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"Thank you." She said to Sebastian, she looked up at Ciel's greeting her smile died and her face reddened at the mention of Claude's name. Wait did he say the two butlers? She shook her head, feeling a little better knowing that they where keeping the whole truth from Ciel. Imagine....a lady attracted to a servant.... She smiled. "It's alright....." Isabella leaned forwards and whispered in Ciel's ear. "...besides it gave me some pretty good ideas for some new games...." Then figuring to tease Claude she sat back and picked up her tea cup. "...it requires a lot of rope.." She giggled, seeing Claude's face turning a deep red. Seeing him get embarrassed gave her back some measure of self respect. It was too fun teasing the normally cool professional butler.

Claude frowned, all too aware of what she'd meant and refusing to be ruffled by her suggestive comment. Ignoring how flushed his face was, he silently stood nearby, wondering if Isabella would ever grow out of teasing him in the mornings.

"Oh! that reminds me, I want a rope swing somewhere on the grounds. I thought that there was something missing whenever I explored the grounds."

"That would be lovely!" Isabella brightened.

As the rest of the day progressed, the manor went though it's daily life as usual, Sabastian went with Ciel and Isabella shopping, leaving Claude to remain behind to do some of the chores, and to keep Bardroy, Finny and Mey-rin from destroying the manor.
Ms Spencer stayed behind, complaining on how cold the weather was that day. (it was rather balmy for England.)
Sammael, as his shift was over, was curled up asleep on Claude's bed. The cat demon had assumed his kitty form and spent most of the day asleep.

Claude stared at the demon cat sleeping there. It was a lull in the daily chores, Finny and Baroy had gone off the market to replenish some supplies and Meyrin was helping the governess on some kind of woman's task.

The spider looked out into the hallway he shared with Sebastian, their rooms where close, but mostly it was a little used part of the manor. it had it's own doorway to the garden outside, but the door, like this area, was little used. Suddenly Claude began to see this part as another space entirely.....yes, he could do it, with a bit of know how. This hallway and rooms could be transformed.
Smiling at the idea, Claude picked up Sammael in his cat form. The black cat woke and stretched tiredly. "Find us some hammer and nails Sammael, we have some work to do."

"Aww,It doesn't have any color...it's not cute." Elizabeth said. Isabella had to giggle. "It doesn't look too bad." She said. All in black, Ciel looked dangerous and somehow a lot more mature. Almost like....Isabella found herself blushing. "It would really standout if you matched with something in silver....a tie pin maybe?"

Claude pushed his sliver rimmed glasses up his face, his surprise to Sebastian was nearly done, all the wood panels, trimming and sparse furniture was stained in a dark down finish, Sammael had just finish speed drying the front and the bedroom.
"You know.....this don't look that bad at all....a little bare of furniture but with drapes and a rug, It will look like a home rather then just a place to sleep." the Cat demon admired the results of their labor.

They had altered this part of the house into a one bedroom bachelor apartment as they didn't really need a kitchen, the larger front room now had it's own fireplace and chimney, with a table set at a window facing the garden. Claude had sealed it off from the rest of the house, but there was a doorway leading to into the servant's quarters, close to the butler's room where Sebastian did the books and kept the manor's records.
The unused door was replaced with a much nicer one with a small glass window set in it. it lead directly into this room. the walk outside had been tended to, the ivy pulled away and the grass trimmed. It was Sammael's idea to add some flower beds on the sides of the new entrance. The Cat demon really loved flowers.

"Do you think that he'd like it?" Claude asked, he had only intended on replacing the broken furniture in Sebastian's room, not alter it completely.
Sammael sighed, "With all the work we put into this....He'd better, or else I'll kick his a**."

Isabella smiled. "No nothing more." she walked over and ran a finger over the lapel, "You kind of look like how I imagine Dracula would." She winked at him playful. "So dark and mysterious." And she meant it too. Ciel, took her breath away.

"If you want to. "She said, still blushing somewhat. "But if your gonna wear that, it would be harder for me to rescue you from mobs of other women." She giggled.

By the time they got back to the manor it was past teatime. Isabella was discussing with Ciel if they could go see the new violinist that Lizzy mentioned. "She said that this violinist is starting to make headlines in the paper. And She's invited us to go with her to see him at a private showing. All his concerts tickets for this season are all sold out. Please Ciel? Surely you can re-schedule your meeting for the next day."

"Welcome back, did you have fun shopping Miss Isabella?" Sammael asked, he put his hand holding a tin of wood stain and a brush behind his back.

"He's a little busy, I'm sure that he'll be along soon." Sammael said, being evasive. He was smiling.
Isabella had noticed that he was hiding something behind his back. She had no reserves about reaching behind to try and grab whatever he was hiding. Sammael yelped and danced backwards avoiding her reaching hands. "Miss Isabella, Uh I...."
"What do you have there Sammy?" She asked. "Let me see!"
When Sammael finally stopped and let her take the tin and brush. She looked almost disappointed. "You where hiding this?"
The cat butler laughed nervously. "It was supposed to be a secret."
"Welcome home young master, miss Isabella, Claude said as he walked into the front hall. He gave Sebastian a small smile. "You want help with the packages Sebastian?" He asked.