Hey! I know that it has been a while since I've posted up another chapter… but I've been busy, and a bit lazy to… so yeah… plus my internet limit is nearly up, so that means I can't go on the net and post this up till… next month… which is really annoying… plus I've been trying to do some other sites for my band, plus my own neglected website… ... Make sure you visit it! Hehehe… Anyways… better stop with this, before someone kills me for making them wait…

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"I can't get out of bed today,

or get you off my mind,

I just can't seem to find a way,

To leave this love behind…

I can't take it,

What am I waiting for?

My hearts still breaking,

I miss you even more,

I can't fake it,

The way I could before,

I hate you

But I love you

I can't stop thinking of you,

It's true, I'm stuck on you."

            ~Stacie Orrico || Stuck

[[ Chapter 5- Uh-Oh ]]

Kel lay in a heap, on top of her bed. Great, now I really AM a lump,  She thought. She rolled over, feeling her stomach grumble for lack of food. Closing her eyes again, she heard a knock on the door.

She turned over, and closed her eyes, basking in the silence. Suddenly, she heard loud thumping at the door. "Kel, open up!" a voice said loudly. Looking at the door, she glared at it with pure hatred and yelled "NO!", then proceeded to bury herself under her mountain of blankets. She didn't feel like getting out of bed today. In fact, this is where she planned to stay for the rest of the weekend. Under her doona where she could hide from embarrassment and the man called Neal for all eternity.

"It's me, Neal" The voices said. She groand. Why? Why Neal? Hadn't he rubbed his face in her wounds enough already? "Go AWAY Neal! I don't want to talk to you!" She screamed.

She buried her face in her pillow, waiting for him to leave. After a few minutes, she could still hear him banging on the door. Doesn't he EVER give up? She thought grumpily.

"I cancelled the wedding Kel" He said before walking away, his footsteps echoing into the distance and leaving behind a very confused Kel. She rubbed her face, her mind still registering the words. Wait, did Neal just say that he cancelled the wedding? She thought. Mithros… Neal just cancelled his wedding! For ME! She wasn't sure, but all that mattered is that Neal was no longer attached and about to get married.

Kel hurriedly got out of bed, throwing a bathrobe on before lunging for the door. Catching her breath, she looked left and right, desperately searching for a glimpse of Neal. But he was nowhere to be found. Feeling her heart beat slow to its normal rate, she turned back into her room to change into her breeches.

I have to stop acting this way. I can't let some guy dictate the way I live my life and where I go. That's just stupid, Kel told herself. But Neal's not just any guy! A small voice whispered at the back of her mind. Sick of feeling useless, she made her way to the stables to groom Peachblosson and Hoshi.

The corridors were silent apart from the sound of her feet trudging along the footpath. Kel closed her eyes, the tranquility in the atmosphere soothing her, even in the situation that she was in at the moment.

"I-I-I can't believe he could do this to me!" Kel heard a girl weeping miserably. She followed the voice, wanting to comfort whoever it was that was upset.

Nearing the room, she froze as a look of recognition washed over her face. The number engraved onto the door in front of hers was none other than Yuki's. She couldn't go in there. No way! After all, she could very well be one of the reasons he cancelled the wedding! And face it, its not like she could honestly say that she didn't want him to cancel the wedding, since she knew perfectly well that a part of her DID.

"What did he say? Did he say why?" Another voice gently asked, which Kel identified as Lady Haname's. "H-he said that he needed t-to sort some feelings out a-and th-that is would be wrong to m-marry me," Yuki replied before letting her voice trail into a series of uncontrollable sobs.

Lady Haname said something softly. Curiosity getting the better of her, Kel edged closer to the door stealthily, so that she could make out the rest of the conversation.

"Kel? It couldn't be anything to do with Kel. She's my friend and I trust her. She wouldn't betray me. I asked Neal whether or not he was over her completely before we got engaged," Yuki said, dismissing Haname's obvious suggestion that Kel was the reason he had broken up with her.

Kel shifted uncomfortably. Even though she wasn't sure if she had anything to so with the recent events, she still felt guilty for what she saw as a betrayal of their friendship when she confronted Neal only yesterday. Not only this here she was eavesdropping on Yuki when she was defending her on the other side of the wall!

It sounded as if they had moved onto the next topic until she heard Yuki comment "Although, I'm not so sure about Neal. The other day I heard him murmuring 'Kel, come back' in his dreams. I think that he has feelings for her, even if he doesn't really know it or is sure of it". At this Kel's heart had started beating rapidly, her mind unbelieving of what she was hearing.

As she recovered from her shock, she decided that she really shouldn't be hearing any of what Yuki was saying. Lost in her thoughts, she swiftly turned to walk back to the main corridor.  Unfortunately, her sudden movements caused her to crash right into a tall man that had wheeled around the corner at the exact moment.

They fell to the floor with a loud thud, the clanging of the armor statue that Kel had fallen onto not only adding to the racket but sending a searing pain through her spine. Feeling faint, she jerked her head up and tried to sit up when she heard a door opening, most probably Yuki's.

Kel fell back down to the floor but managed to focus her vision and mover her head quick enough to see a red-faced, puffy-eyed Yuki and an elegant Lady Haname emerging from their room to find out about all the commotion.

"Kel? What are you doing here?" Haname asked in confusion, while Yuki's face was more set since she had realized who the other man was. "Neal? Why are you here? What is going on?" she demanded with her Yamani accent.

Uh-Oh… How do I get out of this one??!?! Kel thought.

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How was that? I know that I haven't posted up a chapter for AGES, but I was a) on holidays, and b) studying for exams… so yeah, but from now on, weekly and even sometimes DAILY updates! Please review! Thank you~ Jay.