Here we go again! Thanks Lady of Genesis for my first review for this story!

The Third Part

And then it was a stormy night. The lightning flashed outside and Percival and Borus sat by the fire, each with his own thoughts. Chris sat across the room, lost in deep thought as she watched the flickering flames and Borus sat watching Chris, seemingly in deep thought as well. Outside, the wind howled and rain hit the windows in never ending sheets. Percival sat watching the rain, his eyes beginning to droop and he suddenly began to feel heavy with sleep and thought.
"You seem like you have a lot on you mind," Chris stated as she looked over at Percival.
"Oh, well, not really," he laughed lightly turning his gaze to her. Looking at her he felt a slight stirring inside him and then looking to the ground he remembered that Borus would probably kill him for looking at her like that. Still..
"Are you OK Percival?" Borus asked, "You don't look so well. Maybe you caught a cold from being out all night in the rain. Frankly, I'm surprised we found you two! It must have been hard being out alone all night with that damn girl!"
"Yeah," Percival muttered, "Well, I'm going to go to bed," he got up and then winked at Borus, "Don't stay up all night you two!" He grinned and walked out the door towards his room. His smile faded as he lay on his bed in the dim candlelight. The rain continued to fall and Percival turned his head to bury it in his pillow. Tap tap tap.
"Who is it?" he grumbled. Tap tap tap.
"What?! Just come in for crying out loud," He sat angrily up in his bed and watched as the door to his room opened slowly to reveal a slender figure standing there. "Gale?" he whispered in shock. She slid in silently and closed the door behind her. Wearing only a burgundy robe she walked slowly to him.
Percival watched as in the barely lit room she stood in front of him. "I. wanted to say that I'm sorry," she began. "Sorry for treating you like I did, after all, you did save my life."
"Think nothing of if. It is my duty as a knight," he said. And even though he wanted to say more, he could just not find the words. She stared at him again and for a while they stood there looking at each other, watching each other as the storm raged outside. And it was Gale who broke the silence by taking a step closer and grabbing the tie around her waist. She undid it and Percival's mouth dropped in astonishment.
"I wanted to thank you," she said softly and leaned towards him, pressing her lips against his.
"Gale, what are you doing?" he tried to ask, "You don't need to.."
"But I WANT to," she looked at him and Percival gripped her naked waist to him."It's ok, you can think of Chris if you want to."
"What?! Why the hell would I think of Chris?"
"I've seen the way that both you and Borus look at her. You do love her, don't you?"
"I don't love Chris," he said flatly. "I don't know who I love." Gale's hair fell against his chest and he sighed. "But it's not everyday that I have a beautiful woman on top of me in the nude." He laughed, "And I'm sure it's not everyday that you have a dashing, supremely attractive knight under you." Gale gave him a rare smile. "You know something? Your actually very pretty when you smile," he looked at her in the moonlight and I would be lying if I said that he didn't for a second think of Chris.
"I just wanted to thank you," she said, her voice shaking. Percival pushed a lock of hair behind her ear. Then, for reasons that he wasn't very sure of, he leaned up and kissed her while pushing off her robe. He pulled her closer and his grip around her tightened.
"This is nice," he thought to himself, "Very nice."

Ok, I hope you like it so far, PLEASE review.. I like reviews, they are nice. Tee hee. See you next time when we find out just what comes from a secret love that shouldn't be. ~Runa~