The banquet hall was bustling with noise and sound. New Knights sat at the tables, calling over their Squires and giving them tasks to do. Kel looked around and saw how everything had changed, yet had somehow stayed the same. She herself had changed. Looking down she noticed the enormous bump that protruded out of her once shapely stomach. A warm feeling filled her heart as he looked at the bump and the hand that rested on it. Sergeant Domnitan's strong hand was stroking her belly, something she never though would happen. Just three years ago, Dom and she were tricked into believing that they were loved by the other. It wasn't a joke, and it wasn't something that just happened. Both she and Dom had realized that they didn't become lovers during this plot, but they were always in love and just needed to be pushed enough to realize it.

"Seriously, you two have been married for almost three years and you still gross me out!" Neal, who was seated across the table from them, said with a mocking glance. In truth, Kel knew that he was probably the happiest for her and Dom, mostly because he was her best friend and now she was part of the family

"You know what Cuz, I felt the same way when you and Yuki got married. Meathead, that is disgusting." Dom rebutted as he stuffed a loaf of bread into his mouth. Kel laughed as Yuki came and sat beside Neal.

"What were you all laughing about?" She asked, grabbing Neal's hand which had become tense.

"Yuki, Domnitan was just saying how disgusting you…"

"Oh you misunderstand!" Kel cut Neal off, "Dom meant that he felt so bad because YOU, Nealan of Queenscove, are so disgusting that he couldn't understand how a beautiful and amazing woman like Yuki could ever fall in love with a Meathead." Kel grinned as Neal's face turned red. Yuki covered her mouth so that her husband didn't know she was chucking. Dom kissed Kel on the cheek, loving her brilliance.

"Well, Dom, it really depends on which head you are talking about," Yuki said with her very sweet and innocent voice. Everyone at the table began to laugh horrendously as Neal's face looked about ready to explode from embarrassment.

"You all must be having fun, I could hear you all the way from King Jonathan's throne" Raoul's giant voice sounded from behind Neal. The large man placed a hand on the embarrassed Knight's shoulder and squeezed.

"They must be making fun of Neal, that's the only thing that has this type of capacity to bring laughter." Alanna said as she also moved over towards the group. Even through Raoul and Alanna's comments the group continued to laugh. Dom looked at everyone through his moist eyes and remembered what life was like in those moments when Kel was kidnapped. He knew then, more than ever before, that they were meant to be together. It wasn't just that him and Kel needed to be lovers, but it was this entire family that needed to be together, to be able to laugh and love like this, "Sergeant, are you crying?" Alanna asked, chuckling with everyone else in spite of herself.

"It was just so funny Lioness, Yuki should repeat what she said" Dom laughed his way through the words, barely getting them all out.

"Please we don't…" Neal squeaked out, the actual hilarity of his wife's statement lost on him still.

"Domnitan was making fun of Nealan because he believed that it would be disgusting for me to be married to a meathead like Neal. I just said that it really depended on which head the Sergeant was referring too." Yuki said very calmly. Raoul and Alanna looked down at Neal who, if possible, became even redder than before and laughed just as loud as everyone else.

Kel watched everyone laugh as she wiped tears from her eyes. Laughing like this was good medicine and it lifted her own spirits as well. However, it was making her belly hurt…"Dom…Dom!" Kel screamed above the noise, "My stomach, its contracting…its coming!" Everyone stopped laughing and Dom abruptly got up, looking from face to face in sheer terror. Alanna rolled her eyes gave the men directions to carry Kel to the infirmary. Dom rushed around frantically as Raoul managed to lift Kel into his arms.

Again, Alanna rolled her eyes as she walked over to Dom and smacked him upside the head saying, "Pull yourself together Sergeant! You're having a baby!"

IIIII

A/N - Sorry for the wait but ive been working and writing my other fan fic (btw...if youve read Rurouni Kenshin i would love it if you would read and review, especially the review part :) Anyways, i hope you enjoyed this chappie and im going to try and get the next one up as soon as i can. Enjoy and dont forget to review!