28. Drive safely.

Gwen yawned softly and burrowed herself deeper into the blanket.

"Where are ya off to?" she asked sleepily, watching as Arthur scrambled around the apartment throwing things into a duffel bag.

"Percy, Leon and Gwaine want to take a guys' roadtrip," he explained. "I'll be gone three days, at most. Gwaine'll do something to get in trouble or Percy will miss his girlfriend and we'll come back. I don't have the keys but I'll text you when we're coming home."

"Elyan's not going?" Gwen was surprised. Her brother loved doing stuff like this; hanging out with the boys, drinking, going to clubs. He was very shy but he still like to be active in the social scene.

"He said he didn't want to," Arthur said, shrugged, combed a hand through his hair and shoved his wallet into his back pocket. "You gonna be okay by yourself?"

"I'll get Morgana to come over," she replied. "Or Freya. Merlin loves her but you know how he is about sleeping…"

"Yeah," Arthur replied. "The idiot would kick out his gorgeous girlfriend just so he can have all of the pillows. What a…"

"Anyway," Gwen cut him off, "have fun. Don't get too drunk. Don't lose your wallet, we're both low on cash and need to pay rent. Don't lose your phone or your keys. Don't drunk dial me. Don't –"

"Gwen," Arthur chuckled.

"Yes?"

"I know."

"Okay."

He puttered around for a few more minutes before he was pulling open the front door.

"Oh, and Arthur?"

"Yes?"

"Drive safely."