My boyfriend is a Knight

11.20p.m
November 22, 2008

I can’t tell you his name, neither mine. I can’t tell you where we stay or which school we are in. Well, all this because my boyfriend is a knight .He received his knighthood this summer and since then he is called Sir Lewzerkher Iaphone. Gosh! What a name. I never call him by this one .And the “sir” title makes him sound so old. Well, in fact he is just four years older than me. I am 19,by the way.

The reason why I can’t disclose you our identity is because of L.I’s knighthood. Nowadays, most people get knighted by the Queen of England. But L.I got knighted by King Arthur. King Arthur...can you believe that?! There have been so many legends stating that King Arthur will rise up. And now that he has, nobody’s got a clue. Gosh! And I think I wasn’t supposed to blurt it out either.

So you see now. L.I is a proper knight, complete with armor and his glistening sword. So much for my knight in shinning armor! We live on this remote island, which is actually pretty huge in size. It has a population of only 2000people- 1000male, 500females and 500children. And most of the people are knights like L.I or like me, their girlfriends or wives mothers and sisters. We try to live like a normal person… well like any normal family. So if you are thinking we have weird tournaments or dragons breathing fire, you are mistaken. We have movie theatres and malls and everything an average American city has. But we are cautious lot. So the secret about our world is safe as long as it’s stays on this island. And all of us make sure that it does. Because if by any unfortunate incident, the secret was exposed, the world will plunge into grave chaos and confusion. So, on the orders of King Arthur, all the palace meetings are conducted at midnight in an underground fort. You might have figure out already by the time I wrote in the beginning of this entry that L.I has one off to one of his “meetings” I don’t know what they do. All the Knights of the Round Table huddled together in some underground fort. I am not supposed to know it either, for my safety. Whatever! Another thing that amazes me about this incredible place is their fort. I could never fathom how the people here manage to construct an underground fort. I have seen it though. And trust me; it’s B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.

Now back to L.I. I met him during my cultural exchange program. It was like two years back and I have never left this place. If you guys are wondering why I decided to abandon my parents and live on some crazy-Knight-filled-remote-island. Well, my parents are better off without me. They were actually happy that I have a house of my own (hypothetically, we live in the palace quarters) and I am well settled. We ever really were a close family. Anyways, during this exchange program I met him and we clicked instantly. He was honest with me right from the start. He says that I came across as a girl he can completely trust. Thought I thought they were all stories that he was cooking up to impress me. They were amusing and entertaining too! He would tell me how he aspires to become a Knight at the Round Table of King Arthur. I didn’t really take him seriously. And he knew that. We met almost everyday and within a month we were head-over-heels in love with each other. During one of our dates, he was very pensive. Then towards the end he goes like,” A, I love you very much.” When I said the same, I said it with seriousness and I truly meant them. And that was when he told me everything. He took me to places, he introduced me to the other knights, showed me his family portraits and his armor and weaponry and in the end he took me to King Arthur himself.

How am I dealing with everything? What can I say. We are getting married this December.