Disclaimer: See Chapter 5 I believe.
Galahad and I
By: SarmatianKnight13
Chapter 7
The rest of the day passed by uneventfully, and I was not approached to learn anything more of horse riding. Which, by the way, was a relief. I very much like to stay with my carriage. To me, it's much safer.
Guinevere came by later to keep me company for a while. She gave me an update on our progress. We were about two days from Camelot, our new home. I could not wait to see it. I could only imagine how majestic it must look!
That night when we camped, I was again glad to walk around a little. As much as I like a carriage, I like walking even better. I grabbed a cloak from within one of my packs, and wrapped it around myself. It was going to be another cold winter, but I loved the cold for some reason.
I sat down by a fire and like the night before, it was the wrong one. Galahad soon came to join me on the log that I was sitting on.
"Good evening!" He greeted with that damn, handsome smile again. My heart fluttered.
"Evening." I greeted back. Just then, Guinevere and Arthur passed us with a greeting, and went to sit at another fire some distance away from ours. It feels really good to say ours when I talk of Galahad and I. I sighed as I watched the married couple sit on a log, and they huddled together, holding hands. A pang of jealousy hit me. If only…
Soon, Gawain and Bors joined the married couple at the other fire, and they began to converse in hushed tones. Galahad and I looked at each other curiously.
"What could they be talking about that they don't want us to hear?" I asked him. He shrugged.
"I do not know, fair rose." And then he threw another stick in the fire. My heart fluttered yet again. He had to call me that again, didn't he?
"Must I think of a new name for you Galahad?" I teased.
"What?" He asked.
"You call me fair rose, and it seems only fair that I have another name for you." He chuckled.
"Should I call you Arrogant man? Or Young Pup?" I asked, trying to hold back laughter.
He looked horrified by those names. "Please, anything but those! But if you wish for me to not call you fair rose, then I shall not."
"No!" I exclaimed, almost too loudly. "No." I said again, softening my voice. "It is fine for you to call me fair rose. Gawain does it all the time, why should you not do it." And then I regretted saying that. By the Gods Rhoslyn, you are stupid!
"Oh," He said, disappointedly. "Rhoslyn." And then he stood, and went off into the woods surrounding us. I hit my forehead with the heel of my palm.
"Stupid. Stupid." I scolded myself, punctuating each word with a hit to my forehead.
Bors, Arthur, Guinevere, and Gawain's POV
"They are making me sick with their mindless flirting." Gawain stated, striking up the conversation.
"I agree." Arthur said. "I do not want people to be so unhappy in Camelot. It is so obvious that they are unhappy with out each other." All present except Arthur nodded.
"If they will not do anything, I believe we have to take this matter into our own hands." Bors said. All present except Bors nodded.
"What should we do though?" Guinevere asked. All present except Guinevere shrugged.
"Maybe we should lock them in a room until they finally admit their feelings!" Gawain exclaimed, but not to loud so the pup and fair rose wouldn't hear.
"That is a good idea." Arthur admitted.
"Until we can get the chance to lock them in a room we should keep the women away from Galahad as much as possible. The same with men for Rhoslyn." Gawain added. Everyone present, even Gawain, nodded.
"That will not be an easy task." Bors said, chuckling. "Those women can not stay away from our pup!" Everyone laughed.
They looked over at the two oblivious young people, and saw Galahad stand and walk away with a disappointed look on his face. Then, they watched as Rhoslyn hit herself on the forehead with her palm.
"She has done it again!" Guinevere groaned. Everyone sighed. This was going to be a hard task to fulfill.
Back to Rhoslyn's POV
"I am so stupid." I whispered aloud to myself that night as I prepared for bed. That look on his face broke my heart. Maybe there are feelings there for me. I think that I am actually ready to believe that he may have feelings for me! Maybe, I should just let it run its course, and if he really wishes to have me, then I will know it, and he can have me. He has me already. I punched my cloak which I was using for a pillow. I quickly pulled the covering away and stepped out into the clear, cool night. It was beautiful out, and the moon was full and bright.
I stepped around sleeping men and women and made my way to where I knew Galahad was sleeping. He had his own tree off to the side. I soon reached that tree, and there he was. He looked like an angel sleeping there. My Galahad. That sounds nice: my Galahad. I could get accustomed to saying that.
I knelt down beside him, and studied him for a while. He was wrapped in his cloak, and his head was tilted to the right slightly. A dark curl had fallen into his face. I reached over and pushed it aside. Galahad let out a sigh of contentment. I wonder what he is dreaming about. Is he dreaming about me? Or is he dreaming about a prettier maiden back at the wall? I wanted to wake him to apologize for what I had said, but I did not want to wake the angel from sleep.
Standing, I took one last look at him, and turned to go. There standing in front of me was Gawain, Bors, Guinevere and Arthur. They all shook their heads at me in unison.
"What?" I asked. Gawain and Bors just shrugged and went off somewhere. It was probably their watch. Guinevere and Arthur just shook their heads, grasped hands, and strolled away.
"Rhoslyn?" A soft, male voice asked from behind me. I turned and saw that Galahad was sitting up, blinking away sleep.
"Yes, sir knight, it is I, Rhoslyn." I answered.
"What are you doing up? You should be sleeping." He replied, groggily.
"I could not sleep." I said. He patted the ground next to him, and I sat.
"Why?"
"I feel stupid for saying what I did to you." I admitted.
"Why should you feel stupid for saying that to me? It is true. Gawain is the one that calls you 'fair rose'. I know how much you do not like it, so I thought I would call you that on purpose." He teased with his huge, handsome, boyish grin. I couldn't help but smile back.
"Yes, it is true that I do not like it, but I must admit that it has grown on me."
"Well, then it is set. I shall call you fair rose from now on." Galahad said. I grinned.
"Alright, but I still want to have a new name for you."
"Gawain and Bors call you 'pup' sometimes. May I call you that?" I teased. He just laughed his musical laugh.
"Alright, if you must call me 'pup' then I will allow it." He said.
"Good!" I exclaimed, standing. "Now, that that is settled. I feel sleep setting in on me. You go back to sleep and dream good dreams." I began to walk away, but then I thought that I should add something.
I turned back around to see him staring at me with that grin again. My heart fluttered.
"Good night… pup." I said softly, and then I went back to my carriage. I grinned all the way there, and the whole time I was preparing for sleep, and I didn't stop until I was safely tucked in Galahad's arms. In my dreams of course.
A/N: I tried to make it longer, but I really thought that I should end it there! And now for the reviewers!
Dazzler420: Yes, thank you again for you idea. I absolutely love it! Of course, it will be a challenge to think of humorous situations, but hopefully I will manage! And thank you for the compliment on the Camelot thing, I wasn't really sure if that would work out, but I'm glad it has so far! Thank you for your review!
wake-up call: Yay! Thank you for checking in again! I promise I will try to make the chapters longer, but it's always hard when I think that it's a good place to stop and it is only about two pages long! lol! I will try to refrain from anymore short chapters though. And I'm so glad that nothing was too wrong about the riding thing, I wasn't really sure about that! Thank you for your review!
starnat: My loyal reviewer! I know! I would just LOVE to have Galahad teach me how to ride! Hehe. That's kind of funny sounding, and it wasn't met in a dirty way! Thank you for the reassurance on the Camelot thing, because like I said I wasn't sure how that was going to work! But it is a VERY romantic place! Hopefully, I'll make some funny situations involving, Gawain, Bors, Guinevere and Arthur. I'll try to make it funny! Hehe! And thank you for reviewing my story because you like it! And you're welcome for reviewing!
Haylz: Yay! I hope it was another great chapter! And I'm really glad that readers give me suggestions because sometimes that pulls me out of a writer's block! And I HATE writer's block! Yep, chivalry is probably more extinct then dormant. Although, some guys at my school that you wouldn't except to have chivalry have held the door open for me! That was really surprising! And I think that in the next three chapters or so they are going to get together because I can't stand this any longer! Hehe! Hope you like this chapter! And thank you for the review!