Pains In a Lie
Hello, hope you are having a good day.
One day Merlin was walking in a field when he saw a horse. He sighed and went to the horse. Then a dog came. Merlin grabbed the reins from the horse when the dog started barking. The dog's barking had scared the horse and the horse hit Merlin near the ribs. Merlin fell back and yelled in pain. He gasped as he sat up. He got up and calmed the horse down. He took the horse back to the stables and then felt a sharp pain in his side. He lifted his shirt and saw a huge black, blue, and purple bruise. He knew that his ribs were messed up. He went to Gaius' chamber and got a roll of bandages and a vial of pain medicine. He drank the pain medicine and bandaged his bruise. He went to his chamber to get some rest. For the next few days his bruised ribs got worse. One of the ribs had punctured the skin. Balinor, Hunith, Freya, Merlin, Gwen, and Arthur were in Merlin and Freya's chambers when Merlin felt weak. He groaned quietly as a wave of pain hit him. Freya heard it.
"You're warm, Merlin. You should get some sleep." Freya sighed.
"Ok." Merlin answered.
"WE all should get some rest." Arthur said. SO they all went to get some sleep. Freya was in bed watching Merlin who was taking his shirt off. Merlin put his shirt on a desk and then climbed into bed. It was dark and Freya didn't see Merlin's injury. Merlin wrapped his arms around Freya.
"Merlin?" Freya whispered.
"What?" Merlin replied.
"It's a bit cold. You sure you don't want to put a shirt on."
"I'm fine. I feel a bit warm. I'll feel better by the morning."
"Ok."
Merlin squeezed Freya and they both laughed.
"Merlin, you're squashing the baby." Freya laughed.
"In 5 months I'll be able to squash our fifth child like I do with the other 4 kids." Merlin answered happily.
"Merlin, go to sleep."
"Why? You won't be falling asleep anytime soon."
"Oh, sometimes you can be a bit too smart."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"Oh, go to sleep."
"Fine."
Merlin kissed Freya's lips and then went to sleep. Freya fell asleep a couple minutes later. In the morning they all woke up. Merlin felt worse. He got dressed and went to the main room. Merlin, Freya, Balinor, Hunith, Imogene, Luke, Rosemary, and James ate breakfast. Rosemary was trying to eat on her own. Merlin and Freya smiled.
"She's getting to be very cute like her older sister." Merlin chuckled. When they finished eating breakfast, Merlin felt very weak and dizzy. He grabbed the chair and held on tight. When it past, he walked to his room but collapsed.
TBC