1.1.1 Chapter Twelve
As Jea and Laguna walked back towards the inn, laughing and chatting, a delicious smell hit them in the face. They eagerly inhaled the odor of cooking cuisine, looking for its source.
They found it. It was a nice little restaurant in a modest part of town. Jea looked at Laguna. "Ya wanna stop fer somethin' to eat?"
As soon as she said it, his stomach rumbled loudly. He grinned sheepishly as Jea laughed and commented, "I think I'll take that as a 'yes'…C'mon! I'll buy!"
Chuckling, they entered the restaurant to eat. After gorging themselves on the delicious food, they set out again for the inn.
Back at the inn, their meals caught up with them. They yawned as they entered the common room. Laguna looked back at Jea. "Shall we retire? I don't see the others."
Jea shrugged, biting back a yawn. "Sure. It's been a long day."
They shuffled up the stairs, laughing, chatting, and yawning. The solid friendship they had formed made them able (and want) to poke fun at each other. Jea was teasing Laguna that he had a tendency towards stuffiness (A/N: He does end to e stuffy at times…I think it's that perpetual bug all paladins have up their asses…. ()—much to his indignance. He argued that he wasn't stuffy. "I just act like a paladin should," was his defense. "Besides, you like me and you know it, ranger."
She playfully shoved him into a wall. "Bull. Go to bed."
They had reached the paladin and Dumbugg's room. The two were so busy joking, they didn't hear any of the noise from inside the room. Laguna stuck his tongue out at Jea and opened the door….
Almost biting it off and wishing he hadn't opened the door. He and Jea were given a marvelous view of Dumbugg's bare ass as he and the barmaid went at it. Laguna looked like he was going to be sick and he turned around and walked out. Jea, trying not to laugh, closed the door, and strode over to where Laguna had rested his forehead against the wall.
"You okay, buddy?" Jea laid a hand on his arm.
"I didn't need that. I REALLY didn't need THAT," he whimpered. He looked at her in mock agony. "I'm NOT going back in there. Can I stay with you and Ambermist? I'll sleep on the floor."
He looked so pathetic and so pitiful that Jea felt sorry for him. "Sure. C'mon."
She led him down the hall to her room. Opening the door, she made an extravagant bow. "After you, Sir Knight. May I welcome you to your new sleeping chamber?"
Laughing he moved past her into the room.
As Jea and Laguna walked back towards the inn, laughing and chatting, a delicious smell hit them in the face. They eagerly inhaled the odor of cooking cuisine, looking for its source.
They found it. It was a nice little restaurant in a modest part of town. Jea looked at Laguna. "Ya wanna stop fer somethin' to eat?"
As soon as she said it, his stomach rumbled loudly. He grinned sheepishly as Jea laughed and commented, "I think I'll take that as a 'yes'…C'mon! I'll buy!"
Chuckling, they entered the restaurant to eat. After gorging themselves on the delicious food, they set out again for the inn.
Back at the inn, their meals caught up with them. They yawned as they entered the common room. Laguna looked back at Jea. "Shall we retire? I don't see the others."
Jea shrugged, biting back a yawn. "Sure. It's been a long day."
They shuffled up the stairs, laughing, chatting, and yawning. The solid friendship they had formed made them able (and want) to poke fun at each other. Jea was teasing Laguna that he had a tendency towards stuffiness (A/N: He does end to e stuffy at times…I think it's that perpetual bug all paladins have up their asses…. ()—much to his indignance. He argued that he wasn't stuffy. "I just act like a paladin should," was his defense. "Besides, you like me and you know it, ranger."
She playfully shoved him into a wall. "Bull. Go to bed."
They had reached the paladin and Dumbugg's room. The two were so busy joking, they didn't hear any of the noise from inside the room. Laguna stuck his tongue out at Jea and opened the door….
Almost biting it off and wishing he hadn't opened the door. He and Jea were given a marvelous view of Dumbugg's bare ass as he and the barmaid went at it. Laguna looked like he was going to be sick and he turned around and walked out. Jea, trying not to laugh, closed the door, and strode over to where Laguna had rested his forehead against the wall.
"You okay, buddy?" Jea laid a hand on his arm.
"I didn't need that. I REALLY didn't need THAT," he whimpered. He looked at her in mock agony. "I'm NOT going back in there. Can I stay with you and Ambermist? I'll sleep on the floor."
He looked so pathetic and so pitiful that Jea felt sorry for him. "Sure. C'mon."
She led him down the hall to her room. Opening the door, she made an extravagant bow. "After you, Sir Knight. May I welcome you to your new sleeping chamber?"
Laughing he moved past her into the room.