Sim_Spiration 11/8/10
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dicreasy2So I went over the character limit with this one, so it's over here. I'm also not that happy with the ending to this, but here it is anyway. Enjoy.
Cherries.
Bethany paused, bent down as much as her corset would allow and cupped a dahlia in her hand before taking an appreciative sniff. "The gardens are beautiful." She said straightening up.
"I am glad you like them. I am hoping that they will be established within a few years, and will be even more beautiful." Replied Ezra.
"I am certain they will." Said Bethany, putting her arm through his as they continued their walk through the garden.
"You like the house too?" He asked, gesturing towards it.
"I do, very much so."
As their tour of the gardens caused them to turn and head back towards the house, Ezra said, "It sounds like a flight of fancy, but I have always wished to be able to move Dargent House from its location in Simdon to the country. It was extremely fortuitous that this parcel of land came up for sale as soon as I came into my inheritance, and that I was able to find the original plans for Dargent House. It is my hope that we will be very happy here."
Bethany leant against him. "We will be, I know it. I will be happy with you, no matter where we are." She paused as she watched a workman cross in front of a window. "The...decorations will be complete before we move in I take it?"
"They had better be." Replied Ezra grimly. "I am paying good money to the artisans and workmen so that they vacate the premises before our wedding."
"I do not know, new house, new wife, whatever will the neighbours say?" Said Bethany jokingly.
"When they see both my new wife and new home, that I am the luckiest man in the whole of Simland." He replied, putting her hand to his lips and kissing it. "Besides, I have kept a few features of the original estate, and integrated them into the grounds."
"Oh?"
"Yes." They had reached a gate in the hedge, and he opened it to let her through.
"The original house came with an orchard. It is currently unkempt, but I have plans for the gardeners to hack it all back and make it functional and aesthetically pleasing once more." He said, taking her arm once more.
"Oh, how lovely." Bethany replied as they made their way towards it. It was, as Ezra had said, overgrown and the trees were in dire need of attention, but she was certain that she could the potential of it. Her smile widened as they got nearer. "Oh Ezra, this is going to be so lovely once the gardeners have tended to the trees. I think most will recover nicely, look this one is fruiting still." She let go of his arm, and hurried to the tree she was looking at, before standing on tiptoes as she stretched to pick some of the cherries from one of the boughs.
"How are they?" He asked as she tried one.
"Sweet." She said, holding out her hand. "Would you like one?"
He stepped forward and took one from her hand. "Please. I have always been fond of cherries," he said, studying the dark red skin of the fruit before popping it into his mouth.
"Mm, you are correct, they are exceedingly sweet." He said, as he finished the fruit.
"Aren't they just? I shall look forward to summers filled with these once we take possession of the house and grounds." She said before eating another one.
He waited until she had finished, before he snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her towards him. "You really do like the house?" He asked, kissing the top of her head.
"I love the house." She replied, tilting her head more to look up at him, as she returned his embrace. "I cannot wait to be your wife and live here."
"And I cannot wait for you to be my wife, Bethy." He said before bowing his head to kiss her.
When they finally parted he licked his lips and grinned down at her. "You taste of cherries."
Bethany laughed. "As do you. It is just as well we both like them, otherwise it would make this very awkward."
"Indeed. Especially if I were to kiss you again." He replied, leaning in to do just that.
His lips were within an inch of hers, when they heard Alexandra's strident tones cut through the air. "I must say Sarah Jane, that the grounds are extensive, and will be extremely pleasant to stroll through, once the gardeners have finished tending to them, do you not agree?"
"Yes Mama." Came Bethany's sister's reply.
Sheepishly, the two figures in the orchard broke apart, and turned towards the direction Alexandra's voice had come from. It was not long before Alexandra and Sarah Jane came into sight.
"I was just saying Mr Howard," Alexandra said as the two of them joined Bethany and Ezra, "that the grounds are just lovely. Will you be keeping this as an orchard?" She gestured to the trees as she spoke.
"I will Mrs Smith. I believe that the gardeners will be able to save quite a few of the trees, and we will replace those they cannot."
"Some are still fruiting." Pointed out Bethany, reaching up to pick another handful of cherries. She held out her hand. "Would you like a cherry Mama?"
Cherries.
Bethany paused, bent down as much as her corset would allow and cupped a dahlia in her hand before taking an appreciative sniff. "The gardens are beautiful." She said straightening up.
"I am glad you like them. I am hoping that they will be established within a few years, and will be even more beautiful." Replied Ezra.
"I am certain they will." Said Bethany, putting her arm through his as they continued their walk through the garden.
"You like the house too?" He asked, gesturing towards it.
"I do, very much so."
As their tour of the gardens caused them to turn and head back towards the house, Ezra said, "It sounds like a flight of fancy, but I have always wished to be able to move Dargent House from its location in Simdon to the country. It was extremely fortuitous that this parcel of land came up for sale as soon as I came into my inheritance, and that I was able to find the original plans for Dargent House. It is my hope that we will be very happy here."
Bethany leant against him. "We will be, I know it. I will be happy with you, no matter where we are." She paused as she watched a workman cross in front of a window. "The...decorations will be complete before we move in I take it?"
"They had better be." Replied Ezra grimly. "I am paying good money to the artisans and workmen so that they vacate the premises before our wedding."
"I do not know, new house, new wife, whatever will the neighbours say?" Said Bethany jokingly.
"When they see both my new wife and new home, that I am the luckiest man in the whole of Simland." He replied, putting her hand to his lips and kissing it. "Besides, I have kept a few features of the original estate, and integrated them into the grounds."
"Oh?"
"Yes." They had reached a gate in the hedge, and he opened it to let her through.
"The original house came with an orchard. It is currently unkempt, but I have plans for the gardeners to hack it all back and make it functional and aesthetically pleasing once more." He said, taking her arm once more.
"Oh, how lovely." Bethany replied as they made their way towards it. It was, as Ezra had said, overgrown and the trees were in dire need of attention, but she was certain that she could the potential of it. Her smile widened as they got nearer. "Oh Ezra, this is going to be so lovely once the gardeners have tended to the trees. I think most will recover nicely, look this one is fruiting still." She let go of his arm, and hurried to the tree she was looking at, before standing on tiptoes as she stretched to pick some of the cherries from one of the boughs.
"How are they?" He asked as she tried one.
"Sweet." She said, holding out her hand. "Would you like one?"
He stepped forward and took one from her hand. "Please. I have always been fond of cherries," he said, studying the dark red skin of the fruit before popping it into his mouth.
"Mm, you are correct, they are exceedingly sweet." He said, as he finished the fruit.
"Aren't they just? I shall look forward to summers filled with these once we take possession of the house and grounds." She said before eating another one.
He waited until she had finished, before he snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her towards him. "You really do like the house?" He asked, kissing the top of her head.
"I love the house." She replied, tilting her head more to look up at him, as she returned his embrace. "I cannot wait to be your wife and live here."
"And I cannot wait for you to be my wife, Bethy." He said before bowing his head to kiss her.
When they finally parted he licked his lips and grinned down at her. "You taste of cherries."
Bethany laughed. "As do you. It is just as well we both like them, otherwise it would make this very awkward."
"Indeed. Especially if I were to kiss you again." He replied, leaning in to do just that.
His lips were within an inch of hers, when they heard Alexandra's strident tones cut through the air. "I must say Sarah Jane, that the grounds are extensive, and will be extremely pleasant to stroll through, once the gardeners have finished tending to them, do you not agree?"
"Yes Mama." Came Bethany's sister's reply.
Sheepishly, the two figures in the orchard broke apart, and turned towards the direction Alexandra's voice had come from. It was not long before Alexandra and Sarah Jane came into sight.
"I was just saying Mr Howard," Alexandra said as the two of them joined Bethany and Ezra, "that the grounds are just lovely. Will you be keeping this as an orchard?" She gestured to the trees as she spoke.
"I will Mrs Smith. I believe that the gardeners will be able to save quite a few of the trees, and we will replace those they cannot."
"Some are still fruiting." Pointed out Bethany, reaching up to pick another handful of cherries. She held out her hand. "Would you like a cherry Mama?"
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