Aftermath.
Bromwell was gone. Elaine felt drained. She couldn't believe she had let herself get doped by him. He was a pig, and he didn't even have the sense to deny those things she threw at him. Tristan and Bors had escorted him outside the fortress and made sure he was on his way.
Now her mind was free to focus on other matters…mainly why Lancelot had kissed her. So she stood up and went off to find him. She knew he was doing something with Galahad, so it wasn't hard to find him. Her son was always trying to fight like a knight and always got one of his "uncles" to train him in some martial art. Recently he had taken up falconry with Tristan. He was actually quite skilled with it and had impressed the regal knight. She had a feeling that Galahad was going to make Isolde's fight to have children a little easier after their wedding in March.
Sure enough, Lancelot and both of the Galahads were located in the archery field. He seemed to notice her as she walked up and helped Galahad notch his arrow. The boy released it and actually managed to get it quite close to the center of the target that had been set up. He smiled and looked up at his father and then at his mother once he noticed her. He rushed over to her, rambling on how he had done it all by himself and she laughed as she told him she knew, she had seen it.
Galahad the Knight seemed to realize why she had come down to the field and distracted Galahad with the idea of going swimming with Gilly and Bors other children. The boy excitedly followed him. Lancelot watched him go before turning to Elaine.
"Why did you kiss me earlier?" She asked getting to the point. "Was it because of Bromwell or because you actually wanted to?" Lancelot sighed and looked at the ground for a moment, considering his answer.
"If I said both, would you believe me?"
"Why would you want to kiss me is another question I have. You never seemed that much interested in me before." At that Lancelot simply looked at her and made a motion towards the direction their son had gone. She simply glared at him. He sighed and decided that with Elaine, sometimes one had to show her rather then tell her.
So he kissed her again, and was pleasantly surprised when she kissed him back. He stepped back and looked at her.
"Do you really want to get involved with me? I'm not exactly Mr. Perfect as Brom-the-stalker-boy seemed to be to you." She snorted and he looked at her confused.
"Bromwell is out of the picture. He figured that he could get a wife and a royal title without the stepson. No one pushes my son out of the way." Lancelot smiled.
"Well, that certainly not something you would have to worry about with me."
Well, now they finally got to the "dating" part of their relationship. I'm not sure what that would be called in 5th century Britain, but there it is.
We also have Tristan and Isolde's wedding to look forward as well as the birth of Guinevere and Arthur's child. Which brings to me to my next reader interaction Poll:
Girl or Boy for the Castus Family? And what names do you have in mind?
Also, Please note that after this Friday I will be returning home where my Internet connection will be downgraded from DSL to Dial up on Thursday. Which means less time with me online. If I have not yet completed this story my updates may be mores sporadic in nature.
Review Responses:
For chapter 10:
Blueicedragon129: Don't worry…I'm not going to kill you:) I may actually do that story, although it will take a lot longer then this story to write. A lot of time spent on that fic as well. This story allows some flexibility in that I can write my other stories and still keep up with this one since I'm only expected to have 500 words (or in the case of chapter 11, 1000).
For Chapter 11:
Blueicedragon129: Well, they are continuing it for now anyway. We can only hope they don't mess up again.
Cardeia: Well, I have found that most of my 500 word chapters meet just under the one-page mark. Those with dialogue may extend to a few lines into the second page. I think it helps because it is helping me keep it down. I can't be overly descriptive with anything because I have to keep a certain pace and show an event in one chapter.
Thank you! That is one of the things that make me always be weary of my own stories. I'm never sure if I keep them in character, even my own original characters. It is nice to know that I am. Lancelot seems to be level headed except on certain occasions when someone he cares about is in danger (The knights/Arthur in the start and then Arthur in the end). He was bit afraid he was going to loose Elaine and possibly his son to Brom-the-stalker (who used to be Brom-stalker but that sounded a little bit too much like a famous author to really work out right). Course, Elaine always riles him up:)
Evenstar-mor2004: Yep, they do. Took them long enough. Galahad is going on Eight now. They are very slow when it comes to their relationship.
Babaksmiles: As you now know, she kissed him back. She's always harbored an attraction to Lancelot (as is obvious) but only now she conceding that perhaps that isn't all there is.
Delis: Yep, there is more. You should have 13 chapters now….
For Chapter 12:
Jael: Thank you for the review. Yes, Galahad is very important to Elaine. The simple fact that someone would think that they could take her son away from her makes her furious. The fact that he said it to one of the Knights, and unknowingly Galahad, makes her even madder. The Knights have become her family, her brothers as it is. The straw the broke the camel's back was the fact that he didn't even try to hide the fact that was what he believed. Her mother-bear attitude went into full force in that occasion and if Bromwell is smart he will never come back to Camelot because Galahad has several Uncles who will protect him as well.
Cardeia: Yeah. Galahad is a smart kid. A lot like his father;). I'm glad you liked that segment so much:) It was fun to write. As to wither or not Brom-the-stalker will come back. Well, you'll just have to see.
Oh…btw I blame you if Lorina ever graces the scene. I was checking over part 14 (which is complete) and found out that I had written Lorina instead of Vanora.