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Matchmaker	By : shidoburrito Category: M through R > The Pendragon Adventure Views: 2286 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Pendragon, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Still own nothing, but love everything.
And now on to the final act!

Part 5

Bobby returned to the flume feeling better than he had in a long time. At least since he started Traveling, but he had found a partner in which he could share everything with, and that included being a Traveler.

He had woken up an hour later to a smiling Spader beside him, both of them still on the boat as it bobbed along. The air was beginning to cool as the day made way for twilight. Spader exclaimed he had to go and at least pretend to work for a little bit, and Bobby agreed, knowing he should go home and get a little bit more sleep before picking up again with his Traveler duties. He felt he could take on Saint Dane one handed (although he knew it would be stupid to try) with his renewed happiness.

Bobby entertained that thought while making his way out of the mansion and back to Mark’s house. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to deck Saint Dane in the face like that, one hand tied and even blindfolded! He grinned at the thought, and imagined Spader swooning at his strength. Then he’d hand that demon over to his love for him to finish Saint Dane off. Spader would get his revenge and the two of them could retire to Cloral or Second Earth where they could make love as much as they wanted.

Bobby was grinning from ear to ear and so deep in his fantasies he didn’t notice Mark’s parents getting home from work. A breath stealing tackle into a bush brought Bobby back to reality and he glanced up to see Courtney holding a finger to her lips.

“Bobby!” she hissed, “You know you can’t just waltz down the street like that! You’re supposed to be a missing person! You’re so lucky I saw you in time.” The two untangled themselves and peeked around the bush. Courtney was right; he’d almost walked into a very dangerous situation. Mr. and Mrs. Dimond would have been flabbergasted to see Bobby waltzing up to their door after disappearing for so long.

“How long have I been gone?” He asked. He’d only been on Cloral for a couple of hours, but time moved differently on Cloral than it did on Second Earth. Someday he would like to figure out the time differences between all the Territories and make a chart of them. He hated returning from a territory to find a year or an hour had passed. It certainly made celebrating birthdays a hell of a lot of trouble!

“We got back from school about 3 hours ago to find that you were gone, but we sent that letter to Wu Yenza like you asked. Did you get a hold of Spader?”

Bobby almost laughed out loud. Oh boy did I, he thought perversely, but merely nodded to Courtney. She took note of the blush on his face but let it slide. Courtney knew more about Bobby’s feelings than he gave her credit for, but pretended ignorance for his sake.

“Isn’t it cool how we can send a letter to Wu Yenza hours after she receives it? Time traveling mail certainly is convenient.” Courtney gave a smile as she stood up and brushed herself off. “I’m gonna go get Mark, you stay here. I guess you’ll have to stay at my house since Mark’s parents are back. Mine won’t be back for another hour.” Bobby gave a nod to show that he understood and settled back down behind the bush. He watched Courtney knock on the front door, enter, and then appear again with Mark by her side.

The two arrived at the bush and Mark handed his friend a sweatshirt. “Here, put this on and pull the hood up. I think that’s the best we can do to disguise you.” Bobby gratefully accepted the large red hoodie, glad that Mark had been thinking ahead, but wondered if it might draw more attention instead. Someone was bound to wonder why he was wearing a sweatshirt in August. Well, better than being recognized.

The three began their trek to Courtney’s house. Courtney and Mark both very curious about the emergency trip to Cloral, and Bobby had to make up a story on the spot. The last thing he wanted to tell his friends was that he had been to Cloral to tell Spader he loved him and ended up having sex with his friend!

“So did you ever find Saint Dane?” asked Courtney.

Bobby shook his head, “No, I never figured out where he was lurking. And I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not!”

“So then what did you and Spader do if you never found Saint Dane?” Courtney pried and Bobby instantly went rigid. Oh crap, now what do I say?

Fortunately, at that moment Mark brought a better question to their attention, “Who in the world is that coming out of the mansion?” The three had to pass by the flume’s resting place and noticed that there was indeed someone climbing over the mansion’s wall. The stranger had on a yellow sweatshirt and jeans, but the clothing looked as if it was a tad too small.

“Hey you! What are you doing?” Courtney shouted and began to run towards the intruder before Bobby or Mark had a chance to stop her. The stranger looked back at them with wide brown eyes, which Bobby immediately recognized.

“Spader?!” he shouted and tan towards him. A large grin formed on Spader’s face as he saw who the red hooded form was running at him. Spader was scooped up into an embrace, but was set back down as he and Bobby blushed with embarrassment. Courtney looked on with a small smile, glad to see that Bobby was so happy. Mark was the last to catch up to the little group.

“Hobey, I wasn’t expecting this great big welcome! You shouldn’t have!” They laughed at that. Bobby suddenly turned his face towards the stone wall that surrounded the mansion. The others looked on in confusion, but then saw a jogger pass by.

“Hey guys, could we talk someplace more private? I’m afraid I’m going to be
recognized, even with this hood on.” The group agreed; they couldn’t just stand about talking out in the open like this. Mark suggested they use the mansion since they were right next to it. “You didn’t see any vicious looking quigs while you were in there, did you?” Bobby asked, and Spader shook his head.

Only when everyone was in the basement did anyone start talking. They had been too busy on the trip down listening for quigs to try and talk. Now they were in the cool comfort of the cellar and Bobby could take off his disguise.

“Ah, it feels so much better down here. I’m melting in this sweatshirt!” He exclaimed as he rid himself of the article of clothing. Courtney and Mark made themselves comfortable on top of a nearby table. This left only a chair for Bobby and he gave a pat to his lap for Spader to sit on, which he did with a small smile. For the first time Bobby seemed to catch on that Courtney was to thank for this as he caught her small satisfied smile. Well, this day was all about surprises, wasn’t it?

“What’s up Spader? Did Saint Dane finally show up?” Bobby asked as he idly kicked his feet.

“No, not yet. I’m surprised the little bugger hasn’t shown his face since I last saw him.”

“Since you last saw him? When was that?” Courtney asked, and her confusion was shared by Bobby.

“That demon showed up just yesterday. Made me mad as hell too, but luckily we haven’t crossed paths since.” Spader vented, his hands made fists and Bobby could feel his body tense. He laid a hand over Spader’s fist, trying to calm him. “I told you all this Bobby, this morning when we…erm, talked.” He blushed furiously as he said this and Bobby would have too if he weren’t so confused. “I came back now because Wu Yenza just gave me your message to meet you.”

“Wait, I know I saw you earlier today, when we,” here the blush finally caught up to Bobby, “talked. But I’d remember you saying you saw Saint Dane. You told me you hadn’t seen him!” Spader turned his head so that he could look Bobby in the eye. He was obviously just as confused. Bobby could feel dread start to grow in the pit of his stomach and he nudged Spader off of his lap. “Spader, could I talk to you for a second?” He held up a finger to Mark and Courtney, “This will just take a minute; we’ll be in the flume.” Grabbing Spader’s hand and a nearby flashlight, they marched to the wooden door with the familiar star burned into it. Bobby closed the door behind him and turned on the light, making sure to point it at the ceiling so that they weren’t blinded.

“Ok, let’s get this straight. You claim that you were confronted by Saint Dane yesterday? He came to me just this morning here on Second Earth.”

“Yeah, he had the gall to come to my living quarters and threaten blackmail. You failed to mention that he had visited you.” Spader exclaimed, feeling a little put out, yet Bobby didn’t seem to notice. He was thinking hard.

“What exactly did he threaten you about?”

Spader’s frown instantly left and a blush began to creep once again over his cheeks. “Well, it seemed my feelings for you weren’t exactly a secret to him and he threatened to go tell. I was horrified at the thought of you hearing this from Saint Dane so I rushed over here right away to tell you.” Spader paused as he went through the events in his mind. He smiled sheepishly, “I was so surprised to see you here already when I stepped out of the flume. Oh Bobby I was so scared you’d be so angry at me!” Spader cried and threw his arms around Bobby’s shoulders. Bobby returned the embrace, but only halfheartedly. Spader gazed up at him sighing happily, “I’m so happy my first time was with you. I love you.”

“I love you too Spader, but your story is sounding frighteningly familiar, and I don’t think you’re going to like what I have to say.” Bobby said softly as he took Spader’s hand in his. “Just this morning on Second Earth I was also approached by Saint Dane and he started exploiting my love for you, threatening to tell you I loved you before I got a chance. I sent you a message to meet me and you did! You and I boarded your speed boat and that’s where we…” Bobby gulped, “had sex.”

“No, we had sex here, in this house.” Spader immediately replied, but his voice sounded worried. He seemed to be catching on, too. “Right, Pendragon?”

Bobby’s eyes started to fill up with tears as he looked into Spader’s eyes. This couldn’t be happening, it had all been so perfect, and now… he didn’t even want to think about what they had done.

“It wasn’t you I slept with, was it? We both thought it was the other person, but we were really sleeping with- oh man, I’m going to be sick.” Spader immediately ran far into the tunnel and Bobby could hear the echoes of retching, meanwhile he plopped down onto the tunnel floor as his legs gave out. Spader returned and curled up beside Bobby on the cold, hard floor and shivered. Bobby was in an equal amount of shock yet he idly tried to comfort Spader by rubbing his back.

Spader gave a dark little chuckle, “Ironic isn’t it, that we both feel the same for each other, and we both made the same mistake.”

Bobby nodded as he looked down at Spader. “Yeah,” he replied sadly, “love’s funny like that.”

~THE END~

Hurrah for dark endings. Ah, good old Saint Dane, he's such a bastard eh? I think he's in for it now, but at least he had his kicks. Poor Bobby and Spader, I hope they don't kill me in my sleep for this fanfic! Ha ha! Please let me know if you enjoyed this fic or not. I can brave the criticism! Thanks for reading!
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