One x One: Vampicorn & Nightshade2012

[Vampicorn]

"Thanks, I'll do that right now"'
Nathan replied as Elizabeth left the room. He got up and went to his personal bathroom, and turned on the faucet. A slight stubble covered the lower half of his face, he needed a good shave, but the stained shirt was a more pressing matter

[Nightshade2012]

Elizabeth waited until he'd gone before she darted from the room, heading for the kitchens. No one noticed her slip in and snag the baking soda from the shelf. She went back up to Nathan's room, going in quietly and standing in the entry way to his bathroom, unsure of if she could enter without permission or not.

[Vampicorn]

Looking up in the mirror, Nathan gave a little smile seeing Elizabeth standing there
"I dipped it in some water, hopefully I atleast did that right"
he said with a joking smile

[Nightshade2012]

"That's what I told you to do,"
Elizabeth said with a faint smile, going to stand by the sink. She poured some of the baking soda onto the stain as she picked the shirt up, rubbing it in with her fingers and holding it for a minute. When she dunked it back into the water, rubbing at the spot, slowly the color started to leech away.

[Vampicorn]

"It's like magic"
Nathan joked as the stain's deep red color was leeched from the shirt
"I may need to make you my official assistant for this sort of stuff, I don't know how you could possibly know all of this"

[Nightshade2012]

Elizabeth kept her gaze down on the shirt out of an old habit that one did not look your employers in the eye.
"I would be happy to assist you any time. It's my job,"
she said quietly, picking the shirt up out of the water once the stain had disappeared. She wrung it out and went to go hang it somewhere it could dry.

[Vampicorn]

"So,"
Nathan started,
"How long have you been a maid, you are quite good at it"

[Nightshade2012]

"A long time,"
Elizabeth said quietly, brushing a lock of fiery red hair out of her face.
"My family is not wealthy like yours. The little pay I get for your parents usually goes to them, and I stay here because it's the best pay I'll get in the city."

[Vampicorn]

"Well, being wealthy is not all it's cracked up to be"
Nathan sighed
"High expectations, bigger bills for unimportant things, it's so stressful, but I can see how you must struggle"

[Nightshade2012]

"Struggle,"
Elizabeth repeated, her tone quiet for a moment.
"At least you didn't say you understand. The wealthy pretend to care and empathize with the poor, but they never can know how hard it is. I eat well here because it is the job of my employers to feed me, but at home my parents and my older brother give up every dime they have just to buy bread from the market."
She fell silent, blinking unshed tears from her eyes.
"I am sorry. I should not speak that way. Forgive me."