Out in the Countryside

Getting Better

She sat a little nervously on the dinner chair. The house was rather beautiful; mostly being furnished in wood and she knew that they really liked the aristocratic look because the house seemed posh and more mansion looking. As if it had belonged to an earl somewhere along the way. There were a lot of pastel colours and browns that made the house look amazingly beautiful, even the patterns added to the look. The way the table had been set was also somewhat astonishing to her. Her house in London had been much more different and more modern looking than this yellow house.

After they had finished saying Grace, they all turned towards Arturia and she could see that Scáthach was smiling, "Well, I really do hope you enjoy our Irish food. We love meats so I do hope you are not a vegetarian..." she wandered as the idea had suddenly popped into her mind.

"No, do not worry, I love meat," Arturia smiled and took the fork in her hand before letting her gaze drop before the plate of food before her.

"Thank goodness," she heard the other female sigh in relief, "Okay, so, Cuchulainn told me that you came all the way from London, how many trains did you have take to get here?"

"Um, I had to take a bus to the station and then two trains. It was one bloody ride but I'm here now and that is all that really matters," Arturia began to cut her steak.

"That is true," Scáthach smiled up from her food and then began to speak again. "You are probably wondering what we all do for a living, right?"

Arturia shook her head as she finished chewing her steak. She swallowed before answering, "Not quite, but now that you mention it..."

"Well, I am a gym teacher at the high school and Cuchulainn does with fixing cars," The older female explained.

"Mechanic, I am a mechanic." Cuchulainn had been sure to clarify his career with his sister, understanding that Arturia got the message.

"And Diarmuid?" She looked over at him with curiosity.

Diarmuid opened his mouth to speak but his sister butt it, "He's still in high school, haha."

"Oh," Arturia nodded, "I see."

"Although, I plan to join the army. I was thinking something along engineering or something beneficial outside of the army." Diarmuid spoke for himself as he stabbed his fork through a potato.

Scáthach leaned forward a little bit, "What about you, Arturia?"

"Well, I graduated high school a few months ago, before summer, and I still do not know what I want to do with my life as of yet. I do not like maths, so that narrows a lot of options down. I was thinking of simply taking a year off to figure out what I want to do, but I am thinking something to do with policing..."

"Oh, that sounds like a lot of fun," the girl across her commented.

Cuchualinn bit his lower lip, "I thought you were dropping high school..."

"I may be crazy, but not that crazy," she stated and the whole table let chuckles slip, even herself, "I'm not eighteen yet, though." She managed to smile through chuckles.

"Well, if I did not know any better, I think you would be trying to justify dating my younger brother..." the red head laughed and winked her way.

"Oh, no!" Arturia shook her head furiously, "I was just randomly stating." She defended as her cheeks began to light up, out of the corner of her eyes she could see Diarmuid looking away.

Scáthach laughed and brought a hand to her lips, "I was just teasing. Don't worry, I do that a lot. Plus, my lil bro is already taken. What's her name again? Gabriella? Grace?"