After changing back into my dress and apologizing to Fanny over and over again I decide to walk back to Jane's house. It wasn't far and I needed time to think. Of course knowing my luck as I am about a third of the way there it begins to start pouring down rain. Looking up I feel as the water drops fall onto my face and instead of wanting to be sad or cry I smile. I even spin just a for a moment in the rain. This was my moment of freedom. Yes two men had practically left me for the same woman but now there was nothing I could do to control that.

"Miss Worthington?!" I hear someone call out to me. "Woman you will catch your death of cold!"

Only one person knows my fake last name. Turning back I see Plumtree standing outside of a carriage looking right at me. After we had talked I had noticed we had quite a lot in common and a part of me really didn't want to admit it but Plumtree well now James as he insisted upon me calling him by his first name. James looked me up and down and I was glad I had changed from a white dress to my now dark green one.

"My dear James have you never danced in the rain before?" I ask him with a smile as he looks at me a bit taken back. "It is something everyone should experience at least once."

Offering my hand to him I had a feeling he would just shake this off and tell me that I was crazy. Closing my eyes I went back to feeling the rain when I felt someone grip my hand. My attention now turned to that person James smiled at me as he too looked up to the rain his hat falling off right behind him. We both couldn't help but laugh.

"Clara...that is very refreshing." James tells me as he pulls me a bit closer to him.

Looking into his eyes I just want something to happen between us and I don't know why but when I do look back he just seemed to be different then every other man I had met. Both in good and bad ways. Smiling I allow him to pull me close and his next move surprised me but in a very good way. Feeling his arm go behind me and pull me so close I finally felt our lips meet. What I thought would be a very dominate kiss was quite the opposite. James kiss was soft as if I were a porcelain doll he was afraid to break. Kissing him back was like second nature to me. Something inside me felt like it was about to burst.

Once our lips separated I could feel as our foreheads touched. This was something I knew I would remember always. Was he just caught up in the moment or was James kiss sincere? A part of me was afraid he felt sorry for me and the kiss was a way to comfort me.

"Forgive me Miss Worthington." he whispers to me.

Looking up at him I am startled by what he just said. "Sorry for what Mr. Plumtree?" I question.

"One kiss from you is not enough." James tells me as he pulls my face to his and our lips meet again.

Jane's POV

Fanny didn't sulk as I thought she would. Instead she seemed to be wanting to make sure that George Land got what he deserved. I suppose I hadn't pictured Fanny being that close to Clara but sometimes even I can't see past the end of my nose. We had taken the carriage back to the house and we tried to get Clara to come along with us but she insisted that she needed time to think. Still it was beginning to storm outside and it was already dark yet Clara was not back yet.

"She's fine, all American's have bit of a wild streak in them." Fanny tells me as she walks to my side.

"Poor child, two men betraying he for the same woman. No one should have to live through that." I confess to Fanny who nods in agreement with me.

"Yet after she hit Angelica she smiled, I can only imagine what George Land said to her to make her change her mind about him." Fanny questions as she looks to me now.

"The heart can change so quickly for it is a fickle thing. However if the love has always been there and is truly meant to be it will stay the course." I say as Fanny now yawns.

"Forgive me Aunt Jane, I think I am going to retire for the night." Fanny says as she walks out of the room.

Knowing that Clara could take care of herself quite well did put me a bit at ease but it still made me worry about her. Though she still has to make a decision stay her in the past of try and find a way back home to her future. There is no use worrying about it now. Turning I begin to walk out of the room when I can hear thunder rolling in. Praying this storm wouldn't be as bad as my mind imagined I retired to bed.

Clara's POV

Finally returning to Jane's home James smiled at me. Our kisses lasted longer than any I had ever had. The biggest difference was that he always wanted to kiss me now and his kiss meant more than any word. Turning back to him in our now very wet clothes he holds me close to him. Was it him all along my heart begins to wonder.

"We should get inside and get a bath first thing in the morning." James says opening the door.

"Yes, I think it's best to get inside and get warm." I agree with him as we walk into the hall.

Turning away from him as I am about to go back to my room he takes my hand and pulls me close to him again. Quickly kissing me on the lips and then on my hand he bids me goodnight as we take off to our separate rooms.