CHAPTER 19

Mary didn't have to wake me up this morning. The warm sweet smell of food had drifted in the door; I immediately got up unable to ignore it.

The smell seemed to get stronger as I walked through the corridor, it eventually led me out into the courtyard, I couldn't see any food but noticed Tristan and Arthur sitting and talking at a table the smell seemed to get stronger in their direction which gave me the impression that they had something to do with it.

I walked over to them sitting down next to Tristan.

"Good morning." I said sweetly to Tristan. "I don't know why we fight sometimes, were not so different." I finished smiling up at him.

"I'm not the one doing the cooking." He said taking a bite of his apple.

I sighed and stood up determined to find the source. Some people were huddled around something further in the pub so I started to make my way over to them when someone took my arm and made me stop.

Galahad was leading me away from the group of people. He finally stopped and turned to me.

"Let me explain." He said looking down at me kindly

I surprisingly wasn't that angry with Galahad he had been my friend for a long time, I wasn't going to let him no that though.

"If we were in my village I would have cut your hands of a long time ago." I threatened

"But, we're not in your village." He answered carefully

"Right. So good luck with Alex." I said moving to walk past him.

He grabbed my arm again and laughed.

"So you're not mad?" he asked hopefully

I shook my head slowly as he embraced me in a hug.

"You probably wont see her again any…" he stopped suddenly as if realizing what he had just said.

"What?" I asked pulling out of the hug.

"Alex, she's leaving." He said reluctantly.

"What? When were you going to tell me this?"

"Obviously never." He answered.

I was a little relieved at first. But I didn't want her to have to leave just because of me.

I abandoned my search for the food and went looking for Alex. Before I reached the other side of the courtyard Mary had seen me and came rushing over.

"Jess what are you doing? The bishop arrives in two days and the play hasn't been perfected yet." Mary's shrill voice called to me.

"The bishop arrives in five days." I corrected.

"What? No I've already scheduled it." She said 'matter-of-factly."

"That makes the play three days early, and thus, quite lame." I said trying not to laugh at the look on her face.

She didn't answer but I could tell she was doing the math in her head. Without another word she had taken off.

I couldn't find Alex anywhere and eventually gave up. There was another meeting in the
courtyard it was compulsory Arthur would be talking and some other villagers about how things were going to work when the bishop got here.

I was sitting in between Tristan and Lancelot it had been about 10 minutes and I was already bored.

I sat there half listening to whoever was talking. I had my head in my hands and was staring at my shoe laces, which seemed at this point about 1000 times more interesting than what the villagers were talking about.

When Arthur got up to talk I looked up but could tell that he was bored and wishing he was somewhere else. I went back to staring at my shoe laces trying not to fall asleep when Lancelot nudged me.

"How long have we been here?" he whispered.

"Somewhere between an hour…and a hundred thousand years." I said not looking up.

He sighed and leaned forward so he was in the same position as me staring at my shoelaces.

I smiled as he moved his boot next to mine showing me his shoelaces. They were more impressive than mine, darker and cleaner.

"Want to hear something weird?" I whispered to Lancelot

"Always." He answered brushing some dirt of his boots.

"Well?" He asked after I didn't say anything.

"I don't know." I shrugged. I tended to just talk when I got bored and ask pointless questions.

He laughed and elbowed me. the meeting went on for another 20 minutes before it finally broke up.

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