An Embarrassing Situation

Chapter 8

Previously

"You are an insufferable, disgusting, vile, pathetic excuse of a man! I don't know why I even considered saying yes!"

"Excuse me-" Dastan retorted and abruptly stopped. "Y-you were going to say yes?"

In a fairly successful attempt to appear noncommittal, Tamina shrugged and looked away from his questioning eyes.

"Maybe- I don't know. You're lucky I'm not kicking you out of my city for being so rude!"

"B-but I thought… What with that… And all those-"

"Dastan. Shut up." The Prince stopped his unsuccessful attempts at speech. Once satisfied that she had his undivided attention she continued. "Do you know how many marriage proposals I've had in the past three years?"

"…" Sighing in exasperation, Tamina lifted the ban on talking she'd placed him and told him in the politest terms she could muster to answer the damn question! "A lot?"

"Twelve. Not counting yours. From very successful and rich nobles with vast kingdoms and armies."

"And you didn't say yes to any of them?"

"No I didn't say yes to any of them."

"Why?"

"Because they were all…" Tamina struggled for the best description, "Boring, arrogant gits." At this Dastan brightened considerably .

"So you're saying that I'm an interesting, modest person?" Was the hopeful interjection.

"No. I'm saying that you're an interesting, arrogant git." Dastan shrugged sheepishly, seeming content with what he could get from the princess that didn't like complimenting people.

"My point is," Tamina continued after having glared the silly grin off his face, "I want to marry someone who's interesting and will help improve Alamut. Unfortunately it seems impossible to find both in someone remotely bearable. If you can help improve the defences and army of Alamut then I'll marry you."

"That won't be too difficult, your army is completely shi- I mean not quite as good as the Persian one." Tamina appeared to have finally perfected the death-glare; hence his sudden change in tune mid-sentence.

"So… is it settled then? Are we engaged?"

"No."

"What?" Oh Tamina was going to have so much fun with this, after all, Dastan had embarrassed her and she: mature princess that she was, needed revenge. Sweet, delicious revenge served on an ice-cold platter of humiliation.

"You haven't proposed yet." The words were said with such innocence but Dastan could just see the evil cogs turning in Tamina's devious and manipulative mind.

"W-What? Oh course I did! Don't you remember that whole scene in the throne room?"

"Of course I do, your brother proposed for you so that doesn't count." Pulling up a chair, Tamina sat down and prepared to take sadistic enjoyment in Dastan's pain. Seeing his flabbergasted expression, Tamina smiled sweetly and gestured for him to hurry up. "Well go on then!"

He stood rooted to the spot, unmoving, and the first words out of his mouth couldn't have been further from a proposal: "You cannot be serious."

"Of course I am, but that's okay. If you don't want to marry me, I'm sure I can find a better offer if I-"

"OK. Fine." He sighed melodramatically, "Will you marry me?" Tamina laughed.

"Is that the best you can do? You know, I had a Spartan prince as a suitor once, he made a very nice proposal, but the Spartans can be so violent. Mind you, this could come in useful to kick your Persian derrieres out of-"

"Alright. Fine. I'll do it properly." He walked towards her until he was standing in front of her seated figure, Dastan took the opportunity to give her his special I-can't-believe-you're-making-me-do-this glare and reluctantly went down on his knees, Tamina stuck her right hand in front of him expectantly. Taking the proffered hand, he gripped it a little tighter than was strictly necessary; keeping eye contact Tamina was careful not to flinch and Dastan grudgingly respected her for it. He attempted an adoring expression but was only able to conjure up a half-hearted dirty look.

"Tamina."

"Yea?"

"To get to this point, I've had to fight multiple battles, seen many friends slaughtered at my side and I've had to face betrayal from a close family member. As you may imagine, I'm a little depressed at the moment and I'm sure I'd cheer up immensely if you accept my proposal. So Tamina, will you marry me?"

After his little speech, Tamina was more than a little confused. As far as she'd been aware, he'd only had to fight one battle in which very few Persians had actually died. Obviously, she had heard of his uncle's betrayal but the rest didn't make much sense. Perhaps it had something to do with the dagger, after all Tamina never did get her answer from him on what he knew about the dagger. The guardian side of her wanted to scream for answers, but the compassionate princess side was more willing to wait until after marriage for a confrontation.

"I accept your proposal." Dastan let out a breath of relief, "Now get up. I want to give you something."

"What?"

"Well, now that we're officially engaged, I think I can give you something special for everything you've gone through the past few days. Close your eyes." Eagerly, Dastan shut his eyes and waited impatiently for his present, he both heard and felt Tamina move closer and closer, her soft fragrant scent washing over him until… …

BANG!

Dastan's now unconscious form collapsed to the floor dramatically, Tamina smiled fondly at her fiancée as she judged the weight of the metal bucket she'd wacked him over the head with, just as she had promised.

Briefly she examined the small bump on his head, once satisfied that he would probably wake up in a few hours with nothing worse than a blinding headache, Tamina cheerfully skipped out of the room and contemplated what was sure to be a very happy and successful marriage.

THE END

Final AN

Hallelujah! I've finally finished a Fanfiction that was NOT a one-shot! WOOP!

Sorry for the stupidly long wait it took for Chapter 7 and 8 to be posted up, I would have posted up 7 earlier since I already had it typed up but I wasn't sure if I was going to change it a little once 8 was finished. You'll note THIS chapter is two and a bit Word pages long! :D

I hope this story ended with enough of a bang (hehe), I know I personally hate it when a story ends boringly so I tried to make it as interesting as possible. You guys reviewing have all been brilliant, and I have the last few who reviewed chapter 7 to thank:

bellathedisenchanted, sorree, Jtoasn, Dean's best girl, Tatas1998.

That reminds me… I'm supposed to do a shout out… I'm not too sure how this works… Um, Hi Tatas1998? Does that count as a shout out? While I'm at it, thanks to everyone who's read/reviewed/favourited/etc including those who have reviewed almost every single chapter! In particular: Shani8, Dean's best girl, BellaCullen1789, Jtoasn and S.S.N.A.P who all reviewed at least 5 Chapters each, thanks guys! Et au revoir!