A/N: I've missed writing this story, major writer's block. I think it's been 3 months, right? Oh well, at least I update now. Please review, even though I shouldn't ask for them but I do. So please review!

A few seconds later Jester heard Jane's footsteps fade away. He realized that now was the time to break the kiss, but…He just didn't want to; he couldn't do it, it was too hard for him. All because of five very good reasons:

The first reason being that Pepper was a very, very good kisser; far better than Jane ever was and perhaps will ever be.

Secondly, he had never felt so alive, like he was on fire; it wasn't humanly, oh gosh it wasn't humanly, because no one had ever made him fell the way he did then – well, except for Pepper.

Thirdly, he felt free; as if he was a dove in a cage that has just been released into the world and was now flying high over mountains and clouds, and way passed the moon and into the stars.

The fourth reason was that instead of it feeling wrong that he was kissing Pepper with one hand on her back and one hand on her hip, while she had one gently clutching hand on his dirty blonde hair and one on resting on his neck, both their mouths and tongues moving in-sync; it felt right. Extremely right, as if he had imagined this a thousand times over in his mind.

The final reason was that he normally would mind if someone watched him kiss a woman like he was just doing, but he realized that he honestly didn't care what they thought about him or his courter.

Courter…

That single word danced in his mind until he finally broke the kiss, with his lips still slightly lingering on the cook's mouth a second more than it should, and stepped back blushing harshly and looking down. Courter, courter! The word screamed in his head and for a second he wondered if he had heard, Court her, court her!

"I-I… don't know what….came over me…." Jester explained after a moment of silence in which Smithy sat there gaping at two of his friends.

"M-me neither," Pepper said with a catch of something in her voice. If it was fear or if it was sadness or even if it was shame, Jester didn't know the emotion lurking in her voice barely even there. It worried him greatly.

Smithy still sat there gaping, blinking involuntarily with his eyes wide. "I never would have thought to live to see the day where these three things happened to Jester all in fewer than six hours," he breathed coming back to his senses. "That Jester would slip up about Pepper's figure, that Jester would tell Jane off, and that Jester would kiss Pepper openly…"

This statement made Jester rather uncomfortable. Seeing this, Smithy walked over to him and clapped his friend on the back. "You sir, have got nerve!" he exclaimed before smiling at Pepper and walking out of the kitchen and back to his forge.

…Leaving two very uncomfortable feeling people in the room.

"Well," Jester said looking up at Pepper, trying to be brave. "Do you need any help in the kitchen?"

Pepper looked at him and smiled. "Alright, can you dice the carrots? I'm making stew for the mid-day meal."

"Done, oh and Pepper?"

"Yes?"

"Would you, perhaps… want to go for a stroll in the forest later today?" Jester asked hopefully.

Pepper's eyes widened and said, "Well, if we can cook the stew fast enough and serve it earlier than usual, we have an hour of rest. So, yes, that would be lovely."