(a/n Hmmmm Kel had a bit of a break down in the last chapter didn't she? Ah
well.)
Cheer Up It Might Never Happen.
Kel was walking down a corridor she didn't know where she was or where she was going all she knew was that she had to get out of the palace. Go somewhere go anywhere. She was still crying though not quite as badly.
"Umm, Kel stop! Your name is Kel isn't it?"
She stopped she didn't recognise the voice. She turned to find Cael looking concerned. His eyes showed anger and worry. "Are you okay?"
She looked down so he couldn't see her face, "No."
"Where are you going? You can't be going into the city without anyone you'll get mugged or killed."
"Somewhere, anywhere and why would you care?"
He went suddenly mysterious, "Don't you want someone to care?"
"Stop asking questions. I'm upset and the last thing I want to do is play question and answer time with you."
"Fine." His eyes were a very bright blue Kel noticed she felt a jolt of electricity when she felt an arm round her. She would have fought him off but she didn't have the strength. "Come on."
"Where are you taking me?" She asked walking with him.
"Where I live I don't want you to get hurt."
"Do you think I care what happens to me? It's not like I've got anything to live for is it? Nobody likes me nobody loves me they'll all be glad to see the back of me."
"That's not true! What about Titch?"
"He'll get over it." She answered groggily. She heard him sigh and mutter something. They walked in silence until they got to a pub somewhere in the city. She didn't pay any attention to where it was or who was inside. She was too tired she wanted to curl up and fall asleep.
"Titch! Get 'ere now." Cael shouted, "'Elp me with her." Titch hurried over, His eyes widened when he saw whom it was.
"Majesty?" He asked as he grabbed Kel's arm to keep her standing.
"I'll explain later. Let's just get her upstairs." Cael said. When they got Kel up to Cael's chamber she collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.
"What's Kel doing 'ere?" Titch asked.
"She was at the palace, blackmailed me into giving my name. Threatened to call the guards. She walked off and started talking to this squire. I think. He kept asking her things and she answered but then she started saying something about how hard it was for her and then she started crying and she ran out of the hall I found her wondering the palace she was going to go out into the city I brought her here otherwise she'd wake up dead tomorrow."
Titch nodded. "I never seen Kel cry not in all the years I known her. She always came to see me though when she was in the convent with that friend of hers.Char I think it was. I got the impression she was lonely."
Cael looked at her and sighed, "I don't know her, and I don't how much we can trust her. She don't even know me and yet we act as if we friends." He shook his head his dark hair falling messily over his face.
"We can trust her. She ain't that friendly you should be honoured majesty."
Cael raised his eyebrows, "I should?"
Titch nodded, "Yep, Kel's nice but she ain't friendly. She don't trust no- one thanks to that King of hers."
"Hmmmm." Kel stirred on the bed and groaned, "Leave her be for the time." They walked downstairs and to the bar leaving Kel to sleep.
When Kel woke up she was stiff, groggy and still quite upset. She also looked like crap. She groaned she wasn't exactly sure where she was. She knew she was in a pub and that the Rogue had brought her where exactly in the city she was, was mystery.
"Kel?" She swung round to find Titch.
"Titch!!" She smiled, "Why you here?"
"Business don't worry 'bout it. What you doin' here?"
"Um good question. I know that The Rogue brought me here, 'cause I was goin' to get myself killed."
"Yeah he told me. What you so upset about though?"
She looked down, "It's nothing really."
"It must be something otherwise you wouldn't be upset." She gave him an oh- aren't-you-so-smart look.
"Just my plain life really. It's getting me down."
"That's not all, I know you Kel, so tell me." She scowled.
"I don't want to talk about."
"Fine, I'll take you back to the palace now shall I?" Titch asked knowing the answer.
"No, no I don't want to go back there." He crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, okay I'm really unhappy at the palace at the moment and my life is getting really hard. I mean really hard." She looked at her hands and sighed, "I'm falling apart. Literally. I can't deal with this much longer, I'll do something stupid and that'll end up with me losing my life." Her shoulders started shaking.
He walked over and put an arm round her. "Oh Kel it's okay, I'll ask the boss I you can stay here for a while I'm sure he won't mind."
"How long have I been asleep?" She mumbled finally.
"Couple of hours. It's almost midnight chime." She leaned against him gratefully.
"Thanks, Titch for being a friend. I need one right now."
"What are friends for?" She laughed and eventually pulled away. "I would like to stay here for a while if it's okay with his majesty."
"It's Cael." A soft voice said from the doorway. She jumped and spun round, her eyes narrowed instantly.
"How long have you been there? How much did you hear?" She asked suspiciously.
"Long enough to know how unhappy you are." Was the quite reply.
She scowled, "You were eavesdropping." She accused.
"I'm a thief what do you expect? Anyway I just came to say the your free to stay here for as long as you like." He turned and walked soundlessly down the hall.
"How does he do that?" She asked Titch.
He shrugged, "He's a thief silence is what we work with. You can't make a sound when your in a house nicking something, you'd be up be for Lord Provost himself before you'd actually realised what was happin'."
"He's a damn good thief though isn't he? I mean what with being Rogue and all."
"Yeah, he's a very good thief."
"Why can I call him Cael but you have to call him majesty?"
"Your not a thief are you? We are so we call him his proper name."
"Could you teach me?" Kel asked.
"What?" Titch asked confusion showing on his face.
"To be a thief it would come in handy at palace."
It startled a laugh out of Titch. "You a thief! I could imagine that."
(a/n Hmmmm.. Review please? Please. *Gets down on knees* please I'm begging you!! Okay better idea if I don't get ten reviews I won't post the next chapter!!)
Cheer Up It Might Never Happen.
Kel was walking down a corridor she didn't know where she was or where she was going all she knew was that she had to get out of the palace. Go somewhere go anywhere. She was still crying though not quite as badly.
"Umm, Kel stop! Your name is Kel isn't it?"
She stopped she didn't recognise the voice. She turned to find Cael looking concerned. His eyes showed anger and worry. "Are you okay?"
She looked down so he couldn't see her face, "No."
"Where are you going? You can't be going into the city without anyone you'll get mugged or killed."
"Somewhere, anywhere and why would you care?"
He went suddenly mysterious, "Don't you want someone to care?"
"Stop asking questions. I'm upset and the last thing I want to do is play question and answer time with you."
"Fine." His eyes were a very bright blue Kel noticed she felt a jolt of electricity when she felt an arm round her. She would have fought him off but she didn't have the strength. "Come on."
"Where are you taking me?" She asked walking with him.
"Where I live I don't want you to get hurt."
"Do you think I care what happens to me? It's not like I've got anything to live for is it? Nobody likes me nobody loves me they'll all be glad to see the back of me."
"That's not true! What about Titch?"
"He'll get over it." She answered groggily. She heard him sigh and mutter something. They walked in silence until they got to a pub somewhere in the city. She didn't pay any attention to where it was or who was inside. She was too tired she wanted to curl up and fall asleep.
"Titch! Get 'ere now." Cael shouted, "'Elp me with her." Titch hurried over, His eyes widened when he saw whom it was.
"Majesty?" He asked as he grabbed Kel's arm to keep her standing.
"I'll explain later. Let's just get her upstairs." Cael said. When they got Kel up to Cael's chamber she collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.
"What's Kel doing 'ere?" Titch asked.
"She was at the palace, blackmailed me into giving my name. Threatened to call the guards. She walked off and started talking to this squire. I think. He kept asking her things and she answered but then she started saying something about how hard it was for her and then she started crying and she ran out of the hall I found her wondering the palace she was going to go out into the city I brought her here otherwise she'd wake up dead tomorrow."
Titch nodded. "I never seen Kel cry not in all the years I known her. She always came to see me though when she was in the convent with that friend of hers.Char I think it was. I got the impression she was lonely."
Cael looked at her and sighed, "I don't know her, and I don't how much we can trust her. She don't even know me and yet we act as if we friends." He shook his head his dark hair falling messily over his face.
"We can trust her. She ain't that friendly you should be honoured majesty."
Cael raised his eyebrows, "I should?"
Titch nodded, "Yep, Kel's nice but she ain't friendly. She don't trust no- one thanks to that King of hers."
"Hmmmm." Kel stirred on the bed and groaned, "Leave her be for the time." They walked downstairs and to the bar leaving Kel to sleep.
When Kel woke up she was stiff, groggy and still quite upset. She also looked like crap. She groaned she wasn't exactly sure where she was. She knew she was in a pub and that the Rogue had brought her where exactly in the city she was, was mystery.
"Kel?" She swung round to find Titch.
"Titch!!" She smiled, "Why you here?"
"Business don't worry 'bout it. What you doin' here?"
"Um good question. I know that The Rogue brought me here, 'cause I was goin' to get myself killed."
"Yeah he told me. What you so upset about though?"
She looked down, "It's nothing really."
"It must be something otherwise you wouldn't be upset." She gave him an oh- aren't-you-so-smart look.
"Just my plain life really. It's getting me down."
"That's not all, I know you Kel, so tell me." She scowled.
"I don't want to talk about."
"Fine, I'll take you back to the palace now shall I?" Titch asked knowing the answer.
"No, no I don't want to go back there." He crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, okay I'm really unhappy at the palace at the moment and my life is getting really hard. I mean really hard." She looked at her hands and sighed, "I'm falling apart. Literally. I can't deal with this much longer, I'll do something stupid and that'll end up with me losing my life." Her shoulders started shaking.
He walked over and put an arm round her. "Oh Kel it's okay, I'll ask the boss I you can stay here for a while I'm sure he won't mind."
"How long have I been asleep?" She mumbled finally.
"Couple of hours. It's almost midnight chime." She leaned against him gratefully.
"Thanks, Titch for being a friend. I need one right now."
"What are friends for?" She laughed and eventually pulled away. "I would like to stay here for a while if it's okay with his majesty."
"It's Cael." A soft voice said from the doorway. She jumped and spun round, her eyes narrowed instantly.
"How long have you been there? How much did you hear?" She asked suspiciously.
"Long enough to know how unhappy you are." Was the quite reply.
She scowled, "You were eavesdropping." She accused.
"I'm a thief what do you expect? Anyway I just came to say the your free to stay here for as long as you like." He turned and walked soundlessly down the hall.
"How does he do that?" She asked Titch.
He shrugged, "He's a thief silence is what we work with. You can't make a sound when your in a house nicking something, you'd be up be for Lord Provost himself before you'd actually realised what was happin'."
"He's a damn good thief though isn't he? I mean what with being Rogue and all."
"Yeah, he's a very good thief."
"Why can I call him Cael but you have to call him majesty?"
"Your not a thief are you? We are so we call him his proper name."
"Could you teach me?" Kel asked.
"What?" Titch asked confusion showing on his face.
"To be a thief it would come in handy at palace."
It startled a laugh out of Titch. "You a thief! I could imagine that."
(a/n Hmmmm.. Review please? Please. *Gets down on knees* please I'm begging you!! Okay better idea if I don't get ten reviews I won't post the next chapter!!)