Am fear eile ~Outlander~

~Chapter five~ Skye~

As we continued or journey to Leoch I enjoyed to see the Glenn's, Valley's and the mountains that where forming the rough Highlands of which Scotland was famous for.
I didn't get much questions and when the men talked they talked in Gaelic not much paying attention to me and I thought that was the main reason why they did that. They knew I wouldn't understand it.
To distract myself from the conversation I decide to gently humming a song, that popped in mine mind, it was actual a Irish-Gaelic and English combined song from my time era and I thought if they could hear it they wouldn't know it. But I thought that wrong.
"That is familiar tune yer humming there Lass," the leader Dougal noticed and I inmiddelaty fell quite. "Don't stop it was good." he said.
"Ehhmm," I looked down at the saddle and played with the edge. "I don't know the lyrics to it,"
"Then keep continue to humm it Lass. we all could use some music along the way," Jamie encouraged me. "But what made me think, it's A Gaelic song how do you know it?"
"Gaelic people also comes to the Netherlands,' I said. "We had some Irish people over last year." That was a lie but I couldn't tell that I had been listingen to this song on my cell phone on a music streaming service. they would all fall of there horses.
"Hmh so they claimed this song as there own apparently." a man which I never heared talking directly to me huffed.
"Where near Leoch," Dougal said and I looked up a saw in the distance a castle appearing and my mouth fell open from surprise.
"Stunning right, but hold on tight," Jamie said and the gave his horse the sign to run so we arrived faster at the castle gates.

Once there they slowed down and people near by stopped with what they where doing and looked down but I saw a few glazes at me. I only saw curiosity and not violence or hatered.
The men all went there separeted ways but Jamie rode until the middle of the castle grounds a jumped of his horse, I nearly forgot that a day ago he had his shoulder dislocated.
"Jamie," A woman's voice called out while Jamie helpt me of the horse, he let me go to embrace the flash of blond hair and green dress that throw in his arms. "Yer back." The girl I think a year or two younger then me kissed both his cheeks while I stood shyly against the horse, clearly feeling now more uncomfortable then I was on the journey towards the castle.
"Aisla, good to see ye, I'm on time for yer wedding right?" he asked and she nodded.
"Richt oan time,' She smiled and then she noticed me. "Oh, yer brought some one with ye," she looked up and down on me and raised her eyebrows at my clothing.
"Ahum, yes, I found her in the forest, she was on the run for redcoats,' he told her. "Aisla FitzGibbonz, Greer von Holland. Greer, Aisla," he introduced us.
Aisla cracked a smile. "So nice to meet ye."

"Aisla could ye help her in some proper clothing, this all that she has, her ship sunk," He told her and she nodded excitingly.
"Of course Greer, come," she grabbed my hand and pulled me into the castle, I looked over my shoulder but saw that Jamie had already dissapeard.
"So Holland right? Dutch then?" she asked while manoeuvring me trough the small castle corridors until we reached a door.
"Yes," I answered while she pushed me through the door inside a room where a wooden bath stood in the middle of it.
"That is so wonderfull," she clapped in her hands and then walked over to the bath opened a hatch. She created a fire in it and then close it. "While it's heating I help ye oot of yer clothes." she walked towards me and I backed off.
"I can undress myself," I quickly said, if she pulls off my dress she saw my underwear and besides that I wasn't really fond of being naked in front of this strange girl.
"Nonsense," she waved the protest away. "It's what we do here."
She grabbed the hem of my dress and pulled it over my head.
"Oh ehh whit is that?" she pointed at my bra and then at my thong.
"It's ehh bra," I answered. "It's something out of France and only for aristocrate families."
"Yer royal then," she asked suddenly a bit shocked and taken back.
"No, no," I said quickly. "My father work for the minister of finace," I said and that was true.
Suddenly it hit me. It hit me hard in the stomach. Mine parents weren't even born in this time, I wasn't even born.
I fought back the tears as Aisla helped me in the bath. The water was warm enough to relax my muscles, she started to wash my hair with what smelled like lavender oil.
I closed my eyes and enjoyed her hands in my hair and the feeling of it being washed. After she rinsed it out she braided it and then washed my back and arms. The rest I did myself because it was to much invading of my privacy.
After that she helped me drying and in my clothing. The corset was a bit to much but when I looked in the mirror I forgot it completely.

"Yer look so Bonnie lass," Aisla said and I heard a bit jealousy in her voice.
"I want to see Jamie, I want to thank him for saving me." I told her and she nodded.
"He is probably cleaning himself, come I take ye to his chamber," she offered her arm and I took it.
Even tho I only know her an hour I had a feeling we would become friends over the time I was stuck here.