As I entered the kitchen I saw Anthony holding a rag to his hand.

He looked up and threw the rag on the counter and rushed up to me. He pulled my body into his and rocked me back and fourth. He had one arm wrapped around my waist and the other cradling my head. I had both my arms wrapped around his waist.

"Are you okay Alice?" He asked me.

"Yes. Are you okay?" I replied.

He pulled away lightly from the hug and kissed me sweetly. "I just hurt my hand a little." He said.

He had his hands under my chin but then furrowed his eyebrows. He tilted my head to the right and frowned as he saw the red mark on my cheek. He kissed my cheek then my nose then my lips.

"I'm sorry he did this to you." Antony said.

"It's okay Anthony. It is not your fault." 

I helped him finished cleaning his hand then we decided to take a walk in the garden. We were walking with our arms linked when we saw these beautiful flowers.

"I didn't know they put those in." Anthony said.

I laughed and saw a bee start flying towards us. Anthony swat at it but then it landed on me and stung me.

"Ow!" I hissed and cupped where it stung me.

"Are you okay? Are you alright? Can you breath?" Anthony asked me hurriedly. I noticed that he had become for frantic.

"Anthony, I'm alright I promise." I told him. His father died by bee stings.

Anthony shook his head and started breathing heavily. I took his hand in mine and kissed it. I placed his hand on my chest.

"Breath with me Anthony. I'm okay." I told him. I calmed him down in a few minutes. Then he broke down. He started crying in my arms.

"Let's go to your room." I whispered in his ear. He nodded and we quickly walked to his room.

He sat on the loveseat in his room and cried. I sat beside him and brought his head to my chest. I rubbed his back and ran my finger through his hair.

"It's okay Anthony." I told him softly. He shook his head while hiccuping. I kissed his head and held him as tight as I could.

After a few moments Anthony calmed down and sat up from my embrace. He dried his eyes and looked at his lap.

"I'm sorry you had to see that Alice." He said.

I shook my head, "it's okay Anthony. I love you." I told him.

"I love you too." He said as he leaned in and we shared a soft delicate kiss. He pressed his forehead against mine and smiled.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Anthony said sitting up. Benedict walkes in the room with a worried expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Anthony asked him.

"It's Colin. He wants you two down there. He is still on the couch and he looks bad." Benedict explained.

I jumped up and quickly rushed down the stairs to Colin. Benedict and Anthony were on my heels.I saw him on the couch and dropped to my knees beside him.

"Colin, what's wrong?" I asked him.

He grunted as he moved his waist. "It hurts Alice. I need help." He panted.

"I know it hurts Colin, I know. May I look at your stitches?" I ask him and I gently pull at his shirt as he nods his head. The stitches are red and look very ugly.

"Oh Colin, do they hurt horribly?" I frown and look towards Anthony to take a look as well. Colin nods again and I frown.

"I'm so sorry Colin. Anthony will you please get the doctor. Colin, I will stay with you until the doctor comes then I will check on you a little after the doctor comes." I tell Colin and the man nods in pain and looks at me sadly. I frown more and feel my heart clench as I run my fingers through his hair again.

I can hear Anthony walking and calling for the doctor in the next room. This was all my fault. Colin's stitches wouldn't be this bad if I hadn't have talked back to my father.

"I'm sorry for this Colin." I say sorrowfully.

"It is not your fault Alice. I am not angry at you for this." He says in a soft voice. I nod and stare at him sadly. Anthony comes back and kneels beside me to talk to Colin.

"The doctor will be here in ten minutes. Do you need anything?" Anthony tells his brother. Colin shakes his head and me and Anthony stay with him until the doctor comes. The doctor arrives and me and Anthony leave to go walk the garden again.

"How are you?" Anthony asks as we walk in silence for awhile.

"I think I'm okay, what did you do to my father?" We sit down by the fountain and Anthony holds my hands in his.

"Just, scared him a bit. I don't think he will be messing with you anytime soon." Anthony says with a small smirk. I giggle lightly and look at him with love filled eyes. He stares back at me with the same love in his eyes.

"You are so beautiful Alice." He says softly and cups my cheeks.

"Thank you Anthony, you are incredibly handsome." I blush and my eyes dart from his lips and back to his eyes. We slowly lean into each other and soon our lips connect and I smile into the kiss. It was most definitely not the first kiss I've shared with Anthony. But every time we kiss I still get butterflies and a blush grows on my cheeks. Anthony has always had a special way of making me feel excited and lovable.

We break apart from the kiss and lean out foreheads against one another's. I smile at him and I let my hands rest on his knees.

"You know, you still make me feel as excited and nervous as if it were the first time we've ever kissed." I tell him with a soft voice. He chuckles and rubs my cheek with his thumb.

"I do now do I? I love that- I love you Alice. My beautiful lady." He says with a loving expression on his face.

"I love you too Anthony." I smile and blush at his words. We kiss again and notice that it is time for dinner. We walk together to the dining room and see that everybody is already in there except for Colin. Me and Anthony take our seats and dinner starts.

"Where is Colin?" I ask the family.

"He is asleep in his room. The doctor gave him some medicine that made him tired. I believe that the stitches are better now." Benedict says while lightly smiling at me. I nod and send him a small smile back.

The dinner was filled with mindless talking and everything else. At the end of dinner, me and Anthony got ready for bed and laid together in bed.

"You're always going to be safe with me Alice, I promise you." Anthony says as he lightly rubs my back. I have my head on his bare chest and his arms are draped around my body.

"Thank you Anthony, for everything." I say and close my eyes as I relax into my lovers arms. Anthony kisses the top of my head and smile.

"You're welcome Alice, I love you."

"I love you too Anthony, Goodnight handsome." I snuggle closer into his body and sigh happily.

"Goodnight Alice." And with that, we both fell into a peaceful sleep.