Galahad and I
By: SarmatianKnight13
Chapter Four
The next few months of my existence passed by agonizingly slow. I did not talk to Galahad as much as I used too. We did talk occasionally but that was only in passing when we greeted each other. I felt that this served me right, that I should feel this pain. And did I feel it.
The day to move from the wall to Camelot came up rather quickly. My mother and father did not like the idea at first, but they realized that they couldn't keep my close forever. They only agreed after I told them I would visit often.
I had just finished my packing the day of our departure when there came a knock on my door.
"Come in!" I said. The door opened and in stepped my father.
"I have come to retrieve your things, my daughter." He said. I nodded and motioned to the packs on the floor. He stooped to pick them up, and was gone in a moment. This was it. This was the last time I would see my little room for awhile. I sat down on my bed and stared at Lancelot's swords at their perch on my wall. I sighed.
"Good bye Lancelot." I whispered, finally letting him go. Of course, a part of him would still be in my heart. I stood, and removed them from the wall. The scabbards and the blades were clean because I made sure that I washed them two times a month.
A knock came on my door again and I jumped slightly in surprise.
"Come in." The door opened again and my father stepped in.
"It's time to leave." He said. I nodded, and clutching the swords in my arms, I left my room.
The final good bye had been a teary one, but I convinced my mother that the good bye would not last long. Because of my lack of horse riding ability I sat in a wagon next to Guinevere. She did not have a lack of horse riding ability, but she decided to keep me company in the wagon.
We talked and planned some more, but there really was not much one could do on a long wagon ride. There was one other thing I could do. And I did that thing quiet often. It constituted pulling the flap of the wagon out of the way so that I might see Galahad ride by. Of course, he never did ride by, but I got wonderful views of the country side.
I was thankful for the first time we stopped to camp for the night. I was now able to walk around a bit which was some feat seeing as how I had not used my legs for hours.
When I had shaken my legs out, I sat down by one of the fires that had been struck up. Unfortunately, I picked the wrong fire. It was the knights' fire.
Gawain plopped himself down next to me on the log that I had procured. Bors and Galahad sat across the fire from us.
"It tis a fine evening is it not, fair rose?" Gawain asked me.
"Gawain, how many times have I asked you to call me Rhoslyn?" I asked.
"Too many to count… fair rose." He teased. I sighed. I should just give up. I thought.
"I suppose you don't have any wine you can serve us." Bors said, half serious, half joking.
"No, I am sorry I do not." I replied, smiling. He chuckled.
Soon, the camp was filled with the deep laughter of the knights and my laughter as well as they retold tales of past adventures.
"… and Galahad was so surprised! I mean, he was stark naked in the river when woads surrounded him!" Bors bellowed. Galahad was flushing red, but I couldn't help but laugh at the story.
"I remember that." Gawain said. "The woads were quite surprised themselves to catch Galahad naked. I swear, as I came running into the clearing some of them had their backs turned!"
Galahad turned redder if that was even possible. Poor guy. I thought. He must have been so embarrassed.
"That is enough!" Galahad said after a while. But you could tell that he was trying to hold back laughter. "Perhaps I should tell her of the time when you both fell on your asses." That was enough to shut up Bors and Gawain, but not me, I was curious.
"Go on Galahad," I said, trying to be brave in talking to him. "Tell me about the time they fell on their asses."
Galahad smiled at the memory and I could feel my stomach turn at his smile.
"We were camped south of the wall after a nasty fight with the woads." Galahad recalled. "I had gone out to get some fire wood and everyone else had stayed behind. When I returned to camp I saw that everyone was asleep except for Bors and Gawain who were sitting on a log, talking. I thought it would be worth it to try and frighten them. I was really young at the time and I did not know if they could scare at all! So I made sounds and strange noises, and they looked pretty frightened after awhile. Then, I got the idea to throw something at them. I did, and they got so scared that they fell backwards off of the log and onto their asses!"
I busted out laughing. Here, I myself thought that Bors and Gawain were rough and tough knights, but to hear about them getting frightened enough to fall on their asses. Well, needless to say, it was surprising!
"Alright, that's enough stories for tonight lad." Bors said looking a little red himself. Gawain nodded in agreement.
"Well, I best be going to my tree then. I miss Vanora and my children already." Bors said, standing. "Good night." And then he was gone to his tree.
"I am going as well." Gawain said standing.
"Good night." I said.
"Good night, fair rose." He teased, and he was gone as well.
And it was just Galahad and I.
A/N: Oh my gosh! I am so sorry to leave it like that, but I felt like leaving it right there. Again, I'm not sure about this chapter so sorry if it sucks! It's really killing me to have my characters be so… I don't know, in denial. I've never done this before, usually my characters are already making out in the second chapter! I'm kind of enjoying having a long drawn out relationship, but I promise Galahad and Rhoslyn will get together at some point! And now I shall thank my reviewers! Just to let you know, I didn't really wait for anymore reviews so I only have to people to thank! lol!
y0urs-truly: Hurray for the McDonald's theme song! Or catch phrase, or what ever you want to call it! Thank you so much for reviewing!!
immortalwizardpirateelf-fan: Hurray for the long pen name! I really like it by the way! I know Rhoslyn is torturing herself, and I'm sorry for that. Again I have to say that it actually feels good to torture her! MUHAHAHA!! Anyway, again, I promise they will eventually get together! I have actually had a couple ideas on that too. It's amazing! I will update soon, and of course I will check out your story!