The Louisiana Purchase (discontinued)

The Marchioness, Hunting

"Aunt, please wait! No. AHHHHH!" I heard. That woman better not be hurting Ciel. The first thing I saw was .... Ciel and Sebastian with slicked back hair faces of submission and shame.

With my professional mask on, they didn't see me losing my shit at the hairstyles. Oh, it's never a bore around these people.

"I'm sorry to barge in like that. I heard yelling. I apologize for my behavior." I said formally.

"Well at least she doesn't look disheveled like the both of you." The marchioness said to them.

"I'm sorry I have troubled you for this, aunt Frances." Ciel says in scared tone. Seems like both Ciel and Sebastian are sweating.

"I came to conduct a surprise check. You are still lazying around I see, and your butler is indecent as ever." Lady Frances said, then she looked over to me.

You could say that I was sweating a little bit, but only on the inside. It would be unprofessional to do on the outside. "Your maid however has seem to improve."

"She's a new maid, aunt Frances." Ciel said to cover me. I walked over to my place, which I'm assuming would be next to Sebastian.

"Let's remember that you are going to be marrying my daughter in the future. Firstly, I'm gonna check the inside of your house." She said.

"Allow me to lead the way." Sebastian said. Ciel started to panic a little. Sebastian whispered. "I made sure everything was in place yesterday." I smiled and followed behind Ciel. "Firstly, I would like you to admire the garden. The winter roses brought from Germany are in bloom and are absolutely gorgeous." As soon as he said that I panicked. I motioned by swinging my arms in the air, mouthing NO. Since I was behind the group being silent, no one saw me.

Sebastian ignored me. Damn the man. As he cracked open the door, I'm sure he saw Finny cutting all the roses. It seemed like on impulse he closed the door immediately, not allowing anyone seeing anything yet.

"I have made a grave mistake, I actually wanted you to examine the main hall." Shows you not to ignore me.

"Why? Might as well, we are just in front of the door." Lady Frances complained.

I jumped in. "The roses are at the peak of bloom, the view of the flowers should be better from a window in the hall. It is our wish to provide you with the best scenery of the German Christmas roses at it's best."

Crap! Why did I just say that? There are NO German Christmas roses at all!

Sebastian looked at me for a sign this time. I looked away from him, if he doesn't want my help. Mey-rin shouldn't be there anyways, she's setting up the table. Cracking the door open carefully, Sebastian peeked in.

*CRASH*

Sebastian quickly closed the door again. "It seems I have made another mistake. We shall go to the greenhouse to have some tea."

"I thought we were going to look at the roses in the main hall. What was that racket?" Lady Frances asked.

"Nothing of course. You both have been stuck in that carriage for a very long, you should have some tea to relax. Right this way, please." He said. Sebastian made eye contact with me, then looked at the main hall doors. He was gesturing for me to do something about the crash. I opened the doors to see that Mey-rin was sweeping up the last of the broken dishes off the ground.

"It looks like you've gotten this under control. How has it been going?" I asked.

"Oh, I just need to get the dishes and set them up like the way Sebastian does." She said to me.