Four weeks had past since the Queens ball. Ciel and Judith had become great friends: visiting each other, having tea, discussing current events, and playing chess. One evening, the Earl had invited her for dinner.
"Today's dinner consists of tender chicken breast marinated in lemon and various Asian spices, sautéed carrots and broccoli, and delicate mashed potatoes drizzled with home styled gravy. And for the drink, freshly squeezed lemonade." remarked Sebastian as he served the plates.
"Tell me, Ciel. Have you heard of the disappearings lately?" questioned Judith, cutting her chicken in pieces.
"Yes, I have. The queen and I had already started discussing it, and we plan to start investigating next week."
"Have you got any idea of why they are kidnapping people?"
"No, not yet. But seeing as most of them have been women, do be careful Judith. I would hate to have my best friend kidnapped… who would play chess with me?" smirked the Earl, having a playful yet serious tone.
"Don't worry, Ciel. You can play with Elizabeth."
"It would take ages to teach her how to play." he chuckled.
"That's true… and speaking of Elizabeth, where is she? I haven't seen her since the sunday after the ball."
"She and her parents went to France for two months. She told me something about visiting a relative that lives there. Apparently they hadn't seem them in forever." Ciel said, as they both started eating their meal.
Once they had finished their dinner and delicious dessert, Judith thanked Sebastian and the two teens headed for Ciel's office to start their traditional game of chess.
"What are we betting this time, Phantomhive." the girl asked while smirking.
"Hm, I don't know…"
"Winner gets fifty dollars, and the loser gets to sit in the corner and think about how much of a failure he is." Judith decided.
"Didn't we do that last week?"
"Yes, I suppose we did. "
"How about… Winner gets to dress the loser in what ever they want him/her to do."
The female thought for a moment. "Deal, I can't wait to dress you in a cow suit~" said the girl, as the Ciel rolled his visible eye. And so began the intense 'battle' to maintain some form of dignity. The two thought out their moves, carefully picking out the right player to place in each square.
As the game went on, they chatted about random subjects that came up.
"Say, Judith. What are your books about?" asked the boy.
"If your talking about genre, they are psychological thriller. But if your talking about a short summary, I'm afraid you'll just have to read the books." replied the girl, moving one of her pawns.
"I was indeed talking about genre. But now I have become tempted by curiosity to read them…"
"Curiosity killed the cat." stated the girl, as somewhere in the large manor Sebastian flinched, sensing something about a cat.
"I don't quite understand." said the confused boy.
"I'm just saying, it might kill your pure state of mind."
"Oh… I'll take a risk then." said the boy, willing to prove himself brave. The female chuckled. "Ok, but don't blame me for corrupting your mind."
~At the Trancy Residence~
"Claude, prepare the carriage!"
demanded the blue eyed teen.
"Where are we going, Master?"
"We are visiting Ciel. He has ignored me completely the past four bloody weeks! All I wanted was to annoy him~" sighed the boy.
His butler nodded, not really caring and set off to prepare transportation. 'Just you wait, Ciel. I'll teach you not to ignore me.' thought the mischievous blonde, grinning in a way that would send shivers down a persons spine.