Mid-December 1981
The King had a Christmas party at his home which was well attended mostly by those in their early to mid 20's.. The Mark Hall band was playing. PI Donald Martin managed to get onto the property without being noticed. He noticed that the King's son Arthur and Gwen seemed to be having a good time together. Earlier in the summer, they had met when Gwen went with Morgana to Tampa to work at an animal shelter. Arthur had no interest going to college, he was a playboy who liked the ladies. He and Gwen had been seen around Lakeland at restaurants, bars and the local movie theater.
He was filming the event and no one was stopping him. The King had left early on and had gone out to a guest cottage which was quite a walk from the Castle. Morgana and Merlin stayed together the entire party. There were several guests cottages scattered on the property. The band had taken breaks here and there and the party ended around 1;00 am.
Most of the people at the party left the castle and made their way to a nearby field on the property.
"You want to try it again." said Arthur.
"Well, why not."
Gwen had never felt so happy in her life.
Morgana put a very strong love potion in the glasses of wine that they drank. Merlin drank the wine, knowing that she had put the potion into the wine. They had talked most of the night and it was now 2:00 am. It wasn't long before Merlin could no longer resist Morgana.
The next day at church
Church attendance at the college was required.
Gwen felt like she was at the top of the world. She had some slight discomfort but it wasn't that bad. Arthur had been very gentle with her knowing that she was a virgin. He wanted to make sure that she enjoyed her first sexual experience. She was sitting next to him. She had met him at one of the King's parties a couple of months earlier.
Morgana felt like she was on top of the world as did Merlin. The potion hadn't totally worn off and they had difficult keeping their hands off of each other. Merlin kissed Morgana several times on the cheek and the neck. She kissed him on the neck and cheek.
It was all Gwen could do not to laugh as she saw Merlin kissing Morgana.
No one in the church believed that they were a couple but believed that this was a diversion tactic used to make people believe that Merlin and Morgana were a couple. The fact that the King didn't react to Merlin kissing Morgana and basically ignored them when he saw them made people believe it was all an act.
Late September 1984 – Saturday morning
Morgana periods were like clocks. They came on time. This month, no period. Merlin drove her to Tampa where they stopped at Eckard's drug store where she got a pregnancy tester. The test turned out to be positive.
Merlin looked alarmed and asked Morgana what she intended to do about it.
"What do I intend to do about this?
"Yes, Morgana what do you intend to do about this and what do you want me to do about this? What's done has been done."
"This is your fault Merlin."
"My fault. This is your fault Morgana."
"Please Merlin."
"Yes, it is. Morgana, you forgot to pick up the potion that Gaius made for you.
"Why didn't you pick it up You said you where."
Merlin drove Morgana to her dorm in silence. She got out and ran up the stairs to the dorm. She was glad that Gwen wasn't there. She got into bed and cried.
Sunday Morning – The next day
"This is 96.7 Rock. Back to the music. Next song is Cinderella by Firefall
Cinderella
Firefall
Last December I met a girl
She took a liking' to me
Said she loved me
But she didn't know the meaning of the word
She imagined love to be grand
Me holding her hand and
Whispering sweet things and
Cooin' softly like a song bird
Then one morning she came to me
With a tear in her eye and a
Sigh on her breath Lord she said
"Hon I'm heavy with child"
I said "damn girl can't you see
That I'm breaking 'my back
Just trying to keep my head above water
And it's turning me wild"
Cinderella can't you see
Don't want your company
You better leave this morning leave today
Take your love and your child away
Rocking chair on the front porch
I'm thinking about all the things that I did
As a young man
Now that I'm old
I remember her and the boy
Did he have all the toys and the joys
That a young man should have
Before he gets too old
Cinderella couldn't you see
Didn't want your company
Should have left that morning left that day
Took your love and your child away
Songwriters: Larry Burnett
Cinderella lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
As Morgana heard the song, tears came down her cheeks. It was like it had been written for her.
Morgana later told people that they had broken up. They didn't sit together in church and didn't talk to each other. They avoided each other as much as possible.
