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Chapter 9
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Aurora didn't see Lancelot for several days after that.
She knew he had returned safely from his last mission, but she hadn't seen him in person. She had, however heard him.
His loud joyful screams with the other knights had been heard almost every night. He seemed to be drinking even more than he usually did and she had actually spotted him on several occasions, with women.
Just the other day she had walked past his room early in the morning to see a girl sneak away.
How charming, she had thought but she forced herself to forget it. It doesn't matter who he spends his nights with. As long as he doesn't bother me, she had thought.
Last night, after dinner which he again had "missed", she had seen him hiding in one of the corners in the castle with her maid! Her maid!
That was a low blow even for Aurora. Not that May actually was her personal maid, but she was the one who used to help her and her sister with their cloths and baths.
That stupid man! He ought to be more, more...argh. She couldn't find the word. Her sister had of course thought the whole matter was hilarious, no sympathy there no!
Only looks and smirks.
Aurora had admitted after the encounter with Lancelot and the maid, that she indeed had started to have feelings for him.
She sighed, looking out at the fields. She was standing on Hadrians wall, feeling the light breeze soothing her nerves and playing with her hair.
The weather had changed the last few day's. The wind was colder and sun did no longer warm the day. The autumn had finally arrived, she thought.
She could hear the knights practicing with their swords and arrows. She smiled when she heard Galahad's angry shouts claiming Percival had cheated.
"I saw you!" Galahad said.
"Oh come on, I can't help that you're slow"!
"Slow?" I was winning this duel and you and I know it! At least before you used you knife!"
"It is a duel, you are suppose to give all that you can!"
"It is a swords duel and you are suppose to use ONLY swords."
"Lads, give it a rest, will ya?" Dagonet cut in.
Aurora smiled and shook her head when she heard Galahad continue the fight.
She started to walk to the stables. She thought she would watch the horses and she liked the smell of horses and hay.
She took a deep breath trying to catch all the smells. The horses tugged at the hay and she relaxed when she heard it.
"Oh my" she heard someone giggle. She followed the sounds but stopped when she heard his voice.
"You like that huh?".
Lancelot! What in God's name was he doing, or well she could understand what he was doing.
She started to walk out but she stopped and turned to where the sounds come from.
I am tired of running, she said to herself and followed the sound yet again. They seemed to come from a corner behind the boxes, from where the hay was stored.
How original, she thought to herself and snorted.
She finally saw them. Lancelot and a woman, who she didn't know.
"Lancelot" She said with ice in her voice.
Lancelot turned to see who it was. His shirt was off and he had hay all over him, she couldn't even see the girl because she was laying under him. At least he had his pants on.
"Aurora?" he said trying to grasp the situation. When he did he rolled of the girl but didn't move more.
"Don't you see you are interrupting?" he said and gestured to the whole situation. The girl started to blush and was about to stand up, but Lancelot wouldn't let her.
"Stay, she is going to go anyway" he said giving Aurora a menacing look.
How could she had fooled herself. He was a self-righteous pig.
"Coward" she said and turned away with a disgusted grimace on her face.
Suddenly she felt a hand grip her arm and spin her around, finding Lancelot in front of her.
"What did you just say?" He said with fury.
She looked at him puzzled.
"What?".
"Coward, you called me a coward!".
"So what?" Aurora responded holding her arms in front of her.
Lancelot was about to continue but remembered the girl who was watching this bizarre situation from a safe distance.
"You! Leave!" He said rather harsh to the girl who began to stand up.
"What are you doing?" Aurora yelled at him earning a surprised look from the other two.
"You can't just order her around, she is not a dog!".
The other girl suddenly realized the situation and agreed with Aurora.
"That's right!" she said walking up to Lancelot who only looked perplexed at the women and a little frightened.
"I am not yours to order around" she said and slapped Lancelot across his face before nodding to Aurora and walking away.
Lancelot stood there touching his jaw which was starting to become red. Aurora just crossed her arms on her chest and gave him an amused look.
"You really ought to respect the women you bed more". She said.
"But I bed so many" he said and made a painful grimace when he talked.
Aurora snorted and rolled her eyes and walked away from him.
"Don't you dare!" Lancelot said walking a head of her turning her against him.
"Don't you dare walk away from me again!"
Aurora felt the guilt in her heart and lowered her eyes.
"You are going to explain everything! Everything! You hear me!" He yelled making Aurora jump in surprise.
"What do you want to know?" She asked knowing the answer.
Lancelot gripped her shoulders to stop her from walking anywhere and continued.
"How about calling me a coward when it is you who are leaving me all the time, starring at your back!"
Aurora sighed and looked away from him but Lancelot only followed her gaze.
"Can you explain that?" He asked again.
"I am sorry" Aurora answered finally.
"Sorry?" ha said doubtfully.
"Yes" she looked at him. " I am".
He let her go waking up to one of the horses. He hadn't had the time too put his shirt on so his bare back slowly moved while he was breathing.
"Why have you avoided me?" Aurora asked trying to look at anything but his back.
Lancelot turned to look at her only making it harder for Aurora to look at anything but him, when he stood there with his bare chest.
He sighed. " I wanted to make you miss me".
"Miss you?" Aurora looked at him with a questioning look in her eyes.
"Yes" he turned away once more. "Do you know how much it pained me to see you run away from me at the market?"
Aurora blushed. " I am truly sorry, but I couldn't talk to you right then. I was grieving." She lied.
"Grieving?" Lancelot didn't buy it."Tell me the truth" He demanded.
She closed her eyes. What was the truth?
"I..like I said, I couldn't talk to you".
"Why?" Lancelot walked up to her. "Why?"
"Because you make me feel so many things!" She screamed walking beside him, turning her back at him.
"What things?" He asked.
"That I do not know" she answered.
She suddenly felt his hands on her waist, slowly turning her to face him.
He smiled when she looked at him, his hand touching her cheek and his thumb gently touching her lips.
Once again the time seemed to stop when his lips met hers and all her blood rushed to her head.
Oh how good it felt to be in his arms, she thought deepening the kiss, her hands passionately gripping his hair, she wanted him closer.
She didn't notice it happening but suddenly they were laying on the hay, Lancelot being on top on her kissing her neck, caressing her thighs.
She moaned making Lancelot smirk.
Something in her cracked. She was laying in the hay mere moments after ha had had another girl in the exact position? She stood up pushing Lancelot of her trying to control the new emotion boiling in her blood, anger.
"Do you think I am that easy?" She yelled earning an annoyed look from Lancelot.
"Look" He said starting to dress himself.
"You better make up you mind, I am tired of you playing hot and cold!".
She only gave him an bored expression.
"Why have been drinking so much lately" She asked, "And why have you been sleeping with anything that moves?"
"None of you business!" He said.
"You are unbelievable" She said throwing her hands in the air. Staring to leave but t
stopped when she heard him.
"I was trying to make you jealous".
She turned around slowly and when she did she scrutinized him with her look.
"What are you? Twelve?" She finally said.
"I didn't know how you felt so I tried to force an reaction from you".
Aurora shook her head. She actually couldn't blame this on him, well not only him.
"And you succeeded" she said giving him a slight smile.
"Yes, but I forgot I probably would hurt you in the process" He said walking up to her."If you cared that is" he added.
She sighed, " I care Lancelot" She looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"That is why I can't rush in to this, I need time to make sure.."
"..you can trust me?" Lancelot cut in.
She smiled "Yes".
Lancelot walked up to her and dried of those few tears which had stained her cheeks.
"I am sorry to, then" He said. " I never wanted to hurt you only.."
"..test me". Aurora cut in.
"Yes" This time Lancelot lowered his head.
"Look" Lancelot began. " Arthur are sending us on a mission north of the wall".
Aurora's eyes widened with fear.
"For how long?" She wondered.
"This time, for a long time, probably a month", he said.
"A month?" She exclaimed.. Her breath were caught in her throat.
Lancelot took her in his embrace.
"Perhaps, this is good" She could feel his breath at top of her head."We can spend this time apart thinking."
"But you will be out there" she closed her eyes, her voice choking."..fighting and the woads".
"They will not hurt me" Lancelot soothed, his hands on each of her cheeks, his lips kissing her forehead.
Aurora looked up at him.
"They can" she said quietly.
Lancelot shook his head.
"Hush" he said when tears rolled down her face.
He smiled. "I thought you wanted time to think".
"Well, I don't want you out there, fighting."
He smiled and looked at her. "I will manage" he said referring to Aurora's comment in the bar, making them both laugh at his choice of words.
His eyes saddened when Jols came.
"I have to go" He whispered in her ears. "I must prepare".
She looked at him and nodded. " I will leave you then" she said wiping away the tears and turned around.
"No, wait" Lancelot gripped her shoulder.
He smiled. "This time I will walk first, I don't want to stare at you back again."
Aurora smiled" Well then" she gestured to him to walk before her and he did.
She followed him with her eyes and watched him stop at the stable door.
"Will you come and say goodbye?"
She nodded. "When?" she asked
"Tomorrow morning".
"I will be there" she said quietly.
Lancelot nodded and gave her a smile and walked away.
The next morning Aurora stood outside the castle gates, waiting for the knights to say goodbye.
The rain was pouring down and her hair, well all of her was soaking wet.
The knights arrived and she said her goodbye, wishing them all good luck and a safe journey.
Her eyes were searching for Lancelot but he had disappeared. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned around.
He was soaking wet also but he had to continue to ride in this weather.
"I curse this island" he said smiling, raindrops trailing down his face.
They simply looked into each others eyes. No words were needed, they said what they wanted through each others eyes.
She did not kiss him and he didn't try. Whatever was going on between them, they wanted to keep it to themselves.
Lancelot nodded and went to mount his horse.
The knights started to ride away. Vanora and her children were crying, knowing that they would not see Bors for a month or more, who knew.
All the knights had almost left the courtyard except Lancelot who had stayed behind.
The rain masked the tears which was starting to trail down her cheeks.
Arthur screamed at Lancelot to hurry up and Lancelot nodded. His horse began to go but Lancelot suddenly turned it around.
Her heart were racing when she saw his look and heard his words.
"Don't worry!" He said loud, making heads snap at them but Lancelot didn't care, all he could think of were her.
"No matter what!" He continued. "No matter what, I will return to you" his words making Aurora's breath stop.
"I will return to you!"and with that she watched him disappear.
Okay, that was chapter nine! Hope you enjoyed;)
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