Hiya. I know you all are all complaining bout the fact that I haven't
updated in ages and the updates are too short. I'm sorry. To all you people
who complained, I am SO sorry bout the mix up bout Thom and Alanna bein
identical twins. It didn't really occur 2 me till I saw all the reviews.
Here's da long awaited Chapter 7. I know I said it would be short but I did
all my hmw yesterday so I had enough time to write a longish one. The
longest so far.
Chapter 7- The Plan
Alanna sat back in her chair, a bit breathless. She had explained her plan, with Jon butting in when he felt right. The rest of her visitors were staring at them, open-mouthed.
"Do you really think that will work?" asked Thom, still not quite sure about the big plan.
"It has to work. If Father and Duke Gareth really thing we are desperately in love with each other, they'll agree that we want to make the wedding as perfect as possible, meaning that they will agree with a long engagement so that we will have tons of time to arrange it. That means, after a month or so, we can have some kind of big argument and break it off. No one can complain because if we make it a really public thing, they can't really force us to be together, since everyone will know how much we hate each other." She smiled at the group in front of her, quite proud of her idea.
"But then how will we end the family feud?" Gary questioned, having a few doubts but still impressed with the idea.
"We can leave that to your heirs to decide, so it's not your problem." Jon said, while thinking to himself, 'if I marry Alanna they will be family anyway.'
Alanna interrupted his train of thoughts by saying,
"I thought you would be ecstatic. This means you could marry Cynthera." She grinned at Gary.
"How did you know I like Cynthera?" Gary exclaimed, glaring accusingly at his cousin, who replied,
"Don't look at me. I never said anything." He smiled at Gary.
Alanna smiled at her fiancé as well. "He's right. I figured it out all by myself. It is so obvious that you two are in love."
"And you would be and expert on that, wouldn't you," Thom taunted at Alanna (does that make sense?)
"As a matter of fact, I DID go to a convent, which is full girls who would fall desperately in love with ANY eligible man who visited." She smiled triumphantly at her twin. She had missed the arguments they had had between them. She especially missed winning them.
Thom glared back at his sister, while thinking to himself, 'if you were such an expert on love, you would know that Jon is in love with you. He didn't dare, though, to say this aloud for he would be on the receiving end of both Alanna's and Jon's wrath, something he wouldn't wish on his worst enemy.
Raoul, who had been silent throughout the whole conversation, finally spoke up with a problem that had been bothering him since the discussion had started. He directed the problem to Gary.
"How do you plan on keeping Cynthera interested. If you have to play really in love with Alanna, she won't exactly wait till you've lost interest in her to try her luck with you, to be frank."
Gary glared at Raoul for bursting his bubble. He then turned to Alanna for an answer. She shrugged a reply to his questioning look.
"Don't look at me. I didn't say I had the answer to all of your problems. I just came up with the basic plan."
"With my help," butted in Jon (A-N: I don't want him to sound arrogant- he's supposed to be da perfect guy.)
Alanna smiled warmly at Jon, causing his insides to turn to jelly.
"I couldn't have done it without you." (Awww. Soppy)
Gary glanced back and forth between Alanna and Jon. A waning look from Thom stopped him from saying anything out loud but it didn't stop the thoughts going through his head. My cousin is in love with my fiancée, he said to himself. Great, lets just add another twist into this story.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Alanna was surprised when she heard the noon bell toll. Herself and the men had had a long discussion about all the pro's and con's of the idea, trying as hard as possible to find a solution to the problems. Some had been successful, some not so.
Thom got up at the sound of the bell and stretched, ridding himself of the cramps he had got while sitting on the bed all morning.
"You people may not have any work to do but I do. Are you coming to lunch?"
Alanna glanced around at the people in her room.
"I have to go," replied Alanna with a sigh.
"Same with me. As it's the social season, I'm duty bound to attend." he smiled at Alanna. They had been swapping looks since the beginning of the conversation.
"I'm eating in the mess hall with Thom. I told father that I would have a 'talk' with him about the wedding, though I think he probably just going to tell me what is happening and I will have to agree." He gave a irritated groan.
"I just can't be bothered to go, and I have no obligations, so I think I will give lunch a miss and go for a ride. (Why am I bothering to describe all this.)
They all left Alanna's rooms, Thom Gary and Raoul lagged behind. As soon as the Prince and Alanna were out of earshot an excited discussion took place.
"What is going on between those two? They were getting all mushy in front of us. Jon is never that obvious, especially when with women." Raoul exclaimed.
"Neither is my sister. I may have not seen her for seven years but some things never change. She has never liked anyone." Thom's surprise of the antics of his knight master and his sister was obvious.
"They seemed quite in love to me, though I don't think anything has happened yet. I think it would be a bit odd for my cousin to kiss my fiancée," Gary mentioned.
"If you think about it, it's nicely planned. You two can have your argument about it. Alanna can yell because of you and Cynthera and you can yell because of Jon and Alanna." Thom grinned; proud he had come up with something for the plan.
"Don't talk about it so loud," Gary muttered through his teeth as they entered the mess hall. "If people find out, we will end up having a lot of uncomfortable explaining to do." (A.N- Forgot to mention that Raoul left after he said his part)
Thom sighed and picked up a plate, ladling a large spoonful of soup to go with his bread. It was going to be a long month.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Alanna was quiet as she walked down the corridor alone with Jon. It was a bit awkward. She knew that what she felt for him was real. Try as she might she could not get the prince out of her head. She thought the Prince might feel the same way, she had seen some of the glances that he had sent her way, but she was happy for him to make the first move.
A.N- Hope that woz long enough. Like I said in da authors note before I'm going to New York tomorrow so I won't be back for another week. Then I start school so I might not be able to upload for a while. Sozzy. Also hi to the little fan club (of 5 people) I have eared at skool. Heya Tat, Gene- Leigh, Kuigli, Neshma and Kiran. Also a small comment to Sarah (misschatterbox@hotmail.com, I think that's right.) In your review you mention comments from your class. Does that mean your whole class read it? Coz it makes me proud and kinda scared. Anyway, a review would be nice. Have just reached the 99 so by tomorrow when I upload I hope to have 100. Enough of my chatter. Thanx for reading
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Chapter 7- The Plan
Alanna sat back in her chair, a bit breathless. She had explained her plan, with Jon butting in when he felt right. The rest of her visitors were staring at them, open-mouthed.
"Do you really think that will work?" asked Thom, still not quite sure about the big plan.
"It has to work. If Father and Duke Gareth really thing we are desperately in love with each other, they'll agree that we want to make the wedding as perfect as possible, meaning that they will agree with a long engagement so that we will have tons of time to arrange it. That means, after a month or so, we can have some kind of big argument and break it off. No one can complain because if we make it a really public thing, they can't really force us to be together, since everyone will know how much we hate each other." She smiled at the group in front of her, quite proud of her idea.
"But then how will we end the family feud?" Gary questioned, having a few doubts but still impressed with the idea.
"We can leave that to your heirs to decide, so it's not your problem." Jon said, while thinking to himself, 'if I marry Alanna they will be family anyway.'
Alanna interrupted his train of thoughts by saying,
"I thought you would be ecstatic. This means you could marry Cynthera." She grinned at Gary.
"How did you know I like Cynthera?" Gary exclaimed, glaring accusingly at his cousin, who replied,
"Don't look at me. I never said anything." He smiled at Gary.
Alanna smiled at her fiancé as well. "He's right. I figured it out all by myself. It is so obvious that you two are in love."
"And you would be and expert on that, wouldn't you," Thom taunted at Alanna (does that make sense?)
"As a matter of fact, I DID go to a convent, which is full girls who would fall desperately in love with ANY eligible man who visited." She smiled triumphantly at her twin. She had missed the arguments they had had between them. She especially missed winning them.
Thom glared back at his sister, while thinking to himself, 'if you were such an expert on love, you would know that Jon is in love with you. He didn't dare, though, to say this aloud for he would be on the receiving end of both Alanna's and Jon's wrath, something he wouldn't wish on his worst enemy.
Raoul, who had been silent throughout the whole conversation, finally spoke up with a problem that had been bothering him since the discussion had started. He directed the problem to Gary.
"How do you plan on keeping Cynthera interested. If you have to play really in love with Alanna, she won't exactly wait till you've lost interest in her to try her luck with you, to be frank."
Gary glared at Raoul for bursting his bubble. He then turned to Alanna for an answer. She shrugged a reply to his questioning look.
"Don't look at me. I didn't say I had the answer to all of your problems. I just came up with the basic plan."
"With my help," butted in Jon (A-N: I don't want him to sound arrogant- he's supposed to be da perfect guy.)
Alanna smiled warmly at Jon, causing his insides to turn to jelly.
"I couldn't have done it without you." (Awww. Soppy)
Gary glanced back and forth between Alanna and Jon. A waning look from Thom stopped him from saying anything out loud but it didn't stop the thoughts going through his head. My cousin is in love with my fiancée, he said to himself. Great, lets just add another twist into this story.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Alanna was surprised when she heard the noon bell toll. Herself and the men had had a long discussion about all the pro's and con's of the idea, trying as hard as possible to find a solution to the problems. Some had been successful, some not so.
Thom got up at the sound of the bell and stretched, ridding himself of the cramps he had got while sitting on the bed all morning.
"You people may not have any work to do but I do. Are you coming to lunch?"
Alanna glanced around at the people in her room.
"I have to go," replied Alanna with a sigh.
"Same with me. As it's the social season, I'm duty bound to attend." he smiled at Alanna. They had been swapping looks since the beginning of the conversation.
"I'm eating in the mess hall with Thom. I told father that I would have a 'talk' with him about the wedding, though I think he probably just going to tell me what is happening and I will have to agree." He gave a irritated groan.
"I just can't be bothered to go, and I have no obligations, so I think I will give lunch a miss and go for a ride. (Why am I bothering to describe all this.)
They all left Alanna's rooms, Thom Gary and Raoul lagged behind. As soon as the Prince and Alanna were out of earshot an excited discussion took place.
"What is going on between those two? They were getting all mushy in front of us. Jon is never that obvious, especially when with women." Raoul exclaimed.
"Neither is my sister. I may have not seen her for seven years but some things never change. She has never liked anyone." Thom's surprise of the antics of his knight master and his sister was obvious.
"They seemed quite in love to me, though I don't think anything has happened yet. I think it would be a bit odd for my cousin to kiss my fiancée," Gary mentioned.
"If you think about it, it's nicely planned. You two can have your argument about it. Alanna can yell because of you and Cynthera and you can yell because of Jon and Alanna." Thom grinned; proud he had come up with something for the plan.
"Don't talk about it so loud," Gary muttered through his teeth as they entered the mess hall. "If people find out, we will end up having a lot of uncomfortable explaining to do." (A.N- Forgot to mention that Raoul left after he said his part)
Thom sighed and picked up a plate, ladling a large spoonful of soup to go with his bread. It was going to be a long month.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Alanna was quiet as she walked down the corridor alone with Jon. It was a bit awkward. She knew that what she felt for him was real. Try as she might she could not get the prince out of her head. She thought the Prince might feel the same way, she had seen some of the glances that he had sent her way, but she was happy for him to make the first move.
A.N- Hope that woz long enough. Like I said in da authors note before I'm going to New York tomorrow so I won't be back for another week. Then I start school so I might not be able to upload for a while. Sozzy. Also hi to the little fan club (of 5 people) I have eared at skool. Heya Tat, Gene- Leigh, Kuigli, Neshma and Kiran. Also a small comment to Sarah (misschatterbox@hotmail.com, I think that's right.) In your review you mention comments from your class. Does that mean your whole class read it? Coz it makes me proud and kinda scared. Anyway, a review would be nice. Have just reached the 99 so by tomorrow when I upload I hope to have 100. Enough of my chatter. Thanx for reading
StarFire.
REVIEW.