"I need a seat and a drink," Raoul said quietly sitting down on a chair at
the table at the other end of the room. Faithful came into the room and
jumped onto the bed and in front of Alanna. Told you it'd turn out funny in
the long run Faithful said smugly rubbing himself against Alanna's arm.
Alanna glared at the cat, while patting him.
Jon was watching Gary he had started pacing. Gary stopped pacing and
looked at Jon. "You're sleeping with a guy! You of all people to do that,
both of you! You're sleeping with Alan," Gary almost shouted.
"I wouldn't put it like that," Jon said trying not to laugh.
"If you wouldn't put it like that then how would you put it?" Gary
demanded. Jon started laughing at this.
Meanwhile.
Raoul was sitting at the table shocked. He had never expected to find that Jon's girlfriend was actually a guy, and Alan. He looked over at Alan. He was patting Faithful and whispered to the cat " You were right it is funny." She looked over at Gary and turned back to the cat biting his lip to stop himself from laughing. He looked up at Raoul and caught his eyes. Alan looked down at Faithful and carried on petting him laughing softly. Raoul followed his eyes down to Faithful then quickly went back up. Raoul's eyebrows shot up and he moved back in the chair. "What the?" Raoul asked. Alanna looked up at him. She saw where his eyes where and looked down. She quickly crossed her arms over her chest. "You aren't supposed to stay looking there once you noticed," she said sharply. "It took one of you awhile to notice that though," she said thoughtfully. He looked over at Gary who had just asked Jon how he would put it while Jon was laughing hysterically. "Gary? Gary? Gary!" Raoul said loudly the last time. ""What?" Gary asked impatiently looking at Raoul. "That isn't Alan," Raoul pointed out. "I know what Alan looks like. If it isn't Alan then who is it?" Gary asked him. Jon laughed even more. "Alanna," she said. They all looked at her. Jon reached over for a pair of breeches and put them on as the attention was all on her. Once he had some breeches on he picked up a shirt and threw it to Alanna. She smiled a thank-you and put on the shirt. They were still looking at her. "You look and sound really like Alan," Gary told her. Jon and Alanna laughed they were both bent over laughing clutching their sides. Jon finally managed to say something, "That's because she is Alan." "You just said she was Alanna. What are you on about?" Gary demanded. "I'll explain it to the two of you in a minute once you know go out while I get changed," She told them edging to the edge of the bed and standing up. "He he, I have a big skirt. Now can you know, get out while I get dressed 'cause I'm not going to do that in front of you two. Take the cat to, he'd probably start making comments so take him." Jon picked up a shirt and followed Gary, Raoul and Faithful out while putting on his shirt. He smiled at her and closed the door behind him. When Jon came out Raoul and Gary were waiting for him. "Explain," Gary demanded. "Don't you think we should wait for her?" the looks Jon got he took it as a no and carried on, "Well her father was sending her to the convent and her twin Thom here. Alanna wanted to be a knight, Thom a mage. They swapped places. Alanna came as Alan and Thom went as Thom to the City of the Gods. Alanna just changed her name and said she was a boy. She isn't that different she just wears dresses as well." "And likes guys," Raoul put in. "That would be another difference," Jon said. They all smiled at that. "You obviously know that," Gary said with raised eyebrows. Raoul made a laughing noise behind his hand. Jon glared at him. He looked away. Jon banged on the door and shouted "Hurry up!" The muffled reply he got was, "I'm coming." The door was thrown open and Alanna came out and snapped " Are you all happy now?" "Looks like someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning," Raoul remarked to the air. Raoul and Gary collapsed laughing. Alanna and Jon just glared. "Sorry. Couldn't resist," Raoul told them. Alanna walked over to him with a look on her face as though she was going to hit him. Raoul leaned back. "Remember I know all the things Alan does and can hurt someone just the same. So careful what you say," she said this then turned back towards Jon and walked back over to him. "You still act like a guy. Like you walk like one," Gary pointed out. Alanna whirled round at those words and glared the most evil glare she could. Jon mouthed she's going to kill you to Gary and added the cutthroat action. "I've been walking like this most of my life, I'm in these clothes so I'm Alan, who is supposed to be a guy, I only walk like a girl when I'm wearing a dress and do you know how hard it is to walk like that when you're walking like a guy most of the time? Did you not hear what I told Raoul? Don't worry I'm not going to kill you like Jon seems to think and say," she told them angrily. "How'd you know?" Jon asked. "The cat told me," Alanna said going back to stand next to Jon. "Traitor," Jon said to the cat who's response was just to lick his paws. "That's why you never went swimming," Gary said slightly dumbstruck. "Yeah. You know that's what Jon said when he found out as well?" Alanna said. "Really? You just told him cause he was going to be your knight master," Gary said. The bell went telling people to get up. "I wish. He found out before he asked me. I've got to go I'm meeting Myles. Jon'll fill you in on who knows and like when you can say she and he and stuff like that, and don't any of you dare tell George how you found out or I will hurt you," she said threateningly before carrying on saying. "I'll see you all at lunch," she said cheerfully. "So how'd you find out?" Raoul asked interested after she had gone. "Funny story really. Not so at the time though. You remember when we went to the Black City? The Ysandir came out and tried to kill us. They were taunting us and trying to find out stuff about us. They managed to read our minds because we didn't know that they could. So they read her mind," Jon said stopping because he started laughing. "Anyway," Jon continued, "One of them got into her head and then after she came round cause she had collapsed, the Ysandir collapsed. When she came round she went 'See your companion for what she really is'" Jon stopped and laughed even harder this time. From the looks Gary and Raoul were giving him he said, " If you were there you'd be laughing your heads off right now as well. So after that was said all of a sudden Alanna's only wearing her belt and scabbard." They all laughed.
Raoul was sitting at the table shocked. He had never expected to find that Jon's girlfriend was actually a guy, and Alan. He looked over at Alan. He was patting Faithful and whispered to the cat " You were right it is funny." She looked over at Gary and turned back to the cat biting his lip to stop himself from laughing. He looked up at Raoul and caught his eyes. Alan looked down at Faithful and carried on petting him laughing softly. Raoul followed his eyes down to Faithful then quickly went back up. Raoul's eyebrows shot up and he moved back in the chair. "What the?" Raoul asked. Alanna looked up at him. She saw where his eyes where and looked down. She quickly crossed her arms over her chest. "You aren't supposed to stay looking there once you noticed," she said sharply. "It took one of you awhile to notice that though," she said thoughtfully. He looked over at Gary who had just asked Jon how he would put it while Jon was laughing hysterically. "Gary? Gary? Gary!" Raoul said loudly the last time. ""What?" Gary asked impatiently looking at Raoul. "That isn't Alan," Raoul pointed out. "I know what Alan looks like. If it isn't Alan then who is it?" Gary asked him. Jon laughed even more. "Alanna," she said. They all looked at her. Jon reached over for a pair of breeches and put them on as the attention was all on her. Once he had some breeches on he picked up a shirt and threw it to Alanna. She smiled a thank-you and put on the shirt. They were still looking at her. "You look and sound really like Alan," Gary told her. Jon and Alanna laughed they were both bent over laughing clutching their sides. Jon finally managed to say something, "That's because she is Alan." "You just said she was Alanna. What are you on about?" Gary demanded. "I'll explain it to the two of you in a minute once you know go out while I get changed," She told them edging to the edge of the bed and standing up. "He he, I have a big skirt. Now can you know, get out while I get dressed 'cause I'm not going to do that in front of you two. Take the cat to, he'd probably start making comments so take him." Jon picked up a shirt and followed Gary, Raoul and Faithful out while putting on his shirt. He smiled at her and closed the door behind him. When Jon came out Raoul and Gary were waiting for him. "Explain," Gary demanded. "Don't you think we should wait for her?" the looks Jon got he took it as a no and carried on, "Well her father was sending her to the convent and her twin Thom here. Alanna wanted to be a knight, Thom a mage. They swapped places. Alanna came as Alan and Thom went as Thom to the City of the Gods. Alanna just changed her name and said she was a boy. She isn't that different she just wears dresses as well." "And likes guys," Raoul put in. "That would be another difference," Jon said. They all smiled at that. "You obviously know that," Gary said with raised eyebrows. Raoul made a laughing noise behind his hand. Jon glared at him. He looked away. Jon banged on the door and shouted "Hurry up!" The muffled reply he got was, "I'm coming." The door was thrown open and Alanna came out and snapped " Are you all happy now?" "Looks like someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning," Raoul remarked to the air. Raoul and Gary collapsed laughing. Alanna and Jon just glared. "Sorry. Couldn't resist," Raoul told them. Alanna walked over to him with a look on her face as though she was going to hit him. Raoul leaned back. "Remember I know all the things Alan does and can hurt someone just the same. So careful what you say," she said this then turned back towards Jon and walked back over to him. "You still act like a guy. Like you walk like one," Gary pointed out. Alanna whirled round at those words and glared the most evil glare she could. Jon mouthed she's going to kill you to Gary and added the cutthroat action. "I've been walking like this most of my life, I'm in these clothes so I'm Alan, who is supposed to be a guy, I only walk like a girl when I'm wearing a dress and do you know how hard it is to walk like that when you're walking like a guy most of the time? Did you not hear what I told Raoul? Don't worry I'm not going to kill you like Jon seems to think and say," she told them angrily. "How'd you know?" Jon asked. "The cat told me," Alanna said going back to stand next to Jon. "Traitor," Jon said to the cat who's response was just to lick his paws. "That's why you never went swimming," Gary said slightly dumbstruck. "Yeah. You know that's what Jon said when he found out as well?" Alanna said. "Really? You just told him cause he was going to be your knight master," Gary said. The bell went telling people to get up. "I wish. He found out before he asked me. I've got to go I'm meeting Myles. Jon'll fill you in on who knows and like when you can say she and he and stuff like that, and don't any of you dare tell George how you found out or I will hurt you," she said threateningly before carrying on saying. "I'll see you all at lunch," she said cheerfully. "So how'd you find out?" Raoul asked interested after she had gone. "Funny story really. Not so at the time though. You remember when we went to the Black City? The Ysandir came out and tried to kill us. They were taunting us and trying to find out stuff about us. They managed to read our minds because we didn't know that they could. So they read her mind," Jon said stopping because he started laughing. "Anyway," Jon continued, "One of them got into her head and then after she came round cause she had collapsed, the Ysandir collapsed. When she came round she went 'See your companion for what she really is'" Jon stopped and laughed even harder this time. From the looks Gary and Raoul were giving him he said, " If you were there you'd be laughing your heads off right now as well. So after that was said all of a sudden Alanna's only wearing her belt and scabbard." They all laughed.