Much Ado About Nothing at Dalton

WHEN HEART MATTERS, POISON WINS

The day after the start of the prince's plan went by normally, in the eyes of the unsuspecting, but Nick and Jeff were not the same. Nick tried to avoid Jeff at all costs through Dalton's corridors and gardens, not knowing how to act best around him. Jeff, for his part, was melancholy for not being able to approach Nick and exchange more than two words before the boy apologized and left Jeff alone with his thoughts and feelings, both confused.

Feeling the need to put his thoughts in order, Jeff goes to a room in the house that he believed to be empty, however, arriving there he finds Don David, Kurt and Mr. Leonard talking seriously.

"Sorry to interrupt, gentlemen. I thought this room was empty. "Said Jeff, already turning to leave the room, but Don David stopped him saying" No problem, my friend. I was just saying that I will only stay here until the celebration of Kurt's wedding and then I will go to Aragon. "

Feeling that he should be part of the conversation, Jeff turned to Don David and nodded, implying that he was paying attention to the subject, and Kurt nodded as he left to continue the subject. "I will accompany you there, my lord, if I may." Kurt said seriously.

Dom David, for his part, replied firmly, "No way, boy. It would not be fair to allow him to be absent soon after his marriage. It would be like giving a child a special toy and forbidding him to play with it. " Making laughter from those present with his analogy, but continuing with his answer, Don Davi looks at Jeff "I only dare to ask for Jeff's company, because he is witty and free from emotional detachments. He has a healthy heart as a warrior and at the same time free as a gypsy. "

Feeling the stares in him, Jeff lowers his head, gives a small sigh and responds in a melancholy voice "I am no longer the same man I was, my dear." "It is also what I say. You seem a little sad to me these days. " Replied Mister Leonard, a little afraid.

"I hope you're in love." Kurt said witty to his friend, and Don David, slapping Kurt on the shoulder as a reprimand, winked and then, looking at Jeff, says, "Stop it, boy! Jeff is not one of those. There is not a drop of blood that can be truly touched by love. If you are sad, it is due to lack of money. "

Hearing once again that he is not believed to be able to love, Jeff gives a defeated sigh, and says trying to hide his disappointment "I don't feel very well. I have a headache bothering me. " "Sighing over a headache, Jeff?" asked Don David, surprised.

Trying to see if the boy's response was really about a physical condition, or if he was just covering up his heart's ailments, Mr. Leonard asks Jeff, "But is this headache due to worries or something else? "And before Jeff can answer, Kurt says" I insist on saying that he is in love. " And he gives a malicious smile to his friend.

Getting more and more uncomfortable with the conversation, Jeff tries to justify himself "I couldn't say the reason for the pain, just how much it costs and bothers me." And with his head still down, without looking directly into the eyes of any of the others present, Jeff massaged his temples as a sign of what he was saying.

Kurt, disregarding his friend's response, continues his theory in an attempt to incite Jeff to confess his feelings "Still, I believe it is passion that makes him feel this way, and I also know who has love for him."

Dom David, excited by the direction the conversation was beginning to take, says "I wish I knew who it might be ..." and with a laugh on his face, the prince continues "... it is probably someone who does not know him well." " Oh! Yes you know! And very well, by the way, with all its faults ... and despite that she dies of love for him. " Kurt replied, raising his eyebrows in a suggestive sign.

Already tired of the conversation, Jeff raises his head, and fixing his shoulders and turning his head, as if trying to take the weight of the world off his back, he says in a voice without any enthusiasm "None of this cures my headache." And turning to Mr. Leonard, Jeff respectfully speaks: "My dear sir, I would like to exchange eight or nine sensible words with you, words that these two soulless gentlemen are unable to understand."

Accepting the invitation for a more private conversation, Mr. Leonard signals Jeff inviting him for a walk to the garden, leaving Don David and Kurt, suddenly surprised, alone behind.

"I bet my life on how to talk about Nick." Don David whispered to Kurt, who replied in the same tone "It is not even discussed. By this time Blaine and Sam have already played their roles with Nick. Soon we will have another couple exchanging vows of love here in Dalton "

Still contemplating the floor of the plan to bring Jeff and Nick together, Don David and Kurt are surprised by the arrival of Don Sebastian, who approached him with a more serious than normal air. Don Sebastian made a respectful courtesy to his brother, and said, "God keep you, my lord and brother." Also receiving a length with equal respect "Good afternoon, my brother. What brings you here, so serious? "

Speaking directly to the prince, but watching Kurt out of the corner of his eye, don Sebastian replies, "If you allow me, I would like to speak to you." "In particular?" asked Don David, already worried about his brother's tone of voice.

Don Sebastian, satisfied internally for having managed to catch the attention of his brother and young Kurt's, responds promptly "I believe Count Kurt should stay, because what I am going to say relates to him, unfortunately."

Increasingly concerned and curious, Don David questions his brother and encourages him to continue "What is the matter, my brother? Speak!" and, accepting the encouragement to air what he spoke, Don Sebastian looks directly at Kurt and asks "Do you want to marry tomorrow?", receiving a surprised look from Kurt.

"You know perfectly well, Sebastian. Why the question?" Don David questioned a little irritated, but in no way affecting his brother's intentions, who continued in the same tone of voice "I don't know if this will happen, if he knows what I know and what I came to warn."

Kurt, already worried about what Don Sebastian implied, says in a nervous tone of voice "If you know of any impediment ... anything ... I ask you to reveal it." And Don Sebastian, takes a deep breath as if preparing for some bad news, starts talking seriously, looking directly into Kurt's eyes "It may be that you believe that I am not friends with you. However, let the future manifest and form a judgment about me only for what I intend to reveal. I am sure that my brother has great esteem and respect for you, Kurt and that his feelings of friendship have led him to promote your marriage ... But the truth is that there can be no more misused goodwill or more disastrous request of marriage. "

"As well? What do you mean, Sebastian? " asked Don David, causing Don Sebastian to look away from Kurt, now looking directly at his brother "That's exactly what brings me here. To say everything in a nutshell, because there is no way to have half words about it: the groom is unfaithful. "

Shocked, Kurt feels his breath stop. "Who! Blaine? " he says almost in a sigh, as if he doesn't have the strength to say it. Sebastian, in turn, with a poisonous tone of voice replies "Himself. Young Blaine ... Blaine Leonard's son ..., your Blaine. "

Still unable to believe what he was hearing, Kurt asks again, "Unfair?" Don Sebastian, feeling enormous satisfaction at the discomfort he had caused the boy, continues to distill his poison against Leonard's son "The word is too good to express all its evil. I could tell that he is worse than that. Invent the most vile and poisonous term imaginable, and I will justify it in relation to it. " And sensing what Don David and Kurt could dispute, Don Sebastian continued, "I know you will not believe me alone, so I know that I need to present evidence. Come with me tonight, to see with your own eyes what I speak. If you still love him, you can still marry him, but for your honor, it would be better to change your mind. "

"It will be possible?" questioned Kurt, increasingly confused and stunned, and Don David, trying to calm the young friend replies, "I don't believe it."

Don Sebastian, not wanting to see his plan go wrong, returns to speak more decisively in his voice "If the least doubt was born in your heart, and you do not have the courage to give credit to what you hear, follow me, and I will show you enough that after you, young Kurt, see and hear, you can more accurately decide what to do. "

"If I see one that confirms such disloyalty tonight, I will not marry him tomorrow," said Kurt to himself, looking straight ahead without focusing on anything, forgetting for a moment that he was accompanied by the prince and his brother.

Satisfied that he has achieved, at least momentarily, his goal of confusing Kurt and Don David, Sebastian makes a courtesy to say goodbye to the two and says "I will say no more in your dismay, until you can be sure of what I have said. Wait patiently until midnight and wait for the events. " And he leaves leaving an agonized Kurt and a worried Don David behind.