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Sorry for late!

Thank you so much, Isabel and Beth ! :)


Chapter 7

The morning after, after having breakfast, they left to London and around lunch time they arrived to Elisabeth’s aunt’s house.
As soon as Margaret saw them arrive, she welcomed them as they were all her sons.
After having lunch, the women left the men chatting as they took place in the garden.
Margaret: How are my sister and my lovely brother-in-law ?
Elisabeth: They’re fine and they greet you.
Margaret: Tell me about the young men here with you . Your mother told me you would come here with your fiancés.
Elisabeth: What? No, they’re not our fiancés.
Juliet: Not yet- a smiling Juliet added.
Margaret, that’s the spirit, my dear, if you want to catch a man you have to start with the intention to do it. Well, anyway, each of you has already put her eyes on the man she likes, right?
Juliet: Well.. yes! But Elisabeth is faster..
Elisabeth: Nooo, aunt Margaret, don’t listen to her..
Margaret. Don’t worry, I’ve been twenty years old, too. Plus, your friend is right, because I can see he has already got a crush for you.. as you have got one for him.
Elisabeth: But I didn’t tell you who it is.
Margaret: Honey, it’s so clear that the beautiful William’ s blue eyes are just for you..

Elisabeth looked at the ground, blushing but smiling.

Juliet: We would like to visit London, could you give us some advices?
Margaret: To look for the most romantic places, of course!

The three women burst out laughing, and after a while the two young men and Margaret’s husband met them.
Leonard: So, Ladies, would you like a tour around London?

The three couples wandered around the streets of the town, laughing for everything.
When they arrived to a park, Margaret and her husband decided to leave them alone and they came back home.
Leonard and Juliet took a walk, as William and Elisabeth stayed under a tree.
Elisabeth: Do you want to talk?
William: About what?- he asked, sitting and leaning his back on the tree.
Elisabeth: About yesterday night. Today you’re so serious, almost sad, I don’t want it to be my fault.

He smiled to her, smiling to her sweetly and stretching out a hand to her for her to sit down beside him.
William: No! It’s not your fault. I was thinking about yesterday and I’m confused. When I’m with you I understand nothing anymore and every inch of rationality disappears. I don’t want my behavior to offend you. I respect you so much, and maybe I shouldn’t have..

William looked at the ground, but Elisabeth caressed his face and brought him to look at her again.
Elisabeth: William, what happened yesterday was something both of us wanted. I don’t know how I feel about you, but I know for sure that you have made me lost my mind. I had never felt something like this for someone and I had never desired someone so much, if you hadn’t stopped me..

Then, she realized what she had said, and looked at the ground embarrassed, blushing.
Elisabeth: See? When I’m with you I say everything that crosses my mind without even realizing that, sorry, forget what I told you..

William smiled and cupping her face he looked her deep in to her eyes.
William: No, I don’t want forget it, not even a word, it’s nice that you say what you think, you’re so sweet when you do that.

He gave her a little kiss and looked into her eyes again.
William: I’m not sure about what I feel for you, but maybe I’m falling in..
Leonard: Hey, little doves!

Leonard’s voice, coming from afar made them start and depart.
Totally embarrassed, they met their friends.
Juliet: It’s late, we should came back to your aunt and your uncle, I don’t want them to worry.

When they came back home, everyone went to her/his room to get ready for the dinner.
After a while, Elisabeth went to Juliet’s room.
Juliet: Hi, I was afraid you would never arrive!
Elisabeth: Were you waiting for me?
Juliet: Well, after the romantic scene today in front of everyone I would feel insulted if you didn’t come to tell me everything!

Elisabeth told her friend about the chat they had had and William’s last word before their arrive.
Elisabeth: Can’t you see? Maybe he was about to say that he’s in love with you!
Elisabeth; Maybe not, we don’t know..
Juliet: But there’s something more important.
Elisabeth: Don’t ask me.
Juliet: I ask you, instead. Are you in love with him?
Elisabeth: It’s too soon to say it, we don’t know each other very well ..
Juliet: but – her friend said, realizing that Elisabeth wasn’t done talking.
Elisabeth: Maybe, I’m..

Her words were interrupted by a knock on the door.
Juliet went opening and she found in front of her Leonard that was looking around as he hoped not to be seen.
Juliet: You have a really bad habit!
Leonard: What?
Juliet: Never mind. Do you need something?
Leonard: I urgently need to talk with you, it’s about..
Elisabeth: Hi, Leonard.
Leonard: Dear Elisabeth, I didn’t know you were here, too. Well, I leave you alone, we two will talk another time..
Elisabeth: No, I was about to leave, stay. I leave you alone. Bye.

And without saying nothing else, she left and came back to her room, as Juliet let Leonard in.
Juliet: Wassup? It seems that you have seen a ghost!
Leonard: Worse, really worse.
Juliet: Talk, don’t make me anxious.
Leonard: William’s mother wants him to come back.
Juliet: Now?
Leonard: No, but her letter arrived before we left.
Juliet. Well, maybe it’s just for a while.
Leonard: You don’t know her. She is a good woman, but since she has lost her husband she has been dedicating her life just to William and his brother, Massimo(Giles) .
Juliet: I still don’t understand. Let’s cut to the chase.
Leonard: She is looking for a wife for him, and it seems she has found one. I’ve been told by Massimo, but William still doesn’t know. When he comes back, sure that his mother wants to introduce another girl to him, and maybe sure that he could talk with her about the girl he has fallen in love with..
Juliet: So, he has really fallen in love with Elisabeth.
Leonard: Yes, but that’s not the point, when he comes back he’ll find everything ready for a Ceremony.
Juliet: No, that’s the point, because Elisabeth has fallen in love with him, too!

Leonard sat on a chair, as he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Leonard: So, we’ll have two broken hearts.
Juliet: What can we do?
Leonard: Nothing. Even if we told William it would be too late. I know him and he would accept his mother’s decision not to hurt her.
Juliet: But he breaks Elisabeth’s heart this way.
Leonard: Damn! I don’t know what to do.
Juliet: Tomorrow, as we come back home, you will talk with William, I’ll talk with Elisabeth. Once they know the truth they’ll decide what to do.
Leonard: And tonight? We give them another night to fool themselves, it’s worse!
Juliet: Let’s say that if things go bad, they’ll have one good memory more of themselves.
Leonard: We’re playing with fire, we should have never meddle. If things go bad, they’ll think it’s our fault, too.
Juliet. Yes, but we have to stay closer to them, anyway. Their pain will be the biggest one. We’d better go to dinner, now.

Juliet went to the door with a sad look and a heavy heart, thinking about what her best friend would face.
Leonard: Wait, if we go out like this, it seems we are going to a funeral. They would understand everything.
Juliet. Yeah, but I can’t stop thinking about that.
Leonard: Think about this. It could go wrong, but it could go fine, too. If we play our cards well, maybe there’s a hope, maybe they could decide together how this will end.
Juliet: You’re right! We’ll prevent this sufferance! Yes!

Leonard saw Juliet come off the room proud as she had the solution for everything, and he smiled at the thought of her sudden change of mood.
He followed her to the dining room, meeting their unaware friends that were waiting for them.

TBC

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