I know I've taken ages to post but I just couldn't be bothered to
write a chapter for this fic. I ended up writing one for Sophia, which is
the sequel for this fic. I'm not going to post that chapter until I finish
this one, which I am getting closer, to.
I have to apologise. I have to apologise about the star pendant I didn't realise that someone else had had that in their story, I got the idea from watching the Patriot where there was a star pendant and I have to say sorry about the name Sophia I got that name for a character because a girl I've known since primary 2 (age 6) and I liked the name.
Since I'm getting to the end of this fic where I've only really got the showdown with Roger to write I've decided that if you review form now until the end I will make a character with you name. But only if you review this chapter and all the rest to come.
"Look!" Raoul and Jon turned to where Gary was pointing. "It's Alanna."
"How'd you know that's Alanna?" Jon asked.
"Well isn't it?"
"Yes, but she has a black wig on."
"We know that and that she's Lady Lanna," Raoul told him.
"You do?"
"Yeah, we've known she was Lady Lanna since we first saw her, almost."
"But the two of you decided to flirt with her anyway?"
"Yeah, it was fun," Gary told him grinning looking at Raoul to check that he was smiling as well at the look on Jon's face. Jon hit Gary in the arm. Then when Raoul laughed he hit him to.
"It's not fun flirting with my girlfriend," he said walking towards the young woman in the marketplace.
"My Lady," he said tapping her on the shoulder. She spun round surprised and when she saw that it was Jon, relaxed. He took her hand bowing over it and kissing it.
"Mistress Cooper, how nice to see you again. How are you?" she curtsied and replied then nudged Alanna.
"What?"
"Curtsy!" she hissed. She glared at Eleni then at Jonathan and finally curtsied to him. When she rose she saw that Gary and Raoul had joined them. Alanna made the introductions.
"Well, I must leave you now. It has been a pleasure to meet and see you all again. Alanna Ill speak to you soon."
"You don't have to go."
"I feel old in the four of yours company. I have things to do. Farewell." She turned and walked away waving to them as she went.
They talked for a while in the market before deciding what to do. Jon offered his arm to Alanna and she took it. All four of them walking away talking and laughing like normal.
What they didn't see though was a small group of noble women.
"Well, that must be her. Wait a minute it's Lady Lanna."
"Oh really Cressidda? Oh wait it is!"
"I thought you said that it wasn't Lanna, Dafeenie?"
"I didn't think it was, remember she told me she was taken and so was Jonathan. They could just be friends. Really good friends, I'm talking about best friends, perhaps."
"Admit it Dafeenie, you are wrong. It's Lanna."
"But they've not known each other long. When, think about it he was like that before she even came along. It's been like that for almost a year and a half and she only appeared about 2 months ago."
"But look at them together, and the same thing happened last time she was here. They couldn't keep their eyes off each other last time."
"Fine, I still think that it isn't her but if you all think that then fine. Let's go!" Dafeenie said pushing past the rest of them to go see stoles at a stall. The rest of the women followed Dafeenie after a smug look exchanged between all of them before following her.
At the Dancing Dove…
"George!" Alanna called going over to his "throne" by the fire with the others following.
It's you!" George said laughing. "In here, in a dress. I'd watch out for some of the men, looking like that."
"You've got her blushing now." They all laughed apart from Alanna who went even redder. She flumped down into one of the chairs at the table George was at and the others did the same.
"You feeling alright after that fall now? I haven't seen you much."
"Don't worry I'm fine now." Jon coughed into his hand, which sounded like liar. She glared at him.
"Yeah, she is lying." Gary told George.
"I am not!"
"You are. You're a lot more tired now. After you spend an hour on the courts you go and have a nap. Where you end up sleeping for over an hour."
"Well, ok I'm just very tired all the time but apart form that, I'm fine."
"Mmmh mmmh, so how is everything at the palace." George laughed, "You keep getting sly glances from the men and glares from the women." Jon scowled, while Alanna blushed and Gary and Raoul laughed.
She went and leaned on Jon resting her head on his shoulder, he put his arm round her and smiled smugly. George looked around the room inconspicuously; he was a thief after all. It got the desired effect that they wanted, the women around at that time were smiling and the men were scowling.
They stayed for a few hours before having to leave for dinner.
"So who was that George?" Marek asked sitting in a chair opposite George while some others did the same eager to hear what George had to say.
"A friend."
"Does she have a name?"
"Alanna, and she is out of your league by a long way. She's a noble and look who you'd have t' b' up against."
"Yeah, lucky git Johnny is isn't he?" They all laughed.
"Yeah, as long as he's in the picture no one has a chance so I wouldn't try because either her or her friends would beat you up and that includes me," he warned them threatenly.
"Ok, ok. Who is she exactly?"
"Alan's sister."
"That'd explain th' eyes. Such pretty eyes, and everything else." They all laughed again apart from George who gave them a look to remind them of what he said. They all shut up pretty quickly after the look.
"Will we get t' meet her again?"
"Probably," George said smiling.
I have to apologise. I have to apologise about the star pendant I didn't realise that someone else had had that in their story, I got the idea from watching the Patriot where there was a star pendant and I have to say sorry about the name Sophia I got that name for a character because a girl I've known since primary 2 (age 6) and I liked the name.
Since I'm getting to the end of this fic where I've only really got the showdown with Roger to write I've decided that if you review form now until the end I will make a character with you name. But only if you review this chapter and all the rest to come.
"Look!" Raoul and Jon turned to where Gary was pointing. "It's Alanna."
"How'd you know that's Alanna?" Jon asked.
"Well isn't it?"
"Yes, but she has a black wig on."
"We know that and that she's Lady Lanna," Raoul told him.
"You do?"
"Yeah, we've known she was Lady Lanna since we first saw her, almost."
"But the two of you decided to flirt with her anyway?"
"Yeah, it was fun," Gary told him grinning looking at Raoul to check that he was smiling as well at the look on Jon's face. Jon hit Gary in the arm. Then when Raoul laughed he hit him to.
"It's not fun flirting with my girlfriend," he said walking towards the young woman in the marketplace.
"My Lady," he said tapping her on the shoulder. She spun round surprised and when she saw that it was Jon, relaxed. He took her hand bowing over it and kissing it.
"Mistress Cooper, how nice to see you again. How are you?" she curtsied and replied then nudged Alanna.
"What?"
"Curtsy!" she hissed. She glared at Eleni then at Jonathan and finally curtsied to him. When she rose she saw that Gary and Raoul had joined them. Alanna made the introductions.
"Well, I must leave you now. It has been a pleasure to meet and see you all again. Alanna Ill speak to you soon."
"You don't have to go."
"I feel old in the four of yours company. I have things to do. Farewell." She turned and walked away waving to them as she went.
They talked for a while in the market before deciding what to do. Jon offered his arm to Alanna and she took it. All four of them walking away talking and laughing like normal.
What they didn't see though was a small group of noble women.
"Well, that must be her. Wait a minute it's Lady Lanna."
"Oh really Cressidda? Oh wait it is!"
"I thought you said that it wasn't Lanna, Dafeenie?"
"I didn't think it was, remember she told me she was taken and so was Jonathan. They could just be friends. Really good friends, I'm talking about best friends, perhaps."
"Admit it Dafeenie, you are wrong. It's Lanna."
"But they've not known each other long. When, think about it he was like that before she even came along. It's been like that for almost a year and a half and she only appeared about 2 months ago."
"But look at them together, and the same thing happened last time she was here. They couldn't keep their eyes off each other last time."
"Fine, I still think that it isn't her but if you all think that then fine. Let's go!" Dafeenie said pushing past the rest of them to go see stoles at a stall. The rest of the women followed Dafeenie after a smug look exchanged between all of them before following her.
At the Dancing Dove…
"George!" Alanna called going over to his "throne" by the fire with the others following.
It's you!" George said laughing. "In here, in a dress. I'd watch out for some of the men, looking like that."
"You've got her blushing now." They all laughed apart from Alanna who went even redder. She flumped down into one of the chairs at the table George was at and the others did the same.
"You feeling alright after that fall now? I haven't seen you much."
"Don't worry I'm fine now." Jon coughed into his hand, which sounded like liar. She glared at him.
"Yeah, she is lying." Gary told George.
"I am not!"
"You are. You're a lot more tired now. After you spend an hour on the courts you go and have a nap. Where you end up sleeping for over an hour."
"Well, ok I'm just very tired all the time but apart form that, I'm fine."
"Mmmh mmmh, so how is everything at the palace." George laughed, "You keep getting sly glances from the men and glares from the women." Jon scowled, while Alanna blushed and Gary and Raoul laughed.
She went and leaned on Jon resting her head on his shoulder, he put his arm round her and smiled smugly. George looked around the room inconspicuously; he was a thief after all. It got the desired effect that they wanted, the women around at that time were smiling and the men were scowling.
They stayed for a few hours before having to leave for dinner.
"So who was that George?" Marek asked sitting in a chair opposite George while some others did the same eager to hear what George had to say.
"A friend."
"Does she have a name?"
"Alanna, and she is out of your league by a long way. She's a noble and look who you'd have t' b' up against."
"Yeah, lucky git Johnny is isn't he?" They all laughed.
"Yeah, as long as he's in the picture no one has a chance so I wouldn't try because either her or her friends would beat you up and that includes me," he warned them threatenly.
"Ok, ok. Who is she exactly?"
"Alan's sister."
"That'd explain th' eyes. Such pretty eyes, and everything else." They all laughed again apart from George who gave them a look to remind them of what he said. They all shut up pretty quickly after the look.
"Will we get t' meet her again?"
"Probably," George said smiling.