Hey People! Still annoyed about the Gwen thing but my new theory has calmed my mind a bit.

*If you haven't read it yet, check it out, "What we didn't see."*

Enjoy this chapter!! Xx

Chapter 10

Merlin had his hand poised in the air in front of him, about to knock on the Pendragon's imposing oak door.

"Come on Merlin, pull yourself together." He found himself uttering under his breath. After considering leaving twice, the brunette laid three heavy knocks on the solid door before dropping his arm to his side and sighing.

A woman Merlin didn't recognise opened the door slightly and eyed him suspiciously. She was quite pretty, very skinny and appeared to be wearing a maid's outfit. Merlin's eyes widened with horror at what that outfit could be for, before remembering that the Pendragon's were extremely wealthy and this woman was probably just a maid.

"Urm," Merlin cleared his throat. "Is Arthur here?" The woman frowned.

"He no wants to see people." The woman was obviously foreign, but Merlin couldn't place her accent.

"I'm his friend; I need to talk to him. I'm worried he might be ill. My name's Merlin." The woman nodded before shutting the door in his face.

Merlin stood agape, offended at the rudeness of the woman. He narrowed his eye's and was about to knock again when the door opened for a second time, only this time it was opened much wider.

"I also am worried that he is sick." The woman smiled and gestured for Merlin to come in. He smiled at her and entered the majestic residence.

The hall itself was probably bigger than his bedroom and his mothers put together! It was decorated in red and cream, gold ornaments were hanging off the walls. There was a large chandelier hanging off the ridiculously high ceiling, twinkling in the soft light.

Merlin gazed at all of the paintings on the wall in awe. They were all beautiful, sea-scapes, portraits, landscapes, animals; everything Merlin had ever learnt about Art was hanging on these walls. Then one image captured his attention. It was the Pendragon family. Uther, Morgana and Arthur.

Merlin walked over to the picture, eyes flicking over the two people on the left of the painting and resting on the beautiful boy on the right. He was only young by the looks of things, no older than twelve, his sea-blue eyes looking directly at him. Merlin was about to reach up and touch the picture before remembering the reason he was here.

"Where is he?" He turned to face the maid who was looking at him in a very confused manner.

"He is in the third room on the left." The maid pointed up the grand staircase.

"Thank you very much." Merlin smiled at the maid before running up the stairs two at a time, rushing down the corridor until reaching the third door. He cleared his throat, knocking once on the door.

"Go away Evita, I told you I'm not hungry."

"It's not... It's me, Merlin." Merlin rested his hand on the door.

"Oh well in that case... GO AWAY!" Merlin flinched at the sharp tone of Arthur's voice.

"Look, whatever Katie said is a lie. She fancies you; she just wants to get you to go out with her. I don't like Sophia in that way, and she doesn't like me that way either."

"It looked like it to me. You two looked very happy together."Arthur's voice was bitter.

"I already told you, I'm gay. She's female! It doesn't really work!"

"You were lying to make me feel better because I told you I was bi." Merlin opened his mouth in shock.

"What?! You don't really think that do you?" There was silence from Arthur's room. "Oh come on Arthur! I don't like Sophia! I don't like girls! I like you!" Merlin inhaled sharply and covered his mouth with his hand.

"Liar."

"I do! I really like you, like, a lot. I mean, I think I do, no I definitely do, really." Merlin's speech impediment started to kick in.

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because it's the truth."

"Prove it." Merlin opened his mouth to reply, and then closed it again. 'Prove it?' How am I supposed to- Merlin stopped his trail of thought.

"Screw it." Merlin threw the door open and marched over to where Arthur was sat by the window.

"What the hell do you think you-" Merlin covered Arthur's mouth with his own, kissing the stunned blonde with as much force as he could summon, pressing him against the wall. Arthur stayed paralysed where he sat as Merlin pulled away slowly.

Arthur's face was filled with utter confusion, staring at the raven-haired boy. Merlin searched the boy's face for any other emotion before he stood up and ran out of the room, covering his face with his arm to stop anyone seeing the tears.

He didn't break down completely until he was outside the house. Sobbing, he walked over to the bus stop, knowing he had to wait twenty minutes before he could go home, unaware of the boy watching him from his bedroom window.

"Why didn't he say anything? Why did he just sit there?" Merlin sobbed into his mother's arms on the sofa.

"Shhh," Hunith stroked her son's hair. "I'm sure he was just confused. It's a lot to take in." Merlin let out a loud sob and buried his head into her arms.

"I don't know what to do." Hunith placed a kiss on his forehead.

"No-one ever does honey." She pulled him closer, "No-one ever does."

Thank you all so much for reading this all! I really, really appreciate it!

The next chapter will probably be the last, but you never know, I might be able to stretch it out a bit :P