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Post by Rosette Daae-de Chagny on Jun 6, 2006 14:13:03 GMT -5
FADE IN................
*Anneke stirred gently as she opened her eyes, listening to the rain still pounding on the roof, beating in time with her heart and Raoul's. She pressed her face against his bear chest and listened to his pullse. She sighed happily and propped herself up on one elbow so she could lean over her lover and kiss him on the lips, remembering the glorious lovemaking they had just shared.* So this is what it's like to be a woman in love... *Anneke was broken from her reverie as she heard the sounds of workers moving about below them in the stables. She sat up, the hay rustling beneath her, and made a grab for her still-damp chemise, suddenly embarassed.* What if someone heard us? *She crimsoned, recalling some of the stranger noises that may have erupted during their passionate tryst.*
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Post by Raoul on Jun 6, 2006 15:43:37 GMT -5
*Raoul stirred at the noises of the men below.He put a hand to Anneke lips to show silence.*
"sssh they will go soon"
*Sure enough the men left. Raoul propped himself up on his elbow and looked ponderingly at Anneke.*
That was rash de Changy.. even for you. Whatever will she expect now?> She doesn't even know taht you have one of her friends staying will you. Just hope that she does not get the wrong idea...
"How are you feeling?"
*Raoul leaned over and passed Anneke her clothes. He began to put his own on.A sudden thought occured to him*
How stupid you are not to have asked before.
"er.. Anneke? How old are you?"
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Post by Rosette Daae-de Chagny on Jun 6, 2006 22:43:39 GMT -5
*Anneke smiled at him lovingly.* "I'll be fifteen in two months." *She pulled her thin cotton chemise on over her head and began a search for her underwear.*
((This, class, is what we call a felony.))
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Post by Raoul on Jun 7, 2006 4:12:17 GMT -5
She is not even of age yet!
*Raoul turned to her.*
"Anneke, you do realise that I am nearly ten years older than you and you are not of age yet."
What have you done!. You stupid man...
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Post by Rosette Daae-de Chagny on Jun 7, 2006 11:56:27 GMT -5
*Anneke looked prettily confused.* "Of age for what? I've no inheritance..." Pehaps that is what upsets him... *She looked seriously at him.* "Raoul...the days I've numbered from my birth mean nothing to me. Years hold no terror for me other than spending them alone, as I have. The decade between us is the same amount of time I was completely alone and forgotten for. And yet the time between us seems miniscule, while the time I spent in the orphanage was a lifetime to me." *She took his hand and stroked it.* "I grew up quickly in the orphanage. I couldn't have done otherwise, considering the circumstances. Even so, I was the mature one at the orphanage. I helped to care for the others and ran the schoolroom. These responsibilities are the mark of an adult--and loving you has made me feel I am a woman, as well as grown. Can't you see that your loving kindness means more to me than anything else? Age ought not to matter--if it bothers you, there could...I mean...I could wait until I am of age to...see you...again. And yet--there has been love with just as much disparity of age." *She glanced down at their joined hands and whispered gently, hesitantly.* "My sister is barely two years older than me." *She could not bring herself to raise her eyes to his face.* "You love...d...her. A part of you always will. She was your first." *She looked away.*
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Post by Raoul on Jun 7, 2006 12:04:32 GMT -5
*Raoul spoke in a soft voice*
"My sister.. is the the same age as yours. I found it strange, the age gap then. As grown up as you are in the mind you still are only 14."
*He sat up quietly and thought*
"Whatever happens between us must be slow. I know that rushing only leaves to sorrow now. You may think that you love me now but who knows? in a month you could have fallen for a stagehand or Nadir!. That would only be made worse if all of the Operahouse knows of our attachment.*
I could not endure another Christine.
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Post by Rosette Daae-de Chagny on Jun 7, 2006 12:09:39 GMT -5
*Anneke nodded slowly, then frowned.* "Although I do not know who Nadir is..." *she sighed* "Very well. Slow is fine. I mean...we're both young, relative ages notwithstanding, with our lives ahead of us. But Raoul...I truly believe that I'm in love with you. But I understand." *She stood and pulled on the rest of her clothing.* "Perhaps I should go away for a time," *she murmured, half to herself, turning towards the ladder as she picked bits of straw from her hair.*
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Post by Raoul on Jun 7, 2006 12:14:59 GMT -5
*Raoul nodded*
"Perhap. You need time to understand your thoughts. It has been a strange few hours."
*He climbed towards the ladder.*
"Along me to go down first- it may not be secure"
*He climbed down*
"It seems fine, Farewell Anneke."
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Post by Rosette Daae-de Chagny on Jun 7, 2006 12:16:50 GMT -5
"Goodbye" *she whispered. Choking back a short sob, she straightened her spine in defiance and went down the ladder, returning to her room to write everything down in her LiveJournal diary.*
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Post by thumbelina on Dec 27, 2007 23:26:30 GMT -5
**NEW DAY**
*Thumbelina had somehow ended up in the hayloft, and now she couldn't get back down.* Um...hello? HELLO OUT THERE!
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Post by Jake Quinn on Apr 27, 2008 16:53:18 GMT -5
*Accidentally crushes her under his boot.*
*NEW DAY*
*Jake whistled as he pitchforked fresh straw down from the loft to put into the cleaned out stalls.*
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