Winchester was amazing. Casey could not remember how long it had been since she had seen a market place full of happy people bustling around, talking merrily, unthreatened by the gaurds there becuase they were truely only there to keep the peace if a conflict was to take place. Will lead the rest of them towards the castle, standing towering above the rest of the buildings in town. He did not enter the courtyard, he turned down the street just before the gates and herded them into the third empty doorway down. Djaq came into the front room looking stunned at the people before her. Her hair was long, at least an inch past her shoulders. Will kissed her lightly on the lips before turning to the company.
"Look what I found on the way here, Djaq. This is Tatianna, Archer, and Tuck. They are outlaws from Nottingham and then The Runaway herself," he said.
After almost an hour of reaquaintance Will and the others filed out of the little home, leaving Casey alone with Djaq. There was a silence between them both thinking about how and when they should start explaining what had happened since they had last seen one another. It had been so long.
"You and Will married?" said Casey.
"Yes, very soon after we decided to stay in Palestine," she said.
"I was suprised you convinced Will to stay with you."
"It took quite a long talk to figure out what the best thing would be. Being together as outlawed husband and wife seemed like it would be hard to manage."
"And then you came back."
"We got homesick," teased Djaq. "I heard talk that you were married."
"I was..."
Her voice faded and she fiddled with the dark silver ring on her left ring finger. She remembered what Djaq must have remembered about Guy, how little she knew about who he really was or who he became. Djaq's eyes squinted a little bit examining Casey's ring from a distance. She tried covering it quickly the moment she noticed Djaq looking but it was too late. Djaq had recognized the emblem engraved in the metal.
"That is Gisborne's ring," she said.
"Yes... I'm Gisborne's wife. Wait, Djaq, its not at all like you think or it didn't end up that way anyways."
She had not talked about what had happened between her and Guy to anyone. She did not know whether she could even make Djaq understand but she would try. She had to try. She could not allow her friend to think that she had fallen in love with the horrible person that she knew.
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I know that this chapter was uber uber uber short but the next one is going be really long because its Casey's explination to Djaq in the form of flashbacks.
Come my friends. Onward.