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Gwen reached up to Arthur with a wide smile on her face; she released her father's arm and placed her hands in front of Arthur so he can hold them which he did after a short while.
The priest was just about to speak when Arthur interrupted him "Can we wait a while, my friends aren't here yet." He said as he looked at the priest.
The priest looked at him quiet shockingly; he was unsure of what to say.
"They'll be here soon." Arthur said and looked at Gwen who looked disappointed.
The priest with little choice nodded as he replied "Yes why not."
As soon as those words left the priests mouth Arthur's hands left Gwen's hand. He turned to around and took out his phone from his pocket while he noticed the glares everyone was giving him and began phoning Morgana and Merlin. Merlin's phone was switched off while Morgana wasn't picking up.
'I'm sure they'll be here shortly.' He reminded himself.
The car journey Merlin was having with Morgana was quiet; she was quiet the whole time as if she was in some deep thought. Merlin looked around the car and he spotted her suitcase on her backseat.
"I see you've already packed you suitcase." He simply said.
Morgana let out a little sigh, she made no eye contact with him "Yes, I'm going to leave after I attended the wedding."
Merlin looked sad, he didn't want her to leave; again. "Where you going to go?"
"Mum's."
"Stay with me and Gaius."
"No Merlin, i need to be far away from here as possible."
Merlin could sense the sadness in her voice. "You're really strong."
"So is Arthur; he's marrying a girl he doesn't love."
Merlin put his hand on her shoulder "I wish I could do something." he said regretfully.
"So do i." She sighed.
The rest of the journey went quietly. Morgana parked the car and got out of it, followed by Merlin. They walked up to Gwen's house.
"Oh no." Merlin sighed as they stood outside her door.
"What happened?" Morgana questioned with curiosity.
"We didn't ask Gwen for the key." Merlin said thinking how silly they were.
"Oh." Morgana sighed but then remembered something "Oh wait." She said as she bent over and put her hand under the mat as if she was looking for something underneath it.
"What you doing?"
"Looking for…" She began but went quiet as she pulled something out of the mat. "This." She said as she showed him the key. "Gwen always keeps a spare key here."
"That's not a safe place to put it."
"You can explain that to Gwen." Morgana said as she opened the door.
"Believe me, I will."
Both of them stepped in, Morgana quietly closed the door behind her and followed Merlin to the living room.
His eyes scanned the whole room "Where is it?"
"I'll check upstairs." Morgana offered and after getting a nod of acceptance from Merlin she quietly walked upstairs. She walked into Gwen's bedroom and spotted the bouquet lying peacefully on the bed. Slowly Morgana walked up to it and carefully picked it up.
"Today i would've had something like you in my hands." Morgana said with a shaky voice and immediately felt silly as she realised that she was talking to a bouquet. Quietly she sat down on the bed with the bouquet in her hand. Fresh tears formed in her eyes and a few even dribbled out. She could unleash them here; no one would know. "It's not fair." She said as her voice trembled and she wiped the tears from her face.
"Morgana." Merlin called from downstairs, "You found the bouquet?"
"Ye..Yes." She said as she got up and walked out of the room. She noticed Merlin standing at the bottom of the stairs' near the front door. "Here it is." She said as she threw the bouquet down.
Merlin easily catched it. "Got it...now let's go." He said as he turned towards the door.
"Umm...Merlin." Morgana's voice trembled.
Merlin immediately turned around; he was sure that her voice was trembling "Are you alright?"
"Yes, i just need to go and check on my make-up, give me a sec." Morgana said as she walked to the bathroom.
Merlin just stared at Morgana as she walked away, he wanted to go and comfort her but maybe it was best to leave her alone. Quietly he walked to the living room and sat down on the sofa.
Morgana opened the bathroom door and stepped in silently. She looked at the mirror that was hanging on the wall and wiped any remaining tears in her eyes and checked her make-up. Her hand accidently hit a shelf hanged on the wall. "Ow." She moaned. Her eyes froze as she spotted something which caught her attention; it was a pregnancy test. Carefully Morgana picked it up and looked at it. Her heart sank deeper inside her as the test reading read negative. Confusion formed an expression on her face. "How is this possible? Gwen's not pregnant?" She questioned herself.
Merlin was sitting down on the sofa with boredom with the bouquet lying next to him. Morgana still had not returned downstairs. A red flashing light caught his eyes; it was coming from Gwen's house phone and he noticed the reason why there was a red flashing light was because Gwen had a voice mail. Out of curiosity he clicked on the button which immediately spoke,
'You have one voicemail at 1:15 from 078486...'
Merlin couldn't catch the last digits of the number as Morgana interrupted his listening.
"Merlin." Morgana said as she rushed into the living room.
Merlin quickly got up "Morgana, what happened?"
"The pregnancy test, it's...its negative."
"What?"
"Yes, Gwen..."Morgana froze when she heard the person's voice that was coming out of Gwen's voicemail.
"Hey Gwen, It's me Lancelot, you're not picking up your phone so i thought of leaving you a voicemail. So, congrats everything is going according to the plan we made on Thursday. I'm making my way to your wedding. I…I can't tell you how happy I am Gwen, Arthur's will be yours today and Morgana, she will be mine, I would eventually win her. One mistake that you and Arthur unknowingly committed benefited us a lot; no-one would ever suspect that you're not pregnant. Anyways I'm coming see you at the wedding and my Morgana. Take care, see ya."
Merlin was silent; he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Their own friends done a conspiracy to get Morgana and Arthur apart. His eyes met Morgana's who was also shocked.
After a few seconds of silence Morgana whispered "How could they? How dare they?"
"Let's go Morgana, let's go before it's too late." Merlin said as he walked up to her.
"We might be already late, Merlin."
Merlin grabbed her hand "Don't give up. You will have to fight destiny and win Arthur back."
Morgana nodded; while the pregnancy test dropped out of her hand. She ran out of the house with Merlin and sat inside the car; the bouquet forgotten on the sofa.
Arthur checked the time it was 20 past.
Gwen looked around miserably, her eyes turned to Lancelot who came over to them.
"Arthur, i think you should carry on the wedding without them."
"What's the hurry?"
"Arthur..."
"You just want me to marry Guinevere so you can gain Morgana." Arthur said trying to keep the anger out of his voice.
Lancelot innocently spoke "Arthur...that's..."
"He's right." The priest interrupted.
They both turned to the priest.
"We've got another couple arriving soon for their wedding so it would be good to do the wedding now."
"But..."
"He's right." Tom said, "Everyone's been waiting for so long, we should carry on."
Gwen also spoke "Please Arthur, maybe they both don't want to come."
"Morgana promised and..."
"Maybe she's too upset to see the guy she loves marrying someone else or maybe she's caught up in traffic. Her and Merlin will understand why we done the wedding without them. Please."
Reluctantly Arthur agreed; he put his phone on silent and placed it in his pocket. He walked back to where he and Gwen were standing before and hesitantly held her hands again.
"Phone Arthur Merlin."
"I've left my phone at home."
Morgana drove off "My phone is in my purse at the back seat."
Merlin nodded and grabbed the phone.
"Arthur called you, 15 missed calls."
"God, my phone must've been on silent. Phone him Merlin." Morgana said desperately.
"I'm right on it." Merlin said as he began phoning Arthur. After a few tries he gave up, "He isn't picking up."
"It's going to be too late." Morgana said while her heart was thumping fast.
"Don't give up."
"I won't." Morgana said as she drove faster; she won't give up unless it's too late.
The priest started speaking "Do you Arthur Pendragon promise to take Guinevere Tom Coulby as your lawful and wedded wife till the day you die?"
Arthur was quiet for some time; he didn't want to do this. Everyone's eyes were on him. He could feel Gwen's hand tense.
The priest waited for some time before he coughed and repeated "Do you Arthur Pendragon promise to take Guinevere Tom Coulby as your lawful and wedded wife till the day you die?"
Arthur closed his eyes and breathed in "I do." He said. After the words came out his mouth he slowly opened his eyes.
"And do you Guinevere Tom Coulby promise to take Arthur Pendragon as your lawful and wedded husband till the day you die?"
"I do." Gwen said with an enthusiastic voice and a wide bright smile.
The priest nodded and faced the guests.
"Does anyone have any objections?" He questioned.
No-one spoke. The priest faced Arthur and Gwen "Then with the power..."
"We do."
Everyone's eyes turned to where the voice came from.
Morgana and Merlin were standing near the doors.
"Morgana, Merlin." Arthur said with a smile and released Gwen's hand and walked up to them not caring about anything else.
"We object to this wedding." Merlin said as he and Morgana walked forward.
"You can't marry Gwen, Arthur." Morgana said as she rushed to him.
"What?...Why?"
"Because Gwen's not pregnant." Morgana said with a sharp tone while she looked at Gwen.
"What." Arthur said as he turned to Gwen.
Gwen was quiet for a while; she couldn't believe what she was hearing "Th..That's not true."
Arthur turned back to Morgana; his expression confused.
"I found a pregnancy test at her house, the result was negative."
"No Arthur, don't believe them, they're lying."
Arthur angrily turned to Gwen "And why would they be?"
"They just don't want you to marry me." Gwen said; she was nervous and was shaking.
"I trust them more than anyone Guinevere."
"Arthur..."
"But still i want to hear it from your mouth. Are you pregnant or not Guinevere?"
"Yes, of course i am Arthur."
Arthur took a step forward "Are you pregnant or not?"
"Yes."
Arthur took another step forward and repeated the same question "Are you pregnant or not?" and this time he was close to her.
Gwen was quiet; she could tell how angry Arthur was, her whole body was shaking.
Arthur grabbed both of her arms tightly and she moaned "Tell me Guinevere, are your pregnant or not?"
"Arthur."
"Tell me."
"No." She said.
Arthur released her arms and a few seconds later he slapped her.
Gwen felt her cheek sting and she looked at him hurtfully.
"Why?"
She knew what he meant "I'm sorry Arthur."
"You were my friend and Morgana's best friend. Why did you do this?"
Gwen was silent, tears starting forming in her eyes. She looked at Arthur and spoke "Because i love you. I always have just the way Lancelot loved Morgana. The only difference was that we never dated. I know i shouldn't have taken advantage of the mistake we done that night but i had no choice Arthur. I waited all these years for you, i waited each second for you and Morgana to tell me that you split up. Arthur the night we slept together; i was not in my senses but i can guarantee it must've been the best moment in my entire life because I and you were finally one and..."
"Not another word Gwen." Morgana sharply said.
"I thought you were so innocent Gwen, i never knew you could plan all this."
"She wasn't the only one that planned all this." Merlin said as he looked at Lancelot.
"What?" Arthur said slightly confused.
"He's right Arthur." Morgana said as she walked up to Lancelot who was standing near the rest of the guests. "My ex over here also was involved. Aren't I right Lancelot?"
Lancelot looked at her nervously; a thousand questions came to his mind. He also cringed on the last word; Morgana never called him Lancelot; only Lance. "No Morgana i ..." He couldn't continue because Morgana also slapped him.
"I heard the voicemail that you left for Gwen. I trusted you; i thought so much of you and this is what you give me in return. You played such a sick game with us. How dare you?" She accusingly pointed her finger at him.
"Morgana i..."
"You don't deserve my friendship."
This time Lancelot spoke louder "Yes your right, I don't deserve your friendship, i deserve you love."
Morgana's temper started rising. "Listen…"
"No Morgana you listen, i done so much for you, i loved you all these years and in return you go back to him."
"Love cannot be snatched, it can only be gained. And you don't love me; if you did you would be happy seeing that i am happy with Arthur."
"Morgana..."
"Love is what I and Arthur have for each other. You and Gwen have misunderstood the meaning of love."
"I..."
"Get out of my sight and my life." She sharply said with a loud tone.
Lancelot looked at her and walked away; he knew this was over. Now he also lost his friendship with Morgana. He walked past all the angry glares everyone was giving him.
Gwen was still there looking nervously at the scene that was taking place; she never imagined the consequences to this. She noticed Morgana walking up to her.
"What are you waiting here for?" Morgana hissed at her.
Gwen ignored Morgana and spoke to Arthur, "Arthur I'm sorry, i really..."
Arthur cut of her sentence midway "Didn't you hear what Morgana say."
"But..."
"Get out from here and out of our lives; we don't know you from today."
Tears dripped out of her eyes and quietly she walked away from them but stopped when Tom came in front of her.
"You have ashamed me child."
"I..."
"You have done wrong; i have forsaken you from today." Tom simply said as he walked out.
"No...Please." Gwen said as she followed Tom out of the church.
Arthur looked at Merlin "Probably the first time you weren't late Merlin."
"Of course, you're whole life was at stake."
"More like Morgana was with you that's why you weren't late."
"Arthur, will you ever give me some credit for anything i do?"
"Hmmm...I'll need to think about that."
Merlin shook his head sarcastically with a smile.
Arthur cupped Morgana's face "Finally the nightmares over."
Morgana smiled with happiness. "Indeed."
Arthur held Morgana's hand and faced the guests. "I'm sorry for everything that just happened."
"No Arthur, we're glad it happened." Elyan said with a smile.
"And make sure we get an invitation for your and Morgana's wedding soon." Leon said with a smile.
"You will; very soon."
"Will they?" Morgana questioned.
Arthur looked at her surprised "What do you mean?"
"I have a condition."
"Which is?"
"Promise me you'll never drink vodka."
Arthur smiled with relief and nodded "Promise. "He said as he hugged her.
Merlin smiled at them and turned around to walk out of the church. He saw a beautiful woman with a blue dress trip over her dress. Quickly he held her before she fell to the ground and helped her up.
"Thank you." She said with a radiant smile.
"You should be careful."
"I know, this stupid dress is too long." She complained.
Merlin just smiled.
"Oh umm.. I'm Freya, Morgana's cousin."
"Hey , My name's Merlin."
"Nice to meet you."
"You too."
"Something's are just meant to be." She said.
Unsure of what she meant, Merlin turned his gaze to the direction to where her eyes were and he spotted Morgana smiling in Arthur's arms. "Your right." He said with a smile.
"You live around here?"
"Yes, just moved recently."
"Do you reckon you could give me a lift, I live near Arthur and Morgana's house. Don't have a car."
"Of course." Freya said with a smile.
"Arthur, Morgana. "Merlin called out to the happy pair who turned to look at him. "Freya's giving me a lift, so I'm off."
"Fine by us." Arthur said as he saw Merlin and Freya leave.
"They'll make a cute couple." Morgana said.
"Not cuter then us." Arthur winked at her.
Morgana smiled "I love you."
"I love you too."
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