Note: Nothing belongs to me. This story was written before I read Squire, so it isn't accurate in that sense. Please review, but be kind because this is my first fic! Thanks!
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Kel laughed. "That's Neal." Neal blushed. Suddenly, Kel remembers that Alanna hadn't bothered to contact her at all, as if she wanted to be the only female knight! Kel turned to the red-headed woman and scowled. "How come you wait until now to contact me? Did you want to be the only female knight? I bet that's it! I bet that's your problem!" Kel was beginning to walk away, when Alanna grabbed her arm.
"You don't understand," said Alanna. "I wanted to contact you. I wanted to help you. But Lord Wydlon wouldn't allow it, and Prince-I mean King Jon decided to forbid me from contacting you. But when I saw you, I had to talk to you. I'm very sorry for causing you this trouble and to think they weren't going to tell you." Alanna clinched her fists in attempt to keep from getting angry.
Kel tried to hide the surprise in her face. "Oh," she said. Then she paused. "King Jon! He's always trying to make things hard for me! Putting me on probation, not letting you talk to me, etc, etc."
To her surprise, Alanna laughed.
"What's so funny?" Kel asked.
"Well, I got quite mad at Jon when he wouldn't let me talk to you. I stormed out of the palace, you should have seen me. It was quite funny, actually."
"That's not all of it, is it?" asked Kel.
"No, you see... Jon and I..." Alanna took a quick look at Neal and whispered something into Kel's ear. Kel's eyes widened, and she and Alanna exchanged a giggle.
"What is it?" asked Neal. "What's so funny?" That caused Alanna and Kel to laugh even harder. Neal put his hands on his hips, scowled and looked away. Kel and Alanna were practically rolling on the floor. Neal stood up. "Women," he said. The more he talked, the more Kel and Alanna laughed.
"Sorry Neal," Kel said when she finally stopped laughing. "It isn't something you need to know right now."
"Yes, it may give you some bad ideas," said Alanna, winking at Kel and laughing. Kel remained emotionless.
"It's not like that," she said to Alanna.
"Oh, I'm sorry."