Upon arrival at Camelot the knights and the ladies went tot heir chambers. Arthur told Merlin to escort Lilly and Rose. "If you want I can show you around tomorrow." Merlin offered Rose. "That would be great, thank you." Rose answered. "So what are you doing tomorrow, lady Lilly?" Merlin asked. "I'm curious about that as well." Gwaine came from a corridor. "I was thinking to take a look at the training field, see if I can beat some poor partners to rubble. Care to join me?" Lilly said, Gwaine chuckled. "I know you can fight, but bandits are much easier to defeat than a knight." Gwaine stepped closer to Lilly. "You think you can beat me?" Lilly said defiantly. "I think you don't stand a chance my dear." "Maybe you're right." Lilly played along, stepping closer to Gwaine. "You're a big strong knight. Brave and skilled. How could a small simple girl like me ever think to rival you." Her voice dripping with sarcasm Lilly was now mere inches away from Gwaine. "Tomorrow morning, training field. Unless you're scared of course." Lilly finished. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek and then walked away. "Tomorrow morning it is then."
"Ooh, he really likes you." Rose was gushing about Lilly's encounter with Gwaine. "You think so?" Lilly asked. Even after all that had happened between her and Gwaine, she still had that little bit of doubt knawing at her. "The way he looks at you, no doubt, he is smitten."
Someone knocked on their door. "It's Sir Leon. Can I come in?" Rose's eyes shot open, heavily nodding. "Yes, off course. The door is open." Lilly called out. "Lady Lilly, Rose." Leon entered with a small bow to both of the ladies. "Hello Leon, what brings you here?" Lilly asked. "I just wanted to see if you ladies were comfortable." "We are. These chambers are wonderfull. Mine is just next door, much smaller, but still amazing compared to the Talltree castle." Rose said exitedly. "I'm glad you like them. So Gwaine tells me you challenged him for a duel tomorrow." Leon asked Lilly. "I did. He was being a bit too confident for my taste. Saying that I didn't stand a chance. Now I have to prove him wrong." Leon smiled. "Naturally, I would want to do the same." "Will you be watching?" Rose asked very quickly. "I would never miss a chance of seeing Gwaine being humiliated." The three of them laughed. "I will leave to unpack now. Ladies." And with that Leon left the room.
"You can say it, he's gone." Lilly said. "Sir Leon is coming tomorrow. With a bit of luck I will be standing right next to him. He is so handsome, and brave, and strong, and did I mention handsome?" Rose was rambling, Lilly just let her friend get it all out if her system. "And this morning, with those bandits. I was so scared, but Sir Leon held me and I knew I was safe. A brave and strong knight like him is probably never scared." Rose paused. "He doesn't fear for his life, that's certain. When Morgana had him prisoner she kept asking him and the other knight to pledge their allegiance to her. She had them facing crossbows in the courtyard, and he still refused to betray Arthur. Unforunatly Morgana had her bowmen shout at the inncocent townsmen after their decline. But Leon survived." Rose was listening to every word. "How did you know that?" She asked. "Gwaine told me. On our way to castle Talltree he was my rock. I was afraid we might be too late, but he talked me through it all. When Father didn't want me to fight, he stood up for me. He kissed me." She murmered the last part, but Rose heard nonetheless. "He kissed you?!" "Well technically, I kissed him the first time, the second time he kissed me." "Twice!" "Three times, almost four. He is a really good kisser." Lilly finished talking, Rose just faked a feint on the bed.
The next day Lilly woke up early to find the training field. She got lost a few times, so when she finally arrived there was a small crowd already. She reckonised Sir Elyan and went to ask him if Gwaine had arrived yet. "He's getting ready in the tent over there. What took you so long?" "I got lost."
"There she is. Took you long enough." Lilly was greeted by Gwaine once she was inside the tent. He was already dressed. "This is a very big castle." Lilly defended herself. Gwaine slowly wlked towards hLilly. "I was afraid you were trying to back out of this." He teased. "Never." They were chest to chest now. "You know, we're all alone in here." He whispered. "There's a crowd waiting." Lilly whispered back. "They can wait a little longer." Gwaine suddenly bent down to capture Lilly's lips with his. Lilly gladly returned the kiss. They stood there for a few moments before Lilly broke it up. "I need to get ready." "One more." Gwaine begged, kissing her again. Lilly broke it up again, still in his arms. "Just one" he kissed her again. Lilly kept it to small peck. "I'll never be ready if you keep doing that." Another peck. "Then I'll win by default." Small peck. "Wouldn't be a very honourable victory." Last little kiss, Gwaine released her from his arms. "Fine then." He walked outside the tent to give Lilly some privacy. Lilly stood there for a moment, still blushing. But then got to work.
When she got outside the crowd had grown. She could see Rose talking to Sir Leon and Gwaine. Leon tapped Gwaine on the shoulders to signal that Lilly was ready. "Gwaine turned around and gave her one of his winning smiles. They met on the middle of the field. "You ready?" Lilly asked. "I'm always ready for a fight."
Gwaine lashed out first, Lilly ducked moving to his right. Gwaine was quick he had turned with her. She saw his blow coming before he even struck. "You can't keep dodging forever." Gwaine teased. In that time Lilly had positioned herself on his other side and hit him. Gwaine was out of balance for a brief second, Lilly took advantige of that by striking again. "Like that?" Gwaine had found his feet. "Just like that." He struck and hit her. She could feel he wasn't using as much force as he could. "Don't hold out on me just because I'm a girl." "I won't" Another strike, quickly dodged. This went on for a while. Lilly dodged most of Gwaine's strikes. Lilly tried to get Gwaine out of balance by placing well timed blows. The crowd cheered with every move. "Come on Sir Knight. Put your full weight in it." Lilly teased. Gwaine did even before she had finished her sentence. Lilly quickly ducked and found her self underneath Gwaine. She stood up, throwing Gwaine of her back. Gwaine was suddenly lying on the ground. Lilly had won. The crowd went wild with cheering and laughing while lilly helped up Gwaine. "That was some move." He complimented her. "Thank you Sir Knight." She walked away to the tent. "I wished you'd stop calling me that." He yelled, then followed.
Lilly had gotten rid of her armour when Gwaine walked in the tent. The first thing he did was grabbing Lilly and pulling her into a passionate kiss. Lilly him back with the same amount of force. Their kisses from before had some tenderness to them, this one was hungry. Gwaine hands were moving around on Lilly's body, and she liked it. Too bad he was still wearing his armour. They two lovebirds were interrupted by the tentflaps opening. They broke off the kiss and Lily pretended tob e unfastening Gwaine's breastplate. "Who, didn't want to interrupt." Leon's voice sounded slightly amused. Behind him came Rose who shot knowing looks to Lilly. "Hello Leon, Rose. What did you think?" Lilly asked as if she had no idea what the newcomers were signalling about. "That was a good fight. I didn't know you were that strong Lady Lilly." Leon complimented her, always so polite. "Thank you. But that last move wasn't strength at all, just timing." Lilly explained. "Ahh, I have been wondering about that myself." Gwaine sighed. "So, Rose how did you enjoy the fight?" Lilly asked her friend, Rose came over and gave Lilly a small hug. "You were great. Before the fight started, all the men thaught you didn't stand a chance. They said that you were a foolish little girl for challenging a knight. You showed them!" Leon cleared his throat. "Well not all the men, Leon and Elyan had confidence in you. I think Elyan even made some money with the wages." Lilly laughed, Gwaine looked slightly hurt. "Elyan bet against me?" He asked Leon. Leon didn't say anything, just shrugged his shoulders. "Rose I think we should leave, let Lady Lilly help Sir Gwaine with his armour." Leon said, resting his hand on Rose's shoulder. Lilly could see Rose getting flushed by the touch. "Yes, you're right." And the two of them left.
"I thought they'd never leave. Can you please help me with this buckle?" Gwaine asked.
After they both had cleaned up a bit, Gwaine took Lilly for a tour through the castle. Once they were in a quiet place in the sun he asked. "So how did you manage to get me down?" Lilly chuckled. "It has been bothering you, hasn't it?" "It has." Lilly moved to face him her back to the little wall they were looking over. "Well. As you might have noticed, I am not that big, I'm quite small even. Especially compared to a big strong knight like yourself." She placed her hands on his chest begging him closer. "I mean you are at least twice as strong as I am. That's why I used your strenght on yourself. But I needed you to give it all, no holding back." "So you tricked me." Gwaine said. "No I played it clever. Using the opponents strenght is a very usefull tactick when you are facing someone stronger than yourself. I think I might even be able to overthrow Sir Percival with this move. But I am in no rush to find out." Lilly joked. "Then why did you challenge me? You thought I was an easier opponent then Percival?" Gwaine teased, his mouth barely touching Lilly's. "No, I challenged you because I like you." Gwaine kissed her again, pushing her up the wall. Lilly was suprised with the amount of force behind his kiss, she was in no way able to match it. She just let him kiss her, melting away in his arms. When they finally came up for air Gwaine panted. "Now I won that one."
So Gwaine and Lilly are pretty much set in stone, but what is opinion on Leon and Rose? Let me know.