~*Chapter 3*~
1 day before the wedding of Princess Thayet and King Jonathan
Jon paced up and down his office. He was getting married tomorrow! He wasn't sure whether he was a) excited, b) nervous or c) just plain terrified. He eventually came to the conclusion that it was d) all of the above.
He ceased his pacing briefly and looked out the large window looking out to one of the fields. Alanna was on Moonlight, her dark red hair glittering in the sun. This was another thing that worried him; Alanna. Had he made a mistake in arguing with her? In not apologizing and marrying her?
Jon cast his eyes down and continued pacing. There was no way he could act on his reawaken feelings for Alanna, she was marrying their friend George and he was marrying the beautiful Thayet. However, Thayet wasn't Alanna, no matter how gorgeous her appearance. He glanced one more time out the window. His decision was made; he had to speak to her.
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"Hi," Jon greeted Alanna as she was un-tacking Moonlight. She swung around in fright.
"Goddess Jon, you scared the shit out of me. How long have you been standing there?"
"Er, not long. Look Alanna, I've got to talk to you."
"You know you can talk to me about anything Jon, we have been best friends practically forever."
"True, true." Jon stroked Moonlight's neck and tried to avoid eye contact with Alanna.
"Yeah so what is it?" she asked after a long silence
"Do you think, if I hadn't been so, so, um, presumptuous in the desert that time and if we hadn't fought.do you think we would have gotten married?"
"Who knows," she replied with a shrug. "If you ask yourself questions like that you'll go mad because no one has the answers.well except the gods. And I have doubts that even they can tell what's going to happen all the time." With a mischievous grin she added, "Just be relived you escaped marriage with someone insane like me."
Jon smiled but did not laugh. "I'm not so sure I have any reason to be relieved."
"Ok Jon, now you're starting to scare me. What the hell is all this really about? You know perfectly well why things worked out as they have. Why go over covered ground?"
"I just don't think things finished between us,"
"Things? Um, Jon, you're getting married tomorrow. This is not the ideal time to think about this, which in fact I don't think you would be even thinking about were you not getting married tomorrow, which in turn would never have happened if we hadn't fought in the desert."
"I did not understand one word of that," he said with a slight shake of his head.
"In layman's terms, you've just got cold feet." Alanna hated herself for saying this, she knew the moment it came out of her mouth that it was crap. It was just lies to cover her feelings for Jon that had never fully gone away. Jon seemed to sense Alanna's silence and lack of conviction in her own words.
"My beautiful lioness," he whispered, suddenly very near to her. He reached his hand up and brushed a stray lock of hair from her face. He lowered his face, their noses touching on the tip they were so close.
A/N: *gasp* And what will happen next time with Alanna and Jon? Well, you'll just have to wait. That is if you want to wait, that is if you even want to read it. Thank you soooooooooooooooo much to all those lovely people who reviewed my little story. I would luuurve you even more if you kept reviewing. Please, pretty, please if anyone reads this can you pleeeaaaaaseeee review. Good, bad or ugly.or pretty for that matter. Anyways, tell me what you think.
Luv Seraya xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
1 day before the wedding of Princess Thayet and King Jonathan
Jon paced up and down his office. He was getting married tomorrow! He wasn't sure whether he was a) excited, b) nervous or c) just plain terrified. He eventually came to the conclusion that it was d) all of the above.
He ceased his pacing briefly and looked out the large window looking out to one of the fields. Alanna was on Moonlight, her dark red hair glittering in the sun. This was another thing that worried him; Alanna. Had he made a mistake in arguing with her? In not apologizing and marrying her?
Jon cast his eyes down and continued pacing. There was no way he could act on his reawaken feelings for Alanna, she was marrying their friend George and he was marrying the beautiful Thayet. However, Thayet wasn't Alanna, no matter how gorgeous her appearance. He glanced one more time out the window. His decision was made; he had to speak to her.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Hi," Jon greeted Alanna as she was un-tacking Moonlight. She swung around in fright.
"Goddess Jon, you scared the shit out of me. How long have you been standing there?"
"Er, not long. Look Alanna, I've got to talk to you."
"You know you can talk to me about anything Jon, we have been best friends practically forever."
"True, true." Jon stroked Moonlight's neck and tried to avoid eye contact with Alanna.
"Yeah so what is it?" she asked after a long silence
"Do you think, if I hadn't been so, so, um, presumptuous in the desert that time and if we hadn't fought.do you think we would have gotten married?"
"Who knows," she replied with a shrug. "If you ask yourself questions like that you'll go mad because no one has the answers.well except the gods. And I have doubts that even they can tell what's going to happen all the time." With a mischievous grin she added, "Just be relived you escaped marriage with someone insane like me."
Jon smiled but did not laugh. "I'm not so sure I have any reason to be relieved."
"Ok Jon, now you're starting to scare me. What the hell is all this really about? You know perfectly well why things worked out as they have. Why go over covered ground?"
"I just don't think things finished between us,"
"Things? Um, Jon, you're getting married tomorrow. This is not the ideal time to think about this, which in fact I don't think you would be even thinking about were you not getting married tomorrow, which in turn would never have happened if we hadn't fought in the desert."
"I did not understand one word of that," he said with a slight shake of his head.
"In layman's terms, you've just got cold feet." Alanna hated herself for saying this, she knew the moment it came out of her mouth that it was crap. It was just lies to cover her feelings for Jon that had never fully gone away. Jon seemed to sense Alanna's silence and lack of conviction in her own words.
"My beautiful lioness," he whispered, suddenly very near to her. He reached his hand up and brushed a stray lock of hair from her face. He lowered his face, their noses touching on the tip they were so close.
A/N: *gasp* And what will happen next time with Alanna and Jon? Well, you'll just have to wait. That is if you want to wait, that is if you even want to read it. Thank you soooooooooooooooo much to all those lovely people who reviewed my little story. I would luuurve you even more if you kept reviewing. Please, pretty, please if anyone reads this can you pleeeaaaaaseeee review. Good, bad or ugly.or pretty for that matter. Anyways, tell me what you think.
Luv Seraya xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox