Ana and Koyi

[KoyiTar]

"If that's the case it looks like I might be stuck here a little longer than hoped." Alex said "Not that, its a bad thing just that well um." He said feeling rather foolish he had never had to take refuge at a farm before. If it was a blacksmith or somewhere else he might be able to help out but here he would most likely get in the way.

"I'll just try and stay out of the way is what I guess I am trying to say." He said rubbing the back of his head. He had wanted to show that he wasn't just some rich snob that couldn't pull his weight somehow but now he wasn't so sure. He also wasn't quite sure why he felt he needed Emma to view him otherwise. "Why is it a need? Shouldn't it just be a want what is it about this girl?" He thought taking his hand from his head and looking back out of the window.

[_AnaTolia_]

"Alright. But I think we could use extra hands around the farm the day after." Emma said with a laughing-type of voice. She then placed her head on his shoulder and sighed, the tension and stress releasing from her body. "The stables must be in pretty bad shape from braving that storm. But I think your horse is fine." After a while, she then asked, "What is the name of your horse?"

[KoyiTar]

"I actually have no idea what its name is. I just knew I couldn't just leave it behind attached to the carriage to be swept away." He said a smile on his face he hadn't expected her to lay her head on his solder but it was nice, he would have made most other girls get away from him for doing so, but it was different with Emma and he just couldn't place why.

"I guess I'll have to give her a name. I think Stormrunner shall fit her, what do you think?" He asked Emma after a few moments of contemplation over the subject.

[_AnaTolia_]

"Stormrunner..." Emma repeated, and said it again a few times to form her opinion. "I like it." She finally said, her eyes twinkling. "You named her for the storm you saved her from." A yawn then escaped her lips. "Sorry about that. It was a busy day." A few minutes later, she then slept.

[KoyiTar]

Alex smiled when Emma fell asleep on his shoulder, he knew of course she couldn't sleep there comfortably at least not all night. So he carefully laid her onto a pile of hay and covered her up with the blanket there. "Good night Emma." He said going back over to his own pile of hay and blanket and falling asleep himself.

[_AnaTolia_]

Hours later, Emma woke up to the sound of the cock crowing. She yawned and stretched, all the while wondering how she placed herself on the hay and then saw Alex, sleeping. A smile formed on her face. 'So he helped me to bed.' She thought, closing her eyes. Quickly folding her blanket, she raced downstairs to start cooking breakfast. Emma decided to make omelettes right after she got the eggs from the chicken coop.

[KoyiTar]

Alex had rolled back over when the rooster crowed he hated those things. They were so noisy of course he couldn't sleep through the aroma of the food that was making its way up to where he was sleeping. He sat up and looked around he realized that Emma must have gotten up as soon as the rooster had crowed and was probably the one making breakfast. "I better get up and see what I can do to help out around here." He said to himself making a decent attempt at folding his blanket but not really getting anywhere at all. He came down the ladder and entered the kitchen to see that his assumptions were correct and that Emma was indeed making breakfast. Omelets from the looks of in and they smelled delicious to him.

[_AnaTolia_]

"Oh Alex, you're up." Emma smiled, throwing eggshells as her nose was filled with the delicious smell. "Why don't you place the plates on the table? They're in the shelf over there." She pointed out where the plates are as she sighed with contentment. Her omelettes were cooked perfectly. Once her father went in, he commented, "That smells delicious, Emma." Looking at Alex he asked, "How was your sleep?"

[KoyiTar]

"I slept quite well thank you sir." Alex said as he got the plates that Emma was talking about and began to set the table like she had asked. He hoped he was doing a better job at this than he has at folding his blanket that morning. He wasnt really used to doing much work like this the servants usually took care of most of this stuff. Not that he hadn't worked before when he was younger he had been made to work with the blacksmith to make weapons so work wasnt beyond him, he was just unsure when it came to simple stuff such as setting a table or folding a blanket.

[_AnaTolia_]

"You're cooking omelettes again, aren't you, Emma?" Her mother came in through the door. The cold morning breeze filled the room as she entered. It made Emma shiver. "Pretty cold out there." She muttered, placing the omelettes on the plates. After, she put the utensils and sat down on her usual seat.

[KoyiTar]

Alex decided to wait for everyone to sit down before sitting down at the table himself. Of course he was next to Emma which was fine with him he was truly beginning to like the girl. He just wandered what would happen to those feeling once he had to leave and go back to the castle. "I could always ask her to come with me if she wanted. He thought to himself taking a bite of the omelet that was before him. "This is delicious." He said trying not to wolf down the rest of it rudely.

[_AnaTolia_]

"Everything Emma cooks deserves to be in the king's banquet," Her father, Richard, boasted. Emma kept her head down and ate her omelette, smiling. Her mother then got cups of milk for all of them. "Freshly milked from Bessy." She announced.

[KoyiTar]

"I must agree her cooking well outdoes anything the cooks in the castle make." Alex said gladly taking the milk from Elaine. "Thank you we have what they call fresh milk at the castle but it probably isn't as fresh as they say it is." Alex said taking a big drink from the glass, It was better than any of the milk that he had tasted in the castle. He was definitely going to have to speak to the servants about the way of things when he got home. If he went home he wanted more and more to stay.

"I'm sorry I don't mean to keep going on about where I am from its just the only thing I can think to bring up in conversation." He said lowering his head after realizing how rude he had been mentioning his home so often.

[_AnaTolia_]

Emma nearly sputtered on her milk as she heard Alex's comment on her cooking. She would gladly teach the Cooks a thing or two about spices and such. "But I just know commoner recipes. I don't know much about the recipes you have there and all those exotic ingredients." To tell you the truth, Emma dreamed of having a kitchen of her own, with ingredients and spices from all around the world.

[KoyiTar]

"Theres spices galore but I doubt our cook uses any of them. She quite old and set in her old ways of cooking which are quite bland." Alex said finishing his meal and milk. "If you truely want to come and teach them I can arange for that. Of course that is all up to you and I am sure my mother wouldn't mind she has been curseing the food since lord knows when." Alex said in hindsite wondering if Emma would take him up on his offer or not.