I know that none of my past chapters have been in Paragraph form, and I don't know if this one will be either. If possible, if this isn't in para form, could, when you review please tell me how to get paragraphs. When I type, I use enter-tab for paragraphs, but they don't turn up. Should I be using Notepad, WordPad, or something else? thanks!

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Upon entering the dining all, she found herself checking over her shoulder every few moments for Cleon. She didn't see him at first, but instead ran into Dom, Nealan's cousin whom she hadn't seen since she'd been to Nealan's wedding. She greeted Dom with a smile. "Hi Dom, I haven't seen you for a while. How've you been?"

"Wow Kel! It's good to see you, how has New Hope been treating you?" Kel grinned and lightly punched Dom in the arm, remembering the troube she'd had when she first began working with the refugees. Now though, she had proven herself to them, and they seemed to like and respect her.

"Things are going better I think, and I'm learning some carpentry!" She held up her fingers, showing that only a few of her fingers were bruised, unlike her skills before. Dom himself got Kel out of working with the carpenters after explaining that she would end up doing more harm than good.

"I had no doubt you'd do well, you're very good at adapting, but I don't know how you can stand my little cousin over there with his newlywed, I can remember the poems he used to write to the girl in the fief next to his, Tulips are red, Your eyes are blue, I'll be a knight so I can rescue you....Believe me, it only went downhil from there!" he finished with a laugh.

"Why are you so worried about ME Dom? You're the one with Raoul most of the time, and I've recently found out where Neal has gotten his awful sense of humor!" she joked, deftly dodging a kick from Neal.

"Hey!" Neal interjected, "I was the one who did survive four YEARS with Alanna the lioness, you think she's good with a sword, she can do just as much damage with that tongue of hers. Even though, I DO understand that you worship her." He quickly amended noticing the dark look on Kel's face.

Just then Cleon came over. "Good afternoon, Nealan, Keladry, Domitan. I'm very pleased that you could make it." Kel was surprised at how formal he was seeming. "How have things been on the border Kel, I hear that you were working with a refugee camp after defeating Blayce. By the way, congratulations on that, it must have taken some nerve to disobey orders like you did."

Just as blandly, Kel replied, "I see you were busy here with your own affairs, Cleon. Why don't you introduce your bride to us, your oldest and best friends?" She said with a slight grin when she noticed Rosine trying to sneak past the group but still trying to look like she was mingling well.

Sheepishly, Cleon pulled his new wife into the small circle, not noticing her discomfort at being suddenly surround by what she thought was 3 big fellows and one of their ladies. "May I introduce to you Rosine of Kennan, my wife. These are some of my friends from when I was a page and a squire. We have Sir Nealan of Queenscove, Sir Owen of Jesslaw, Sergeant Domitan of Queenscove, and Keladry of Mindelan."

As Cleon recited Kel's name, she could see Rosine give a start. She had no way of telling if Rosine had known about Kel and Cleon's relationship, but could tell that she was making Rosine nervous. As she noticed that she saw that Cleon wouldn't meet her eyes. 'Something's going on here,' Kel thought. 'And I'm not sure it's a something I'm going to like.' Soutly, Kel pushed away the thought. Even though she and Cleon were lovers no more, they were still good friends. He would never to anything to hurt her, right?

After a few minutes of awkward conversation, Rosine moved on to another group of girls, busily giggling, and throwing glances towards Kel and her friends. After Rosine left, Cleon seemed much more at ease with the rest of the group. Getting married didn't change his sense of humor or personality as much as Kel thought it would have. If anything, he seemed more reserved than he had before, unsure if that was a good thing or not.

During the course of the conversation, Owen, Dom, and Nealan suddenly found other people that they were sure that they hadn't seen in years, which left just Cleon and Kel. "Well Cleon, how do you think you're going to like married life?" Kel asked with a kind smile.

"Rosine is a decent woman, and will help my people greatly." he said, although it sounded like a practiced answer. In a more lifelike tone he said, "Kel, don't think that I married her just to be rid of you, you were my first love, and still one of my truest friends. It's just that--" and he broke off, noticing the fiery glance that Rosine was giving him. "Listen Kel, I've got to go know, but can you meet me somewhere, tonight? How about we go for a ride, Rosine hates horses, meet me in the stables after dinner, okay?"

"Cleon, i don't really know if that's such a good idea, i mean, won't rosine be jealous?" Kel wanted to know. Nervously, checking over his shoulder, Cleon said, "Kel, just, please meet me in the stables, there's something that I want to talk to you about, okay?"

"Fine," Kel said, "but I'm warning you, I don't want to start a family feud or anything. We'll just got for a nice ride after dinner to settle our stomachs, right?"