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Ara and Gina's mouths might as well have touched the ground. Their minds seem to have trouble processing what's happening. "Then what happened?" Niether girl is sure who asked that question. After hearing their moms story it'd hard to tell what's up and what's down. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZvWic2ym8
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Gina shakes her head and leans forward, "Wait, shouldn't Ftiz known about this?". Arabella tilts her and looks to Gina, "She is right, he should be here too". Miranda massages her temples in frustration, "He does". Miranda looks pointedly at her daughters amd then the window. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZMaft2fuA
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"It is near mid morning, this story has taken to long". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIYXmpPzJY
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"Wait, we need to know more" Gina grabs Miranda's hands and pleads with her like a child who wants a new toy. "You, both of you need to write your own stories" Miranda pauses as she tears her hands away, "Not worry about the ones already written". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujrrHMSZ8y
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Arabella feels struck to her core and truly in that instance takes her mother's words to heart. It dawns in her she has a family and a country she knows absolutely nothing about. "Goodbye sister" Ara kisses Gina's checks and runs out the door. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGG6zJcQco
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Chris and Theo are found in the library working on letters and proper documents. Both boys are one of the most eligible men on the market and they would rather avoid it at all cost. A creek in the door as she enters alters them to her presence. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuNhqJuBv2
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"Hello sister" Theo smirks at her and leans back. "I have questions" Ara can't help but get to the point, anticipation is killing her. "I want to know of our family, of our people" Ara stands tall and lifts her head higher. "Mama is the Queen Regent of Avalor, Daughter of King" Ara stops him right there. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrya0ocurx
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"I already know who she is, I want to know what she is like" Ara voice is clipped she knows she isn't the most patient person. Chris snaps his head when he hears this and his eyes are daggers now. "So you know everything then, do you". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7EHETVv3c
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Both siblings are more than temperamental and impatient. They have that same fire in their eyes. Theo is watching from the side lines he knows better than to get in-between those two. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwNFtn15lo
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"I never said that".94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqZfQETIut
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"Stop" Theo is normally an extremely calm and grounded person but even he has his limits. Being forced to hear the Two of them bicker about the same bloody thing, going in circles. "Start acting like adults" Theo exclaims in frustration. "Mama is a wonderful Queen and mother. She would do anything for us and her people". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkbusCqc5x
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"Now what are your questions" Theo looks to Ara whereas Chris is taken a back. He has never seen his brother that way, then again he hasn't known him long. "Can we stay for the season?" Theo face turns red and his eye twitches,"You only care about the season". Ara waves her hands frantically in the air, "No, I just didn't know what to say on the spot". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwaX1MP45J
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Ara starts to pace back and forth in frustration, "I planned to be on the marriage market, I planned to find a husband". She starts bitting her nails in anxiety, "I know I wanted to find out about my birth family but". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcB3SNPbAA4
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Chris and Theo burst out laughing and have to hold their sides, it hurts to breath. "You got what you asked for" Chris chuckles and Ara scoffs at their immaturity. "Yes, this is what every girl dreams of" Ara says as she puts her hands on her hips. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllLeUYNlw1
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"It is what ever girl could dream of, most marry for higher status mind you" Theo says as he picks at his pants. "The lower class could only dream of this" Theo explains, as he remembers the dirty worn out clothes and night of sleeping on an empty stomach. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt9gOSoJUW
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Chris and Ara don't say anything at all, they known the truth of the lower class people. Niether one has had the exsperince of it and they Thank God for that. Most of the Ton could care less of other and only themselves. The poor fight and beg for bread. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsIhBeNm1O
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Chris sits there there messing with the end of the quill. "So Ara just wanted to find a husband and we wanted to find her" Chris points out what eveyone already knows. "Yet did anyone of us plan for what happens after we succeed in our plans".94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuN0zbj3hBc
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"Well I.." Ara and trails off not having a good answer. "We could surely" Theo starts but he is just as clueless. Chris just slames his head on the desk infront of him. "I can't believe none of us, thought anything through" Chris agonizingly says to them both. "What a great team we all are" Theo signs and Ara looks at them both and decides then and there. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i9hspLvWY
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"Well don't just sit there, let's make a plan". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyfNz5SiAZ
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Gina told her sisters as they parted that she was going to work on her needle work but it was a lie. What she really intended to do was sneak out to the gardens. She needed time to process eveything. She couldn't imagine how that effected her mother. Being sent away from your country, seeing your closest friend and Queen get betrayed. She can't even imagine it. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFubcradm5r
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"Why do you look so glum, Pretty girl?" She jumps half in the air startled by his voice. "Claudel" Gina hits him in the arm as she calms down. "What are you doing here?"Gina laughs and Claudel looks at her as if she has lost her head. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ167Cyz02F
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"It is the middle of the afternoon, is it not?" Claudel informs her and she is completely taken a back. "I completely forgot, I'm so sorry" she explains as turns to face him better. As Gina does she can see that his face has been washed better, hair combed and his Sunday best. Obviously it must be Sunday she deducts and he looks it's nice to see how he cleans up. Claudel usually has tear's in his clothes and covered in ash as he works in a factory. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9tJL87tlV
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They meant at a bookstore that Gina snuck out to once before. As a little girl she always wish to shop in a sweet shop or book store. Their up bringing in the Ton meant that most of their needs were brought to their own home. Clothes, food, toys, anything at all at their request would be brought to them. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHyrbfGCbG
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Going to anything other than the modiest would be irrelevant and unnecessary. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pQa1KKM32
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"I apologize, so much has changed within these past few hours" Gina tries to explain as Claudel leans a bit closer. Gina goes on to explain the shock and betrayal she felt from her parents and what excatly she found out. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wHNASLGPX
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"I truly have no words" Claudel reaches out to touch her hand in comfort but hesitates. He knows you don't touch another hand specially not a women of the Ton. "Do you remember when we first meant?"He turns from her to his satchel. "How could I forget?" She chuckles and thinks back. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDBttvx0ym
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"You had nearly 100 books stacked so high you could not see" Claudel gives her a look, "That is surely an exaggeration". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjzS946hsW
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She quickly shakes her head and this starts a back and forth amongst them. "Well good thing for if you had not knocked me down" he pauses to look take out the book he had kept hidden. "I would not have meant such a wonderful women" He finishes saying as he hands her on old and dearly loved copy of "Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdC8glJo5aF
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"This is one of my favorite books" he tells her as her hands delicately go over the book. What once would have been a deep red is now light with age. "What is it about?" She can't help but ask, "I suppose you'll have to read it to find out". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyYTxahYIE
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"Oh please, just a hint" Gina brings her hand to a prayer sign and can't help but mumble, please over and over again. "Okay, fine" He always gives into her wants, "It's about a servant and her mistresses son". Gina feels her checks turn red, "You make that sound so scandalous". She flips through the yellow worn out pages, "Your mind is the only one who is scandalous". Gina covers face with the book, it's the only way she can hide her embarrassment. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs638qNI0Wf
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Gina is so greatful to have a confidante outside of her family. Ever since their meeting in the bookstore six months ago. They well have grown closer and this form of familiarity no long truly shocks her. Yet she can't help but think of his body so close to hers. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcRQ2DWHWG
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She hates to admit it but she her affections for him stopped being those of a friend awhile ago. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcPNv5WxbD
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"Georgina, Georgina Darcy" They hear her brother Fitz call into the gardens below. Her family don't know of this spot but they know this is a favorite place of hers. Gina and Claudel both jump ten feet in the air and far away as possible. You thought they just touched a burning stove with how they acted. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvRPEmxs4L
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Just before she leaves Gina quickly and without thinking kisses Claudel on the check. Claudel looks like a deer caught in headlights. He can't even think of a response as she runs after the voice of her brother. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBYZxlbsHD
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"Hello, Brother" Gina grabs his arm and drags him back to the gardens entrance. The candlelight dances off the wall and the windows sparkle. "You aren't even dressed" Fitz gestures to her gown. It's the same one she had been wearing when Ara and her talked to their mother. "The ball at the Duke of York House" Fitz explains as he lifts an eyebrow. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAZXt1k1wl
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She stops in her place and thinks of how stupid she is and blames herself for her carelessness. "I'll make us all late" she cringes at the idea of it. "Yes, you are lucky Mama set a gown out" He doesn't get a chance to say more as she dashes for her room.94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenP1kotR4c
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Gina slips on the gown with the help of her sister and her maid Selena. They redid her hair into a stylized bun. It had been far to messy from the events of the day. She didn't have time to bath and just spritzed some perfume on herself. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx27oOYy2pc
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Her brother and mother were already waiting near their carriage. Her entire family will be late and it's all her fault. They all jump into the carrige and she hopes the Duke and Duchess of York won't be offended. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAn7IbppfU
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The bright side of it all is that they don't live to terribly far from the House of York. It is only a 25 minute ride in the carriage, there is a reason why the marriage season is held in London. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOlGGRFZ7M
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The Darcy are the last family of the Ton to arrive at the Ball. Gina takes in one deep breath as she steps down and takes the hand of the carrige driver. 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMF98HjB6E
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"Let's go Gina, we are late as it is". 94Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7M4fHlJPfa
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"Im coming Mama, I'm ready now".
