Disclaimer: I own Merlin. Bradley James is giving me a massage right now whilst Colin rubs my feet.

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A/N I know I said one day, but to be fair I was without internet. So enjoy and stuff!

Chapter 10

For Gareth time after Anna had gone quite well. For a while he had been quite heartbroken but with help from his friends and time spent with the Knights he was feeling much better. There was something else that had contributed to his now good mood, or rather someone else. Her name was Leonie. He had met her at one of the many banquets that King Lot had, she was the sister to one of the other knights, Sir Olaf he had met her while Anna had still been staying with him but although he had enjoyed her company thought nothing more of it. However a month or so after Anna had left he had seen her again. He's been at the palace about to ride out on patrol when he'd seen her talking to her brother. Her brown hair was long and in a plait and her face was alight in laughter for whatever her brother had just said. Unable to help himself Gareth had strutted over to introduce himself.

"It must have hurt when you fell from heaven" Gareth had said, his grin as wide as his face. Sir Olaf had rolled his eyes at the pathetic attempt but Leonie however raised an eyebrow.

"Why pray tell would I have fallen?"

"For you are as beautiful as an angel."

"I bet you say that to all the women." She replied before inclining her head in interest.

"No just you." He said with a blush.

"Right… I believe that." She turned her head back to Olaf and Gareth could feel his desperation increase.

"Honestly, I think you are the most beautiful creature I have ever met!"

"So first I was an angel and now I'm a creature." Her face was blank but the corner of her mouth was twitching violently, she seemed to be enjoying his discomfort.

"What? No I mean yes… what I mean is…" He stuttered.

"What you mean is do I want to go for a meal with you?" She asked for him.

"Er… Yes?"

"I shall see you here when you return from your patrol." He simply stood there for a few seconds, completely confused to what had just happened. He realised from the glare he was receiving from Olaf that it was time to go.

"Right, okay… Er bye?" He said before backing away keeping eye contact with her, he then tripped and fell over. Standing back up and rubbing his bum slightly he turned and walked hurriedly off- his face bright red.

"Was there any need to torture him Leo?" Olaf asked accusingly.

"It was more for my enjoyment, you must tell me everything you know about him he is quite interesting and did you see how pretty he was?" Leonie gushed.

"Great, just great" Olaf huffed before he opened his mouth to tell her everything he knew, because if he didn't he knew she would harm him in some way probably by talking about 'Lady problems'. Leonie gobbled up all the little tit bits about Gareth with wide eyed appreciation; she had defiantly chosen the right man.

From there they say is history, they had a lovely date (she teased him the entire time) and then they began courting and only a month ago had he dropped to one knee and asked for her hand (after asking Olaf of course). She had accepted with great glee so now they were planning their wedding and Gareth had never been so stressed.

Fighting wild animals? Easy.

Arguing with the King? Easy.

Fighting for his King? Pips.

Planning a wedding with a nearly hysterical fiancé? Extremely difficult.

She had overnight gone from a kind and calm person, to a highly stressed and highly argumentative person. Sometimes talking to her was like trying to converse with a wild boar, sometimes he could even swear he saw steam coming out of her nostrils. He simply avoided her when she was on one if her tirades and hoped that once they were married she would go back to the normal non-boar woman that he loved. She was living with her brother in the citadel, so he didn't have to deal with her highly stressed too often, only for a few hours a day. Her brother was getting the brunt of it and had taken to glaring at him whenever he was there. The wedding would be a quiet affair, neither of them had much of a family so it needn't be a large thing. After the wedding she would be moving in with him, that was something he wasn't quite prepared for.

He had explained to Leonie when they first become serious about Anna, he had not lied to her, he had learnt from Anna that secrets never got you very far. Although she was shocked she was very understanding and forgave him for his mistakes she didn't seem to be annoyed about it, in fact she had said that he probably wasn't the only one.

Gareth was very confident about their relationship, he was sure that he and Leonie were meant to be in ways that he and Anna were never. He had never felt about Anna how he felt now, she although beautiful lacked the emotions and love that Leonie gave him.

Gareth heard the front door open and Leonie rushed in, her face was a little flushed but she looked less stressed than she been recently.

"It's done!" She cried in joy.

"What is?" Gareth asked.

"The wedding, it's all sorted." She replied before flopping down onto the chair.

"So you aren't going to be crazy anymore?" Gareth asked her carefully. To his surprise she gave a howl of laughter, throwing her head back as she chuckled.

"Darling Gareth, I'm always going to be crazy."

"Really?" He said his eyes wide in mock fear.

"Yes, you just wait!"

"Er... okay."

"So what have you been up to today mister?" She asked interestedly. Gareth leant forward in his chair.

"Well. I got up... I got dressed and that's about it." He confessed.

"Well you lazy man!" She sniffed at him with a small smile.

"I am not lazy."

"Yes you are, you are a man."

"You can't say that! Not all men are lazy!"

"Just you, then?" She said with a wink as he spluttered.

"What? No." He then looked blank for a second as he tried to change the subject hurriedly "So what had milady been up to today?"

"The wedding Gareth, I already told you." She said with a raised eyebrow, Gareth was getting a little flustered now.

"Did you? Right..."

"You are hopeless Gareth, pure hopeless."

"You should see me with a sword." He said confidently.

"Don't think I want to, I've been told you come up rather short in the sword area..." Gareth just look confused it took him a few seconds to get it, when he did he went beetroot red.

"Leonie, you shall be the death of me."

"Not my fault you get embarrassed so quickly." She shrugged.

"Yeah it is, you are the one who embarrasses me."

"Do I really?"

"Yes!" Gareth shouted whilst Leonie simply pouted at him.

"I offer you my humblest apologies my love."

"You're being sarcastic again aren't you?" Gareth questioned, Leonie knew just how to get to him. He loved that about her.

"Why yes I was."

"You are a pain my dear." Gareth sighed running his fingers through his hair as he smiled at her.

"Then why marry me?"

"Because, I love you."

"Why?"

"Because you are beautiful, charming, funny, witty and far more intelligent than myself." Gareth confessed leaning into to give her a kiss.

"You aren't so bad yourself Sir Gareth." She kissed him back slowly, both just enjoying spending some time together. It was several minutes till they broke apart, both were slightly breathless.

"Stay for lunch?"

"I will always stay for Maddies cooking, she is amazing that woman." Gareth gave her a crooked smile before standing and holding out his arm to help her too feet.

"That she is." He said as they entered the wonderfully smelling kitchen "That she is."

A/N HAPPY GARETH! YAY! I love Gareth, I know I kind of made him and so it's like big headed of me to like him... but he's so cool! Anyway, hoped you like Gareth's happiness... enjoy it while it's here...

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