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Lilia walked into her rooms thoroughly depressed and had a shock to see Jonathan sitting on the bed looking at her. She blushed, gods, no-one had ever made her blush before now!
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"How much of that did you hear?"
"From when you opened the door, so all of it." He gazed at her evenly.
Lilia gulped, that wasn't good, of course now he'd ask her to explain, and she couldn't keep her mouth shut around those sapphire eyes, curse it!
"I suppose you want an explanation."
"Yes, yes I do." Lilia sighed and went to the bed, she curled up in his arms and he looked down at her fondly.
"Lets start at the beginning. So Alanna likes Alex? And she wants to bed him?"
"No, she loves Alex, surprise at that may be, she has actually gone against everything she believes in and fallen in love."
Jonathan smiled and melted her right through.
"I'm sorry you hated the convent so much."
Lilia's eyes hardened and looked away. He put cooling fingers under her chin and gently made her look at him.
"That was the past, I'm here now, I'm free. Besides, I didn't have it nearly as bad as Alanna."
Jon's eyes filled slightly with pity; "Yes, so I heard. What is this dream of hers that scares the un-scare-able Alanna?"
Lilia sighed; "Her father, before she left for the convent, told her he would rather she had died than her mother. She dreams about it every night. It makes her sad when she is happy, it haunts her shadows and follows her around like one. It's the only thing that ever made Alanna cry. The thing is-" Lilia bit her lip. "-she thinks he's right, she thinks she's responsible for her mothers' death. But she's not Jonathan! She's not, it's not fair she has that weight on her shoulders, it's not fair!"
Jonathan shushed her quietly and wiped away the furious tears on Lilia's cheeks.
"One day she'll understand, until then, you must give her space."
Lilia nodded and Jonathan continued; "I also though I heard someone say they loved a certain prince."
Lilia blushed again and looked down, she then raised her gaze and looked at him squarely; "I love you Jonathan of Conté, I really do."
"I love you too." Jonathan was shocked to hear those words come out, but he meant them. He had never said it before but he knew he was doing the right thing,
He bent down and kissed Lilia on the lips. She fell into it, as did he. He was always so calm while kissing the court ladies but Lilia was different. He had never felt this way kissing anyone before, it felt so right, so good.
Lilia kissed him with twice as much vigor and pretty soon their kisses were all they could think about. After a time, they figured they had best go to breakfast, they got there flushed but happy and walked in. They met the others at the table grinning like cats. Gary didn't even look up from his plate. Gary seemed sad, as did Thom. Alanna was ignoring everybody as she stared at her tray and Alex was staring right at her oblivious to his surroundings. Raoul looked merely thoughtful. Lilia and Jonathan exchanged looks and then looked at their friends again, what was wrong with them?
Since nobody made a move to explain they shrugged and went to eat.
--Alanna's POV--
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I walked back into my rooms to think, my thoughts were disrupted by a knock on the door. My breath caught as Alex walked in. He grabbed me into his arms and looked me in the eyes.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but it happened, and I want to know--"
"You heard me and Lilia's conversation this morning?!"
He shot me a quieting look masked though, by worry. "I'm not sorry heard, I want to know, who said they wished you died in someone's place and in who's?" His question didn't make all that much sense but I understood what he was trying to communicate.
"My father, lord Alan of Trebond, said he'd rather I had died than my mother." My eyes started getting wet and I looked away. He turned me back to look at him. He kissed me with more passion than he'd ever.
"Don't you ever say that again. Forget it happened. Your father was wrong. Thom wouldn't want you dead, Lilia, Gary, Raoul and the prince wouldn't want you dead, not ever. And me, well I would never ever want you dead. Alanna--" He choked a little and a small tear dropped slowly from his eyes.
"Alanna-- I love you." He closed his eyes and then opened them again.
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Sorry, short and serious, next one'll be funny! I promise, itll be out in a couple of minutes. I'm sick from school so, here they are...
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xxTunstall Chickxx
18/06/08