Hello, I know many people are waiting on an update to "Lady Knight's Adventures" but I Was slightly stuck so I came up with this really random Roald/Kel story to keep my mind focus so I don't slip into a writer's block. It shall only have 2 or 3 chapters and then back to my other story.

It is just for fun so please don't burn. I was just inspired.

Kel walked through the palace grounds to her rooms feeling down, Neal, Seaver, Cleon, Merric, Owen and Esmond would arrive at the end of the week and she had nothing to do. She had spent many hours in the training field 'till she had fainted and a harassed looking healer sent her off saying that she was over-exercising and it wasn't healthy. It was the Week of the Roses starting today and her knight master had been called to the palace for the next two weeks. Since he was to go to conferences around Corus, he did not need Kel and she was confined to the palace were on hold for the week. Her friends had been called away that morning and would not be returning till the end of the festival. Which brings us to now; right before supper. Kel walked slowly to the mess hall wanting to take her mind off her boredom even though she was hungry. She sat down at their unusually empty table with her tray. Her stomach growled but she had to wait like everybody else until Lord Wyldon gave them the little speech before digging in. Someone sat down beside her.

Kel POV

"Roald you're back!" she laughed, happy not to have to eat her supper alone. The knight grinned at her when he sat. "Hello Kel, yes, I'm back." He hugged me around the shoulders by way of greeting and then got to his feet. I looked around and saw Lord Wyldon looking at me expectantly I shot up out of my seat to stand up with the fellow members of the mess hall, most of whom snickered as Wyldon raised one eyebrow at my direction. 'I am stone' I thought to myself as I struggled with my Yamani mask; "Sorry my lord" I said in a clear voice. His upper lip curled up ever so slightly in what seemed to be the closest thing to a smile from him. He thanked Mithros' and the Goddess and we sat down again to eat. Roald shot me a grin as I grimaced;

"Nice start to the supper, don't you think?" he raised his eyebrows at his mock-serious question.

"Oh, yes. I so love making a fool of myself." I joked, he chuckled and ate his food.

I looked at him sideways later on and almost choked when I noticed him looking at me, he looked away instantly but there was no denying the look of admiration in his eyes. Admiration? For me? The Prince? I think I'll just let those questions ponder I probably imagined him looking at me in the first place, I chided. After dinner we walked lazily outside.

"Want to duel Kel?" he asked cheerily. "Sure, if you want to lose..." I said this with an evil grin playing on my lips. "Oh, we'll see about that." he replied. We went to the training courts and as the grumpy healer was not in sight we started sparring. I won, then he did, then he did again, and then me once more, it went on like this fore a couple of hours.

"Gods, I'm tired" he said yawning. "Well lets not deprive his majesty of sleep." He cocked his head to one side, raised his eyebrows and folded his arms against his chest;

"Please don't call me that." I lifted my head to the sky and pretended to look wise; "A great monarch once told me; do not be ashamed of what you are born." I said this recalling what he had said to me the year before.

He pretended to look angry; "Are you mocking me, oh junior page? I grinned; "Maybe, maybe not."

"You will be brought to justice before the magistrate." He was still pretending to be mad. "You would have to catch me first." with that I turned my heel and ran. I didn't have to turn around to know that he was behind me, his loud footsteps barely inches behind mine, he was fast! He half tackled me from behind and we were sent sprawling over the field.

"Now look what you've done, I must take a bath!" he laughed his deep laugh and walked me to my rooms. At my door he said; "it's good to be back."

"I'm glad you're back. It would make for a very dull week indeed!" he laughed again and lent in towards me.

I sat on my bed and sighed in frustration. What had just happened? Had the prince just kissed me? Oh, this is not good, he would have to marry! Not that I would mind.. Did I just think that!? But the prince was great and he had a nice personality and he was gorgeous, not that that's why I'd go with him. This is all too complicated, its late, I will sleep on it. I tucked myself in and tried to go to sleep, yet I was still shivering from the pleasure of the kiss. The kiss had lasted about two seconds, maybe even one, but I was still shivering! His lips had barely grazed mine and I was shivering! Was I falling for the prince?

I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

I woke up and went to practice in the courts. I didn't look around, didn't see the audience around me, I was so used to it by now. It was just me and my glaive, alone. All my frustration on behalf of the prince I was forcing into my pattern dances. I remembered the thoughts I had had last night, it had not sounded at all like me. I must earn my shield and battle, I must protect people and save them from tragedies, I was made to go to battle I could not become a princess! How could I even think of it? I was disgusted with myself and confused. I wanted tot tell the prince that he was my friend, but that he'd better back off. But I found myself once more thinking of that minuscule kiss. It's so frustrating! My glaive just went faster and faster like my mind that was spinning out of control. The crowd cheered louder, they had never seen her go this fast! Suddenly she stopped, her ears were ringing from the cheers, more than the average pages and squires had stopped by, it looked as if the whole castle was there. Sweat-soaked and bone-tired I put my glaive away and went back into my rooms as the 'palace' dispersed. I went to bathe and then to breakfast and sat down. Roald sat down in front of me at the same table as yesterday. I looked up as he sat down.

3rd Person

Her gaze went into his sapphire blue eyes, the air in the room seemed to be sucked out. Did he know he did this to her? Did he know that she couldn't breathe around him? That small nothing-of-a-kiss had changed their relationship, she had to choose. She either backed down and probably ruined their friendship or she stayed in and took it to the next level, it was to late to be 'just friends'. She knew what she wanted to do, and she knew what she should do. He smiled and she smiled back, her Yamani mask not holding. This is so very un-Kel like, what is going on. It's as if I'm a different person around him she thought, I will lose my Yamani mask forever if I don't get my act together she scolded herself silently.

Kel POV

After breakfast I made her way back to my room and I sat on my bed pondering until I heard a knock. Crossing my fingers hoping it wouldn't be Roald, I wasn't ready just yet, I opened the door. There leaning on the door frame was a tall, very handsome prince. Damn. His black hair fell sloppily around his head but his sapphire-blue eyes held worry.

"Kel are you alright? Are you ignoring me? I'm sorry about last night, I-I didn't mean to get carried away, I mean, I did, that didn't sound right, but you know we can just forget about it if you want..."

He was rambling and he knew it, so did I. I wanted to tell him that we should forget about it, that we should move on but the air was once more sucked out of my lungs.

"I'm not ignoring you, it's just... complicated." Relief poured into his sapphire eyes, was I thatimportant to him?

He looked at me and leveled his gaze with mine. My knees were going all floppy. Floppy? Gods what is he doing to me? "Should we maybe..." I don't exactly know what happened. He was saying something and then our lips were together. I wasn't sure who started it but I know I responded. The Prince Roald I had always known was shy, and well-mannered but the one who i was kissing right now was bold and dashing and right now was melting my heart. My spine tingled as we touched, sending shivers everywhere. I was shocked into oblivion. This wasn't just touching lips, this was full on passionate kissing. This was kissing like I had done with Cleon except that this was far better. I 'came up for air' and dove back in. We were inside my room now, he had closed the door; we couldn't have Sir Raoul's squire and the Prince kissing in the middle of the doorstep. This had to be secret. I couldn't back down now, it was too good, without him I would be a gaping hole, but this could not be public yet, this was going to have to be the best-kept secret at the palace.

I don't know how long we stood in the middle of my room for, just kissing. His tongue and mine now had already reached into each others mouths and were still exploring when we decided to break contact. We both needed to hold each other in our arms but this could not do, we needed to take it a little more slowly. We decided instead to go sparring, maybe this wouldn't be so boring after all.

Hope you like it! Once more I'm still new at this so please, please don't burn.

Please Review though, Reviews are always welcome.