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Lady Amelia cried. "I do not wish to wed that man, Laurel." Laurel was Lady Amelia's lady-in-waiting. And despite their use of titles, Laurel was the older one, fifteen years older than Amelia.
"Don't cry," said Laurel. "I'm here."
"But you won't be here," said Lady Amelia. Tears ran down her cheeks. "When I wed, they'll take everything away from me. I know it."
"There, there," said Laurel. She didn't know what else to say. Laurel had looked over Lady Amelia like her own child, for eighteen years. The last two were especially wonderful and heartbreaking, as she felt herself longing for the young woman in a manner no person of her class should for one above her. And Laurel knew that, when Lady Amelia came of age to be married as a family alliance, that they would part, never to see each other again. Laurel brushed her fingers through Lady Amelia's hair. "You must wed that man for the good of the family."
"For the good of my mother!" Lady Amelia cried. "She never liked me and only thought of her power! Must I marry a man more than twice my age? A man I never met?" She was sobbing now, her tears freely flowing onto Laurel's simple top. Lady Amelia looked up at Laurel and touched her face, her hands holding the woman she loved. "Kiss me. You must kiss me, Laurel."
They had kissed before, they had loved before. They needed to do so again. But it would be the last time their own lips would kiss.
OOC: A short guide to characters and honorifics:
Mother: Lady Dalrymple
Daughter: Lady Amelia
Nanny: Laurel
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/honrific.html
Scribe.
"Don't cry," said Laurel. "I'm here."
"But you won't be here," said Lady Amelia. Tears ran down her cheeks. "When I wed, they'll take everything away from me. I know it."
"There, there," said Laurel. She didn't know what else to say. Laurel had looked over Lady Amelia like her own child, for eighteen years. The last two were especially wonderful and heartbreaking, as she felt herself longing for the young woman in a manner no person of her class should for one above her. And Laurel knew that, when Lady Amelia came of age to be married as a family alliance, that they would part, never to see each other again. Laurel brushed her fingers through Lady Amelia's hair. "You must wed that man for the good of the family."
"For the good of my mother!" Lady Amelia cried. "She never liked me and only thought of her power! Must I marry a man more than twice my age? A man I never met?" She was sobbing now, her tears freely flowing onto Laurel's simple top. Lady Amelia looked up at Laurel and touched her face, her hands holding the woman she loved. "Kiss me. You must kiss me, Laurel."
They had kissed before, they had loved before. They needed to do so again. But it would be the last time their own lips would kiss.
OOC: A short guide to characters and honorifics:
Mother: Lady Dalrymple
Daughter: Lady Amelia
Nanny: Laurel
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/honrific.html
Scribe.
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