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Confusion

Kida was tired of arguing, she was tired of everything. How could she make him understand? How could she make Liam understand? She sat in her room thinking about what she could do. After she told Tristan he could not understand she left the stables and locked herself in her room. By that time she did not care if Lysander was angry with her, she just needed time alone to think.

Her head ached and she was tired but she could not sleep. Everything was still so confusing and she was mad that she had not yet come up with a solution. She had hoped that she would be able to work things out in peace, but with the arrival of Tristan she found no such peace. She knew she should not be so cross with him but she could not help herself, he just did not understand what he was making fun of her for. It is times like these that she really hates people. She never really ever liked people as a whole for they were cruel and simple-minded but there was no way she could escape them. All her life she accepted the fact and molded her world to allow her distance from people but since her secret was discovered her little world was shifted and she was now left without the protection it offered her. She thought that if she left Liam she could somehow form it again and plot away to fix things with Liam and herself but Tristan would not allow her to.

He watched her every move like Lysander, but unlike Lysander, he did not do it from a distance. She could not understand this sudden change in Tristan. She could not understand many things recently. There were times she just wanted to scream and cry, but she could not do that for it would show her as weak, for in the male society, tears were forbidden.

She lay down on her bed and tried to sleep. Her spirits were low and her mind a jumble of nothing, perhaps sleep would help.

Tristan sat in the stables thinking. What did Kida mean that he couldn't understand? He was utterly confused with Kida, first she's annoyed then she's sad. It just made no sense what so ever. Perhaps he had over done himself with laughing at her, but then… He shook his head. Kida was a complete mystery to him, and he thought normal women were difficult. Tristan sighed and went to report to his temporary commander for his quarters. If there was anything he disliked more about his assignment it was the fact he had to report to Lysander who he thought was a complete idiot.

He found Lysander in the main hall. "Tristan, is that correct?"

"Yes, sir."

"Your quarters will be next to those of your guide today. It is small, but it is clean and dry, far better conditions than that which you would find in the stables."

Tristan nodded. For being so against making things simple, Lysander was setting everything up perfectly for his job. He couldn't have asked for a better place to watch over Kida then next to her. "You're dismissed." Lysander said and Tristan left to bring his belongings into his new quarters.

Time passes

Liam sat, yet again in the stables thinking. It had been six months since Kida left and he still had no idea where she went. All he knew was that Tristan was with her. Tristan. His imagination ran wild as he thought of all the things Tristan could be doing to his sister. He swore that when he saw Tristan again he would make it clear that his sister was off limits. He would make it clear to all of them for they all were infamous for being womanizers. He did not even know why he was worried, knowing Kida, she would probably set things out her way; he had recently learned she did that.

He had spent most of his time worrying about her. Where was she? Was she still alive? He grew angry with Arthur for he would not tell him where Kida was and he was mad at himself for being mad at Arthur and for driving Kida away. Even with time he was still having trouble accepting things, it just all happened so quickly and he was not prepared for it.

Arthur and the others avoided Liam as much as they could. Since they refused to tell him where Kida went he had become very disagreeable. They were so wrapped up in Liam's behavior that they did not notice the odd change that fell on Dag. He had never been one to talk much, but lately he had become completely silent.

Dag took to sitting alone in the evenings and staring into the fire. No one noticed much change and did not try to find out what was wrong with him. Liam did notice though and tried to get his friend to talk, but Dag would not say a word. It might have been because he did not know what was wrong with him, for it confused Dag himself. His silence was not his problem, but thoughts that paced through his mind. The strange thoughts caused him to think and think a lot caused his silence.

It confused him that he would think such thoughts for he had never thought such thoughts before. Ever since he met Liam's long glorified sister he could not get them out of his head. At first it was just a little thought then it began to turn into a feeling which confused him even more. Lately, he found that all he could think about was Kida. He remembered how she limped around that day he was left to guarded her. He remembered how she walked into the stable and bluntly stated that she was leaving. He remembered her determination and courage as she fought in the battle and saved her brother even though he did not know she was a girl. All he could think about was her. She was different from any other woman he met. She was dangerous, mysterious, odd, and unpredictable. He thought he was in love, but he tried to deny it. He could not be in love with someone he did not even know was a girl for most of the time he knew her. It was confusing and frustrating to him that he fell in love so easily. But could it really be love?

Such questions kept him silent and in deep thought. He was not the type to fall in love with some woman, or with any woman for he was shy around them and found them to be foreign. Yet with Kida, it was like she was… He did not know what she was just that she was different.

Liam had no idea about the thoughts racing through his friend's mind and Arthur had not idea about his other knight's trouble. So Dag was left to himself with his thoughts and confusion.

Kida sat in her room. She had gotten into yet another argument with Tristan. She did not know what was wrong with him. One minute he was annoying then the next he was disgustingly caring. She did not know which she hated more. It was a mystery to her that he could not be the same Tristan she met at the middle port of Hadrian's Wall. If he did not quite his behavior soon, she would make him.

Tristan did not know what he did wrong, again. He tried to be "understanding" but Kida just pushed him away. She was just so…Confusing that he did not know what to do. Why couldn't she just say what she had on her mind and be done with it, like Gawain or any other of his friends would have? He tried again and again to be nice to her but she would not take it and was even angrier with him than before. She yelled at him when he was careless and she yelled at him when he was caring. He was going to go insane.