Thanks to those who reviewed my work. And for those who need to know, this is a LotS fanfic with SoT mixed in. Enjoy!

Chapter 2

Reunion

Kahlan and Richard waited for Dennee to return with firewood for that night. Kahlan knew she needed to know what else had happened in the past two years, since the funeral of Richard's mother. She still remembered the night before she left. "Kahlan, what's wrong? You look…different?" Richard's comments tore her away from her memory and then retorted back to him.

"Richard! I haven't seen you in two years! Of course I look different! You know…you are way too stubborn, for your own good. And what's this about being 'drafted'?" Richard's smirk gave her suspicions life. "You did that just so you could see me early, didn't you?" Richard then gave her a look which had caused her heart to pick up its pace, her thoughts getting lost in Richard's gray eyes.

"Kahlan, if your angry about what happened that last night, I'm sorry. I never meant to push into doing what we did." Richard cautiously put his hand onto Kahlan's. When she didn't pull away, he slowly moved closer to her and slowly she pulled an apple from his pack. The memory of the first time he gave her one instantly filled his mind.

They were near the stream the went by Zedd's home, and then turned towards the boundary. Kahlan and Richard had spent the entire day talking about their lives before she came there from the Midlands. She didn't know why he was being quiet as he approached the old man's home, even though he told her the stories of him and the chicken he talked to. Not to mention that he ate kids.

Richard had grabbed a red fruit. Why he wanted one, Kahlan didn't understand. Unless he wanted to poison her. And they were just becoming good friends, which felt weird for her, being friends that is. She had slowly become use to all of the threats to the lives of Confessors, but this was a dumb attempt. She noticed Richard had just grabbed a second one, which seemed to worry her more. She slowly turned away when a load scream got her attention.

He was running down the hill with the two red fruits he had stolen from the tree. His expression told her that he saw the 'crazy chicken man of Blackthorn hill'. Once they reached the stream, he turned to her and gave her the strange red fruit and simply said, "eat."

This betrayal enraged her and before she regained her senses, she noticed her hand on his throat and the panic in his eyes. All she could say was, "Why?" The confused look on his face bothered her greatly. All he could get out from his restricted throat was, "Oh, I didn't know you didn't eat apples in the Midlands. I'll get something else to eat."

She was instantly stunned by what he had said. Disbelief threatened to take over, but she put on her 'confessors face', as her mother referred to it as. "You eat these…apples?" He slowly smiled, "What else would we do with them?" Her reason instantly hit him: she thought they were poisonous. When she confirmed what he thought, her instantly cracked at the situation. Kahlan tried to convince him it wasn't funny, but he had already decided it was.

"Kahlan…Kahlan, what's up with you?" She recognized Dennee's voice, and saw a strange look on Richard's face. "Sorry, I was just thinking about something that happened during the summer I left…with mother." The gasp Dennee made told her one thing: Richard had taken a bite out of one of those stupid apples.

"Don't worry, Dennee, it's not poisonous, well at least here in Westland. Oh, they taste really good, which explains why the…spell…worked well…for Rahl, that is." Kahlan somehow felt the explaination was somewhat unnecessary. Dennee could do that to her sometimes, which absolutely annoyed her. Having to deal with it for 15 of the 18 years she had lived seemed somewhat a nightmare. She then looked up at Richard, and he looked back to her the same way she did.

"You two know each other, don't you?" dennee's question surprised the both of them. They hoped that they would be able to suppress the feelings they developed the last she was near him. Apparently, Dennee had figured it out somehow, so Richard decided to explain everything. The two of them were able to piece together kahlan's childhood visit, the funeral, and the weekend after it, when Richard and Kahlan did something they decided for the time they didn't need to tell her. Kahlan noticed from his current behavior that their were followed.

"Well, fuck me, we've been followed, and pretty well at how they were hard to notice until now." He turned to the confessors who were worried. "Kahlan, if we somehow don't survive…there's something i…I need to tell you. It involves…us." She was surprised by his request. She nodded for him to continue, while Dennee listened intently. "Kahlan…if we survive this night…there would be one thing I would request of you." He slowly took a deep breath, fearing the possible rejection. "Kahlan Amnell…will you marry me?"

Her answer and the upcoming fight will be in the next chapter.

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