Chapter 9
"Can I come with you?" Noah asked us as me and Tristan were heading down to the pub.
"Are you sure you're up to it?" I asked him smiling
He didn't even answer just stood up and followed us down there. All the other knights were drinking and started beckoning us over when they saw us.
I sat down next to Arthur who handed me a drink I hadn't had this type before and the smell was disgusting. I took a sip but didn't expect it to be that strong and had to put my hand to my mouth as I started coughing.
"You'll get used to it." Gawain said laughing and clapping me on the shoulder.
I smiled weakly looking into the cup to try and see what exactly I had just drunk.
"Jess." I heard Tristan say
I looked up to see Tristan standing next to a board with Lancelot and Galahad they were all holding daggers and smiling.
"We need another player." He said motioning to the board. I had only played about three times in my whole life and hadn't seemed to get any better each time. Noah had tried to teach me once and failed miserably.
"I don't know how to play." I told them
"That's alright you can be on Lancelot's team." Galahad said smiling.
I stood up and walked over to them Tristan handed me a dagger which I took and held firmly.
"We get to start on 10 points." Lancelot said to Galahad.
"So I'm a handicap? I asked punching him in the arm.
Lancelot sighed and took the dagger out of my hand turned it the right way up and handed it back to me smiling.
"Oh…" I said while the knights laughed.
Galahad went first and hit the middle of the board then Tristan who hit the handle of Galahads knife. They moved their knives as Lancelot threw his hitting the middle of the board as well.
It seemed they where all evenly matched and I felt sorry for Lancelot having me on his team. I stepped forward and waited for instruction; Lancelot came and moved me on the side so I was standing properly. Then placed his hand on mine and lifted it.
"Let go when your arm gets to here." He instructed me moving my arm forward.
I threw the knife which just hit the board on the very outside.
"I did it!" I said giving Lancelot a high five.
Tristan shook his head as Galahad and Lancelot laughed, the game went on for another 20 minutes. We where onto the last round and it was Galahads last turn.
I stepped forward next to Galahad. "Pressures on, you need a five to win." I whispered to him.
He smiled "I think ill manage." He drew his arm up to aim.
"Don't miss, don'tmiss, don'tmiss, don'tmiss." I said just before he let go of the dagger.
He stopped and laughed Lancelot pulled me back as Galahad aimed and hit the middle with out any trouble.
I sighed and turned to Lancelot and shrugged. "Sorry."
He shook his head. "You did well."
"No I didn't." I told him smiling.
"No you didn't." he agreed with me.
Tristan, Lancelot and Galahad sat down with the rest of the knights I decided to have another go and picked up four of the knives. I aimed the first one and threw it completely missing the board and rebounding of the wall behind it. The second one stuck on the very outside.
"Tell me what I'm doing wrong." I sighed turning to the knights.
"You're losing." Galahad said smiling.
"Don't think about it to much." Arthur said
"Hold the knife loosely at the end." Gawain called over
"It's all in the wrist." Dagonet added.
"And close one eye." Lancelot said
"Anything else?" I asked them mockingly
"Yeah aim for the middle." Tristan said helpfully while the knights laughed.
I took their advice and the knife hit on the board close to the middle. I aimed my last knife determined to hit the exact center I aimed, closed one eye and threw it.
"Look what I did." I called to the knights the knife had hit the exact center the same as Tristan's.
The knights cheered and let out words of encouragement, I looked for Noah to show him I saw him sitting with a girl on his lap kissing her, I felt a twinge of jealousy like he should have told me first or something but then realized I was being stupid he didn't have to tell me everything, I noticed it was Alex the pretty girl who had been bringing him breakfast every morning.
My mood went down then and I decided to call it a night I said goodnight and walked up to my room
"What's the matter?" I heard Lancelot say just before I was about to open my door I turned around to see him walking over to me.
I shrugged "Nothing just tired." I lied.
When he didn't say anything after awhile I decided to break the silence.
"So Noah doesn't really like that Alex girl does he? She's not his…"
Lancelot cut me off kissing me gently and quickly on the lips, searching for a reaction carefully I motivated myself to get over the initial shock and kiss him back. I looked over his features and ran my hands over his neck as he brought his lips back again almost timidly.
He tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear and smiled down at me softly he moved his hand to my shoulder. "Goodnight." He whispered as he turned and walked back to his room, leaving me to contemplate what had just happened.
The next morning I woke up in a better mood than usual, it was still early so I went down to the pub and started throwing a ball hard against a wall and catching it again.
"Good morning." Noah said watching me throw the ball.
I smiled but didn't look at him I was still a little annoyed about him and Alex.
"She's nice you know." Noah said as if reading my mind.
"Who?" I asked trying to act as if I didn't know what he was talking about.
"Alex." He said nudging me I looked over to see Alex walking towards us she was carrying two plates of food.
"Hello again." She said to me standing next to Noah I hadn't really noticed just how pretty she was; she had dark eyes and small freckles across her nose. I smiled as she handed me and Noah a plate of food. The food was grey and sloppy I tried to smell it but found it had no smell.
"It isn't going to bite you." She said noticing mine and Noah's reluctance.
"That's good because I don't plan to bite it either." I said only half joking.
"She reminds me of Alice." I said to Noah as Alex took the food away.
"Who's that?" he said not taking his eyes of her.
Alice had been one of my good friends growing up and Noah had had a crush on her for 2 years. I guess his long term memory hadn't fully come back yet.
He turned to look at me when I didn't answer.
"Don't worry." I said shaking my head.
Noah was throwing the ball and offered Alex a go when she came back. She had obviously never played before and threw the ball hard at the wall when it came back at her she ducked. Noah went and retrieved it and handed it back to her.
"Try to keep your eye on the ball this time, it won't bite." I said mimicking her.
"It's not so much biting I'm worried about as bone-shattering impact." She said handing the ball back to Noah and sitting down next to me, we watched as Noah threw it and caught it easily with one hand.
"He makes everything look so easy." She said watching Noah
"Who?" I asked I was a little slow in the mornings.
"Noah. You know. The good looking guy. Always pleased with himself." She said smiling.
"How do I make it look?"
"Funny." She said laughing.
I aimed a joking punch at her leg which she dodged.
"Do you get scared fighting the Saxons? I mean I've seen them, their really big and you don't have much protection." She asked me suddenly
"You have your wits and three feet of steal. What more protection do you need?" I said smiling.
I started to feel like a bit of a third wheel around them, and had been meaning to ask Arthur something so I excused myself and went looking for him. It was a hot day and the sun was blazing down so the villagers were working slower I got to the round table room and pushed the door open it rasped every centimeter making my presence known. I stepped in and saw all the knights sitting casually around the table.
"Good morning." Arthur said
"Can I ask a favor?" I said walking over to him.
"Of course." He said nodding.
"Can we have a proper burial for Hernam?" I asked holding his gaze steadily.
I heard some of the knight's shift in their seats, I just thought he deserved one even if he did try
and kill Noah and me.
Arthur paused before nodding I turned and walked out of the hall and had gotten down the corridor when I heard someone walking up behind me.
"Are you sure?" Galahad said stopping In front of me.
I nodded "He deserves one."
"No he doesn't." he said coldly "I think your making a mistake."
"Well I think it's a good idea." Gawain said walking up behind Galahad.
"Why? He tried to kill her." Galahad said pointing to me.
"Maybe so but he deserves a burial as much as the next person." Gawain said
Galahad stormed off making me think twice about whether or not this was such a good idea.
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