friend Hailey." Millie smiled.

"Oh!" I grinned and hurried as fast as I could on my crutches to the phone that sat in the hallway.

"Hello?" I asked picking up the receiver.

"Hey it's me!" Hailey said into the phone.

"Oh my god! I missed your voice!' I sighed into the phone.

"I know. I'm sorry I haven't called. My sister and brother kidnapped me for the summer." she replied.

"Oh I bet that was fun." I smiled.

"Yeah….tons of fun." she said.

Something tugged at me in the back of my mind. Something seemed off. I wasn't sure if it was her voice or what but something bothered me about this conversation. However I chalked it up to being apart for so long and turned back to the conversation.

"So what's been up with you?" she asked.

"Nothing much. Just working. I twisted my ankle last night though." I replied.

"Bad?" she asked a lilt in her voice.

"Lie to her." the demon voice in my head whispered and before I could think twice the words came out of my mouth.

"Nah. I'll be okay by tomorrow. It was just a little twist."

"Oh okay. I'm glad it wasn't very bad." she said.

"Me too." I agreed.

"Anyhow back to the real reason that I called. I was going to surprise you but I thought I'd call and let you know instead so you could clear it with your boss." Hailey said.

"Clear what?" I asked.

"Well how about I come and visit at the end of next month?" Hailey grinned.

"WHAT?!" I said not being able to help screaming.

She laughed, "I'll be there at the end of October. We can spend Halloween together!"

"Yay! I've missed you so much Hailey! Oh! And you can meet my friends Millie, Cade and Alfie. They're awesome. You'll love them." I smiled.

"I'm sure I will. Anyhow I gotta go. Trisha has something big planned for all of us and bugging me to hang up. I'll see you soon." Hailey said.

"Alright. See you later Hails." I grinned and hung up.

"Everything okay?" Millie asked.

I nodded, "Perfect. Hailey is coming to visit. I just need to clear it with Ciel."

"Ciel?" Millie asked looking at me.

"What? No. I mean Master Phantomhive." I said.

Millie smirked, "I think someone has a bit of a crush on the Master!"

"Oh hush! I do not!" I frowned.

"Whatever you want to say." she said and went back to her duties.

I hobbled my way back to the library and took up my seat on the sofa once again, my ankle propped up on a couple of cushions. Smiling I immersed myself in my book yet again.

I don't know how long I read before the doors of the library opened and Ciel and Sebastian walked in.

"Hello Charlotte." Ciel said.

"Hello Master Phantomhive. How was your trip?" I asked making sure to keep the right name on my tongue.

"Stressful and rather boring. How is your ankle doing?" he asked.

"It's still a little sore but not as swollen." I replied.

"Very good. You should be back to moving around in no time." he said.

"I hope so." I nodded.

"And your temper while I was away?" Ciel asked.

"I kept it in check." I said.

He nodded, "Very good."

"Master Phantomhive? I was wondering if I could talk to you." I asked.

I saw Sebastian give the tiniest of smirks and Ciel shot him a glare. However he nodded and dismissed Sebastian, leaving the two of us alone in the library.

"What is it you wanted to speak to me about?" Ciel asked.

"Well my friend Hailey was wanting to come and visit. I was wondering if it would be possible if she could come and possibly stay here? She could stay with Millie and I." I replied.

He looked a little surprised but it quickly dissipated and he looked away.

"How long?" he asked.

"About a week." I said.

"Very well then. She may stay in one of the guest rooms and you will have the week off. However this is all provided you continue your work around here up until then." he said.

"Of course." I nodded.

"Good. Is there anything else you'd like to talk about?" he asked.

"Not unless you want to." I said.

"No. Nothing comes to mind right now." he said.

I felt a twinge of pain shoot through my body at his words but I nodded.

"Thank you for letting my friend stay here…Master Phantomhive." I said.

"You're welcome. I'll have Sebastian come and check on you soon. He can accurately judge the condition of your ankle." Ciel said and with that he was gone.

I felt my throat tighten a little. I had hoped he bring up the kiss but he hadn't. Perhaps it hadn't meant anything to him. We had drank champagne. I wasn't sure if demons could get drunk but perhaps he had been. Either way I wasn't going to broach the subject unless he did.

Brushing aside the traces of tears that pricked at my eyes I turned back to my fairy tails.

So a short one but an update none the less!

I'm going to be kinda busy the next few days so I wanted to get something up!

Would've gotten this up sooner but I got distracted by Code Geass and another anime called Free!-Iwatobi Swim Club. Have any of you checked out Free? It's good and pretty funny. If you haven't seen it you should check it out on Crunchyroll. It is only in subs though.

Anyhow I gotta go to bed so I can get up early tomorrow! I'm meeting a friend I met over the internet for the first time and I want to be well rested!

However time for the thank yous first!

-Paxloria

-Cheshire2290

-SebastianStalker

-Lifeisnowhere-182

-Light Umbreon

-irgroomer

-Inigo Montaya

You guys are awesome!

Thanks for reading!