Meanwhile, Katie had finished eating and waited until Avenant would have his fill. Avenant finished and put his silverware down, wiping his mouth.
"Finished?" She asks Avenant softly.
"Yes... Merci..." Avenant made sure his face was all clean before he put his napkin down on the plate.
Katie nodded and took the dirty, but empty plates and cutlery away. She then started to wash them.
"You did good, Katie..." Avenant had a small chuckle.
Katie offered a small smile. Paula wasn't sure what to make of Katie, but she did look visibly jealous in her eyes. Katie washed the dishes and then dried them and put them away. She didn't notice Paula.
Forte was comforting Cherry still. Cherry fell asleep again, she kind of wanted to go home right now. But of course, she would never leave without Katie. Forte was thinking as he held her.
Fife walked by to check on the two. Forte looked up at Fife.
"Are you guys okay?" Fife asked, a little nervous and worried about the two of them.
Forte hushed him, though not harshly. He then nodded. Fife blinked from the hushing, feeling a little bit of old times, but respected his wishes. He then gave a small smile and looked glad that things were okay so far. Cherry unknowingly nuzzled with the court composer as she wanted some sort of comfort. Forte held her a little closer.
Fife could see that Forte seemed more attached to 'Cerise' than everybody else was. He quietly left though, giving the two some privacy. Forte watched him go. He then settled down to rest until they needed to get up. Cherry shifted slightly, but didn't open her eyes once.
Later that day Katie was sorting out her hair to not embarrass Avenant when they would go to the bar. Paula overheard them about going to the tavern and decided to go over there in advance. Avenant wasn't doing a whole lot, but he did make sure he looked at least appropriate enough to go with Katie. Katie nodded as she checked in the mirror, at least now she didn't look a mess with her hair.
"Where are you from anyway?" Avenant asked. "I've never seen you before..."
"I'm from England." Katie tells him, seeing no harm in that. He didn't need to know she was from another time.
"Ah..." Avenant gave a small nod. "Do you drink tea all the time?" he couldn't help but ask, believing in stereotypes, but didn't think any less of her.
"Not really... Unless it's fruit teas... The only way I like any real fruit flavors." Katie smiled a little.
Avenant had a small laugh in amusement. "I see..."
Katie came over. "I'm ready." she says gently.
Avenant looked to her and had a small smile after he slicked his hair down. "Hope you'll be on your best behavior."
Katie showed a smile to show what she said next was a joke. "No promises." she says.
Avenant rolled his eyes, but put up with it. "Very well... Let's get going, now bundle up, it's a little chilly." he then advised.
Katie borrowed a cloak and went out to the Tavern with him. Avenant linked arms with Katie and they were off to the tavern.
Surprisingly enough, there seemed to be joy in the place with ruckus laughter. Katie blinked a little, but shrugged at the raucous laughter. The man from earlier was talking to his friends. Avenant wondered what all the fuss was, but came in with Katie.
Cherry lay still in the bed, lying on her back with her arms crossed like a stereotypical vampire. Her eyes flashed open and her eyes darted along. "Something is wrong..." she whispered deathly quiet and serious. Like something triggered her young mind.
Forte opened his eyes and looked at her.
"Something is wrong..." Cherry repeated, seeming a bit shaky.
"What?" Forte asks.
"I'm telling you..." Cherry looked into his eyes, being serious, she never looked into his eyes, in fact, she didn't give him much eye contact whenever they would meet. "Gaston's back... Someone brought him back..."
Cherry was a bit shaky, fearing the worst. Gaston may not had known her that well like Belle or Adam, but she was sure them meeting again could not be a good thing. Forte carefully got out of the bed, careful of his injury.
"M-Maestro...?" Cherry's eyes were lazily opening and closing while she lay in the bed, that often happened if she woke up from a heart-pounding, spine-chilling, and skin tingling nightmare.
"Are we not going to tell the others?" Forte reminds gently for her.
Cherry still slowly blinked from her nightmare. "I'm scared..." she whispered.
"I know Cerise, but we have to tell the others." Forte says as gently as he could.
Cherry understood, she then decided to maybe go with him. Forte helped Cherry up and offered his hand.
Cherry wiped her eyes, trying to keep a tight grip on his hand, but not in a way to hurt him, but she shuddered slightly. "Ooh... You're so cold..."
"I cannot help my body temperature." Forte tells her, though just stating a fact.
Cherry accepted it and went with him, staying close to him. "I didn't know you cared about me this much..."
Forte didn't look at her, but did answer. "Well... You deserve it." he says quietly, meaning about the caring.
Cherry looked up at him, her eyes seemed to twinkle to him. Was he that kind and caring to her for a reason, she wanted to know why, but they had to tell everyone their warning.
Katie looked curious. Avenant walked in with Katie and opened the doors so they could probably join in on the fun. Paula was hiding behind a closed door in the back corner and she glanced to see if Katie and Avenant had come yet or not. Katie glanced around.
"Hey, it's Avenant and his fiancee." the guy who had approached earlier announced.
The others looked over, seeing Avenant and the girl he had 'rescued'. Paula stayed hidden as the others gave cheers for Avenant, this was what he wanted, wasn't it?
"Why don't we buy him a drink!" The man grins.
Katie looked nervous. Avenant smiled softly.
"Here, here!" one of the other patrons cheered.
"The girl can go and sit down while we get you that drink." the man grins.
Katie blinked again, but gave a small smile. Maybe that would be best.
Avenant gave a laugh like any of the other men and got a drink. "You wait here, my little dear..." he told Katie, trying to sound strong in authority.
The man took Avenant to the counter and he and the others in the group got him a drink. Katie sat down at the closest table. After all she had been told to sit down by the man too. Avenant felt appreciated for once.
Paula hid behind the door and shut it and took a small deep breath. "Well, I guess this is it..." she quietly told herself.
Katie looked around the tavern from where she sat. It was all like a typical day, only after the holidays, so talk wasn't as vulgar due to the holidays usually distracting people and keeping them in a chipper mood. Paula was going to surprise them all though, she wasn't sure if it would be good or bad though, but either way, the people had to know. Katie drew patterns with her fingers on the table.
Paula still seemed to had been hiding, but she looked back at the dark figure that was with her. "Are you ready?" she whispered.
"Ready as I'll ever be..." the figure with a very familiar voice replied. "Now, how much have I missed?"
"I think you should see yourself..." Paula said as she was coming out with the person she had wanted to bring back with help from that 'beggar woman'.
Katie looked over at Avenant and the other men. The men were good naturedly teasing him.
Paula wondered when would be a good time to see everybody, she then took a deep breath and looked to her 'guest'. "Come along now..." She went out the door first, with this familiar stranger following her, she looked around, but she did spot Katie, she had to have been here with Avenant, why would she come alone?
Katie couldn't help the small, actually peaceful, smile on her face. He may have been bad, but it was nice to see that he was finally being accepted. Avenant was having a good time, until the crowd went silent. It was stunned silence and everybody turned slightly.
Paula came with a mysterious, yet familiar guest. "Everybody... You remember Gaston, don't you?"
Katie looked over, her face paling slightly. Avenant was very shocked to see his brother back. But how? Katie bit her lip. How could he be alive? The others looked a bit shocked.