And you cant fight the tears that ain't coming,
Or the moment of the truth in your lies.
When everything feels like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive.

When Neal had walked away, all he left to go and do was the re-order his bookshelf in his office., then he came out again. He couldn't offord to have Dom hear what he was about to say. He was going to try and get her real name out.

'Anything you have to complain about?' Neal asked the woman.

'Yes,' she said. Neal looked up sharply.

'What?' he queried.

'The other man, I don't know his name yet, came into here and demanded that I tell him my name. I don't know who he is in this camp and I don't know what his motives where so I didn't tell him.' Neal's eyes narrowed.

'Yes you did, or at least you gave him a false name, you said that your name is Lalasa.'

'I did,' the woman retaliated.

'Miss, I need to know your real name, not only for this camp and for something to call you, but to report to the king. What am I going to tell him? That the woman refuses to tell me her name?' Neal said, half in anger, half in worry, half in - my maths was never the best, can't you tell? The woman was silent.

Well if that is the way that you are going to play, why don't I bring in the real Lalasa to meet you?' he continued at her silence. She still said nothing so Neal left to find Lalasa.

Neal walked to the commanding officers block and went past Dom's room where he was yelling at a wall and punching it.

He will never be the same, he thought, shaking his head. And that is his second mistake.

Then Neal walked past his own room where his latest poem awaited the next post service.

(I often wondered when I cursed,
Often feared where I would be -
Wondered where she'd yield her love
When I yield, so will she.
I would her will be pitied!
Cursed be love! She pitied me...)

The next door had what he was looking for. Neal knocked on the door politely because he had soon learnt after Kel and Dom had gotten together that it wasn't exactly a nice view when you burst in on someone like that. Luckily today though, Lalasa wasn't doing anything.

'Come in,' she called through the door. Neal came in. 'It's not time for yet another check up is it?' she asked annoyed. 'If you give me another one I swear I will kill you into tomorrow.' Neal frowned as he realised that the sentence didn't make sense and just shrugged. Sometimes with women, it was easier to just ignore it.

'No, the new woman that stumbled into camp the other day is trying to pretend that she is you. I told her that I know the real Lalasa and that if she really wanted to, I could show her,' he said and was about to leave to room when he heard a sigh.

'I can't get up,' Lalasa admitted.

'Now what did I say about sitting in chairs that you know you wont be able to get out of?' Neal asked and then ducked the swipe made at his head.

'That if you go on about something like that again I will kill you into next week, remember?' she replied and Neal gulped. He had just angered a pregnant woman.

When Neal did make it to the infirmary alive (somehow), he made sure that Lalasa was sitting down comfortable and then walked back to the door. 'Leaving it all to you!' he called out and left. He assumed that the shocked look on the woman's face was just at meeting the real Lalasa.

'Who?' the woman managed to get out in shock.

'Lerant,' Lalasa said proudly. 'We were married two springs ago.'

'Congratulations, I didn't know that you two were together,' the woman said.

'Who's that?' the Neal asked.

'The one that holds the flags,' the woman replied and Lalasa frowned slightly. (correct me if I am wrong...)

'How do you know him?' she asked. Once more the woman remained silent.

Suddenly it hit her.


I had to leave it there, it was even in my planning:

Kel is silent. Then Lalasa gasps. she knows. I'm mean and I leave it here.

If you can tell me where the poem is from then cool, the mistake thing I have included... I had nothing better to do :)

I was watching Monty Python and so that is why the emotions in this chapter might not be exactly right. I was too busy laughing my head off then writing sad Kel/Dom stuff. I even had to go and read a Kel/Dom to try and get me in the mood. :) It was really good. I think it was called love... (How many fics would have that name!)

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