Author's Note: I'm sooooo sorry for the lo-o-o-ng wait...but I was suffering severe writer's block with this one...D:

Alexis: Miss me, my lovely readers? ;D

Anyways, for all of you wondering about this girl's issues and why she's still hanging around:

VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ.

You all must be wondering how it happened that Alexis stayed for a month and no one cared to send her back, and neither did her aunt and cousin wonder where she was. You would think a girl as bothersome as her would be something Ciel would want to get rid of as soon as possible, no? This chapter will finally explain things.

Chapter 7: The Rape Case and Looking Back

"Bard, Miss Alexis…" Sebastian looked lost for words. "What exactly is going on here?"

He sighed when I vigorously shook my head, spraying water everywhere.

"I would respect it if you changed to something dry, Miss Alexis."

I grinned widely, swinging my legs from my perch atop the kitchen counter. Bard continued ignoring Sebastian over the loud explosions in his ears due the headphones on his head. He was leaning into my laptop, which rested beside me on the kitchen counter. He was highly busy in playing Halo 2.

"…ahh! Missed. I'll get your head next time, as soon as I reload!...Hah! Gotcha!" Bard ranted to himself. Sebastian sighed yet again.

"And…since when have I cared about what you would respect and what you wouldn't?"

Sebastian glared. He walked towards where I was sitting. I gave him a glare in return, not looking intimidated in the slightest.

"Miss Alexis, I believe you haven't quite seen or realized what I'm capable of."

I giggled. "What're you gonna do, huh? Turn me into a triple fudge delight strawberry swirl cone?" I laughed out loud. "Oh, please. This is too funny."

Sebastian gave me a final look. What he did next took me off guard.

He leaned forwards, took my arm over his shoulder, and swept his head down to my side.

"Hey, what the hell are you-"

And swung me whole onto his shoulder.

"SEBASTIAN!"

"I won't be mentioning much else than the fact that no one can, or will dare to, help you." Sebastian chuckled devilishly. His arm was curled over my waist and I continued to thrash about and flail my arms and legs like an insane woman.

"Let me GO!" I yelled. "Sebastian, I swear, if you don't put me down-"

Sebastian chuckled. "What're you 'gonna' do, huh? Turn me into a-what was it now-triple fudge delight strawberry swirl cone?" He snickered. "Oh, please. This is too funny." He said lightly.

"…" I stopped thrashing about for a fleeting second. "…wait, what?"

"Nothing at all, dear lady." Sebastian turned and started walking out of the kitchen. His coat was half-soaked by my dripping wet clothes.

"Sebastian."

"Yes?" He had walked out of the kitchen and into the corridor by now.

"You're trying to get me to go completely bitchy on you, right?"

Sebastian hmphed. "I'm afraid I don't understand what you want to say."

"I'll take that as a yes." I stated in monotone.

Sebastian sighed. "Something tells me that, regardless of my reply, you would have done what you wanted to anyways."

I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. "That's also true~!"

"At any rate, I'm not putting you down."

"Something told me that anything I said wouldn't get you to, either." I replied, snarling.

"A very smart thought, Miss Alexis," Sebastian said. "And thus, I'm surprised that you, of all people, thought it out."

"So you're insulting my brains now? All rightie." I said, before taking a deep breathe. "RAPE!"

"RAPE, RAPE, RAPE, RAPE, RAPE, RAPE, RAPE!" I shouted, yelled, thrashed, making a huge racket, and beating against walls as he walked past them. "Sebastian's attempting to rape me!"

I curved my body behind his back and screamed in his ear: "RAPE!"

"Help me, somebody!" I yelled at the top of my voice. "Sebastian's tearing up my favourite T-shirt!"

Sebastian simply tightened his grip on my waist.

"HELP!" I yelled. "Bitches, where are you all?!"

Sebastian used his other hand to slap the side of my calf. "Language, Miss Alexis."

"Help!" I yelled. "I'm an innocent virgin! I can't lose my virginity against this stupid wall, to this stupid guy! HELP!"

Sebastian massaged his temples with his free hand in frustration.

-time warp-

From his study, Ciel Phantomhive could clearly hear the huge racket created by the energetic, too-happy-for-her-own-good emo-dressed blonde-hair dyed black girl. Her shouts of 'rape' and accusing the culprit to be Sebastian reverberated all over the mansion.

Ciel sighed at her cries of "innocent virgin".

A knock sounded.

Mey-Rin stood at the doorway. "Young Master, you have a letter…"

"RAPE! RAPE!" continued to echo throughout the mansion, as Mey-Rin handed the letter to Ciel, a blush staining her cheeks.

It deepened when a yell saying, "Mey-Rin, you goddamn idiot! Help me! Your boyfriend's cheating on you!"

Ciel shot a fleeting look at the sniper-maid. Mey-Rin hurriedly excused herself and dashed out of the room, embarrassed.

Sound of the new chant could clearly be heard as Alexis screamed really loudly.

"Sebastian, you bastard! You're a man-whore, taking an innocent angel-like girl's purity!" she yelled. "My ghost will haunt you for the rest of eternity! You ugly, evil, cat-obsessed, cake-baking demon!"

Ciel chuckled at the irony.

"Trust me, Miss Adams. If Sebastian was having his way with you, you wouldn't be able to shout it out to the world." He said to no one in particular, before returning to his papers.

-time warp-

Meanwhile, Bard punched the wall in sheer joy. "Take that, ya sons of bitches! I just kicked all ya frickin' asses! Now who's the winner?!"

He jumped around in joy for a bit and took his headphones off.

"Hey Alexis, I beat all the levels…" He looked next to him.

The counter was empty, and one of Alexis' Converses (which had come loose due to all her thrashing) lay on the floor. Bard picked it up and looked out of the doorway.

"Alexis?!" Bard called out. "Where d'ya go?"

From afar, he heard the familiar voice of aforementioned girl scream.

"SEBASTIAN'S TRYING TO RAPE ME! SEBASTIAN'S RIPPING MY CLOTHES APART! SOMEBODY! JUST FRIGGING HELP ME!"

Bard stood for a moment, stunned.

"It was good while we knew each other…" he sobbed. "But, hey! Does that mean I get to keep the laptop?"

Bard argued with himself.

"I should probably try and help her…but why would Sebastian rape her anyways?" Bard blushed at the thought. "Nah, she's definitely exaggerating. Yeah… guess I'll leave it at that."

-time warp-

Sebastian carried me into my room, and set me down.

"You bastard!" I yelled. "You can't touch a lady without her permission!"

Sebastian chuckled. "So you would not respect what I had to say, and you expect me to honour your words? How very selfish."

I fumed. "Selfish, my ass!"

"Language, Miss Alexis."

"Oh, you and your stupid Victorian accent! I say screw it!"

Sebastian massaged his temples, clearly hinting it was taking up a lot of his patience, having to deal with me. I smirked.

He sat down next to me on my bed. I looked at him, surprised. He looked at me and smiled.

"…"

"Miss Alexis, there is something we need your assistance for." He said. I looked at him, now serious. "Remember the conversation you had with the Young Master on your first day here?"

FLASHBACK

I looked across the dining table at Ciel at lunch. He was daintily eating with his fork and knife, not sparing me a single glance. This guy's twelve, but it appears he behaves like a stick-up-his-ass adult. Wow.

I shook that out and looked down at my own lunch. Considering I live off pizza or burger, this was a meal fit for three of me. We were dining outside, despite the main dining table Ciel usually dined on being inside. I guess this was some sort of welcome for me? Well, whatever it was, I was flattered.

I picked up the fork and stabbed the steak. It tore right off; it was so well-cooked (the last time I cooked steak, I couldn't tear it apart even when I pulled it with both hands while I had hooked it up with the wall. I fed it to a street dog, and ended up being chased: apparently the dog thought I was trying to mortally harm it). I stuffed a single mouthful to see stars; I started shoveling in bite after bite. The food was so fricking delicious!

"Ahem." Ciel cleared his throat. I continued mutilating my steak.

"Ahem. Ahem." Ciel cleared his throat twice. I shoveled in two spoonfuls of soup without giving myself time to swallow.

"Miss Adams." Ciel called me.

"Yehssh?" I looked up, mouth still stuffed full of carrots and steak.

"…please, swallow." He said, nose scrunched up subtly in disgust.

"…yeah." I said, swallowing. "Sorry, this is just too amazing. Compliments to Bard."

"Bard doesn't cook, Sebastian does," he replied, sipping wine.

I looked at him, confused. "I thought Bard was the chef."

Ciel wiped his mouth with a handkerchief very noblishly. "Let's say the other staff here is quite incompetent at housework. Sebastian does everything."

"…okay…" I said, not seeing why he'd keep incompetent staff in the first place. Effect, maybe? "So the explosions are caused by him?"

"…yes." Ciel said, digging his spoon into some peas. Okay, even effect isn't worth it when the incompetent dude blows your home up.

"Miss Adams, I wanted to discuss something very important with you." Ciel said.

"Alexis." I said, cutting off another piece of steak.

"…I beg your pardon?"

"No…" I said, sipping on the wine. "I meant, you can call me Alexis. Miss Adams makes me feel weird."

"This is the proper way to refer to a lady." Ciel stated.

"…okay…" His look clearly told me not to question him any further. About that topic, at least. "Uh, why are you wearing an eye patch?"

"I had an accident. That eye lost its functionality." He stated smoothly.

"Oh…I'm so sorry…" I said. He was a really cute boy, the eye patch made him look scary (kind of). "Um, why are you all the way on that end, and why am I all the way here?"

"This is the standard way of dining with new acquaintances. A banquet." He replied. Why are his replies always so flat and final? I wanted to ask him that, but (deeming it would probably piss him off) ended up asking something different.

"…okay…" I said. "But…don't banquets usually consist of…more people?"

"…" Ciel kept down his knife and fork and looked at me with a gaze so fierce, I felt like it was my dad staring five-year old me down for something I did which was Very Wrong. I gulped.

"Miss Adams, I believe I wanted to talk to you regarding something very important?" I nodded fervently. "Then why are you the one asking questions, while I am replying?"

"…I don't know…" I said. "…First come, first get, I guess…"

I could practically see ticks forming all over Ciel's head now.

"Whatever." He said, finally. "Moving onto the topic."

"Yes." I saluted, before shoveling steak into my mouth.

Ciel gave me the following look: -_-

"…ignoring that…" I said, under my breath.

"Miss Adams," Ciel cleared his throat. "You are aware that the means by which you arrived here is a complete mystery."

"Yup. Time travel."

"And none of us can figure out how you did it."

"How the door did it. Or my room."

"Whatever." Ciel sipped on his wine. "Thing is, with your speech, makeover and basic behavioral patterns, you stand out like a sore thumb among us all. If people in London or anywhere around us suspect that you are of a different era, you will be exploited, and, even worse, harmed."

"…okay," I realized that I was a freak of nature here beforehand, though. "I would appreciate it greatly if you didn't compare me to an appendage…"

"…we have to find an explanation of how, or why, you were brought here. And if possible, how to send you back." Ciel resumed, ignoring my stupid, irrelevant comment.

"Yeah, you got a point there." I said. "Jennifer and Ella must be worried sick!"

"…"

"My aunt and my cousin." I explained, finishing my soup. "I vanished from their house to end up here."

"And you have more the reason to return home now." Ciel said. "So, we'll be making a short trip to a person who might be able to help us."

"…sure?" I said. "I would like to get back."

"It's for the best for everyone." Ciel said, finishing his lunch and wine, as I continued making my way through more carrot-pea veggie. "But if he cannot help us, which would be most unfortunate, I'd like you to lie low and not make it known that you're not from this era."

"…let's just hope this guy you know can help us."

"Yes…" Ciel said, standing up. "I hope that too. Now, excuse me." He turned to walk towards the manor as I finished my wine.

As an afterthought, he turned around to face me. "We'll be setting out two hours later."

He went into the mansion, as I stood there, hoping the guy this guy knew would be able to help me get back to my time.

-time warp-

As I approached the front door, I saw Ciel in a black coat and top hat. He looked so cute…I wanted to pinch his cheeks and hug him! But I knew doing that would be…more than awkward.

Sebastian's footsteps were behind me before long and all three of us stood at the doorway, when Sebastian cleared his throat.

"Surely you do not plan on going out like that, my Lady?" he gestured at my attire.

"But my legs are covered!" I protested. My skirt was thigh-length, but I was wearing black tights till my low boots covered them up near my ankles.

"Sebastian…" Ciel said, not glancing at me. "Just get her something decent."

"I'm sorry, my Lady, but please. Come with me." Sebastian said.

"…" I silently followed him.

-time warp-

"Choose from here?"

I stared at the enormous collection of dresses Sebastian displayed to me in one of the upper spare bedrooms. I pulled one out at random, just to feel my arm lower a good few inches as I held it up (i.e. tried to hold it up) off the ground.

"This weighs like a sack of bricks!" I yelled. I groped at the silky attachments to the sleeves and elaborate frills at the skirt. "And what's all this?"

Sebastian seemed to gather much patience. "That is the latest trend, my Lady."

"Alexis." I growled through gritted teeth. "Surely you could call me that? Look," I motioned at myself, dropping the dress carelessly on the floor. Sebastian immediately retrieved it. "I'm not nobility. So I'm not your respected Lady."

Sebastian looked at me with a neutral expression. Okay, this calls for a tease.

"And as for being your Lady…I don't think Ciel would permit my permanent stay here…" I grinned slyly as Sebastian raised an eyebrow at me. "And if I was your Lady…I don't think you could handle it~"

"Well then, Miss Alexis…" He leaned down to whisper into my ear, rolling every syllable and highlighting it before saying it, and I felt warm breath tickle my ear, making a slight blush rise up my cheeks. "…If you were my Lady, let's just say you'd be in lot more trouble than I…"

I found myself unable to reply as he picked out a random purple dress and took it into the room next to the one we were in.

"That's it. I'm staying away from him…" I said, eyes wide and freaked out. "I think I've had enough of teasing him…"

-time warp-

I plugged in my headphones while Sebastian altered the dress. By the time he was done, I was through my entire playlist of the GazettE's songs. Pausing 'Dim Scene' as he entered the room, I pocketed my iPod.

"Miss Alexis, that eye-pod seems precious to you, you might want it with you as we leave for town." Sebastian said, ironing the dress on the ironing board in the corner as I walked over to see what he'd done to the dress.

He was done ironing when I reached all the way across the room. Was that fast or what?

"Here, hold this," I handed him my iPod as I stepped into the large cabinet with the now-considerably-lighter dress.

As I stripped off my white Alice Nine t-shirt, tights and skirt, I felt the smooth fabric against my skin. I'd never worn such fine silk in my life. I rubbed the fabric of the skirt against my face. Mhmm. So soft and smooth…

The skirt was a midnight blue, and went perfectly with my black ankle-length boots. I twirled slightly. No ruffles or laces, just a plain ankle-length, slightly-frilled skirt. Single-layered, no external curtain frills attached. No net layers either. That was probably the alteration. Sebastian had stripped off at least four layers from the original, to leave the plain dress. The top was a simple, black bodice with deep blue wrist-length sleeves. There were small stones encrusted at my neckline, but he'd removed a large amount of bling. Overall, he'd made this dress from an annoying brick sack to a likable daywear.

As I stepped out with a smile, carrying my discarded clothes in one hand, and holding my skirt with the other, I spotted Sebastian with one headphone in his ear. He looked up at me as I stepped out.

"…whatcha doin'?" I looked at him, with the expression of a person who'd just spotted the Yeti in the Sahara desert.

"The songs you listen to have a rather complex melody…and I find the titles rather likable…" Sebastian said, motioning to my iPod screen. "I believe 'Heaven Shall Burn' is a musical group?"

"…yes…" I said, still sporting the above stated facial setup.

"'Gabriel on the Gallows' is a song, is it not?" he asked.

"By 'the GazettE', yes." I continued with the look.

"I like them." Sebastian stated, handing me the iPod.

It took five more minutes for me to swallow all that.

"Cool." I said, laughing for no apparent reason. "I like the dress, by the way."

"Thought you would appreciate it more when the ruffles were gone." Sebastian said, putting away my clothes on a hanger.

He draped a shawl around my shoulders. "You're not wearing a corset."

"So what?" I yelled. "I'm wearing a – umm, whatever. And what does that have to do with a shawl?"

Sebastian sighed. Deeply. "To hide the…how to place this…contours of your…bodice, which would otherwise give out the fact that you're not wearing a corset."

"You're feeling awkward, huh." I chuckled. "You Victorians are the real perverts, you know that? Why would you guys even stare at women's…bodice, was it…if you're so pure? It's because you're all perverts that women have to walk around in those great swirling wicker caves."

"Wicker caves?" Sebastian chortled.

"Sure are as heavy as those dresses…" I snarled.

"You're quite the amusing person, Miss Alexis."

A/N: Ciel finally get off his ass to play a role in my fanfic! YAaaAY! R&R! And tell me if Ciel was in character. Am I the only one ROFLing at Ciel's reactions? ;D