Sitting in a room by themselves, Katrene and Raoul, continued eating
their lunch.
"Yes, I AM an acquaintance with the king! You may go and ask him yourself."
"I still do not believe you," Katrene laughed, "but I would like to hear more about your other friends. You talk about them so humorously."
"Well, there is Alan...er, Alanna. Now, there is a long story. I'll tell it to you another time. There's also Gary, and...well, that's it."
"But what are they like?" Katrene asked.
"They're good-humored, and if you do something stupid they will never stop mentioning it."
"Sounds nice," she murmured.
"I couldn't help but notice princess that you haven't spoke of your own friends," Raoul commented.
"I don't have any," Katrene said as she shrugged.
"None? None at all? I cannot believe that a beautiful woman like you would not be popular.
"Please, do not let the conversation lull because of my boring life," Katrene said as a tear fell from her face. She moved her hand slowly off of the table. Raoul caught it in his large one.
"You can go on, if you like," Raoul said looking up at her.
"My mother died giving birth to me. My father...he doesn't pay much attention to anything anymore since mother died, or so I am told. I only have brothers and the ones that are not married are off fighting dragons, or so I hear. I have only one brother that bothers to write to me. He is my lifeline to the real world."
"There is no one else?" Raoul asked. "Not even a man?"
"No," Katrene whispered back.
"Is there room in your life for a man?" Raoul asked, looking into her eyes.
Katrene bit her lip and nodded her head. Raoul shakily lifted his arm to rest his hand behind her neck. He could feel her shiver at his touch. She closed her eyes, enjoying the sensation, and Raoul moved forward.
He slowly touched her lips with his, tentively. He kissed her, and she did not think about it, but she kissed him back. He then pulled back, and looked into her eyes, only inches from her face. The sight that he saw there answered any question that he had. He moved his hand, bringing her face closer to him. His lips then met hers again, and the passion grew.
"Katrene! Katrene, are you done yet?" she could hear her nurse calling.
She pulled away from him, and she could hear him sigh quietly. After their lips had parted, Katrene yelled back, "Coming!"
"Katrene, I..." Raoul was cut short.
"I ought to be leaving," she said, and she slipped her hand out of his.
"Katrene, wait," Roaul said, watching as she began to leave the room, "when can I see you again?"
After a moment's pause, she answered, "This evening. My lessons only amount for the day. I will meet you in the gardens."
"Then until then," Raoul said and he smiled at her and blew her a kiss.
Katrene then walked out of the doors into the corridors. She paused to lean against the wall, and she put a finger to her lips, remembering how Raoul had just kissed her. It was the first time she had ever been kissed, and she hoped it would not be the last.
A/N: Well, that was interesting to write. It took me forever. I hope you like it well enough. I need encouragement so if you like my story, then please be kind and review to tell me so. I ask that if you have any snide comments that you would refrain. I know that I haven't updated in almost forever, but I might if I thought that someone out there enjoyed reading my fanfics, and that I wasn't just providing material for flames. Anyway, here is the chapter.
"Yes, I AM an acquaintance with the king! You may go and ask him yourself."
"I still do not believe you," Katrene laughed, "but I would like to hear more about your other friends. You talk about them so humorously."
"Well, there is Alan...er, Alanna. Now, there is a long story. I'll tell it to you another time. There's also Gary, and...well, that's it."
"But what are they like?" Katrene asked.
"They're good-humored, and if you do something stupid they will never stop mentioning it."
"Sounds nice," she murmured.
"I couldn't help but notice princess that you haven't spoke of your own friends," Raoul commented.
"I don't have any," Katrene said as she shrugged.
"None? None at all? I cannot believe that a beautiful woman like you would not be popular.
"Please, do not let the conversation lull because of my boring life," Katrene said as a tear fell from her face. She moved her hand slowly off of the table. Raoul caught it in his large one.
"You can go on, if you like," Raoul said looking up at her.
"My mother died giving birth to me. My father...he doesn't pay much attention to anything anymore since mother died, or so I am told. I only have brothers and the ones that are not married are off fighting dragons, or so I hear. I have only one brother that bothers to write to me. He is my lifeline to the real world."
"There is no one else?" Raoul asked. "Not even a man?"
"No," Katrene whispered back.
"Is there room in your life for a man?" Raoul asked, looking into her eyes.
Katrene bit her lip and nodded her head. Raoul shakily lifted his arm to rest his hand behind her neck. He could feel her shiver at his touch. She closed her eyes, enjoying the sensation, and Raoul moved forward.
He slowly touched her lips with his, tentively. He kissed her, and she did not think about it, but she kissed him back. He then pulled back, and looked into her eyes, only inches from her face. The sight that he saw there answered any question that he had. He moved his hand, bringing her face closer to him. His lips then met hers again, and the passion grew.
"Katrene! Katrene, are you done yet?" she could hear her nurse calling.
She pulled away from him, and she could hear him sigh quietly. After their lips had parted, Katrene yelled back, "Coming!"
"Katrene, I..." Raoul was cut short.
"I ought to be leaving," she said, and she slipped her hand out of his.
"Katrene, wait," Roaul said, watching as she began to leave the room, "when can I see you again?"
After a moment's pause, she answered, "This evening. My lessons only amount for the day. I will meet you in the gardens."
"Then until then," Raoul said and he smiled at her and blew her a kiss.
Katrene then walked out of the doors into the corridors. She paused to lean against the wall, and she put a finger to her lips, remembering how Raoul had just kissed her. It was the first time she had ever been kissed, and she hoped it would not be the last.
A/N: Well, that was interesting to write. It took me forever. I hope you like it well enough. I need encouragement so if you like my story, then please be kind and review to tell me so. I ask that if you have any snide comments that you would refrain. I know that I haven't updated in almost forever, but I might if I thought that someone out there enjoyed reading my fanfics, and that I wasn't just providing material for flames. Anyway, here is the chapter.