Neal stood waiting for the others when Owen popped up from behind the fountain.
"Hey Neal, do you need me? I haven't seen Kel yet and I really want to talk to her," Owen said.
"Just be careful not to say anything to her, Owen," Neal warned. Owen was known for being very cheerful and talkative, but he often let things slip that he shouldn't.
"I'll be careful, but can you tell me everything that you decide about the date?" Owen asked, but he ran off before Neal could answer.
"Where's Owen going?" Merric's voice scared Neal; he hadn't seen him arrive.
"Oh, he couldn't wait to see Kel," Neal answered, "So he's going to talk to her. Why don't we go see Kel too? I haven't seen her either."
Neal and Merric began to walk towards the practice courts to see Kel for themselves. "So Neal, you have an idea for who you want to set Kel up with, don't you?"
"How'd you know Merric?"
"Well between the endless grinning and mischievous smiles, I figured you had a plan," Merric said with a smile, "But who is it?"
"Well I don't believe that Kel's met him yet, and he's a bit of a ladies man, so it shouldn't be too difficult to make him go."
"Just tell me who it is!" Merric sounded exasperated.
"Okay, okay, calm down Merric," Neal grinned again, "His name is Dom, Domitan of Masbolle. He's my cousin.
Back in his room, Lord Raoul was pacing. Neal has a good idea, but who will he pick? Raoul pondered. I don't want to say I don't trust Neal, but he can be a bit…clueless at times. He means well, but I fear his choice will not be the best for Kel. I'll bring someone else along, but who?
Raoul contemplated all the young men he could think of. But, like Neal said, it should be someone she doesn't know. "Ouch!" Raoul was so deep in thought that he didn't realize that he had walked straight into the wall. A map fluttered to the floor near the place where he had hit the wall. Oh, it's the map Alanna gave me. If she sees it wrinkled she'll kill me.
"That's it!" he shouted and tossed the map across the room. Thom, Alanna's son. He's about Kel's age isn't he? And they've never met either, seeing as Kel hasn't been allowed to meet Alanna. Retrieving the map, Raoul pinned the it to the wall, pleased with himself. I can't tell Alanna though, I'm not sure if she'd agree, and if she didn't, I don't want to cancel this plan; it's perfect.
"Hello sir." Kel's voice interrupted Raoul's stream of thoughts.
"Oh, hi Kel, how was your glaive practice?" Raoul looked flustered, and Kel noticed.
"Is something the matter, sir?"
I have to be careful to keep this a secret from Kel, he thought. "No, nothing's the matter, Kel. I'm just a little tired." Kel looked at him a little funny, seeing as he had slept till noon that day, but just nodded. "We should probably get ready for dinner," he added quickly. Kel nodded again, and went into her room to get changed. This is going to be harder than I thought.
NOTE: In this fanfic, Neal does not know that Kel has met Dom. Sorry it took me a little while to update, but I wanted to make sure that everything was going to work out. I didn't get a chance to personally think everyone who reviewed last time, so I'm going to do that now:
Thanks to:
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PPS: I updated this because thanks to .. I decided to fix a few errors. And then I noticed that in the thank yous a few of the names turned into weird little dots instead. So I fixed that. And PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE (please?) tell me if there are errors! I have a beta, but both she and I are busy (she's probably busier than I am) so she might have missed something (I miss just about everything), so if you see something please help me out! And also (so you all know its not my beta'a fault) I get impatient and like to post things once I've decided I'm done with them, and if she didn't get a chance to review it, sometimes I go and post it anyway...I think this was one of those chapters.