The Library

Alanna laid back on her bed with a flop. Her feet were killing her. She had spent the whole day walking around with Thom, telling him what the convent was like and how different it was to here, and he told her what had happened to him since his last letter.

Thom had changed since she had last seen him, and so had she, she guessed.

There was a thump on the ground as Alanna threw off her shoes.

Alanna closed her eyes and about a minute later she opened them and groaned. She suddenly was tired enough to sleep… it figured.

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Thom went to the library. He had a bit of work to catch up on since he had the day off to help show Alanna around. He didn't have that much to catch up on, just some battle history and mathematics. Sitting down at the far end of the library, Thom got to work.

He decided to do his battle history first. Just after he answered the first question, the library doors opened up wide and the prince and his friends came waltzing in. Their laughter ringing the walls of the library.

Thom sighed. Why were they always so loud?

"I know! Did you see the girl with…?" Gareth of Naxen - the younger said.

"Yeah I know!" Raoul of Golden Lake laughed. "But wasn't the girl…"

Alexander of Tirragen turned around and saw Thom and gasped.

"I know I know…" The Prince said. "How about the girl…"

Alex tried to get his friends attention.

"Yeah I know but she wasn't as near as good looking as the girl…"

"Guys…" Alex started.

"I guess, but what about the red headed girl, the one with the…"

"Guys!" Alexander shouted.

"What?!" Raoul shouted back at him.

If Thom wasn't pretending to concentrate on his work so much, he would have laughed.

Alex muttered something.

Everhting went quiet. Thom felt their eyes on him, but he kept on working (or tried to).

He heard them move to a table near the opposite corner of the room to him.

Thom had got used to that. No matter how degrading it was, Thom didn't care as long as the left him alone.

The doors opened again. He heard the men gasp. He looked up and smiled.

Alanna was walking towards him.

He nodded at her and she smiled.

"You looking for me?" he asked pertly.

"The library Thomas?" she asked surprisedly. "I thought you would be else where."

"You looked her first didn't you?" he inquired.

"No…" she said while sitting on his table.

"Liar," he told her. "And aren't you supposed to be a lady?"

"Yeah…"

"I didn't think sitting on a table was very lady-like."

She rolled her eyes. "When did I ever say I was acting like a lady?"

"Well if you're a lady, you should act like a lady," he said smiled.

"And pigs might fly! When did I ever end up doing what I was supposed to do?!"

"When the Prince was watching," he muttered softly.

He watched as Alanna took a deep breath and said quite loudly, "Since when did I do anything I was supposed to do, even if a group of men, one of them being a prince, were staring at me like a was some attraction people payed to come and see?!"

Thom tried not to laugh. Even though she had been at the convent for so many years, she still never got rid of he roughish side.

"Point taken dearest sister," Thom muttered smiling. "Point taken."

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Chibi-Chingo and Writerwrites: I know I should write longer chapters… this one is a bit longer I guess, but small chapters are my biggest flaw.

Thanx everyone 2 who reviewed… good or bad, advice or no, I like to know what you think and what I should do to make it better.