One month later was the month that we would have the parties for the soon to be Mr and Mrs. Potts. I had all the women in the castle, besides Ms. Tasses, meet me in the room I had prepared for the party. Angelique was the first to arrive, as the castle's decorator she wanted to make sure the party looked as beautiful as I had described it to her. Eunice, who tended to the animals most of the days, and Cook showed up next. After a while each woman filed into the room. A few minutes before the party everyone was there. Flora, who worked in the garden, and Vivian, the falconer, were the last to show up. We were still expecting Madam to show up but she was already five minutes late and I had to bring Ms. Tasses into the party soon before our guests got bored or the food went bad. I told everyone to wait in the room while I went to get Ms. Tasses.

I found Ms. Tasses in servant quarters, knitting at the table.

"Bonjour." She said, smiling at me.

"Bonjour," I responded, "Uh, Ms. Tasses, could you please help me with something in the guest room?"

She sighed in annoyance, "I was hoping to finish this scarf but I suppose it can wait. What do you need?"

I explained to her that I was having trouble cleaning out the guest room for Mr. Potts, a task I had simply made up as an excuse to have her follow me. As we walked down the hall we made some small talk, but when we turned a corner after the great hall we ran straight first into Madam. Madam's hair was dyed bright pink and it was pinned up in curls, her face was also caked in makeup.

"Babette! I've been looking for you!" Madam said, out of breath from running around the castle, "I've been looking everywhere for the room where Ms. Tasses' party is and I simply cannot find it!"

I nearly slapped Madam I was so frustrated with her. She had spoiled the entire surprise! Ms. Tasses was all smiles once she had learned that I had thrown a party for her.

"A party? Is that so?" Ms. Tasses said with a grin.

I sighed and took Ms. Tasses hand before leading her to the room.

"Just pretend to be surprised, okay?" I asked.

She smiled and nodded.

I opened the door and everyone inside shouted a loud "Surprise!"

Ms. Tasses did a terrible job at pretending to be surprised, she even said "It's okay, I already knew!" I decided I would explain that to everyone later. We played a few games, talked, and enjoyed some of the snacks Cook had brought to the party. The party was actually quite fun and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

I decided that it was already a success when Madam said: "I hope this makes up for giving the surprise away!"

She was holding up a bottle of wine. I couldn't have been happier, if anything was going to make this night perfect it was wine.

So we all enjoyed a glass of wine. I had never had it before but I liked it, it made me feel more like an adult. I had never pictured myself like this, a woman, throwing parties and drinking wine. I had also never pictured myself so happy. After a few hours of drinking and talking people were beginning to leave the party. As I drank I was getting more and more tipsy from all the drinking. Ms. Potts thanked me unconditionally before she was the last person to leave. I sat alone in the messy room, food and games thrown here and there. As I sat there alone I finished the bottle of wine. I lied on the cold, hard ground and tried to close my eyes to rest when Lumiere came into the room. I wish I could tell you about the bachelor party but I never got a good idea of how it went. Anyway, Lumiere came into the room and kneeled down next to me.

"Babette? Are you okay?" He asked as he nudged me over.

I could hardly speak and I felt so funny so I just made a grunting sound in response.

He laughed, "My darling, you're drunk."

He helped me up and walked me down the long hall to the servant quarters. He sat me down, once again at my makeshift bed and I looked up at him. The alcohol must have made him a lot more attractive because I found him irresistible. I swung my arms around his neck and pulled him down to my level. I began sloppily kissing him. At first he tried to push me away but after a few more kisses he kissed me back. So we just sat there, passionately kissing before I completely blacked out.