A/N: Thank you for your reviews! They really mean a lot to me! So, this is the last chapter everyone! I thought I could write a few more chapters for this story but I decided to end it here with the bid day of our lovely couple. It will contain some hints from the last two episodes of the fourth series of the drama. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own the drama or the characters. If I did I would be very happy.
Elsie was standing in the middle of the room that will be her old room from today. She was looking herself in the room and couldn't quiet believe how beautiful she was looking. She had insisted that she didn't want fuss over her wedding and she was refusing to wear a wedding dress because of her age. As she watched herself in the mirror she had to admit that she was wrong with all her protests. She ran her hands above her wedding dress. It wasn't white but a light beige shade that was making her eyes to show off. It was ending just above her ankles and it had a bit of lace in the end. She had let Anna to do her hair because she wanted something different from the usual. The young woman had pinned the hair in a lose bun and had let some curls to drop out of the bun. She had to admit that it was making her look much younger and she liked it very much.
She had asked Beryl and Anna to leave her alone for a few minutes and she could let her tears fall freely from her eyes. She sat down on the bed and looked at the room while she was crying silently. She had chosen a life in service believing that she would never find the love of her life but that change at the moment she met Charles Carson for the first time. She couldn't believe that she was wearing a wedding dress and that the man she loved so much was waiting for her in the church to get married. She didn't manage to wipe her eyes as Beryl and Anna entered the room and stopped in their tracks upon seeing the housekeeper in tears. "Elsie, what's the matter?", Beryl asked her friend as she sat next to her and took hold of her left hand.
Elsie wiped her eyes with her free hand and looked at the worried and confused faces of the two women. "Nothing is the matter, Beryl.", she said with a wide smile. "I just can't believe that I am wearing a wedding dress and the man I love so much is waiting for me in the church to get married.", she let a few more tears to fall.
"You have to believe it because we have to leave for the church. Your man will be wondering what's keeping you.", Beryl started laughing and the other two women joined her.
Elsie hugged and kissed the two women on the cheek and left the room to go downstairs. They were going to meet Tom in the front door to go to the church. Elsie didn't want to enter the church alone so she had asked Tom to give her away. He was like a son to her and his daughter like a granddaughter. Tom watched with a wide smile as the woman who was like a second mother to him exited the house from the front door. He approached the three women still smiling and stopped in front of Elsie. "You are very beautiful, Mrs. Hughes.", he said as he kissed her hand. "Mr. Carson is a very lucky man.", he was so glad that the butler and the housekeeper had finally found their own happiness together. "Shall we?", he leaded them to the car and helped them get in before getting in himself and getting off to the church.
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Charles was standing at his post in the church with Mary, Robert and John standing next to him. He had to admit that he was very nervous about the wedding. He was a little afraid that Elsie would change her mind at the last minute and never show up. He was getting old and he would understand if she didn't want to marry him. He had loved that woman for over twenty years but he didn't have the courage to confess his feeling before and they had missed the chance to have their own family. He would always regret for not confessing his feelings earlier and give his darling wife children. He knew that she could have been a wonderful mother if her behavior towards the younger staff was an indication.
"Carson, are you feeling quiet alright?", Mary asked him after noticing the sadness on his face and how lost he was in his thoughts.
He turned his head to look at the young woman he was seeing as a daughter and smiled. "I'm perfectly fine, Milady.", he reassured her and was relieved that no one else asked him further questions. He was regretting his decision to hide his feelings but he couldn't do anything to change the past now. He was very happy that he would marry the love of his life and spend the rest of their lives together.
They all stood up and turned upon hearing the melody which meant that the bride had arrived outside the church. He watched as Anna and Beryl rushed in the church to take their posts while Tom and Elsie stopped in the doorway. He smiled widely as he watched his wife walking slowly towards him. He knew that Tom loved her as a second mother when he kissed her hand and went to his post. An hour later they were back at the house celebrating their marriage. Everyone was enjoying themselves and that made very happy the newlyweds.
They had danced their first dance as a married couple and then they were separated as the others took their turns to have a dance with the bride or the groom. Elsie had enjoyed dancing with Robert, Tom, Richard and John and she had to admit that she had a nice time dancing with Thomas which had surprised her a lot. Charles had enjoyed dancing with Cora, Mary, Edith, Anna and Beryl. He had even danced with Daisy but after he asked the young woman because he could see how sad she was with Alfred's absence.
Elsie went to sit down as her feet were hurting very much after all the dancing. She was smiling as she watched the others have fun but she found herself eager to go with her husband to their cottage for their first night together. Soon her wish was coming true as her husband took her hand and leaded her towards their cottage.
At the moment he closed and locked the door of their cottage he hugged his wife and started kissing her passionately. He had resisted all day but he couldn't hold back his desire for her. They broke apart breathless and they could see the lust and desire in each other eyes. She started walking slowly towards the stairs swaying her hips and working on the buttons of her dress. She had to try hard not to laugh when she earned a loud groan from her husband because of her actions. As she reached the stairs she let the dress to fall on the floor and she went slowly up the stairs continuing swaying her hips.
He rushed to follow her as he lost her out of sight and found her standing on the top of the stairs. He watched as the corset fell on the bottom step of the stairs and how she entered the bedroom with her swaying hips. He made quick work with his jacket and shirt as he let them fell on the steps. As he entered the room he made quick work with his shoes, shocks and trousers. Standing only in his undershorts he watched his wife taking of her shift and shoes. He quickly stepped out of his undershorts and stopped her hands from removing her underwear and stockings. "I will do that, my love.", he whispered in her ear as he started kissing her while he gently pushed her backwards until she was lying on the bed.
He was kissing his way down to her breasts where he stopped for a moment to look at his wife. She had her eyes closed and moaning in pleasure. He returned back to her breasts sucking and nuzzling hard until her nipples were hard. He started kissing again her body until he reached her knickers. Slowly he started pulling them down while kissing the skin that he was slowly revealing. After taking off her knickers and throwing them above his head he turned his attention at her stockings, slowly taking them off and kissing the new exposed skin of her marvelous strong legs. All the while his member was growing harder and harder and he wanted nothing more than to buried it inside her but he wanted to wait. Their first night together was going to be slow and gentle.
He moved back up to her mouth placing kisses all over her marvelous heavenly body. He kissed her passionately and hungrily when he reached her lips. They broke apart a little breathless and just looked each other for a few moments. He moved his body on top of hers and while kissing her more softly this time he entered her in one long thrust. He stopped when he heard a small cry coming from her lips thinking that he had hurt her. "Please Charles… I need you… please my love…", she pleaded him and reassured him at the same time as she had noticed the worried expression on his face.
He started moving slowly against her and soon she was moving with him in a steady rhythm. She wanted him to move faster and harder as she didn't know how much she would last but she knew that their first night together would be slow and gentle. His thrusts were long and slow as he wanted to give her all the pleasure he could. At some point he started sucking her neck and made sure to leave a mark there, a mark of his love and desire for her. He felt that he was nearing his climax and he needed to move faster but he didn't want to come first, so he just continued their steady rhythm. "Oh Charles… oh yes… Charles I can't hold… Oh Yesssss…", she was nearing her climax and his slow thrusts were killing her.
After hearing her he started moving a little faster as he knew that he couldn't hold any longer. It took only a few more thrusts as the room filled with the cries of their names. He looked down at his wife and kissed passionately as they remained joined like a one. After a few moments feeling that he could no longer hold his body like that on top of her he moved so he could lie down next to her. He drew her into his arms and covered them both with a blanket. "I love you, Mrs. Carson.", he whispered in her ear as he kissed her there.
"I love you, Mr. Carson.", she said as she smiled widely at her husband's actions.
Soon they both drifted off to sleep with wide smiles on their faces and started dreaming of their life together.
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The family had given them two whole days off so they could enjoy their small honeymoon in their cottage doing whatever they wanted to do. They had made love almost in the whole cottage as they couldn't keep their hands away from each other. They had two wonderful days just for themselves and they were very happy. It was a little difficult for them to wake up and get dressed to go back to work but they had decided to work for a few years more before retiring to their cottage and they had staff under their care to guide them.
They walked hand in hand towards the big house as they could enjoy holding hands now that they were married. They would have to control themselves in the presence of the other servants but they could kiss or touch each other whenever they were alone in his pantry or in her sitting room. They wanted to make up for the time they had lost all these years of hiding their feelings and they would do that without giving a bad example to the other servants.
The servant's hall was filled with 'Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Carson' as the two heads of the staff entered the room. They had all stood up to greet them and sat back down. Charles gave his sign to start eating breakfast and they all engrossed themselves in their breakfast and into cheerful conversations. Charles and Elsie would look at each other often with wide smiles on their faces. As the bells started ringing they all started they work. They were the last ones to leave the servant's hall. They held hands until they stopped outside his pantry. He leaned forward and kissed her softly on the lips. "I love you, Mrs. Carson.", he whispered to her.
"I love you, Mr. Carson.", she said as she kissed him back.
He watched her as she entered her sitting room to start her work while he entered his pantry to start his own work. They were finally married, the family had accepted them and they would live happy for the rest of their lives together.
THE END!
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