Rose cradled her baby in her arms and sobbed. She sobbed so much she started hiccuping.

"Lady Rose? Is that you, m'lady?" Anna poked her head through the door. Rose nodded and scrunched her eyes to stop the tears.

"Oh, you poor dear," Anna set the baby in the cradle and took Rose by the hand to her room.

***
Rose sat on the edge of her bed and breathed heavily as Anna dabbed a handkerchief across her cheeks.

"Shouldn't you be taking care of Mary," Rose rubbed her eyes and looked down.

"Oh," Anna laughed. "She fell asleep immediately. Too many spritzers if you ask me."

Rose laughed unsteadily and shook her head. "Atticus crossed the line this evening."

Anna's eyes widened. "What happened, m'lady? Did he hurt you?"

Rose looked up and told her the anecdote of the evening.

"Beg your pardon, m'lady, but he should really apologize."

Rose muttered an agreement and hugged Anna. "Thank you," she said, rubbing her cheek on her shoulder.

"It's my job, m'lady," Anna smiled warmly and put Rose to bed.

***

Rose stared at her eggs. She couldn't eat, or sleep. She wanted to kiss Atticus but wanted to kill him all at once.

"Rose?" Robert looked up from the paper and grasped her head. "Are you alright?"

That moment, Atticus scrambled (haha eggs) into the room and took Rose by the hand.

"My darling, please forgive me of my terrible behavior last night. I love you and I hate spending time away from you. I crossed the line and, and and an--"

Rose shut his cute little lips up by planting a kiss on them. Cora clutched her heart and smiled, and Robert and Tom started to clap.

Mary walked into the room and stood there, dumbfounded. "And I thought Henry and I were the it-couple."

***
Rose and Atticus couldn't keep their hands off each other. They hugged and kissed all they could, and Atticus even tried to squeeze her bum while sitting with Tom and Sybbie. So of course they couldn't keep their hands off each other in the bedroom

Atticus grabbed Roses thighs and threw her on the bed. With his teeth, he stripped her stockings off one by one. Rose planted him on the bed and zipped her dress down, all while looking him straight in the eyes.

"I love you," she whispered, shaking her head and stroking Atticus's cheek, his skull planted on the headboard.

"I love you, too, darling."

***

Atticus woke up and grinned, remembering last nights activities. He rolled over to find the sheets empty, as if they'd never been slept in. He shrugged his shoulders and walked to the breakfast room.

"Have any of you seen Rose?"

The room fell silent, all of them shaking their heads. "I thought she was with you." Edith said.

Oh my gee!! Where's Rose?
Xx Katy