Engaged
'Hi Horace,' Will said as he walked in the opposite direction to Horace in the castle Araluen. You see, Horace wasn't really paying attention to where he was going and what he was doing. He was thinking about the night before…
Horace thought for once, stopped and looked at the now retreating form of Will.
'Why are you here, Will?' he asked his friend.
'Oh I'm here because I was told by Alyss that it is polite for me to deliver our wedding invitations by person to our best friends. Also asking them to be the best man and maid of honour. And since she could not make it, she sends her deepest apologies.'
Horace's jaw moved up and down a couple of times. It really does make him look like a fish, Will thought.
'That makes you look like a fish,' Will told him smirking. The topic of fish was a topic the two men had talked about the last time they were together and Horace was annoyed to find that Will still remembered enough of it to bring it up again.
Then again, the way I open and close my mouth like this probably does not help my side at all, was his next thought.
'Congratulations!' Horace said enthusiastically to Will. 'About time you proposed. Took you guys long enough.'
Will grinned. 'Were you going anywhere or were you just wandering around with no purpose?'
'No real purpose other than the fact the Cassie told me to get out of our quarters as I was being too possessive of her.'
'Well then, do you want to come?'
'Of course,' Horace replied to Will's question. 'I just don't want to get my head chopped of again.'
'I will protect you,' said Will laughing back. 'Let's go and discuss weddings.
And with a grin the two men set off in the opposite direction to where Horace was originally going.
'Horace,' Cassandra said as the door opened. 'I am fine. Seriously. I was about to go to sleep. Go away, eat and get some training done. I. Am. Fine.'
'Hi Cassie,' Will said cheerfully, looking over her shoulder at the paperwork. None of it was new to him. In fact some of it was his.
'This doesn't look like sleeping to me,' he commented to her. 'Why are you meant to be sleeping anyway?'
Cassie blushed and looked towards Horace. 'I'm expecting,' she muttered looking down. Will was the first person they had told. The other being her father. But he didn't count.
'Congratulations!' Will answered as he leapt up from the chair next to the fire where he had collapsed in to hug her. 'How far along?'
'I'm due in about six months from now.'
'That's good because Alyss and I have managed to make friends on opposite sides of the world. We are going to give everyone about a year to get here for the wedding. What do you say about being the maid of honour?'
'I'd be honoured,' she told him smiling.
'That's great. Horace, do I really have to ask if you want to be best man?' Will as his best friend.
'Of course not! Who else is coming?'
'Do I really have to remember all the names for you?' Will joked.
'No. but am I correct in assuming that the Skandians and the people of Nihon-Ja are coming?'
'Of course! Everyone from Princess's and Princes to lowly healers who refuse more comfortable quarters are coming.' Will said. Horace smiled. He knew who the healer was.
Horace thought for once, stopped and looked at the now retreating form of Will.
'Why are you here, Will?' he asked his friend.
'Oh I'm here because I was told by Alyss that it is polite for me to deliver our wedding invitations by person to our best friends. Also asking them to be the best man and maid of honour. And since she could not make it, she sends her deepest apologies.'
Horace's jaw moved up and down a couple of times. It really does make him look like a fish, Will thought.
'That makes you look like a fish,' Will told him smirking. The topic of fish was a topic the two men had talked about the last time they were together and Horace was annoyed to find that Will still remembered enough of it to bring it up again.
Then again, the way I open and close my mouth like this probably does not help my side at all, was his next thought.
'Congratulations!' Horace said enthusiastically to Will. 'About time you proposed. Took you guys long enough.'
Will grinned. 'Were you going anywhere or were you just wandering around with no purpose?'
'No real purpose other than the fact the Cassie told me to get out of our quarters as I was being too possessive of her.'
'Well then, do you want to come?'
'Of course,' Horace replied to Will's question. 'I just don't want to get my head chopped of again.'
'I will protect you,' said Will laughing back. 'Let's go and discuss weddings.
And with a grin the two men set off in the opposite direction to where Horace was originally going.
'Horace,' Cassandra said as the door opened. 'I am fine. Seriously. I was about to go to sleep. Go away, eat and get some training done. I. Am. Fine.'
'Hi Cassie,' Will said cheerfully, looking over her shoulder at the paperwork. None of it was new to him. In fact some of it was his.
'This doesn't look like sleeping to me,' he commented to her. 'Why are you meant to be sleeping anyway?'
Cassie blushed and looked towards Horace. 'I'm expecting,' she muttered looking down. Will was the first person they had told. The other being her father. But he didn't count.
'Congratulations!' Will answered as he leapt up from the chair next to the fire where he had collapsed in to hug her. 'How far along?'
'I'm due in about six months from now.'
'That's good because Alyss and I have managed to make friends on opposite sides of the world. We are going to give everyone about a year to get here for the wedding. What do you say about being the maid of honour?'
'I'd be honoured,' she told him smiling.
'That's great. Horace, do I really have to ask if you want to be best man?' Will as his best friend.
'Of course not! Who else is coming?'
'Do I really have to remember all the names for you?' Will joked.
'No. but am I correct in assuming that the Skandians and the people of Nihon-Ja are coming?'
'Of course! Everyone from Princess's and Princes to lowly healers who refuse more comfortable quarters are coming.' Will said. Horace smiled. He knew who the healer was.