"Will wake up," I whined shaking the sleeping boy in front of me and he groaned, "Go away," he said. "Wake up!" I yelled shaking him again and Will opened his eyes and looked up at me hovering over him, "What?" he groaned. "Come on get up," I said grabbing his hand and tried to pull him up on to his feet. Will was small for his age but he was older and bigger than me, that somehow made it impossible for me to get him up. "Will," I whined and he smiled sitting up. "Your mean," I muttered and he laughed. "No I'm not," he said and I gave him a look, "Yes you are." I remembered what I came in here to tell him, "Halt," -Yeah I call my dad by his first name- "Says we get the day off, and that you can go see your friends." I smiled adding slyly, "And see Alyss." Will blushed lightly and I laughed. I never missed a chance to tease him, much to Will's misery aside from the chores that Halt keeps giving him for some reason. I got up and walked out of his room. "Hi dad," I said seeing him up and cooking. He smiled at me slightly. Will got my dad to start smiling in public, other wise he would only smile at me and most of the time people never saw it. "I see your ready for the day," he said and I smiled. I was already dressed and in the Ranger cloak that Crowley had agreed to give me. Just so you know it is very rare for me to wear a dress like 98% of the girls in the kingdom, my clothes were somewhat similar to Will's.

I sat down and looked at my dad, "So how's Gilans apprentice?" I asked wondering if my dad knew about that. Halt shrugged, "Busy," he said. I raised an eyebrow, I mean REALLY that's all I get for an answer! I knew Gilan since I was six, I know he has been doing something to get on his poor aprentice's nerves. Oh yeah, Gilan got an apprentice a few months ago. His apprentice's father was a respected noble man and warrior but she lived with her poor mom and half brothers in a tarven that they owned. Until Gilan chose her as an apprentice. "His probably making her do all the work while he sits and does nothing all day," Will said walking in to the room sitting next to me. "True, just like someone I know," I said looking at my dad. He had his back turned to us but I know he was smiling.

An hour later I was sitting in a tree near the house. Will already left on Tug to go in to the kingdom to see Jenny, George, Alyss, and Horace. Halt told me Gilan and Fallen, his apprentice, were coming today. So I chose to stay home. In the few meetings we had Fallen and I have become pretty good friends. And of course my evil matchmaking mind took over when I found out she had a crush on her mentor. Got to love when that happens.

I sighed looking at the apple that I took but didn't feel like eating (I'll just give it to Blaze later) when I heard them coming. I stood up and expertly jumped on to the roof then to the ground landing on my feet like a cat. I stepped inside, "Their here!" I yelled. "I know," Halt said looking at me and I smiled, of course he did. A few minutes later we heard the familiar noise of Gilan stumbling up the steps to the house. His apprentice following behind him making no noise. "Fallen!" I yelled jumping out of the shadows and on to her back. I was smallest girl, well my age, in the kingdom so carrying me was no problem. Fallen rolled her eyes carrying me in to the house then letting me go and let me fall to the floor. "Ow," I whined and she smiled. Gilan laughed at me and I threw a rock at him. I had pretty good aim, you have too when your a ranger, so it hit him right in the shoulder with the sharpened edge. "Ow," Gilan said rubbing his shoulder and I laughed at him. "Where's Will?" Gilan asked changing the subject before I could even bring one up. "With his friends," I said standing up and Gilan nodded, "That includes Horace," Gilan said. "Why wouldn't it?" I asked and he shrugged. Fallen stood off to the side completely silent.

"Come on Fallen," I said grabbing her wrist and dragging her away grabbing my bow as we walked out the door. Fallen already had hers slung across her back with a quiver full of arrows. She can spare some for me. "Bye," Gilan yelled dramaticlly, "Bye buckethead!" I yelled, I gave him tha nickname when I was ten and he bumped a shelf then a bucket fell on to his head and Halt had to pull it off. Fallen tried to hide her giggle but failed. I know this sounds weird but her giggle was actually pretty cute. She was like one of those sweet and innocent girls that you can't help but love and everything she does seems to look cute. How could Gilan not like her?! Anyway! I dragged the Ranger's apprentice out further in to the woods.

"Besides his looks, and maybe his humor, what do you see in Gilan?" I asked leaning against a tree my cloak drapped over one of the branches with Fallen's. Fallen was standing a few feet away aiming an arrow at a bandit's dog. How do I know? We saw the bandit and followed the dog as it wondered off and tracked a rabbit, well tried to track a rabbit. She glanced at me and shrugged. "What do you see in Will?" she asked. "Nothin... Wait. why do you think I like Will?" I said. Fallen smiled at me, "It's so easy to see, or maybe just to me," she said. "You act diffrently aroundhim and not a bad or good diffrent. I've seen it before with my mom and her friends," Fallen explained, "So in a way it's your body languge, no one else can see it because with you it's just little suggestions. Probably because your so use to being around him." I stared at her. "Come on Jaylyn," Fallen said shooting the arrow and hit the dog in the stomach. It cried out in pain. "Admitt it," she said turning to me and slinging her bow across her back. I shook my head, "No, I don't like him that way," I said sounding pretty convinving. Fallen shrugged, "Too bad because it seems like he likes you a little," she said and I looked up, "What?" I asked. She smiled at me evilly and started running back towards the house. "Fallen!" I yelled almost whiningly and followed her.

I wondered if she actually meant it or if she was just messing with me. Did Will actually like me? It didn't seem like it to me. Or my dad, but that was a good thing.

I didn't catch up with her until we got to the tree where Blaze was tied too. I stopped and glared at her giving Blaze the apple I still had. Fallen laughed sitting down in the middle of the yard. Gilan and Halt, who were sitting outside near the door, looked at us curiously. I tried to ignore Fallen staring at me and gave my attention to Gilan's horse. Gilan seemed to be more intrested in the unspoken thing going on between us then Halt was. "So... what did you two do?" Gilan asked trying to get us to talk. "We tracked a bandit's dog," I said avoding talking to Fallen anymore. "Why?" he asked and I shrugged. "Because," Fallen said standing up, "It could have been an attack dog," she said sitting at her mentor's feet.

I sighed sitting next to my dad, "When is Will going to be back?" I asked, not realizing what I just did. Fallen smiled at me. "Not for a while," Halt said and I sighed slouching in my chair, "But I'm bored." Gilan looked at Fallen and she smiled at me, "No!" I said. Fallen pouted at me and I rolled my eyes.