I DON'T WANNA BE A LADY
Chapter 4
CORUS AND JON
"Thom! Where are you?" Alanna asked into the fire "Hurry up! Where are you it's 10 o'clock at night your supposed to be in bed." Just as Alanna was about to break the spell she heard the door open and someone creep in. Furious she yelled "THOM WHAT KEPT YOU SO LONG!!!!!!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!!!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!!!!!!!! YOUR VERY LUCKY I'M NOT IN THAT ROOM WITH YOU OF YOU WOULD BE IN A WORLD OF PAIN!!!!!!" startled the figure turned and looked at the flames burning in the fire. Flabbergasted he asked
"Who are you? And what is your face doing in the fire?" 'Gosh it's the girl from before' he thought to himself
"Who are you, and what are you doing in Page Thom's rooms?" Alanna demanded shocked at man's appearance. He had the most handsome sapphire blue eyes and coal black hair.
"I do believe I asked you first." the man replied enticively
"Your flirting with me" Alanna told him directly
"I can't lie to a beautiful lady such as yourself" Jon replied seductively.
'I've seen him somewhere before. I wonder where' suddenly Alanna's eyes widened in shock. 'He's the prince. Now I wonder what the crowned prince of Tortall is doing in a page's chambers.
"Please excuse my rudeness, your highness" She said while curtsying "Please permit me to ask you a question your highness but what are you doing in the page's rooms?"
"Well know you know who I am it is my turn to know who you are." The Prince said
"Countess Alanna of Trebond My prince and you still haven't answered my question. What are you doing in page Thom's rooms? And don't tell me he is because I've been waiting for 2 hours and I haven't seen him."
"Well Countess the 'mage' played a little trick on me today and I'm trying to find a little dirt on him." The Prince replied.
"Your Highness, may I suggest frogs in his bed. That way you wont take the blame." Alanna proposed
"Why wont I?"
"Because he will think it was me. It's what I do when I'm mad at him and he knows it well. You wont even have to stay awake because you will be able to hear him scream all the way in Tyra. Your highness could you do me a little favour? Could you give this to Thom and tell him that someone is very angry with him? I don't think I can hold this spell for much longer. Here you can have one too. It is the spell that I wrote to help me talk to Thom." she passed a piece of paper and an envelope through the fire and fainted, breaking the spell.
' Gods she must be an angel' Jon breathed before going to look for Thom. " Thom where are you?" Jonathan asked walking down a corridor.
"Yes Jon?" Thom said coming out of an old sorcery library. "What's wrong?"
"I've got something for you. And by the way who is countess Alanna?" Jon added
"From where?" Thom asked
"Trebond of course why else would I be asking you?"
"I don't know any Countesses and the ruler of Trebond is my father, Lord Alan. So what do you have for me?"
" This, here, she gave it to me. Remember, Thom, lights out in 10 minutes." and he walked off in the direction he came.
Thom opened the letter he handed him and gasped when he saw the sender.
The letter read:

' To: Barron Thom of Trebond
From: Countess Alanna of Trebond

Dearest Thom,
Where the hell where you? You missed the whole funeral and only just got your inheritance, because of me might I add. But
I still get to be higher than you, as always.

Anyway inclosed is the spell I wrote and times I will be in my rooms, but I warn you don't use it to talk to ANYONE for more than one hour or you will faint from the amount of your gift needed for the spell.

CYA THOM
LOVE YA
HUGS AND KISSES

*COUNTESS ALANNA OF TREBOND*'


Thom reread the letter time and time again until a servant came and told him he was supposed to be in bed an hour ago. Thom got up thinking ' Barron Thom has a nice ring to it'
He got into bed and thought 'I have to talk to Alanna' "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Thom yelled and woke up the whole castle.
Everyone cracked up laughing when Thom walked into class the next morning "ALANNA!!!!!!" Jon teased but stopped when he saw Thom glare at him. "So I see I got you back, Thom" Jon said grinning
"You talked to her didn't you? You talked with Alanna, and you survived?" Thom added suspiciously "Oh no!!! What did she tell you?"

That night Thom sat in front of the fire and began the chant that Alanna had sent him as soon as he finished three ladies came into view, the two talking to Alanna seemed awfully familiar.
"Countess Alanna, Barron Thom would like to speak with you" the girls looked in the direction the voice come and giggled.
"Hello Thom." they said simultaneously
"Thom you remember Stephanie of Pitstock and Princess Katie of Disbury don't you? To refresh your memory we used to dunk you, Prince Piere and cousin Emily in the duck pond back home" Seeing Thom's scared expression she added"I see you remember them, now what do you want to tell me?"
"Well, Countess, the King has granted permission for you and some friends to come and visit me at the palace, and guess what Prince Piere will be there." Thom added lordly.
The girls squealed and replied they would be there in two weeks.