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Chapter 12
Rovin opened her eyes the next morning and looked around the room. For the first time in four years no one wanted to talk to her. Noah wasn't trying to break into her room and Heith wasn't waiting for her to dress like a whore. She enjoyed the thought of not having to leave her room for days if she wanted to. Rovin made herself comfortable and was about to close her eyes when she heard someone walking down the hall. Knowing everyone else was probably gone she figured the person coming was for her. Annoyed she sighed as she sat up in bed folding the blanket around her body. She looked at the small short sleeved shirt she wore and sighed again. A minute later the door slammed open and Noah walked in with a smile on his face.
"Morning sweetheart!" he said closing the door behind him and crossing to the bed. He stood in front of her with his arms crossed.
"morning," she replied in a whisper with a smile. "Why is this place so quiet?"
"Why do you think?" he replied laughing. "after you gracefully returned to use, Heith had had just about every thief out trying to see what Daniel wants with you. So if I were you I'd keep lover-boy away from the inn. Not to mention most of the guys are still finding out you've retur-"
At that moment the door burst open and in ran Candle, Tyger and Reed. Candle stopped in his tracks when he saw Rovin as Tyger and Reed ran into his back, sending the three of them crashing to the floor. Rovin laughed as she watched them scramble to get up again. Noah smirked as he leaned against her bed post glancing at Rovin every once in a while.
"Well now I feel home again. I was starting to miss all the noise and fighting." Rovin said leaning back against the wall.
"We've missed you as well Dodge" Tyger said laughing and sitting on the edge of the table as Candle and Reed took spots at the end of the bed.
"So we hear you spent a couple of nights in the palace eh Rovin?" Candle said
"Yeah tell us what its like! All I've ever seen of it was the dungeon." Tyger asked
"There's nothing that special about the palace." Rovin replied hugging one of her pillows and laying on her side. "To tell you the truth all I thought about while I was there was the Rogue and if I'd ever see it again."
"Oh, how touching!" Reed said making fun of what she said as he touched his heart. The guys burst into laughter and Rovin smiled.
"So that wasn't all I though about, but it did cross my mind every once in a while." she replied
"Come on tell us something juicy about that place." Tyger urged
"I'm sure you can dig up some dirt from your experience there!" Reed added
"There's really nothing that bad!" Rovin replied smiling at them
"I see it in your eyes Rov! You're hiding something form us!" Candle said smiling
"Well." Rovin started
"Come on Rovin!"
"Spill!"
"All right, All right!" Rovin replied sitting up and making herself comfortable again. "Well they."
Noah had turned away from Rovin and stared out the window remembering what is was like last time.
Sixteen-year-old Bobby hunched over the table he sat at with his hands covering his face. Around him his father paced while the women of the Rogue cried. It was always hard when someone in the Rogue died, especially this time because it was a child. Unable to take the silence Bobby pushed away from the table and stormed his way across the room. He passed his twelve- year-old brother Noah, who sat with his best friend Rovin, on his way up the stairs. Rovin reached out and grabbed his sleeve. Bobby stopped walking and stared down at the two of the,. Both their eyes were red and bloodshot from crying and their faces looked as if they hadn't slept in days. Bobby shock his head and pushed away from them. He ran up the stairs and opened the door of his room. Slamming it behind him he rushed to his armoire and pulled out a bag. Jamming clothes and supplies into it, he yanked on his jacket as his door opened and his father walked in. Bobby sighed and started hiding his dagger, trying to ignore his father.
"Bobby, what are you doing?" his father asked
"Dad," Bobby said throwing up his hands as if he were flinching "I'm leaving. I can't stay here"
"You don't have to do this"
"Look at the way everyone is acting! Of course I have to leave! This is all my fault!"
"You don't need to run from your problems son!"
"How can you say that! There is no more 'problem'! I got a kid killed! Joshua is dead because I was careless. All I had to do was watch the kid for one day!"
"It wasn't you fault!"
"Yes it was!"
"Bobby! Joshua was taken by some men from our rivaling Rogue. It wasn't your fault!"
"I never told you, I left Joshua alone for more than a minute. I had business to do so I left the kid at a stall while I was gone."
"How long were you gone?"
"Too long. When I got back the kid wasn't there. I found two guys standing over his body in an alley. There was blood everywhere. I was really scared."
"Bobby. Why didn't you tell me before!"
"I couldn't live with the shame! I was such a coward. I just ran away. Only now I can't live with the guilt!"
The two stood there staring at each other for a long time with tears rolling down their faces. Finally Bobby picked up his bag and slung it over his shoulder. He walked passed his father and opened the door. Rovin and Noah stood there with fresh tears on their faces. Bobby couldn't even look at them. Noah looked at him in anger before kicking him hard in the shin. Bobby winced in pain but didn't strike back.
"You killed Joshua." Noah said looking like he was going to attack his older brother again.
"Hush Noah!" Rovin said. Noah turned to Rovin and stared at her
"How can you defend him! He killed Joshua! Our best friend Joshua! He killed him and your going to defend him!" by now Noah was pointing and shouting at Bobby who stood there listening to the two fight.
"It wasn't his fault!" Rovin replied
"Yes it was! If he had just sucked it up and watched him for a little while Joshua wouldn't be dead! If you defend him your just as bad!" Noah said. He turned away and stalked down the hall. Rovin turned back to Bobby and cried.
"Your leaving?" she asked
"Yeah I am" Bobby replied looking down on her.
"Will you ever come back?"
" I might"
"I'll miss you"
"I'll miss you too kid"
"Here," she replied talking the leather bracelet with her name on it from her wrist and tying it around his. "A good luck charm"
"Thanks Dodger" he replied giving her a hug. "You better go catch my little brother. He seemed pretty mad"
"He'll get over it" Bobby let go of Rovin and walked down the hall without a backwards glance.
"Noah!"
When he heard his name Noah immediately snapped out of his thoughts. Turning from the window he saw the bedroom empty except for Rovin. She stood in front of his fully clothed with her hair braided. She wore a tight shirt which was laced up in the front and a pair of tight breeches. She looked like she was about to go on a seducing mission. The other three boys had left and Noah felt weird. He cleared his throat before talking.
"Did you change?"
"Yeah. I mean you seemed to be in some kind of trance over there, so after the guys left it seemed okay." Rovin replied blushing deeply before staring him in the eyes. "Why? Does it bother you that I am no longer wearing a tiny night shirt?" Rovin had started walking slowly towards him seductively. Noah had been in this situation with Rovin many times. When she first leaned to seduce she had practiced on the boys many times. Noah crossed his arms over his chest and smiles as he leaned against the windowsill.
"Actually Rov, I was the one who changed your clothes." Noah said smiling more
"Really?" Rovin said raising one eyebrow and fiddling with the leather which kept her shirt closed. "And?"
"I was wondering how you got that scar."
"What scar?" she asked now standing in front of Noah and placing her free hand on his chest.
"The one right here" he said tracing his fingers down her body.
"Really?" Rovin replied unlacing her shirt and looking up at Noah. She placed her hand next to the other on his chest before sliding them up around his neck. Pulling him closer she kissed him lightly on the lips. Noah pulled away after a minute and stared at her.
"What?" she asked tracing his lips
"Nothing. I've just wanted this for so long!"
Rovin smiled and the two kissed passionately as they moved towards the bed.
Suddenly Rovin sat up in bed and looked around the room. Noah still stood by the window staring at her.
"What happened?" she asked
"Well you fell asleep. So the other guys left. I was about to when you woke up."
"It was a dream!" Rovin whispered to herself "Thank Mithros it was a dream."
"What was?"
"Nothing"
"Yeah.Well I better go" Noah crossed the room and placed his hand on the door. He was about to turn the handle when he looked back at Rovin.
"I'm sorry Rov" he said
"For what?" she asked hugging a pillow
"What I said back on the street, the day you disappeared."
"Oh, well it's all right I forgive you." she replied. Noah smiled and left the room shutting the door behind him. Rovin smiled at the closed door shifting to lay on her back. Thinking about her dream she wondered why she had it. She never thought of Noah as anything past a friend. Right now it was Daniel she had the most feeling for. Either way she closed her eyes with a small hope that she might have the same dream but with a different guy.
Chapter 12
Rovin opened her eyes the next morning and looked around the room. For the first time in four years no one wanted to talk to her. Noah wasn't trying to break into her room and Heith wasn't waiting for her to dress like a whore. She enjoyed the thought of not having to leave her room for days if she wanted to. Rovin made herself comfortable and was about to close her eyes when she heard someone walking down the hall. Knowing everyone else was probably gone she figured the person coming was for her. Annoyed she sighed as she sat up in bed folding the blanket around her body. She looked at the small short sleeved shirt she wore and sighed again. A minute later the door slammed open and Noah walked in with a smile on his face.
"Morning sweetheart!" he said closing the door behind him and crossing to the bed. He stood in front of her with his arms crossed.
"morning," she replied in a whisper with a smile. "Why is this place so quiet?"
"Why do you think?" he replied laughing. "after you gracefully returned to use, Heith had had just about every thief out trying to see what Daniel wants with you. So if I were you I'd keep lover-boy away from the inn. Not to mention most of the guys are still finding out you've retur-"
At that moment the door burst open and in ran Candle, Tyger and Reed. Candle stopped in his tracks when he saw Rovin as Tyger and Reed ran into his back, sending the three of them crashing to the floor. Rovin laughed as she watched them scramble to get up again. Noah smirked as he leaned against her bed post glancing at Rovin every once in a while.
"Well now I feel home again. I was starting to miss all the noise and fighting." Rovin said leaning back against the wall.
"We've missed you as well Dodge" Tyger said laughing and sitting on the edge of the table as Candle and Reed took spots at the end of the bed.
"So we hear you spent a couple of nights in the palace eh Rovin?" Candle said
"Yeah tell us what its like! All I've ever seen of it was the dungeon." Tyger asked
"There's nothing that special about the palace." Rovin replied hugging one of her pillows and laying on her side. "To tell you the truth all I thought about while I was there was the Rogue and if I'd ever see it again."
"Oh, how touching!" Reed said making fun of what she said as he touched his heart. The guys burst into laughter and Rovin smiled.
"So that wasn't all I though about, but it did cross my mind every once in a while." she replied
"Come on tell us something juicy about that place." Tyger urged
"I'm sure you can dig up some dirt from your experience there!" Reed added
"There's really nothing that bad!" Rovin replied smiling at them
"I see it in your eyes Rov! You're hiding something form us!" Candle said smiling
"Well." Rovin started
"Come on Rovin!"
"Spill!"
"All right, All right!" Rovin replied sitting up and making herself comfortable again. "Well they."
Noah had turned away from Rovin and stared out the window remembering what is was like last time.
Sixteen-year-old Bobby hunched over the table he sat at with his hands covering his face. Around him his father paced while the women of the Rogue cried. It was always hard when someone in the Rogue died, especially this time because it was a child. Unable to take the silence Bobby pushed away from the table and stormed his way across the room. He passed his twelve- year-old brother Noah, who sat with his best friend Rovin, on his way up the stairs. Rovin reached out and grabbed his sleeve. Bobby stopped walking and stared down at the two of the,. Both their eyes were red and bloodshot from crying and their faces looked as if they hadn't slept in days. Bobby shock his head and pushed away from them. He ran up the stairs and opened the door of his room. Slamming it behind him he rushed to his armoire and pulled out a bag. Jamming clothes and supplies into it, he yanked on his jacket as his door opened and his father walked in. Bobby sighed and started hiding his dagger, trying to ignore his father.
"Bobby, what are you doing?" his father asked
"Dad," Bobby said throwing up his hands as if he were flinching "I'm leaving. I can't stay here"
"You don't have to do this"
"Look at the way everyone is acting! Of course I have to leave! This is all my fault!"
"You don't need to run from your problems son!"
"How can you say that! There is no more 'problem'! I got a kid killed! Joshua is dead because I was careless. All I had to do was watch the kid for one day!"
"It wasn't you fault!"
"Yes it was!"
"Bobby! Joshua was taken by some men from our rivaling Rogue. It wasn't your fault!"
"I never told you, I left Joshua alone for more than a minute. I had business to do so I left the kid at a stall while I was gone."
"How long were you gone?"
"Too long. When I got back the kid wasn't there. I found two guys standing over his body in an alley. There was blood everywhere. I was really scared."
"Bobby. Why didn't you tell me before!"
"I couldn't live with the shame! I was such a coward. I just ran away. Only now I can't live with the guilt!"
The two stood there staring at each other for a long time with tears rolling down their faces. Finally Bobby picked up his bag and slung it over his shoulder. He walked passed his father and opened the door. Rovin and Noah stood there with fresh tears on their faces. Bobby couldn't even look at them. Noah looked at him in anger before kicking him hard in the shin. Bobby winced in pain but didn't strike back.
"You killed Joshua." Noah said looking like he was going to attack his older brother again.
"Hush Noah!" Rovin said. Noah turned to Rovin and stared at her
"How can you defend him! He killed Joshua! Our best friend Joshua! He killed him and your going to defend him!" by now Noah was pointing and shouting at Bobby who stood there listening to the two fight.
"It wasn't his fault!" Rovin replied
"Yes it was! If he had just sucked it up and watched him for a little while Joshua wouldn't be dead! If you defend him your just as bad!" Noah said. He turned away and stalked down the hall. Rovin turned back to Bobby and cried.
"Your leaving?" she asked
"Yeah I am" Bobby replied looking down on her.
"Will you ever come back?"
" I might"
"I'll miss you"
"I'll miss you too kid"
"Here," she replied talking the leather bracelet with her name on it from her wrist and tying it around his. "A good luck charm"
"Thanks Dodger" he replied giving her a hug. "You better go catch my little brother. He seemed pretty mad"
"He'll get over it" Bobby let go of Rovin and walked down the hall without a backwards glance.
"Noah!"
When he heard his name Noah immediately snapped out of his thoughts. Turning from the window he saw the bedroom empty except for Rovin. She stood in front of his fully clothed with her hair braided. She wore a tight shirt which was laced up in the front and a pair of tight breeches. She looked like she was about to go on a seducing mission. The other three boys had left and Noah felt weird. He cleared his throat before talking.
"Did you change?"
"Yeah. I mean you seemed to be in some kind of trance over there, so after the guys left it seemed okay." Rovin replied blushing deeply before staring him in the eyes. "Why? Does it bother you that I am no longer wearing a tiny night shirt?" Rovin had started walking slowly towards him seductively. Noah had been in this situation with Rovin many times. When she first leaned to seduce she had practiced on the boys many times. Noah crossed his arms over his chest and smiles as he leaned against the windowsill.
"Actually Rov, I was the one who changed your clothes." Noah said smiling more
"Really?" Rovin said raising one eyebrow and fiddling with the leather which kept her shirt closed. "And?"
"I was wondering how you got that scar."
"What scar?" she asked now standing in front of Noah and placing her free hand on his chest.
"The one right here" he said tracing his fingers down her body.
"Really?" Rovin replied unlacing her shirt and looking up at Noah. She placed her hand next to the other on his chest before sliding them up around his neck. Pulling him closer she kissed him lightly on the lips. Noah pulled away after a minute and stared at her.
"What?" she asked tracing his lips
"Nothing. I've just wanted this for so long!"
Rovin smiled and the two kissed passionately as they moved towards the bed.
Suddenly Rovin sat up in bed and looked around the room. Noah still stood by the window staring at her.
"What happened?" she asked
"Well you fell asleep. So the other guys left. I was about to when you woke up."
"It was a dream!" Rovin whispered to herself "Thank Mithros it was a dream."
"What was?"
"Nothing"
"Yeah.Well I better go" Noah crossed the room and placed his hand on the door. He was about to turn the handle when he looked back at Rovin.
"I'm sorry Rov" he said
"For what?" she asked hugging a pillow
"What I said back on the street, the day you disappeared."
"Oh, well it's all right I forgive you." she replied. Noah smiled and left the room shutting the door behind him. Rovin smiled at the closed door shifting to lay on her back. Thinking about her dream she wondered why she had it. She never thought of Noah as anything past a friend. Right now it was Daniel she had the most feeling for. Either way she closed her eyes with a small hope that she might have the same dream but with a different guy.