Stuck 3: The sequel to Stuck the Sequel: Sequel to Stuck duh!!!!
Hello, well, here it is, the sequel but this time, I know all of my characters, I know the plotline, and I really truly have my heart in it, so it should be good. But before I start, I have to say the obvious. I don't own these characters. Never have, never will. Boohoo. Oh well, what you gonna do about it. But this is set pre series 2 finale, because the other two were as well. Basically.
Will leant against the large oak, one hand behind his head, and a small, contented smile on his face. Djaq lay against him, and whilst the other of Will's hands were stroking her soft, black hair, she was making arrows for Robin, her fingers being the only ones in the gang nimble enough to wrap the cotton around the feather. The gang had a raid of the castle planned for the next day, and so were meant to be training with each other as they normally did, but no one was. Not even Robin had the energy to move, and so instead was reading a book he had stolen from a passing noble a few days earlier. Will looked down at Djaq's head, and as if she had sensed him doing this she looked up into his piercing green eyes. She could never believe Will's eyes, if they were not looking at you, then they were just ordinary, nothing special. But if they were aimed in your direction, you knew that you had no defense against them, as if they had seen too much in their short life, but still wanted to see more. Or atleast that was how Djaq felt.
'Djaq, do you truly want to marry me? I don't want you to go through with anything that you are not comfortable with.' As soon as he had said this he knew that it had been a mistake. Djaq's whole body spun around so that she could face him without having to strain her neck, her eyebrows had furrowed slightly, and a hurt, shocked look could quite clearly be seen in her eyes.
'How could you even say that Will? Do you not believe I love you? Did you think that I would just say yes to you for fun, that I would find it some kind of hilarious joke. Or do you just not love me?' She shook her head at him, before getting up from where she was sitting, wiping all of the leaves that continued to cling to her, and walked quickly away from him and back toward the camp, her cloak billowing around her ankles.
'Djaq, wait.' But she didn't, and instead quickened her pace all the way back to the camp, not stopping until she got there, and when she finally did, throwing herself on the large log that made it's way through the centre of the camp. Thinking that she was alone, Djaq placed her head in her hands, and started to cry freely and openly, but of course she wasn't.
'Djaq, what is it, what's wrong.' A deep, gruff voice came from the opposite side of the camp. Djaq found it a comfort, yet at the same time, she wished that the person who it belonged to was not there, and that she could just be alone with her thoughts. Little John emerged from the shadows where it was obvious by his ruffled appearance that she had just woken him up, but now he was awake, he wanted answers as to why his practically adopted daughter seemed to be in such distress. Not that he couldn't guess the cause of it all.
'Is it Will?' Djaq stopped crying and looked at him, wondering how he knew that, but it did not matter. The only thing that mattered to her at the moment, she just happened to be crying about, so she nodded quickly, and he went over to place a hand on her shoulder. 'What has he done to make you so upset?' She quickly relayed to him everything that had been said between her and Will out in the forest, before moving over to her bunk and lying down, claiming to her friend that she had a headache, and instead of pursuing the matter any further, John decided to go and talk to the heart of it.
'WILL! I want to talk to you, NOW!' Will's head shot up at the mention of his name, especially when it was shouted in such an angry manner, but he was too upset to stand up and greet the newcomer, so instead John came and sat by Will. 'Now then, what has happened to make Djaq so upset?' Will then looked up to meet the older man's gaze, before finally speaking.
'She is upset, but nothing really happened. I only asked her if she was sure that she wanted to get married. She's normally so calm, so strong, I did not think I would offend her.'
'Yes, you are right, she is calm, and strong, but when it comes to you, something changes about her. She thinks of you as a constant, something that is always there for her.' Will looked confused, causing John to have to go on, 'Well, when she was in the holy lands, she was a woman, but as soon as she left, she had to change, she had to change her looks, her personality, her gender, everything. And when her family died, she had to change her role in life. She had to become more independent and strong to survive. But then she got together with you, and she knew that she could be herself and not have to change. Djaq opened herself up to you, and she thought that you would stay there for her.' Will understood completely now everything that John had said, and knew that he had to go to her and apologise. Of course she loved him. He got up quickly, and ran through the forest toward the camp.
Sorry that this chapter is quite deep and very slow. I'm not sure i'm overly happy with it, but I had to get this bit out of the way for the plotline to go ahead. I will give you the next chapter soon, and it will be better than this one (unless you secretly loved this one, in which case, I hope it will be as good).
