"Hey, you okay?" The asked girl turned her head, revealing her tear stained face. She shook her head, as newly fresh batch of tears flowed down.

"What's wrong, Izzy?" Isabella asked, worriedly. Izzy shook her head, as she wrapped her arms around her legs, hugging them tight. Isabella sighed. With this reaction, there's no way in hell she'll tell me. She whispered to herself, shaking her own head. Even thou Izzy was her best friend, there were things that the sorrow girl wouldn't share and that includes her family problems.

Isabella had tried to make her best friend open up to her about it but nevertheless failed. Izzy would always answer the same thing every time she asked.

"My past is too dark and I don't ever want you to get involved." is what she said, only to perk up Isabella's interest on her past even more. However, after too tired of trying, she gave up and just tried to comfort her best friend when in need.

"Bella .." Izzy whispered softly, making Isabella crashed from her own world.

"Yes, dear?" She called sweetly as she turned her head, smiling to the crying girl. The girl smiled a fake smile as she wiped her tears.

"I'm s-sorry .." Isabella raised her eyebrows. Why the sudden apology? She thought worriedly.

"W-What for, my friend?" Izzy shook her head, taking Isabella's small hand, griping it tight.

"Sorry for being a burden to you. Sorry for being such a brat at times and also .. Sorry for troubling you with my problems .. And a-" Izzy was cut off as Isabella's thin finger shushed her on the lips. Isabella smiled widely, tears brimming.

"You never needed to apologize my friend. I love you so much that I would do anything for you. Also, I was grateful for having you with me. You've made 3 years of my life full of life even there are time where I just want to give up. Yet, you thought me to move on and continue living no matter what. To that my friend, I thank you." Izzy shook her head and this time, smiled genuinely.

"No .. I should be grateful for you. Without you, I would have killed myself a long time ago. Remember my problem? Well, I actually was about to kill myself the day I first met you but .. after meeting you, I've somehow found some light in this dark sorrow hollow heart of mine and I started to enjoy your presence. The day we became best friend was the day I thought of you as my own family. That family member that I could always count on, that I could trust with all of dark secrets. I really love you, Bella. You're the one that really saved me."

She smiled brightly as she hugged Isabella with love. Isabella smiled, tears streaming down from her hazel brown eyes.

"Thank you .. that means so much, Izzy." Izzy nodded and rested her head on Isabella's slender shoulders.

"Thou, I want to ask you something." The raven haired girl turned, with a questional expression.

"What is it, Bella?"

"What happened to, him?" Bella narrowed her eyes. She never liked Izzy's choice. Well how can she when that boy was really rude not to mention too prideful!

Izzy cocked her head, as a giggle erupted from her red lips. She knew Bella hated her lovely fiance. Thou, with her fiance's butler, Bella was different. She would praise and thanked the butler for everything. In other words, Bella really adored her fiance's butler.

"Oh, he's on a business trip in Germany. He'll be back soon. Why do you ask?" Bella rolled her eyes.

"Oh, nothing. I don't want to meet him. Just that butler of his. Now .. what was his name? Se-Se.. Bas-"

"Sebastian. Sebastian Michaelis." Izzy answered, again with a giggle. Bella bit her lips, smiling.

"I knew you liked him." Izzy muttered, only to be slapped on the arm by Bella. Izzy widened her eyes, as soft laughter erupted from her small throat. Bella looked away, scarlet tinted her lips, making the once sad girl laughing loudly.

"Hey, stop laughing!" Bella whined, only to be laughed more by Izzy. Bella pouted.

"okay .. Okay .. I'll stop.."

"Why did you choose him thou? Under a lot of those other suitors?" Bella never understood her friend's choice on that boy. Ciel. Ciel Phantomhive. Yes, that one. Izzy rolled her eyes, giggling.

"What's wrong with him? I'm happy with him and to be exact, he's actually really kind if you knew him well." To this, Bella responded with a shook. For her, she never considered Ciel as a 'nice person' or whatsoever.

For her, Ciel is just a needy, cocky, prideful, noble. Then again, what does she know? For all her life as a noble, she never had a suitor. There was one but she broke it off immediately after knowing from her parents about the proposal. She never wanted to get married nor did she ever wish for it.

Izzy shook her head. She smiled widely as the face of her loving fiance flashed in her mind. Her fiance, Ciel Phantomhive. A very loving, kind and thoughtful person that just really made her cold broken heart slowly fixed. She never truly knew Ciel when she first met him. Thou, under her 'father''s orders, she picked him and slowly they started to know each other. Thou, the first meeting wasn't so pretty. Well, how can it not when you pair up two cold nobles that suffered greatly from each other's pasts and suddenly were to be married. She remembered the first question he asked when he was officially hers.

"Why did you pick me, Lady Rosemand?"

"Well, I have my own reasons, Lord Phantomhive."

 She giggled to herself. It was so funny remembering her past with him now that he really loves her and couldn't even stand to let her leave his mansion. Thou, he had to all cause of her father, well that was until something happened and yes, he knows of her bad dark past that was never exposed to Isabella.

"Well, whatever. It's up to you, Izzy. Besides, you're the one that's marrying him not me." Bella huffed. Izzy sighed, nodding happily.

"Indeed. It is my choice. Besides, I know that right suitor for you, Bella." Izzy smirked. In an instant, Bella backed away, shaking her head furiously.

"No! You know me, Izzy? I don't want any man to my life!" She paused, looking straight to Izzy. Her smirk still remained on her face as soft giggled erupted.

"Well, what about Sebastian?" That should get her to shut up. Izzy said to herself. Right on her predictions, Bella was actually quiet.

"Bella." She called. Still no answer.

"Be~lla!" Nope, nothing. Bella's lips were shut as she turned her head away, looking down. a sigh blew from her lips.

"Well .. maybe him." She whispered softly.

"What? What was that?!" Izzy acted deaf, only to be smacked on the head.

"I said maybe HIM!" Bella yelled, making the raven eyed noble laugh loudly.

"Told you .."

"Huh." She grunted.

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CHAPTER 1 END

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