Title: A Walk to Remember
Author: BlueSpottedDog
Summary: Since when has so much hung in the balance of one walk?
Spoilers: Merlin Season 1
Disclaimer: BBC owns Merlin. I wish I could have Colin and Bradley as toys though :)

I have been trying to upload this chapter for THREE days but FanFiction kept saying it was a faulty document but I tried again today and it WORKED! :D So here you go!

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The Return of Arthur

Gwen didn't know what to say, so she waited in silence for Merlin to continue. 'Once I found it it was Arthur who had told that man about my magic, I felt my heart break, but not as much as I thought it would. I think…that I knew he was gonna break my heart, so I thought it would be easier for me if I fell out of love with him…I dunno, I guess…I knew when he said he was leaving, that he wasn't as in love with me as I thought he was…'

Gwen was about to open her mouth and say something when someone came barrelling into the door. She jumped to her feet and opened the door and saw Arthur sprawled on the ground. 'Arthur!' Merlin looked up from his feet and smiled slightly. Arthur looked around until he locked eyes with Merlin.

'Merlin I'm so sorry!' Arthur got to his feet and rushed over to Merlin. He hugged him tightly and Merlin eyed Gwen warily. 'Arthur…Gaius told us that when you arrived, you had to go and see him.' Arthur let go of Merlin and turned to Gwen. 'Ok, be back in a minute.' Arthur rushed out the door again and Gwen closed it behind him.

'Oh god. He's back. And I have to cure him. Fuck!' Gwen sat down next to Merlin and pulled him into a hug. He hugged her back tightly and prayed it was all a dream. He opened his eyes saw everything was still the same. It was reality. 'Merlin…I think…maybe you should talk to him. There's probably some stuff he needs to talk to you about as well. Just, give him a chance. I know you still love him, deep down.' Merlin pulled away and nodded.

The two just sat in silence until Arthur returned. They were unaware of Arthur when he first walked in, they were wrapped in their own thoughts, but once he announced, at quite a high volume, that he was back, the pair were bought back to reality again. Gwen jumped up quickly. 'I…have to go and help Morgana with her…' 'Reading.' 'Yes, reading. Thank you Merlin.' Arthur was still enough out of it to buy her story. Gwen rushed out, leaving the two lovers alone in Arthur's room.

'Merlin I…' Merlin put his hand up to stop Arthur and motioned for him to come to him. When Arthur reached him, Merlin leant forward and kissed him furiously. He still felt love as they kissed, but it was only to bring Arthur back. Merlin pulled away not long after and Arthur looked slightly dazed. 'Merlin…what happened? I…oh shit! Merlin I'm sorry! I swear I didn't mean to tell the man. He gave me a drink and I drank it and then suddenly it felt wrong to be hiding your secret, so I told him to arrest you.'

Merlin shook his head. 'Arthur, I have to tell you something.' Arthur put a hand on Merlin's cheek. 'Anything.' Merlin paused, looking up at Arthur. 'I'm not sure that I love you anymore…' Arthur took a second to digest Merlin's words before gasping. He sat down next to Merlin so his legs wouldn't give way on him. 'What?' 'You heard me.' Arthur looked at his friend. 'Why though?' Merlin leant forward, his elbows on his knees, his head in his hands. 'I'm not sure. It might have been what happened yesterday…but maybe it was the dream…I don't know.'

'Dream? The one about you dying? Betraying me?' Merlin nodded. 'That one…hang on…how do you know what I dreamt about last night?' 'I had the same one. It scared the crap out of me and I knew I had to come back before everything turned out like it has. I really want to make it up to you Merlin. I love you and will forever. When I saw those images this morning, I had to come back.' 'What images?'

Arthur rode towards the castle on his horse. He knew that coming back probably wouldn't help Merlin, but he had to fix his mess. He stopped riding for a second and looked at his surroundings. That's when he saw it. An image popped into his head. Merlin was kissing Morgana. Arthur gasped and sped the horse up. 'Oh god! Oh god! What have I done?!' Then he saw another one of Merlin and Gwen holding hands. And then finally one of Merlin tending to Lancelot's wounds from the Griffin.

Merlin listened as Arthur retold the images he saw. 'Uhmm Arthur…about that. See, they all actually happened.' Arthur stopped talking. 'What?!' Merlin looked away from Arthur. 'Did Gaius tell you about the cure? For the curse?' Arthur nodded. 'Yeah...' 'Well Morgana only loves one person. And that person had to kiss her. So it turns out that she loves me…so I had to kiss her, to bring her back.' Arthur turned Merlin's head around to face him. 'She loves you? As in the way I love you?' Merlin nodded and Arthur let go of his face. 'Is this why you aren't sure you love me? Do you love her instead?' Merlin's eyes widened. 'What?! No! No way! I could never love anyone else.' 'Then I don't get why you don't love me.'

'That makes two of us.' The two just sat there. Arthur thought his head was going to explode with everything that had happened over the last two days and Merlin couldn't understand what was happening to him. 'Do you know what the curse did to the person?' Arthur asked finally, after the silence proved too much for him. Merlin looked at his hands, studying them. 'Apparently it makes the feelings they have about the person closest to them changes. Instead of loving them, they hate them. That's why you and Morgana hated me so much. And why Gwen hated Lancelot.'

Arthur nodded, watching Merlin. Despite the curse, Arthur had still managed to love Merlin. He had fought against the curse, and won. 'You weren't affected by the curse were you Merlin?' Merlin finally looked up at Arthur and shook his head. 'The only drinks I had were from Gaius and Gaius would never do that to me. Look Arthur, I promised I'd have lunch with the others, so can we talk later or something?' Arthur sighed and nodded. He was defeated.

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'What do you mean Arthur's back? Don't pull my bloody leg! He can't be back!' Morgana was furious. Arthur was back. This meant Merlin had Arthur again. Gwen stepped between the Morgana and Merlin. 'He is, I saw him with my own eyes.' Merlin nodded in agreement with Gwen and Morgana glared back at him. 'We were meant to go and find him and how goes and appears by himself. So have you two gone and had make-up sex yet?' Merlin choked on his drink and Lancelot thumped him on the back.

'Morgana…maybe we should stop talking about Arthur. Let's talk about something else.' Morgana shook her head. 'No, I think we should keep talking about Arthur. I mean, he's the King now and everything. He's Merlin's lover and he is friends with all of us. It's only fair that we devote a portion of the day to talking about him.' Gwen looked at Merlin warily. 'Morgana please…look you're upsetting Merlin.' Merlin was clenching his cup tightly and staring at the floor.

Morgana glanced at Merlin and crossed her arms. 'Fine. We can drop the subject of Arthur. Geez, I didn't think it was that bad! I mean he loves Merlin and everything and…' 'Wait stop!' The other three all turned to face Merlin who looked up from the floor. He had also stopped clenching his cup. 'How do you know Arthur loves me? Did he tell you?' Morgana snorted and Gwen bit her lip. Lancelot decided to tell him.

'No Merlin, he didn't. You can just see it. You can tell that you are all that is on his mind. While we talk to him, all we can see is love in his eyes. He always daydreams in the middle of our conversations and every time I mention your name, his face lights up like a Christmas tree. Face it Merlin, he loves you. And even if you don't love him back, even though most of us,' Lancelot glares at Morgana, 'know you still love him, you just blame Arthur and know if you don't love him, it will all be easier. But Merlin, we can all see how much pain this is putting you through. You, trying to restrain yourself from Arthur and the hurt in your eyes. But remember Merlin, none of this is Arthur's fault. He was cursed. By someone. And when we find out whom, they're going down, don't worry about that. Can you just give him a chance? He came to see me before he went and saw you and he told about all the images he was having about you and the dream. He thought it was strange and wrong to hold all this "love" for his servant, let alone you. You're his best friend.'

Merlin just stared at Lancelot in shock when he was finished. 'Ok…well I guess I should go and see Arthur again then?' Lancelot and Gwen nodded and Morgana looked at the floor. Merlin got to his feet. 'You guys know I love you right?' Lancelot and Gwen nodded furiously and motioned to the door. 'Go! Quickly!'

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Merlin burst into Arthur's room and Arthur looked over at him from the bed. 'Arthur I'm so sorry!' Arthur sat up and Merlin shut the door and rushed over. 'Didn't I say the exact same thing when I came back?' Merlin smiled and Arthur smiled in return. 'There's that smile I love!' Merlin grinned even wider. 'So do you love me again Merlin? Or are you still being difficult?' Merlin's grin faltered slightly.

'I thought you didn't love me as much as I love you, so I told myself it would be easier to not love you and it wasn't. Then Lancelot told me that I'm all you think about and you always light up when my name is mentioned. Then he told me about your conversation when you came back. And you love me more than I could have imagined. I should've known this before, but I guess I didn't trust you enough. I'm so sorry Arthur. Please forgive me?'

Arthur stopped grinning and smirked. 'Let me think about it.' 'What?!' Arthur's smirk grew. 'I said, let me think about it.' Merlin crossed his arms over his chest and pouted. 'Your pouting doesn't work like mine.' Merlin continued to pout and as Arthur watched him, Merlin could see his smirk slowly changing into a smile. 'Fine! I forgive you! Can we just stop with the mind games?' Merlin grinned and uncrossed his arms. He pulled Arthur into a hug. 'Fine, but the mind games are fun!' Arthur pulled away and glared at Merlin.

'I'm serious Merlin. I just want us to go back to the way we were before you almost went and got yourself killed.' 'Me? It was your fault. You got jealous and I went after you to see if you were ok. So it's your fault!' Arthur shook his head. 'You didn't have to go wandering with Lancelot in the first place!' 'You were the one who wanted me to stay back and pull our sleeping bags together and you left. Lancelot stayed, like a good friend.'

Arthur began to pout and Merlin turned away. 'Don't even think about it! I'm not falling for your pout this time!' Arthur stopped pouting. 'You were the one who fell in love with me.' Merlin looked back up at Arthur again. 'Yes, but you fell for me first. I only fell for you after you kissed me. So it's still your fault.' Arthur glared at Merlin again and Merlin started laughing.

Lancelot and Gwen were crouched outside Arthur's door and they were watching the bickering. 'I think things are finally back to normal.' Gwen whispered and Lancelot nodded. 'Finally! Hopefully nothing will go wrong now!' Gwen nodded and they both jumped to their feet and ran when they saw Arthur and Merlin heading to the door.

Morgana watched Lancelot and Gwen run off around the corner. She watched the door open and watched the two lovers walk out. As they walked past her, she slipped into the shadows. They were fighting again. This time, it was over whether Arthur was ready to be king. She shook her head. So it appeared things were back to normal. But she wasn't going to stand for that. She had been rejected and now she wanted to cause trouble. She watched Arthur glance up and down the corridor before grabbing Merlin's shirt and pushing him into the wall. He began kissing him, first fiercely and demandingly, but then softly and passionately.

Morgana couldn't watch. She turned and walked off the other way. 'You two better enjoy what you have now, because it won't be like that for much longer if I have anything to do with it!' She smirked and turned to glance back at the couple. The kiss had stopped and now Merlin was laughing hard. If she couldn't be happy, then nobody could!

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To me, Morgana always seemed evil. And she has become evil! Got any ideas of what she can do? Add them to your review! Kthnxbye!