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Iseabail POV
"So…you're going for a walk huh?" asked Mary as we joined her.
Lola was still sleeping so we left her to rest.
I glared at Greer and Kenna. "Yes, I am." I muttered.
Kenna and Greer both started to laugh.
"Good! I feel like a walk too." said Mary.
I turned my glare on her, "No!" I stated.
Mary smiled, "You are telling your Queen no?"
I continued to glare.
"Don't you have dowry and alliance things to discuss?" I asked.
"Not until tomorrow, the King said he needs a rest from it; I for one am glad. Besides you are not fully engaged until the dowry is accepted. So…you need supervision. It's what is proper." said Mary with a grin.
Kenna and Greer tried not to laugh as they nodded in agreement.
"I hate you all!" I muttered.
"What should we do with her hair?" asked Greer as she guided me to the mirror.
I groaned.
…
After Mary and girls had brushed, pulled, pinned, and unpinned my hair it was finally time to meet Bash.
"It is just a walk, so behave!" I said as we walked outside.
Mary smiled while Greer and Kenna laughed.
I rolled my eyes.
"Mary, Ladies? What do I owe this pleasure?" asked Bash as he came up along side me.
"It's such a nice day out I thought I'd go for a walk." smiled Mary.
Bash looked from me, to Mary, and back.
"I suppose, more the merrier." Bash shrugged.
Mary smiled and started to walk, Greer and Kenna joined her.
Bash and I fell in line behind them.
"I'm sorry about this." I said looking over at him.
Bash smiled, "It's not a problem, just being here with you is fine with me."
I blushed.
Bash offered his arm; I put my left hand through it and held on.
"So what is this about you not being good at math?" Bash asked.
I started to laugh.
…
We followed Mary and girls the inter time, but I knew they were listening and glancing back at us every once in awhile.
"So you mean to tell me that you; not drunk, not drugged, and under no force but your own, jumped into an ice covered lake?" laughed Bash.
I too was laughing, "It was a dare! I should not be telling you this; but I don't turn down dares."
"No you probably shouldn't be." Bash grinned.
I continued to laugh, "Just to remind you; I will be you're wife! So if I look bad, so will you!"
Bash stopped laughing and walking; stopping us both.
"Are you alright?" I asked concerned.
Bash looked me in the eye, "You're going to be my wife…..how unexpected." he said grinning.
I took a hold of his hand and squeezed.
Bash squeezed back, then still holding my hand, hooked his arm over it to pull me close, we started walking once more.
"Now I've never jumped into a ice cover lake but I have jumped off a high cliff into one." Bash said smiling.
"How high?" I asked as we neared the girls.
…..
Clouds started to form, "We'd best get back." said Bash looking up.
No sooner had he said that, that first rain drop fell.
Mary and the girls screamed and took off; Bash and I laughed and followed.
Once we reached the castle Mary and us girls ran for the stairs, but I stopped and turned to Bash; "I had fun today." I smiled.
Bash smiled as well, "I did as well."
I bite my lip and followed the girls.
"I think that went rather well." said Greer as I joined her by the door.
"Oh, shut up!" I said opening it.
"What went well?" asked Lola from the vanity.
"Lola!" the three of us shouted, running to her.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"How long have you been up?" asked Kenna.
"Have you eaten?" asked Greer.
"Not yet." said Jasper as he walked in with a tray.
Lola smiled at him, "Jasper came to check on me a bit ago." Lola explained.
Kenna, Greer, and I looked at each other.
"Why are you three soak and wet?" asked Jasper.
"We were out for a walk." I said.
"Bash invited Iseabail for a walk yesterday." piped in Kenna.
"Did he now?" asked Lola grinning.
"Yeah! Yeah!" I said and turned to Jasper. "Just give us a few minutes to change and then girls and I can horn in you and Lola's time together!" I added.
Jasper made a face but quickly left.
Lola glared at me.
"What? Bash and I are technically engaged and Mary and these two went on my outing. Its only right that we sit in on yours." I said smiling.
Greer and Kenna nodded.
"I hate you." Lola muttered.
"Well said!" I agreed and finally went to change.
…
Jasper indeed came back, as did Mary, so we moved over to the side to give Lola and Jasper some privacy.
"We heard you laughing a lot with Bash." said Kenna smiling.
I sighed, "Yes, I did; we did."
"That's good, Is! I'm happy for you." said Mary.
I squeezed her hand. I knew she was happy for me but at the same time partly jealous; here I was in an engagement, though not of my choosing, to a man that at least cared about me and who could make me laugh. And she was stuck in an engagement to a man that she wanted; that she had chosen but who didn't want her.
"Time; every thing takes time." I said and looked over at Lola and Jasper laughing.
As we left our rooms to head down for dinner, Jonathon came running up to me.
"Is! We need to talk!" he yelled loudly.
"You need to step away from her!" said Mary.
"Your Grace, please! It's important!" said Jonathon bowing.
"Mary, it's fine. I'll met you down there." I said.
"Are you sure?" Mary asked.
Greer, Kenna, Lola, and Jasper all seemed surprised.
I looked at Jonathon, "We should talk." I looked back at Mary, "Sort things out." I shrugged.
Mary frowned, "If you're not down in five minutes; I'm sending the guards." She stated.
I nodded.
Mary gave Jonathon a look and headed towards the stairs.
"If you're not down in three, I'm sending Bash." said Jasper as he linked arms with Lola. The girls gave my arm a squeeze and followed Mary.
I smiled and nodded as he left.
"Jackass." I heard Jonathon mutter.
"How are you feeling?" I asked trying to be civil.
"You have to listen to me." said Jonathon.
"About what?" I asked confused.
Jonathon looked me in the eye, "Its about Sebastian. He's not who you think he is!"
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"I over heard a maid and her friend talking about him and Jasper." said Jonathon.
I gave him a look.
"Is; you were a bet." said Jonathon.
"What do you mean bet?" I asked.
"Sebastian and Jasper had a bet to see who could get you into bed first." said Jonathon.
"You're lying." I said angrily.
Jonathon grabbed on to my arms, I shook him off; "Let go of me!" I shouted.
"Is, listen to me!" Jonathon shouted.
"I know that you are hurt and angry about our engagement being over but to lie about my friends isn't right." I shouted back.
"They are not your friends!" said Jonathon. "Didn't you think it was odd that the day after you left Bash's room, you were called in by the King, and our engagement was dissolved?" asked Jonathon. "The maid was paid to sit and wait in the hall! She spied on you and then reported back to some one."
I shook my head, "You're lying." I said again.
"Ask him then! Ask Sebastian if I'm lying!" said Jonathon.
I left him and ran down the stairs to the dining hall.
Mary and girls saw me first, "We just about to come get you." said Mary smiling. But as she noticed my face, it turned into a frown; "Is? What's wrong?" she asked.
"Did Jonathon hurt you?" asked Kenna.
I didn't answer them.
"Iseabail, what's going on?" asked Lola.
I spotted Bash by the cider table and without answering the girls I went up to him.
"Tell me it isn't true." I said when I got to him.
"Iseabail." Bash said smiling.
I wasn't smiling, "Tell me it isn't true." I said again.
Bash's smile fell, "That what isn't true?" he asked.
"Tell me!" I shouted.
"Iseabail! What's going on?" asked Mary when she joined us, the girls right behind her.
My eyes stayed on Bash, "Tell me that I wasn't a bet." I said.
Bash's eyes went wide.
"Bet? What do you mean bet?" asked Mary.
"You can't; can you?" I asked Bash as tears started to fall.
I turned from Bash and looked at Mary, "It seems that court life is so boring here that Sebastian…..and Jasper had to make up their own entertainment." I said crying.
I turned back to Bash; "They bet to see who could get me into bed first." I said.
Mary and girls all gasped.
"No!" whispered Lola.
"What's going on?" asked Jasper as he joined us.
"Iseabail…..let me explain." said Bash as he tried to take my hand.
I moved back, "Do not touch me!" I shouted.
"Can some one explain what's going on?" asked Jasper. "People are staring." He whispered.
I glared at him, "What's going on is that I just found out the man that I have come to think of as my brother….." I turned to Bash; "And man that I am engaged to, had a bet to see who could get me into bed first." I said loudly.
Bash again tried to take my hand, "Don't touch me!" I shouted again.
Mary and girls came up to my sides.
"You didn't care that I was engaged! You didn't care that I had a life planned back in Scotland. You didn't care about my reputation! That it would be ruined!" I said as Lola and Greer took my hands. "All you cared about was having fun!"
"Iseabail." said Jasper.
I ignored him and kept my eyes on Bash.
"You never planned on your father making you marry me! My life would have been ruined and you didn't care!" I shouted.
Both Bash and Jasper walked towards to me.
Mary and Kenna stepped in to block them.
"Don't you go near her." said Kenna.
"Greer, Lola, take Iseabail back to our rooms." said Mary as she glared at Bash and Jasper.
Greer and Lola gently pulled me to the door.
"Iseabail." called out Bash.
I didn't even look back.
Mary POV
"There is nothing left to see here!" I shouted looking around the room, "Please go back to what you were doing!"
People started moving away of us and instantly started gossiping.
"Maybe we should go out into the hall." said Jasper.
Kenna and I didn't answer but followed Bash and Jasper out.
"How could you?" I asked looking at both Jasper and Bash.
Both had the good sense to look ashamed.
"It started out as a bet." said Jasper. "But once I got to know her, once we…" he said pointing to Bash; "got to know her, it changed. I saw her as a friend and sister."
"And I….." Bash stopped.
"You broke her heart!" said Kenna.
"Not once but twice now!" I added.
Jasper and Bash both looked sad.
"Did you pay some one to wait outside your room?" asked Kenna.
"No!" shouted Bash. "Like Jasper said, we never really said the bet was off but we both sort of knew it was."
"So you didn't pay him after you found out?" I asked Jasper.
Jasper sighed, "I did."
Kenna and I both stared.
"At first I thought that maybe he had paid some one to wait outside his room." said Jasper.
"Why would I do that?" shouted Bash.
"To keep her!" said Jasper. "I knew you were developing feelings for her and I thought you did it so that her engagement would be called off."
"That's why you gave me the money? I told you it wasn't like that!" said Bash.
"Well it worked didn't it? You're engaged to her now aren't you?" said Jasper.
"So if you didn't pay some one?" I said pointing to Bash. "And you didn't pay some one?" I added pointing to Jasper. "Then who did?"
"It doesn't matter." said Kenna. "All that matters is that you two broke Iseabail's heart. She may never forgive you for this!"
"Or Lola!" I added looking at Jasper.
"Mary, you have to let me talk to her!" Bash pleaded.
"Queen Mary doesn't have to do any thing!" said Jonathon as he walked towards us. "Is finally see you as the bastard you are." He added glaring at Bash.
"You told her." I whispered.
Jonathon nodded, "I found out earlier today when I was outside, I quickly ran back and told Is."
Bash moved forward, "You weren't man enough to come to me about it?" he shouted.
Jonathon held his ground, "As much as I would like to put you in the ground for what you did to her, I know that you are the favorite son of the King and that Scotland needs the alliance with France. Besides, Is can fight her own battles; from what I hear she did quite well."
Jonathon then turned to me, "Paton is writing Marcas right now, Your Grace. Informing him of this development." He said.
"You think Lord Marcas will withdraw the dowry?" I asked surprised.
"He loves his daughter, Your Grace." Jonathon said and turned to look at Bash, "He would never allow her to marry a backstabbing jackass."
Bash made to punch him but Jasper grabbed him just in time.
"Think of Iseabail." Jasper said as Bash struggled.
Bash quickly stopped and Jasper let him go; Bash started to pace.
"You lose, bastard son!" said Jonathon; he then bowed to me and left.
"Do you think Lord Marcas will withdraw his offer and call Iseabail back to Scotland?" asked Kenna.
I looked at Bash, "I don't know."
Iseabail Knows! Lola Knows! And soon Lord Marcas will as well! Will Bash lose Iseabail?
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