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Nora could tell that her newly made friend was relieved that she didn't need to cancel their plans. Nora smiled at the sweet Princess and her response to her question made her smile all the more.

"Oh my dear Nora, I love reading books very much. You could say that reading books is my life." Xenia answered her, with a big, sweet smile.

"Reading books is my life too!" Nora told the Princess excitedly, amazed to have found someone who loved reading books as much as her. Indeed many noble ladies did read books, but none of them actually liked discussing them or anything. She had a feeling that the Princess was very much like her in that regard.

Nora couldn't help but smile broadly again when Xenia told her that while she had been to the castle's library before she hadn't been in many years. "Well then Xenia, I would love to visit the library with you," Nora told her eagerly, before asking her, "When would you like to go?"

Noticing how unsettled little Arthur was feeling, Nora quickly went to the wardrobe and searched for a basket to place him in or something to amuse him while Caitrin helped Nora get Matthew settled. Nora felt extremely guilty knowing that Caitrin had a little babe to take care of, but she had no one else she could trust. She knew she could trust Caitrin explicitly. Nora sighed relieved when she finds a basket, the perfect size for little Arthur and a little teddy bear. Grabbing them, she placed the basket down on the floor and hands the teddy bear to Arthur, which he readily snatches from her. "You can place Arthur in the basket while we get Matthew settled if you want?" Nora asked her friend gently, not wanting to to put pressure on her by telling her want to do, after all she was a mother and Nora was not and she knows Arthur best.

“Nora, this is the same thing your father is suffering from.” Caitrin told her with a serious look upon her face as she looked over the man again, standing slightly away from him. Nora nodded her head, solemn, she knew Caitrin was right and the thought scared her. “If it was a fever it would not have grasped him this quickly.” She said with an air of certainty, and she bit her lip, and Nora knew that her friend was right.

"What do you think would cause someone to get these symptoms? Is it contagious, do you think?" Nora hoped that it was not contagious seeing as loads of people could be at risk, including Caitrin and her son. But the more she thought, the more she realized that it did not look to be. Her father was the only one who managed to be sick, until Matthew that is. And yet, her father started to become really ill weeks ago.

Nora's new potential smiled to her and gestured towards the sit in front of the desk, which Nora accepted in a sigh of relief, not having the willpower to stand up for long after the long emotional day she has had.

“It’s no problem.” Caitrin waved it away with a gracious smile, and Nora knew it was because nurses rarely recognized and she knew that when they were recognized they were grateful for it. It's a part of human nature to feel like your work and help is recognized, especially as it makes you feel motivated to do more.

“I’ll just check for you.” Caitrin told her softly before checking her father's medical notes on the computer. It did not take long before Caitrin found them and told her, "According to this the doctor is booked in with him tomorrow morning to review his medication.” Nora noticed Caitrin squinted a little at the results to make out the documents. No doubt due to the doctor's unreadable hand writing.

"Okay, do you know what time in the morning he will check on my father?" Nora asked as she had a tutorial at uni in the morning at 8am and while she didn't want to miss another class, she would do so if her father needed her.

“Do you want another drink before you go?” Caitrin asked her nicely, with a kind smile upon her lips, “Perhaps a tea, or coffee?”

Nora nodded her head, "Yes, I would love to have a cup of tea. Are you still working or are you about to go on a break?" Nora asked a little nervously. She wanted to see if Caitrin would be up to having a drink of tea with her and scared that she might say no. No doubt because she might be busy or maybe she didn't want to get to know her a little more. Nora was not sure and waited anxiously for her answer.

"I don't see your point," She replied lazily and Nora was not surprised by this. "Of course you don't." Nora replied matter-of-factly, knowing that there was no point in trying to convince her of the unkindness of her actions. For this was something that one developed as a child, and obviously this was not a trait that was nurtured in the young Dracose. It was clear that she did not have a conscious or that she had gotten good at disregarding it. Either way she was not impressed by this young girl's behaviour.

Thinking the worse was over, Nora started to turn away, when Lady Dracose snapped at her, "If you're going to insult me, be a lady and do it to my face," Nora mouth fell open, appalled by this lady's behavior. She clearly wanted a fight or wanted her to shut up. It turned out to be the latter when she snarled at her, "Unless you cannot handle shut matters, then you should just stay out of them."


Nora didn't know what had happened to her, but all she knew was one moment she was making her way back to her sister and the next she walked slowly towards the Lady Dracose, "Alright, Lady Dracose," she told her sternly, yet reasonably calm. "Here I am, since you asked that I act like a 'lady'. Your behavior just then was appalling and I have a feeling that no one ever tells you that. While, I probably should have dealt with this privately, I will not tolerate anyone being so harsh and cold-heartened towards another human being no matter their station. "

And with that Nora bid her goodbye with a small curtsy and returned to her sister. Not missing some of the looks she got as she did so. Some looked at her in admirable for the way she tried to put the Lady Dracose in her place. While others seemed to be slightly surprised that she boldly did so.

Nora felt so guilty for asking for Caitrin's help her seeing as she had Arthur to care for since he started grizzling. But since there was no one else in the house, she had no one else to help her. Carefully, Nora and her maid Isabel did their best to carry Matthew to the bed chambers. It was hard seeing as he weight what to Nora felt like a ton, but they did their best. Eventually they made it to the chambers where Caitrin had pulled the sheets back as best she could since she was holding Arthur close to her, comforting him since he was unsettled. Nora instructed Isabel to lift him onto the bed slowly on one end of his shoulder, while Nora held the other side. And they finally had him on the bed. She looked back towards Caitrin and could tell that she was feeling uneasy about the whole situation and at a loss. And Nora could understand this feeling, she felt the same. But she knew she had to take control of the situation.

"Isabel," Nora ordered her maid gently, "Why don't you fetch us some water and towels so we can try and cool down his fever." Isabel quickly bobbed before rushing out of the chambers, heading straight to the kitchen.

Leaving nothing for her to do but look back at her friend and ask her, "What do you think caused this?" Nora knew that her friend was no physician, but she had knowledge of herbs and something about what Isabel said about the wine struck a cord in her mind.

Jul 17, 2012 11:34:14 GMT -5 Arthur Pendragon said:

Man, I LOVE Angel's new hair cut though!! Finally confirmed my assumption that she is in fact wearing a wig OR hair extensions . . . though I think judging from the consistency of her hair as Gwen and how short Angel's hair is, its a wig!! Oh well, either way it looks GORGEOUS!! Angel can pull off any hair style!!

OMG I know. The funny thing is on Thursday I actually got my hair cut short, the same as Angel so I'm sop happy because my hair looks just like hers.

Jul 17, 2012 2:09:08 GMT -5 Arthur Pendragon said:

SPOILERSS!! Oooh I haven't heard about a knight getting a love interest! There is however supposed to be a love interest for Merlin so that should be interesting !! The trailer isn't actually out yet!! I think security was REALLLYY tight at the Merlin panel cause a lot of people were saying things like "I had to stop filming because the security guard was giving me the look" and stuff like that!! There is a pretty good quality video of the bloopers that someone took!! Posted a link to it in another thread!

ALSO another major spoiler (since there are SO many!) is that Gwen apparently gets kidnapped by Morgana!! She says something in the trailer like "Want to play a little game?" or something like that!! Angel's been talking a LOT about the Morgana/Gwen plot so it should be interesting!! Apparently Morgana tortures Gwen by making her see things that aren't there, thus compromising her sanity!!

Two other interesting facts . . . Angel said that Elyan is Gwen's younger brother and Morgana is Arthur's older sister!! I always thought it was the other way around!! that Elyan was older and Morgana was younger!! hahahah! VERY interesting tidbit indeed!! Anyway, there are just WAY too many spoilers to talk about in a single post!!

I CAN'T FREAKING WAIT FOR THE NEW SEASON TO START!!!!!!!!

I was so excited to learn that Elyan is younger than Gwen because I always thought that so. As to Morgana I've always known that she was older than Arthur because I think before series 2 they were asked about the characters ages and Capps said that Morgana was the oldest.

OMG I CAN'T WAIT EITHER! FOR LOTS OF GWEN AND A/G AND JUST GWEN BEING QUEEN!

Nora could not help the sobs that kept cursing through her as she walked down the hallway. She knew that she should be more composed since it was not like her father's death was out of no where, but she could not help it. She felt so alone in the world with no family left. Well, apart from some cousins (one in particular that she did not want to mention for she knew he had done something to cause her father's deterioration) and extended family and a few friends (like Caitrin). Other than that she felt like she had no one.

Tomorrow was to be her father's memorial and King Arthur and his wife Queen Guinevère (or Gwen as she prefered to be called) had been very kind and compassionate when she arrived. They even made her promise that if she needed anything that all she had to do was ask. But Nora felt like she would be a burden if she did so, so she remained quiet and tried her best to be as composed as possible.

She was about to make a turn, when she felt some tears escape which she wiped with her sleave. It was at this point that she missed seeing that someone was coming towards her. Not until she walked straight in to them. It turned out that it was Arthur's man servant, Merlin.

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry Merlin." Nora quickly apologized feeling very bad at bumping into him especially as he was carrying Arthur's laundry. For some reason none of the sheets fell to the floor which Nora thought was odd but did not think much about it.

Tags: Merlin
Timeline: After series 4 ended. Not long after Gwen's crowning.
Time of day/Setting: Mid-Morning. Hallway in the Castle. May move around the place!
Notes: This thread follows on from the on-going thread I'm doing, called A Helping Hand with Caitrin de Archer. Posting banner was made by Princess Polyxena.