A/N - Ok! Last chapter *sniffle sniffle* (EXcluding the Epilogue)! This is
a short but sweet chapter. The epilogue will just tie up a few loose ends
(i.e. What happens to Thom, Daniella, Delia, etc, not really a chapter as
such...) Oh, and sorry for the crappy chapter title, I couldn't think of a
better one. My brain was kind of frozen when I was thinking for one.
~ Chapter Eighteen ~ Alanna's Choice
There came a knock at the door.
"Priestess Alanna?" one of the students called. Alanna cringed; she hated being called that!
"Yes?" she answered back.
"There's someone to see you," the student replied.
Alanna sighed. She was in no mood for visitors.
Alanna was led briskly through the long hallway and towards the entrance. She turned towards the student. "Well?" she demanded.
"In the Garden," the student replied timidly.
Alanna walked, frustrated, into the beautiful and luscious garden, her shoes going, tap, tap, tap. I wonder who is visiting me? Alanna wondered. Tap, tap, tap. Maybe it's Daniella! Tap, tap, tap.
"Alanna!"
Alanna stopped dead. She slowly turned. "Jon?" she asked in a timid, disbelieving voice.
"Oh, Alanna." The handsome Prince ran to her and swooped her up in a great big hug.
"I missed you so much," Alanna finally admitted, her eyes filling with tears.
"Me too," Jon told her. "Alanna, I'm so, so sorry for everything that I said."
"I'm sorry too, Jon, I was just so angry." Alanna stopped, suddenly remembering the reason why she was so angry.
"But that girl." Alanna said sadly, pushing Jon away.
Jon shook his head. "You don't understand, Alanna. Yes, I used to court Alyssa, but it was all over a long time ago, long before you. And she'd returned for just that weekend. We were flirting, yes, but it was only friendly flirting. She's married, Alanna. That kiss on the cheek was a kiss of goodbye."
The tears in Alanna's eyes now spilled down her cheeks. "Oh, I knew it, I knew it! I knew you wouldn't have done that to me."
"Of course I wouldn't have," Jon said, hugging Alanna tightly. "Of course I wouldn't have."
"I'm so, so, sorry for not listening to you at first," Alanna apologised.
Jon shook his head, "No, I'm sorry for not accepting your apology before. But I do now."
Jonathan then straightened himself, and then knelt down on one knee. He laughed at Alanna's splodgy face and red eyes. Alanna laughed too, and wiped her eyes.
"You look beautiful in that dress," he said.
Alanna shook her head. "No one looks nice in these dresses," she said, tugging on the plain white gathered dress.
"You look pretty in anything," Jon said. Alanna smiled, but she was a little nervous. Was Jon about to do what she thought he was going to do?
Jon took her small hands and held them in his own strong ones.
"Alanna," he began nervously. Alanna smiled, shook her head and placed a finger on his lips. The beautiful, soothing, quiet noises of the Garden surrounded them. The purple lilies and the colourful red, pink and lilac flowers filled the air with an amazing scent. She knew what he was going to say.
"Yes," Alanna said. " 'I do'."
Jonathan picked Alanna up and swirled her around and around. Alanna's joyful laugh bought other Priestesses into the Garden. Jon kissed Alanna again and again, and Alanna kissed him back.
"I love you Alanna," Jon said.
Alanna looked into his soothing sapphire blue eyes. She trembled under his strong, loving grip, and smelt his wonderful scent. She looked up and saw hopeful eyes, and she smiled.
"I love you too."
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~*~kaz~*~
~ Chapter Eighteen ~ Alanna's Choice
There came a knock at the door.
"Priestess Alanna?" one of the students called. Alanna cringed; she hated being called that!
"Yes?" she answered back.
"There's someone to see you," the student replied.
Alanna sighed. She was in no mood for visitors.
Alanna was led briskly through the long hallway and towards the entrance. She turned towards the student. "Well?" she demanded.
"In the Garden," the student replied timidly.
Alanna walked, frustrated, into the beautiful and luscious garden, her shoes going, tap, tap, tap. I wonder who is visiting me? Alanna wondered. Tap, tap, tap. Maybe it's Daniella! Tap, tap, tap.
"Alanna!"
Alanna stopped dead. She slowly turned. "Jon?" she asked in a timid, disbelieving voice.
"Oh, Alanna." The handsome Prince ran to her and swooped her up in a great big hug.
"I missed you so much," Alanna finally admitted, her eyes filling with tears.
"Me too," Jon told her. "Alanna, I'm so, so sorry for everything that I said."
"I'm sorry too, Jon, I was just so angry." Alanna stopped, suddenly remembering the reason why she was so angry.
"But that girl." Alanna said sadly, pushing Jon away.
Jon shook his head. "You don't understand, Alanna. Yes, I used to court Alyssa, but it was all over a long time ago, long before you. And she'd returned for just that weekend. We were flirting, yes, but it was only friendly flirting. She's married, Alanna. That kiss on the cheek was a kiss of goodbye."
The tears in Alanna's eyes now spilled down her cheeks. "Oh, I knew it, I knew it! I knew you wouldn't have done that to me."
"Of course I wouldn't have," Jon said, hugging Alanna tightly. "Of course I wouldn't have."
"I'm so, so, sorry for not listening to you at first," Alanna apologised.
Jon shook his head, "No, I'm sorry for not accepting your apology before. But I do now."
Jonathan then straightened himself, and then knelt down on one knee. He laughed at Alanna's splodgy face and red eyes. Alanna laughed too, and wiped her eyes.
"You look beautiful in that dress," he said.
Alanna shook her head. "No one looks nice in these dresses," she said, tugging on the plain white gathered dress.
"You look pretty in anything," Jon said. Alanna smiled, but she was a little nervous. Was Jon about to do what she thought he was going to do?
Jon took her small hands and held them in his own strong ones.
"Alanna," he began nervously. Alanna smiled, shook her head and placed a finger on his lips. The beautiful, soothing, quiet noises of the Garden surrounded them. The purple lilies and the colourful red, pink and lilac flowers filled the air with an amazing scent. She knew what he was going to say.
"Yes," Alanna said. " 'I do'."
Jonathan picked Alanna up and swirled her around and around. Alanna's joyful laugh bought other Priestesses into the Garden. Jon kissed Alanna again and again, and Alanna kissed him back.
"I love you Alanna," Jon said.
Alanna looked into his soothing sapphire blue eyes. She trembled under his strong, loving grip, and smelt his wonderful scent. She looked up and saw hopeful eyes, and she smiled.
"I love you too."
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~*~kaz~*~