[Event 1] 1763: Alicia has gone to visit Maddie.
Madeline
is
sitting on her bed, trying to get used to the strange room that was now hers.
Amelia
is
knocking at her door, looking distracted and more than a little huffy.
startles a little at the sudden knock, hesitating before getting to her feet and coming to open the door. "Y-yes...?"
knocks again. "It's me Maddy!"
opens the door, blinking at her. "H-hello Alicia..."
Amelia
gives
her a bit of a smile and a hug. "Madeline!"
flushes a little at that, gently patting her back. "Alicia..." she gives her a little smile.
smiles and is already coming into her house. "I've missed ya!"
steps aside to let her in, closing the door again behind her. "It is good to see you again.."
smiles a little at her and takes her hand, squeezing it when the door is shut "How are you holding up huh?"
knew the other must be a bit... well.
Madeline
was
definitely still out of it, having just been lost to England, with France more than willingly letting her go. She was a bit hurt, to say the
least, and her English was heavily accented. "...I-I am okay.." she says, deciding Alicia didn't need to be burdened with her woes.
tilts her head and just smiles. Okay so maybe she was too oblivious to ask the right questions to get Maddie to open up to her, but she was
sensitive to her moods more so than anyone else. So instead she pulls the Canadian girl into another hug, a tight hug trying to cradle
Madeline's face in against her chest. "It's been too long."
gasps a little as she's pulled down against her chest, cheeks flushing red as she tried to pull back a little. "I-it has been a
while, y-yes....."
just gives a nice squeeze, trying to cheer her up. "You're still cute even all grown up." She laughs.
blushes red, gently hugging her back as she gave in, embarrassed. ""I am not cute...."
smiles when the girl hugs her back and nods. "You are. Still cute even now." She pulls back finally and tilts her head. "At least I look
older than you."
pulls back, smoothing her dress back out. "Y-you've grown up fast..." she agrees, ignoring the cute comment again.
smiles at this and gives her a proud smile, jerking her chin up a bit higher in a defiant way. "I know haven't I!"
smiles a little, nodding politely. She was maybe a little jealous, but that's okay. "Would you like to stay for tea time?"
nods and beams at her when she realizes that she's probably the only one that would agree with her. "You're awesome Maddie. Yes I'd like
that"
smiles at her and nods, motioning for her to make herself comfortable in the lounge. She catches a maid aside and informs her of the guest
staying, before joining Alicia. "How have you been..?"
moves with her as she takes off her outer wear, tossing it haphazardly on some furniture. She wasn't the most ladylike really. Alicia shrugs
and gives her a smile. "Well I've been the best, as always, but some others are..." She made a face. "being less than amazing right now."
blinks at Alicia's movements, a little surprised she hadn't been forced to refine herself into an English lady yet."Oh, how so..?" she asks,
taking a seat. She still had much of the grace France had taught her in her own movements.
Amelia
gives
a sigh and sits down at Madeline's side. For a moment she looks petulant, like she did sometimes when she didn't get what she wanted as a
kid. Finally she says, "You see me as an adult right?" She turns big sky blue eyes on Madeline, just wanting to hear her sentiments again.
laughs gently at the question being asked so soon after such a childish face, but smiles at her. "You have come a long way from being a
child, that is for sure...we both have, I like to think.." Even though she still looked younger than Alicia, despite being found around
the same time.
looks over at her and smiles a little when she sees Madeline's expression. Her fingers find Madeline's hand. "OH good. I think we are very
capable adults, myself. Look at us! Both fine women." She scrunches her nose and huffs. "But not everyone thinks that."
hums softly, squeezing her hand a little and nodding. "We are fine ladies... though we are just colonies." Of course Madeline knew freshly
that she was not in control of her country, with having been handed over a few months back.
considers this for a moment. "We could be so much more though, y'know? If.... If some people would treat us like adults." It was clear by
they way she said "some people" that she had a very specific person in mind.
blinks at this, hesitantly nodding a little. "Well, someday..." she smiles softly. "It's a nice thing to dream about."
looks over at her and smiles to see Maddie smile. "No, it's nice to know that we'll get there. We won't be just colonies forever." She's
studying her, wondering how Madeline would react to what she came here to attempt.
hums softly. She was still a long way off from independence. "Ahh, I suppose that's true..." She is completely clueless as to Alicia's
intentions, though she notices the studying. "...is something wrong?"
| Her cheeks turn pink on being addressed so directly about her thoughts and she fidgets, turning toward her a bit more in her seat. "Well,
actually....." She tries to think of how to phrase this so that it won't sound strange. What she comes up with is. "I think we should kiss."
would say that that's not very subtle at all. Her cheeks turn red, looking a bit confused. "....w-what, Alicia...?" she squeaks, surprised
at the sudden suggestion.
scoots closer, their knees touching. "I think we should kiss! I mean." She flushes. "I've never kissed anybody before but that's what adults
do right? But..." She flushes worse and looks down. "I only trust you." Even if she wanted to kiss Anne.... that wouldn't work. Anne would
never say yes.
blushes darker when Alicia scoots closer, pulling back a little but only meeting the end of the couch. She hesitates
still. "A-Alicia, it's not right for young ladies to k-kiss each other....."
shakes her head. "You know the Europeans have kissed each other. We're not like humans you know, so it's different right? We can't really
be with humans or probably even produce kids like they do so..." She fiddles with her skirt with her free hand before snatching up Madeline
's other hand.
blushes still, staring down at their hands nervously. Sure she had seen Marianne kiss more than enough people, but Ann had
always tried to teach her that it was improper... "I-I guess... I have never really thought about it before...."
leans into her line of vision and smiles at her. "Don't you trust me? 'Sides, Maddie, it can be like... practice kisses ya know? That's all
I'm asking for."
shifts a little, unable to help but look at her. "U-uhm, I suppose... it would be okay..." she answers hesitantly, embarrassed at the
thought of kissing her sister.
looks a bit more excited though her own cheeks are red still. "This is the sort of things that adults do," she murmurs, freeing one of her
hands to cup her sister's cheek and tilt her face up. "They'll have to take us seriously soon you know?" She leans forward, eyes on Maddie's
lips. She takes a wavering breath, not quite pressing her lips to Madeline's yet, waiting to make sure her Canadian sister doesn't pull back
.
nods a little gently when Alicia cups her cheek, blushing red as the other started to lean in. "Y-yes, I guess it is..." she mumbles,
holding her breath as well. She closes her eyes, going still as she waited for Alicia's lips to touch hers, too nervous to move forward
herself.
takes another quick breath when Madeline closes her eyes like that and closes the distance, pressing her lips against Madeline's. She
doesn't really know what she's doing, but it doesn't really change how blunt she is about trying.
hums shortly and quietly when Alicia's lips finally touch her, not really sure what to do either, though it seemed like Alicia did, so she
just followed her cue. She doesn't notice when the maid returns with a tray of tea for them, though, letting out a surprised. "O-oh..!"
doesn't even notice the little sound that the maid makes either, already running her tongue along her sister's lips to get her to open her
mouth. When Alicia managed to focus on something it has her whole attention
does notice though, gasping against Alicia's mouth as she tries to pull away to apologize. The maid was already running back into the
kitchen, terribly embarrassed.
pulls back a bit when Madeline's fingers push at her. She looks up and rolls her eyes. "Ignore her... she's already gone..." >3<
blushes bright red, shaking her head and moving to get up, terribly flustered. "I-I have to go... I-I don't know, apologize...."
grabs her wrist and shakes her head. "She'll probably quit at this rate regardless of what you do now..." She's red to the tips of her ears,
feeling the tiniest bit rejected even though this was just 'practice.' >3<
hesitates when her wrist is grabbed, obviously too embarrassed to realize Alicia felt rejected, but she shifts awkwardly. "B-but..."
she starts. Oh gosh the poor maid... she merely hoped the woman didn't gossip...
stands up next to her, pulling her toward her again. Madeline could be a bit of a push over and maybe this would be the case too. Shaking
her head, she says, "Forget about her okay?" She is trying to slip an arm around her now.
hesitantly lets herself be pulled closer to her, red still in her cheeks. "A-Alicia..." she mumbles softly, letting Alicia wrap around her.
Amelia
gives
her a smile-- it's not quite a super hero smile yet but it's that confident "I've got this and you can trust me" smile. She glanes back to
her lips again. "It's okay."
nearly melts at that smile. She was never good at saying no, really. "...a-alright... b-but maybe we could... move somewhere more
private..." she requests, blushing red again.
blinks and nods. "Ahh, that sounds much better actually." She rubs her back for a moment and takes her hand.
nods a little, letting herself be lead, despite guessing they would use her bedroom. She couldn't believe herself, really.
Amelia
is
in fact heading to Maddie's room, clinging to her fingers. She's red and a bit of hair is caught in the corner of her mouth, sucking on it.
clings to her hand, throwing back one last worried glance at the door before they head up the stairs. She's embarrassed herself, not
noticing the strand of hair.
leads her to the bedroom and tugs her inside, shutting the door. She flicks the lock too, just to be safe.
flushes, coming in after her and standing awkwardly beside her as she flips the lock. "G-good idea..." she mumbles shyly.
looks back over at her and smiles at her, nodding a little. "i don't want you to be uncomfy, Maddie."
shakes her head. "E-every thing is good when you're around...." she flushes red.
flushes at this and steps close to her. "It's cause I'm pretty awesome." She slips an arm around her, smiling.
blushes still too, looking up at her. "U-uhm, yes, I suppose that's why..." She lets herself be pulled closer, hesitantly slipping her
hands to Alicia's shoulders.
lets her other hand loop around her waist, smiling. "Now let's try this again..." Their heights are the same so she just leans that short
distance forward to press their lips together, fingers gripping a bit at Madeline's dress in embarrassment.
hums softly in agreement, blushing worse as Alicia leaned in. She closes her eyes and kisses her back, following her lead again shyly.
Amelia
is
a bit blunt and a bit forward, already parting her lips as she tries to deepen the kiss, albeit in an unskilled sort of way.
gasps gently as Alicia pries her lips apart, blushing worse. She does parts her lips for her though, humming softly as she kissed her.
grips tighter at that gasp, wondering for a moment if she'd done something wrong. She pauses for a moment but when Maddie doesn't pull away
she very gently pushes her tongue into Madeline's mouth.
Madeline
is
a little embarrassed as Alicia deepens the kiss, but tries to follow suit. She touches her tongue back against hers, fingers grasping a
little at Alicia's shoulders for balance.
keeps at it, sliding their tongues together and humming in a soft curious way. this isn't bad... not at all.
lets out a soft pleased sound against her mouth, clinging to her gently. A-ah, this was definitely not bad.....
moans against her mouth and just presses close as she gently explores.
wraps her arms around her a bit more, definitely enjoying this...
Amelia
is
slowly gaining confidence but..... she's getting short of breath, not quite sure how to do this and, y'know, breath.
Madeline
is
about the same, though she's embarrassed at that fact, so she's trying to hold her breath. She can't help but pull away to gasp though,
blushing red and immediately apologizing.
Amelia
is
gasping for breath just the same, cheeks hot and lips red. "N-no apologies..." she murmurs, fidgetting as she tries to catch her breath.
touches her lips a little as she gets her breathing under control, face still red. She's not sure what to say, so she just nods in reply.
looks down and away from her. Finally she murmurs. "Y-you taste really sweet...."
blushes red at that. "U-uhm... thank you I suppose.." She fiddles with her dress, embarrassed. "....t-that was kind of nice..."
brings a hand up to her cheek, touching her skin gently. "Um, yeah... it was nice. Um, if you ever want to... uh practice, just ask me."
blushes, leaning into the touch a little. "U-uhm, yeah..... I-I will..." she answers shyly. She kind of wanted to again already, but she
figured that might be weird..
Amelia
is
leaning forward herself, licking her lips and watching Madeline's mouth. "U-um..."
glances up at the sound, flushing red when she sees Alicia lick her lips. "U-uh..?"
takes a deep breath. "One more time yeah?" She leans forward again to kiss her.
bites her lip a little, flushing red. She nods shyly, leaning in again and kissing her back, hands clinging gently at Alicia's waist.
Amelia
is
a bit more confident, kissing her a bit more forcefully this time and pressing tight against her. "Mmmmm...."
moans softly, fingers clutching at the fabric of her dress. She stumbles back a step or two as Alicia presses close, trying to keep
her balance.
stumbles with her, trying not to part from her lips and giving another soft moan in response. She gets a hand on the back of Madeline's head
to cradle her head in her hands.
hums against her lips, arms wrapping around Alicia's waist now, pressing against her and enjoying this feeling. She parts her lips in
invitation again, shyly wanting more.
moves, trapping the other against a wall so that she doesn't fall again-- really she was a clutz-- and she takes the invitation to deepen
the kiss eagerly.
gasps as she feels herself pressed up against the wall. moaning again as Alicia deepens the kiss.
| The kiss is still sloppy, wet, but she doens't mind, quite intent on the other lady's mouth. Hearing her make those sounds makes her
shiver in the oddest way... >///~///>
's fingers clutch at the fabric of Alicia's dress again, losing herself to the kiss. She had never known this would be so nice... ////
Amelia
is
breathing a bit better this time, pressed close as she explores her sister's mouth.
whimpers softly in pleasure and squirms a little against her, gladly letting Alicia control the kiss. She was feeling breathless again, but
she definitely didn't want to pull away.
moans into her mouth, kissing a bit rougher now and pressing closer. She pants into the kiss and just.... enjoys the closeness.
moans back at her as she gets rougher, trying to keep up with her, panting a bit herself. Her head was spinning a little in pleasure, and
she experimentally sucks on Alicia's bottom lip, wondering if that was okay.
's breath catches when Madeline sucks on her lip, fingers moving to clutch at her shoulders as she moaned eagerly in response.
gasps gently at the reaction, hesitating a moment before doing again, a little more confidently this time.
clutches a bit tighter and gives a small sound of pleasure. O-oh that was really nice....
moans softly at the sound, pressing against her. She has to finally break from her lips ago though, panting and cheeks flushed.
pants and tries to catch her breath. She puts her head on Madeline's shoulder and just...rests there >//3//<
uses the wall as a crutch so she can keep standing, blushing dark still and wrapping her arms gently around Alicia.
cuddles close against her, panting and embarassed but glad that Madeline had allowed that.
Madeline
is
still trying to catch her breath too, cheeks red in embarrassment as well, She holds Alicia close.
Amelia
has
her arms tight around her as she calms down, giving a soft laugh. "I'm glad just the maid saw us and not someone else." Like. Well Anne."
Well, Ann.*
Madeline
is
still pinned against the wall, though she doesn't much mind this at all. She flushes a bit again and nods. "T-true... but she might be
telling people...." Namely, Ann. Of course.
considers this and sighs. "We better... I dunno. Threaten her or something. Annie would freak out."
flusters a little again at that, nodding timidly. "I-I'm not very good at threats though... maybe if we just ask politely?"
smiles at this and shakes her head. "No you've always been too nice for stuff like that." =w=
hesitates a little, but has to agree... "U-uhm... perhaps you should talk to her..."
laughs at this and pecks her lips. "What should I say? I mean, I was licking you when you came in."
blushes dark red. "I-I don't know Alicia....j-just.. we have to make sure she doesn't tell anyone..." Lord knows what damage it could cause.
nods at this and pulls back. "I'll go make sure she doesn't say anything..." She leaves the room swiftly.
nods a little. "A-alright..." she hesitates, but decides it was probably better to follow after her, and grabs her sleeve and they walk.
laughs as she comes along, looking over at her. "Are you sure you want to come?" She's already pushing open the door to the kitchen.
hesitates, blushing. "....I-I probably should, should I not...?" After all, it was her maid...."
shrugs and laughs. "It's your decision?" She hums as she opens the door.
chickens out at last minute, embarrassed just thinking about it. "..m-maybe I will just stay here..." she mumbles, letting go of Alicia.
smiles at her and laughs as she goes, entering and walking over to the maid, giving her a smile. "So you saw an interesting show today, did
you?" she asks. Amelia was already a sort of imposing person even though she wasn't independent. She smirks.
peeks in through the doorway, watching at least in worry. The maid bristles when Alicia addresses her, obviously disgusted.
just gives her a cocky mean smile, moving forward to trap her in against the wall. Although she's by no means as powerful as she'll one day
become, she is more powerful than this human. "Now, honey, I understand you're not very pleased, but if I'm willing do force something like
that on my sister..." She doesn't want this to be Madeline's fault, but as she says this she reaches out and grabs the door frame, squeezing
. As the wood splinters in her hand she adds, "Imagine what I'm capable of doing to you if anyone finds out about this.
"
| The maid's face pales a little in fear at the way the door frame cracks in her grasp. She's still disgusted, but of course
her life was more precious.. "I quit," she responds, frowning. "I no longer wish to work in such a household."
grins and seems pleased with this, drawing close and kissing her on the cheek to seal this particular bad experience in the woman's mind.
"Then get your things and get the hell out of here." Her voice is not very kind."
| The girl turns away and is obviously indignant at the gesture. So many things ran through her mind to say, but Alicia scared her. "Just
don't touch me,"she comments back, trying to slip away.
Amelia
gives
her a grin and nods. "Then hurry before I change my mind about what to do with you." She steps back, allowing the girl room to leave.
, by now, has pulled away from the door, not wanting to watch. The maid flees from Alicia more than gladly enough. Madeline leans against
the wall, waiting for Alicia.
comes out and cracks her knuckles and stretches. "I took care of it Maddie."
Madeline
has
been fretting over this. "Y-you didn't harm her, did you...?" She asks, pulling away from the wall.
shakes her head and purses her lips. "I'm not a brute. I just scared her a little bit. Nothing big."
hums softly."...she quit, didn't she..."
smiles and nods. "Yeah. No skin off our backs though. It wasn't as if she were awesome or anything."
frowns a little, wondering what Annie'll say.. "I-I guess so..."
shrugs, not worried about it. "You can tell Annie that she was eyeing the silver cabinet."
nods a little hesitantly. "O-okay then..." She was a little embarrassed at being caught still.
smiles and pecks her cheek. "It'll be okay! Trust me~!"
blushes again at the peck. "O-okay..."
smiles at her and nods, tugging her hand. "Don't be so fretful."
steps closer to her, flushing. "I-I'm sorry, I can't help it..."
pulls her into a hug. "It's okay Maddie. I'll protect you okay?" She was such a hero. * A*
lets herself be pulled against her, blushing as her fingers clung to Alicia again. "O-okay...."
hugs her and rubs her back. "So just be calm okay/'
hugs her back, humming softly and blushing a little still. "I will try..."
smiles at this and pecks her hair. "We're going to have to cook our own dinner aren't we?"
nods gently, liking the gentle kiss. "Y-yes, I think we will..."
sighs softly. "Awww that's not as fun." She hums softly. "I guess we can make whatever we want though huh?"
nods again, wondering what they could make. "Ah, yes I suppose that's what it means..."
pecks her cheek and tugs her into the kitchen. "Let's see what we have okay?"
blushes a little again at the kiss, stumbling and following after her. "Okay... I think she recently went to market, so there should be
a fair bit..."
smiles at this and squeezes her fingers. "Then we should have something awesome then!"
laughs gently. "Ah, like what...? I know how to make soup..."
Amelia
thinks
about that. "I dunno. Just something good?" she shrugs and starts to look.
hums, rummaging through the pantry. Soup would likely take too long, if Alicia was hungry now...
Amelia
is
mostly just happily distracted now. she's still in a good mood from all the kissing.
Madeline
is
still a little embarrassed by how much she had enjoyed it. She simply quietly starts pulling out some vegetables, figuring they would have
them with whatever else Alicia wanted.
Amelia
is
rummaging. "Can you make steak?" She liked meat. Meat was very good.
hums softly. "Ah, I can try..." She'd not really had to cook before, but she had sat in the kitchen watching France now and then.
smiles. "Let's try that then. I like that a lot." She comes over and watches over Maddie's shoulder.
nods a little. "Alright... I apologize in advance if I mess up..."
laughs and ruffles her hair. "You'll do fine."
flusters a little at that, shaking her head to make her hair be right again. "H-hey..." she protests.
laughs softly. "You're always so silly about your hair. It's fine."
pouts at her. "You don't need to be messing it up all the time..."
smiles and shrugs. "But I like it! Your hair is softer than mine!"
huffs a little, tucking her hair behind you're hair. "That's ridiculous.."
laughs at this and shrugs. "It's true. Maybe you take better care of it or something."
hums, finishing up the vegetables. "I just do what France taught me..."
laughs at this. "Makes sense. Annie was never very good at being 'lady-like' I guess." Not that Alicia had ever been interested in being
lady like...
shrugs a little at that. "I suppose she's not quite like Marianne, but that doesn't mean she's not a lady..."
laughs at this and shakes her head. "Annie is too..." She waves her hand. "Rough around the edges to be a 'proper lady.' It's not an insult
though! I like her better for it."
hums at her. "I suppose... I don't think she would enjoy hearing you say that though."
giggles behind her hand. "No, she'd get angry and huffy at me. It'd be cute."
can't help but picture it, and laughs a little too. "..i-it would be cute..."
grins and nods. "Right? Right? She's so cute."
nods a little. "B-but she would also be angry and that is not good!" she tries to stick to that.
just shrugs and grins. "She doesn't stay angry long. It would be okay."
hums softly. "I suppose..."
smiles at this and nods. "It's true. It's cute."
smiles a little, turning to cook the meat now. "It is..."
nods and leans against the counter, watching her.
hums softly to herself, trying to be careful not to undercook or overcook it.
Amelia
gives
a soft sigh. "I think things would be easier if I was just in love with you instead," she says. It was a bit of nonsequitor but.
blushes red at that regardless. She didn't wholly know of Alicia's crush yet.. "E-eh, what?"
looks down and fidgets. "Well...! It would be easier... I mean.... you actually see me as an equal. Not as a child."
"W-well yeah...we are equals..." Though she knew they were both still children.
looks over at Madeline. "I've been living without much help from England for so long.... WHy doesn't she consider me an adult yet?"
blinks, cluing in and sighing a little. "Ah well... she has raised you all these years, Alicia..."
shakes her head. "No. She didn't. She weasn't even there most of the time."
shrugs a little. "She still helped raise us..."
shakes her head. "Doesn't count. I still want..." She just shrugs.
hums softly. "Want what, to be equal...? Neither of us are old enough for that, Alicia..."
looks over, frustration clear. "Yes we are. We're plenty old enough. Why can't they see that yet?"
shakes her head. "We're still just teenagers compared to them... maybe in another hundred years of so, but for now..."
shakes her head and looks adament. "No. I've been doing fine on my own and I just want..." Her shoulders slump. "I want to be equals with
her now... I want her to see it."
blinks at this,coming over to pat her shoulder. "She will, soon enough I'm sure."
just looks up at her, reaching up to tuck some of Maddie's hair behind her ear. "Do you think she could?"
flushes lightly at the gesture, but nods."Just.. maybe don't play pranks on her for a while. Then she'll see you've matured..?"she suggests.
huffs and just looks more upset. "I don't even. I've cooked for her when she came over. I try to be an adult. She just thinks I'm dumb
because I don't like her stuffy fashion." >3<
hums a little. She had just assumed.. "Ah.. I don't know what to suggest, Alicia... as I said, I think we are still a bit young..."
shakes her head. "We aren't that young though. We're much older than all the humans. We probably would've been fine even if they hadn't
come to our lands anyways. Don't you think so?"
hesitates a little. "Older than the humans... but far younger than mum or maman...." She shrugs. "I guess we might have been..." she was
prone to believing everything France and England had told her though.
sighs and cups her cheek, making a face. "We're younger but we're adults now too ya know?" She kisses her on the forehead. "It would've been
easier if I fell for you still huh?" She moves to hug her, burying her face in her sister's hair. >3< She's a brat still.
blushes, leaning into the touch and closing her eyes a little at the kiss. "O-oh... I guess..." she flusters a little, hugging her
back. She couldn't help but feel like Alicia caring for her that way would be really nice...
sighs into her hair and holds her closer. "I want her to notice me Maddie. But she just treats me like a child."
blushes but holds her close too. "M-maybe... talk to her...?" She wasn't really sure what to suggest. "S-she might not realize she does it."
grumps. "I don't think that'll work. I keep trying to show her and tell her but she just doesn't listen..." >3<
pats her back. "T-then I don't know what to suggest.... I am sure she will come around eventually, though.."
sighs and pulls back, smiling. "Maybe she will. I mean, how can you not want a piece of me??"
smiles a little at that. That was more like her sister.. "I don't know Alicia," she laughs gently.
hums and tosses her head, looking cocky and grinning. "Well I already have a bit of kissing practice so I bet one kiss is all it'll take huh
?"
blushes again. "W-well, if it was anything like that...." she nodded.
grins and nods. "Right? Right? That was a good experiment. I'm glad I have awesome ideas."
laughs a little, cheeks still red. "Yeah, I am sure she won't be able to resist.."
smiles at this and thinks about it. "Why would she want to?"
shrugs a little. "Why haven't you wooed her yet then?" she asks back.
pauses and gives her a ferocious pout. "Hey now. Don't be mean."
smiles. "Just a question."
still looks peeved at her. "Because Maddie. She treats me like I'm still a child. I thought we've been through this. I bet she'd still be
rereading me all those fairy stories she used to tell us if I'd let her." She looks away from Maddie, frustrated and none too happy.
sighs a little, able to tell Alicia was no longer in a good mood. "She likes being close to you Alicia. So maybe she does think of you as a
little young. Talk to her, tell her how you feel. I'm sure she'll realize..." She gently puts a hand on her shoulder.
looks up at Madeline an sighs. "I don't think so. I think she just likes feeling like someone's... Mum. But she isn't my mother." She just
sighs again, gently. "I don't want her to be my mother. If I told her....how I feel... Well she doesn't even like colony men flirting with
me 'cause I'm so young."
(though part of the reason that Alicia would never own to was just pure and simple being too embarrassed an afraid of rejection.)
started to debate that, considering she felt Ann was like a mum. But she figured that would just upset her again. "What if she's
jealous because the men get to be closer to you than she does?" She hadn't the slightest idea if that was the case, she just wanted
Alicia to be happy again.
hums and looks down at her fingers. "I thought about that. But.... she always just ends up telling me I'm too young for romance." She looks
up at her sister and smiles a little, looking more hopeful. "But what if it was jealousy? Wouldn't that be dramatic?"
smiles a little at her when she seems a little more optimistic. "That would be really dramatic. You never know, eh?"
laughs. "Well Annie was always a bit dramatic about things. Even the smallest stuff made her panic when we were young." But really who
wouldn't panic when a child picked up bison-- though perhaps in Maddie's case, bears.
nods at that. "Oh, that's true... I remember her throwing a fit when she saw me cuddled up with a grizzly once..."
laughs and nods. "Yeah, she didn't like us playing with animals for whatever reason." She smiles. "Quite over the top."
giggles a little. "She's so funny this way. Teasing us about that and then talking to the air all the time..."
grins and shakes her head. "It's kinda cute how she does that. Her imaginary friends crack me up."
laughs a little. "Maybe Annie's secretly younger than us, having imaginary friends like that eh?"
grins and nods. "I bet she is. She's like Peter Pan huh?"
smiles at this. "I wonder if one of her friends is Tinkerbell!"
grins. "I bet one of them is. Wouldn't that be hilarious."
giggles. "Maybe she'll introduce us to the lost boys someday."
giggles too. "We should ask her!"
nods. "We should!"
laughs and turns back to the food. "Is it done yet?" O3O
blinks, startling as she goes back to the steak, hurrying to turn off the heat. "O-oh no, I think I burnt it...."
laughs at this and looks down. "I'll eat it anyways."
bites her lip a little, nodding. I hope it's still good.." she mumbles, serving out two platefuls.
pecks her cheek. "Nothing could be as charcaol as what Annie makes."
blushes a little at the peck, but nods and laughs. "Oh well,that is true eh..." she comments, bringing the food over to the table.
grins and sits done. "It certainly is true. But Annie always tries so hard."
nods again, sitting next to her. "I wonder why she can't cook..."
Amelia
thinks
about it and shrugs. "I dunno. That's a good question."
hums, taking a bite of her veggies first. "I much prefer Maman's cooking.."
blinks for a second. "Maman....? OH! The Frenchie. Yeah. She's a good cook."
frowns a little. "She's not just some 'Frenchie', Alicia... she helped raise me, same as Mum."
laughs. "I didn't say "some" Frenchie. I said 'The Frenchie.' That's Practically a compliment."
sticks her tongue out at her. "It's not a compliment you jerk."
grins and shrugs. "It is! She's 'The.' THat makes her important."
shakes her head. "You're ridiculous."
smiles and shakes her head. "YOu're ridiculous."
frowns. "You're ridiculous!"
winks at her. "Naw."
huffs at her. Even if Marianne had abandoned her in favour of Guadelope, she still felt like she was a mother.
laughs softly and eats. Maddie was silly.
hums, chewing on her burnt steak without saying another word.
smiles over at her, realizing in a vague way that Maddie wasn't happy. She catches one of Maddie's feet in both of hers and grins.
blinks up at her in surprise, giving her a questioning look.
Amelia
is
just smiling at her, giving her a wink. =w=
blushes a little at that, giving her a weird look and trying to pull her foot back.
grins. Let the game begin. She does not allow this, tugging at her foot with hers.
frowns a little, still trying to tug her foot back, a little more effort into it now.
grins wider tugging a bit harder. She's amused.
flusters a little worse, pulling harder. "A-Alicia.."
smiles at this and grins. "I'm still stronger!"
huffs, changing course to try and kick her. "You're rude!"
laughs when she's kicked. "I"m not rude!"
frowns at her. "I already know I'm not as strong as you, do you need to rub it in?"
laughs at her. "I'm not rubbing it in. It's just true."
hums in doubt, pulling her foot back again.
smiles at this and releases her finally. "You're being silly."
shakes her head, tucking her feet under her chair. "I-I am not."
grins and finishes her food. "You kinda are."
quietly goes back to her food too. "You're the one who trapped my foot just to make fun of me."
laughs at this and shakes her head. "I was playing!"
hums at her. She doesn't bother replying.
pouts. "I can still spend the night right?" >3<
nods a little. "Yeahh..."
beams. "Oh okay then. Thanks."
hums softly, getting up to clean the dishes now.
hops up and moves to help.
scrapes off the plates in the garbage before filling the sink with water.
moves with her, rolling up her sleeves.
hums softly, passing her a drying towel and getting to work.
smiles at this and starts to dry the dishes she passes over.
finishes up soon enough, wiping down the counters as well.
smiles at this and helps!