Hola everyone! This is the end of the series, so don't look for a sequel. BIG TWIST AT THE END! I am in the process of writing another romance ( God I'm pathetic, helpless romantic as I call myself ) so look out for that one. I won't blab any longer, on to the END!!!!
Kel awoke, excited and looking forward to the day ahead of her. She rushed through her bath, changed quickly, and ran down for breakfast.
"Conal, I have to pick up my dress for tonight. I'll be back later!"
Conal looked up from the thick book he held to see Kel run out the door, "Okay," he went back to his book.
Kel walked to the dress shop, determined to get to her destination and back in time to prepare for the ball. She entered the back door, catching Lalassa by surprise.
"Oh! Kel, here for the dress, right?"
Kel nodded as Lalassa brought her dress out.
"I also added gloves, no charge."
Kel thanked Lalassa. She was very grateful to find someone who would work this hard for her. She slipped into the fitting room to try on the dress. Kel was quite satisfied with what she saw.
"Thank you, it's beautiful."
"Well, you look beautiful in it. It's the lady that makes the dress, not the dress that makes the lady."
Kel hugged Lalassa, smiled, and walked out the door. She walked back home, careful not to let the dress drag.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Neal stood in front of the mirror in Roald's room, checking every inch of his wardrobe.
"Remind me why I'm letting you use MY mirror."
"Because, highness, Seaver is using mine."
"And why is that?"
"I don't know! I figure he broke his with his looks!" Roald laughed, "Plus you're my friend, and I need help looking my best."
Roald nodded, "Tunic's on backwards,"
Neal looked at Roald, who motioned to the mirror. Neal grinned, fixing the tunic, "Guess I'm a bit nervous,"
Roald folded his arm on his chest and nodded, "You said she got the poem, right?" Neal nodded, "Well, it's up to her now."
"I just hopes she likes me."
Seaver walked in, behind him was Cleon.
"She's leaving tonight?" Cleon asked now joining the discussion.
Neal sighed, "Yes. I should have known better than to think a poem would keep her here. A girl like that most likely gets stacks of those everyday."
"Maybe she'll stay," Seaver tried.
"I wish," Neal looked at his friends, "Everything okay?" The boys inspected Neal's wardrobe, and their own as well.
"I wish we had a girl's point of view," Roald remarked.
"Imagine! We'd be called on every little thing!" Seaver laughed.
"I, personally, think Keladry is as much in love with you as you are with her," Roald said changing the subject, "The way you talk to each other proves it."
"Yeah," Cleon started, "She kinda wanted me to go away the other day. Think she wanted you all to herself." Cleon told Neal.
"AND, she kissed you," Roald added.
"What?!"
"You never told me that!" Cleon snapped.
"Well, it was a kiss on the cheek, nothing more."
"She said she'd miss you, too." Roald added.
"Aww! How sweet."
"Where was I when you filled Roald in on this?" Cleon asked, faking being hurt, "I only met the girl, gods forbid I should know anything else!"
Neal smirked, "If it helps Neal," Cleon added, "I think you two are in love."
"I hope so. I don't know what I'd do if she wasn't."
"You'd fall for some other girl, like always."
"I can't! This time I know it's real."
"Real? Okay Neal, whatever you say."
Roald looked Cleon in the eye, "Look, I doubted him too. But Neal's really in love. She's the one he wants, it's real this time. I can tell."
Neal nodded.
"Wow, she must be some girl." Cleon looked at Neal.
"Yeah, she is."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Neal, Roald, Cleon, and their friends all sat at a long table in the ballroom. They watched as knights, nobles, dukes, and ladies walked in. Dinner was served, and neal still hadn't seen Kel.
"Where is she?" Neal asked himself quietly.
Suddenly he saw her. She walked in slowly next to Conal, her arm in his. She was beautiful. Her dress was stunning as well, a majestic (fancy adjective) navy blue color. It was a straight dress which flared slightly at the bottom. The small sleeves draped down from her shoulders. She wore a pair of simple navy blue gloves.
Neal watched as she sat down. A few minutes went by, and Neal watched as she nodded along with every thing the men around her said.
"She looks as bored as the first day I met her."
Roald and Cleon looked in the direction Neal's eyes were.
"She's looking for you, Neal," Cleon commented. Neal looked for Kel, but he couldn't find her. Then he saw her moving to the door. I won't let you leave, the statement rang in Neal's head as he got up and went quickly after her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kel had to get out, she was bored out of her mind, "Excuse me," she said quietly. She caught a glimpse of Neal as she walked out. He had been talking to his friends, he didn't seemed at all interested in her.
"Maybe this was all a bad idea." Kel told herself as she washed her hands under the warm water. She dried her hands off, "No, I love him, and for all I know he loves me. If he won't come up to me, I'll go to him." She looked in the mirror, and feeling very determined, she walked toward the door.
Kel opened the door to a very familiar face. There stood Neal against the wall, smiling with the same twinkle in his emerald eyes as Kel had seen four days before.
"I hoped to escort you back to the ball." Neal held his arm out to Kel, still smiling.
Kel smiled, not believing what she had just heard. She took his arm, and together they entered the ballroom. Just as they walked in, the orchastra began to play a soft song. Neal led Kel to the dance floor. He held Kel close, and she relaxed in the security of his arms. She let her eyes close, and her head settle on his chest.
"Did you get my letter?"
Kel opened her eyes, "Yes, it was so beautiful. I loved it," She paused, "And I love you, Neal."
Neal looked at her and sighed. It was a sigh of both relief and love, "I really want this to work, Kel. I love you, and I'll write to you every day of my life if that's what it takes."
Kel looked into his eyes. There was no one in her world at the moment but them two. "I don't see the point."
Neal was shocked, "Oh, okay." He looked down athis feet, feeling defeated.
"No, I don't see the point of writing when you can just come over and talk to me," Neal looked at her with a more joyous shock, "But I do hope you will come every day, I'd miss you if you didn't."
"Of course! Oh, Kel you're staying." Neal couldn't contain the flood of emotions that were going through him.
"Neal, I love you so much," Kel sighed as she laid her head on his chest once more.
"And I you, more that anyone could ever imagine," Neal looked at Kel and lifted her head. They both smiled at each other for a while. Neal leaned in slowly as Kel began to close her eyes......
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kel's eyes flashed open, her head in a whirl. She looked around her room seeing everything the same way she had left it a few hours before. She stood up and touched her nightdress.
"A dream. A very bizzare dream, yet it felt so......real."
Real. That word rang in her head. In the dream Neal's love for her was real. A love she surely never have.
"Too bad," Kel sat back in her bed and began to pull the covers over herself, "But it's always nice to dream." Kel began to lay down when there was a harsh knock on her door.
Kel sighed in frusteration as she got up. She opened the door to find Neal looking at her.
"Neal you fool! What are you doing here? You know I'll get in trouble if you're seen here wit.." Her speech was cut off by Neal's hand over her mouth. Kel removed his hand as she let him in.
Kel let her arms hang by her side, "Don't just stand there, what was so important that you had to come in here?"
With that question Neal pulled her close and kissed her. They broke their kiss. Kel was lucky that Neal held her so tightly, or she may have fallen. She tried to speak, but Neal's hand caught her mouth once again.
"I've been so wrong. I've tried to ignore the beautiful woman you've become. I had feelings, I know they were there, but I deluded myself into thinking I loved other girls. But I love you, Kel."
Neal kissed her again, this time putting all the emotions and passion locked up inside him into the kiss.
Kel smiled afterward, "What made you realize this?"
Neal chuckled, "You won't belive this, but I had the oddest dream."
Kel laughed, "You know, I do believe you."
Neal smiled and leaned in for yet another kiss. Just before their lips met he whispered, "I just hope all my dreams end as perfectly as this."
Okay, I didn't steal the dream idea from Kel(author on FF.net). I had written this a while back, so no flames for thinking I stole the idea! Did you like???
Kel awoke, excited and looking forward to the day ahead of her. She rushed through her bath, changed quickly, and ran down for breakfast.
"Conal, I have to pick up my dress for tonight. I'll be back later!"
Conal looked up from the thick book he held to see Kel run out the door, "Okay," he went back to his book.
Kel walked to the dress shop, determined to get to her destination and back in time to prepare for the ball. She entered the back door, catching Lalassa by surprise.
"Oh! Kel, here for the dress, right?"
Kel nodded as Lalassa brought her dress out.
"I also added gloves, no charge."
Kel thanked Lalassa. She was very grateful to find someone who would work this hard for her. She slipped into the fitting room to try on the dress. Kel was quite satisfied with what she saw.
"Thank you, it's beautiful."
"Well, you look beautiful in it. It's the lady that makes the dress, not the dress that makes the lady."
Kel hugged Lalassa, smiled, and walked out the door. She walked back home, careful not to let the dress drag.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Neal stood in front of the mirror in Roald's room, checking every inch of his wardrobe.
"Remind me why I'm letting you use MY mirror."
"Because, highness, Seaver is using mine."
"And why is that?"
"I don't know! I figure he broke his with his looks!" Roald laughed, "Plus you're my friend, and I need help looking my best."
Roald nodded, "Tunic's on backwards,"
Neal looked at Roald, who motioned to the mirror. Neal grinned, fixing the tunic, "Guess I'm a bit nervous,"
Roald folded his arm on his chest and nodded, "You said she got the poem, right?" Neal nodded, "Well, it's up to her now."
"I just hopes she likes me."
Seaver walked in, behind him was Cleon.
"She's leaving tonight?" Cleon asked now joining the discussion.
Neal sighed, "Yes. I should have known better than to think a poem would keep her here. A girl like that most likely gets stacks of those everyday."
"Maybe she'll stay," Seaver tried.
"I wish," Neal looked at his friends, "Everything okay?" The boys inspected Neal's wardrobe, and their own as well.
"I wish we had a girl's point of view," Roald remarked.
"Imagine! We'd be called on every little thing!" Seaver laughed.
"I, personally, think Keladry is as much in love with you as you are with her," Roald said changing the subject, "The way you talk to each other proves it."
"Yeah," Cleon started, "She kinda wanted me to go away the other day. Think she wanted you all to herself." Cleon told Neal.
"AND, she kissed you," Roald added.
"What?!"
"You never told me that!" Cleon snapped.
"Well, it was a kiss on the cheek, nothing more."
"She said she'd miss you, too." Roald added.
"Aww! How sweet."
"Where was I when you filled Roald in on this?" Cleon asked, faking being hurt, "I only met the girl, gods forbid I should know anything else!"
Neal smirked, "If it helps Neal," Cleon added, "I think you two are in love."
"I hope so. I don't know what I'd do if she wasn't."
"You'd fall for some other girl, like always."
"I can't! This time I know it's real."
"Real? Okay Neal, whatever you say."
Roald looked Cleon in the eye, "Look, I doubted him too. But Neal's really in love. She's the one he wants, it's real this time. I can tell."
Neal nodded.
"Wow, she must be some girl." Cleon looked at Neal.
"Yeah, she is."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Neal, Roald, Cleon, and their friends all sat at a long table in the ballroom. They watched as knights, nobles, dukes, and ladies walked in. Dinner was served, and neal still hadn't seen Kel.
"Where is she?" Neal asked himself quietly.
Suddenly he saw her. She walked in slowly next to Conal, her arm in his. She was beautiful. Her dress was stunning as well, a majestic (fancy adjective) navy blue color. It was a straight dress which flared slightly at the bottom. The small sleeves draped down from her shoulders. She wore a pair of simple navy blue gloves.
Neal watched as she sat down. A few minutes went by, and Neal watched as she nodded along with every thing the men around her said.
"She looks as bored as the first day I met her."
Roald and Cleon looked in the direction Neal's eyes were.
"She's looking for you, Neal," Cleon commented. Neal looked for Kel, but he couldn't find her. Then he saw her moving to the door. I won't let you leave, the statement rang in Neal's head as he got up and went quickly after her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kel had to get out, she was bored out of her mind, "Excuse me," she said quietly. She caught a glimpse of Neal as she walked out. He had been talking to his friends, he didn't seemed at all interested in her.
"Maybe this was all a bad idea." Kel told herself as she washed her hands under the warm water. She dried her hands off, "No, I love him, and for all I know he loves me. If he won't come up to me, I'll go to him." She looked in the mirror, and feeling very determined, she walked toward the door.
Kel opened the door to a very familiar face. There stood Neal against the wall, smiling with the same twinkle in his emerald eyes as Kel had seen four days before.
"I hoped to escort you back to the ball." Neal held his arm out to Kel, still smiling.
Kel smiled, not believing what she had just heard. She took his arm, and together they entered the ballroom. Just as they walked in, the orchastra began to play a soft song. Neal led Kel to the dance floor. He held Kel close, and she relaxed in the security of his arms. She let her eyes close, and her head settle on his chest.
"Did you get my letter?"
Kel opened her eyes, "Yes, it was so beautiful. I loved it," She paused, "And I love you, Neal."
Neal looked at her and sighed. It was a sigh of both relief and love, "I really want this to work, Kel. I love you, and I'll write to you every day of my life if that's what it takes."
Kel looked into his eyes. There was no one in her world at the moment but them two. "I don't see the point."
Neal was shocked, "Oh, okay." He looked down athis feet, feeling defeated.
"No, I don't see the point of writing when you can just come over and talk to me," Neal looked at her with a more joyous shock, "But I do hope you will come every day, I'd miss you if you didn't."
"Of course! Oh, Kel you're staying." Neal couldn't contain the flood of emotions that were going through him.
"Neal, I love you so much," Kel sighed as she laid her head on his chest once more.
"And I you, more that anyone could ever imagine," Neal looked at Kel and lifted her head. They both smiled at each other for a while. Neal leaned in slowly as Kel began to close her eyes......
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kel's eyes flashed open, her head in a whirl. She looked around her room seeing everything the same way she had left it a few hours before. She stood up and touched her nightdress.
"A dream. A very bizzare dream, yet it felt so......real."
Real. That word rang in her head. In the dream Neal's love for her was real. A love she surely never have.
"Too bad," Kel sat back in her bed and began to pull the covers over herself, "But it's always nice to dream." Kel began to lay down when there was a harsh knock on her door.
Kel sighed in frusteration as she got up. She opened the door to find Neal looking at her.
"Neal you fool! What are you doing here? You know I'll get in trouble if you're seen here wit.." Her speech was cut off by Neal's hand over her mouth. Kel removed his hand as she let him in.
Kel let her arms hang by her side, "Don't just stand there, what was so important that you had to come in here?"
With that question Neal pulled her close and kissed her. They broke their kiss. Kel was lucky that Neal held her so tightly, or she may have fallen. She tried to speak, but Neal's hand caught her mouth once again.
"I've been so wrong. I've tried to ignore the beautiful woman you've become. I had feelings, I know they were there, but I deluded myself into thinking I loved other girls. But I love you, Kel."
Neal kissed her again, this time putting all the emotions and passion locked up inside him into the kiss.
Kel smiled afterward, "What made you realize this?"
Neal chuckled, "You won't belive this, but I had the oddest dream."
Kel laughed, "You know, I do believe you."
Neal smiled and leaned in for yet another kiss. Just before their lips met he whispered, "I just hope all my dreams end as perfectly as this."
Okay, I didn't steal the dream idea from Kel(author on FF.net). I had written this a while back, so no flames for thinking I stole the idea! Did you like???