Bleeding-Heart-Tetra

   The ceremony was over, James and Maria stood at the balcony together, gazing at the stars. "Look at them all, how many do you think there are?" James wondered.  Maria took James' arm, rested her head on his shoulder and looked up at the night sky. "Nobody knows..." Maria said in a heavenly tone worthy of an angel. "It doesn't matter how many there are I guess" James began "but they're shining bright tonight. They must be shining for you."   Maria thought the line was pretty corny but sweet nonetheless, and hey its the thought that counts.   Maria and James found themselves gazing into each others eyes yet again but this time somet

   It was finally the day of the Debutante Ball. James and Maria had spent everyday together since the day they met. Charles, Helena, and James arrived as a family to be welcomed by Henry and Eileen along with Mary who was in a bad mood as usual. "Ah, Charles, Helena, James welcome, so glad you made it." said Henry. "It's a pleasure" said Helena "Yes, James was so excited for this event" Charles said as he looked over at James. James gave a boyish grin. "Where's Maria?" James asked. "She's behind the stage with the other debutantes you'll see her when the ceremony starts." Henry answered.   After what seemed like an eternity for James,

   The two went to the park and sat on the bench closest to the pond, It was surprisingly sunny that day. James, Maria and everyone else was not used to it. "About what our parents said about marriage, you don't think --" James started to say before Maria cut him off. "Ah, marriage. I've always dreamed of my wedding day. Someone to love and spend the rest of my life with, I can't wait!" Maria exclaimed.   James was tired from the long day as he stretched he rested his hands on the bench. There was a brief silence between them. James felt obliged to break the silence but when he looked over at Maria to do so he noticed she was revealing he

   James went home to meet his parents before going to the restaurant for his birthday dinner. When they arrived a waiter showed them to their table and handed them menus. As James was reading his menu, something drew his attention beside him. James looked over and realized it was Maria, she was having dinner with her family here as well. "Maria" James uttered.  Maria turned and her ocean blue eyes lit up at the sight of James. Maria then turned to her father, Henry. "Daddy, this is the man I told you about" Maria said excitedly "Ah so this is the hansom young man you told me about?" Henry said in his stern voice "I must thank you for st

   As James made his way to the town store to greet his friend Ted, James heard a commotion from behind the store. James rushed to see what was happening. The two shop assistants, Bert and Ernie, were harassing a beautiful young woman. "Eh sweet thing, why dontcha give us a kiss eh?" said the foul smelling Ernie.   The woman utterly refused to kiss two people as revolting as those two, let alone touch them. Infuriated at the woman rejecting them, Bert gave her a violent shove and made her stumble to the ground. "Ahem!" James shouted "It would be a shame if Ted were to find out that you two weren't doing your duties again. Leave this poor

    The year was 1877 in the rural town of Ebensor on the eastern coast of Europe. It was foggy as it was everyday in the rather gloomy town. Today the sun actually managed to battle through the thick blanket of clouds. "Happy Birthday, son!" yelled Charles "you are now eight-teen, you know what that means right?"   Charles was a middle aged man with thick dark hair which was now starting to turn grey. He was slightly overweight, but he didn't care which was pretty much his outlook on life. "Of course I do" James replied. "I'm now the age at which I am to be arranged to be married."   James was rather thin, slightly muscular with dark h