Once Benjamin leaves the room, Winston walks further into his room with Lola trailing behind him.
"So, how do you like it here?" Winston asks.
Before Lola answers, she turns to her left and notices another small room. The door is only about half open, but she's still able to see in there. After noticing a bathtub, a sink, and a toilet in there, her eyes and mouth widen after realizing that Winston has his own private bathroom.
"You have your own bathroom?!" She gasped in awe.
Winston can't help but chuckle at Lola's enthusiasm over his fancy home and lifestyle.
"So I take it that you like it here," Winston laughs.
"Oh I love it!" Lola squeals.
Winston decides to look around his room for something he and Lola can do together while they waited for their tea party to be ready. While that's going on, Lola turns to the readers and starts talking to them, but she's unaware that Winston can hear her.
"Can you keep a secret?" She asks the readers.
"You know how they say that if you want to know what someone will look like when they get older you should look at their parents?" Lola whispers to the readers, "Well when I saw Winston's father, I liked what I saw." She starts wiggling her eyebrows.
Winston couldn't believe what he heard, so he looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "Beg your pardon?" He gasps.
Lola looks at her prince with nervousness and red streaks on her cheeks. "You heard that?"
"I mean, I can tell that you are fond of my father, but...wow," Winston mumbles.
"It was a compliment," Lola squeaks.
Winston blinked and shook his head, "Anyway…" He began, "Would you like to play some cards while we wait for our tea party?" He holds up a pack of cards.
"Sure," Lola agrees, "How 'bout Go Fish?"
"Uh, I'm not the biggest fan of Go Fish. How about Concentration instead?"
Lola scratches her head, "What's Concentration?"
"You know. Where we lay all the cards facedown and we try and find two cards that match," Winston explains.
"Oh, you mean Match! Sure, we can play that Winstie Boo."
Winston takes the cards out of the deck and starts to lay them facedown on the floor. The two of them play a spirited game of Concentration.
15 minutes later, their game of Concentration is finished; with Winston as the winner.
"Are you upset that I won?" He asks.
Lola looks at her own pile of cards she has collected, which only consists of about 6 cards. Then she looks at Winston's pile which contains the rest of the deck.
"Not really. Match can be hard sometimes," She says.
"Thanks for being a good sport," Winston comments.
Just then, the door opens and Benjamin walks through, "Your tea party is ready out in the garden."
Upon hearing that the tea party will take place in a garden, Lola gasps in amazement.
"Something wrong, Miss Lola?" Benjamin wonders.
"No, I'm just excited," She replies.
With a small grin on his face, Benjamin says, "Very well, follow me please." Then he opens the door again and bows, signaling them to exit the room.
Just like he had done when they first arrived at his house, Winston bends his arm at the elbow, signaling Lola to wrap her arm around his.
"M'lady," Winston whispers politely.
With a twinkle in her eye, Lola wraps her arm around Winston's arm. Benjamin leads them out of Winston's bedroom and closes the door behind them.
He continues to lead them out of the house until they reach the backyard.
What Lola sees leaves her absolutely speechless. There is a small table in front of two small rose bushes. The table has a pastel pink tablecloth draped over it and two chairs facing each other. Sitting in the middle of the table was a teapot, a small white sugar bowl, a small plate of finger sandwiches, a small plate of cookies, and two teacups and saucers.
Standing on each side of the table were two men in suits and two women in light blue dresses. These were more of Winston's maids and servants.
"Welcome!" The maids and servants greeted the two children.
This scenery was so romantic that it's one of Lola's dreams realized. It's currently taking her breath away.
Winston glances at her, "Well Princess, what do you think?"
"Oh Winston," Lola sighed. These were honestly the only words she can say at the moment since she is so starstruck by this setup for a tea party with Winston.
"Come on," Winston releases his arm from Lola's and takes her hand.
After the two of them arrive at the table, one of the butlers is about to pull out the chair for Lola. However, Winston holds his hand up to stop the butler from doing so. This is because he wanted to pull Lola's chair out himself; which is exactly what he did.
"Thank you," Lola sighs as her beloved prince pulled her chair out for her. Before she sits down, she curtsies.
After Lola had sat down and Winston pushed her chair in just slightly, he walked around the table towards the chair directly across from her.
Winston was just about to pull his own chari out when one of the maids, named Suzette, stopped him from doing so.
"Allow me," Suzette whispered as she pulled the chair out for Winston. He gave a silent nod as he sat down and Suzette pushed him in a little bit.
"Thank you. That will be all," Winston announced to his butlers and maids.
Whenever Winston and his parents say "that will be all", that means that whoever is assisting them is dismissed. Naturally, all who helped set up the tea party bid Winston a final "yes master" and leave towards the house.
However, one particular butler ignores Winston's dismissal and stays behind; Benjamin.
"Master, is there anything else you need?" Benjamin asks.
Before Winston can respond, Benjamin continues, "Perhaps you'd like me to pour your tea for you?"
Winston gives a subtle annoyed look and speaks to Benjamin, "No Benjamin. I can pour my own tea, and Lola's too. Now, for the last time, you are dismissed."
Winston's annoyed tone certainly spoke volumes. It made Lola rather surprised to hear Winston sound so irked. It also allowed Benjamin to get the hint.
"Very well Master," Benjamin bows, "If there's anything you do need, let me know."
Benjamin leaves the garden leaving the two children alone.
"Now then," Winston grabs the teapot firmly by the handle and the spout and reaches towards Lola's teacup. To make it easier for her prince, Lola slides her teacup over to him.
"Need any help?" Lola offers.
"No, no, I've got it," Winston refuses, "I've been training."
Winston continues to pour dark brown liquid into Lola's teacup. Steam rose from the tea as it filled the cup. After Lola's cup was full, he started pouring the tea into his own cup.
Winston placed the teapot in the middle of the table and grabbed the sugar bowl that was next to it. He removed the lid from the sugar bowl.
"Would you like some sugar?" Winston wonders.
"Yes please," Lola replies.
Winston takes a spoon and uses it to scoop some sugar on it. He pours some sugar into Lola's tea.
"Any more?"
"Yes. I'll tell you when to stop."
Winston continues to pour a few more spoonfuls of sugar into Lola's tea. After he has poured exactly four spoonfuls, Lola tells him to stop.
Next, Winston takes the sugar and pours a few spoonfuls into his own tea.
"I don't see much point in putting sugar in your tea," Lola comments.
Winston looks up. He isn't sure how to respond to that, so he raises an eyebrow.
Lola places her elbows on the table and her hands underneath her chin.
"You're already so sweet," Lola giggles as she bats her long eyelashes.
It was rather flattering for Winston to be referred to as "sweet". Usually he was called that by family and coworkers of his parents; so hearing that was nothing new to him. However, something about being called "sweet" by a girl his own age felt different; in the best possible way. And it strangely meant a lot more to him, especially coming from someone as feisty but lovely as Lola Loud.
Winston gives a warm smile and starts chuckling in delight.
The tea party continues without a hitch, with the two of them engaging in small talk.
"Do your siblings have tea parties with you?" Winston wonders as he sips his tea with his pinky in the air.
"Well, not willingly," Lola admits, "I usually have to force...I mean, ask them."
Lola briefly looks Winston in the eyes. His beautiful eyes ultimately convinced her to be honest with him.
"I have a confession to make," Lola begins, "I actually do have to force my siblings to have tea parties with me. That's because nobody except me likes them. The only one who seems to enjoy herself is Lily, but I think she just likes hanging out with me instead of the tea party itself."
Taking pity on his princess, Winston reaches across the table and squeezes Lola's hand.
"At least you have siblings to do stuff with," Winston says, "Being an only child doesn't always have it's perks. Whenever I'd want to do something with somebody, I'd either have to do it with my parents or with my maids and butlers. Let me tell you, having a tea party with a bunch of grown-ups and you're the only kid is lame."
Winston uses his other hand to grab Lola's. Now he's holding Lola's hand tenderly between both of his.
"That's what made me want to invite you here. It's never a dull moment when you're around," Winston whispers gently.
Lola was so flattered by Winston's statement that her pupils widen and she quietly sighs.