Post by Rhona Brogain on Sept 26, 2010 16:04:35 GMT -6
The Windsor Estate was looking more and more lively with the household being busy once again. Jelenah was the Lady and with her, she had the help of many hands to the servants that she loved like family. Most were new and had come from the De La Costa estate. They were all in need of work since the Captain and his family were off to set sailed for both his own homeland of Espana and the homeland of his wife Kaori, Nihon. While each staff member had been offered the chance to go with them, many had to decline simply due to family being here and not knowing when or how long they would return to Skye. Marcos had been understanding and after speaking with Jelenah, he manage to find them all new work so that they nor their families went without. Emma was the youngest at age 15, Maurice was next at age 16, then came Anna Claire who was early to mid 20's. Braxton was an older gentleman, looking to be around 30 or so. Each were fairly settled in and Jelenah was now sitting out side on the porch.
(Rhona)
The small red head came outside to not only check on her lady, but to perhaps keep her company for a sort time. "G'day tae ye MiLady... tis nice out fer once.. aye?" She moved closer, tucked her hands beneath the skirts under her rear and took a seat. "Ye worried about anything?" Asked the scarlet haired woman to the golden honey blonde. Rhona remained quiet to allow Jelenah a chance to answer before she would ask her anything else. The Lady looked like she had much on her mind and well, Rhona wanted to be there to try and help, not just because it was her duty, but because she wanted to as a friend.
(Jelenah)
Head turned and lifted to look up to Rhona, a small smile was granted before she went back to settling her chin within her hand as she was slumped over a bit. Knees were bent and drawn to her chest as feet rested upon one of several steps. "Not worried.. not exactly... just.. I'm not sure what to call it really Rhona." she answered with a small shrug of her shoulders. "I'm thinking of going and talking with Bess about Kane. About the possibility of us soon courting. To ask her what she thinks of him... of us together." she paused and looked over to Rhona with her chin still within her hand. "What do you think Rhona? Should I go and speak with my sister about this or just let things happen as they will when they will?"
(Rhona)
The companion took up the side of her lady,sitting much like the beautiful blonde sat with legs pulled up and in, though rather than have her arm resting on her knee and her chin in her hand, Rhona's arms wrapped around her legs. "Oh.. Ah see... ye be worried about ye n' tha MacGregor fellow... aye?" She looked from Jelenah and out across the scenery before them. "Me thinks its been much tae long fer ye tae sit idly by wit nae man. Ye have had tae suffer tha loss o'one aye, but ye should nae let him keep ye from loving another. Tis been wot... three or four years now MiLady? Tis surely time fer ye tae find happiness again, hm? N' me thinks ye sister would think tha same. Like me, she is sure tae want tae see ye happy." Rhona looked back to Jelenah then and gave a small smile with a short nod of her head.
(Jelenah)
The Lady looked then to her companion. "I am yes... " but then went quite as Rhona began to give her reply, so she listened. While Rhona was younger, hearing the advice of another woman, another friend was always something welcomed to Jelenah. There wasn't much of an age difference there, just a small one, and perhaps this was only one reason of many why they got along so well. "Yes... nearly four years Rhona." she answered with a small nod before growing quiet once more. She had glanced to the yard, but then when Rhona said that Bess would be much like her, just wanting to see Jelenah happy, Jelenah smiled tenderly. "Thank you Rhona... you are always such a delight to have around and I'm so very glad we met when we did. I'm very fortunate to have a friend like you..."
(Rhona)
"Me thinks ye should nae worry... that things will turn out just as they should wit ye and tha MacGregor man." A hand came to rub tenderly at Jelenah's back in a reassuring manner. "Besides... ye be crazy iffn ye let this one get away, he be very nice tae look at... hm?" she teased the shy timid blonde. A small laugh followed. "Ye two seem tae work well wit one another, from wot Ah have seen at least. And... Ah have noticed, each time ye return from a visit wit him, ye are glowing as bright as a tha sun on a warm summer day. Ye have all tha color in ye cheeks... like now when ye are thinking o' him." Rhona teased once more, but with some truth behind her words.
(Jelenah)
She nodded silently in agreement with Rhona and she smiled to herself before glancing down only to bring those blues to her friend when she felt the encouraging touch. However, with the next comment, Jelenah straightened and tried to put on this expressionless face while speaking in a somewhat stern, but annoyed tone. Trying to remain as serious as possible. "I do not!" she exclaimed before looking away and brows furrowed. However, a small smiled cracked and she looked to Rhona. "Do I really do that?" she asked as she relaxed again. "And yes... he is very handsome.. isn't he..." there was a dip of chin and a tilt of head to follow as she bashfully smiled before looking back to the red head.
(Rhona)
"Aye Milady, ye dae... aye... ye dae." she replied with a wide grin. "But iffn ye think it would help wit ye worries, go n' speak wit ye sister. Ah am sure she has a few wise words tae share o' her own on tha matter once ye make her aware o'it. And Ah am sure she will back ye up just as Ah have.Ye be a smart woman MiLady... n' me thinks this MacGregor man be vera lucky tae hold ye attention a' possibly more." said the little scarlet haired woman. "Iffn ye like, we will go n' see ye sister as soon as ye wish. Ah will have Braxton n' Maurice prepare tha carriage. Ah will see that Anna Claire and Emma will have everything ready fer ye and watch over tha place while ye visit. Ah can either stay wit ye, or give ye both privacy sae ye can visit n' speak."
(Jelenah)
The honey haired Lady would just smile all the more at hearing what she did when she thought of Kane or came back from a visit with him. When Rhona offered to see to things so that Jelenah could go and visit Bess, she nodded and smiled. "Thank you Rhona, that would be very nice... and you might think him to be the lucky one, but I feel like I should be the lucky one as he's even looked my way. I mean.. I'm not exactly young anymore and surely people have to wonder why it is that I'm no longer married nor with children... " she paused. "As for you staying or not during the visit, that will be left up entirely to you. I trust you and know nothing said will be shared with just anyone, but I do know your need for your own time as well." "Though.. since we are on the subject of me and of ... the future... what of you? Surely you have found yourself a man or two..." she teased. "If not.. I will have to see what I can do to remedy that... hm?" she chuckled.
(Rhona)
"Ye are vera welcomed MiLady...and as for as luck, me thinks that is a matter o'opinion MiLady. The view is entirely different when ye are on tha outside looking in..." she said with a grin. "Wot does it matter wot others think o' ye wit nae husband n' nae children? Ye are a woman tha is one o'a kind. Special are ye... and ye will have all tha n' more when ye are ready fer it!" she said with a firm nod and stern tone. "And iffn anyone has a problem wit it, ye send'em tae me..." she said to Jelenah with a wink. When Jelenah teased her about her own affairs in regards to the male gender, Rhona seem to pipe up and grow stiff with a shrug. "Eh.. well... ye know how that sort o'thing goes MiLady. These things take time... aye?" she asked with a stolen glance in Jelenah's direction.
(Jelenah)
There was a burst of giggles that came as she noticed how quickly the change of subject had Rhona stiffen up. "What is his name Rhona? And where and when did you meet him?" she asked with a wide smile. "Don't try and deny it.. I can see it... its written all over that pretty little face of yours you sneaky little minx!" she teased. There was a nudge of her elbow into her companions side in a playful manner. Jelenah had noticed that Rhona seem to act a little differently at times and at first, had wondered if it was because of what was going on between she and Kane. However, the idea crossed her mind when she wondered if maybe Rhona hadn't been seeing someone as well!
(Rhona)
A single scarlet brow arched as she looked oddly to her Lady. Had the woman gone mad? Jelenah rarely ever giggled like that. "Who are ye and wot have ye done wit MiLady?" Rhona asked as if Jelenah had been replaced by some impostor. Despite her attempt to keep things hidden and hushed, Rhona ended up cracking a smile. "Aye.. aye.. there be someone..perhaps..." she said with a shrug of her shoulder and a glance to Jelenah with a smirk before quickly looking away. "His name... be Galen... Galen Vasilios...and Ah met him tha day we went n' visited tha Lady Artisan." she paused, bashfully cutting her eyes toward Jelenah. "We sat n' talked in tha fields o'wheat a while. He... " she bobbed her head a little. "He told me Ah was pretty... n' ... well... he touched me... looked me in me eyes... n' though he was going tae kiss me... but he did nae." Rhona looked a bit disappointed there.
(Jelenah)
"Ah Ha! I knew it!" she teased. "Galen? The Lord General's son? Well.. technically he's the son of that crazy pirate Peregrine but ... I know who it is you speak of. And he seems to be a very nice young man Rhona. I'm very proud of you!" said the excited Slavic woman to the Irish Rose. "Soooo... that's where you had disappeared off to that day and why you were so late returning. Now.. now it all makes sense. Even your cheeks had been full of color..." she said with a grin. "Are you to see him again soon? Maybe you will have your kiss then!" Oh how excited was Jelenah to learn that Rhona had found someone.... possibly.
(Rhona)
She gave a shrug of a single shoulder and shook her head. "Ah dae nae know MiLady iffn there will even be a next time. Ah have nae heard from him for some time now. Me thinks ... Ah may have scared him away...It may be tae late." she looked to Jelenah with a bit of disappointment. "Ah... Ah think he saw apart o'me that Ah didn't wish him tae see sae soon, n' while Ah did nae wish fer that... after Ah saw how both happy and disappointed he was when he both saw it n' then me hide it... Ah felt awful. Ah had wished fer him tae see more of it...but..." Rhona paused and frowned before she glanced down. "It scares me....wot iffn he does nae like wot he sees? N'... wot iffn he does like it... but Ah be to afraid tae show more? Wot then?"
(Jelenah)
She sat quietly and listened as Rhona shared her concern. Nodding here and there, letting her companion know she was there for her just like Rhona was there for Jelenah. "Rhona, I don't think its ever to late. I don't believe you scared him away. Just.. maybe cautioned him...That's not a bad thing, not if you are a little scared of well... change. Give him time... I am sure he will come around again soon and then maybe you will have that second chance of that kiss you wanted." She offered with a smile. "It's not uncommon for a woman to want to keep things hidden from a man when venturing into unfamiliar territory. Especially if you've suffered a loss due to the sake of a man before. It's all part of becoming older... wiser...learning more about yourself and what you really want out of life. And Rhona? How could he not like what he sees? You are a very beautiful woman inside and out. He obviously saw something he liked or the things that happened, wouldn't have happened." Jelenah placed her hand on one of Rhona's that rested in her lap. "Just take it slow... if things don't happen like you hope, and Galen decides not to pursue you any further for whatever reasons, I'm sure there will be another man to come along and appreciate you even more." she looked to Rhona, nodded softly and smiled a reassuring smile.
(Rhona)
She listened to what Jelenah had to say, nodding, and occasionally glancing up and over to her Lady. The woman was much smarter than she ever gave herself credit for. She was in fact wise beyond her years, but never looked it. "Cautioned him... but... " she thought a moment and nodded. She could see what Jelenah meant by that and maybe it wasn't a bad thing after all. Maybe it would have Galen be a bit more careful... take things maybe a little more slower and hopefully understand in time why Rhona was being so careful. Scared of change? Was that really what bothered Rhona? Or was it she was scared of having her heart broken again and being used and made a fool of? It was every bit of that and more. None of this would be able to be shared so openly with Galen... and hopefully, just hopefully he would understand.
Just then, both Anna Claire and Emma came out. "MiLady Windsor... supper will be ready soon." said Anna Claire, who then looked to Emma. "Go and fetch the men out at the stables... tell them to wash up and come in. It's time for us to eat." Emma nodded and moved off after being excused and headed out toward the stables. The men were informed of supper and the instructions that Anna Claire had given about washing up. She would return just in time to enter back into the house with the rest of the women as they made their way inside. Soon, the Lady and the staff of the Windsor estate were sitting and eating supper together. For now... this was family, this was their family.
(Rhona)
The small red head came outside to not only check on her lady, but to perhaps keep her company for a sort time. "G'day tae ye MiLady... tis nice out fer once.. aye?" She moved closer, tucked her hands beneath the skirts under her rear and took a seat. "Ye worried about anything?" Asked the scarlet haired woman to the golden honey blonde. Rhona remained quiet to allow Jelenah a chance to answer before she would ask her anything else. The Lady looked like she had much on her mind and well, Rhona wanted to be there to try and help, not just because it was her duty, but because she wanted to as a friend.
(Jelenah)
Head turned and lifted to look up to Rhona, a small smile was granted before she went back to settling her chin within her hand as she was slumped over a bit. Knees were bent and drawn to her chest as feet rested upon one of several steps. "Not worried.. not exactly... just.. I'm not sure what to call it really Rhona." she answered with a small shrug of her shoulders. "I'm thinking of going and talking with Bess about Kane. About the possibility of us soon courting. To ask her what she thinks of him... of us together." she paused and looked over to Rhona with her chin still within her hand. "What do you think Rhona? Should I go and speak with my sister about this or just let things happen as they will when they will?"
(Rhona)
The companion took up the side of her lady,sitting much like the beautiful blonde sat with legs pulled up and in, though rather than have her arm resting on her knee and her chin in her hand, Rhona's arms wrapped around her legs. "Oh.. Ah see... ye be worried about ye n' tha MacGregor fellow... aye?" She looked from Jelenah and out across the scenery before them. "Me thinks its been much tae long fer ye tae sit idly by wit nae man. Ye have had tae suffer tha loss o'one aye, but ye should nae let him keep ye from loving another. Tis been wot... three or four years now MiLady? Tis surely time fer ye tae find happiness again, hm? N' me thinks ye sister would think tha same. Like me, she is sure tae want tae see ye happy." Rhona looked back to Jelenah then and gave a small smile with a short nod of her head.
(Jelenah)
The Lady looked then to her companion. "I am yes... " but then went quite as Rhona began to give her reply, so she listened. While Rhona was younger, hearing the advice of another woman, another friend was always something welcomed to Jelenah. There wasn't much of an age difference there, just a small one, and perhaps this was only one reason of many why they got along so well. "Yes... nearly four years Rhona." she answered with a small nod before growing quiet once more. She had glanced to the yard, but then when Rhona said that Bess would be much like her, just wanting to see Jelenah happy, Jelenah smiled tenderly. "Thank you Rhona... you are always such a delight to have around and I'm so very glad we met when we did. I'm very fortunate to have a friend like you..."
(Rhona)
"Me thinks ye should nae worry... that things will turn out just as they should wit ye and tha MacGregor man." A hand came to rub tenderly at Jelenah's back in a reassuring manner. "Besides... ye be crazy iffn ye let this one get away, he be very nice tae look at... hm?" she teased the shy timid blonde. A small laugh followed. "Ye two seem tae work well wit one another, from wot Ah have seen at least. And... Ah have noticed, each time ye return from a visit wit him, ye are glowing as bright as a tha sun on a warm summer day. Ye have all tha color in ye cheeks... like now when ye are thinking o' him." Rhona teased once more, but with some truth behind her words.
(Jelenah)
She nodded silently in agreement with Rhona and she smiled to herself before glancing down only to bring those blues to her friend when she felt the encouraging touch. However, with the next comment, Jelenah straightened and tried to put on this expressionless face while speaking in a somewhat stern, but annoyed tone. Trying to remain as serious as possible. "I do not!" she exclaimed before looking away and brows furrowed. However, a small smiled cracked and she looked to Rhona. "Do I really do that?" she asked as she relaxed again. "And yes... he is very handsome.. isn't he..." there was a dip of chin and a tilt of head to follow as she bashfully smiled before looking back to the red head.
(Rhona)
"Aye Milady, ye dae... aye... ye dae." she replied with a wide grin. "But iffn ye think it would help wit ye worries, go n' speak wit ye sister. Ah am sure she has a few wise words tae share o' her own on tha matter once ye make her aware o'it. And Ah am sure she will back ye up just as Ah have.Ye be a smart woman MiLady... n' me thinks this MacGregor man be vera lucky tae hold ye attention a' possibly more." said the little scarlet haired woman. "Iffn ye like, we will go n' see ye sister as soon as ye wish. Ah will have Braxton n' Maurice prepare tha carriage. Ah will see that Anna Claire and Emma will have everything ready fer ye and watch over tha place while ye visit. Ah can either stay wit ye, or give ye both privacy sae ye can visit n' speak."
(Jelenah)
The honey haired Lady would just smile all the more at hearing what she did when she thought of Kane or came back from a visit with him. When Rhona offered to see to things so that Jelenah could go and visit Bess, she nodded and smiled. "Thank you Rhona, that would be very nice... and you might think him to be the lucky one, but I feel like I should be the lucky one as he's even looked my way. I mean.. I'm not exactly young anymore and surely people have to wonder why it is that I'm no longer married nor with children... " she paused. "As for you staying or not during the visit, that will be left up entirely to you. I trust you and know nothing said will be shared with just anyone, but I do know your need for your own time as well." "Though.. since we are on the subject of me and of ... the future... what of you? Surely you have found yourself a man or two..." she teased. "If not.. I will have to see what I can do to remedy that... hm?" she chuckled.
(Rhona)
"Ye are vera welcomed MiLady...and as for as luck, me thinks that is a matter o'opinion MiLady. The view is entirely different when ye are on tha outside looking in..." she said with a grin. "Wot does it matter wot others think o' ye wit nae husband n' nae children? Ye are a woman tha is one o'a kind. Special are ye... and ye will have all tha n' more when ye are ready fer it!" she said with a firm nod and stern tone. "And iffn anyone has a problem wit it, ye send'em tae me..." she said to Jelenah with a wink. When Jelenah teased her about her own affairs in regards to the male gender, Rhona seem to pipe up and grow stiff with a shrug. "Eh.. well... ye know how that sort o'thing goes MiLady. These things take time... aye?" she asked with a stolen glance in Jelenah's direction.
(Jelenah)
There was a burst of giggles that came as she noticed how quickly the change of subject had Rhona stiffen up. "What is his name Rhona? And where and when did you meet him?" she asked with a wide smile. "Don't try and deny it.. I can see it... its written all over that pretty little face of yours you sneaky little minx!" she teased. There was a nudge of her elbow into her companions side in a playful manner. Jelenah had noticed that Rhona seem to act a little differently at times and at first, had wondered if it was because of what was going on between she and Kane. However, the idea crossed her mind when she wondered if maybe Rhona hadn't been seeing someone as well!
(Rhona)
A single scarlet brow arched as she looked oddly to her Lady. Had the woman gone mad? Jelenah rarely ever giggled like that. "Who are ye and wot have ye done wit MiLady?" Rhona asked as if Jelenah had been replaced by some impostor. Despite her attempt to keep things hidden and hushed, Rhona ended up cracking a smile. "Aye.. aye.. there be someone..perhaps..." she said with a shrug of her shoulder and a glance to Jelenah with a smirk before quickly looking away. "His name... be Galen... Galen Vasilios...and Ah met him tha day we went n' visited tha Lady Artisan." she paused, bashfully cutting her eyes toward Jelenah. "We sat n' talked in tha fields o'wheat a while. He... " she bobbed her head a little. "He told me Ah was pretty... n' ... well... he touched me... looked me in me eyes... n' though he was going tae kiss me... but he did nae." Rhona looked a bit disappointed there.
(Jelenah)
"Ah Ha! I knew it!" she teased. "Galen? The Lord General's son? Well.. technically he's the son of that crazy pirate Peregrine but ... I know who it is you speak of. And he seems to be a very nice young man Rhona. I'm very proud of you!" said the excited Slavic woman to the Irish Rose. "Soooo... that's where you had disappeared off to that day and why you were so late returning. Now.. now it all makes sense. Even your cheeks had been full of color..." she said with a grin. "Are you to see him again soon? Maybe you will have your kiss then!" Oh how excited was Jelenah to learn that Rhona had found someone.... possibly.
(Rhona)
She gave a shrug of a single shoulder and shook her head. "Ah dae nae know MiLady iffn there will even be a next time. Ah have nae heard from him for some time now. Me thinks ... Ah may have scared him away...It may be tae late." she looked to Jelenah with a bit of disappointment. "Ah... Ah think he saw apart o'me that Ah didn't wish him tae see sae soon, n' while Ah did nae wish fer that... after Ah saw how both happy and disappointed he was when he both saw it n' then me hide it... Ah felt awful. Ah had wished fer him tae see more of it...but..." Rhona paused and frowned before she glanced down. "It scares me....wot iffn he does nae like wot he sees? N'... wot iffn he does like it... but Ah be to afraid tae show more? Wot then?"
(Jelenah)
She sat quietly and listened as Rhona shared her concern. Nodding here and there, letting her companion know she was there for her just like Rhona was there for Jelenah. "Rhona, I don't think its ever to late. I don't believe you scared him away. Just.. maybe cautioned him...That's not a bad thing, not if you are a little scared of well... change. Give him time... I am sure he will come around again soon and then maybe you will have that second chance of that kiss you wanted." She offered with a smile. "It's not uncommon for a woman to want to keep things hidden from a man when venturing into unfamiliar territory. Especially if you've suffered a loss due to the sake of a man before. It's all part of becoming older... wiser...learning more about yourself and what you really want out of life. And Rhona? How could he not like what he sees? You are a very beautiful woman inside and out. He obviously saw something he liked or the things that happened, wouldn't have happened." Jelenah placed her hand on one of Rhona's that rested in her lap. "Just take it slow... if things don't happen like you hope, and Galen decides not to pursue you any further for whatever reasons, I'm sure there will be another man to come along and appreciate you even more." she looked to Rhona, nodded softly and smiled a reassuring smile.
(Rhona)
She listened to what Jelenah had to say, nodding, and occasionally glancing up and over to her Lady. The woman was much smarter than she ever gave herself credit for. She was in fact wise beyond her years, but never looked it. "Cautioned him... but... " she thought a moment and nodded. She could see what Jelenah meant by that and maybe it wasn't a bad thing after all. Maybe it would have Galen be a bit more careful... take things maybe a little more slower and hopefully understand in time why Rhona was being so careful. Scared of change? Was that really what bothered Rhona? Or was it she was scared of having her heart broken again and being used and made a fool of? It was every bit of that and more. None of this would be able to be shared so openly with Galen... and hopefully, just hopefully he would understand.
Just then, both Anna Claire and Emma came out. "MiLady Windsor... supper will be ready soon." said Anna Claire, who then looked to Emma. "Go and fetch the men out at the stables... tell them to wash up and come in. It's time for us to eat." Emma nodded and moved off after being excused and headed out toward the stables. The men were informed of supper and the instructions that Anna Claire had given about washing up. She would return just in time to enter back into the house with the rest of the women as they made their way inside. Soon, the Lady and the staff of the Windsor estate were sitting and eating supper together. For now... this was family, this was their family.