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CHAPTER FOUR: Nightmares and Papers
The clumsy guy didn't answer, only stood there with the same expression. It had been a terrible idea; he was probably misunderstanding her words.
'It's not a date' she pointed out almost jumping from her chair 'Like I said, none of my friends likes Italian food and I don't want to go there alone'.
Her eyes avoiding his. The last thing she wished in her life was to have a date with that guy. She was only inviting him to the restaurant because perhaps have someone to share her interests would be interesting.
Gwen could not always be with her, she had a boyfriend to give attention. Arthur, well, his type of fun was definitely not the same of hers. Morgana didn't have many friends, what made her quite lonely.
Some part of her mind was yelling to not get closer to that guy, but perhaps that was only a silly sensation.
'Don't worry. I got it' he smiling nicely.
The boy was visibly tired, his clothes all ripped and his hair all dirty and messy. She knew that Vivian's dogs could do a lot of damage in a person if they didn't like them, but it seemed that even their love could hurt.
'Anyway, I have thank you. Without you my day would probably be worse than it was, if that's possible' he did a small laugh.
She smiled back at him, avoiding his eyes like it would hurt her somehow.
Something in his eyes made her feel... Well, she didn't know to explain what actually that feeling was like, she only knew it wasn't pleasant.
'I'm sorry, but I really need to go now. I'm famished and I truly need a shower' he said laying Arthur's money in the table.
With a nod and a smile, he walked away to the office's door, but before he leaves the place, he looked back with a gentle smile:
'About the Italian restaurant, I would be glad to keep you company' saying that, he closed the door.
It was late of night and Morgana could not sleep.
She had an awful nightmare where a guy stabbed her with sword while holding her in his arms. It was horrible. She could feel the pain, the despair and the sadness covering her whole body and mind. The smell of the woods, the pain in her wound, the pain in her heart.
She shook her head wishing that those thoughts would go away. She always had terrible nightmares, but none of them had felt so real like that one. She could not see the murderer's face. It was blurred and dark. She heard a man's voice before she closed her eyes and wake up in her bed, but she didn't recognize or even understood the words he was saying.
She seated in her bed. The night was cold and even a bunch of blankets covering her legs could not make her to feel warmer.
Why was she having those nightmares?
It used to happen when something huge was about to happen, like when her father died. Her heart stopped for a second. Think about her father had always being hard, even when he was alive.
She rested her head in the pillow, and closed her eyes wishing to not have that nightmare again, or any other.
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Merlin woke up with his whole body heavier than usual. Lady Vivian's dogs had almost killed him. He knew that the dogs actually liked him, but he could live without all that love. He took a shower because the only thing his body allowed him to do the last night was sleep.
When he was about to eat his breakfast he glanced at his cloak and noticed that he was really late. He was starving, but he had no time for food, Arthur would kill him if he got late.
That was his second day at work, and he only hoped it would be better than the first. However, he knew it would not happen.
He entered the Arthur's office and he was glad to see his boss sober.
'Marley! Good that you're here before my children go to college' the blonde young man said sarcastically.
'It's Merlin, sir. And I thought you were single' he said trying to sound the most innocent possible, but failing.
Arthur took the appointment book over the table. Merlin already knew what was that for. His boss got closer and hit him in the head with the object.
'Next time it will be your bills unpaid'
He walked to his table and sat in his chair with a serious expression.
'Vivian called me yesterday, she told me that I was very careful giving her favorite chocolates and flowers. She also said that her children really liked you and she would be very glad if you come back more times'
Merlin held his breath. The last thing he wished was to see those dogs again.
'It seems that you did your job very well, but I wonder how you knew which chocolates and flowers were Vivian's favorite' he faced him wanting an answer, but it seemed that he already knew the answer.
'I'm a good guesser' he lied.
Merlin didn't know if that was the right thing to do, but considering the fact that Arthur had some sort of rivalry with his sister, tell him that it was her who bought the flowers and the chocolates didn't seemed the best idea; even though he felt that Arthur already knew it was her.
'Good guesser, huh? Perhaps, but I can see that you're also a terrible liar'
Arthur stood up again, getting closer to his assistant with threatening eyes.
'Why is my sister so interested in helping you?' he asked, Merlin's back almost touching the wall.
'I don't know. She's a good woman, I think'
Not even Merlin knew the reason why Morgana was helping him like that, how would he explain something that even he knew to answer?
'I know she's a good woman, but I also know that she loves teasing me' he walked back.
He was now walking in circles with a thoughtful expression in his face and with his hand in his chin.
'I know she hired you to tease me, and to keep eyes on me. What she thinks I am? A huge baby? I'm a grown man!'
Arthur was angry, that was visible.
'I think she cares about you. She's only concerned about your condition'
Okay, that was not a good idea. Arthur's eyes were now on fire.
'My condition? What do you mean with my condition?'
He took the wrong path, a very wrong path. Perhaps they could talk about his boss alcohol problem when they get closer, but right now it was just too soon to talk about something so personal. He could be fired in a blink of eyes.
'I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean...'
'It's okay, Marley. I know you didn't mean to offend me' he said, for Merlin's surprise, a lot calmer than two seconds before.
Merlin looked at him confused. Why he was being nice so suddenly? Was him passing too much time with Lady Vivian or he was always like that in this life?
'You made yourself very useful in your first day, even though you had help'
Arthur was now in his chair organizing his papers. Oh great! He knew how to do that.
'You know, I have a very special job for you'
Arthur took a huge amount of papers in his arms and pushed it to his confusing assistant.
'I'll be very busy today and I will have no time to read all those papers. So I want you to read it all twice and write a report about all of this to I read it tomorrow morning. Oh, and when you be finished with those, catch more in my table's drawer'
He took his jacket ready to get out, but Merlin asked before he did so:
'Sir, where can I seat to read all those papers?' he asked, aware that his boss would never allow him to seat in his 'throne'.
'Oh right, I forgot about that. Follow me' he signed with his head.
They walked a little until get to Gwen's table.
'That's your chair' he pointed with an amusing smile.
'But that's Gwen's table' he said confused.
'I'm not talking about her chair, I'm talking about your chair'.
Merlin finally got what his boss was trying to say. Aside of Gwen's table, was lonely and visibly uncomfortable stool.
'I hope you'll be comfortable' he lied backslapping him with an amusing smile.
Merlin tried to give him an angry glance while he walked away, but the papers were making that act really hard.
'Merlin?' he heard a familiar voice behind his back.
He turned around, and there was Gwen looking at him with a confused smile in her face.
'What are you doing?'
'Hey Gwen' he laid the papers on her table, awkwardly 'My boss only gave me this stool to do my work, so if you don't mind, can I use your table to lay those papers?' he asked.
'Of course, Merlin; it's not your fault if your boss is a jerk' he smiled at her a little inquiring.
It reminded him the time when she was not married with Arthur, and could not even consider this possibility.
'You think he's a jerk?' he asked laughing.
'Don't you?' she asked back.
'Yes, I do' he answered still laughing.
'Well, I see you have a lot of work to do' she said looking at the amount of papers in her table.
'Yeah, at least they're not monsters trying to eat my soul' she glanced at him confused 'He sent me to be Vivian's dogs babysitter' he explained 'Her dogs are actually huge monsters'
This time, she was the one laughing.
'So it's better to us start to work or he will send Vivian's monsters to eat our souls'.
Both of them laughed. He sat on his stool, which was truly uncomfortable, and prepared himself to read the papers.
Merlin got very surprised when he saw what was the company about, and even worst the name of it.
'Avalon: The once and Future Water'.
Why in the world they named the water Avalon? And 'The once and future Water?'?
'Who created this slogan?' Merlin asked, absently.
'Arthur grandfather was a little obsessed with the Arthurian Legend. That's why Uther named his daughter Morgana and his son Arthur' Gwen explained 'My father also used to like those stories, so he gave me the name Guinivere' she laughed 'Life can be very ironic sometimes, my best friend ended up being Morgana, I ended up dating Lancelot, and now we have you, our personal wise old man. Honestly, if you were an old man I would definitely start to worry about this whole thing'
It seemed that that whole situation was quite normal to them. Just a huge life coincidence.
It was better that way, Merlin thought. If they found out about who they were in the past life, it could ruin everything; not only their destiny, but their relationship with each other.
Merlin learned after all these years that his biggest mistake was fear a destiny that didn't even happen yet. He acted with fear of failing and ended up ruining the life of everyone he cared about. In the end, he didn't fail with his destiny, he failed with his friends. He could not make the same mistake again.
'Merlin, are you okay?' she asked him gently.
He noticed he had passed to much time facing her computer.
'Yes, I am. I'm only thinking about how much papers I still have to read' he lied returning his eyes to the papers in his hands.
It was quite boring, he had to admit it. How a water company would help to save the world? He knew that water was very important to the humanity, to the earth itself, but Merlin had no idea how Arthur could save it. That whole water situation was making Merlin's mind confused.
After a whole day of reading boring businesses documents, Merlin was tired and with his eyes hurting. He thought he could find something suspicious, but nothing happened. Everything was quite normal and boring. Nothing that could make Arthur a hero, or at least something more than a drunk prat.
He left Arthur's report in his table, and watched Gwen while she was packing her bag. Most of the employees had already gone, and the others were going away.
'It seems that you finished your job' she said nicely.
'Yes. Thankfully I did it in time' he said with a smile.
Merlin noticed Lancelot entering the place doing a silence sign to him not warn Gwen he was there. He noticed that it had a beautiful bouquet of red roses in his hands. The male got closer to her covering her eyes with his left hand.
'Guess who?' he asked while she smiled.
'I guess it is the most handsome and sweet member of the Round Table' she answered.
While she turned her back and kissed his boyfriend, Merlin wondered about what she meant with the 'round table'. Was that only a joke with his name or was there something more?
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Morgana walked toward the lovely couple and the clumsy guy.
She had passed the whole day at reunions in Arthur's place because he said that he would be busy, but she knew he was not planning anything important. Agravaine said that he could represent the company alone, but she would never allow that.
There was nothing worse than have a whole day of reunion. Agravaine was planning something new to the company, something that he said would change the whole water business. Unfortunately he said it was a surprise and only he and Arthur knew about it.
It worried her. Arthur didn't care much about the company, she also didn't but she had to admit that she couldn't leave it in bad hands, like in Agravane's hands. She didn't trust him, she never did.
'Hey Morgana, how was your day replacing your brother?' Gwen asked with Lancelot embracing her.
'Awful. Anyway, can you see those papers for me tomorrow? It seems that Avalon will get more business partners' she said giving her the yellow folder.
Her friend took it with a gentle nod.
'It seems that you both will have fun today' Morgana smiled seeing the beautiful bouquet of red roses in her shining friend hands.
'Yes, we'll have a very romantic dinner at the most romantic restaurant of New York' Gwen said with a dreamer voice.
Morgana always admired how lovely Lancelot and Gwen's relationship was. Anyone could see the love in his eyes when he looked at her, and how comfortable he made her feel. To her, they were the perfect couple.
'She's being exaggerated. The last time we were there it had a sir and a lady having a serious arguing about their marriage' Lancelot said, still smiling.
'Yeah, but in the end he and his wife ended up inviting everyone on the place to their renew of vows ceremony' said Gwen 'I'm telling you, that place is magical'
Morgana laughed, and unconsciously glanced to the guy by her side. It was a quick movement, she didn't even know why she did that, but she was able to see a distant smile on his face. She wondered what he was thinking.
'Well, we gotta go now. I see you both tomorrow, bye!' she and his boyfriend waved at them, and then walked away.
Morgana stood there, watching the office's door closing while the dark haired guy seemed to do the same.
Suddenly, the images from her nightmare got back to her mind. She tried the whole day to push those thoughts away, but it seemed that this time she could not do anything about it. She felt a deep pain in her stomach, and quickly she felt a hand holding her waist.
She pushed the hands away brutally remembering the guy who was holding her in her nightmare.
Morgana opened her eyes. She was out of breath with her knees on the ground, hands shaking and tears falling from her eyes. She looked up and saw a confused guy apparently uncertain to get closer.
'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be inappropriate. I just thought you could get hurt if you hit the ground like that' he said with his hands in the air, making visible that he would not hurt her.
'I-I'm sorry' she said wiping her tears away ' You did nothing I just...' she couldn't hold that pain for much longer. Her tears were falling in her face without any apparent reason. Why was she feeling those things? From where that pain came from? A dream couldn't do such damage, so what could it be? But the pain, it was the same from her nightmare.
'Can I call you a doctor? Are you feeling some sort of pain?' he asked resting his knees in the ground, but maintaining a certain distance from her.
She didn't answer. She couldn't do anything but cry and feel pain. She hated to be in such situation.
The guy got slowly closer, like she was some sort of scared baby bear.
'I don't want to hurt you, I promise' he said, gently.
'I know' she finally said, trying so hard to finish the crying 'I don't know why but I'm feeling a deep pain in my stomach, like it has something cutting it deep' she didn't know why she was telling him those things, but it felt better to say that out loud.
It had a tear falling in his eye while he was looking at her with an almost painful expression. That guy was very emotional, she thought.
'I-I will call you a doctor' he said standing up carefully.
He seemed too much confused to notice that it had a telephone two steps away from him. Instead of using it, he ran to the table close to office's door. He was visibly nervous.
'There's no need' she tried to say loudly 'I think I'm feeling better, the pain is almost going away ' she lied trying to stand up using Gwen's table as support.
He left the telephone almost instantly and ran stopping in a certain distance of her. For some reason, she was appreciating the fact he was not getting too much close of her.
'Are you sure you don't need a doctor? I can help you to get to the hospital, if you don't want I call it' he said.
The pain was getting worse. She sat in Gwen's chair and tried to take her phone in her bag.
'I'll call Gaius, I rather him than any hospital' she said trying to ignore the pain.
When she was ready to call her doctor, a deep pain crossed her stomach like a sword, like in her dream. Her eyes were getting heavy, her body as well, she didn't see anything but darkness after that.
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