Delilah and Collete

chapter four : chasing each other

 Delilah

golden rays seeping through the thick lace curtain greeted me , i opened the curtains and glanced into the gardens , glistening in dewy sunlight . immediately me eyes were drawn to collete who was sitting on a wooden bench under a grand willow tree , a sketchbook in her pale hands , she was drawing . i admired her concentrating face , her eyebrows subtly crumpled , over her fragile eyes , she looked full of things i could never understand . 

"delilah , delilah !"  there was a voice and loud knocking on my door , it was alice "you overslept come downstairs now we need to start work" my mind automatically blocked her out and instead focused on colletes ethereal curls . my door burst open "hurry up" Alice orderd , tugging on my sleeve from behind me . "ill be downstairs in five minutes" i replied , still unable to take my eyes off collete , as Alice left from behind me a noticed a tall , dark figure approaching Delilah , william , the irritating young man from the other day . He sat down next to Collete and took her hand , this unsettled me , collete quickly and cautiously shut her sketchbook and clasped it at her side .  I wonderd what she was drawing , of course it would be intracet and perfect , like everything about collete , frustratingly . 

A while later i was instructed to pick some flowers from the garden to lay the table , this was more enjoyable than my other daily jobs and i enjoyed making the most of this time to leisurely stroll around the grounds . i clutched a bunch of lavender and buttercups in my left hand and sat on the bench thinking about where collete could be . as i looked down i noticed a sketchbook , i picked it up carefully and realised it was colletes . I quickly scanned my surroundings before opening the soft old brown pages and  ran my hands over her beautiful drawings , they were all of girls faces that i had never seems before , as i suspected she was infuriatingly talented , i turned the page to reveal a drawing more detailed than any other  , a girl with brown curls and almond shape slanted eyes , me . i had never thought much of my appearance however she captured me in a certain light and i for once appreciated the small details of my face , this spread a smile across my face . i heard soft but quick footsteps across the lawn and before i could put the book away collete was heading towards me , she stood over me threateningly and her eyes inspected me as she raised her eyebrows with a sense of superiority . she almost laughed before holding out her hand , i placed the book is her hand , instead of taking it she moved her hand slightly so that her hand was touching mine and i blushed furiously , looking to the side and panicking like i never had before . Collete seemed to be enjoying this , for whatever reason she took pride in getting me into a fluster and i didnt like it , i decided it was my turn to irritate her . i grabbed the sketchbook and walked away , i didnt want her to play with me . "give it back delilah" she said . i turned around to see she was blushing . i strolled towards her painfully slowly and put the sketchbook in her hand ,  slowly enough so that my face was close to hers for a few seconds she looked at me with confused dissapoitment and i decided i had taught her not to underestimate me , i could make my own advances , i didn't have to rely on her .the heated tension of the moment was disrupted by footsteps . we both looked into the distance as william ran towards us . I took a step away from collete but my arm was still brushing against hers and her eyes were still fixated on me .william grew closer and collete looked slightly angry . a breathless william reacghed us and put his arm round collete , which pulled her away from me . "I'm sorry we argued" he said to her "its fine" collete said bluntly .moving in closer to him . i turned around and walked away i couldn't watch her with him any longer . 

Delilah

"What was that"  a voice said behind me , . i stopped chopping vegetables and turned around startled to see collete casually resting against the door frame of the small kitchen . ''your not meant to be here collete its servants quarters" i stated. she  stepped into the kitchen , sat on the low wooden table and raised an eyebrow at me "answer my question" she said  ."you tell me collete " i sighed.  "its becoming evidently clear that your in love with me delilah" she stated condfidently . i gasped , confused and shocked and after a moment i released something "wyou may not be wrong" i said gingerly , nervously touching me neck . "but am i right" her voice softened to a wisper as she swiftly moved towards me .