Arthur hadn't gotten the last job interview he had gone to. They said they had given it to a more 'experienced' applicate, but Arthur said they had just said that because Arthur was asking for more money and someone else accepted less. Merlin found that was rather stupid, and probably like Arthur should ask for less money next time. But he didn't say anything, he only helped him pick out an outfit for every interview after that. There had been three or four at this point. That is where he had been today, as Merlin and Gwen sat around watching movies. She had gotten off work early and it was Wednesday so Merlin didn't have any school. Gwen had come over and once she found out Arthur wasn't home she looked a little disanointed but didn't leave, because of course she wouldn't, as she knew Arthur would be back at some point. So, she at least would keep Merlin company until then.
And so the second movie started in the marathon, it was a chick-flick day. Merlin loved a good chick-flick. As they were so God awful that it made him laugh for some reason. He put on 13 Going On 30, with delight and listened as Gwen complained about Elyan.
"He's never going to change," she was saying. "He doesn't even have a job, my dad and Jen are always trying to find him work and somehow he messes up the interviews, or this last one...your dad got him, at the school he worked at, and Elyan didn't even show up for it."
"Why should he get a job when he has your mum and dad going around making him meals and taking care of him?" offered Merlin, as he watched the child on screen willingly go into the closet. He laughed at that, for obvious reasons. "Jen needs to throw him out."
"I just don't get it...maybe because I was raised by mum and she's more strict, but you and I are not like that," said Gwen, shaking her head and looking down at her phone. She was texting someone and Merlin assumed it was probably Arthur. "I work, you are very good in uni...we live on our own. Well, at least I do. I mean, after all, you never paid for your flat and don't pay Arthur now...so, maybe that's where Elyan get's it."
Merlin glared over at her, annoyed that he was missing the girl now crying in the closet. He could relate to that, too. "Excuse me," he retorted at her. "Just because you ran off and got married instead of going to uni first, my dad would've probably paid for your flat too, by the way...and I'm not going to pay Arthur, he doesn't want me to. So drop it."
"I'm just saying," said Gwen, coolly. Merlin didn't reply to that. He didn't really care what she was saying, just or otherwise. They watched the movie for a few minutes, silently. Long enough that Jennifer Garner had woken up as a thirty year old woman now. It was just after this that the front door could be heard slamming shut and Gwen jumped up, as if an excited dog. Merlin kept his ass on the softness that was the sofa, not much could make him get up. And definitely not Arthur. He could hear them talking in the hall, he turned up the TV just a little bit louder, but Gwen's voice traveled. "How did it go, Love?"
"We'll see," said Arthur, as he walked into the sitting room and looked at Merlin, who only briefly looked over and then back at the movie. Arthur sat down on the sofa, and Gwen...squeezed herself in the middle of them. "What the hell are you all watching?"
"Chick-flicks," said Merlin happily. "The greatest movie genre there is!"
"Oh dear God," said Arthur then, and Merlin was fairly sure he was joking, but maybe not. "I am married to the gayest man alive..."
"Comes with the territory, Sweetie," said Merlin then, looking away from the screen long enough to wink at Arthur, who smirked and Gwen huffed then. Clearly not liking this conversation at all.
"Arthur," she said, in almost a whine. "You never said how the interview went...?"
"I don't know...I think alright, he said he'd call by the end of the week to let me know,-"
"Alright...everyone shut it, Ruffalo is on!" retorted Merlin then, throwing one of the couch pillows over Gwen and hitting Arthur with it, just because. He watched as Mark Ruffalo was introduced in the movie and he let out a dramatic sigh. "What a man..."
"Really?" said Arthur then, almost sounding a bit offended. Merlin looked over at him with a raised eyebrow. "That's the kind of guy you're into?"
"What?" Merlin prompted, amused. "Did you see the guy I dated before I married you, what'd he look like..?"
"Gwaine did not look like Mark Ruffalo..." said Gwen, pointedly. Clearly trying to interject herself into the conversation, but some things were just beyond her, this was one of them.
"I mean...I don't know," said Arthur, looking at the screen with a judgmental look, his eyes were narrowed and everything. "There's not much there."
"You shut up about Mark!" said Merlin and he was somewhere between serious and kidding. More than anything, he just liked seeing Arthur's reactions. "He can Hulk out on me any time he likes, if you know what I mean..."
"Merlin!" Gwen shouted and Arthur stared at him.
"I don't think I want to know what you mean..."
Merlin grinned. "I wasn't going to tell you anyway. Your straight ears couldn't handle it."
Arthur looked at him then, his eyes wide and eyebrows doing that thing again, where they disappeared into his hairline. He licked his lips, as if he were either about to speak or laugh, and Merlin really wanted to know which, but Gwen seemed to feel as if this was the perfect time to start talking again. "Are you hungry?" she asked, and Arthur didn't respond to her right away, he kept his eyes on Merlin a minute or so longer. Merlin looked away though, back to the movie. "I'm starved...we should go out to lunch and celebrate your interview."
Merlin found that rather stupid, but he didn't say anything, as he figured he wasn't invited anyway. "I haven't got the job yet, Guinevere," said Arthur, obviously finding it rather stupid too, Merlin smirked to himself. "We can order in."
"No, I want to go out..." said Gwen and she stood up, dragging Arthur with her. "We never go out anymore."
They, in fact, always went out. But Merlin didn't say anything still, and continued to watch the movie.
(A/N: This isn't much of a chapter. It did give me a few giggles when I wrote it though. It was more relaxed even though Gwen is being herself again. I' m glad people enjoy the fact that I don't write Gwen as the perfect, angelic character she is thought to be in the show. Because let's be honest, whether you like Gwen as a character or not, she was not exactly how the show wanted to portray her. But that is a conversation for another time...enjoy all, I know it is short, the next one is longer!)
