Daring

Lancelot found Elaine in the fortress hall after sending Galahad off to spend the night with Bor's children. She was sitting alone at the large round table, in what would have been his seat ironically enough. Her eyes were closed and she was leaning her head against her hands.

He had forgotten that she was every bit as passionate as he was, and that she no doubt was still mad at him. She was the one who misunderstood his words but he hadn't spoken them well.

"Forgive me, all right. I didn't mean it as it came out." He walked over to her and stood behind her and leaned down so he was face to face with her. Looking into her blue eyes, he suddenly recalled something Gawain had said once after telling a story to Bors' daughters about a Knight who fell in love with an old Hag, only seeing her beauty because of his love for her.

"You can't make yourself love someone, nor can you choose who you love," he had responded when Angela had asked why the knight had loved the women if she was so ugly. Why hadn't he fallen for a beautiful princess like the other knights? Then of course, she had asked the ultimate question: How do you know when you are in love. "It takes a lot," Gawain had replied, "And there are quite a few false alarms along the way, but you'll know, Angie Darling. You'll know."

Was Guinevere a false start? He took Elaine's hands to get her to face him after she turned away from him and pulled her up to stand next to him. She looked up at him, obviously curious. He realized that she really did have a beautiful face, even if she wasn't as beautiful as Guinevere. Like Guinevere, her beauty came from the inside and what he had seen about her from knowing her the last few days, watching her when she didn't know it, he knew she was a beautiful human being, flawed just like everyone else.

"Do you think we could start over? Forget about that night and just concentrate on now. I'll forgive you for not telling me about Galahad and you'll forgive me for being such an ass that day?" She was silent for a moment.

"I suppose we could. Just stop reminding me that I was infatuated with Arthur, ok. That was a long time ago and it was a childish crush, that's all." Lancelot smiled and kissed her forehead. They were going to get better now that they had gotten over the past. He hugged her close to him, finding her tall enough to fit underneath his chin.

"You know, your shorter then Ginny." Elaine sighed in aspiration and hit his shoulder.

"You just got back into my good graces, Sir Knight, I think it be good for you not to drop out of them again." She smiled though, which Lancelot thought was the greatest thing at that moment.

You know, I was going to put their first kiss in that segment but decided a kiss on the forehead was a better choice in their relationship. They need to take it slow. Granted, a scene that I wrote that takes place after this is now not going to work, but perhaps I shall post that as an out-take when I am finished. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Review Responses:

Evenstar: Yep, and there shall be more. Granted, that is if Elaine doesn't kill him when she finds out that Galahad was around sharp arrows…. Hopefully I shall have more of the Knights in future episodes

Delis: Thank you, and I hope you enjoy this one as well.

Babaksmiles: According to the myth, Guinevere and Elaine were friends but they got into a fight over the fact that Guinevere was going to marry Arthur. She decided that she was going to get back at Guinevere by sleeping with the man she loved, which was Lancelot. Granted, this is only a couple versions out of many so it depends on how you look at it. Many versions actually have her in love with Lancelot. Then there is the Elaine who is Lady of Shallot, whom I didn't like as much. Too Damsel in distressy.

I've given Elaine in this story a little bit more of a flawed human approach rather then the evil woman who hates Guinevere for marrying Arthur. She also isn't immediately in love with Lancelot, she's not going to die if he doesn't love her like Lady of Shallot and She's a bit of a fighter rather then someone in need of a lot of help. However, I've kept a lot of the original Elaine in this story. It is just hard to keep some of it because of the dismysicalification done with the movie.

If you want to know more about the myth in regards to Elaine,check my user info...I have the link posted there. I would post it on here but apparently the use of hyperlinks is not allowed.

Kafan: Thank you. I hope you have enjoyed this part/episode too:)