Note: I'm not sure I'm going to continue this. But if I get good reviews from you guys I'll keep it going. Lot's of reviews please!
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Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, and Gwaine had gone riding for the day. Around mealtime they decided to stop and start a fire. Somehow they got on the subject of relationships. Arthur and Gwen's relationship, Gwaine's failed ones, and then it got to Merlin.
"Merlin, have you ever, you know, been with anyone?" Gwen tried to ask politely.
Gwaine wasn't so polite, "Who, little Merlin? Don't be silly dear Guinevere."
"Yes" Merlin answered quite boldly while staring into the fire.
"What did you say?" Arthur asked. Not because he was stunned, but because he didn't hear what Merlin had just said.
"I said yes." Merlin looked up from the fire. "I've been with someone."
"Oh, is Merlin in love?" Gwaine teased.
"Come on Merlin, what's her name?" Arthur asked
"Does she work at the palace? I bet I know her!" Gwen gushed.
"It doesn't matter." Merlin said, hoping that would be the end of the conversation.
"Why not?" Arthur asked seriously.
"Because" At this Merlin briefly considered shutting up but he knew Gwaine wouldn't let him hear the end of it. "Because we can never be together."
There was a moment of silence before Gwen interjected. "Why?" Merlin gave her a look that said Leave it alone, Gwen. But she continued, "I mean what ever it is that's keeping you apart, you can get over it. Just look at me and Arthur." As if on cue Arthur put his arm around Gwen.
Then Gwaine decided to speak up to. "Yeah Merlin. I've had enough girls to know that if you really like her, nothing can stop you from being together. So why did you two break up?"
"Um, we didn't."
"You're still together?" Arthur asked, astonished.
"No, I haven't seen her in almost a year."
Gwen was about to lose it. "Merlin, what happened a year ago?"
After a long pause Merlin looked back into the fire and with a broken voice whispered, "She, she died."