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"I need to pee," Gwaine says urgently, fidgeting around in his seat. Merlin groans at the wheel, Morgana laughs next to him and Gwen looks like she wants to slap him. They had been travelling along the motorway for less than two hours and there had already been numerous toilet stops for Gwaine along the way.

"What have you been drinking?" Merlin asks, astonished at his friend's request.

"Coffee this morning and that's it," Gwaine recalls. "Maybe I've just got an over-active bladder."

"Well, you can tell your bladder to sit still and be quiet because we aren't stopping again," Morgana orders him bossily and Gwaine raises his eyebrows.

"Whatever, gay girl," he mutters quietly and Morgana yells at him to shut up.

"What's this about Morgana being gay?" Gwen asks, suddenly fearful of whatever the answer may be.

Merlin explains the story to her. "When me and Gwaine met Morgana, he thought she was or might be gay and now he keeps calling her 'gay girl' just to annoy her."

"I'm not gay, just for the record!" Morgana exclaims, throwing her hands in the air.

"I wouldn't be too sure of that, eh Merlin? I reckon her and Gwen have got it secretly going on behind your back," Gwaine jokes and nudges Gwen with his elbow. Gwen scowls at him and nearly thumps him, but thinks better of it.

"Some people used to think that when I lived with Morgana for a bit because of her nightmares, things got a little heated between us when I comforted her in the middle of the night," Gwen says smugly, enjoying the silence that had now fallen around the car.

Morgana decides to play along with the story after getting over the initial shock and embarrassment. "Oh, those were some wild times, weren't they, Gwen? We spent many a dark night making the most of those hours when everyone else was tucked up in bed asleep."

"Does that answer your question, Gwaine?" Gwen asks, with a very amused smile on her face.

"Uh, definitely. I'm trying really hard not to imagine it right now," Gwaine says, deadly serious and turning away to look out of the window.

Morgana laughs again and swivels round in her seat to high-five Gwen. Merlin smiles, too. Morgana seemed a lot happier today. Every time he looked at her she had a subconscious smile on her face. He hopes she isn't just playing the 'New Morgana' card again, because for the first time in a long time, maybe even since the night they'd met, she looked genuinely happy. Hopefully it would continue.

"So what rides have they got?" Merlin asks, starting up conversation again.

"No tea-cup rides, sorry Merlin," Gwaine reaches forwards and gives him a friendly punch on the shoulder.

"What do you mean no tea-cup rides?"

"Never been much of a roller-coaster guy, have you? Remember that time we went on that loop-de-loop one on that school trip? Oh, it was so funny, he was sick everywhere-"

"It was in a plastic bag," Merlin corrects him.

"Yeah, like ten times-"

"Twice, Gwaine," Merlin sighs. Exaggeration was Gwaine's favourite part of storytelling.

"But it seemed like ten times 'cos remember you had that chicken curry for lunch in that café and then-"

"Gwaine!" Merlin interrupts. "Nobody wants to know!"

"Oh, I get it, you want me to stop embarrassing you about it in front of your girlfriend. I'm sure Morgana doesn't mind – well probably no more blow jobs for a few weeks, but-"

"GWAINE!" Merlin and Morgana both shout in unison.

"Fine, whatever," he waves his hand, pushing the topic away. He turns to Gwen with a charming smile. "So, Gwen. Are you with anyone at the moment?"

Morgana snorts with laughter in front of them and Merlin shakes his head in disdain.

"I, uh," Gwen stammers, unable to keep up with the sudden change in conversation.

"Because if kisses were raindrops, I'd send you a thunderstorm."

Gwen's mouth drops open at the words and Gwaine quickly thinks of another line.

"You must be Jamaican, because you're Jamaican me crazy!" He says, more enthusiastically this time. Gwen just blinks.

"Hi, my name is Doug. That's 'God' backwards, with a little bit of 'U' wrapped up in it." Merlin groans and rests his head on the wheel for a moment while Morgana just laughs and claps Gwaine's courage. Gwaine ignores them and carries on.

"Your Dad must be a baker because you've got great buns."

It is the last straw for Gwen. She slaps him hard across the shoulder and folds her arms across her chest.

"I wouldn't take it personally, Gwaine. She's just already got a boyfriend," Morgana tells him, maybe a bit too late.

"Thanks for the info," Gwaine says flatly, offended by Gwen's refusal.

"Yeah, his name's Arthur. He's in the army," Morgana says, taking great joy in saying this. "I'm sure he wouldn't take too kindly to other men trying to flirt with dear Guinevere."

"He does have quite bad anger issues," Merlin continues. "Morgana told me that once he punched this guy's front teeth out, just because they looked at Gwen."

"It's not like we're going to tell him though, are we?" Gwen, Merlin and Morgana stay quiet. "Are we?"

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"Will you come on SAW: The Ride with us? Because Gwaine and Gwen are going on, so..." Morgana trails off looking at Merlin expectantly.

"What's it like?"

Morgana stands up from the bench they were sitting on to eat their lunch and whips out a leaflet from her back pocket. "SAW: The Ride, is the world's first ever horror movie themed roller-coaster. With a fall of over 100 feet and a beyond vertical drop of 100°, SAW is sure to leave you white knuckled and wide eyed with fear."

"How about no?"

Her face falls and she lets the leaflet drop to her side. "Please, Merlin? It will be fun!"

"Yeah, Merlin stop being such a wussy pants," Gwaine counters, appearing next to Morgana with Gwen, both busy eating some kind of sour confectionery going by the look on Gwen's face.

"Exactly! Be a man, Merlin!" Gwen says with her cheeks sucked in.

"What is this? Peer pressure killed the dog?" Merlin tries to resist but Morgana hooks an arm around his and pulls him towards the queue.

"You aren't going to regret this, Merlin. I promise," Morgana says happily, taking a look up at the gigantic roller-coaster structure that filled the sky.

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"I am never trusting you ever again," Merlin manages to get out, hobbling away from the ride because his legs were feeling like cold mashed potato.

"What are you talking about? It was incredible!" Morgana half-shouts, not able to walk in a straight line either.

"That was bloody fantastic! I'd go on again but I don't think my stomach could handle it!" Gwaine says, teeth chattering. He stops a passer-by. "Madam you have to go on that ride! It's marvellous!" The poor woman just nods and walks away.

"That was... interesting," Gwen says, swaying along behind them and nearly bumping into a member of staff. "But I don't think I'd do it again."

"Which one next?" Gwaine asks eagerly.

Morgana brings out the leaflet again, opening it up with shaking hands. "How about... Stealth. You go from 0 to 80 mph in 2 seconds and there's a drop of 205 feet."

"Lets do it!" Gwaine yells and Merlin feels his stomach flip in terror.

It's virtual cake time for chapter 30! *Hands you a slice* Thank you all for staying with me throughout this story so far, it means a lot that 67 people are following and 30 people have favourited and I hope you'll all be there for the end.

Anyway, Gwaine was great fun to write in this chapter, especially when he was flirting with Gwen and getting on everyone's nerves – basically just being himself. Were the pick-up lines cheesy enough for you? :D

Also, I had a couple of reviews last chapter that had some questions that needed answering: Why is Morgana protecting Alvarr, why is she so timid, etc. I'm going to answer these in the next chapter and I hope it's a good enough explanation for you.

Thanks for reading and please leave me a review to tell me your thoughts!

Next Chapter: I hopefully answer all of your questions with a chat between Merlin and Gwen, and Mordred and Morgana go in search of a certain cat.