You’d known each other for years. Your houses next door to one another. You were friends before you were ever anything else. You hadn’t known it then, but Colin was in love with you. You never thought about that sort of thing. You always assumed one day he’d end up with Penelope Featherington. After all, to you it was evident that she was in love with him. You assumed he knew. You assumed that he was simply waiting for when they were older. What you hadn’t expected was that he didn’t know because his eyes were on you. He was completely enamored with you and your beauty. Your soft spoken voice, your elegant smile, the way your hair would fall in such a breath taking manner. He was completely undone by you. _____ Years later and it’s your first season out. You are breathtaking. Elegant and beautiful. You’re labeled the diamond of the season by lady Whistledown before the Queen, herself, could say anything. Unknown to Penelope…. Labeling you with such a title, it helped remind Colin that it is you he’s always had eyes for.