The Royal Bodyguard

14

      The journey this time was going to be longer than last time because we were going to go deeper into the kingdom than last time.

        We decided to rest a while close to a nearby stream to eat our lunch and let the horses rest and eat too.

      I was feeding the horses at the side, thinking of how and when to ask. Infact, I didn't even know what to ask!

      Aaron was now standing in front of me from who knows when.

        "You should just straight up ask the two of them instead of thinking about how the whole situation might play off before even asking."

       He said to me with a smile. I looked at him confused by what he meant.

      "You have something to ask the two of them, don't you?!"

     Aaron said looking at the two. Austin was fishing while Mallory was getting Woods to use for the fire.

       "Was it that obvious?!" I asked him with smile.

     "Why don't you see it for yourself." Aaron said looking at Matilda.

    I looked his way only to find out that I hadn't feed the horses at all!

      "Sheesh!" I sighed again to which Aaron laughed at me.

        "OK, move aside, go and solve what's bugging you. I miss my old friend Lorry!"

    Aaron said as he untied the horses from the tree and walked with them towards some grasses.

        "Thank you, Aaron!" I said sincerely.

       "Yeah! Yeah! Austin! I'm going to take a horses out to feed for a while!" Aaron yelled out and left.

...

       'I know I said that I was going to ask them but I am still clueless how to!'

     I thought to myself as I helped Mallory set the fire.

       'Aaron even went to the trouble of threatening that he won't come back until we resolved our issue!

    Good thing he was only joking when he said that! I really don't see him coming back any time soon if it was true!'

       "I caught the fish!" Austin said as he walked towards us with four fish caught in his hook.

       "Good! Give it here let's prepare it and get it on the fire!"

    Mallory said then collected the fish handed to her by Austin. She looked at me and said.

       "Lorry, please help me control the flame while am gone."

       "Huh? Uh! OK!" I replied absentminded then she left.

...

        "All right! Everything is set now just to wait for it to cook!"

     Mallory said when we got everything done.

       "So, what did you want to ask us Lorry?!" She asked with a smile.

       "What?!" I raised an eyebrow.

     "Oh come on! Don't be like that! There's definitely something on your mind! So what's it?!" Mallory explained.

      "Was it really that obvious?!" I asked the both of them.

       "Even Aaron was able to see it why won't we, your friends, be?" Austin questioned with a smirk. That stunned me.

      "Are we still friends?!" I asked.

      "What are you talking about silly?! When were we never friends?!"

      Mallory laughed looking like I just made a joke.

         'If that's true, then what have I been thinking all this time?!'

     I thought to myself as I looked at the two of them earnestly waiting for me to talk.

...

        "I thought we were no longer friends?!" I asked softly but they heard me.

         "Huh?! Lorry, what are you talking about?!" Austin asked me.

        "Four years ago! I thought we all stopped being friends since then!"

       I said they both of them seem to understand what I meant by their expressions.

        "Ow Lorry! That was all just a misunderstanding! A little fight between friends! We fought a lot as friends it wasn't anything different!"

       Mallory explained but that only made me confused, I looked at her and said.

       "B...b...but that time around, it was different! I really thought that we all went separate ways!"

        "Think back to that time Lorry, you'll see that it's not what you thought! We will help you remember together!"

      Austin said and Mallory nodded along.

        I don't really understand what he meant by that but this time, I want to clear things up. So I'll see this true!