A/N: Hey and new story. I haven't given up on my other new one. This story is set during splatalot couples and before second generation.
"Do I have to?" The Viking whined.
"Yes, now get ready." The huntress commanded.
Gildar and Ballista were going to visit Ballista's parents. Gildar was very nervous as he and ballista had only been a couple for 8 months.
"I'll be back in a minute." Gildar said leaving Ballista to get ready.
Gildar knocked on Kook's door.
"Enter." An Australian voice sang.
"Kook, I'm visiting Ballista's parents today." Gildar explained.
"Wow, good luck." He said.
"That's it. No advice." Gildar said.
"Umm, no." Kook said.
"Thanks for nothing." Gildar said leaving.
Gildar heard Ballista shout saying they had to leave. Gildar went down into the main room and was greeted by the boys.
"Good luck." Skabb said.
"Don't say anything." Thorne advised him.
"What kind of coffin do you want?" Kook whispered.
Gildar was starting to panic now. He turned around to see all of the girls laughing about something. He was surprised. He guessed meeting parents wasn't that big to girls as it was normally the boy who picked the girl. The two got in the car and drove off. They sat in silence for half of the journey.
"So are there any topics I shouldn't mention?" Gildar asked.
"Yes, don't mention my other boyfriends that it's." She replied.
"Okay noted." He said.
"Listen, I know you're nervous but you're the first boyfriend who has actually met my parents. Also I have no idea what Kook told you but I'm sure it's not going to happen. " Ballista said.
"I hope not." He replied.
Ballista smiled and they drove on in silence.
"What kind of coffin do you want?" Gildar said.
"What?" Ballista asked shocked.
"That's what Kook said." Gildar told her.
"Oh right, that will definitely not happen. I won't allow it." She said strongly.
"It's hot when you get protective." He stated smiling.
Ballista smiled back.
"Ohh, this is it." She said pointing.
They turned into a wooden lodge. Behind it was a wood. Gildar guessed it for hunting in. They got out of the car and headed for the door which hanging above it was deer's head. Gildar gulped when he saw this.
"Sorry, forgot to mention, the house is kind of filled with dead animals." Ballista told him.
"Thanks for the warning." He said.
Ballista knocked on the door. A man who was around his 70s opened it.
"Daddy!" Ballista screamed.
"How's my princess?" He asked.
"I've been great." She said.
"You must be Gildar." Ballista's dad said.
"You must be Henry." Gildar said.
"Please come in." He said.
Gildar and Ballista entered the house. Soon they were greeted by Ballista's mother.
"Ballista." Her mother screamed.
"Mummy!" Ballista screamed back.
The two girls hugged.
"You must be Gildar." Her mother said hugging him
"Hello." Gildar said shocked that her mother was hugging him, "You must be Lucy."
"Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you." She said.
"I can see where Ballista gets her good looks from." He said.
Everybody laughed. Ballista led Gildar into the living room where he saw a moose's head hanging up. She realised that Gildar was nervous so she squeezed his hand.
"So how did you two meet?" Lucy asked.
"We work together." Ballista told them.
"That's nice so you see each other every day" Henry said.
"Yep." Gildar replied.
The phone started ringing so Lucy went to answer it. Gildar and Ballista spoke amongst themselves. Ballista was telling him that he was doing alright and that her parents already loved him. Lucy came back off the phone looking very upset.
"Lucy are you alright?" Henry asked.
"Mum?" Ballista asked.
"You know that mum has been ill recently." She said.
"Yes." Henry said.
"She died this morning." Lucy said.
Henry looked shocked and Ballista laid into Gildar while he hugged her.
"Don't say anything, don't say anything." Gildar told himself.
They all stayed in silence for a while until Gildar's phone started vibrating.
"It's Thorne, I have to get this." He said kissing Ballista before leaving.
"Hello?" He said in the bathroom.
"How's it going?" He asked.
"Are you on loud speaker?" Gildar asked.
"Yep why?" Thorne said.
"Ballista's nan just died." He told them.
"Ouch." He heard Skabb say in the background.
"Well, that's… umm that's unfortunate." Thorne said.
"Yeah, I know. Listen I have to go and support Ballista." He said ending the call.
Gildar entered the living room and hugged Ballista who was crying now. The pair stayed still for at least 10 minutes.
"I'm going up to my old room." Ballista said.
"I'll see you in a minute." He said.
Ballista went upstairs which left Gildar and her parents in the living room.
"This not might be a good time but can I ask you a question." Gildar asked.
Ballista went upstairs and entered her old room. She sat down on her old bed and hugged a cushion. She looked at a picture of when she was 6. The first time she was hunting. She stood up and looked in to her mirror which was still hanging up. Someone covered her eyes with their hands; she spun around and hugged Gildar. He hugged her back.
"Do you want to go back to the castle?" He asked.
"Can we stay for dinner?" She asked.
He agreed and saw the photo of a 6 year old Ballista and smiled. He used one of his hands to pick it up.
"You haven't changed one bit." He said.
She smiled and Gildar put the picture down.
"I take it she was special to you." He said.
"Very special, she was the one who showed me how to hunt." Ballista explained.
"Okay." He said.
Ballista caught herself in the mirror and realised her mascara was running down her face.
"I look a mess." She said.
"Yeah." Gildar agreed.
Ballista nudged him offended.
"Sorry, I meant you look fine." He said.
Ballista got some make up wipes and wiped her eyes clean of mascara. She turned around; Gildar tilted her head up and kissed her. She was glad Gildar was here. She was glad she wasn't here alone. They heard a knock at the door; Lucy put her head around the door.
"I'm going to make Dinner, is pheasant okay?" She asked.
Gildar nodded, he was still hugging Ballista.
"Are you okay, do you want to sit down?" He asked.
She nodded and sat down on her bed, Gildar sat next to her.
"I feel colder now." She said.
Gildar put his arm round her, she laughed a bit.
"Sorry about to day." She said.
"It's not your fault." He said.
"It's ironic because Kook was saying about coffins." Ballista said.
"Yeah, let's hope he isn't a physic." Gildar said laughing.
"That would be bad. Could you imagine their wedding?" She asked.
"Yeah, I can." He said laughing.
"I don't think I have laughed like this since our first date." Ballista said.
"It was your fault, if you weren't trying to be better than whoever it would have gone better." Gildar argued.
"You called me Darling." She argued back.
"After you called me fiancée." He said.
"Well, I panicked." She said defending herself.
The couple didn't realise this conversation was being over heard by Henry. Henry went back down stairs and told Lucy what he had heard. Sometime later Gildar and Ballista came down stairs.
"Smells great." Ballista said.
"Yeah, it does." Gildar agreed.
"Thank you it should be ready soon." Lucy said.
Gildar and Ballista went to wait in the living room.
"Gildar." Ballista said.
"Yeah." The Viking said flicking through a magazine.
"I love you." The huntress said.
"That's good because I love you too." He said.
They heard a deep cough; they turned around and saw Henry there. He told them that dinner was ready. They got up and wandered into the living room. Everyone tucked into the pheasant.
"So tell me about your first date." Henry said.
"Well, you know it was normal. Nice restaurant, great food." Ballista said.
"Are you sure nothing happened like an ex-boyfriend turned up." Henry quizzed.
Gildar and Ballista looked at each other the looked at Henry.
"Why do you ask that?" Ballista asked.
"I don't know just curious." Henry said.
"Well, nothing major happened." Gildar said.
"Okay, so you didn't make up a story about I don't know you two being engaged?" Henry asked.
Gildar and Ballista the realised Henry had been listening into their conversation.
"Right, we have to go." Ballista said getting up.
"Are you sure, we don't want to lie now." Henry said nearly shouting.
"Yes we have to go." Ballista shouted leaving the room.
Ballista stormed out of the house and into the car, Gildar swiftly followed.
"It was nice meeting you." He said then getting himself into the car.
They drove off back to the castle. They sat in silence for ¾ of the journey.
"Well that was…" Gildar started saying.
"I can't believe he listened into our conversation." Ballista said.
"Well, it's been a long day." He said.
"I know, when we get back to the castle can we have an early night?" She asked.
"Yeah and tell everyone tomorrow." Gildar suggested.
Ballista agreed, when they arrived at the castle, they walked straight through the castle door and Ballista went up the stairs. The other defenders were about to ask questions but Gildar stopped them just in time then followed Ballista in to her room. He looked at the clock it was only 8pm.
"Can you stay a bit?" She asked.
Gildar nodded his head and lay back on Ballista's bed. When she was ready for bed she got into the covers and snuggled up to Gildar.
"Are you okay?" Ballista asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" He asked.
"It was the first time you met my parents and my Nan dies and we storm out of the house." Ballista recalled.
"So, I've seen and heard worst." He said.
They both stayed silent for a few minutes, Gildar realised that Ballista's breathing was getting steadier. He turned his head and realised she was asleep. He got up and shut her bedroom door. Out on the corridor he met Kook.
"So, how was today?" He asked.
"How long have you got?" Gildar asked.
The next day, Ballista woke up and remembered the day before. She got out of bed and went into the kitchen. She saw Crocness and Knightriss. After breakfast all of the defenders went into the living room and told them about their previous day. Ballista left the room to get some target practice.
"Guys, can I ask you a favour?" Gildar asked.
Later that day:
"Have a great meeting." Ballista said to the other 6 defenders.
"We will." Kook said winking at Gildar.
"Right we have to go." Knightriss ordered.
The 6 defenders left.
"Just us." Ballista said.
"Yep, can you wait in here for 5 minutes?" Gildar asked.
"Why?" She asked suspicious.
"Dinner, surprised." Gildar replied.
He went into the kitchen to prepare the dinner. He had no idea what he was doing. Ballista sat in the main room reading a magazine. Gildar called her.
"Yes, wow." She said entering the dining room.
In the dining room, there were rose petals on the floor, candles were lit, and music was playing. She sat down and began eating some garlic bread. After the garlic bread, Gildar came out with some chicken and a sauce with some salad. The pair talked about yesterday. Ballista was still quite annoyed about her dad.
"I just can't believe him." She kept repeating.
"Ballista, come here." He said pulling her outside the castle door.
"What are we doing here?" She asked.
"Do you remember what happened here?" He asked.
"Oh yeah, this is where we had our first kiss." She replied.
"Shut your eyes." He whispered.
She shut her eyes for 5 seconds and when she opened them he wasn't standing in front of her. She took a step back and realised he was on one knee one the floor.
"Ballista, I love you so much. Will you marry me?" He asked.
"Yes!" She screamed and hugged him.
He slipped the ring on her finger the he kissed her.
"Shall we raise a toast to new beginnings?" He asked.
"New beginnings and a great fiancée for real." She said.
A/N: How was it?