You really can't tell the pairing, but it's 'supposed' to be Kel/Joren. This is basically Joren's thought after he 'dies,' or as some people would say 'disappears.'

Disclaimer: You should get the routine by now, after reading all those other fanfics out there, right? Well, this is just like any other. Standard. Not mine. The characters, though not mentioned by name, all belong ot Tamora Pierce.

Author's Note: Actually, I really don't care who she's paired up with, that is between Joren, Neal, or Cleon. Though I must say I like Neal better than Cleon. Which means if it's Neal, I don't care, I just read. But, oh well. Enjoy! ^-^ (This is so I don't get anybody mad at me for making it Kel/Joren, cuz then I get people saying, 'Didn't you read book blah, blah, blah? They hate each other. Well, that's one of the ups of fanfics, you can have whatever you want happen. So there!) *sweatdrop* (Finally...)



If the Past Could Be Relived

Sapphire Jewel

If the past could be relived

Revived, somehow

I could tell you

How I admired your courage

When you never gave up

And bested most

I admired the way you worked

From the first rays of dawn

'Till late at night

I never understood

Why you did that

When Lord Wyldon would dismiss you anyway

I though,

'Why that hard work for nothing?'

I guess I was wrong

When you returned the next year

I should have knokwn

That you would not have given up so easily

I realized I should have tried harder

To keep you away

They weren't because I hated you

Though it seemed that way

All those times that I laughed at you

Mocked you

And said all those things

I can't begin to explain

The burden upon my heart

That began to eat away at me

I wanted to take it all back

But, I...I just couldn't

In fact, all my words just seemed to make you more determined than ever

To prove everyone wrong

To make Lord Wyldon see you for who you are

So he would allow you to stay

It hadn't seemed possible

But, yet, you made it through

During your third year as a page

I tried to start over

But you refused my offer as a friend

Out relationship must have been past the point of being fixed

I didn't intent to not survive the ordeal

I didn't think it was possible to die

It happened too fast

I couldn't register all that was happening

All I could remember

Was that I was regretting

Never telling you that I was sorry

I died carrying that burden

I never told you how I truly felt

I didn't think you would accept it as fact

But, now that I'm dead

I regret my choice

You can't hear me

But I want you to know

That...

I'll wait for you

No matter how long it takes

Because...

Had I just one minute more...

I'd tell you...

I love you.

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Flames? Comments? Anything?!? So just review, please...onegai? Come on, I'm begging here. I might post another 'poem' that's also Joren's thoughts, that kind of follows this, but, it won't be a 'chapter.' It'll be up soon, if I decide to post it. Ja, minna!