Chapter 5

Sara woke up with beams of sunlight on her face and she rolled away from the light. Her nose caught a delicious aroma coming from the other side of the door. Sara wanted to see what was causing the aroma but that would mean she would get out of bed. Sara groaned and slowly got out of bed. There was a full length mirror in the room as she walked past it towards the door. Something caught her eye and she went back to the mirror and wanted to scream. All her clothes were gone and all that she was wearing was a sleeveless thin linen dress. Sara immediately hugged herself and looked around the room for her clothes and sighed in relief when she found them on the floor. Quickly Sara dressed herself and checked herself in the mirror again. She fixed her hair a little so it wasn't frizzy and then left the room. 

Sara looked around the house to find Jon in the kitchen preparing food. His back was towards Sara as he continued to prepare breakfast. Sara saw a small table and 2 chairs and sat on one of the chairs. Jon turned around and jumped slightly as he saw Sara sitting quietly behind him. Sara giggled a little "I didn't mean to scare you" she said and Jon chuckled.

"I was not scared just surprised" he said making Sara scoff a little, Sara got up from her chair and saw what Jon was making. "Hungry?" Jon asked and Sara nodded her head.

"Well as you can see" Jon started to say "I'm almost done so if you can have a seat m'lady breakfast will be served shortly" Sara giggled again and went back to her seat and Jon was putting together some final touches in the kitchen. Sara wondered what the rest of the girls were up to now but dismissed any ideas in her head and decided to deal with it later.

Isabelle woke up and saw Elizabeth was still sleeping in her bed, Isabelle quietly got out of bed and softly knocked on Sara's door. When there was no response she slowly opened the door and saw the bed was untouched indicating Sara never came home last night. Isabelle was a little worried but knew Sara could handle herself and went to freshen up. As Isabelle walked past the bedrooms Mary was also up and took a peak in Sara's room to see it empty. Curious Mary entered Sara's room and begun to snoop around. 

Nothing really stood out of place when you first glance around but Mary knew Sara took a while to clean the room and put away her things. Mary opened a small chest to find some linen and handkerchiefs, Mary felt the fabric and it had a soft and velvety touch to them. Mary began to pull out some of the linens to find that they were dresses, she saw the mirror in the room and stood infront of it with the dress infront of her. The embroidery and details on the dress were beautiful, Mary continued to admire the dress not noticing Isabelle was watching her from the doorway.

"Setting your eyes on things that don't belong to you?" Isabelle said crossing her arms over her chest and Mary froze in her place. 

"What are you doing Mary?" Isabelle asked her as Mary was still holding the dress and didn't move. 

"Look at this dress Isabelle" Mary said holding it up in the air "This dress is worth a lot of money" she said and Isabelle rolled her eyes. 

"Put it back where you found it Mary" Isabelle said entering the room but Mary didn't listen. "Aren't you curious Isabelle as to how she got these?" Mary asked and Isabelle shook her head. 

"Put the dress back Mary!" Isabelle said raising her voice which caused both Elizabeth and Emily to wake up. Mary put the dress back as she found and slammed the chest shut before storming out of the room. 

Elizabeth appeared in the hallway and Isabelle motioned her to come over. "Lock the doorknob so that no one comes in" she said and Elizabeth nodded her head. 

Elizabeth used her power to change the structure of the doorknob so that the door won't open. "Did something happen?' Elizabeth asked and Isabelle sighed "Mary is getting out of hand" she said and Emily poked her head out into the hallway. 

"What's going on?" she asked sleepily and Elizabeth smiled "Nothing Emily let's get freshened up before breakfast" and they both walked down the hallway. Isabelle hoped that Sara would get back soon. 

Sara and Jon were talking a stroll around town and Jon was showing her around and meet some people. They went to the market were Sara some fresh fruit and vegetables were on display. They also went into a small fabric shop and Jon introduced Sara to the seamstress there. "Good morning Bernadette" Jon said entering the shop and Sara followed behind him.

Sara saw a middle aged woman look up from her station and had the biggest smile on her face. "Oh Jon! How wonderful to see you" she said walking towards him and giving him a hug. Sara observed the interaction but saw the attention was now on her "Who is this lovely dear?" Bernadette asked and gave Jon a smirk "Have you finally listened to my advice Jon?" she said which made Jon glare at her. 

"Bernadette this is Sara, she and a group of ladies arrived to Salem recently" he said but Bernadette ignored him. "Tell me my dear how do you find this young man here?" she asked Sara who was totally off guard with the question and looked at Jon for help. Jon stepped in and steered Bernadette away from Sara. 

"I told you that there is nothing going on" he said but Bernadette was not buying it "Now you listen to me young man" she begun to say "I have told you time and time again to settle down. You have been dodging this conversation at every opportunity you had, now it's time to take matters in my own hands" Bernadette said walking towards Sara again and Jon panicked and stopped her. 

"Could you not chase her away?" Jon said pulling her back towards him, Sara just continued to stand there awkwardly as Jon was convincing the woman to drop the subject. She looked around the shop and saw the different fabrics that were on the shelves and against the walls. There was a certain fabric that caught her eye and she unravelled the roll a little to get a closer look. It was a rich deep blue colour with gold embroidery, she ran her fingers over the fabric and it felt nice against the skin. 

"I see you like that fabric my dear" Bernadette said behind her which made Sara flinch a bit. "Oh--this---I was just-" Bernadette cut her off and placed the fabric against Sara's body and a smile appeared on her face. She went towards her station and returned with a string and quill and paper. She took Sara's measurements and wrote them down on the paper and Sara looked to Jon again but he shrugged his shoulders. 

"Bernadette what are you doing?" Jon asked as he watched her take the roll off the shelf and walked back to her station. "Nothing" she said but Jon decided not to question further. "Alright we will be leaving now" he said and lead Sara out of the shop "It was nice to meet you" Sara said before leaving and Bernadette waved back as she was focused on what she was doing. 

"Sorry about her" Jon said and they were earshot away from the shop, "She seemed lovely" Sara said which made Jon laughed.

"She is a handful but she is like a mom to me so I don't mind it" Jon said as he continued to lead Sara around town. "She took a liking to you though" he said as they walked by the docks. "I take it she doesn't do that to others?" Sara asked and he nodded in response. "Like any mother she wants to see me move to the next chapter in life" Jon said looking out towards the open water. 

"But there is something stopping you?" Sara asked as she stood beside him and watched the waves beat against the rocks by the shore. "I guess I haven't found the right person to take that next step with" he said "Which makes Bernadette think that i'm afraid or that i'm using it as an excuse" he added which made him chuckle. 

"You will one day Jon" Sara said with a smile "Once you meet her you will know she is the one" she added before heading back to town and Jon watched her leave. "Maybe that day arrived" he said to himself before following her.