Sorry this has taken so long. I ran out of inspiration half way through...

Chapter Fourteen

"Oh my God." Merlin unbuckled his seatbelt and pulled at the door handle roughly, only to be pulled back into his seat by Arthur.

"Merlin, what are you doing?" He stopped to look at the blonde in the eye.

"I'm upset Gwen didn't tell me, she's my best friend, I'm going to talk to her." Arthur raised his eyebrows at him.

"I think Gwen might be a bit busy at the moment." He gestured towards where Gwen was pressing herself against his half sister.

Merlin nodded and took a deep breath out. "Well what shall I do then?" He turned to face the blond who placed a reassuring hand on his knee.

"Nothing."

"But I can't just not do anything! She has kept some-" The rest of his sentence was lost as Arthur placed a heavy kiss on his mouth with every intention of silencing him. Merlin leaned into the kiss, tugging Arthur's head closer towards him and slouched back into his seat, pulling the blond on top of him. Arthur wrapped his arms around Merlin's neck before being pushed forcefully back into his seat.

"What!" Merlin shook his head and went to push the door open again.

"Stop trying to distract me, I'm angry with Gwen." Arthur leant over and kissed the back of his neck, causing the raven-haired youth to shiver. "Ahh-no! Stop it!"

"Merlin leave her to it."

"But I told her that I was Gay!" Merlin went to leave again but Arthur leant over him and pulled the door shut, using Merlin's thighs to hold himself up.

"I'm sure she had good reason." Arthur placed a soft kiss on Merlin's cheek before returning to his original sitting position, never looking away from him.

"Like what." Merlin turned to face him, biting his lip. "What reason is good enough for her not to tell me?"

Arthur opened his mouth to reply, before closing it again, unable to come up with an explanation. Merlin dropped his head onto the steering wheel. "Maybe she didn't know, maybe she thought she was straight." Merlin turned his head, still resting on the wheel, to face Arthur.

"You really think that she didn't know before now, before this?" He gestured outside again, looking forwards to see that both girls had fallen back into the car; Gwen's leg appeared to be hanging out of the window. "Oh my-" He ran his hands through his hair. "Why would she keep this from me? And then do that!" Arthur looked over to the car; the two girls were completely oblivious to their intruders.

"I don't know, but I think we should go." Merlin didn't respond for a moment, causing Arthur to frown, reaching out and placing a hand on his shoulder. Merlin tilted his head until it was resting on Arthur's hand before nodding.

"Yeah I'll talk to her later. If Morgana's staying here... you live in London... Urm, you know... do you... urm." Merlin wrung his hands together in his lap and bit his lip.

Arthur smiled and pulled one of Merlin's hands into his own. "Merlin, would your mum mind if I stayed over at yours tonight?" He looked over to where two pale hands were scrambling to pull the dark leg out of the window of the car in front of him. "No funny business though, I don't want to end up with my leg hanging out of any windows."

Merlin laughed out loud and leant over to kiss Arthur's cheek. "I'm sure that'll be fine."

"Arthur! Where the hell are you?!" Arthur held the phone away from his ear as he sat up in Merlin's spare bed, rubbing his eyes.

"I'm sorry for not wanting to interrupt your little... session last night with Gwen."

"I-uh-what?" Arthur sighed.

"We're not stupid Morgana, we saw you, and Merlin's not happy with Gwen... He didn't know she was... that way inclined." He looked over to the snoring boy to his left who had snuck into his room when his mother had gone to bed.

"I don't think she knew either." Morgana chuckled down the phone.

"Where are you now?" Arthur was pretty sure he knew the answer to that question but felt it was probably best to ask anyway.

"I'm at Gwen's"

"Oh really."

"Oh shut up Arthur!" Arthur laughed, causing Merlin to turn over, his eyelids fluttering momentarily, before snoring again. Arthur ruffled up the, admittedly already messy, dark hair.

"So when will you be ready to leave?"

"Depends, when do you want to go? We don't have to go yet do we?" Arthur sunk back down into the large pile of pillows Merlin had brought in with him from his room.

"I'm sure no one will mind." He pulled Merlin towards him, resting his head on his chest.

"This isn't my room." Merlin lifted his head up slightly to look around, quickly establishing that he was in the spare room and was lying atop of Arthur's chest, which was currently vibrating slightly from a muffled chuckle.

"It's not my room either." He felt Arthur place a soft kiss on top of his hair.

"Morning, how long have you been awake?" Merlin closed his eyes again to block out the light from the window, focusing on the circles Arthur was tracing on his shoulder.

"Since Morgana rang, she wanted to know where I was, She's at Gwen's and-" Merlin shot up off Arthurs chest, causing him to jump, and scrambled over him to grab Arthurs phone.

"Can I use your phone to ring Gwen?"

"Merlin-"

"Can I use your phone to ring Gwen? Yes or no?" Merlin looked at Arthur expectantly, holding the phone up in front of him.

"Okay." Merlin lowered his head onto Arthur's chest again and typed Gwen's number into the phone.

"Hello?"

"Gwen, its Merlin." Merlin curled his hand into a fist, brushing his thumb over his fingers in an attempt to stay calm. The last thing he wanted was to have an argument.

"Oh Merlin, Morgana said Arthur said you said that you were upset." Merlin furrowed his brow.

"What? Gwen you're making no sense. I just need to know why you didn't tell me."

"Tell you what?"

"That you were a lesbian Gwen!" Merlin shouted, lifting his head off Arthur's torso.

"Shhh." Arthur stroked his hair, hushing him until he relaxed his neck and sunk back into his chest.

"I didn't know! I've only ever like guys before Merlin, you know that. It just happened, it was different."

"But you must have known before tonight, you should have told me right away, I had to find out by watching your leg hanging out of a car window!" Arthur continued stroking his hair, only grimacing slightly at the unwelcomed memory.

"Merlin, it was so weird for me. I have never liked a girl before! I was I supposed to know myself let alone tell you!" Merlin heard Gwen sob down the phone.

"Gwen, I'm sorry for getting a bit mad but can you imagine what it was like seeing my best friend getting off with a girl, a very nice girl," He looked at Arthur and smiled, "But a girl none the less. I thought you had been keeping it a secret from me."

"Merlin you idiot! I wouldn't do that!" Merlin smiled into Arthur's chest.

"I know. Sorry."