Wow, it's been a long time

I hadn't looked at this story for ever

In this chapter I'd like to give a special thanks to Knight Queen for bringing me back into this story and making me think about contributing more to it.

So I'm back again- please, forgive me for the long delay- wish I had a good excuse, but I really don't

Only schoolwork and extra curricular activities have been taking up my time and looking at different colleges and scheduling college visits

Fun stuff

Anyways I'm back

Kel awoke the next morning to the sound of humming. She looked over at Dom, who was sitting beside her bed and grinned. He realized she was awake and set down the book he had been reading.

"Morning," Kel murmured.

"Morning," Dom returned. "How are you feeling today?"

"Fine," Kel replied. It was the truth, she felt more rested and clearer headed now than she had in weeks.

"Really," Dom asked skeptically.

"Yes, Dom," Kel told him. "In fact, I am feeling better today than I've felt in weeks. Completely refreshed and everything. It's like the amulet spell is gone."

Dom smiled brightly and took Kel's hands in his. "That's wonderful," he said. "We should get Raoul, Numair, and Alanna in here to see what they think."

He leaned in and kissed the top of her forehead. "Be back soon, my love," he told her before exiting the infirmary.

Kel sat still for a moment letting the feeling of Dom's kiss linger in the air. She smiled to herself. 'Maybe I am getting better,' she thought.

A little later Dom returned followed by Raoul, Numair, and Alanna.

Numair spoke first, "So, Kel, Dom tells us that you are feeling better."

Kel smiled ask she looked up, "Yes. It's as if they spells aren't in place anymore."

Numair frowned, held his hand over her head, and began an incantation under his breath. After a few moments he turned his palm upward and a ball of light set itself upon his palm. It glowed bright yellow for a moment and then steadily turned a pulsing green, matching Kel's eye color.

"Well, young lady, it does seem that these spells are gone. I can find no trace of them around you," Numair told her.

Kel smiled and looked over at Dom who was grinning uncontrollably. Alanna nudged Numair and said, "Now that the blocking spells are gone, can Neal and finish the healing Kel needs."

Numair nodded, congratulated Kel, gave them a final wave and left saying he had work to finish.

Raoul took up a nearby chair followed by Dom.

"Right," Alanna murmured. "I must go find Neal and then he and I should be able to have you as good as new in no time."

Kel nodded her thanks and turned to Dom. For a moment, neither of them said anything, then Dom leaned forward and gave a Kel a passionate kiss. So absorbed were they in each other that they forgot Raoul was in the room until he gave a slight cough. Kel and Dom broke apart and smiled sheepishly.

Kel was thankful that Alanna walked in moments later with Neal in tow. Neal looked ecstatic.

"Let's get started," Alanna said. She turned to Raoul and Dom, "Sorry, but only healers and the patient. I must ask you two to wait outside." Alanna smiled at Raoul and Dom as they hoisted themselves from the chairs and looked at her with such grumpy faces. "Shoo," she prompted them. "You can come back soon enough."

Kel smiled at Dom and Raoul as they turned to leave.

One week later Kel was back in the practice courts. It had taken her four or five days to recover her old strength but now that she had it back she was spending most of her spare time practicing. The lunch bell rang and Kel trotted off to the wash house to clean up before lunch.

Kel entered the mess, got her food and sat down next to Dom. She grinned at him before starting in on her lunch. Kel smiled inwardly as she thought about her new relationship with the handsome, blue-eyed sergeant. It had only been a week that they'd truly had to be together. Without cares, without worries, and she had enjoyed every minute of it. It still bothered her a bit that none of the mages could figure out why the spells had been lifted but since no one else seemed to concerned, Kel tried to push it to the back of her mind.

It had been so long since she had had free time to spend with Dom without having something pressing to do. The shaky peace treaty was still holding and spring was approaching. If things turned out right, Tortall would have peace soon. Kel was hopeful.

She was jerked out of her pleasant thoughts by Dom who had gently nudged her. "A penny for your thoughts?" he asked.

"What?" she said. "Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about how nice things are right now."

Dom looked over at her. He was so happy to have her back and healthy and so pleased that she was here with him now. "Do you want to go for a ride today?" he asked her.

Her eyes brightened up and she told him yes. They planned to meet that afternoon at the one o'clock bell by the stables.

a/n: yes it's short. Sorry. Yes it's been forever. sorry. I feel bad that it's been this long. I'll try not to let it happen again. In the meantime review. Please. My other story hasn't been updated in a while either but I really want to start updating more often. So I think I'll do something like a chapter for each every other week. So the schedule would be like:

week 1: new The Revolution Continues chapter

week 2: new What? I'm With You? chapter

week 3: new The Revolution Continues chapter

week 4: new What? I'm With You? chapter

week 5: you get it

hopefully this way it will keep the time between updates from ever getting this long again….. I'll try and stick to this schedule….