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Happy Easter to everyone, sorry for my huge late!

Chapter 10

Once they arrived in front of Elisabeth’s house, William followed her, as their friends waited for them inside the carriage.
Elisabeth: We arrived, our weekend is over.
William: Yeah, but they were wonderful days.
Elisabeth: We could see each other again.
William: I wish so, I’d like the whole world to know how I feel about you.
Elisabeth: I’d like to know that, too.

The boy opened his mouth, as if he was about to talk, but the open door interrupted that moment. Catherine appeared at the threshold, with a large smile when she saw the two young guys so happy.
Catherine: So, you are here, I heard some voices outside, why don’t you come in?
William: Thank you, Madame, but I have to go, I have to call my mother, maybe I’ll have to come back home for a while, I know she has looked for me.

Elisabeth started. She was thinking about how it could be possible that every time he was about to declare, they were interrupted, but right then she thought about how the news she had just heard hurt.
Catherine saw the sad face of her daughter, and she closed the door again.
Elisabeth: So, are you going to leave?
William: I must! My mother sent a letter to me, asking me to come back, but I won’t stay away for too long.
Elisabeth: It’s like the nightmare I had last night.

William caressed her face as if she was a lost little girl.
William: I promise that you won’t see me leave on a ship
Elisabeth: I’d like not to see you leave at all.
William: I have to do that, Elisabeth.

They looked silently at each other, and then he smiled at her, coming back to the carriage.
William: I’ll leave tomorrow at morning, if you want to meet me I’ll stay at my pension until 9:00 a.m. , I hope I’ll see you.

Without waiting for her answer, he went on the carriage and it left.
The door of Elisabeth’s house opened again, and a hand touch her shoulder.
Catherine: He’ll come back! Now, come in and tell you mother everything!

After a couple of hours, and after she had told her mother everything, Buffy was in her room, staring at the ceiling and thinking about him.
She heard the bell ring and the door open, but then nothing more.
Juliet had come in with a face of someone who had seen a ghost.
Catherine: Juliet, what’s wrong? What happened?
Juliet: Nothing.. well, actually I had a bad news for Elisabeth.
Catherine: Is it about William?
Juliet: Yes..
Elisabeth: What? What about William?

The two women turned to Elisabeth.
Juliet: Nothing, but I need to talk with you, can we sit?

Elisabeth was serious, and she followed her friend silently, and Catherine followed them, because she knew her daughter would have needed her.
Juliet told all she knew without looking at her friend, but she felt her gaze on her anyway.
She could also feel her pain and her anger. When she was done talking no one said anything for a while.
Elisabeth broke the silent with her voice mingled with tears.
Elisabeth: and.. does he know that?
Juliet: Leonard must have told him this afternoon.
Elisabeth: And will he leave anyway? Did he say anything?
Juliet: I don’t know anything, but yes, he’ll leave tomorrow.

Elisabeth was speechless. She got up quietly with her face wet with her tears. Her mother got closer to her and put a hand on her shoulder, but she refused that contact.
She left the room, heading towards her room.
The two women left in the living room looked at each other.
After a while, they heard a strong noise of steps.
Alexander: What happened to my daughter? And this time I won’t accept a ‘It’s girls’ stuff’ as answer, because if she cries I have to know whom to blame!

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It was 7:00 a.m. . Elisabeth got up and she seemed relieved. She couldn’t have slept all night long.
She went downstairs as silently as she could and she get in her father’s studio. She inhaled the smell of the books and she sat on the chair where when she was a little girl she went when she couldn’t sleep.
But this time there wasn’t her dad’s lap, or his arms that hugged her to comfort her, the pain didn’t want to go away.
Alexander: I don’t think we can sit together on that chair anymore, you’re way too grown up, now.

Elisabeth turned to her father. He had come to save her as every time, he was there to calm her down and kick all the monsters away, but this time reality hurt even more.
Elisabeth: I suppose mom told you everything.
Alexander: Yeah, I’m sorry.
Elisabeth: That’s not true, dad. You are happy about it, you don’t want anyone to take me away from you.

Alexander felt as if she had staked him through the heart (Author’s Note: sorry, but I gotta insert a stake somewhere!). How could she think he was happy if she was in pain?
Alexander: No, I’m really sorry. You are my little girl, and you’ll always be, but I know I can’t keep you forever. I like William, he seems such a good boy, and he made you happy..
Elisabeth: Yeah, but now he’ll make someone else happy..

She couldn’t end her sentence, because she burst out crying again.
Alexander got closer to her, hugging her as he used to do when she was a little girl.
He waited for her to calm down and when she did, he looked her into her eyes.
Alexander: Elisabeth, listen to me, William is not a stupid who doesn’t know what to do with his life. I’m sure he’s in love with you.. how couldn’t he be? He should be deaf and blind not to fall in love with you- she smiled at him, happy that her father was there to comfort her- I don’t know how things work for you, young guys, but I guess you should do something. You can’t prevent him from leaving, but you can give him a good reason to come back.

He looked at her as she thought about his words, he wiped her tears and approached the door.
Elisabeth: Dad, thank you.

Alexander smiled at her, without turning to her and he headed towards his room, where Catherine was waiting for him.
Catherine: I always knew our daughter is a lucky girl.. she has such a wonderful father.
Alexander: Yes, she has!

They got in their room, leaving Elisabeth in the studio, as she watched the town wake up.
There was a weak hope in her look.

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It was 9:20 and William had packed everything, but he kept pacing around nervously in his room.
Leonard looked at his friend as he smoked a cigarette, taking a look around as if he was looking for something.
Leonard: You didn’t miss anything.
William: I know. I just wanted to be sure.
Leonard: The carriage is waiting for us, we gotta go.
William: ‘We’?
Leonard: Do you really think I’ll leave you alone to face that?
William: Thank you. Ok let’s go, then, what time is it?
Leonard: It’s nearly 9:20, I don’t think she’ll come. Juliet said she was kinda upset.
William. Yeah. So, let’s go.
Leonard: Why don’t you go to her?
William: Because I don’t know what to tell her. I promised to her that I’d come back to her anyway, but now I don’t even know if I can. I must give her some time, hoping that she’ll be here when I’ll come back. Because, even if I had to wait for another life, I can’t let her go. Elisabeth is a part of me, if I lost her I’d lose my soul, so if I found her again, I’d find myself, too.

Leonard left the room, leaving his friend alone with his thoughts.
He was already inside the carriage , and after a while, he heard some steps and a familiar voice.
Elisabeth: Wait, don’t leave!

Leonard popped out from the carriage, seeing her upset face when she realized it wasn’t William.
Elisabeth: Oh, it’s you.. please.. tell me he hasn’t left yet..

Leonard confined himself to beckoning her to turn.
She turned abruptly and she saw him standing in front of her, with his amazing blue eyes that were staring at her, with the signs of a night in total sleepless.. just as hers.
William: Elisabeth.. I . I thought I wouldn’t have seen you. I don’t even know what to say..

She approached him and she looked into her eyes, trying not to cry.
Elisabeth: Don’t say anything, don’t talk now. I know that you must leave and I can’t ask you to stay- and as she talked she drew out a white sheet of paper- but I can ask you to bring this back to me.

It was just like the sheet that had flown on her face the first time they had met. He held it as if she had given him a treasure.
Elisabeth: It’s really important for me. Take care of it and if you are inspired, write your poetry on it, but please, I beg you, I wanna hold it in my arms again.

Her voice was hoarse due to the tears.
William: I promise that I’ll take good care of it and I’ll take it back to you, no matter what!

He hugged her, as if he didn’t want to let her go anymore, as if he could tell her everything just with that hug.
Elisabeth: Please, do it as soon as you can, I can’t live without it, I need it, bring it back to me, my heart must come back to me.

They stay in each other’s arms for a while, exchanging promises and tears, and then they parted, and without a word William went on the carriage, leaving.
Leonard: William, I know it’s not my business, but.. did she give you a letter before leaving?
William: No, she gave me a piece of her heart, and I’ll bring it back to her.

Elisabeth took a deep breath and she closed her eyes.

Buffy woke up all of the sudden, scaring everyone.
Dawn: So, how was the trip, my dear sis? Was it cool?

She understood nothing anymore, she took a look around, trying to set up things in her mind.
And then she saw them, those eyes that although had always a cocky attitude were full of love for her. He smiled. The only thing Buffy did was to show him the sweetest smile as she thought that he had kept his word, he had come back.
Spike was breathless (forgive the pun!) , he was sure that he had read love in her eyes, love for him, but then he summoned him to come back to reality, she was the Slayer, she couldn’t love him.
Spike: Wassup? Are you happy because you met your soul mate, Angel, in your previous life? Finally you had a confirm about you have always felt for him, why don’t you run to him?

She remembered everything. She had to come back there. She had to know if he had come back to her, if he had kept his promise.
She turned to Tara, and softened, because she was looking at her big friend.
Buffy: Ju.. Tara, you must take me there again!

TBC

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