Someone To Remember

Chapter 6. Indecisive

Mary Jane was in her bedroom sitting on a chair beside the window writing something in a pink note book, "Lady Mary Jane Isabella Swanson has arrived," I walked into the room, Gladys left room it was just me and Mary Jane to be honest it was kinda intimidating. "Isabella come and sit here don't be nervous," I sat on the chair facing Mary Jane she had a big smile on her face as if to tell me there was nothing to worry about. It was a little awkward at first neither of us said a word for a few minutes until Mary Jane stood up to a get a drink from the little liquor cabinet in the room and came back to her sit.

"Isabella I hope you enjoyed yourself at lunch today."

"Oh, em yeah I really enjoyed myself it was wonderful thank you so much."

"You really are well mannered aren't you, have you always been like that."

"I guess so."

Mary Jane laughed and smiled at me once again. "So Isabella have you ever been in love before," my eyes widen It was so unexpected I didn't know what to say, was I supposed to lie and say that I have or just be honest and say I'd never came close to being in love, when all the women I knew where in relationships or experiencing so sort of intimacy I was cooped up at home with my face in a book. I mean I would lie to you if I said I didn't have crushes like my uncle's friend and a cute guy I knew in my maths class, that was it no romantic walk on the beach, no ugly love triangles I basically had no love life.

"No I've never been in love."

"Really I find that hard to believe, when I was your age I fell in love with any guy who even glanced at me of course I didn't go all the way with them because I knew that there was only one person for me, only one person who would steal my heart, oh that Sheamus," Mary Jane was staring into space for a minute I could only guess she was thinking about the good old days with her husband.

"Do you believe that there's only one person for everyone," she smile. 

"Well yeah I believe there's someone out there for everybody not matter who you are, everyone is able to feel love."

Mary Jane gave me a smirk and gently held my hand, "Isabella I want to tell you something and I hope after I tell you you'll think about it, you see my son Eric is a very complicated young man and now that his turning twenty one in a months time I can tell he's not keen on the idea of having a wife, ever since Sheamus chose him as the successor there's been a lot of pressure on him, sometimes I wish he wasn't such a closed book,."

She stared at me for a few seconds and apologized for her rambling she pulled me close and held my hand tightly and told me something that made my eyes widen like an owl, I had to repeat what she said in my head to make sure I heard it right. After she told me her request she told me to have a long think about it and once I'd made up my mind I had to go and tell her.

I left the McNamara's estate I couldn't believe what just happened, I was very anxious and worried. The carpool was waiting for me, I hop in it and the driver drove me home. When I came home aunt Sue was weirdly waiting for me at the front door, "so how was it," she asked with excitement. I told her it was fine then I went upstairs to my bedroom. I thought it would be best if I didn't tell uncle Ben and especially aunt Sue. I laid on my bed thinking about Mary Jane's request like she told me too I couldn't believe she could ask me such a thing, me of all people It was so hard to wrap my head around I just didn't understand. I mean she could have asked any girl like Heather Earl or Annabel Clark yeah Annabel, she would have been perfect. I thought about it for hours it was making me feel uneasy that I could eat or sleep.

The next morning after having a long, hard think about it Mary Jane's request was still undecided. I had no idea what to do, I mean if I said yes it would change my life dramatically and like I said before i'm not good with change I could barely get through the thought of going to university let alone what Mary Jane asked of me. But if I said no I would disappoint Mary Jane who had high hopes for me and with aunt Sue I would hear the end of it, she would hate me even more than she already did I banged my head against the wall utterly frustrated. I went downstairs to have my breakfast the atmosphere was different, the kitchen was squeaky clean, the kitchen table did just have beacon and eggs there was much more like sausages, waffle and even fruit salad but the thing that caught my attention the most was aunt Sue's smile, yeah she was smiling, she wasn't cranky or yelling one of her morning complaints it was so stranger and out of place.