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Phi crawled out of her tent, happy from finally being able to get one long night of sleep. Without having to wake up for the accursed bell, she was able to sleep as long as she wanted, which was to about ten. Then again, she thought grimly she had had to share a tent with Alex...that was annoying.
***
(Flashback!!) After Alex went into his tent for the night, Phi decided that it was time for her to hit the hay too, so she asked Devic if he knew where she was sleeping, "Sure. I think you're supposed to share a tent with Alex..."
"What?!"
"Well...we all need to double up because there weren't enough tents to go around, and you're the only girl here and he is the only one that really knows you so..."
She rubbed her forehead, "Does he know about this..."
"There's only one way to find out..."
She stalked over to the tent Alex had disappeared into and smacked the flap of fabric that served as a door, "Alex...I know you're still awake.."
He stuck his head out suspiciously, "What do you want?"
"I want to know if you know that we are going to be sharing a tent tonight..."
He went pale, "We're going to what?!?"
"Ya, that's basically what I said..."
"No way am I going to share a tent with you...first of all I'll never get any sleep...and second of all, it's just wrong!"
She smirked and replied dryly, "I guess they don't have the same set of moral standards here as they do back home..."
He scowled but finally moved out of the entranceway and let her in. The tent wasn't big at all. In fact, it looked about like a pup tent and was about six feet long and five feet wide. He looked away uncomfortably as she began to get undressed under her blanket and he only turned around after she had stopped moving and he was sure she was completely under the cover, "Oh relax will you! It's not like I sleep naked or anything!"
He blew out the lantern and settled in himself, "I know...but still...". She cut him off with a wave of her hand and they both fell asleep within minutes.
***
Phi groaned as the sun hit her straight in the eyes and stumbled up out of the tent and over to the fire pit where most of the boys were gathered. Alex had gotten up early, she had heard him leave, and she spotted him now sitting next to Devic, who looked sickingly awake, talking about what they were going to do that day.
Phi yawned and sat down on the log next to her friend. Alex glanced at her, "You missed breakfast..."
"That's fine...I'm not all that hungry anyway..."
Devic grinned, "How can you sleep for that long? I was up at seven!"
She glanced at him and shook her head, "Just wait until you get older...believe me, you will want to sleep until noon..."
He was about to disagree when HaMich came out of the forest and announced that he was going to go scout for the King's Own and that he was going to leave the pages alone for a few hours. Alex groaned, "Here comes Lord of the Flies..."
Phi snickered and HaMich looked directly at them. She quickly shut up and he motioned for them to come over to him. Phi and Alex looked uncomfortably at each other then stood up and walked over to the training master. He pulled them aside from the rest of the pages and said, "Since you two are the oldest ones here, I'm going to put you two in charge. Even though you are not exactly familiar with our world yet, I suspect that common sense will still allow you two to be fairly descent baby-sitters while I am away..."
Alex looked concerned, but kept his thoughts to himself, but Phi however had no problem with voicing her concerns, "Wait a minute! What if something happens! What are we supposed to do?"
The training master looked at her blankly, "Figure it out." He jumped on his horse and galloped away before Alex could reply. Phi's jaw hung open and she starred and watched him as he rode off into the woods.
"What the hell was that supposed to mean?"
Alex sighed and put his hands in his pockets, "I dunno, but I bet we'll find out soon enough..."
They wandered over to the rest of the pages who looked up expectantly at the older teens. Alex stepped foreword and cleared his throat, "We have just been informed that we are to be in charge while our training master is away. We would appreciate it greatly if all of you would respect the both of us just as you would HaMich, but since we know that such a thing would never happen in a million years, we are willing to give him a good report when he comes back as long as no one does anything terrible or life threatening to any of our fellow members. However, until then, y'all can do whatever the heck you want because we really don't care."
A couple of the boys where grinning after Alex finished speaking, but most of them where all ready walking away aimlessly, talking about random things and goofing off. Alex looked up and yelled, "Just don't wander off or get yourselves lost! That would be a bad thing!"
He turned around to Phi and shrugged and they walked over to Devic and his friends to wait until HaMich got back.
A/N: Ya! Another short chapter! Ha! You can't kill me now! Wahahahahaha!!!!*cough* Anyways, um...ya...keep reading and reviewing and I'll keep typing!
Phi crawled out of her tent, happy from finally being able to get one long night of sleep. Without having to wake up for the accursed bell, she was able to sleep as long as she wanted, which was to about ten. Then again, she thought grimly she had had to share a tent with Alex...that was annoying.
***
(Flashback!!) After Alex went into his tent for the night, Phi decided that it was time for her to hit the hay too, so she asked Devic if he knew where she was sleeping, "Sure. I think you're supposed to share a tent with Alex..."
"What?!"
"Well...we all need to double up because there weren't enough tents to go around, and you're the only girl here and he is the only one that really knows you so..."
She rubbed her forehead, "Does he know about this..."
"There's only one way to find out..."
She stalked over to the tent Alex had disappeared into and smacked the flap of fabric that served as a door, "Alex...I know you're still awake.."
He stuck his head out suspiciously, "What do you want?"
"I want to know if you know that we are going to be sharing a tent tonight..."
He went pale, "We're going to what?!?"
"Ya, that's basically what I said..."
"No way am I going to share a tent with you...first of all I'll never get any sleep...and second of all, it's just wrong!"
She smirked and replied dryly, "I guess they don't have the same set of moral standards here as they do back home..."
He scowled but finally moved out of the entranceway and let her in. The tent wasn't big at all. In fact, it looked about like a pup tent and was about six feet long and five feet wide. He looked away uncomfortably as she began to get undressed under her blanket and he only turned around after she had stopped moving and he was sure she was completely under the cover, "Oh relax will you! It's not like I sleep naked or anything!"
He blew out the lantern and settled in himself, "I know...but still...". She cut him off with a wave of her hand and they both fell asleep within minutes.
***
Phi groaned as the sun hit her straight in the eyes and stumbled up out of the tent and over to the fire pit where most of the boys were gathered. Alex had gotten up early, she had heard him leave, and she spotted him now sitting next to Devic, who looked sickingly awake, talking about what they were going to do that day.
Phi yawned and sat down on the log next to her friend. Alex glanced at her, "You missed breakfast..."
"That's fine...I'm not all that hungry anyway..."
Devic grinned, "How can you sleep for that long? I was up at seven!"
She glanced at him and shook her head, "Just wait until you get older...believe me, you will want to sleep until noon..."
He was about to disagree when HaMich came out of the forest and announced that he was going to go scout for the King's Own and that he was going to leave the pages alone for a few hours. Alex groaned, "Here comes Lord of the Flies..."
Phi snickered and HaMich looked directly at them. She quickly shut up and he motioned for them to come over to him. Phi and Alex looked uncomfortably at each other then stood up and walked over to the training master. He pulled them aside from the rest of the pages and said, "Since you two are the oldest ones here, I'm going to put you two in charge. Even though you are not exactly familiar with our world yet, I suspect that common sense will still allow you two to be fairly descent baby-sitters while I am away..."
Alex looked concerned, but kept his thoughts to himself, but Phi however had no problem with voicing her concerns, "Wait a minute! What if something happens! What are we supposed to do?"
The training master looked at her blankly, "Figure it out." He jumped on his horse and galloped away before Alex could reply. Phi's jaw hung open and she starred and watched him as he rode off into the woods.
"What the hell was that supposed to mean?"
Alex sighed and put his hands in his pockets, "I dunno, but I bet we'll find out soon enough..."
They wandered over to the rest of the pages who looked up expectantly at the older teens. Alex stepped foreword and cleared his throat, "We have just been informed that we are to be in charge while our training master is away. We would appreciate it greatly if all of you would respect the both of us just as you would HaMich, but since we know that such a thing would never happen in a million years, we are willing to give him a good report when he comes back as long as no one does anything terrible or life threatening to any of our fellow members. However, until then, y'all can do whatever the heck you want because we really don't care."
A couple of the boys where grinning after Alex finished speaking, but most of them where all ready walking away aimlessly, talking about random things and goofing off. Alex looked up and yelled, "Just don't wander off or get yourselves lost! That would be a bad thing!"
He turned around to Phi and shrugged and they walked over to Devic and his friends to wait until HaMich got back.
A/N: Ya! Another short chapter! Ha! You can't kill me now! Wahahahahaha!!!!*cough* Anyways, um...ya...keep reading and reviewing and I'll keep typing!
