Second stop: Calling with Azucena
Harrison had walked away after the talk with Adeline, a pleased expression on his face. He had gone to her for so many reasons- because he missed here the way a ‘friend’ misses a ‘friend’ if you could even call what they had a friendship, because he felt like being a tease and his siblings had enough that his dear mother chided him, and because he had generally felt like she would be a good wife and the type of love Harrison wanted was possible with her as she also viewed love like it existed like a god. She would also benefit… But that’s not the point, Harrison had another stop to be at, another lady to visit as he had wrote a list to himself, it was not a long one really. After all, Harrison was quite pretentious and he needed a lady that could not only bring him to his knees the way the catholics worship their God, but also bring excitement to his life and peace for others.
It was not the best idea, his next spot, he thought-he was going to see the fiance that he had broke an engagement with as after all he felt like it was what they both wanted and needed. She was happy or at least he thinks she was happy, but her face was colored with a certain sadness that was very adult. It was not so obvious like the one of a child where they would whine or they sour their face but it was visible in her eyes, and that had made Harrison internally paused as he was dancing with her- he wondered what happened to her? He had also wondered, she had changed and she had changed a lot. She was no longer the naive girl he had known her to be, more of a sister figure than a wife due to how he had perceived her- lacking maturity. Lacking a certain aspect that made one a ‘woman’ or a ‘man’, she was not yet there and that had bored the younger Harrison- it was also the fact that she was talented but did not know how to use her talents. And one would ask? Well why don’t you teach her’ and the current Harrison would have replied that is a good question, I did not know why I did not do that but the other Harrison would have laughed, ‘if she could not learn to tap into her talents without me holding her hand like a child, how would she expect to make it in life? in society?’
But since that dance, Harrison was in awed at the way she changed- she was older and it seemed that age does a person a favor like Harrison had always said as her beauty shone in a way it never had before- no, don’t get him wrong, he had always thought she was beautiful. From her accent, to her eyes, to her nose, to little details she had in her face- it was obvious that she could be a child of Aphoridte but at that time, Harrison had not truly been interested in her beauty. He had been more interested in what she could do- the poems, she could write, how she could be great, because at that time he wanted to yes fall in love but he would admit he was not ready for love the same way he was now. He was still so into her even though the years had passed, but how could he had forgotten her? Love was not easy, love did not just come and go and thus, Katrina could not leave some easily from his heart, though at times he had wished she could. When his mother had asked him to court the Osuna lady, Harrison had agreed upon seeing her during one of society’s balls and in a way how out of placed she looked. She looked like she fit inside yes, like she belonged to the party but at the same time it looked like she did not and that had make him curious. In a way he had thought so selfishly that she could have been another Katrina, , give depth to his life, create a beautiful lover story for him, but he was foolish in thinking so because Azucena was not Katrina- no, she was Azucena, they were so different and comparing her to another lady was simply unfair as he never gave her a chance to grow on him to develop. But truthfully could the old him and her had worked? Harrison thinks that perhaps that break was needed after all, the new Azucena and him seemed like they would make the type of love story that would make headlines. A right person, wrong time type of love- it would make one’s heart flutter- especially his mother who would jump in excitement as she whispered to Harrison- i told you she would be right for you.
But would she truly be right for him? And not just for him but for his family He wondered to himself, how much had she truly changed? He wondered a lot of things about her currently but he knew something right now; He definitely liked this new change she had developed. It was darker, edgier, had more depth and such things were seductive. He looked how dangerous she now looked, it brought so many thoughts to his head.
He had walked to her house, the gift that had taken him quite sometime to make covered in a package that he held, when he had arrived there- he had seen Lord Finch Riddinglton and Harrison had winked at him as he been bold enough to interrupt them saying, “My lady , how do you fair?” He asked as he noticed the other man had left leaving just them- perfect. It should be that way, just the two of them today at this time. His smirked as he made his way to her, “My lady you have changed a lot have you not? Are you truly Azucena or a trickster who had stolen her identity?” He asked as he tucked a strand of her hair back, cupping her face as he stared at her eyes that lacked the usual pure and timid look he had known her for. Almost like she had a taste of poision, seen the world for the dark side it was. He took her hand and knelt down as he kissed the back of it, “Have I told you that you looked lovely in this dress?” He asked.
@Caticorn - finch