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Sorry for late! Anyway, here’s a long chapter!!

Chapter 5

The morning after, Elisabeth had breakfast with her parents.
She didn’t say a word, but she kept a large smile on her face all over the time.

Catherine: Have you had fun yesterday?
Elisabeth: A lot. It was a .. special night.
Alexander: What do you mean with ‘special?’ Is there anything I should know? How did that young man behave?
Catherine: Alexander! Don’t give your daughter the third degree. Why don’t you wait for us in the living room as we tidy the table here?

The man looked at his wife almost angry, but he knew her very well and he knew that if she had decided something nothing could change her mind.
Giving up, he got up and left, hoping that she would let him know, too, sooner or later.
Catherine: Now, tell me the details. I know I’m your mother, but romantic nights are my passion, they remind me of when I was about your age..

Elisabeth told her mother everything, from the start to the arrival at the door and William’s words, the same of her dream.
Catherine: So, could he be the man of your dream? And you, what did you do?
Elisabeth: I knew I shouldn’t have told you about the dream, don’t build castles in the air now. Anyway, and please, never tell daddy what I’m going to tell you, I kissed him! I know it’s not a very gentle attitude, but I don’t know what possessed me, I couldn’t resist.
Catherine: You did the right thing, honey! I had to wait an eternity for your father’s first kiss. If I had the courage to take the initiative I would spare weeks of anxiety. Don’t worry, I won’t tell him that. Now, go to Juliet, I read on your face that you can’t wait to tell everything to your friend.

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Elisabeth arrived to her friend’s house and she faced her grinning widely . Juliet let her in to make her tell everything, and Elisabeth repeated all the details.

Juliet. So, how was it?
Elisabeth: Incredible. I’m still shivering.
Juliet. Are you going to meet him again?
Elisabeth. I wish so.

Elisabeth’s face darkened.
Elisabeth: What if it didn’t work? If I was wrong and he was laughing about me, now?
Juliet: No sad thoughts! Enjoy the moment. Why don’t you think about a way to meet him again casually?

The two friends laughed.
In the meantime, William wasn’t laughing about her, but he was getting off the shower, humming.
Once he was in his room, he found Leonard waiting for him and he looked at him almost laughing.
Leonard: I didn’t think you liked singing. Is there any particular reason why you’re in such a good mood?
William: It’s due to the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met.
Leonard: So, everything went fine with the sweet Elisabeth. Did you read romantic poetry to each other?
William: She kissed me, Leonard. Much better than poetry.
Leonard: Well, I see you didn’t need my help. I thought you were shy and defenseless, instead you got more than I did.
William: So, I’m not the only one impressed by our meeting. How did it go with Juliet?
Leonard: You know, I find her very nice and pretty, and we get along a lot. But we spent the night talking about you, as you were stuck on Elisabeth’s lips. So, next time, I’ll learn to mind my business!
William: Don’t give the fault to me, now!
Leonard: Are you going to meet her again?
William: Absolutely. I want to see her again, but I don’t know when.
Leonard: We need a casual meeting..
William: We?
Leonard: Well, if you don’t mind, I’d like to meet the pretty Juliet again, ungrateful of a friend!

The two friend laughed, and after getting ready they left, hoping to meet them in town.
It was the same idea the two girls had had, and they spent one hour chasing each other.
Juliet: I don’t see why we can’t meet them. This is a small town, unless they went to London just today.
Elisabeth: You seem very interested in this searching, I wonder if you’re anxious to see a certain someone …
Juliet: Well, I think that Leonard is a very nice guy. But I don’t know him well, since yesterday ,as you were in William ’s arms, he and I were talking about you, not us.
Elisabeth paled and touched her friend’s arm.

Elisabeth: There they go, Juliet! And now, what should I do, how should I act?
Juliet: First of all, calm down, breathe and then with a huge quiet we’ll go towards them, pretending not to seeing them.

The two girls did as planned, but Elisabeth kept looking at the ground, and she felt her heart accelerating its beat.
Leonard saw them first and dragged William with him.
Leonard: Good morning, Ladies, what a pleasant coincidence!
“Yeah, we’ve been looking for you for more than one hour, call it coincidence!” Juliet thought, smiling.

There was a moment of silence, and then Elisabeth met William’s look very shyly and she smiled to him. The second after she felt her face reddening and she hid behind Juliet.
No one was saying nothing, and the situation was embarrassing.

Leonard: You know, I’ve never seen London.
Juliet: I can’t believe it, really?
Leonard: No, ok, I was just kidding, it’s just that it seems to me a nice thing to say to invite you to go there with us.

The others looked at him and burst out laughing.
Juliet: I’ll go there very willingly, I don’t think there’s trouble.
Elisabeth: I’m afraid I can’t. If we go to London we’ll have to stay there at least for a night and I don’t guess my parents would agree..
William: I beg you, Elisabeth- as he talked he approached to her- don’t tell me you’re going to leave me alone with them. If you want, I could ask your parents to let you go.

He said shyly.
Elisabeth: Why not? Tempting is not bad. I wish, at least.

They go to Elisabeth’s, and Leonard and Juliet stayed behind them.
Leonard: They seem to handle by themselves.
Juliet. Yeah. Better than us.
Leonard: I hope I’ll have some days to know you better, without worrying about our friends.

Juliet smiled to him, linking arms with him and they reached the others that hadn’t even looked at each other yet.

William: Elisabeth, about last night..
Elisabeth: Please, don’t tell me you regret what had happened.
William: I just wanted to say that I’m happy due to what had happened.
Elisabeth: Me, too.

And she gave him the most beautiful smile she had.
They got in the house and told Catherine and Alexander their plans for the weekend.
Catherine: It seems a very nice idea. You could got to my sister’s house, Margaret, I’m sure she’ll be happy to have you as her guests for two nights.

Alexander had spent all the time looking at his daughter, and after his wife had talked he got closer to William.
Alexander: Can I talk with you privately?

There was an unnatural silence in that house and the air was tense.
William: Sure.

William followed Elisabeth’s father in his study.
When they closed the door, Elisabeth looked worried at her mother.
Elisabeth: What’s happening?
Catherine: Calm down, it’s nothing bad. Your father wants just to know him better, it’s normal.
Elisabeth: And this is a good thing?

Her mother approached her and caressed her face.
Catherine: This is a very good thing!

In the meanwhile, in Alexander’s study, Alexander kept on pacing, as William stood in front of the door.
Finally he stopped and looked the young man deep into his eyes.
Alexander: I’ve always allowed my daughter to go out freely. She is a responsible girl, and I don’t worry about that. I don’t want to prevent her from going to London with you, I know you are good guys. There would be nothing bad in this trip..
William: But..
Alexander: I saw that light in her eyes this morning. I saw my daughter happy, that happiness painted on the little girl’s face when they talk about their Prince as he was in front of them. I don’t know what there’s between you two and I don’t know what happened. Plus, I can’t know how my daughter felt, so I’m not saying she is in love with you.. if I understood women I would be a king! But I know that she’s happy, and I don’t want her to come back from London loving you to let you break her heart then.
William: What are you asking me?

William said, facing his look without any shame.
Alexander: I don’t want to act as the apprehensive father and wonder how you are going to behave with her, I don’t dare ask you how you feel about her, but I just want to warn you, if you make her suffer.. then you’ll deal with me!
William: I don’t know how I feel about your daughter, but I know she is the most extraordinary girl I’ve ever met. I’d like to know her better, and the last thing I desire is to hurt her. Elisabeth is the stronger girl I’ve ever faced, she won’t allow me to hurt her.
Alexander: I didn’t want to make you nervous or agitated, but I know my daughter. I wanted to prepare you because she is just like her mother and I’ve fallen in love with her in less than a minute.
They can steal your heart without you noticing that.

The two men looked at each other smiling. William turned to leave.
Alexander: When are you going to leave?
William: On Friday morning, I guess.
Alexander: Have fun, I’ll do the recommendations to Elisabeth, later.

William thanked him with a tilt of his head and left.
When they saw him, all the others looked at him waiting for news, and Elisabeth was embarrassed.
He looked at her, smiling to reassure her.
William: What time would you like to leave on Friday?

TBC

Author’s note: Some things are a little bit anachronistic, but since I hadn’t chose a determined period , have mercy! ;)
Maybe, this kind of things wasn’t allowed then.. but otherwise.. it became so boring ..so, if you find errors about that … just ignore them, ok?
Anyway, do you like it?





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