It all started during this month, I was watching her work and by pure chance I noticed how she looked at me, trying to get my attention like a little girl looking for a friend to play with.
I am no longer a child, I'm fourteen years old, I don't have time for silly games with smaller people... That's why I ignored her on that occasion.
And at least it seemed that she had also understood my displeasure because she didn't try to get closer to me either... Or she hadn't, because three days ago she found me at lunch in the back of the inn sketching in my notes. She saw them, approached me happily and asked me:
- "You drew that?! CAN I SEE THEM?!"
I tried to warn her of the horrible contents that my medicine notes contained, however, she ignored me and still leaf through the entire booklet.
- "They're fantastic! I don't quite understand what they are... But I can tell the effort you put into them!"
- It is normal that you do not understand them, you are a girl, you should not understand surgery things. - I said snatching my notebook from her hands.
- Hey! - She screamed. - That doesn't mean I'm stupid! I know how to read and write, I am also very good at cooking, I know how to knit and my mother used to say that I'm very intelligent for my age. - She smiled proudly, placing her arms on her hips.
- And why should I care about all that? - I replied coldly.
- Ughh! I was trying to be your friend, but now I see that you are rude, Bye! See you never! - She told me and then she walked away giving little kicks to the air.
In that moment maybe I should have felt guilty for how I had treated her, however, what I had really felt was relief. That day I did not want to talk to anyone, I felt ... Discouraged for no apparent reason, I just wanted a bit of tranquility, which sadly disappeared when that girl returned in her footsteps to talk to me.
-You know what? Now you owe me one! - She mentioned it to me, raising her voice a little.
-Excuse me? - I answered confused.
- You hurt a girl's feelings! If you think you are as smart and friendly as you always speak or act, then you should know that now you owe me something because you broke a rule of etiquette.
-This... This is not how the etiquette of manners works! - I tried to tell her.
- SHH! SHH! - She shut me up, even putting her hand on my mouth.
- But what a shame for your family! If they saw their son treating a young lady! No, no, what a bad appearance for your reputation. –
Reputation, the only thing that seems to matter in this world ... The reason why I was forced to leave my family ... A word that always hovers in my head and that I was forced to say:
- "UGH, GOOD! What do you want of me?!"
- Teach me to draw! - She answered innocently, with a wide smile that showed two missing teeth in her mouth.
- What? – I Ask confused - You know how to read and write, why do you need to learn such a skill?
- Before coming to work here, my brother could only teach me those two things... So, when I come home one day, I want to show him that I learned new things while I was away!
- Okay, I'll show you. - I sighed for a moment - But it will only be at night, without bothering me during the day. It is clear?
- Clear as crystal! So, is it a promise? -
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Mirror Shards
Исторические романы1857, the Rosewood family is the perfect role model for society. They are wealthy, cultured and with an excellent reputation. However, his second, Henry Rosewood, is not even the shadow of his parents. Rebellious, distracted and with a strange genet...
