"Ah, Myles, Coram, something wrong?" he said smiling. How do I get
out of this? he thought, hoping that he looked calm on the outside. He
could just hear his father saying, after the lecture on how to act properly
for a Crown Prince, to do with women, that it would be the perfect
opportunity to practise being calm. Jonathan didn't think it was working.
It wasn't.
"Jonathan, sit!" Coram growled.
"Okay," Jonathan replied meekly sitting down quickly on the closest chair.
"Perhaps you should explain," Myles said standing up and crossing his arms with Coram mirroring him. Jon squirmed in the seat and moved further back in the chair.
"Well," Jon stumbled. " We had been talking and well, she fell asleep and so did I."
"What was wrong with her room?"
"What're they saying?" Raoul hissed.
"If you shut up then I'd tell you."
"What are the two of you doing?" The two of them jumped.
"Lanna don't sneak up on us like that!" Raoul hissed again. Before turning back towards the door leaving Gary to explain. He moved out the way and Raoul moved into his vacant position by the door. Gary steered Alanna away from the door. She wrapped her blanket around her a little more.
"Jon's in trouble from Coram and Myles in the father sense."
"Oh, Oh!" she said realising what was happening. She walked quickly over to the door. "Move over a bit to let me in," she whispered getting infront of Raoul. She sat on the ground and leaned her ear next to the door.
Learn from the master, Faithful said stalking past them all touching his paw to the door. A small patch of the door went see through allowing them to see what was happening in the other room. They could also hear what was being said easier now.
"Nothing was wrong with her room. Just we were talking in my room and she fell asleep and I wasn't going to carry her. I probably would of tripped and we'd of gone flying. Then I'd get my head bitten off."
"So nothing's going on?"
"She is my best friend."
"Jonathan, do you think we're stupid?" Myles asked.
"Do you want me to answer that?" The four behind the door stifled a laugh.
"So how long has it been going on? I seem to remember an incident during the Drell River Campaign, before then?"
"No, after."
"So something is going on?"
"Shit!" he cursed.
"What incident?" Coram asked.
"Yeah 'Lanna what incident?" Gary whispered. She elbowed him.
"No, you didn't. The cat used to keep a running commentary on who was coming towards our tent." Jon pointed out. Then quickly added, "Not that anything did happen."
"Then what did I interrupt?"
"Just two friends talking."
"One who happened to be bright red the other pale. With one of them picking up a book since it looked like they were doing something else. You can tell when you interrupt something you know? Then the way you acted when she was taken, you were a lot more worried than a friend would be and you know it."
"You've gone bright red again just like Jon has now," Raoul whispered to Gary and Alanna. She hit him softly in the stomach.
"Your Highness, if you admit it quickly we'll get the speech over and done with," Coram told him moving closer to Jon in a threatening way. He could be seen swallowing.
"Okay, okay, I'll admit it. I'm in love with Alanna." There was a very heavy silence, which lasted for several long minutes.
"Say something!" Jon muttered. Gary and Raoul turned from looking at Alanna back to the door.
"I hadn't expected that answer. You in love with your former squire?"
"That sounds bad. That mistake has been made before. Instead say, "You're in love with a woman who was your squire."
"Enough with that. If you upset her in anyway remember, it'd be a former soldier, a mature knight and a mage of the master class who will make sure you get lots of pain. Because don't doubt us we'll get Thom involved and he can make sure there's be no trace of anything that would connect it with us.
"She's like a daughter to us, and imagine how a father feels when they find out that she is sleeping with someone?"
The four behind the door smothered another laugh and leaned against the door. The door suddenly gave way. The three humans fell over, through the doorway and were sprawled on the floor. Jon, Myles and Coram looked at them.
Jonathan gave them a look of gratitude. Alanna smiled at him briefly in return and got up quickly. Raoul and Gary were both getting up and Raoul offered his hand out to Alanna. She took his hand then smacked him on the side of the arm.
"Raoul!" Gary and Alanna chorused. The two of them turned and looked at him as though it was his entire fault.
"What! It wasn't just me!"
"I'm too light to knock that door open when it's shut, so it must have been one of the two of you," she stated crossing her arms.
"Ah hem," Coram coughed. Alanna and Gary turned round towards him and smiled sweetly.
"Oh, do you hear that? Coming Faithful!" Jon said not waiting for an answer. He quickly got up and walked briskly out the room. Alanna, Raoul and Gary collapsed laughing, as soon as Jon was out of sight. They saw him go out a door into the corridor. The three of them turned round towards Coram and Myles and froze.
"I don't know why your laughing we still have to speak to you!" Myles told her.
"Oh, no, you're not having that talk with me! You should leave that talk to my mother," she told them stubbornly crossing her arms.
"Alanna your mother died."
"I know that but my substitute mothers have told me all they should of so, no need for the two of you to tell me," she said brightly with a cheery smile. "So if you'll excuse me? I'm going to get changed." She walked across the room to her bedroom door and went in, closing the door behind her before anyone else was able to say anything.
"Jonathan, sit!" Coram growled.
"Okay," Jonathan replied meekly sitting down quickly on the closest chair.
"Perhaps you should explain," Myles said standing up and crossing his arms with Coram mirroring him. Jon squirmed in the seat and moved further back in the chair.
"Well," Jon stumbled. " We had been talking and well, she fell asleep and so did I."
"What was wrong with her room?"
"What're they saying?" Raoul hissed.
"If you shut up then I'd tell you."
"What are the two of you doing?" The two of them jumped.
"Lanna don't sneak up on us like that!" Raoul hissed again. Before turning back towards the door leaving Gary to explain. He moved out the way and Raoul moved into his vacant position by the door. Gary steered Alanna away from the door. She wrapped her blanket around her a little more.
"Jon's in trouble from Coram and Myles in the father sense."
"Oh, Oh!" she said realising what was happening. She walked quickly over to the door. "Move over a bit to let me in," she whispered getting infront of Raoul. She sat on the ground and leaned her ear next to the door.
Learn from the master, Faithful said stalking past them all touching his paw to the door. A small patch of the door went see through allowing them to see what was happening in the other room. They could also hear what was being said easier now.
"Nothing was wrong with her room. Just we were talking in my room and she fell asleep and I wasn't going to carry her. I probably would of tripped and we'd of gone flying. Then I'd get my head bitten off."
"So nothing's going on?"
"She is my best friend."
"Jonathan, do you think we're stupid?" Myles asked.
"Do you want me to answer that?" The four behind the door stifled a laugh.
"So how long has it been going on? I seem to remember an incident during the Drell River Campaign, before then?"
"No, after."
"So something is going on?"
"Shit!" he cursed.
"What incident?" Coram asked.
"Yeah 'Lanna what incident?" Gary whispered. She elbowed him.
"No, you didn't. The cat used to keep a running commentary on who was coming towards our tent." Jon pointed out. Then quickly added, "Not that anything did happen."
"Then what did I interrupt?"
"Just two friends talking."
"One who happened to be bright red the other pale. With one of them picking up a book since it looked like they were doing something else. You can tell when you interrupt something you know? Then the way you acted when she was taken, you were a lot more worried than a friend would be and you know it."
"You've gone bright red again just like Jon has now," Raoul whispered to Gary and Alanna. She hit him softly in the stomach.
"Your Highness, if you admit it quickly we'll get the speech over and done with," Coram told him moving closer to Jon in a threatening way. He could be seen swallowing.
"Okay, okay, I'll admit it. I'm in love with Alanna." There was a very heavy silence, which lasted for several long minutes.
"Say something!" Jon muttered. Gary and Raoul turned from looking at Alanna back to the door.
"I hadn't expected that answer. You in love with your former squire?"
"That sounds bad. That mistake has been made before. Instead say, "You're in love with a woman who was your squire."
"Enough with that. If you upset her in anyway remember, it'd be a former soldier, a mature knight and a mage of the master class who will make sure you get lots of pain. Because don't doubt us we'll get Thom involved and he can make sure there's be no trace of anything that would connect it with us.
"She's like a daughter to us, and imagine how a father feels when they find out that she is sleeping with someone?"
The four behind the door smothered another laugh and leaned against the door. The door suddenly gave way. The three humans fell over, through the doorway and were sprawled on the floor. Jon, Myles and Coram looked at them.
Jonathan gave them a look of gratitude. Alanna smiled at him briefly in return and got up quickly. Raoul and Gary were both getting up and Raoul offered his hand out to Alanna. She took his hand then smacked him on the side of the arm.
"Raoul!" Gary and Alanna chorused. The two of them turned and looked at him as though it was his entire fault.
"What! It wasn't just me!"
"I'm too light to knock that door open when it's shut, so it must have been one of the two of you," she stated crossing her arms.
"Ah hem," Coram coughed. Alanna and Gary turned round towards him and smiled sweetly.
"Oh, do you hear that? Coming Faithful!" Jon said not waiting for an answer. He quickly got up and walked briskly out the room. Alanna, Raoul and Gary collapsed laughing, as soon as Jon was out of sight. They saw him go out a door into the corridor. The three of them turned round towards Coram and Myles and froze.
"I don't know why your laughing we still have to speak to you!" Myles told her.
"Oh, no, you're not having that talk with me! You should leave that talk to my mother," she told them stubbornly crossing her arms.
"Alanna your mother died."
"I know that but my substitute mothers have told me all they should of so, no need for the two of you to tell me," she said brightly with a cheery smile. "So if you'll excuse me? I'm going to get changed." She walked across the room to her bedroom door and went in, closing the door behind her before anyone else was able to say anything.