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"What's she doing here?" Numair asked George angrily. At the same to Daine screamed "What's he doing here?" to Alanna.
"Now sit! Both of you!" Alanna yelled as she let the Lioness's anger overcome her mild temper. "You are both here, because we," she motioned to her and George, "asked one of you to stay here without knowing the other had asked the same thing." She looked at George, telling him to continue.
"When we figured out our mistake, we thought it would be rude to say that you couldn't stay here anymore,"George paused. He thought he heard Numair mutter something about never caring about politeness before but he ignored him. "What you do now is up to you," he said as he and Alanna slipped out quietly.
Daine and Numair stared at the wall, refusing to talk to the other, but risking quick glances in the others direction. If they had seen each other's glance, they would have known they felt the same. Their eyes were filled with love, the need to understand, sadness and most of all, lonelyness.
"So what do we do now?" Numair asked Daine, finally breaking the silence.
Daine sighed, "I guess I'll go back to my," she hesitated, "our rooms," she said standing up but Numair pushed her down.
"I'll go," he said as he walked to the door, "Remember, they are our rooms. Come back any time you want, ok?" Daine nodded. As he put his hand on the door knob, he turned to look at her one more time. She returned his gaze with one filled with love and sadness. "I... I..," he started, but Daine shook her head.
"I need more time, Numair," she whispered sadly. Numair nodded numbly as he walked out sadly. As soon as he left, Daine broke down crying for the third time that day.
As he walked slowly to his room, Numair knew he was doing the right thing by giving her more time, but it still hurt. What if she never came back? He shuddered at the thought and pushed it out of his head. He realized then that he wouldn't have a reason for life if she wasn't in it. Mithros, I miss her. I miss her smile, her all so beautiful smile and the way she looked after changing back from animal form, but most of all he missed the way her eyes sparkled when she was happy, he thought to himself.
Numair was about to get in bed when there was a loud knocking on the door. At first he thought it was Daine but he realized she wouldn't wait for him to open the door. He opened it to find one of the squires who happened to be Daine's friend in the door way. "King Jonathan would like to see Daine and Master Numair in his chambers immediately," the squire said.
"Daine can be found in Sir Alanna's room and please tell the king I will be there immediately." The squire nodded and quickly left to get Daine.
AN: I apoligize for this pitfully short chapter. I had it written like this, but I think the next chapter will be longer. Please review! I am losing hope for this story! Also, since school is starting soon it might take a while to update.
HS