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"Kel? Kel! Kel, come back!" Dom called. Kel hastily opened her door, and then ran into her chambers. Dom was just about to walk in when she shut the door. Dom pounded on it, but Kel didn't make a sound. He decided to talk to her tomorrow, and left.

Kel, muffled by the door, started sobbing. She fell on her bed, and immediately fell asleep, too tired to even think about what she had done.

Back in his chambers, Dom was pacing the floor. What did I do? He thought tiredly. Did I come on too fast? Does she not like me in that way? Yet, she agreed to go out to dinner with me. Or maybe she was just being kind… I hope I didn't frighten her off. His thoughts getting too depressing, Dom decided to go to sleep and deal with it in the morning.

The next day, Kel woke up at dawn as usual. Taking her practice glaive off the hook, she started a pattern dance. Her thoughts weren't on the pattern dance, though. They were on the night before. Why had she run away like a startled deer? She liked Dom, maybe even loved him for Mithros' sake! And yet, when he kissed her, she couldn't kiss back, she just ran!

Suddenly Kel heard a crash. Her glaive had swiped through a lamp, causing it to fall and shatter. Shit! Kel thought, picking up the pieces of broken glass. After it was all cleaned up, Kel walked over to her dresser and pulled out some clothes. Kel pulled her breeches on, then her breast band and tunic. Just as she was running a comb through hr hair, she heard a knock on her door. "Who is it?" She called.

"The Mother." Neal answered back. "Kel, don't tell me you forgot! It's time for my lesson!"

"What, already?" Kel said, opening the door for Neal. "We haven't even had breakfast yet!"

"Correction- you haven't had breakfast yet. Why didn't you go?"

"Because the breakfast bell hadn't rung yet!"

"Yes, it did! And see-" The next bell had started to ring. "Here comes the bell after that!"

"Damn it!" Kel cried. "Hold on, I'm going to go see if I can find a roll or something."

"No need. I brought you one. So why weren't you there?"

"I was practicing my glaive, and my thoughts were on-" Kel broke off, not wanting Neal to know what had happened the night before.

"Dom?" Neal said with a grin. Seeing the surprised look on Kel's face, he said, "Oh yes, Dom told me all about what happened last night." Kel buried her face in her hands. "Just one question. Why?"

"That's the whole problem! I don't know why!"

"Does Kel need to share?" Neal asked jokingly.

"No!"

"I think you do…"

"Argh!" Kel shouted. "Just, let's get to work, okay?"

"Kel? Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes, Neal, I am."

"It's just not like you to blow up like this or anything."

"I know, I'm sorry." She took his practice glaive off the hook, and gave it to him. "I'd just rather not talk about it." She took a bite of the roll and handed Neal his glaive. "So, where were we? Right, the Kujaki hold…" They practiced long and hard, stopping only when Neal broke another lamp.

This time it was Neal's turn to swear. "Shit!" Neal and Kel both went down to pick up the pieces but crashed their heads together.

"Ow!" They shouted simultaneously.

Then Neal said, "Sorry about the lamp."

"It's okay. I already broke one this morning. When I go down to the palace stores, I'll just put in an order for two." The lunch bell rang.

"Come on, Kel, clean it up later. I'm starved." Neal urged when Kel made no move to leave, but kept cleaning up.

"Fine." When they reached the mess they searched for a place to sit. Not seeing Dom already seated, Kel and Neal found an empty table and sat down. By the middle of lunch, when Dom hadn't arrived, the two friends started to worry.

"I wonder where he could be?" Neal remarked.

"I sure hope it wasn't me." Kel said, a worried look on her face.

"It couldn't have been. He was fine at breakfast."

"Yeah..but…I wasn't there at breakfast."

"So? He didn't know that was going to happen."

"Look, Neal, I'm just worried about him, okay?"

"So go up to his rooms after we finish."

"I think I will."

Kel, true to her word, finished her lunch and went up to Dom's rooms. She knocked on the door, but there was no answer. Finally she called, "I'm coming in!"and did.

Looking around, she saw no sign of Dom. His sword was still there, which was a good sign because it meant he hadn't left the palace. Yet, Kel thought sadly. Then she heard footsteps coming towards her. Not wanting whoever it was (especially Dom) to know she had been there, she ducked under the bed.

Unfourtunatly, that wasn't such a good move. It was Dom, and he had come to get something from under the bed. Dom was obviously in a hurry, because he rushed over to the bed. He got down on all fours and started to crawl under the bed, but saw Kel crouching under there, trying to make a sound.

Kel was turning a deep, deep shade of red, but Dom started to laugh. Kel slowly crawled out the other end of the bed, and Dom got up, still laughing and went to meet her. "It's not funny!" Kel protested.

Dom answered, trying to fight the laughter. "Of course it's not."

"I was…trying…to…uh…surprise you?" She stammered in return.

"What fo-" Dom broke off all of the sudden, and asked, "Can I kiss you?"

"Even after last night?"

"Yes."

"Yes." This time, Kel kissed back.

There. All better. I didn't especially like the beginning of this chapter, but that's just me. Please let me know what you think in a review! And please let me know how many pages long you like your chapters, I'm wondering how long to write them. (Just remember- longer chapters=longer time until updates.)