~A Good Love Story~ [an Uprising AU Jella fic]

12-29-1911 -Janes POV-

I get home later than usual.
I spent all day taking care of Harriet and Millicent, per usual, and while it's normally at the very least busy enough to keep my mind occupied, my mind wandered a lot today. The wandering of where you can't focus on a task because someone's on your mind. It was the kind of wandering girls would discuss at parties, thinking of boys when getting their hair done for a dance or while doing a dress fitting.
But that can't be right.
That doesn't make sense!
The only person I'm close to at all is... Bella.
Bella was always my closest friend, even when taking into consideration all the acquaintances I've had at parties and all when Yetta was with us still, so I suppose it makes sense for me to feel connected to her, but not like that! It's hard to wrap my head around.
Could I, love, Bella?
I'm snapped out of my thoughts as I reach the tenant. I simply try to shrug off my thoughts as I walk inside. Until I see her. She's sitting reading the English childrens book that I got her when I got my Italian book. She hadn't noticed me yet, so I had just a moment to think and look at her.
I don't know how it took me so long to notice, but she was.. beautiful.
As I'm about to speak, I clutch at my stomach and collapse on the ground.