Author's Note: Two chapters in a night! Ya'll are lucky!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot!
Chapter 7: Conté Pride
Jon was waiting for Alanna when she returned home from lessons.
"What in Mithros' name are you doing with Gary! He doesn't know who you are!" Jon screamed at Alanna.
Startled, Alanna snapped back, "Why can't I be with Gary, why not? Oh, cause he's not you? You have no claim on me or my heart - you proved that once you got involved with the emerald-eyed snake!"
Jon looked more angry than hurt at Alanna's words. "Delia? You're bringing her into this? Is this what Gary is to you, a ploy to make me jealous?"
"I don't want to make you jealous Jon! You have any woman you want wrapped around your finger, including Delia. Why does it shock you when finally someone notices me as a woman! You certainly don't treat me as if you care for me except when it's convenient for you."
"Alanna, you are posing as a man! It's not like I can court you openly and in public - the only time we are alone is when, well, we are alone in our rooms! Now, I can show you what it's like to be a woman here, but I don't know if I even want that anymore."
"You. you wanted that once?" Alanna looked surprised; as much as she'd loved Jon, she never had imagined that their relationship would ever truly move past knight-master and squire.
"Of course I did. Why did I kiss you at the River Drell? Why did I kiss you a few days ago? What would have happened if I'd found you walking in the gardens on your birthday? Now that Gary's thrown in the mix, I don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore."
"Gary recognizes me as a woman. You don't even recognize that I have a chest when you've seen it first hand before!"
Jon threw up his hands and stomped over to the fiery redhead. "Alanna - what do you want me to do! This?" And he leaned down and kissed her fiercely. And kept kissing.
Breathless, Alanna broke away from Jon. "I don't know if I can handle this right now. there's too much going on. I need to know what to do about Gary."
Jon stared down at her. "I hope you are going to turn him down."
Alanna softly replied, "Jon, I don't know. You know I will always love you.. but I have to see what he thinks when he finds out who I am."
Jon went back to his rooms and was still sulking there an hour later when Gary came by.
"Jon. you alright?"
"I've been better," the prince grunted.
"It's about this girl, isn't it."
"What do you care? You seem bound and determined to pursue this girl and you've barely met her."
Gary cocked one eye at Jon. "So who's Alanna?"
Jon froze. "What did you say?"
"I came looking for you after you chased Alan out of breakfast. I followed you back to your room and heard you screaming for Alanna. Is she related to Alan after all? Is this what this girl is hiding that you don't want to tell me?"
Jon quietly replied, "Gary, please stop asking questions. I don't know if I can answer them. I would go ask Alan himself."
Gary stared at Jon. "There's nothing you want to tell me?"
"Go find Alan."
Gary finally found Alanna in the stables, grooming moonlight.
"Hey Gary!" she nervously greeted her friend.
"Hey Alan. Who is Alanna?"
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot!
Chapter 7: Conté Pride
Jon was waiting for Alanna when she returned home from lessons.
"What in Mithros' name are you doing with Gary! He doesn't know who you are!" Jon screamed at Alanna.
Startled, Alanna snapped back, "Why can't I be with Gary, why not? Oh, cause he's not you? You have no claim on me or my heart - you proved that once you got involved with the emerald-eyed snake!"
Jon looked more angry than hurt at Alanna's words. "Delia? You're bringing her into this? Is this what Gary is to you, a ploy to make me jealous?"
"I don't want to make you jealous Jon! You have any woman you want wrapped around your finger, including Delia. Why does it shock you when finally someone notices me as a woman! You certainly don't treat me as if you care for me except when it's convenient for you."
"Alanna, you are posing as a man! It's not like I can court you openly and in public - the only time we are alone is when, well, we are alone in our rooms! Now, I can show you what it's like to be a woman here, but I don't know if I even want that anymore."
"You. you wanted that once?" Alanna looked surprised; as much as she'd loved Jon, she never had imagined that their relationship would ever truly move past knight-master and squire.
"Of course I did. Why did I kiss you at the River Drell? Why did I kiss you a few days ago? What would have happened if I'd found you walking in the gardens on your birthday? Now that Gary's thrown in the mix, I don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore."
"Gary recognizes me as a woman. You don't even recognize that I have a chest when you've seen it first hand before!"
Jon threw up his hands and stomped over to the fiery redhead. "Alanna - what do you want me to do! This?" And he leaned down and kissed her fiercely. And kept kissing.
Breathless, Alanna broke away from Jon. "I don't know if I can handle this right now. there's too much going on. I need to know what to do about Gary."
Jon stared down at her. "I hope you are going to turn him down."
Alanna softly replied, "Jon, I don't know. You know I will always love you.. but I have to see what he thinks when he finds out who I am."
Jon went back to his rooms and was still sulking there an hour later when Gary came by.
"Jon. you alright?"
"I've been better," the prince grunted.
"It's about this girl, isn't it."
"What do you care? You seem bound and determined to pursue this girl and you've barely met her."
Gary cocked one eye at Jon. "So who's Alanna?"
Jon froze. "What did you say?"
"I came looking for you after you chased Alan out of breakfast. I followed you back to your room and heard you screaming for Alanna. Is she related to Alan after all? Is this what this girl is hiding that you don't want to tell me?"
Jon quietly replied, "Gary, please stop asking questions. I don't know if I can answer them. I would go ask Alan himself."
Gary stared at Jon. "There's nothing you want to tell me?"
"Go find Alan."
Gary finally found Alanna in the stables, grooming moonlight.
"Hey Gary!" she nervously greeted her friend.
"Hey Alan. Who is Alanna?"