Sparkling Moments

Inside Amabelle head, she thought that this is the best Christmas that she has ever celebrates within he miserable 19 years of life. She will remember this 25th December till the day death called for her.

Once in Old England live an orphan girl in a rundown orphanage downtown. She has been there ever since she could crawl, the only thing that she knew that a proof of her parents did not want to abandoned her is the little fortune of a will that her parents gave her entrusting it to the caretaker to hand it down fully to her once she is 18, which is last year. That fortune too is the reason she could study to school unlike other orphan there thanks for the kind caretaker that she has to manage it while she still a kid.

For 18 years of life she study and play. On school she is quite known as a smart poor student who gets scholarship. Yes, she has a bit of fortune but it couldn’t compared to those bourgeois daughters in her school who live lavishly. She has no luxury to spend it on mere things like them, her sole focus is to finished the school and be something to level up her status. She is an independent girl, so marrying to reach her dream is out of picture she said she had dignity, oh! Her stubborn ego.

It is no luxury but she thinks even though she suffers growing up in that rundown orphanage she is happy. She is actually enjoyed her life helping those caretakers taking care of those younger ones as she is one of the older kids in the orphanage.

One day, in her last year of school which is last year in her 18. She met a transferee or might said that the girl is a new student from a really prestigious family in town. A bourgeois family that is kind and generous, the family that often offer her orphanage supply for the kids in there to have a warm cloth and blanket at night they always donate to us yearly. The girl is from Duke Alfred, her name is Lady Grace Alfred she is 15 before this she is homeschool. She is an astounding students in arts but a bit average in other subjects. That is when the principal offer me to be her tutor with promised of a good salary.

After given a thought I agreed and the principal is overjoyed. She hurriedly go to the Alfred’s mansion that weekend to discuss the matter saying that I agree. I accept that offer is because the family wish that their daughter tutor would stay at their home and also get a salary. Because of that accommodation offer is the things that attracted me the most as next year I need to get my ass out of the orphanage because I’ll be 19.

Once Monday befall upon, the principal call me to his office again and said the happiest news to me that year, that the Alfred’s family has agreed for me to be their precious daughter permanent tutor till she graduates high school which is in 4 years which will also allows me to keep my saving to finally have my own life after that. So in 2 days I’ll be moving out of the orphanage to live in the mansion as a tutor, I never thought I could see inside of a mansion before and now I’m living in them even though as a tutor.

The day of moving out has come, with nervous heart I knocked on the huge oak door that the mansion have. An older lady with a loving vibe open the door for me and said that the whole mansion has expecting my arrival. She give me a grandmother vibe from her way of speech but based on her uniform I guess she is a maid here but looking at her age and the way she move inside the huge mansion I think she is the head maid. She shows me the whole mansion that leaving my mouth agape at the end of our tour. The study and library especially has leave me speechless. Then finally she shown me the place that I would rest my head and body every night. After she open the door in the main house I’m flustered as she said that I’ll live inside the main house not in the servant quarters like what I expected and the room itself is just magnificent. The Alfred’s said that they already take a liking in me after learning my story from the principal and decided to treat me not as a worker instead as their daughter sister like figure.

Meeting that renowned family daughter at first I think she would be a prude or a spoiled brat like other girls with the same status as her in my school. But thankfully she is a total sweetheart maybe because of her parent the Alfred’s teach her good virtues daily by showing her what it means and what it will give to you. The things that shocking me the most is that she did not angry to her parents decision that asking her to treat me as an older sister instead she is really happy. I’ve become closer to her quicker than I thought just in a week I already fell for her cute charm and already feel like an overprotective older sister of me kicking in. Her parents also treat me very nicely I also started to called them as mother and father as they requested after a month living there

From early fall I started living here and now fall is already almost at the end the winter wind has blown in bit by bit. I feel so happy, they have become a family to me. Grace and me has become inseparable. At first the people at school is flabbergasted with our closeness but now they already have accepted it and yes I not calling he Lady Grace anymore. I sometimes called her Gracey or Gra my nickname for her. The people already started calling me as Lady Amabelle after Alfred’s family announced me as their another daughter in a ball that happened to celebrate their wedding anniversary last month.

Now it’s November and I feel someone new, I have more colors in me. I also very happy with Gra result in her last exams, she said that my way of teaching is easy to understand and I’m glad for it. I feel Alfred’s would not be ashamed taking me in as their tutor and I did not disgrace their kindness to me. Now in November I finally graduated, I have become the school valedictorian. The family and servants is overjoyed with this news. We held our own mini party to celebrate and on top of being Gracey tutor now the Alfred’s family has offered me to become one of their fabric store head at the town.

December roll by with our busy days it feel as quick as a dead leaf fall into the ground. The winter is harsh as now I have my own money I decided to donate some thick clothes to my orphanage. It’s been awhile since I’ve been there and Grace tag along. The kids and caretakers is happy to see me now as a much successful woman. Grace the kids happily played in the snow. I’m happy that I could finally start give back to their care that I received all these years growing up.

The festive week has come Christmas is near and for the first time I have a parental figure that celebrating with me. All the servants including the Alfred’s and me is busy decorating the mansion with Christmas ornaments and vibe. This year they decide to invite all the kids and caretakers of my orphanage for a feast of Christmas party. We also order a ton of various gif to give it to the kids in the orphanage and also the unfortunate children in the town. After all the ordeal now 25th December has come. The morning all of us in the mansion wish everyone a great day and proceed to open our gift to each other the servants include it’s our private small Christmas party. When the evening roll by everyone from the orphanage came by and we feast our night offering sweets and pastries to the kids. It was so eventful. I’m tired but I slept with a big smile on for the first time. It was the best Christmas that I ever had and I will remember this 25th December till my death.