The Louisiana Purchase (discontinued)

A Count Down From Ten

After the announcement of the contest I decided not to pester Sebastian, instead I wanted to go look around for that dress that was on sale. People did look at me oddly for sipping tea out of a beaker, but I didn't mind. There it was! It was the tent with the most beautiful dresses they were ALL on sale. I had to pick out a few pairs of pants as well. Rushing to the store I spotted Lady Elizabeth with another girl looking about 23 years old. I browsed the boys' clothes table. This is one of those good tents. "Lady Louisiana?" I heard Elizabeth's voice.

I slowly turned around with a smile. "Oh, hello Lady Elizabeth. And please just call me Louisiana. No need for formalities with me."

"Please just call me Lizzie." Getting introductions out of the way, we started to shop together. "And that is Paula over there. She's my maid." I looked over to the maid.

She smiled at me. "Jingle, jingle, jingle." Shaking her bells. "It's nice to meet you Lady Louisiana."

"Just Louisiana would be fine."

"May I ask, why are you going to purchase boy trousers?" Lizzie asked me.

"Oh, these? These are for my little nephew. The look on his face when I come visit is always a joy. I came here from America you know. I loved traveling back and forth. But then my father died and all his money went to his greedy wife, instead of his daughter." I might have poured some truth in there, somewhere. The look on Lizzie's face was of sadness. "But I have made a life for myself in London. With my friends, new family, and such. I wouldn't want it any other way." I smiled at her. Paula jiggled her bells, smiling.

"Look! That dress over there would look absolutely marvelous on you!" Then Paula and I were dragged over to another tent.

Walking out of the tent, I had several boxes of clothing. "Lizzie." I looked at her. "I just wanted to say that this was the best girls' day ever. You gals are the best." Paula blushed. The clock bell chimed three times. It's three o'clock, the contest! "But, I really have to go right now. I know Ciel will love whatever you get him Lizzie! Bye Paula! I hope we can do this again." I rushed over to the Undertaker shop to set down my boxes. Off to the ice sculpture show we go.

When I got there they were announcing the first contestant. "First, we have team Scotland Yard!" The man yelled out to pump up the crowd. Looking over at the contestants on the stage, I saw a group of men sweating and breathing heavy, Sebastian looking as beautiful as ever, Lau and the Asian girl he is always with, then some of the men from the Yard. "With, 'The Guardian of London'!" Looking over I saw a statue of what looked to be Sir Arthur, what a joke. The inspectors were saluting the ice sculpture, of course they were. Damn right it scored only 5 points!

After the head of the ice sculpture fell off, the host was in a hurry to announce the next person. "Next is the team called All China Dresses Should Be Minis ..." Boy, did he look nervous up there. Turing over, everyone saw an ice sculpture of a naked woman. She looked familiar. Isn't she the one that's always with Lau? What was her names again? Ran-Mao was it? Luckily, to shield the innocence of the crowd, they had some men hold up cloths that acted as censors. "For various reasons, I have to disqualify it."

"Why?" There he was, Lau was right up in front.

"How could you think it would be alright to exhibit that here?!" I heard Ciel yell at Lau. I made my way over to Sebastian and Ciel. We all looked over to the judges. The all held up signs with big X's to show that they agree to disqualify it. Lord Druitt was holding up a sign with the number 10 written. He's a weird pervert, but the people love him anyways I guess I do too.

"You can win, can't you Sebastian?" Ciel asked.

"Ciel to doubt the demon like that. You did ordered him, he shall do the task at hand without a fail." I interjected into their conversation. "I'm sure you will win. Against a statue of a policeman, a disqualified nude woman, and I'm sure not anything special over there. I bet my all my food for the rest of the century you are going to win." I smiled as I wrapped my arms around Sebastian's torso. It's become natural now, this hugging position we've got.