The next morning, Kel woke up late. Bloody hell, she thought, as she threw
herself out of bed, and ran down to the practice courts.
"Yuki, I'm sorry! I overslept! I'm ready!"
She ran right u to the fence, and noticed that Yuki was not alone. In fact, there was quite a crowd. Neal, Merric, Owen, and Dom all stood at the fence, watching Yuki go through her patterns.
"Good morning, Kel." Yuki said, finishing her pattern. Soon, the two of them were dancing around the ring, attacking each other, dodging the flying metal of the glaives.
Finally, Kel succeeded. If they had not been using their practice glaives, Yuki would not be in such great shape. "I would just like to say that you do this in battle, which makes you better, so it's not really fair!"
Kel smiled. "Ah, but you have been doing it for longer, and you get to practice more often."
Just then, she heard applause. "Wahoo! Yeah Kel! Beat her up!" Neal was jumping up and down. Yuki shot him a look. "Sorry, honey, but they dared me! A knight cannot pass up a challenge!"
Everyone laughed, and Kel heard her stomach growl. "I'm going on a search for some food. Anyone want to join me?"
"Sorry, Kel, I've got to go wash up. I'm covered in dirt now!" She walked away, with Neal walking beside her, trying to apologize.
"Owen and I were just on our way to go riding, we just stopped to watch." Merric said, signaling Owen to follow along. "Um, yeah, we were just heading out. . ." they both ran away. Kel was left with Dom.
"What about you?" she asked.
Dom looked at her, his gorgeous blue eyes piercing hers. "Sure. Let's go." Kel didn't understand why he had looked at her like that. Maybe she had just imagined it.
They walked up to the palace together. They tried to talk about things, but they kept falling back into silence.
"Look, Kel," Dom started. "Are you alright?"
She shrugged. "Sure."
They walked in silence again. "Kel, I want to apologize." Dom said, breaking the silence. "I shouldn't have done that last night. You were tired and upset, and it was cruel of me to," he stumbled on his words. " force myself onto you like that."
He looked into her eyes again, not knowing what to expect. "It's fine. I do like you. I wold have let you do that even if I wasn't upset and tired." She smiled, blushing immensely. Dom blushed too.
They spent the rest of the walk chatting like the old friends they were.
A few hours later, after a ride in the woods on Peachblossom, Kel stood in the stall grooming her horse. "Kel!" She heard Raoul say. She turned around.
"Hello, my lord."
Raoul flinched, and Kel laughed. He just wanted her to call him Raoul. "just so you know, I don't want you stealing my best sergeant away from me, is that clear?"
He was making fun of her. "Right. That's on my list. 'number three: steal sergeant from Raoul.'"
"I'm only the third on the list?" She heard a voice. She glanced behind her, and saw Dom. She turned back to Raoul, just in time to see him wave and walk away.
"Oh yes, number one is groom my horse, and number two is get good presents this midwinter." She grinned, but kept brushing Peachblossom.
Dom, it seemed, got a little to close to the geldings mouth, and suffered a nip on his arm. "Ouch!" He cried. "Neal is right! That horse is evil!" Kel laughed.
Just at that moment, Peachblossom shifted his weight, throwing Kel, who was leaning on him, into Dom.
"oof! Sorry, Dom." She said, standing up again. She was very close to Dom now, so close she could see every line on his face, every individual hair on his head. . .
she leaned towards him, and felt his lips against hers. They stood there for a moment, Kel in Dom's arms, holding him back, kissing. Finally, they let go. Kel blushed and smiled. She threw her brushes in the box, waved to Dom, and jogged back up to the castle, leaving Dom to get a sharp bite in his left arm.
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I don't own anything. It all belongs to the lovely and brilliant Tamora Pierce.
theres chapter 2. sorry they're so short, I still don't know whats going to happen in this story. I want to do something with Cleon, but I won't tell you what!
Please review, I really, really, really want reviews!
-unolimbo
"Yuki, I'm sorry! I overslept! I'm ready!"
She ran right u to the fence, and noticed that Yuki was not alone. In fact, there was quite a crowd. Neal, Merric, Owen, and Dom all stood at the fence, watching Yuki go through her patterns.
"Good morning, Kel." Yuki said, finishing her pattern. Soon, the two of them were dancing around the ring, attacking each other, dodging the flying metal of the glaives.
Finally, Kel succeeded. If they had not been using their practice glaives, Yuki would not be in such great shape. "I would just like to say that you do this in battle, which makes you better, so it's not really fair!"
Kel smiled. "Ah, but you have been doing it for longer, and you get to practice more often."
Just then, she heard applause. "Wahoo! Yeah Kel! Beat her up!" Neal was jumping up and down. Yuki shot him a look. "Sorry, honey, but they dared me! A knight cannot pass up a challenge!"
Everyone laughed, and Kel heard her stomach growl. "I'm going on a search for some food. Anyone want to join me?"
"Sorry, Kel, I've got to go wash up. I'm covered in dirt now!" She walked away, with Neal walking beside her, trying to apologize.
"Owen and I were just on our way to go riding, we just stopped to watch." Merric said, signaling Owen to follow along. "Um, yeah, we were just heading out. . ." they both ran away. Kel was left with Dom.
"What about you?" she asked.
Dom looked at her, his gorgeous blue eyes piercing hers. "Sure. Let's go." Kel didn't understand why he had looked at her like that. Maybe she had just imagined it.
They walked up to the palace together. They tried to talk about things, but they kept falling back into silence.
"Look, Kel," Dom started. "Are you alright?"
She shrugged. "Sure."
They walked in silence again. "Kel, I want to apologize." Dom said, breaking the silence. "I shouldn't have done that last night. You were tired and upset, and it was cruel of me to," he stumbled on his words. " force myself onto you like that."
He looked into her eyes again, not knowing what to expect. "It's fine. I do like you. I wold have let you do that even if I wasn't upset and tired." She smiled, blushing immensely. Dom blushed too.
They spent the rest of the walk chatting like the old friends they were.
A few hours later, after a ride in the woods on Peachblossom, Kel stood in the stall grooming her horse. "Kel!" She heard Raoul say. She turned around.
"Hello, my lord."
Raoul flinched, and Kel laughed. He just wanted her to call him Raoul. "just so you know, I don't want you stealing my best sergeant away from me, is that clear?"
He was making fun of her. "Right. That's on my list. 'number three: steal sergeant from Raoul.'"
"I'm only the third on the list?" She heard a voice. She glanced behind her, and saw Dom. She turned back to Raoul, just in time to see him wave and walk away.
"Oh yes, number one is groom my horse, and number two is get good presents this midwinter." She grinned, but kept brushing Peachblossom.
Dom, it seemed, got a little to close to the geldings mouth, and suffered a nip on his arm. "Ouch!" He cried. "Neal is right! That horse is evil!" Kel laughed.
Just at that moment, Peachblossom shifted his weight, throwing Kel, who was leaning on him, into Dom.
"oof! Sorry, Dom." She said, standing up again. She was very close to Dom now, so close she could see every line on his face, every individual hair on his head. . .
she leaned towards him, and felt his lips against hers. They stood there for a moment, Kel in Dom's arms, holding him back, kissing. Finally, they let go. Kel blushed and smiled. She threw her brushes in the box, waved to Dom, and jogged back up to the castle, leaving Dom to get a sharp bite in his left arm.
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I don't own anything. It all belongs to the lovely and brilliant Tamora Pierce.
theres chapter 2. sorry they're so short, I still don't know whats going to happen in this story. I want to do something with Cleon, but I won't tell you what!
Please review, I really, really, really want reviews!
-unolimbo