The rain turned more violent, the wind was pratically tearing apart some branches of the pine trees surrounding the house. Sophie was hysterical, kneeling on the kitchen while praying and shouting that 'The Doom day has arrived!' the other maids simply rolled their eyes and continued their tasks. Robert was on his room, taking a nap while Arthur was with Helaine, both were on the bed while he read a book for her. Arlette was on her room, of course, staring with wide eyes at Connor as they were still embraced. Her tongue peeked out to lick her dry lips, the red on her face could be easily compared to the red of her hair, "We kissed."
"Yes, we did."
The two were way too shocked to let go of each other...and also, they didn't wanted to do it so soon. "Are you mad I kissed you?" Arlette asked meekly, sucking on her lower lip. Connor shook his head gently, slowly lowering Arlette's form so her tiny feet would touch the floor, "I think it was good this finally happened..." he said softly, caressing the side of her face with his fingertips. Her eyes moved downwards as she blushed, a small smile forming on her face, "What will happen now?" she asked, finally meeting his eyes once more. Connor sighed, lowering his hand to rest by his hip, "I...I honestly don't know." the truth was that he desired to be with Arlette, but she was to get married with that James Quatton and he was an Assassin. It wasn't safe for her.
"You don't know?" her quiet voice called his attention, "I don't want to stop seeing you...I-I really like you and..." Arlette bit the corner of her thumb nervously, "And I don't want to marry James."
"There's not much I can do about that, Arlette."
Her eyes snapped up towards him, a frown forming on her face. She wanted to say something back, but he was right, "You're right...but father won't listen to me..." she whispered,sitting on her bed with her hands folded on her lap, "James is rude, obnoxious and mentioned my mothers disease...as if she just had got the plague." Arlette sneered a bit, her hands supporting her chin as she glared towards the floor. Connor wanted to say something, something that'd make her feel better but nothing was being formed on his mind.
"So I guess we won't see each other again?"
"I didn't said that." he said quietly, walking towards her to caressed her left cheek with his thumb, "I'm not the type of person that goes around skipping into the woods to pick up flowers, Arlette." Connor crouched in front of her, taking her hands on his to press a kiss on her ring finger, "I am a dangerous man, I don't want you to feel threatened because you are with me."
Arlette stared at Connor solemnly, caressing his cheekbone with the palm of her hand. She thought of the words to say, something that'd make Connor feel safer to be around her, "I can defend myself."
"No, you can't."
"Yes I can." she said firmly, narrowing her eyes, "I-I may be small but I know some things. Robert once tried to teach me how to shoot..." Connor rose one eyebrow as Arlette moved her gaze away, "Did it worked?"
If you consider a fifteen year old running around with a gun twice her size shooting in the air without any control as some sort of progress...then yes. It worked. "S-Someway yes..." she mumbled, playing with her fingers absently, "But I can take care fo myself! I swear!" Connor couldn't believe her even if he wanted. Arlette was delicate as a flower and possibly, had never ever defended herself from things bigger than a fly. But the way she was staring at him with those big blue eyes... a sigh left his lips ad he patted her head fondly, "I'll teach you how to take care of yourself."
"Really?"
"Yes, really." he pressed his finger against her lips, enjoying how the soft tissue felt against the pad of his finger, "But you can't tell anyone." Arlette shook her head like a little child, excitement shining on her eyes, "I won't! I promise I won't!" she said cutely, bouncing on her toes. Connor held back an amused chuckle, pulling his hood up swiftly, "I must go...I promise I'll visit you again."
Arlette looked back to the window, the rain still was violent, but she knew Connor couldn't stay long there, "Alright." she smiled, exposing her little teeth towards him "Bye,Connor." she stood on her tip toes, pecking his lips quickly and giving a small step back. Connor smirked lightly, bowing his head to kiss the back of Arlette's hand. Arlette bit her lower lip, bringing the kissed hand to her chest as Connor leaped out of the window onto the wet ground. Sophie had finished her praying and was calmly wiping a rag on the window, suddenly widening her eyes at the hooded figure that ran through the rain and disappeared onto the woods.
"AAAH!"
The two other maids stared up from the bowl of peeled potatoes "Oh for God's sake, Sophie!" a tan skinned one huffed, throwing another clean potato on the bowl, "What's it now? Another ghost?"
"Le Diable! LE DIABLE!"
The tanned maid,named Giselle, arched one of her eyebrows while turning to the other maid. "What did she said, Wilma?" Giselle asked the brown haired one with hazel colored eyes, "She said, the Devil! The Devil!" and shrugged off, picking the bowl of potatoes up so she could boil them on the pot. Sophie was crying, falling on her knees and clasping her hands together "It's that cat!I knew he'd bring those things here!" Sophie sobbed, Giselled rolled her eyes while pulling her up harshly, "Enough of crying!We have too much work to do!"
"Why does dad likes him so much?"
Rober looked up from his spot on the bench swing, watching Arlette sit on the fresh cold grass with that large black cat on her arms, "Who?" the girl rolled her eyes at her brother's confused expression,"James!Who else?" Arlette exclaimed, caressing Adrik's nape with her fingernails making the cat purr and tilt his head backwards in delight.
"He just wants you to be happy." Robert said, striking up a match on the iron bench before lifting it to his pipe. He gave a few deep breaths, watching the tobacco turn into the bright shade of orange he was so used to see. Raising one of his eyebrows at his little sister's angry huff, Robert licked his lips, "Why is James so bad anyway?" it wasn't a bad thing to ask, after all, Robert worries about Arlette. Even more than their father. Arlette sighed, playing with Adrik's paws absently, "He's...strange."
"Manye people are strange."
"I know but..." she furrowed her eyebrows, leaning back onto the pine tree behind her, "He's...not common. " she paused, moving her hands to caress Adrik's head while her brother chuckled. The girl managed to send him a glare through her dark red lashes while her lips formed a pout. Robert chuckled weakly before wiping his eyes, "That's your best excuse?" she had plenty of other words to describe James, but mostly of them weren't considered very...ladylike. The two siblings continued chatting, laughing eventually when Robert made an impression of their father while sleeping. It was just like him. Arlette chuckled, covering her mouth with her hand elegantly until she closed her lips at the sight of their father on the doorframe, "Father! Not going to work today?" she asked gently, watching Arthur shake his head, "No, your mother wanted me to stay home because of the rain, even if it stopped now."
Robert sighed relieved, soon smiling innocently at his father before excusing himself and entering the house again. "Arlette." the girl snapped her head up, blinking when her father patted where her brother was seated. Oh boy.
He wanted to talk.
"Yes father?" she asked quietly, making Arthur sigh through his nostrils as his legs crossed, ankle resting upon his knee, "Are you upset that I screamed at you?" Arlette looked down in silence, letting her fingers touch Adrik's fur gently while her father sighed, "I'm sorry dear." his voice was somber and quiet, making the red head girl turn her eyes to him, "I just want the best for you...I'm sorry I overreacted." to Arthur, Arlette was still his little girl who liked to hide on his coats and begged him to stay at home. She was just his baby girl. That marriage was difficult even for him to take it actually, but according to James' father:
'It's be best for both.'
Arlette bit her lower lip, before placing her cheek upon Arthur's shoulder, sending him a small smile which got reciprocated. Arthur kissed her head while hugging his daughter close, "Apology accepted." she whispered, closing her eyes to enjoy their moment together. Their father and daughter moment lasted for a few more moments, until he got up to check on his wife on the room upstairs. Arlette smiled, feeling a bit better now that her father wasn't angry at her anymore... but her mind darted back to Connor and their kiss...gosh, he was such a good kisser.
Well...for her, since that was her first kiss...
Adrik mewled, sitting on her lap and tugging the bow on her corsetr with his mouth, paws pressing on her stomach, "Aw, stop it!" she giggled, tugging the bow back and kissing the cat's head, "What would I do without you, hm?" she hummed on the cat's fur, "You've been here for me since mum got sick... you've been here for me when people started treating us bad. And you helped me find Connor." she whispered, smiling as the cat purred,blinking his big yellow eyes at her while his tail flicked against the fabric of her dress. Arlette poked his nose with her fingertip, before letting him leap out towards the floor. Adrik soon hid onto the door that led to basement. It always had really big rats there, Adrik loved to spend days inside.
Arlette sighed, leaning her head back onto the bench, enjoying the soft breeze as it caressed the skin of her neck and jaw. Arlette ended up napping for some quick seconds, getting herself comfortable on lying down the swing. The girl furrowed her eyebrows on her dream, she saw...a shining globe...as big as an apple hovering up in the sky...She saw Connor as well, he was holding her hand and saying things that she couldn't understand, until the globe shone brightly, engulfing both her and Connor onto the light...and then everything went black. Arlette's eyes snapped open as she quickly sat up on the swing bench, placing a hand on her face to wipe the beads of cold sweat that were sliding down her cheekbone.
Everytime she closed her eyes, she saw the globe...that...strange golden globe with lines...? They looked like lines. Arlette rubbed a hand over her face, slowly standing up to pick up her drawing material. She grabbed the yellow and orange colored pastels, quickly drawing the form of the globe with it's little details, the glow surrounding it as well. Leaning on her hand and scrunching her eyebrows, Arlette pressed the brown pastel on top of the already light yellow lines, to deepen the details. The drawing was now finished. That strange golden globe from her dream was on the sheet of paper, "Arlette! Come inside!" she heard her father call, closing the sketchpad and rushing inside. Curiosity was getting the best of her, after lunch she had to remember to go research on the library...and see if that meant anything.
YEAAAAAAAH
Chapter 10!
Mysterious stuuuuuffffff *wiggles fingers in a very spooky way* I think you guys already know what is the golden globe Arlette dreamed about, right? Right?
Anyway!Next chapter we'll have...Connor shirtless...yes...yes,Connor shirtless.
Enjoy!