Alanna woke with a start from the chair she was sitting on. I guess I
was more tired than I thought, she thought looking round her. It was past
noon she deducted by looking out the window of the small room in the
infirmary. She had slept most of the night and morning she realised. She
sat up straighter in the chair and looked down at Jonathan, expecting to
see him sleeping. Instead she saw he was sitting up on the bed watching her
with a small smile on his face. She smiled back at him, and then suddenly
she hugged him.
He had thought she was all right now with what had happened but the strength in her hug betrayed her. "Shh, it's alright now," he soothed.
"I thought I'd never see you again," she said silently sobbing. Jon looked down at her head and lifted her head softly with his hand and saw the tears streaming down her face.
"I thought when I saw you that you were dead. If it hadn't been for the healer there working on you and then speaking to us, I almost wouldn't have believed it. You were so pale and cold," he faltered to stop himself from starting crying also.
"Don't you ever do that again, do you hear me?" he told her sternly. "I was scared out of my wits. Thank the Goddess you're alive. I love you. Let's get out of this place it always reminds me of being ill. I think it has something to do with the smell." Alanna chuckled at the last remark and dried her eye on her sleeve. She pulled away form Jon and stood up, helping him while she did that.
"Jon, thank you and…." She trailed off meeting his eyes. She looked down, "I love you too."
Nothing much happened for the next few months leading up to Midwinter. There was the usual pranks played and Jon and Alanna's friends' girlfriends came and went. There was one thing that did happen though. It was that noticeable, but Alanna and Jon noticed it.
Alanna got more tired easily and her appetite had increased slightly. Jon was more protective of her, she caught him glancing at her more and more, and if she started to yawn he would think up an excuse to get her to rest.
Alanna was sitting thinking after being this after being told to go and rest and smiled. At least he's treating me like a proper girlfriend I suppose. Although it is getting slightly annoying, I did ask for this so, I have only myself to blame. At least I get loads of sleep and peace. He gets so worried about me now. He did think that that's not how I wanted to be treated.
It's not so annoying I suppose it means he cares. I always knew he cared but he never showed it like that. I was always treated as a comrade more than his lover. I like the new way better. Especially all the presents and surprises I get now! She thought sitting on a window seat in her rooms. She had her favourite book out infront of her.
It was form Jon about Lady Knights and their great deeds. Jon had told her it would be her in a book like that one day. When he's King if females aren't allowed to train to be a knight then he'd make a proclamation. Alanna had laughed when he had said this when he had given her the book. She thought that his face was to serious when he said this and she was right because he started laughing along with her. Afterwards she thought about it and realised that that would be true. If by the time he became King and the feminine half of the nobles weren't allowed to train as a knight then he would make a proclamation.
Female Knights, she sighed. That is one thing I cannot wait on. For there would be more than just her, providing she passed the Ordeal. The Ordeal, that made her nervous, and hungry, she thought. When she got nervous, she got hungry she discovered recently. She was gaining weight, she was getting closer to average now, instead of very skinny. Alanna thought drifting off to sleep.
Jon shaking her awake awakened her. "We have dinner now."
"Oh, no. At least you get to sit down I have to serve people. It is so much worse for me than it is for you, you know? I have women trying to flirt with me, and lets not forget the glances and whispering and giggling. You had women doing that too, but at least you like woman in that way. Imagine that were you and they were guys! Can't you make an excuse up for me, like I was sick or something?" she said sleepily. He started pulling her up out of the seat. He was laughing slightly at her complaining and the faces she was making at him.
"It's not that bad. You have less than a month left and you are only saying this because you are tired. You never know I might have had men after me like that." She laughed. "Think of it, you definitely have both genders after you. You have all the pretty ladies and you have me to name one after you. That should put a smile on your face. It's also quite funny seeing them try to flirt with you and then seeing you try and get away."
"You think you would get jealous, someone flirting with your girlfriend wouldn't you?" she said snuggling into him looking up into his eyes.
"They aren't the ones I get jealous of, and they are women. I don't think I have anything to worry about there." He kissed her swiftly. "Now go get ready. Trying to get me to give in like that. I don't know what I'm going to do with you." His eyes twinkling merrily.
"Oh who knows? But me having to serve at dinner, you see you won't be able to do anything because of that. Poor, poor little Jon, sleeping on his own tonight. My heart bleeds," she pulled away grinning slyly. She turned to go and clean up when his arm snaked out and pulled her towards him.
He kissed her fiercely and then pulled back smiling, " Can that change your mind?"
"It might. I think I need a little more convincing though."
"Really?" he kissed her again. "Was that enough?"
"I'll let you know later. For as you know I have to go to dinner now and slave away for a few hours." She turned and went through to her own rooms to smarten up and then left.
At dinner…
Alanna was serving Jonathan who was sitting next to Gary and Raoul. She was speaking to them when she looked up and caught Roger looking at her curiously. She met his eyes across the room and they filled with hatred. Roger's eyes met hers in hatred if not more so. He smiled and raised his glass to her and mouthed, soon. She looked away and shuddered. It's cold in here, she thought. She knew she was lying to herself, but didn't want to admit what Roger meant.
Jon looked at Alanna when he she didn't reply to something Raoul said and saw her staring across the room at someone. He followed her gaze and saw Roger raise his glass then mouth, soon to her. He looked back at Alanna and saw her shudder.
He was looking at her when she turned back to the conversation Gary and Raoul had already carried on. She smiled at him then excused herself, saying she had to go back now.
Jon sat back thinking about what he had just seen. He always knew that Alanna and Roger didn't get on but he was almost positive Alanna looked scared when Roger smiled at her. He could count the amount of times he has seen Alanna scared on one hand. But to be scared of Roger! He wouldn't hurt her would he? He thought back through the years of all that had happened to Alanna. The many times she had almost died and hadn't. Who would want to hurt her though? There isn't any reason to hurt her is there? She's just an ordinary squire apart form the whole female part. What has she has ever done that would want someone to kill her? The times she's saved your life, a voice in his head told him. But why would she be afraid of Roger? What about when the two of you were at the oasis after the Ysandir, she tried to tell you about Roger trying to kill us and I never believed her.
What if what she said was true, and Roger did try to kill us, mainly me. But why? The throne, the annoying voice said again.
He stood up and told Raoul and Gary that he was going home. "Tell her, I'll see her later."
"Why you going?" Gary asked.
"I have some things to do for my father and I haven't finished them yet."
"Alright we'll tell Alan where you've gone. See you tomorrow," Raoul t old him.
"Where's Jon?" Alanna asked some time later.
"He said he had some things to finish for his father and that he'll see you later," Gary told her.
"Alright, thanks." Alanna turned from the two of them and left wondering what Jon had to do, for she knew that he didn't have anything to do for his father.
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He had thought she was all right now with what had happened but the strength in her hug betrayed her. "Shh, it's alright now," he soothed.
"I thought I'd never see you again," she said silently sobbing. Jon looked down at her head and lifted her head softly with his hand and saw the tears streaming down her face.
"I thought when I saw you that you were dead. If it hadn't been for the healer there working on you and then speaking to us, I almost wouldn't have believed it. You were so pale and cold," he faltered to stop himself from starting crying also.
"Don't you ever do that again, do you hear me?" he told her sternly. "I was scared out of my wits. Thank the Goddess you're alive. I love you. Let's get out of this place it always reminds me of being ill. I think it has something to do with the smell." Alanna chuckled at the last remark and dried her eye on her sleeve. She pulled away form Jon and stood up, helping him while she did that.
"Jon, thank you and…." She trailed off meeting his eyes. She looked down, "I love you too."
Nothing much happened for the next few months leading up to Midwinter. There was the usual pranks played and Jon and Alanna's friends' girlfriends came and went. There was one thing that did happen though. It was that noticeable, but Alanna and Jon noticed it.
Alanna got more tired easily and her appetite had increased slightly. Jon was more protective of her, she caught him glancing at her more and more, and if she started to yawn he would think up an excuse to get her to rest.
Alanna was sitting thinking after being this after being told to go and rest and smiled. At least he's treating me like a proper girlfriend I suppose. Although it is getting slightly annoying, I did ask for this so, I have only myself to blame. At least I get loads of sleep and peace. He gets so worried about me now. He did think that that's not how I wanted to be treated.
It's not so annoying I suppose it means he cares. I always knew he cared but he never showed it like that. I was always treated as a comrade more than his lover. I like the new way better. Especially all the presents and surprises I get now! She thought sitting on a window seat in her rooms. She had her favourite book out infront of her.
It was form Jon about Lady Knights and their great deeds. Jon had told her it would be her in a book like that one day. When he's King if females aren't allowed to train to be a knight then he'd make a proclamation. Alanna had laughed when he had said this when he had given her the book. She thought that his face was to serious when he said this and she was right because he started laughing along with her. Afterwards she thought about it and realised that that would be true. If by the time he became King and the feminine half of the nobles weren't allowed to train as a knight then he would make a proclamation.
Female Knights, she sighed. That is one thing I cannot wait on. For there would be more than just her, providing she passed the Ordeal. The Ordeal, that made her nervous, and hungry, she thought. When she got nervous, she got hungry she discovered recently. She was gaining weight, she was getting closer to average now, instead of very skinny. Alanna thought drifting off to sleep.
Jon shaking her awake awakened her. "We have dinner now."
"Oh, no. At least you get to sit down I have to serve people. It is so much worse for me than it is for you, you know? I have women trying to flirt with me, and lets not forget the glances and whispering and giggling. You had women doing that too, but at least you like woman in that way. Imagine that were you and they were guys! Can't you make an excuse up for me, like I was sick or something?" she said sleepily. He started pulling her up out of the seat. He was laughing slightly at her complaining and the faces she was making at him.
"It's not that bad. You have less than a month left and you are only saying this because you are tired. You never know I might have had men after me like that." She laughed. "Think of it, you definitely have both genders after you. You have all the pretty ladies and you have me to name one after you. That should put a smile on your face. It's also quite funny seeing them try to flirt with you and then seeing you try and get away."
"You think you would get jealous, someone flirting with your girlfriend wouldn't you?" she said snuggling into him looking up into his eyes.
"They aren't the ones I get jealous of, and they are women. I don't think I have anything to worry about there." He kissed her swiftly. "Now go get ready. Trying to get me to give in like that. I don't know what I'm going to do with you." His eyes twinkling merrily.
"Oh who knows? But me having to serve at dinner, you see you won't be able to do anything because of that. Poor, poor little Jon, sleeping on his own tonight. My heart bleeds," she pulled away grinning slyly. She turned to go and clean up when his arm snaked out and pulled her towards him.
He kissed her fiercely and then pulled back smiling, " Can that change your mind?"
"It might. I think I need a little more convincing though."
"Really?" he kissed her again. "Was that enough?"
"I'll let you know later. For as you know I have to go to dinner now and slave away for a few hours." She turned and went through to her own rooms to smarten up and then left.
At dinner…
Alanna was serving Jonathan who was sitting next to Gary and Raoul. She was speaking to them when she looked up and caught Roger looking at her curiously. She met his eyes across the room and they filled with hatred. Roger's eyes met hers in hatred if not more so. He smiled and raised his glass to her and mouthed, soon. She looked away and shuddered. It's cold in here, she thought. She knew she was lying to herself, but didn't want to admit what Roger meant.
Jon looked at Alanna when he she didn't reply to something Raoul said and saw her staring across the room at someone. He followed her gaze and saw Roger raise his glass then mouth, soon to her. He looked back at Alanna and saw her shudder.
He was looking at her when she turned back to the conversation Gary and Raoul had already carried on. She smiled at him then excused herself, saying she had to go back now.
Jon sat back thinking about what he had just seen. He always knew that Alanna and Roger didn't get on but he was almost positive Alanna looked scared when Roger smiled at her. He could count the amount of times he has seen Alanna scared on one hand. But to be scared of Roger! He wouldn't hurt her would he? He thought back through the years of all that had happened to Alanna. The many times she had almost died and hadn't. Who would want to hurt her though? There isn't any reason to hurt her is there? She's just an ordinary squire apart form the whole female part. What has she has ever done that would want someone to kill her? The times she's saved your life, a voice in his head told him. But why would she be afraid of Roger? What about when the two of you were at the oasis after the Ysandir, she tried to tell you about Roger trying to kill us and I never believed her.
What if what she said was true, and Roger did try to kill us, mainly me. But why? The throne, the annoying voice said again.
He stood up and told Raoul and Gary that he was going home. "Tell her, I'll see her later."
"Why you going?" Gary asked.
"I have some things to do for my father and I haven't finished them yet."
"Alright we'll tell Alan where you've gone. See you tomorrow," Raoul t old him.
"Where's Jon?" Alanna asked some time later.
"He said he had some things to finish for his father and that he'll see you later," Gary told her.
"Alright, thanks." Alanna turned from the two of them and left wondering what Jon had to do, for she knew that he didn't have anything to do for his father.
What did you all think? Remember to review. If I get 10 reviews I will post again. Remember to review because I never got enough last time! But that won't happen this time will it? It's getting interesting. Thanks to bubblegum*girl I will get that part up soon and to Lady Alanna or Lucy I think, who bugged me to get up this part.