Disclaimer: See the previous chapter!
A/N: Hey everyone! This chapter is back to Rhoslyn's point of view but I promise that later on I will have another chapter devoted to Galahad's point of view. Again, thank you to Haylz for the suggestion! In this chapter Rhoslyn is going to start to learn how to ride a horse. I got one of my friends at school to tell me what you learn when you first learn how to ride a horse. I understood some of it, but otherpartsI wasn't so sure so if I got anything wrong then let me know and I'll change it! Thank you to all my reviewers!
Galahad and I
By: SarmatianKnight13
Chapter Six
I was thrown awake by the flooding of bright light into the carriage. I bolted up with a grunt, and shielded my eyes from the imposing light. Then, the light was diminished. I blinked my eyes to adjust and I figured that someone came into the carriage by way of lifting the covering. It just figures that they have to wake me up from such a fitful slumber.
"Sorry about that." Came a male voice. When my eyes finally adjusted to the light I saw that it was Galahad. My heart flipped. I had almost forgotten the previous night and that we were talking again.
"Good morning." He said way too cheerily for the morning. I grumbled out a good morning back.
"I have come to give you your first riding lesson." He said quite happily.
"What?" I asked, surprised.
"You heard what I said! Hurry up and get ready!" And he was gone before I could argue. I growled as I changed. That's when I noticed that Guinevere was gone. She is probably with Arthur, I thought. Then, I began to mentally complain about how I really don't want to have a riding lesson especially with Galahad as my teacher. And then I thought that, well, I'll be near him, and that is exciting in itself.
When I was finished dressing, I stepped out of the carriage. As soon as I was out of the carriage, the carriage began to move, and we were off again. Off on out journey to Camelot. Galahad came riding up on his white mare. He dismounted when he reached me.
"The first thing you need to learn is how to mount your horse." He said.
"That I actually know how to do." I said, and I was able to get up on the horse with no problem. This was new for me seeing as how I am so clumsy. I grabbed onto the reins when I was perched on top of the horse. I began to grow nervous when I saw how high up off the ground I was.
"Well, at least we can skip that part. Now let's see you…" He said as he began to examine the way I was sitting. "Keep your legs against her sides… there you go. You certainly know how to sit on a horse." He said.
"I know how to mount, and dismount, and sit on a horse, I'm just kind of afraid of actually having the horse move while I'm on it." I admitted. He chuckled.
"I'm going to lead her for a while so you can get used to the horses movements, and then I'm going to have you walk with her. Alright?" I gulped.
"Alright." I croaked. Galahad then attached a rope to the mare's bridle, and began to lead her behind the caravan of wagons. I gulped again as the horse lurched into a walk.
During the time Galahad was leading his horse, we talked about stuff that we had missed in each others lives since we last talked. Of course, there really wasn't much that I didn't know seeing as how we lived in a close proximity.
Guinevere came to visit us from time to time. She of course was riding a horse. She has the skills and the coordination. I don't have any of those things. I had to admit though that I was getting the hang of this horse riding thing, and I was the one that requested if I could walk the mare on my own. Galahad agreed and stopped the horse and then removed the rope from the bridle. I took a heavy sigh.
"You must not show any fear. The horse will not like that." Galahad advised. I almost let out an unladylike snort. Me? Brave? Ha!
I sat there for a moment trying to get my fear under control. When I finally did, I nudged the horse slightly, and she spurred into a walk. I smiled triumphantly. I did it, and now I wanted to get down. After awhile, I eased the mare into a stop and turned around to talk to Galahad. He was just standing there with a huge, beautiful smile on his face. That smile surprised me. I had caused that smile. At least, I thought I had caused that smile.
"Uh, Galahad. May I dismount now?" I asked sheepishly.
"What do you want to dismount for? You are doing wonderfully." He said, jogging up to take the reins still smiling that beautiful smile.
"Um, I think I have had enough for today." He laughed, and helped me down. We stood only inches apart now, and I could feel my heart start beating faster.
"Uh, thanks for the lesson." I managed to get out. I hoped beyond hope that he could not hear my heart beating as fast as it was going.
"It was no problem, fair rose." He said. Usually when Gawain says that, I brush it off. But I think this is the first time that Galahad has ever called me fair rose, and I loved it now. I wish he would have called me that more often.
Reluctantly I stepped away from him. "Thanks again!" I said before rushing off to get back into my carriage. Oh Galahad, I thought as I sat there amongst the furs. Oh, how I love you.
A/N: What do you think? I hope it was ok. It's 9:41 pm, and I'm probably going to be sacrificing some bedtime for you people so you better like it! Hehe, I'm just kidding! And now the reviewers! Sorry if this seems kind of short! And read the response I did for Dazzler420's review there is a comment in there directed to everyone, and if you don't mind I would like some feedback on that! Thank you again everyone!
PhoenixFyre: It's really killing me to have my characters be clueless. Like I've said, I've never tortured my characters like this, but I'm REALLY liking it now for some odd reason! Thank you for reviewing and I'm glad you liked the Galahad POV chapter!
kate rose: Thank you for calling my story cute! Hehe, and I'm glad you liked the Galahad POV chapter also! Thanks for reviewing!
starnat: My faithful reviewer! Thank you so much for reviewing again! And I'm really glad to hear that it's worth the wait! Thank you again for reviewing… again!
Haylz: ::bows down:: Thank you again for the suggestion! I love Galahad so much! I wish I could meet a guy like him, but I'm sure that will never happen. For the most part chivalry is dead. At least from what I have seen! And I think it's so funny that they are so oblivious to each other's feelings! And I think it's interesting also that everyone else knows except for them! Thank you for reviewing again!
Dazzler420: I am really going to take that thought under consideration. Thank you so much for the idea! That will probably be in later chapters though when they get settled into Camelot. And that's another thing I wasn't sure about that no one's really mentioned is the thing about Camelot. I hope everyone thinks that's ok, and not stupid! LOL! Anyway, thank you for the review, and I will really think on your suggestion!