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Sorry for this huge late!!
Sara thanks you all!

Chapter 9

Elisabeth awoke into his arms.
The house was still silent and it wasn’t even sunrise yet.
She stared at him for a while, almost holding her breath.
And then she passed slowly a hand through his face, tracing it lightly.

< I’d like to awake just like this every single morning > she thought, smiling.

William felt her caresses and was happy.
Before opening his eyes, he thought that nothing could have ruined that day that had started in such a good way.

William: Good morning.
Elisabeth: Good morning to you, too.

They stared at each other , lost in their eyes, time seemed to be still.
William: Did you sleep well?
Elisabeth: I’ve never felt better, you are a wonderful pillow, I would need you every time I can’t fall asleep.
William: Don’t tempt me, I could take you seriously.
Elisabeth: Everyone are still sleeping, it must be very soon.
William: Yeah, so I’d better come back to my room. It would be hard to explain why I got out from yours in the morning.

Elisabeth nodded, but she already felt cold thinking about him leaving.
William got up, wore his shoes and took his jacket in the most total silent, as he fought with himself not to come back into her arms again.
He arrived to the threshold and he stopped before opening the door.
He couldn’t leave, he wanted to tell her a lot of things, he wanted to hug her again.. he turned and he found her standing in front of him.

Elisabeth: Before you go, I want you to know that I’ve spent the most beautiful night of my life tonight. I’ve never felt so safe and protected. I don’t know what would have happened yesterday if I hadn’t left my door open, and I don’t figure out what’s happening to me. You make me feel new sensations I’ve never explored before. I don’t know how you feel about me, and honestly.. I don’t even know exactly how I feel about you…

That no-stop speech was interrupted by a kiss.
William had listened to her words, and he had felt the embarrass but mostly his need and he hadn’t resisted anymore.
He knew that she had expressed the thought of them both, and nothing could confirm that better than that manifestation of love.

William: Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt your speech..
Elisabeth: No. You have ended it perfectly.
William: I hope we’ll find out what could have happened if you had locked the door.
Elisabeth: I hope so, too.
William: Now I must go. See you later.

Elisabeth arose on tiptoe and placed a light kiss on his lips, as it was a caress.
Elisabeth: See you later.

William got out and closed the door behind his back.
William: I need a cold shower!
He smiled, coming back to his room.
Once he was in, Juliet’s door opened, and after assuring no one was around she headed to her friend’s room.
Elisabeth heard a knock and when she opened she saw her best friend standing in front of her with her hands on her hips and an amused smile on her face.
Juliet: I’ve just seen a man leaving your room. I guess I deserve an explanation.

After one hour, Juliet left her friend’s room.
She got in hers and dressed up with a sad face and a heavy heart.
She got ready to go downstairs to have breakfast and waited until she saw Leonard leaving his room.
She looked at him seriously and beckoned him to follow her.
Without letting anyone see them, they went to the garden and sat on a bench.
They had not the courage to talk.
Juliet: We cant’ tell them that.
Leonard: We have to. You don’t know what happened yesterday evening.
Juliet: No, you don’t know what happened tonight.

They glared at each other, but then they realized it was useless to be mad at each other.
What was happening was bigger and more impetuous than they had thought.
They told each other what they had seen and saw with a great calm, and then a big silent fell again.

Juliet: Can’t you see we can’t tell him that? If we would it would be painful and useless, too. They love each other, and I guess that William could never marry another woman. I’m sure they would come out of this unharmed anyway. We shouldn’t interfere, it would be just as we expected to stop a huge wave with.. a small umbrella. It would go where it must go anyway.
They mustn’t know that, plus, I’m sure William would be upset. He would wonder why we didn’t tell him before, he would felt guilty for not talking with his mother (Joyce) before, so he could have avoided this chaos and this pain to everyone. We must do that for him, I’m sure that when the problem arrives he will manage to explain the situation to her mother and to annul the wedding.
We must have faith.
Leonard: No, no, and no again! You don’t understand. We * must* tell him. Think about this, what if when he comes back he finds everything ready for the ceremony with the bride who already waits for him at the altar because he hadn’t time to talk with his mother? Think about the potential bride, she won’t ever accept that her soon-to-be husband will never love her because he already loves another girl! And mostly, think about Elisabeth. She would feel betrayed and fooled, she would think that William already knew everything and he wanted just to have fun with her! You wouldn’t be able to make a heartbroken girl understand that, especially if this girl is Elisabeth. We have to tell them everything we know and let them take their decision.

Juliet’s face became angry, then sad, and finally uncomforted. She took her head in her hands as if it was very heavy.
Juliet: With what courage can I tell her that the man she loves has to marry another woman, and that she can’t do nothing to change things, but she must just trust him and have faith. With what words, when..
Leonard: Juliet, I have to tell my best friend that his mother had decided for his life without even asking him before. I have to tell him that his brother and I knew everything before him and that he risks to lose the only girl he really loves due to the woman who gave birth to him and that has always loved him..
Juliet: So far.
Leonard: Yeah, so far. Because now there’s someone else who loves him and he had the right to give her some explanation about why his smile could turn into a cry. I’m sure we’ll find the proper words and time. When we are back home, we’ll do it, no matter what!
Juliet: We’ll be brave, out friends deserve it.

Without talking and looking at each other anymore, they went to the dining room, and after having breakfast they left to come back home.

TBC

And in the next chapter, finally a bit of buffyverse, too! ;)





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