OCTOBER 5, 1860
Luke looked up from his book of Arthurian Legends and saw Meg sitting at her desk. The drapes where open for the last bit of sunshine. The golden rays of the setting sun falling on Meghan gave her an angelic glow that made her even more beautiful to him.
Meg felt somebody staring at her and looked up. Her husband was sitting comfortably in his chair in the corner of her study with his book in his lap and a finger shut in the book to keep his place, staring at her smiling. "What?" She asked.
"I was just thinking about how beautiful you are and what a lucky man I am to have you for my wife." Meg's smile gave her the motherly glow that comes when a woman is expecting. Luke thought that she looked like a lady waiting for her knight in shinning armor. Knight in Shinning Armor. hummm "Meg, Dear, do you remember that costume contest that we won?"
"Yes, why?"
"Well, I was just thinking that we could use those costumes for the party." Luke suggested.
Meg's face lit up the room, "Oh that's a wonderful idea, Luke! We could even decorate Willow Manor as Camelot!! It would go great with your King Arthur costume and my Queen Guineverre. The costumes are in Daddy's attic and I'll have to take my dress to Grace to see if it needs to be let out."
Outside the study Ian was walking by when he overheard what Meg was saying about their costumes. Now I know exactly what I'll be for the costume party, he thought as he continued on his path to the nursery that he was fixing up.
Back inside the study, Luke put down his book and walked over to where his wife was sitting. When he began to kiss her passionately, she protested, "Luke, the window is wide open."
Without missing a beat, Luke closed the curtains and continued on with his plan, easing his pregnant wife onto the floor and following her.
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"Oh my goodness, I'd better get supper started!" Meg said horrified that she had forgotten to fix supper for her husband.
"You deserve the night off, let's get dressed and go to the restaurant for supper." Luke said.
Meg smiled. Luke treated her like the Queen that she was going to be pretending to be at their party.