So? How did it go? • TAG Jane

Garrett and Cedric were too much curious to know how Jane's evening continued after they left, that there was no way that they could go to sleep.
The twins were waiting in Jane's room: Garrett was walking up and down the room while Cedric was laying on her bed looking up at the ceiling.
None of them knew what to except at Jane's arrival: would she be happy? Would she be crying?

"Uff!" Cedric sighed from the bed "When will she arrive?!" he turned his attention to Garrett and the door.
Garrett gave a quick look at the door "Jane can enter at any moment by now..." he said crossing his arms and sitting near his brother.

Jane slowly opened the door, ready to go to bed. She hadn't felt tired during the evening, and even though her body was started to suffer the effects of the recent journey, she was still too thrilled. She was still wondering how she was supposed to sleep in that mood when she noticed her brothers in her room, apparently waiting for her.
"What are you doing here?" she still asked, staring at them with surprise

The twins were still sitting on her bed when the door opened. Jane was finally there.

"Admiring the furniture." Cedric woke up from the bed and took a few steps towards her "First-class stuff!" he chuckled pointing at the various objects in her room.
"What do you think?" Garrett smiled, it was obvious what they were doing in her room. He woke up from the bed to come closer to them.
"So?" they crossed their arms and asked unison watching her.

Why did Cedric always have to tease her? She sticked out her tongue in his direction in a really childish way, and about the furnitures, she couldn't really care less, she wouldn't have stayed in that room anyway.
At their unison question she blushed and looked elsewhere
"You shouldn't have left us alone. Mother would be furious if she knew"
It surely wasn't 'appropriate' to leave a lady alone with a man who wasn't her relative, even if that man was her soon-to-be husband. But her expression didn't really seem disappointed in what they had done...

Cedric replied at her sticking out his tongue too; it was always funny tease her even if it would happened less once Jane would be married.

Both of the smiled as she blushed at their question: it went good.
"IF she knew!" Cedric chuckled "Like you didn't like to be left alone with him..." he teased her again.
"You needed some more... privacy." Garrett smiled, not that he really wanted to leave her alone with him, but if they hadn't done it now she wouldn't be so happy and relaxed.

At Cedric comment Jane blushed even more. "That's... that's totally out of place!!!" she stuttered
"I do need to go to bed, now." she said, trying to convince the brothers to leave. Well, she wasn't tired, she knew she wouldn't sleep, and a part of her really wanted to talk to someone, but... what could she say? Everything she could think of sounded too embarassing or stupid to put in words! She had always been shy, but at least with her brothers she had always been able to talk... even if it surely wasn't the fisrt time the twins had to force words out of her mouth!

"Oooh!" Cedric chuckled "Did something happen, dear sister?!" he teased, noticing her red cheeks. It was clear like the sun that she did enjoyed the time passed with John, but didn't want to talk. Like always they had to force her to speak.
"Come on!" Garrett intervened, before Jane could actually cut their conversation "We want to be sure that he treated you well..."
Yes, they were curious, but the main reason was to know if John Tully was what he seemed.

At Cedric's comment her cheecks became, if possible, even more red "Of course nothing happened!!" she replied immediately in a terribly high pitched voice: the only idea he could think that 'something' had happened made Jane wanted to sink into the floor!
Almost istintively, as always when Cedric teased her, she went closer to Garrett, as she was searching for his protection.
"He... he was very nice with me..." she replied to Garrett, understanding that it was just fair to give him an answer, after all they were just worrying for her... well, cedric was also having fun, but that wasn't the point.
"He gave me his arm and brought me on the balcony" she said, looking down to hide her embarassment and... to hide as well the little smile that had just appeared on her lips

Cedric laughed: Jane's embarrassment was so funny! He watched as she walked near Garrett, looking for help like she always did.

"That's a good thing.." Garrett smiled as she finally started to talk about their evening.
"And did you talk with him?" Cedric asked coming closer to her, he surely didn't forget the first question Jane asked to John let's see if she dared to tell it also to them.

Jane slowly calmed down, gently wrapping her arms aroun Garrett's arm, while her cheeks finally started to lose some of the scarlet color they had taken. She just nodded at Cedric's question, without adding any detail, totally oblivious of the fact that the twins had spied on them.

"Yes?" Cedric smiled raising an eyebrow "And what did you talk about?"
Garrett just stood in silence, smiling at the stupid questions of his brother and Jane's embarrassment. Probably she had already understood that they stayed to spy them.

She didn't even recall the question about the colors, but even if she would, she wouldn't have told them that. "the wedding... the view..." she answered elusively


(OOC: so sorry for those short replies, I'll make it up in the next ones >.<)

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Cedric sighed: Jane was again trying to avoid their questions, only HIS questions actually.
"Uff!" he crossed his arms and sat again on her bed "Do you like him?" he asked from the bed, without looking at her.
At this question Garrett turned his head at Jane, he was waiting to ask THAT question, but Cedric beat him to the punch. "What do you think about him?"

Oh gosh, they DID have to ask, didn't they? And what was she supposed to answer to that? What was the right thing to say? She didn't know, she had no clue, no idea. He was beautiful, kind, gentle... her heart beated faster everytime she thought about his smile, but was that enough? She still knew nothing about him... well, nothing but his favourite colour... and though he was kind she had no idea what were his thoughts about her. Could she fall in love for him already? Was she falling in love with him already? Was she allowed to fall in love so quickly qith a oerfect stranger? He was going to be her husband soon, did it change something? Did that allow her to start to have feelings sooner? But what did she know about love after all? She had never fallen in love before! She had only read about love in her books, and they didn't say much! How did the princesses find out they were in love? With... with a kiss! The only idea to kiss him made her blush again. Without even realizing that, she came closer to Garrett, still holding his arm, and rested her forehead on his shoulder, hiding her face. It was the same thing she did as a child when she seeked protection. "I don't know" she mumbled remaining in that position

Garrett patted gently her head as Jane rested her head on his shoulder. It seemed like they were kids again, Jane hiding behind Garrett trying to save herself from Cedric's jokes. He smiled to himself and gave a quick look at his brother.
"Well.. at least your first impression.." they really wanted to know what she thought of John, to have the heart at peace once they would return to Bear Island.

Cedric woke up from the bed and sat watching the scene "I think he's really shy guy!" he said "And that he had never talked to a woman who wasn't his mother.."

After Garrett encouraged her once more Jane thought for a moment about what to say and then finally managed to say something "I like him" she cheaped in a voice so weak that Cedric would have had serious problems to hear. She wasn't saying too much or implying anything, she was being vague, but at least that was an answer. But that wasn't it, there was more... so after a few moments she added, in the same weak voice "I don't know if he likes me though..." saying this, her grip on Garrett's arm tightened a bit: that was probably her biggest fear now. What if in the end she would have liked him... but he wouldn't have liked her back? The thought was sad and heartbreaking...
Cedric's words surely distracted her from those thoughts, but didn't drive her on better ones: she wished to defend her future husband but... she couldn't. Again, she knew nothing of him and his past, even worse, the idea to contradict Cedric was almost painful to her... Did he have other women before her? Had he fallen in love with one of them?

Garrett smiled as Jane took courage and spoke again, even if it was in a very low tone. At least in this way Cedric would have to shut up to hear her!
"I'm sure that he likes you too!" he smiled gently still patting her head "Don't listen to what Cedric says! he laughed trying to comfort her.
"Why shouldn't he like our sister?!" Cedric woke up from the bed.

"I'm not so sure he does..." she replied, biting her lower lip and refusing to move: she realized sadly that that might have been her last occasion to lay her forehead on her brother's shoulder, feeling protected like she had been able to feel only with him. But she didn't want to think about that now, she still had a few days left in their company and she didnlt want to waste them crying.

"Don't worry! We'll figure it out in these days." Garrett smiled, at this point he didn't want to push her too much. Now they knew what happened after they left and that was enough.
"You'll be fine." Cedric smiled, for tonight it was enough. Even he could understand when it was time to stop with jokes and be more serious.

"Do you want to go to sleep?" he asked pointing at the bed where Cedric was still sitting.

She nodded at Garrett's comment, and after all she realized she didn't have much of a choice in the matter. Releasing her brother, she turned to Cedric and smiled to him, she was thankful that even him decided to stop teasing her, at least for the moment.
As Garrett asked if she wanted to sleep, she looked at her new bed biting her lower lip: that bed wouldn't have been less attractive in that moment not even if it was made out of rocks and needles.
"Wouldn't you like to walk with me a bit? We could see the garden, I saw it only from the balcony, it does look lovely"
She didn't want to stay alone, she knew she couldn't sleep right then and beside those were her last days with her brothers, she didn't want to waste them

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Garrett and Cedric nodded at her question, spend some more time with her since they hadn't a lot was a good idea. Once they would have returned to Bear Island, the occasion to see her wouldn't be a lot.

They approached her and together they offered her their arms, one on her left one on her right.
"Do you want to lead the way?" Cedric asked smiling at Jane.

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Jane smiled and took both her brother's arms. She had a vague idea about where the garden was and she was almost sure she could easily find it so she nodded to Cedric, waiting for one of them to open the door

Garrett smiled as she took both their arms and opened the door.
They followed Jane to the garden.

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