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When I saw our house appearing in front of us, I grew nervous again. I was scared of what my mother would say. How much she would embarrass me and herself. But maybe Lizzy was still there and she could hold her back, just a little.

"Better brace yourself!" I whispered as soon as we reached the entrance door.

"Don't worry about me, I'm tough!" he replied and shrugged his broad shoulders. It was funny, it seemed like he really didn't care what my mother was about to do.

We entered the house and I could hear my mother and Lizzy talking in the salon so I lead Henry down the hall into the room.

Then everything happened very fast, as soon as my mother saw us, she jumped to her feet, gathered her skirts and ran towards me with a speed I had never expected nor seen from her before. She flung herself at me and because of the force of the impact I stumbled backwards. I would have fallen down if not for Henry. He quickly placed his arm around my middle to steady me.

I smiled gratefully at him over the head of my mother, who was now sobbing on my shoulder. What was the matter with her?

Obviously Lizzy had seen my confusion because she walked closer to me and said:

"I told mother everything about your stay at Pemberley you haven't told her."

"My dearest, dearest Mary… I never expected this. You are becoming a Countess. You are going to live better than Jane or even Lizzy."

I was confused, how did she know that we would marry? If Lizzy had just told her about the winter at Pemberley she couldn't know about his proposal just a few minutes ago.

But then again, the fact that he had visited me once a week and he came here obviously angry was enough for her to be sure that he wanted to marry me.

I was glad when she finally let go of me, because I was able to breathe again. But it just became worse, because she turned to Henry. She did her best to curtsy properly. The problem was that she was still sobbing and so she stumbled slightly, while wiping her nose with the sleeve of her dress. I could feel my cheeks heating up, why had my mother the special talent to make a fool out of herself in less than one minute?

Unsure I turned my gaze to Henry. He seemed unfazed by my mother's miserable try to be as graceful and sophisticated as possible.

He bowed slightly and said with a dazzling smile:

"It is a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Bennet. Please excuse my rudeness of not asking you first for your daughter's hand in marriage. I hope you can forgive me." My mother, as well as I stared at him with our mouths slightly hanging open. How could he even apologize, he had definitely no reason to apologize at all.

After a short moment my mother laughed nervously and waved her hand in front of her face, as if she felt hot.

"Oh my lord you have no reason to apologize you don't have to ask my husband or me. You can have Mary." I blushed again, harder this time, but because I felt ashamed once again. How could my mother say something like this to Henry? He obviously saw how uncomfortable I felt, because he smiled at me and his eyes told me that he didn't take my mother seriously, of which I was glad.

"As you don't seem to have objections regarding the wedding I would like invite your family to stay with my mother and I at Charlton Park until Mary and I are married." he said without hesitating once and as soon as the words left his mouth I turned to look at my mother. Her facial expression made me smile despite the embarrassment earlier, because she seemed about to faint. With her mouth hanging open she stared at Henry and didn't move at all until with a screech she came back to life. Within seconds she was out of the salon while we heard her screaming:

"Mr. Benett, Kitty, hurry, pack your bags."

"I take that as a yes!" Henry chuckled to my left, how could he stay so calm? Before I had the chance to ask Lizzy hugged me and kissed my cheeks.

"See I told you you could do better." she smiled at me and then turned to Henry.

"I expect you to make her happy!" she ordered, which made me smile, because even though Henry's status was even beyond Lizzy's after her marriage with Mr. Darcy, she still didn't hesitate to speak her mind and order him around.

"You can Mrs. Darcy." he smiled then turned to me.

"I guess you should go and pack too!"

I nodded slowly. He was right. We would leave today and that forever. I would never live here again, that thought made me happy beyond everything I ever felt before.

So I smiled at him before hurrying from the salon and upstairs to my room. I didn't have much dresses I wanted to take with me, but I had even more books I couldn't leave behind.

When I had packed all of my clothes, and started putting books into the chest we used for traveling, I heard a knock on the door behind me.

"Are you finished yet?" I heard Henry's amused voice and turned around.

"Almost, I am sorry. I will hurry." I promised which made him laugh. Obviously in a good mood he sat down on my bed and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Don't apologize. Take all the time you need. I won't leave without you!"

I couldn't keep myself from blushing, but I tried to hide it by stuffing more and more books into the chest.

"You know, Charlton Park has it's own library. You don't need to take your own with you!" Henry chuckled when he saw me carrying more books towards the chest.

"Those books are very dear to me. They were my life, I cannot just leave them behind." I tried to explain, those books had kept me going, made me endure all the things in my past.

"Well, you won't need to hide in books anymore! I promise you that your new life will be worth living and casting the books aside. At least most of the time." he vowed and that made me smile, because I was sure he could do that. Could give me a life that was worth living in the first place.

"Very well. I think that's all!" I said when I closed the chest which was rather difficult because of all the books inside.

"Good, I am sure your family is ready too. Let's go then." Henry smiled and helped me back to my feet. We stood very close and I could not only feel the warmth of his hand in mine, but also the warmth that was radiating from his body. I felt so safe when I was with him and I loved this feeling. I was unable to move. I just stood there and looked into his clear blue eyes, seeing my future in their depths.

Henry, who still held my hand from helping me up, pulled me a little closer, so that our bodies were almost touching. A shiver ran down my spine, when his eyes turned a shade darker and he raised his hand to my cheek.

His fingertips stroked my cheek softly and his skin felt wonderful warm against mine. I could stay like this forever, I thought, when he leaned a little closer, so I could feel his warm breath on my face.

Was he going to kiss me? That thought made me panic, because I had never kissed a man before and we weren't even married, but then again, we would be soon and I would love to know how it felt to be kissed by Henry.

But instead of kissing my lips, he kissed my forehead and said:

"I cannot wait for you to be my wife, then I don't have to think about what is appropriate and what is not!"

I felt my cheeks burning again, but despite that I heard myself asking:

"Since when do you care what is appropriate?"

He laughed about my words and kissed my cheek tenderly.

"Since I am engaged." he replied smiling.

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