Disclaimer: I'm seriously considering not doing this anymore. It's getting quite tiring. I don't own them. Go screw a monkey. Teehee.

A/N: Woah. I'm so disturbed. Last night, I had a dream that I was with Spike from Buffy, but then Dom kissed me under the mistletoe and we ended up making out in his classroom. (Apparently, he was a teacher) It has made me think of Dom in a very different way. He's hot... GAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Must... stop... thinking.... these... things.... evil..... Dom's nuts roasting on an open fire.... teehee. Love ya Sarina. Nevertheless, it was a very good dream. Despite all the torturing I do to Dom, he was VERY hot. Strangely, Neal wasn't even in it. Woah. What if I'm like Kel with the sexual dreams and the denial about the guys and.... GAAAAhhhhh..... I'm going to go take that sedative now.

Tainted love ohhh oh oh

Tainted love

Now I know I've got to

Run away I've got to

You don't really want it any more from me

To make things right

You need someone to hold you tight

And you'll think love is to pray

But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

Soft Cell – Tainted Love

Underneath the Surface - Chapter 9 – An Early Wedding Present

"I really don't understand what Neal was thinking when he did it," Dom explained to Kel authoritatively. "Getting married is like committing yourself to unholy hell. When you get married, you condemn yourself to one person for the rest of your life. Unless you decide to have an affair, of course. But still," he continued, patting his horse on the head. The animal snorted dejectedly at him while Dom faked a hurt look. Kel laughed silently.

"But what?" she prodded him on.

"You have to consider what you might want in the future. The person you're marrying now may not be the one you're destined to be with. Five years down the road, you could fall in love with someone else, and what would you do then? It'll end up being some big court intrigue." Dom smiled at his stead.

"Imagine if this beauty was a proper lady," he continued on. "She's already foaled four colts, each to different stallions. The poor beast would be looked at as a strumpet!" He laughed and turned to Kel. She was grinning and shaking her head.

"You're impossible, Dom," she told him, stroking Peachblossem with light fingers. "Horses aren't people."

"It's a metaphor, Kel."

"I know, but still."

"I don't appreciate you speaking about Yuki and I like we're some kind of beasts," a voice drawled from ahead of them. Kel looked away from Dom to look at Neal. He had stopped in the middle of the road, and was now glaring at them lightheartedly.

"We're just teasing, Meathead," Dom started. "You know that."

"I still don't like being talked about like that. Especially not by my best friend and my cousin. The maid of honor and the best man, if I need to remind you. Now be quiet, both of you." Kel scowled at him as she and Dom caught up with the older knight.

"Don't think that I haven't forgotten," Kel snapped at him. "I was having a perfectly amusing conversation, I'll have you know."

"Oh yes, I'm sure you were having just an enchanting time flirting with my cousin, speaking about things that don't even make much sense," Neal attested rudely. Kel gave him a wide eyed glare.

"How dare you, Nealan of Queenscove? If I didn't know better, and I do know better, I'd say that I thought you were jealous," she spat.

Neal's face contorted in an ugly scowl. "What's there to be jealous of?"

A moment of silence echoed through the forest the group was riding through. Over the trip to Port Caynn that had taken place already, similar occurrences had taken place. This was the third of the brief skirmishes that Kel and Neal had engaged in already. The horses had stopped walking, as if they could sense their master's tension.

At last, Kel spoke. "Peachblossem, bite him, would you?"

Peachblossem only willingly obliged as a loud yelp resonated through the forest.

Kel pat her first horse appreciatively. "There's a good horse."

Neal scowled at her. "Your horse bit my leg! Again! This is the third time today!"

Kel nodded happily. "You know, I should be remorseful." Neal nodded affirmatively. "But I'm not."

Dom snickered from the other side of Neal. "That should teach you, Meathead. Our Kel isn't a force to be reckoned with."

Neal grunted gutturally, mumbling incoherently. "Our Kel. Pah. She's not yours," he grumbled softly under his breath.

"What's that, Meathead?" Kel asked Neal sweetly.

"Nothing, sweetums," he replied just as agreeably.

"Hm," she answered. "Better be nothing."

"You know," Dom began. "You would think, that for going to see your fiancée, and future wife for that matter, that you would be happier, Meathead. All you've succeeded in doing is arguing with Kel the entire ride. It does get repetitive after a while." He sighed self righteously. "You would think there was some sort of underlying sexual tension between the two of you." He laughed. "Never mind. What was I thinking? Of course there isn't. Because you-" he pointed to Neal "-are getting married. In less than two weeks. One week and five days, if you want to be exact. So stop it. It's getting redundant."

Dom edged his horse forward ahead of Kel and Neal. "And make up while you're at it," he said fleetingly as he urged his horse a good fifteen feet ahead of them.

Kel studied Neal. Her year mate was currently glaring spitefully at his older cousin, lips clenched, eyes flaring. She raised an eyebrow in amusement.

"Oh, come on, Neal. It's not that bad."

"He doesn't even care," he said, turning back to her.

"Care about what?" she asked him weariedly. "Your ego being squashed to the size of a pea?"

"No," he grumbled. When he didn't care to elaborate, Kel urged him on.

"Then what, Neal? What's got you so exasperated that you can't even tell me?"

Neal abruptly turned to Kel, looking at her sharply. "What do you want me to say, Kel? There is sexual tension between us, I don't love Yuki, and I want to marry you? Gods." He sighed irritatedly before turning his attention back to the road. 

Kel blinked. "What?" she replied numbly.

He turned back to her. "I'm kidding, Kel," he said dryly.

"Oh."

Silence stretched between the two long time friends until Neal decided to speak. "Sorry for leading you on," he said, a smile tugging at the corners of his face.

"There's nothing to be led on to," Kel replied, her lips twitching upwards.

"Ouch. I'm hurt."

"As you should be," she told him, glancing at him with a barely contained grin.

"Alas. I am forever screwed to love the unattainable," Neal said, faking a hurt look.

"Yes. Alas," Kel said, a smile twitching at the corners of her mouth.

Neal shot her a look that was a cross between a glare and a grin. Kel found herself snickering at Neal's ridiculous expression. Neal, unable to keep his emotions in check, soon joined in.

"Gods, you're beautiful when you laugh," Neal said before he could stop himself.

Kel expression sobered immediately as she turned to meet his eyes. Clearing her throat, she creased her forehead. "Neal?"

"What?" he asked, turning his face away to hide his inevitable blush. "I can't compliment my best friend on how beautiful she is?" He nudged his horse closer to hers so that he could reach over and touch her face. "And how she's going to make some man very happy one day?"

Neal's voice was on the verge of cracking as their faces suddenly became very close. Out of the corner of her eye, Kel saw Dom watching them. "Dom," she said softly as she roughly gripped Neal by the shoulders and pulled him into a hug, despite protests from a rather troubled Peachblossem. Neal's eyes widened as he realized how close he had come to kissing Kel.

Kel released her best friend with a small smile, and turned to wave at Dom. He smiled at them, waved back uneasily, and turned his attention back to the road.

"Watch who you flirt with me around," she snapped quietly.

"Flirt? What do you mean flirt? I wasn't flirting," Neal said, his voice rising slightly. "Why would I even want to flirt with you?"

"Well, I don't know, Queenscove!" she started, keeping her voice to a high whisper. "Maybe the fact that there is sexual tension between us like Dom said-"

"Oh, how could we have forgotten Dom? He is, after all, so important!" Neal replied, his voice rising to a steady shout.

From his seat a good fifteen feet away from the pair, Dom sighed. 'There they go again,' he thought exasperatedly.

"Don't you bring him into this, Neal," Kel uttered in a hushed whisper. "Now, lower your voice," she said authoritatively.

Neal glared at her wordlessly before urging his horse into a trot, leaving Kel behind.

Kel fumed silently. Why was it that one second they could be having a perfectly normal conversation and the next it would be ruined? She didn't even understand it. He had been acting so perfectly - charming and then he had to go and ruin it.

Kel supposed that she had better go up to him and try to make things at least a bit better between them. 'But why should I? He's the one that's instigating it all the time,' she thought furiously. 'I shouldn't have to swallow my pride. He should come and apologize to me, not the other way around.' Kel glanced at the back of her best friend. He was keeping a safe distance between both her and Dom. It would be a terrible ride if they continued on like this. 

Kel sighed and nudged Peachblossem to a trot. Best to apologize and get it over with.

She approached Neal and whispered, "walk," to her gelding. Peachblossem snorted, as if to say that she didn't want to accompany this rude human yet again. Kel laughed inwardly. Peachblossem had the right idea.

"Neal?" she started slowly as she Peachblossem pulled up next to him.

Neal raised an eyebrow, still staring ahead at the road, not meeting her eyes.

Kel gave a barely contained moan. "If you're going to be like this when I'm trying to apologize, then I'm not going to even bother."

Neal turned to look at her. "Don't," he said.

Kel gazed at him in confusion. "Don't what?" she asked in bafflement.

"Don't apologize. You don't need to. You never needed to. No matter how stupid you may act, you'll always be my best friend. Best friends don't need to apologize."

Kel blinked at him. Why was he being so - philosophical?

"Besides," he continued, blushing a bit. "It was my fault anyway." Neal stared ahead to look at Dom. "Do you love him?"

Kel was broken out of her reverie. "Love him?" She was silent for a moment. "No. I don't know if I've ever been in love."

"Really?" Neal asked. "That's a cry shame. Not even when you and Cleon were... you know. Together."

Kel shook her head. "Naw. Never really got that far. I thought I was, at one time, but... I don't think so anymore. Not now."

"Hm," Neal sighed. "What made you change your mind?"

Kel blushed. She wanted to tell him that it was him that made her change her mind, but she kept quiet. "I don't know. Time. Separation. Whatever it was, it was for the best. Imagine Cleon and me trying to make a reputable couple? We would kill each other!" She laughed at the thought, Neal joining in.

Neal's expression sobered. "Really, though. What do you feel for him?"

Kel knew that he was speaking about Dom by the tone of his voice. "I don't know. I like him, sure... he's certainly handsome enough. And he can be perfectly charming when he wants to... but still. Can you really see us together?"

"Yes," Neal said quickly. He wanted to tell her that that was what scared her, but refrained from doing so. "You look good enough together. And you seem-" he reached over and brushed a stray tendril of hair away from her face "-to be fond of him. In a romantic way."

Kel found herself holding in her breath as Neal touched her face again. He suddenly drew away, wetting his lips with his tongue. Kel looked away from him as his hand returned to his side.

"Fond of him, yes. Just - that romantic thing is stretching it a bit."

"You could have fooled me," Neal teased her, raising his voice to a falsetto. "Oh, Dom, would you like to come and have breakfast with us? And then maybe later you could come with us for the abnormally long ride to Port Caynn and let me touch your abnormally large biceps?" Neal said, imitating Kel's voice.

She pushed him lightly in his saddle while Peachblossem bit his leg for the fourth time that day.

Neal glared at Peachblossem. "You really need to get a muzzle for that thing," he said, rubbing his leg.

Kel smiled sweetly at him. Neal simply glowered.

"Gah. Rude horse," Neal snapped as he scowled at Peachblossem.

"Hey. Treat my horse with respect." Kel raised an eyebrow expectantly.

Neal eyed Kel's stead with a firm scrutiny before leaning over and kissing Kel on the cheek. "I will treat your horse-" he kissed her cheek again "-with whatever respect-" he moved his mouth to graze her jaw line "-I think-" he whispered in her ear "-it deserves." He pulled away and grinned before nudging his horse ahead to join his cousin.

Kel scowled at his back. "I hate you, Neal!"

"Love you too, Kel," he shouted back to her as he became engaged in a heated conversation with his cousin.

Kel seethed silently.

Although, inwardly, she admitted to herself, she wished he would have kissed more than her cheek.

* ~ * ~ * ~ *

"Yuki!" Neal cried as he ran up the boarding ramp to embrace his betrothed. He kissed her soundly as Kel and Dom watched on.

"They're good together," Dom voiced quietly as he and the lady knight observed from the docks. "She's done wonders for him."

"I know," Kel told him. "I remember before, he would spend a week on a woman before moving on to the next."

He glanced at her. "You would know best," the sergeant told her. Kel returned his glance before breaking away to inspect the couple. They were searching each others' bodies like they would never see each other again. A couple of people were glancing at them with stupid grins. It was, frankly, quite sickening.

"Kel?" Dom asked softly, returning his gaze to her. "Are you in love with him?"

Kel turned to him abruptly, eyes widening. "What?"

"Are you in love with him?" Dom repeated more slowly.

"Yes, yes, I heard what you said the first time. I'm just a bit - well, shocked. Why would you ask me that? He's getting married," Kel told him.

"I don't know. Just - are you?" Dom asked her, a twinge of fear showing in his eyes.

Kel returned his glance. "Do you think I am?" she asked, sighing slightly.

"Would I ask you if I knew?" Dom shot back, a bit agitatedly. Kel shrugged.

"Don't know. Not in your head."

Dom scowled at her before his features softened. "Really, though. Are you?" he asked gently. Kel looked at her feet for a moment before answering him.

"No."

A moment of silence resounded between the two friends before Dom spoke. "Good."

Kel raised an eyebrow. "Why good?"

Dom was silent for a moment as he looked out at Neal and Yuki. "Don't you ever wish for what they have?" he asked.

"Yeah," Kel answered him. "I think most people do."

"Do you want to have that?" he asked her, his voice a steady baritone.

"With you?" she questioned, furrowing her eyebrows and looking at him sharply.

"If you want."

Kel looked away from him, her gaze inexplicably drawn to the couple that was still on the boarding ramp. They did look happy... yet, she had always pictured herself with Neal, in a strange sort of way. She envied Yuki, truth be told. She envied her happiness. She could have that happiness with Dom, she supposed, given time. But things were just happening all too fast...

"I don't know. Maybe," she replied at last.

"Hm," Dom said. "I can wait, Kel," he said after a moment.

Kel swallowed as she turned to look at him. He looked so sincere... and there was something in his clear blue eyes that scared her.

"I know."

Dom nodded as he turned to glance at the couple that had finally come to join them. They approached Kel and Dom without a care in the world, kissing and touching each other as freely as if there was no one around but them. Yuki detached herself from Neal when she came within five feet of Kel and Dom.

"Kel!" she cried as she embraced her best friend. Kel laughed and flung her arms around the Yamani. Truthfully, she had missed her, no matter how much things had changed between her and Neal, or her and Dom for that matter. Yuki was always someone she could call a friend, through thick and thin. Things like that don't just change overnight.

"Yuki," Kel said happily as she was released from her friend's hold. "I'm surprised you pried yourself away from Neal to say hello to me!" she told her in a friendly manner, gripping her at the shoulders. "It's good to see you," she said more seriously.

Yuki nodded to her and smiled quickly before turning to Dom. "Sergeant Domitan, I presume?"

"Milady," Dom murmured, taking Yuki's hand and kissing it, as was customary.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Neal cut in, wrenching Dom's hand away from his betrothed's. "Watch it with the hands and with the lips! Comprendes?" he told Dom, glaring at him before breaking out into a grin.

"Understood," Dom said, turning to Kel, who was currently raising an eyebrow at him. "Eh... yes Kel?" he asked, tittering at the younger knight.

Kel grunted and reached over to take Neal's arm. Leading him away towards the horses, she shot a brazen glance at Dom. Neal simply grinned helplessly at Yuki as Kel led him away.

"Did I miss something?" Yuki asked Dom as she stared as the retreating Kel and Neal's backs.

"Never mind them. They're in a middle of a phase," he told her before holding out his arm to her. "We need to get you a horse. Unless you have one...?"

"Yes. I reserved one for the ride back to Corus. It should be held at the stables located by the gate of Port Caynn," she told him, taking his hand and following Kel and Neal.

"Good. Frankly, I didn't want to see you and my cousin feeling each other up for the entire ride back if you had to share a horse," Dom replied.

Yuki shot him a perturbed glance as they reached Kel and Neal. "Well, that was uncalled for," she voiced, raising an eyebrow.

"What was uncalled for?" Neal asked his cousin. "Have you been using your charms again, Dom?"

"What do you classify as charms, my dear Meathead?" Dom asked him inquisitively.

"Never mind," Neal said, turning his attention to Yuki. "You reserved the horse, right?"

Yuki nodded affirmatively as Neal, Kel, and Dom led their horses towards the Port Caynn gate. "I send a letter ahead of time."

"Good," Neal said as they walked through town, just admiring the sights for a brief moment. "Do you want to look in any of the shops?" he asked Yuki, raising his eyebrows.

"I would like that. Unless," she said, turning to Kel and Dom. "You two have any prior engagements?"

"I know I don't," Dom started. "Lazing around all day does have its pluses, but it does get redundant after a while," he said in a drawl almost like Neal's own.

Kel snorted and gave Dom a glance before saying "me neither."

"Good. It's settled then," Neal told the group as they proceeded to explore Port Caynn, their horses trailing behind them. It was more for Yuki's benefit than anyone else's, for she had yet to see all of Tortall and its wonders.

Yuki had made them stop at a small pawn shop about halfway through town. She had been intrigued by a small doll that was being displayed in the window. Yuki had thought it perfect for her niece, who was to serve as a flower girl in the wedding. The group entered the pawn shop and proceeded to look around. Kel found herself drawn inexplicably to a small, secluded section of the shop around a bend that wasn't visible in the main part of the shop.

"Find anything you like?" Neal asked her, sneaking up behind her to wrap an arm around her waist. Kel visibly jumped.

"Neal, don't do that," she whispered heatedly.

"What, this?" he asked, pulling her closer to him. Kel tugged herself free of his grip and turned sharply to look at him.

"Neal, you can't do that anymore. Especially when Yuki could come in at any moment and think the wrong thing."

"Nothing's going to change, Kel," Neal told her, looking at her intently. Kel returned his gaze acutely, her glimpse as serious as his.

"It already has, Neal," she said before pulling away from him and gazing at one of the tables.

Neal roughly grabbed her by the shoulders and held her close to him. "What's that supposed to mean?" he whispered furiously.

Kel simply looked at him, devoid of emotion. They remained like that for a moment, before Neal released his hold on her. Kel turned back to the table she had been looking at. Grasping a silver necklace, she handled with precision and care. The necklace was adorned with a ruby diamond shaped pendant.

"It's beautiful," Neal said softly, taking Kel's hands in his. She pulled away abruptly.

"Yes," Kel answered sharply, throwing the necklace back into its pile. She walked away from him, leaving Neal to stand there alone, staring at the necklace Kel had so hatefully thrown back into the pile.

* ~ * ~ * ~ *

"That will be one gold noble, Miss," the shopkeeper told Yuki pleasantly. Digging into her purse, Yuki found only a couple of silver nobles. Most of her money was in her luggage, which was situated on Neal's horse. It would be a hassle to dig through it now.

"Can I negotiate the price?" Yuki asked hopefully. The shopkeeper gave her a skeptical glance that clearly stated what her answer would be.

"Need some money, Yuki?" Dom inquired as he came up from behind her.

Yuki gave him a thankful glance. "If you wouldn't mind," she said gratefully. "Just a couple more silver nobles."

Dom dug in his breeches pockets and unearthed a nine silver nobles. "Will this do?"

"Oh, yes," Yuki replied, taking six of them from him. "Thank you so much," she spoke appreciatively, giving the money to the shopkeeper.

"Don't mention it. Think of it as part of the wedding present."

Yuki smiled at the blue eyed sergeant as Kel came up from behind them. "Hey. Are we ready to go?"

"Yes," Yuki responded, taking a bag with the doll in it from the shopkeeper. "Where's Neal?"

"Oh, in the back somewhere. He said that he would meet us outside," Kel said briskly. She wanted to get out of this particular store as quickly as possible. Even if it meant telling a little white lie.

"Oh, all right," Yuki replied. "We'll just go out and wait for him."

The three of them headed outside to be met with a breathless Neal a couple of minutes later.

"Hello, everyone. Are you all ready to head back to Corus?" he asked them as he joined them outside.

"I think so," Yuki remarked. "What about you guys?"

Dom and Kel nodded, acknowledging her. Kel seemed rather happy to leave.

Together, they left Port Caynn and rode back to Corus, leaving for a very uneventful - and quiet - ride.

* ~ * ~ * ~ *

At around eleven o'clock, Neal came to Kel's room and knocked on the door once before she came to answer it. 'Does she have any other clothes?' Neal mused as Kel appeared, garbed in the same thin nightgown she had been wearing a couple of nights ago. Kel raised her eyebrows expectantly at Neal.

"Can I come in?" he asked her quietly. Kel looked at him for a moment before stepping aside to let him enter.

Neal stuffed his hands in his pockets as if he was nervous as Kel closed the door behind him. Turning to him, she glanced at him suspiciously. "What is it, Neal?" she asked shortly.

"Well, that was rude," he retorted, a frown spreading across his features. "No 'Hello, Neal, how are you this fine night?' I'm hurt, Kel." He removed his hands from his pockets and crossed them across his chest instead. Kel grimaced and took a step towards him.

"Sorry," she mumbled, lowering her gaze.

Neal looked at her for a moment before closing the distance between the two of them. "No. Don't say you're sorry. Remember? We're past apologies." He moved a hand under her chin and made her look at him.

"Best friends don't need apologies," Kel finished for him. "Right." She risked a glance upwards into Neal's very intent looking eyes. He was staring at her in a way that made her think that he was about to do something very foolish.

"I got this for you," Neal said when Kel broke their gaze to look down at his chest. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the same silver necklace with the ruby diamond shaped pendant. "I knew you liked it, and you never gave me the chance to offer to buy it for you, so I figured I would give it to you. As a gift."

Kel grasped the necklace in astonishment. "Neal, you didn't have to-"

"I wanted to," he said as he cut her off. "Here, turn around," he told her as he draped the necklace around her. Kel obliged his request and allowed him to put the necklace on. She turned back to him. "It doesn't do you justice," he uttered softly as he looked down to her. Kel found herself drowning in a strange and foreign feeling.

"Neal, don't look at me like that," she whispered softly. "Don't."

Neal's gaze was broken by her request as he backed away from her a bit. "Dom has told me that he wants to court you." Kel looked away, only to be met with Neal's firm fingers forcing her to look at him. "He says that you agreed that it would be all right if he did."

Kel stared at him defiantly. "So? What's wrong with that?"

Neal pulled back, a bit taken back. "Well - nothing, but-"

"It's not like you're not getting married in less than two weeks," Kel told him accusingly.

Neal opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it. He looked down at the floor for a moment before returning his gaze to look at her. "You want me to stay out of it," he muttered dully.

Kel cocked her head to the side and looked at him sadly. "Not necessarily stay out of it, just-"

"It's just that-" he grinned morosely "-well, you had said that you weren't interested in him that way." He searched her eyes for some kind of answer before she spoke.

"I could - I could learn how to love him," she murmured softly, averting her eyes from Neal's.

Neal stared at her for a moment before speaking. "Why do you have to be so damn self righteous?" Kel's eyes shot up at his remark.

"What do you mean, self right-" Neal covered her mouth with his hand, effectively silencing her.

"Kel, you're only human. Stop thinking about others for once and think about yourself. What do you want?" he asked her quietly.

Kel stared at him wide eyed as he removed his hand from her mouth. A moment of silence resounded between the two long time friends as Kel sought to find the right words.

"I-" Kel sought to find the right words. "I want you to go, Neal. Before I do something stupid." She looked away from him as he examined her carefully. That moment seemed to stretch across any intelligible conception of time and space, resonating through them as Neal absently wondered how silence could seem so loud sometimes.

"Fine," he said finally, clearing his throat. "Fine. I'll-I'll go." He stumbled away from her, trying to put the most distance between them that was possible. Kel's arm darted out to grab his.

"Neal-"

"No, Kel. I'm going. Just like you told me to," he said quietly as he pulled away from Kel's arm and walked to the door. He stopped for a moment before opening it and walking away, leaving Kel to stand there, staring at the open door.

Slowly, she trudged towards the door and closed it softly. Slouching up against it, she fell to the ground, hugging her knees up against her with one arm. With the other, she clutched the necklace that Neal had given her, grasping it tightly against her chest.

Kel closed her eyes and found herself inevitably drawn into sleep.

* ~ * ~ * ~ *

Hm. This is what comes from listening to Nirvana and Offspring and Korn while you're writing. It probably wasn't the best thing to do, but hey. It's all - angsty. Gah. Woah. System of a Down song is on. Inervision. Or however you spell it. I don't care. I like this song. You know, all the System songs are the same songs with different words? Listen to them once in a while. It's quite strange. Ok, going off on a major tangent right there. Ahm... the chapter. Right. Ah... I like it. I mean, it's not as funny as the others, but whatever. Point A: Neal has a Spanish heart. That's why he said comprendes to Dom. Teehee. Point B: With the kissing on the horse thing, I was thinking about it, and I have determined that it's possible not to be very uncomfortable and kiss at the same time. I mean, have any of you seen the Two Towers? It's the best movie EVER by the way, but they were all killing each other with the horses and were getting all close and they weren't in too uncomfortable of a position. Well, I think anyway. I didn't perceive them to be uncomfortable. Ok. I'm going off on a MAJOR tangent here, so I'm going to stop. Right. Erm... anyway, review. Please? Last chapter was so wonderful with the reviews. I was only able to look at them once at the library, but when I did, I had like... 30 more than the last time I checked. Or something like that. And I was all giggly and people were staring at me. Ah, well. Such is life. Anyway, gotta go, sweets. Luv y'all.

Love,

Stacey

PS Woah. I just said y'all. Gah. I'm turning into Min. Teehee.

PPS KAAATTTTEEE!!!!! Omg, when I saw TT, I wanted to MARRY Legolas, but my friends kept insisting that he and Aragorn were gay! I was so mad... but Sam and Frodo and Pippin and Merry definitely have homosexual like characteristics. Especially Sam and Frodo. Teehee. Oh, did you get IT yet?

PPPS. JUUUUDDDDIIIIEEEE!!!!! I miss you. Wah. I hate my computer. I can't even send it to you to beta because my computer is bitching. I only go on when I go to the library to post, so betaing would be inconvienent to everyone. Oh well. I'll just have to proofread better.

PPPPS. Woah. Writing all those p's can get tiring. Er... since I'm making up for all that internet time I missed, Sarina, stop being evil devil spawn, and Min, stop fucking Jose and get with Jake. It's so sad that I know these people but I do. Gah.

PPPPPS. Oh, my the way everyone, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!