9 July 2012
I entered the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror “get a hold of yourself Anna” I said to my reflection. No sooner had I said that then the door opened and my mother entered the bathroom. “I couldn’t agree more” she said she had obviously been listening through the door.
I turned and faced her letting all the hurt confusion and anger show on my face “did you know?”
She smirked at me “of cause I knew, who do you think helped set it up”
“But why? I don’t understand you know I can’t stand Count Ferson”
“Why because I can, and you most certainly can stand Count Ferson, he will soon be your husband”
“I can’t marry him”
“Oh yes you will or you will be out of this house so fast it will make your head spin”
“No” it was meant to be a final remark but it came out as more of a plea
“You have had more than enough time to find an appropriate suitor and you haven’t now you will stop whining, fix your face up then go out there and accept Count Ferson’s proposal”
“but-“
“But nothing, you will accept or so help me...” she let the sentence hang there. S he looked at me once more before turning on her heel and leaving the bathroom.
I looked back at my reflection how can this be happening I thought to myself as I began to clean up the tears on my face. How can my mother expect me to marry someone like him? My mental breakdown was interrupted by a knock at the bathroom door.
“I’ll be out In a minute” I replied to the know, knowing for sure that it would be Count Ferson coming to check up on me my mother obviously having sent him up here.
“Anna? Can I come in” the voice behind the door wasn’t Count Ferson’s.
I went and opened the door.
“Dimitri” I said as I smiled I was granted one in return.
“Anna” he said as he walked into the bathroom closing the door behind him. “I would ask if your okay but it’s pretty obvious that you’re not”
“No” I said softly as I burst out crying.
Dimitri walked forward and picked me up cradling me in his arms as he sat on the lounge in the powder section of the bathroom. He made soothing noises as he rubbed my back in a calming motion, as if he were rocking a crying infant, which I guess I basically was. After about 5 minutes of this I felt able to stand so I stood and turned to the mirror to look at myself once again. I began to re-apple my make-up to cover the huge red blotches on my face. “Anna you don’t have to do that” Dimitri said as he came to stand behind me. “You are more beautiful than any woman I have ever seen, you don’t need that” he motioned to the make-up.
“Thanks” I said “you’re wrong, but thanks for saying it” I continued to apply the make u.
“No Anna... I’m not wrong”
“I think you are wrong, but I’m willing to accept it... just this once” I said
“What are you going to do?” Dimitri asked
I didn’t bother asking him what he meant because it was obvious he meant Count Ferson.
“Accept his proposal I guess” I said with a shrug of my shoulders, hoping he didn’t see the wince I had when I said it
“Anna I heard you talking to you mother, you don’t want this” he said “don’t do it just because she told you too, you have to make your own choices”
“I wish I could but I can’t, she controls my life and there’s nothing I can do about it”
“Yeah there is “Dimitri said with that smile that I have come to learn means that he is up to something.
“What can I do” I replied my interest now peaked. Maybe Dimitri knew something that would make Count Ferson not want to marry me.
“You could leave here”
Maybe not
“Leave? I can’t just leave” I said astounded that he even came up with such an idea.
“Why not” he said seeming genuinely puzzled
“Well for starters I have nowhere to go”
“Oh Anna the destination isn’t important it’s the getting out there and going. It’s the doing something on your own terms”
I began to think about the idea of me leaving this place, leaving my mother Count Ferson and everybody behind. The only person I would really miss would be Lady Elizabeth. Just as quickly as I got my hope up they were dashed, I couldn’t leave I had no money, no way of getting anywhere and no one who would be able to help me. This place this house whether or not I like it it’s my home. Dimitri must have noticed the sudden change in me because he spoke again.
“Come with me Anna, together we can leave this place behind” Dimitri said as he reached out and held my hand
I know I should refuse, I opened my mouth to say I couldn’t go but no sound came out instead I found myself nodding.
“Yes?” Dimitri asked to confirm
“Yes” I confirmed
Dimitri’s face broke into the biggest smile I could ever have imagined, he pick me up hugged and twirled my around the room, before dropping a soft kiss onto my cheek, then settling me on the ground.
“We can leave tonight” Dimitri said
“No, not tonight, it’s too soon we should wait a few days”
“Why wait” Dimitri asked confused
“Because no one can know that we are leaving together”
“Right, so when do you think would be a good time?”
“I don’t know when are you scheduled to leave?”
“Tomorrow night”
“If you tell everyone you’re leaving tomorrow night then you get a room at the inn I can meet you there the morning after tomorrow”
“Shouldn’t you leave at night?”
“No because Tuesday is perfect, Tuesday’s my mother sends me to town early in the morning to but any supplies we need for the week, so for every Tuesday I have access to my mother’s accounts”
“Okay so Tuesday you can meet me at the inn, I can us both tickets to leave for the city that night”
“Dimitri you don’t get it”
“Get what”
“Only on Tuesday’s do I have access to my mother’s accounts-“
He cut in saying “its okay I can look after you, you don’t need to worry about money”
“Dimitri I love that you want to take care of me but I can clean out my mother’s accounts” Dimitri’s jaw dropped “I mean if we’re never going to come back I’ll never have to face he again so I can take it”
“Oh my Anna, I had no idea you could be so ruthcless”
“Yeah well she has basically tortured me every day of my entire life it’s about time she got some back”
“Okay so we’re agreed on Tuesday morning I will meet you at the inn I will be logged in under the name Damon Nomad”
“Interesting choice of name” I commented thinking that the last name was the first name spelt backwards
“It’s my father’s first name and my mother’s maiden name, they used to joke that they were made for each other”
“Okay but in the mean time I’m going to have to accept Count Ferson’s proposal”
“Yeah, but on the bright side you have something to be happy about “
“Yeah I know but I don’t know if I’m going to be able to even look at him to accept, not to mention I’ve been gone from there for a good 10 minutes”
“He won’t ask why you took so long, he wouldn’t care just so long as you said yes, and as for looking at him I’ll stand right behind him so you can say yes while you’re looking at me and pretend you’re talking to me. Okay?”
“Okay”
“I’ll leave now and you can get back to fixing your make-up then come back in 5 minutes so they don’t know we were together”
“Okay” I said as Dimitri turned to leave he opened the door then looked back at me his eyes trailing the entire length of me “by the way that is an amazing dress it make you glow”
Before I could even process the comment he was gone.
~Ambitions; Part 4~ • Opuss № I