Kel forced a smile as her mother walked away.
Cleon leaned in to kiss her, but she put up her hand. "No." She said.
She signalled for him to follow her, and she led him upstairs.
She prayed that Dom had taken Mia to his room. She opened the door slowly and glanced in. Luckily, Dom wasn't there. She let Cleon in and locked the door behind him.
"Finally." He grinned, leaning in, but again, Kel put up a hand and shook her head.
"Too much has changed, Cleon. Far too much." It felt horrible to say it, but she knew she had to. Not horrible because she didn't want their relationship to end, but because even talking to him made her feel like she was betraying Dom. She sat down. "I have a daughter. And I'm getting married."
Cleon opened his mouth. "Oh. Who? And. . . your daughter?"
"I won't tell you, but I will introduce you in a moment. But, Cleon. . ." she paused, and took a deep breath. "She's your daughter."
He opened his mouth again. "Mithros, Kel, I had no idea! I am so sorry I put you through that. But this could ruin me. I'm a married man."
Kel shook her head. "I don't expect you to take care of her; in fact, I won't let you. She's my daughter, and she is going to have a father soon. You don't have a choice or opinion in this."
"But she's my daughter. I should take her anyway, it's the right thing to do."
Kel frowned, and stood up. "She is not your daughter. You just happened to be the man that helped me conceive her! You didn't even know she existed for the first three months of her existence."
"That's not fair." Cleon said.
"What colour are her eyes? What's her favourite lullaby? When's her birthday?"
Cleon stood up. "I can make up for the time I lost. She'll never know."
Kel leaned into him, close enough to see every line in his face, to feel his breath. "What is her name, Cleon? What is your child's name? She may not know the difference, but I will. She doesn't leave this house."
Cleon stepped back, defeated. He nodded. "Can I meet her, at least?" He sighed. "And maybe, your husband?"
Kel felt her face cool a bit. She nodded and led him out of the room.
She knocked on Dom's door. He opened it.
"You?" Cleon said suddenly. "What are you doing here?"
Dom glanced at Kel, who smiled weakly. "Err. . . I live here, and I'm marrying Kel. . ."
Cleon's eyes grew large. He grabbed Kel's arm and pulled her into her room.
"Him? You're marrying a soldier? You can do so much better than him!"
Kel had to hold the doorknob to stop herself from punching him. "Cleon of Kennan, you are better than this! He's not a soldier, he's a sergeant in the Kings Own, almost a Knight. He's Neal's cousin, you know that. And he loves me. And I love him! Now if you calm down, I'll show you my daughter." She said, emphasizing the 'my.'
She brought him back into Dom's room, where he sat with Domia bouncing on his knee. Cleon looked like he was going to cry. He reached out and picked up Domia. "What's her name?" he asked.
"Domia Ilane, but we call her Mia, so that we don't have to Dom's in one house." She smiled and sat down on the bed beside Dom, who put his arm around her.
Cleon only stayed a short while; he was continuing on that afternoon.
Kel went out to see him off.
"Kel, I want to apologize. I overreacted. You'll be a wonderful mother, but please, let me help you out, so my conscience will be cleared. If not that, consider it an early wedding gift." He handed her a small bag of coins.
She gave him a hug. "Goddess bless, Cleon."
She watched him ride off, then rode Hoshi down to the Mindelan village. She walked to the first woman with a child she saw, and handed her the bag of money.
"Goddess bless." She said, and turned away too quickly to see a tear run down the woman's cheek.
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For the rest of her leave, Kel tried to get a hold of her friends, to no avail.
"Kel," said Dom one day, "do you realize that today is the last day of your leave?"
Kel nodded. "Yes, but I can't leave until I get an assignment."
She lay down on her bed and sighed. "I can't decide whether I want to leave or not. I mean, I want to go back to the front, but I don't want to leave Mia."
Dom smiled. "Don't worry, soon, you will have plenty of help with that." He grinned.
Kel smiled weakly. "I refuse to have a wedding without my friends. I'll just wait for this war to be over."
"Kel, how do you know how long it's going to take?" Dom frowned.
Kel sat up. "Because I'm going to do something to finish it. I killed Stenmun and Blayce, and I can kill Maggur too. He's at least at the border."
One week later, Kel received a letter from the front.
"My assignment!" She cried, ripping it open.
Dom smiled. "Or mine." Kel glanced up at him and smiled, before looking back at her letter.
Dear Kel:
It's over. We won. Maggur is dead, they killed him in the morning. There are no Scanran soldiers left. It's not just a surrender, there are actually none left. They were attacking, but they weren't ready, and we were. We just ended up wiping them out. As you can tell, it's taken a while, but we did it! We are going to stop by to say hello on our way to Corus. By we, I mean everyone. Me, Merric, Raoul, and the Own. Don't worry, we're not invading your house (again). We are just stopping to say hello. I felt horrible asking you to let me stay again. Thank you for letting us stay with you last time.
Sincerely, Neal
Kel actually did scream with joy.
"What is it?" Dom jumped up.
Kel was grinning from ear to ear. "They're coming! All of them! The war's over, Maggur and almost all his men are dead, they surrendered!"
She was jumping up and down. Dom put his hands on her shoulders to stop her. He grinned and kissed her. "I suppose you want to tell them?"
Kel shrugged. "It doesn't matter that much. I would like to tell them, but this is, obviously, just as much about you as it is me." She paused. "I think I should go to Corus with them, seeing as my leave has ended. The palace is a perfectly acceptable place for a child."
Dom nodded. "And of course, you'll have me there to help."
She hugged him. "I love you, Dom." She ran downstairs.
Kel thought about it. Go back to Corus with her friends there to support her, plan a wedding, and go back to Mindelan to have it. It would be perfect. After getting her parents approval for yet another visit, Kel thought about when they would come. She tried to work it out. If Neal sent the letter a week earlier, they would probably leave a few days later, meaning they would probably get to Mindelan by the end of the week.
She grinned. Any day now. She went upstairs to find a maid to prepare twenty rooms, and to book some in the village inns for the ones the house couldn't hold. Afterwards, she went and collapsed on her bed. She heard a loud grunt.
She sat up. "Dom," she said slowly, "why are you lying on my bed?"
He pointed to the door to Mia's room. "Besides, I see nothing wrong with falling asleep on my fiancée's bed."
Kel blushed slightly.
Dom frowned. "Kel. . . we're past that."
She sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm just not used to it yet, I guess. Give me some time." She smiled.
Dom nodded and shrugged. "Sure."
"Dom, it's not you that I'm having trouble getting used to, it's the fact that I'm allowed to be open with my feelings. I mean, I've laid one man, by accident, I've never been on a date, and I've never really had a suitor, except for you. I'm nervous because it's all so new. Everything I'm feeling is new."
She put her hand on his. "It doesn't make me love you any less."
He looked up and smiled, his eyes twinkling again. "It's backwards."
Kel looked at him, puzzled. "Pardon?" She asked.
"Usually I'm giving you inspirational speeches. But thank you," he added quickly, "it did make me feel better."
Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Miss Keladry?" A maid said quietly, opening the door, "There is a group coming down the lane. And your brothers are there as well!"
Kel stood up. She thanked the maid, who closed the door and left. "I should just bring Domia and get over with it, shouldn't I?"
Dom nodded, standing up. "You'll do great." He paused. "Great, back to normal!"
Kel rolled her eyes. "Are you coming?" Kel asked, grinning, looking very nervous. "I could use another inspirational speech on the way down."
She ducked into Domia's room, and emerged with, in Kel's opinion, the most beautiful baby you could ever see. She was glad her daughter took after her, not Cleon. In fact, according to Ilane, Mia looked exactly like Kel did at almost seven months.
Kel and Dom walked down the hall. Dom decided to stay quiet. Kel assumed he didn't know exactly what to say.
Was she ready for this? It was a year since she had seen any of them, save Neal. They might be disappointed in what she was like, her skills, her manner. Neal would be angry at the marriage. He would ask why they hadn't told him before that they were in love.
She walked slowly to the wooden doors at the front of the Mindelan house. For some reason, Ilane had set servants at the door. Kel, feeling silly, realized that with the number of people coming, she wanted the house to look presentable.
Kel paused in front of the doors. Dom squeezed her free hand and smiled. He let go.
Kel took a deep breath, and nodded, and the servants opened the doors, light pouring in from the great opening. Kel saw a group of at least twenty, waiting at the stairs.
She took another deep breath and pushed herself out into the warm sunlight. She held Mia tightly in her arm. She walked as gracefully as she could down the stairs, as more and more eyes turned to her.
Raoul, standing at the front of the group, smiled. "Kel." He gave her an awkward hug over her daughter, whom he promptly scooped from her arm.
"Hello there, what's your name?" Mia gurgled with happiness. Kel smiled. Mia was much more comfortable with the situation than she was.
"She won't talk for a while yet, Raoul."
Raoul looked up. "I should be able to guess her name, shouldn't I, Kel?"
She grinned. "Mia. I named her after Dom, even though he told me not to. Her full name is Domia Ilane of Mindelan." Kel felt silly saying it again, she had said it so many times already.
Raoul smiled. "Well, if you didn't name her after me, at least you named her after one of my men."
Kel smiled again, and glanced at Dom, who was watching her. He smiled.
"So I hear you are insisting we stay the night."
Kel blinked. "Who told you that?"
Raoul grinned. "No one. I was just hoping you would."
Kel smiled. "I was planning on insisting." She did notice that he had already sent his men into town. "Well, come in, come in!" She took back her daughter. She led them upstairs to the wing of guest rooms.
"Raoul, Neal, could I talk to you?" She said quietly to them, and the followed her downstairs into the parlour. She motioned for them to sit down, and did the same.
"I- I'm not quite sure how to say this,-"
Dom stepped in and pulled up a chair.
"Dom and I-"
"Oh," Dom sat back, "we're having this talk already? This, from the girl who didn't want to say it?"
Kel frowned. Raoul and Neal looked at each other, and Kel glared at Dom.
"Err, what are you talking about?" Neal asked.
Before Kel could say anything, Dom spoke. "Kel and I are getting married."
Kel sighed and rolled her eyes. Didn't we agree I would do this?"
Dom shrugged. "You were taking too long."
"You are so lucky I didn't want to say it. Otherwise, you would be dead before you hit the ground."
Dom grinned. "That's why I said it."
There was a small chuckle from Raoul. "It's perfect." He said.
Kel leapt up and hugged him, then looked to Neal. He was sitting there, his mouth hanging open.
Dom leaned forward and tapped his mouth closed, which seemed to get Neal's attention. Well, I mist say, it took you long enough!"
Kel gave him a hug too. "Thank you." She said, brimming with happiness.
Dom's voice came from behind her, "You'd think she was preparing for an execution."
"Maybe she is." Neal retorted.
"Neal, I will not fight you, because I am injured, and I could still beat you."
Kel laughed. Tonight would be fun, she thought.
"I think tonight will be the most fun I have had in a long time."
Dom looked up from holding Neal in a headlock. "What, is my companionship so bad?"
"Horrible." Kel sighed.
Raoul laughed as they watched Dom go back to beating Neal. Domia seemed to enjoy it from her perch in Kel's arms.
Kel stood up and handed Mia to Raoul. She went to Neal and Dom and grabbed them both by the necks of their shirts. "You, Sir Nealan, are going to get yourself in trouble. And you, Sergeant Domitan, are going to get yourself injured." She dropped them both. "So stop!"
They walked out of the room. It was almost time for dinner, which was when Dom was going to announce their engagement.
"Congratulation, Dom!" Someone yelled, after he told them all.
Neal shook his head. "This will ruin his image." He muttered, barely loud enough for Kel to hear him.
"What is that supposed to mean?" She asked, her hands on her hips, staring him down.
Neal shrugged. "He's often known as a playboy."
"But I'm not!" Dom groaned.
Neal shook his head. "But the ladies still flock to you."
Merric and Owen walked up. They had been there the whole time, but Kel had not seen them yet.
"This is great, Dom, now that you and Neal are both engaged, we might actually get some women looking our direction!" Merric laughed, clapping him on the shoulder.
Dom grinned. "It's true. I'm just too gorgeous for words." He flipped his hair.
Neal grinned. "Not so fast, cousin. My fiancée is way prettier, and nicer, than yours. I am obviously the more charismatic one."
Kel glared at him. "Neal, shut up and eat your vegetables."
Everyone except Neal laughed.
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Alright, that was officially the cheesiest chapter in existence. I liked it. A lot happens, with out a lot happening. Do you know what I mean? It kind of makes sense.
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Well, thank you for listening to my rants, it's been fun!
Cleon leaned in to kiss her, but she put up her hand. "No." She said.
She signalled for him to follow her, and she led him upstairs.
She prayed that Dom had taken Mia to his room. She opened the door slowly and glanced in. Luckily, Dom wasn't there. She let Cleon in and locked the door behind him.
"Finally." He grinned, leaning in, but again, Kel put up a hand and shook her head.
"Too much has changed, Cleon. Far too much." It felt horrible to say it, but she knew she had to. Not horrible because she didn't want their relationship to end, but because even talking to him made her feel like she was betraying Dom. She sat down. "I have a daughter. And I'm getting married."
Cleon opened his mouth. "Oh. Who? And. . . your daughter?"
"I won't tell you, but I will introduce you in a moment. But, Cleon. . ." she paused, and took a deep breath. "She's your daughter."
He opened his mouth again. "Mithros, Kel, I had no idea! I am so sorry I put you through that. But this could ruin me. I'm a married man."
Kel shook her head. "I don't expect you to take care of her; in fact, I won't let you. She's my daughter, and she is going to have a father soon. You don't have a choice or opinion in this."
"But she's my daughter. I should take her anyway, it's the right thing to do."
Kel frowned, and stood up. "She is not your daughter. You just happened to be the man that helped me conceive her! You didn't even know she existed for the first three months of her existence."
"That's not fair." Cleon said.
"What colour are her eyes? What's her favourite lullaby? When's her birthday?"
Cleon stood up. "I can make up for the time I lost. She'll never know."
Kel leaned into him, close enough to see every line in his face, to feel his breath. "What is her name, Cleon? What is your child's name? She may not know the difference, but I will. She doesn't leave this house."
Cleon stepped back, defeated. He nodded. "Can I meet her, at least?" He sighed. "And maybe, your husband?"
Kel felt her face cool a bit. She nodded and led him out of the room.
She knocked on Dom's door. He opened it.
"You?" Cleon said suddenly. "What are you doing here?"
Dom glanced at Kel, who smiled weakly. "Err. . . I live here, and I'm marrying Kel. . ."
Cleon's eyes grew large. He grabbed Kel's arm and pulled her into her room.
"Him? You're marrying a soldier? You can do so much better than him!"
Kel had to hold the doorknob to stop herself from punching him. "Cleon of Kennan, you are better than this! He's not a soldier, he's a sergeant in the Kings Own, almost a Knight. He's Neal's cousin, you know that. And he loves me. And I love him! Now if you calm down, I'll show you my daughter." She said, emphasizing the 'my.'
She brought him back into Dom's room, where he sat with Domia bouncing on his knee. Cleon looked like he was going to cry. He reached out and picked up Domia. "What's her name?" he asked.
"Domia Ilane, but we call her Mia, so that we don't have to Dom's in one house." She smiled and sat down on the bed beside Dom, who put his arm around her.
Cleon only stayed a short while; he was continuing on that afternoon.
Kel went out to see him off.
"Kel, I want to apologize. I overreacted. You'll be a wonderful mother, but please, let me help you out, so my conscience will be cleared. If not that, consider it an early wedding gift." He handed her a small bag of coins.
She gave him a hug. "Goddess bless, Cleon."
She watched him ride off, then rode Hoshi down to the Mindelan village. She walked to the first woman with a child she saw, and handed her the bag of money.
"Goddess bless." She said, and turned away too quickly to see a tear run down the woman's cheek.
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For the rest of her leave, Kel tried to get a hold of her friends, to no avail.
"Kel," said Dom one day, "do you realize that today is the last day of your leave?"
Kel nodded. "Yes, but I can't leave until I get an assignment."
She lay down on her bed and sighed. "I can't decide whether I want to leave or not. I mean, I want to go back to the front, but I don't want to leave Mia."
Dom smiled. "Don't worry, soon, you will have plenty of help with that." He grinned.
Kel smiled weakly. "I refuse to have a wedding without my friends. I'll just wait for this war to be over."
"Kel, how do you know how long it's going to take?" Dom frowned.
Kel sat up. "Because I'm going to do something to finish it. I killed Stenmun and Blayce, and I can kill Maggur too. He's at least at the border."
One week later, Kel received a letter from the front.
"My assignment!" She cried, ripping it open.
Dom smiled. "Or mine." Kel glanced up at him and smiled, before looking back at her letter.
Dear Kel:
It's over. We won. Maggur is dead, they killed him in the morning. There are no Scanran soldiers left. It's not just a surrender, there are actually none left. They were attacking, but they weren't ready, and we were. We just ended up wiping them out. As you can tell, it's taken a while, but we did it! We are going to stop by to say hello on our way to Corus. By we, I mean everyone. Me, Merric, Raoul, and the Own. Don't worry, we're not invading your house (again). We are just stopping to say hello. I felt horrible asking you to let me stay again. Thank you for letting us stay with you last time.
Sincerely, Neal
Kel actually did scream with joy.
"What is it?" Dom jumped up.
Kel was grinning from ear to ear. "They're coming! All of them! The war's over, Maggur and almost all his men are dead, they surrendered!"
She was jumping up and down. Dom put his hands on her shoulders to stop her. He grinned and kissed her. "I suppose you want to tell them?"
Kel shrugged. "It doesn't matter that much. I would like to tell them, but this is, obviously, just as much about you as it is me." She paused. "I think I should go to Corus with them, seeing as my leave has ended. The palace is a perfectly acceptable place for a child."
Dom nodded. "And of course, you'll have me there to help."
She hugged him. "I love you, Dom." She ran downstairs.
Kel thought about it. Go back to Corus with her friends there to support her, plan a wedding, and go back to Mindelan to have it. It would be perfect. After getting her parents approval for yet another visit, Kel thought about when they would come. She tried to work it out. If Neal sent the letter a week earlier, they would probably leave a few days later, meaning they would probably get to Mindelan by the end of the week.
She grinned. Any day now. She went upstairs to find a maid to prepare twenty rooms, and to book some in the village inns for the ones the house couldn't hold. Afterwards, she went and collapsed on her bed. She heard a loud grunt.
She sat up. "Dom," she said slowly, "why are you lying on my bed?"
He pointed to the door to Mia's room. "Besides, I see nothing wrong with falling asleep on my fiancée's bed."
Kel blushed slightly.
Dom frowned. "Kel. . . we're past that."
She sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm just not used to it yet, I guess. Give me some time." She smiled.
Dom nodded and shrugged. "Sure."
"Dom, it's not you that I'm having trouble getting used to, it's the fact that I'm allowed to be open with my feelings. I mean, I've laid one man, by accident, I've never been on a date, and I've never really had a suitor, except for you. I'm nervous because it's all so new. Everything I'm feeling is new."
She put her hand on his. "It doesn't make me love you any less."
He looked up and smiled, his eyes twinkling again. "It's backwards."
Kel looked at him, puzzled. "Pardon?" She asked.
"Usually I'm giving you inspirational speeches. But thank you," he added quickly, "it did make me feel better."
Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Miss Keladry?" A maid said quietly, opening the door, "There is a group coming down the lane. And your brothers are there as well!"
Kel stood up. She thanked the maid, who closed the door and left. "I should just bring Domia and get over with it, shouldn't I?"
Dom nodded, standing up. "You'll do great." He paused. "Great, back to normal!"
Kel rolled her eyes. "Are you coming?" Kel asked, grinning, looking very nervous. "I could use another inspirational speech on the way down."
She ducked into Domia's room, and emerged with, in Kel's opinion, the most beautiful baby you could ever see. She was glad her daughter took after her, not Cleon. In fact, according to Ilane, Mia looked exactly like Kel did at almost seven months.
Kel and Dom walked down the hall. Dom decided to stay quiet. Kel assumed he didn't know exactly what to say.
Was she ready for this? It was a year since she had seen any of them, save Neal. They might be disappointed in what she was like, her skills, her manner. Neal would be angry at the marriage. He would ask why they hadn't told him before that they were in love.
She walked slowly to the wooden doors at the front of the Mindelan house. For some reason, Ilane had set servants at the door. Kel, feeling silly, realized that with the number of people coming, she wanted the house to look presentable.
Kel paused in front of the doors. Dom squeezed her free hand and smiled. He let go.
Kel took a deep breath, and nodded, and the servants opened the doors, light pouring in from the great opening. Kel saw a group of at least twenty, waiting at the stairs.
She took another deep breath and pushed herself out into the warm sunlight. She held Mia tightly in her arm. She walked as gracefully as she could down the stairs, as more and more eyes turned to her.
Raoul, standing at the front of the group, smiled. "Kel." He gave her an awkward hug over her daughter, whom he promptly scooped from her arm.
"Hello there, what's your name?" Mia gurgled with happiness. Kel smiled. Mia was much more comfortable with the situation than she was.
"She won't talk for a while yet, Raoul."
Raoul looked up. "I should be able to guess her name, shouldn't I, Kel?"
She grinned. "Mia. I named her after Dom, even though he told me not to. Her full name is Domia Ilane of Mindelan." Kel felt silly saying it again, she had said it so many times already.
Raoul smiled. "Well, if you didn't name her after me, at least you named her after one of my men."
Kel smiled again, and glanced at Dom, who was watching her. He smiled.
"So I hear you are insisting we stay the night."
Kel blinked. "Who told you that?"
Raoul grinned. "No one. I was just hoping you would."
Kel smiled. "I was planning on insisting." She did notice that he had already sent his men into town. "Well, come in, come in!" She took back her daughter. She led them upstairs to the wing of guest rooms.
"Raoul, Neal, could I talk to you?" She said quietly to them, and the followed her downstairs into the parlour. She motioned for them to sit down, and did the same.
"I- I'm not quite sure how to say this,-"
Dom stepped in and pulled up a chair.
"Dom and I-"
"Oh," Dom sat back, "we're having this talk already? This, from the girl who didn't want to say it?"
Kel frowned. Raoul and Neal looked at each other, and Kel glared at Dom.
"Err, what are you talking about?" Neal asked.
Before Kel could say anything, Dom spoke. "Kel and I are getting married."
Kel sighed and rolled her eyes. Didn't we agree I would do this?"
Dom shrugged. "You were taking too long."
"You are so lucky I didn't want to say it. Otherwise, you would be dead before you hit the ground."
Dom grinned. "That's why I said it."
There was a small chuckle from Raoul. "It's perfect." He said.
Kel leapt up and hugged him, then looked to Neal. He was sitting there, his mouth hanging open.
Dom leaned forward and tapped his mouth closed, which seemed to get Neal's attention. Well, I mist say, it took you long enough!"
Kel gave him a hug too. "Thank you." She said, brimming with happiness.
Dom's voice came from behind her, "You'd think she was preparing for an execution."
"Maybe she is." Neal retorted.
"Neal, I will not fight you, because I am injured, and I could still beat you."
Kel laughed. Tonight would be fun, she thought.
"I think tonight will be the most fun I have had in a long time."
Dom looked up from holding Neal in a headlock. "What, is my companionship so bad?"
"Horrible." Kel sighed.
Raoul laughed as they watched Dom go back to beating Neal. Domia seemed to enjoy it from her perch in Kel's arms.
Kel stood up and handed Mia to Raoul. She went to Neal and Dom and grabbed them both by the necks of their shirts. "You, Sir Nealan, are going to get yourself in trouble. And you, Sergeant Domitan, are going to get yourself injured." She dropped them both. "So stop!"
They walked out of the room. It was almost time for dinner, which was when Dom was going to announce their engagement.
"Congratulation, Dom!" Someone yelled, after he told them all.
Neal shook his head. "This will ruin his image." He muttered, barely loud enough for Kel to hear him.
"What is that supposed to mean?" She asked, her hands on her hips, staring him down.
Neal shrugged. "He's often known as a playboy."
"But I'm not!" Dom groaned.
Neal shook his head. "But the ladies still flock to you."
Merric and Owen walked up. They had been there the whole time, but Kel had not seen them yet.
"This is great, Dom, now that you and Neal are both engaged, we might actually get some women looking our direction!" Merric laughed, clapping him on the shoulder.
Dom grinned. "It's true. I'm just too gorgeous for words." He flipped his hair.
Neal grinned. "Not so fast, cousin. My fiancée is way prettier, and nicer, than yours. I am obviously the more charismatic one."
Kel glared at him. "Neal, shut up and eat your vegetables."
Everyone except Neal laughed.
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Alright, that was officially the cheesiest chapter in existence. I liked it. A lot happens, with out a lot happening. Do you know what I mean? It kind of makes sense.
AJ 4EVA: Here you are!
Rora Kuusou: conflict indeed. Not too much, though. Conflict, with a pinch of romance, and a dash of suspense. And don't worry, he is chained like a frickin' dog.
Nikia-mysticQUEENofFire: I am glad you like it!
Hogwarts, A History Girl: I hope I can say I am not. I did or didn't in this chapter, but there is a chance I can still do or not do it. Why is everyone so vague?
Bella: uber indeed! I think that might be the first uber I have received, though I could be mistaken. I like uber!
Lady Bee: I'm sorry if I disappointed you, but it's really not that interesting.
Treanz-alyce: number 1: I cannot face an unfortunate doom from you for a few reasons. A) you don't know where I live. B) you don't know my name. you might know my first, but I don't think I put it. So basically, all you have to go on is that I live in a city of 6 million people. 2) See number 1. 3) I totally understand the smart arse thing. I get it too.
PoisonMoon: Cool indeed.
Imogenhm: Cool name. I don't get the 'hm' part, but the imogen is cool. I love that name. I don't think that's how its spelled, so maybe I'm just seeing that name when it really isn't there. I'll shut up now.
Carmen12324: its not as bad as it could be. I was bored of the Cleon being an arse shtick, so I decided to go the route of where he understands! Well, sort of.
Fhire: interesting. You make less sense than anyone I have ever met in my entire life.
GranolaBar: I too do not like cliff hanger. Would you please note that this chapter does NOT have a cliff hanger? Glad you like the story line. I've had one or two complaints that I stole it, which I find quite strange. People think it is a critique, but telling someone they are not original is just rude. Just because someone else has come up with it as well does not mean that I copied it from them. Often, people just happen to have the same flow of ideas. It doesn't mean one is copying.
Well, thank you for listening to my rants, it's been fun!
