Edward led Elizabeth down the hallway towards the sitting room. As always she notices that his feet make no sound on the floor. It is a talent she is envious of as her own feet sound so noisy in comparison. Without a word Edward opens the door and Elizabeth steps into the room; immediately she spots Ciel. He is already rising to his feet at the sight of her. Ciel Phantomhive. Her fiancé. Her eyes flicker over him in a quick glance. He is still a little short for his age and dressed in a blue shirt with black dress pants. His dark navy blue hair comes down around his face and almost completely covers up his left eye though she can still see a bit of the light blue behind the hair. He is an attractive man she will admit but she has no time in her life to be thinking about such things. As she had studied him though he moved closer to her and smiles at her.

"Hello Lizzie" She meets his smile with her own fake one and nods at him. She feels none of his joy at their meeting.

"Hello Ciel. For what reason are you here today?" She is grateful that he has made no attempt to hug her. Ciel had figured it out long ago that she despises being touched. He chuckles amused at her question.

"Do I need a reason to visit my fiance?" Elizabeth felt her eyebrow rise. Unfortunately though it was true. For some reason she couldn't understand Ciel actually enjoyed being around her. It made her revenge all the harder to obtain when he was there though.

"Hm" She turns her head so she can meet Edwards's eyes. "Go make us some tea Edward." Edward inclines his head briefly.

"I shall bring up some desert to go with it my lady" Edward turned and left the room smoothly and Elizabeth turns back to find Ciel watching him leave with narrowed eyes. Another downside to being his fiancé. Ciel is far too intelligent for his own good. While everyone else had thought it a coincidence that she had hired a butler with the same name as her dead brother Ciel saw more. Elizabeth was almost half sure that Ciel would have guessed what Edward was if it wasn't so far fetched. As it was she was sure he suspected something. It irked her a little how intelligent he was. Even with all of the tutoring that Edward had and still is giving her she will never match Ciel's natural intelligence.

"Please have a seat Ciel" As she says it Elizabeth takes her own place in a comfy chair sweeping her dress out before her as she does so. Having to wear a dress all the time annoys her to no end but she took the time years ago to have Edward make some adjustments to her clothing to work to her advantage in a fight. "I am afraid I do not know how long I can talk for. I have many lessons to attend to today"

"I am sure your Edward can give you a break for one day Lizzie" He smiles at her. She just nods her head and shifts slightly to get more comfortable. Her sword was digging into her side and she notices Ciel's eyes flicker to it when she moves. She can not resist a smile then even if it is a smug one. Ciel may be smarter then her but she has far more talent for the physical then he does and she is proud of that fact.

She and Ciel talk about insignificant things while they wait and she is pleased when Edward finally returns with their tea and desert. She has to resist a smirk when she sees the way Ciel's eyes light up at the cake that Edward wheels in. Ciel loves deserts and even she will admit that Edward makes the best.

"We have a green rooibas tea while your desert is a white chocolate cake with apple filling and pears on top." Elizabeth nods her head at Edward and then glances at Ciel.

"Go ahead, have a slice Ciel" She raises her hand up to her face as if to yawn but it is actually to hold back a snicker at how impatiently Ciel waits while Edward serves first her and then him. No matter how badly he wants it she will admit that Ciel always remembers his manners when it comes time to actually eat the cake. Her eyes follow Edward as he moves back to stand near the door and when she glances over she sees that Ciel was watching him too.

She knows Ciel doesn't trust Edward and it is getting a bit annoying having him come sniffing around. He will make a great watchdog for the queen when he takes over from his father. As long as he stays out of her way though she doesn't care what he does.

An hour of painful conversation with Ciel later Elizabeth is relieved to hear the doorbell ring. Talking with Ciel wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't constantly trying to trick her into reveling something to him. She flicks her eyes towards Edward who bows and leaves the room to answer it. A couple minutes later Rachel Phantomhive is shown into the room and Elizabeth and Ciel both stand to greet her.

Rachel is quick to pull Elizabeth into a hug and she tenses immediately. The Phantomhives are the only people that will touch her and she hates it. The hug ends quickly though and then Ciel's mother is looking her over. Elizabeth's own eyes flicker over the beautiful women in front of her. Rachel is tall with long blond hair and blue eyes. Her body curves in all the right ways and she is known for her gentle and kind nature as well as for her playfulness.

"Elizabeth you look more beautiful every time I see you" Elizabeth nods at her and curtsies. Oh how she hates showing respect to someone far weaker then her.

"Thank you Lady Phantomhive"

"Now now Lizzie you know perfectly well I want you to call me Rachel" Elizabeth cant help but sigh and then nods knowing full well she will never call her that. "Ah there you are my darling boy." Rachel moves over and wraps her arm around Ciel giving him a hug while Ciel sighs.

"Hello mother" he smiles at her. Rachel smiles back at him before turning back towards her.

"Vincent is in the middle of a case for the queen as of now so he could not come." Elizabeth nods to show she understands. She is rather glad too. Vincent Phantomhive is almost as intelligent as his son though he does not know her as well which she thinks has saved her from his scrutiny. "Come now Ciel you have lessons today and you know you can not skip out on them". Ciel frowns at that.

"But Mother I wanted to spend some more time with Lizzie" Rachel laughs then and smiles at the both of them.

"You really are in love with her my little boy" To her amusement Ciel actually blushes at that.

"Mother!"

"Alright alright" Rachel laughs again before turning to her. "Vincent should be back next week. He will be throwing a ball on the Saturday after. You are invited of course." She hesitates but she unfortunately can not think of a polite way of declining so she inclines her head regretfully.

"Very well I will be there"

"Good" Lady Phantomhive smiles beautifully before turning to her son. "Let us head home then Ciel and you will see your beautiful Lizzie then" She pulls Ciel out of the room with one last smile directed at her. Once Elizabeth hears the door shut she sighs in relief.

"What is the time Edward?"

"A quarter past 6 my lady" She nods.

"Good. You will help me practice in the fencing room then for an hour" Edward sighs and she smirks. Doing that will make dinner late which she knows Edward hates.

"Very well my lady"