Isabel POV
"We've heard that you are good at the long bow Isabel. Care to prove the rumours true?" says John, from this I smile and nod, walk over to the tree with long bows to use and pick the one I feel has the best grip and string, then take a handful of arrows and walk back to the men.
Placing all but one arrows on the floor by my feet. Place the arrow correctly in position and aim, looking at my mark on the circular board with circles on it.
"Where am I aiming?" I ask, not sure where abouts to shoot,
"The centre circle" answers Will, I smile from this, hopefully he knows I meant it for him in thanks, then I aim at the inner circle.
Taking a deep breath as my father taught me, and then as soon as I exhale I let go and see it hit the mark, the men around me cheering,
"Well done lass!" says John, from this I smile in thanks,
"Who ever taught you to shoot like that?" asks Much,
"My father" I say, from this they all nod with a comforting smile on,
"Well Isabel why don't you start with some of the beginners, they need a good teacher to handle them" says John, with this I nod and begin to walk over to where some of the others are begining to train for archery.
Will POV
"Her shot was amazing" I say, talking to John beside me as we're working on building these huts on the trees, I'd love to know why we didnt think of this sooner, it could have helped before when we still slept on the floor after the rain and we had to sleep on the damp floor.
"Her father would be proud of her" he says, I nod at this, then quickly we all hoist the hut up until the ones up on the tree have sequred it up there.
"Right thats eight hutts up now. Will this one will be yours, you like you privacy anyway" says John, from this I nod in thanks,
"What about Isabel, she's one of the few women here, she deservers her own hutt" I say, from this he smiles,
"Dont worry Will, your girlfirend already has her own hutt, it was the second one we did" he says, when he says girlfriend I had to look away to prevent from him seeing my blush,
"We all know you like her Will, and she likes you. Why dont you go for it, she's beautiful, smart, strong, funny, possibly more in that head of yours" he says, from this i nod in agreement, I'm in love with her, I should tell her somehow.
"I don't know how. How did you tell Fanny that you were in love with her?" I ask, looking at him curiously, the other lads who helped put the hutt up just now walking around rubbing thier hands from having to use them like they had to just now.
"I left her flowers - her favourite too, snowdrops, and I used to write her a poem with it, let it be a mystery - let her solve the riddle, then when either she's figured it out or you had enough waiting - tell her" he says.
I have to admit this is a very good idea. Only thing I'd need to do is find out what her favourite flowers were...and learn poetry.
"Do you think you could help me with the poems John?" I ask, looking at him nervously, from this he smiles and nods, he's a great man, a brilliant friend.
"Course lad, look, you go and find out about the flowers...and go talk to her about your hand i think you may be bleeding a bit" he says, from this I look down at my gloved hand to see dreid blood on my fingers and some down the wrist. Shit, I forgot about that when we were doing work, at this rate I'm going to be using up all her medicines.
"I nod at John and make my way to the one place I know I may find answers but also somewhere I really dont want to go. Azem.
Isabel POV
"Your doing excellent Wulf (I think thats the boys name.) Just pull a little further" I say, from this he nods and does as I say, he's an excellent student, the other men have gone on their breaks but Wulf asked for some more help.
"And...release" I say as soon as I see that he's aimed, then as soon as I've said he releases and shot the bull's eye. From this he jumps up in triumph,
"See, I told you you could do it" I say, from this he hugs me unexpectedly,
"Thanks a lot Isabel" he says, from this I smile at him and ruffle his hair,
"Do some more practicing while I go and help the others" I say, from this he nods and begins to get hold of another arrow.
"Isabel?"
I look to see Azem walking over to me,
"Afternoon Azem, what can I do for you?" I ask, then suddenly he presents a flower - snow drop my favourite,
"Aww Azem you didnt have to get me this" I say after he hands it to me. But he only shakes his head with a grin on his face,
"This is not from me Isabel. It seems you have an admirer" he says, from this i look up at him confused, an admirer? Me?
"S-someone likes me?" I ask, from this he nods still with his smirk on,
"And you know who it is don't you" I say, though I already know he does, its writtren all over his face. He nods in answer to me, from this I fold my arms over my chest, making sure that I don't harm the flower,
"But you wont tell me" I say, from this he nods again at me in reply.
"Your going to have to find out yourself" he says, then afterwards leaves, leaving me I've got an admirer but I have no idea who it is. What if its someone I don't know, or like.
I love Will, I really do, so whoever sent me the flower is nice but I'm not interested.
