Lucrezia
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 21, 2011 5:11:03 GMT -5
So, he hadn't been teasing her. She had indeed heard of the King's reputation with women from Cesare but hearing it from a long-time resident like Kat made it official. She was excited to see how many more rumors would be confirmed or debunked.
"I'm sure it's very different and interesting. I have never lived with so many people before. Of course, we have our servants and guards but it's not so structured like this at home. It was just mama, papa, Gioffre, Juan, and... Cesare and me."
Lucrezia's eyes momentarily drifted away at the mention of her older brother, Ceasare. She missed him terribly.
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Post by Kat de Winter on Mar 21, 2011 19:29:07 GMT -5
"Oh! You have brothers? I'm an only child. I've got plenty of cousins from Aunt Ellie and Mama's eight siblings but I usually only see them at Easter and Christmas."
She leaned out the door to get the attention of a maid, telling her to bring up a little of everything for two.
"Gioffre, Juan, and Cesare, you said? How old are they?"
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 22, 2011 1:13:59 GMT -5
Lucrezia sat down at the end of the bed. She looked down at her feet hoping that her tears wouldn't show.
"Twelve, twenty, and Cesare's nineteen," she said, then bit her lip to stop it from quivering.
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Post by Kat de Winter on Mar 22, 2011 1:26:11 GMT -5
"Same age as me! Cesare, that is. Maybe he can come visit."
Poor thing would probably be terribly homesick, especially once Christmas rolled around.
**THAT NIGHT**
Kat was a light sleeper and had initially had trouble with adjusting to having a bedmate, but now it was somewhat comforting to have another person there. She slept soundly away, glad she and Lucrezia slept on opposite sides of the bed rather than having to fight over one.
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Lucrezia
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 22, 2011 1:37:42 GMT -5
Even with the thicker comforter and the extra layers, it was far colder than it was back home. Mama wasn't there to kiss her good night on her forehead and her pillow didn't feel like her own. She wasn't used to sharing a bed and she hadn't seen her brothers in weeks and...
Lucrezia had tried really hard not to cry but Kat was sleeping on the other side of the bed and it was really dark so there wasn't much stopping her. She quietly curled into a small ball and cried into her pillow. Her sobs were quiet but still audible in the dead-silent room.
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Post by Kat de Winter on Mar 22, 2011 1:39:41 GMT -5
Again, light sleeper. Kat rolled over and scooted up on the bed.
"Lucrzzz?"
It was as fair an approximation of her bedmate's name as she was likely to get just now.
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Lucrezia
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 22, 2011 1:46:57 GMT -5
She tried her best to stop. The last thing she wanted to do was be a bad roommate on the first night. But it didn't work. She just ended up sobbing harder.
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Post by Kat de Winter on Mar 22, 2011 1:47:54 GMT -5
Kat scooted up so she was sitting against the headboard. "Ohh, c'mere."
She stretched out her arms.
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 22, 2011 2:04:52 GMT -5
Lucrezia sat up, too upset to care that she had just met her new friend just a few hours ago, and fell into her arms, sobbing.
"I'm--" she hiccuped. "--sorry. I tried not to cry..."
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Post by Kat de Winter on Mar 22, 2011 2:08:32 GMT -5
"No, shhh, it'll all be alright..." she gently stroked Lucrezia's hair. "You know I missed my parents so much I cried the whole first week I was at school? The other girls called me Weepy for years."
Perhaps not the best thing to say.
"It gets better. Promessa."
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 22, 2011 2:18:08 GMT -5
"You cried too?" she said, her sobs subsiding just a little.
To her, Kat seemed like the strongest person apart from her mother.
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Post by Kat de Winter on Mar 22, 2011 2:25:16 GMT -5
"Days. And I still miss them sometimes. It's hard being away. But it gets easier to bear, and you always have them in your... heart. That sounds dumb but it's true." She squeezed.
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 22, 2011 4:38:57 GMT -5
Lucrezia sniffled and rested her head on her shoulder, feeling a bit better.
"Cesare said the same thing before I left. He gave me his rosary and I gave him mine so that we would always have a little bit of each other with us," she said explained quietly.
"You're a lot like him, you know. You give the best hugs."
Mentioning him made her feel a little worse. She missed him most of all.
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Post by Kat de Winter on Mar 22, 2011 20:25:01 GMT -5
Kat laughed softly. "We'll go to mass in the city on Sunday... Catholic mass. Latin chanting, some incense." Kat always found mass comforting.
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Post by Lucrezia on Mar 23, 2011 0:54:03 GMT -5
Lucrezia nodded lazily. All the crying had made her tired.
"And I'll light a candle for everyone," she said, closing her eyes.
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