Raina Vladmir's Story

Brooke had been silently anxious about meting her new friend, and she didn't bother to try and sleep like she did most nights. When morning came, her nervousness caught up to her. She got dressed slowly, taking the time to put on a red Victorian style dress with lots of ruffles, which she hated. She only wanted to make her parents happy. To seem less like the failure everyone knew she was. She made her way downstairs early and was coincidentally the first one there, taking a seat on the couch and worrying to pass the time.

Raila and Madison came downstairs around the same time, and Brooke listened intently as Raila spoke, explaining what their parents wanted them to do. She could tell that Saturn was displeased with the situation, and she took a wild guess that her brother wasn't too excited about getting a servant. He'd never really liked Brooke but she understood why and honestly didn't mind that much. In her thoughts, Brooke almost missed Raila's ending sentence. "I agree..." Brooke stood slowly and started to follow her sisters to the basement, stopped to curtsy for her parents as they passed before rushing to catch up with Madison and Raila.

James was immediately drawn to the redheaded one. He wasn't quite sure why, but something in the back of his head said "She's the one"

He complied. He wasn't in as much of a trance as the rest of them, he had his wits. He began walking towards her. She was extremely compelling. It was something about her eyes. The way they just seemed so, sweet. She reminded him of home. He hadn't been gone that long, but he missed it, he missed his family, and it upset him terribly that he'd never be able to know how they were doing. He teared up a little at the thought of them.

He stopped just in front of her, and looked into her eyes. A small tear ran down the left side of his face, as he remembered the last time he spoke to his mother. He didn't even say "I love you". All he said was "Make sure the farm runs smoothly, and don't forget to give Rick a chance to ride my old horse".

He smiled at her weakly, and asked "So what do we do now?"