Abandoning the Middlefords

Ciel began to lead Lizzy through the many orchards of the Trancy mansion, trying to remember the way from which he came, until Edward came over to him, "What are you doing?"

Ciel looked at him quizzically, "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm taking her home."

"Well, maybe I don't want a demon taking my sister home."

Lizzy gave her brother her most evilest of all glares, "Hey! He can take me home if he wants, he's still Ciel!"

"No, he's not. He's-"

Ciel cut into their fight, "Okay look, Edward, I'm not evil!"

"Then, how do you call yourself a demon. If you don't remember they come from the gates of Hell." He took his sister's arm, "Come on, Lizzy I'm taking you home."

She tore her arm out of his grasp, "No! I'm going home with Ciel!"

"If you think he's setting foot near our mansion, you're dead wrong!"

"Then, I'm not going home!" Her hand gently touched Ciel's arm, "Can we go to your manor, Ciel?"

"I suppose... If you're willing to leave the light for the dark."

"What do you mean?"

Ciel looked at Lizzy. Edward just crossed his arms. "If you're going to come with me, you do understand that your family won't take you back, right?"

She stared off into space, depression finally settling back in her mind, as tears began to fall out of her eyes. She shook her head in disbelief. She just couldn't take all this at once. Who is she suppose to choose? Her own family or the love of her life? "I don't like this!" Her head fell into her hands, "I really don't like this!"

Ciel looked at her and began to pat her back, soon rubbing it in comforting motion, "Lizzy... I'm sorry... I didn't mean for any of this to happen."

Edward looked at the rest of his family as they began to come closer. Her mother looked at her crying daughter, her eyes looking as if they might light up on fire, she was so mad. "What happened here? Why is Elizabeth crying?" Nothing but silence followed. "Well?"

Ciel looked up at her, finally finding a solution that would bring clarity to this dull moment, "Maybe I should leave for most of this is clearly my fault..."

Lizzy watched as he began to leave, "Ciel, no!"

She reached out for him, but he was to far away and her hand wrapped around her wrist instead, as she hung her head. Her mother looked at the two demanding an answer, "What did Ciel do?"

The two siblings refused to speak... But, their mother just got more frustrated as the day wore on.

When, Elizabeth made it to her bedroom, she immediately collapsed on her bed, sobbing, "Ciel... why..." She ripped off her glove, then, looked at her silver mark. "Why do you have to be a demon?"

She forced herself up, stumbling over to her balcony to look over the large, open fields of her manor. Her head falling into her arms that rested on the concrete edge. "I wish you never became a demon..." She screamed out in agony, across the afternoon sky, "Why did you have to be so stupid, announcing to everyone you were A DEMON!"

She sniffled, then remembered something Ciel told her in the contract; that he would obey her every order. She looked at her mark, "Ciel, get over here now and that is an order!"

Out of the blue Ciel came out of nowhere and jumped onto her balcony, "Yes?"

"I order you to... not be a demon, anymore."

Ciel laughed, "Lizzy, I hope you understand that, that is impossible... or you are indeed the most stupidest girl I ever made a contract with."

"I'm the only girl you made a contract with. But... I don't like the fact that you're a demon... and that I'll have to abandon my family if I want to stay with you because you can't stay here."

She crossed her arms and he just leaned against her balcony, "I don't see why it's so hard for you... because of I had your mother, I wouldn't want to stay, and what are they feeding you, nowadays? Your so... how do I put this? Skinny... Like a stick."

"Let's just say I haven't been eating very well... and I don't see the big deal on why your so frightened of my mother?"

"She's scary as a dragon spitting fire... through my eyes..."

Lizzy smiled, letting out a sound that sounded a bit like she hummed just a single note. "I want to be with you... honestly, but if I have to abandon my family... that's hard."

"I know. This is exactly why I left... I didn't want to give you an even worse mental breakdown. I wanted to give you some time to think."

"Well, I'm tired of thinking! I just want this whole thing to be over... maybe I shouldn't have made a contract with you... Maybe I should've just married Alois to make my family happy."

"But you wouldn't be happy, now would you?"

"No... I suppose not..." Her eyes stared at her concrete balcony. "I just don't know which to choose..."

"Is it possible for me to choose for you?"

"You'd just choose yourself."

"Yeah, but... then, if you do stay here. What would I do? Loaf around, force Sebastian to make me cake, and wait around until you call for me? That's a life..." Lizzy smiled, still refusing to look at Ciel. "Come on, Lizzy. At least, look at me. Give me some answer or by God, I'll make you choose me."

"Fine, Ciel! I'll go with you."

The sound of a door opening hit their eardrums, along with footsteps creaking the floorboards beneath her rug, "Lizzy?"

It was Edward. She walked over and he had a questionable look on his face as she asked him, "What?"

"Who were you talking to?"

She ran off towards the balcony, surprising Ciel by hugging him tight. Edward walked over to her window seeing Ciel who clearly didn't know what to do with his arms at first, "Ciel, take me away!"

Ciel's arms wrapped around her as he jumped off the balcony and into the night, leaving Edward looking completely dumb-founded and asking himself how he'd manage to live after he just jumped from the second floor to the ground.

Edward made no attempt to look over his sister's balcony, for he didn't want to see two crushed corpses if the didn't make it. So, he just left her room, looking up at the ceiling, probably wondering why she was so stupid to run off with him.