Kel walked quickly to Dom's room and knocked on the door. She felt like she
was going to cry. She had to fix this, she had to make it better. Why did
she always screw things up?
Dom opened the door and looked surprised. "What are you doing here, Kel? Aren't you supposed to be at home?"
With that Kel burst out in tears. Dom looked like he wanted to close the door on her, but he held it in and let Kel talk.
"Dom, I made a mistake." She cried. "Please, I'm sorry, just want to make things right." Tears were pouring down her face, and she felt like a fool, but she ignored all of those feelings.
Dom sighed and opened the door even more, admitting her in and listening to what she had to say.
Kel took a deep breath and tried to hold back her tears long enough to explain. "I went to get away, and I didn't stop thinking about you, and I was coming back with Fhire and she told me something I had told her. She said 'follow your heart. It knows what's best for you.'" She looked at him pleadingly. "I was wrong to say that it would never work. I was wrong to think that we could never get past marriage. And I'm sorry."
Dom didn't move. "I think you should leave now."
Kel's tears stopped. She nodded and turned. She stepped out the door and closed it slowly. She didn't know, but he could still hear her muffled sobs through the door.
Kel walked back to her rooms just as Fhire arrived in the palace. "Kel! How did it go?" She started to ask, but stopped when Kel lifted her head and looked at her.
Kel sat down in a chair in her room and stayed there. She sat there for a long time, looking out the window. How could she have been so stupid? She barely even heard the door. She assumed it would be Fhire, or maybe Neal, trying to comfort her. She ignored it.
They knocked again. She continued to ignore it.
"Kel?" A voice said. Kel kept looking out the window, engrossed in a hawk circling, looking for prey. The door opened slowly and Dom stepped in.
Kel looked at him in shock. "Have you come to tell me again?" She asked.
Dom shook his head. "I came to say that you were right."
Kel sat up. "What?"
Dom smiled. "I agree. It was stupid of you to say that. But you figured it out, and you apologized. Well, even if you hadn't done it as well as you did, I still would have come. I just needed some time to think about it."
Kel sat there in shock for a minute. Suddenly, she leapt up and hugged him. "Thank you so much."
Dom smiled. "Come on, Kel. You should know better than to think that I would not take you back."
Kel kissed him. "Don't ever let me do that again. If I try, just kick me very hard in the shins, all right?"
Dom smiled. "Can do."
* * * * *
Kel was supposed to get back to Corus on the 21st of April. She returned on the 19th, and thus she had four days before Neal and Yuki's wedding instead of two.
She used it to help Yuki out. The poor Yamani girl was completely stressed out. She was not an organizer, a leader. She was a palace lady. Kel was more than happy to help her two best friends wit their wedding, so she took charge of Yuki's wedding party, helping her organize everything. She ended up with Kel as her maid of honour, and Shinko and a few of her Yamani friends as her bridesmaids. Neal had Dom as his best man.
The wedding came upon them quickly. Kel was there to help Yuki on her big day, with her dress and her hair, and keeping her calm. She stayed back while Lalasa did her dress and Shinko did her hair, but she certainly helped her stay calm. Finally, they were all ready for the wedding.
It went beautifully, as Kel had expected it would. it was a bright sunny day, all the guests arrived happy and sober, and the ceremony went off without a hitch.
Kel congratulated the happy couple afterward, holding back the urge to tell Neal of Irnai's prediction of his daughter.
Neal and Yuki were planning on leaving the next morning for the Yamani Islands for their honeymoon. They were planning on going for a year and a half. Kel would miss them greatly.
Kel retired to her bedroom satisfied and comfortable. The next day, she and Dom approached the king again with the hopes of him agreeing with them.
Jon frowned when they stepped in. "Sergeant Domitan, I have already said no. Do you know what that means?"
Dom nodded. "Yes, your majesty."
Kel sighed. "You majesty, we just want to get married. It won't affect our work, and the other men in the Own will understand circumstances."
Jon shook his head. "It is not just that I don't believe that it is fair. It is a rule. You cannot bend the rules!"
Kel closed her eyes and recollected her thoughts. Jon was not going to relent. They needed something else.
"What if I left the Own?" Dom said.
Kel's eyes shot open. "What? No, Dom..."
King Jon's eyes narrowed. "Sergeant, I do not feel that that is a very fair threat."
Dom shrugged. "I just want to marry her."
Jon frowned. "So you are threatening me? How dare you?"
"Then do something about it!"
Kel shook her head in disbelief. She had never seen anyone but Alanna speak like that to the king.
Jon sighed. "Look, I'll do what I can, all right? I cannot promise anything."
Dom nodded. "Agreed." He put out his hand and Jon shook it reluctantly.
"What on earth was that?" Kel said after they left.
Dom shrugged. "I had to get him to understand."
"No," Kel said sternly. "You could get into a lot of trouble doing that. Don't try it again. And don't you dare try to quit the Own. If you do, I refuse to marry you. I will not let you ruin your life like that."
Dom glared at her, but agreed. He knew she was right. "Fine. I'll be good."
Kel smiled. "You are doing a fine job of replacing Neal while he's gone." She laughed. "He would be proud."
Dom smiled. "Are we ever going to go visit them?"
Kel shrugged. "They are on their honeymoon, Dom, even if it is for over a year. I should like to visit the Yamani Islands myself, and maybe spend some time with them there. But not just for them." Dom raised an eyebrow and Kel smiled. "I did have friends there, you know!"
Dom shrugged. "Maybe." They walked to the stables together, talking and laughing.
"So what are we going to do?" Kel asked finally.
Dom smiled. "Well, we could go for a ride, or we could practice."
Kel shook her head. "That's not what I mean. I mean, what will we do about us? We can't marry, and I said before, I won't stand for being lover for the rest of my life."
Dom nodded. "I understand, Kel. I'll come up with something."
Kel smiled and put a hand to Dom's face. "We will come up with something." She kissed him. "Got that?"
He smiled. "Of course."
* * * * *
After two weeks of speaking with the king, they finally got an answer they wanted to hear. They could get married. It made Kel very nervous. She wanted to be with Dom forever, but she had never really liked the idea of being chained to him. Dom insisted that it was not a chain that held her to him, it was a chain that held them together, so nothing could tear them apart.
Jon agreed that since Kel was a knight and not a court lady, they could do it, but Dom was not allowed to take any time off just for Kel. They both agreed to that. They would not see each other any more or less because they were married. They could live with being apart for the same amount of time.
"When are we going to do this?" Kel asked. "Neal and Yuki will not be back until next autumn, which means a fall wedding or one the next spring, or having it without them. I don't want to not have Neal here, but I also don't want to wait two years."
Dom sighed. "Neal and Yuki waited longer. What was it, five years?"
Kel smiled. "Fine, we'll wait. Be that way." She kissed him. "Why must everything be so difficult?" She said.
Dom smirked. "Because otherwise it would be boring, love."
Kel smiled, but she still had a great knot in her stomach. She was just waiting for the order that would ruin her life.
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Wake-Robin: so true... friends are great. I expect that they will get married, because I am a firm believer in happy endings, and I don't want Kel to go back on her word...
Rubber Duck: thank you soo much! They know, I just didn't have them talk about it too much.
Lady-kitty: sweet...someone cried! Sweet...I'm sorry, though...
Ellabelle1: aww, I'm sorry about your dog...that is always very sad. My dog is still alive, but she's getting very old and sick. I don't think it's that this chapter is short, it's that my recent chapters have been really long. I usually try to have 2000 words, approximately. This one was only 1500, but that's because I have writers block on this story.
Rootless Californian: maybe, maybe not... I am so evil!
Kerzikhan: Thanks. It always feels nice to be wrong on something like that. Thanks for the compliment...I just think the battle scenes are a little boring.
Ash Night8: Love it. 'cliffy making people SUCK!' it's good.
Chizzychizchiz: thanks, and I probably won't...
Lady of Masbolle: crying can be good sometimes. They usually get married at Midwinter? That's a crappy time, why would you want to get married in the middle of winter? Silly. Meow would be funny, wouldn't it? Piers, eh? Interesting...and a bad name... oh well.
Secret Agent Angel: maybe they will, maybe they won't! I actually have another story where Kel got pregnant. It's called After the Deed, and it's finished... I'm quite proud of it, actually. You should read it, it's good! Well, so I've been told...
PsychoLioness13: Yep, poor both of them. Everything will work out, but it will take a while. I like this story, because I've built up so much, and I don't want to finish it. I just need some new ideas. No idea how many more, one or two if I never come up with something, maybe ten if I do.
Well, if you didn't read everything, I basically said that I have writers block. I think I have exhausted my resources on this story, and I need some time to come up with new stuff. In the mean time, if you want a K/D unolimbo fix, you can read my other stories, Aftermath, which is very new, and After the Deed, which is finished, and I really like it. I hope I will be getting lots of reviews from you on my other stories!
"So, what's on the agenda? Rousting a nest of venomous retirement plans?"
-unolimbo
Dom opened the door and looked surprised. "What are you doing here, Kel? Aren't you supposed to be at home?"
With that Kel burst out in tears. Dom looked like he wanted to close the door on her, but he held it in and let Kel talk.
"Dom, I made a mistake." She cried. "Please, I'm sorry, just want to make things right." Tears were pouring down her face, and she felt like a fool, but she ignored all of those feelings.
Dom sighed and opened the door even more, admitting her in and listening to what she had to say.
Kel took a deep breath and tried to hold back her tears long enough to explain. "I went to get away, and I didn't stop thinking about you, and I was coming back with Fhire and she told me something I had told her. She said 'follow your heart. It knows what's best for you.'" She looked at him pleadingly. "I was wrong to say that it would never work. I was wrong to think that we could never get past marriage. And I'm sorry."
Dom didn't move. "I think you should leave now."
Kel's tears stopped. She nodded and turned. She stepped out the door and closed it slowly. She didn't know, but he could still hear her muffled sobs through the door.
Kel walked back to her rooms just as Fhire arrived in the palace. "Kel! How did it go?" She started to ask, but stopped when Kel lifted her head and looked at her.
Kel sat down in a chair in her room and stayed there. She sat there for a long time, looking out the window. How could she have been so stupid? She barely even heard the door. She assumed it would be Fhire, or maybe Neal, trying to comfort her. She ignored it.
They knocked again. She continued to ignore it.
"Kel?" A voice said. Kel kept looking out the window, engrossed in a hawk circling, looking for prey. The door opened slowly and Dom stepped in.
Kel looked at him in shock. "Have you come to tell me again?" She asked.
Dom shook his head. "I came to say that you were right."
Kel sat up. "What?"
Dom smiled. "I agree. It was stupid of you to say that. But you figured it out, and you apologized. Well, even if you hadn't done it as well as you did, I still would have come. I just needed some time to think about it."
Kel sat there in shock for a minute. Suddenly, she leapt up and hugged him. "Thank you so much."
Dom smiled. "Come on, Kel. You should know better than to think that I would not take you back."
Kel kissed him. "Don't ever let me do that again. If I try, just kick me very hard in the shins, all right?"
Dom smiled. "Can do."
* * * * *
Kel was supposed to get back to Corus on the 21st of April. She returned on the 19th, and thus she had four days before Neal and Yuki's wedding instead of two.
She used it to help Yuki out. The poor Yamani girl was completely stressed out. She was not an organizer, a leader. She was a palace lady. Kel was more than happy to help her two best friends wit their wedding, so she took charge of Yuki's wedding party, helping her organize everything. She ended up with Kel as her maid of honour, and Shinko and a few of her Yamani friends as her bridesmaids. Neal had Dom as his best man.
The wedding came upon them quickly. Kel was there to help Yuki on her big day, with her dress and her hair, and keeping her calm. She stayed back while Lalasa did her dress and Shinko did her hair, but she certainly helped her stay calm. Finally, they were all ready for the wedding.
It went beautifully, as Kel had expected it would. it was a bright sunny day, all the guests arrived happy and sober, and the ceremony went off without a hitch.
Kel congratulated the happy couple afterward, holding back the urge to tell Neal of Irnai's prediction of his daughter.
Neal and Yuki were planning on leaving the next morning for the Yamani Islands for their honeymoon. They were planning on going for a year and a half. Kel would miss them greatly.
Kel retired to her bedroom satisfied and comfortable. The next day, she and Dom approached the king again with the hopes of him agreeing with them.
Jon frowned when they stepped in. "Sergeant Domitan, I have already said no. Do you know what that means?"
Dom nodded. "Yes, your majesty."
Kel sighed. "You majesty, we just want to get married. It won't affect our work, and the other men in the Own will understand circumstances."
Jon shook his head. "It is not just that I don't believe that it is fair. It is a rule. You cannot bend the rules!"
Kel closed her eyes and recollected her thoughts. Jon was not going to relent. They needed something else.
"What if I left the Own?" Dom said.
Kel's eyes shot open. "What? No, Dom..."
King Jon's eyes narrowed. "Sergeant, I do not feel that that is a very fair threat."
Dom shrugged. "I just want to marry her."
Jon frowned. "So you are threatening me? How dare you?"
"Then do something about it!"
Kel shook her head in disbelief. She had never seen anyone but Alanna speak like that to the king.
Jon sighed. "Look, I'll do what I can, all right? I cannot promise anything."
Dom nodded. "Agreed." He put out his hand and Jon shook it reluctantly.
"What on earth was that?" Kel said after they left.
Dom shrugged. "I had to get him to understand."
"No," Kel said sternly. "You could get into a lot of trouble doing that. Don't try it again. And don't you dare try to quit the Own. If you do, I refuse to marry you. I will not let you ruin your life like that."
Dom glared at her, but agreed. He knew she was right. "Fine. I'll be good."
Kel smiled. "You are doing a fine job of replacing Neal while he's gone." She laughed. "He would be proud."
Dom smiled. "Are we ever going to go visit them?"
Kel shrugged. "They are on their honeymoon, Dom, even if it is for over a year. I should like to visit the Yamani Islands myself, and maybe spend some time with them there. But not just for them." Dom raised an eyebrow and Kel smiled. "I did have friends there, you know!"
Dom shrugged. "Maybe." They walked to the stables together, talking and laughing.
"So what are we going to do?" Kel asked finally.
Dom smiled. "Well, we could go for a ride, or we could practice."
Kel shook her head. "That's not what I mean. I mean, what will we do about us? We can't marry, and I said before, I won't stand for being lover for the rest of my life."
Dom nodded. "I understand, Kel. I'll come up with something."
Kel smiled and put a hand to Dom's face. "We will come up with something." She kissed him. "Got that?"
He smiled. "Of course."
* * * * *
After two weeks of speaking with the king, they finally got an answer they wanted to hear. They could get married. It made Kel very nervous. She wanted to be with Dom forever, but she had never really liked the idea of being chained to him. Dom insisted that it was not a chain that held her to him, it was a chain that held them together, so nothing could tear them apart.
Jon agreed that since Kel was a knight and not a court lady, they could do it, but Dom was not allowed to take any time off just for Kel. They both agreed to that. They would not see each other any more or less because they were married. They could live with being apart for the same amount of time.
"When are we going to do this?" Kel asked. "Neal and Yuki will not be back until next autumn, which means a fall wedding or one the next spring, or having it without them. I don't want to not have Neal here, but I also don't want to wait two years."
Dom sighed. "Neal and Yuki waited longer. What was it, five years?"
Kel smiled. "Fine, we'll wait. Be that way." She kissed him. "Why must everything be so difficult?" She said.
Dom smirked. "Because otherwise it would be boring, love."
Kel smiled, but she still had a great knot in her stomach. She was just waiting for the order that would ruin her life.
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Wake-Robin: so true... friends are great. I expect that they will get married, because I am a firm believer in happy endings, and I don't want Kel to go back on her word...
Rubber Duck: thank you soo much! They know, I just didn't have them talk about it too much.
Lady-kitty: sweet...someone cried! Sweet...I'm sorry, though...
Ellabelle1: aww, I'm sorry about your dog...that is always very sad. My dog is still alive, but she's getting very old and sick. I don't think it's that this chapter is short, it's that my recent chapters have been really long. I usually try to have 2000 words, approximately. This one was only 1500, but that's because I have writers block on this story.
Rootless Californian: maybe, maybe not... I am so evil!
Kerzikhan: Thanks. It always feels nice to be wrong on something like that. Thanks for the compliment...I just think the battle scenes are a little boring.
Ash Night8: Love it. 'cliffy making people SUCK!' it's good.
Chizzychizchiz: thanks, and I probably won't...
Lady of Masbolle: crying can be good sometimes. They usually get married at Midwinter? That's a crappy time, why would you want to get married in the middle of winter? Silly. Meow would be funny, wouldn't it? Piers, eh? Interesting...and a bad name... oh well.
Secret Agent Angel: maybe they will, maybe they won't! I actually have another story where Kel got pregnant. It's called After the Deed, and it's finished... I'm quite proud of it, actually. You should read it, it's good! Well, so I've been told...
PsychoLioness13: Yep, poor both of them. Everything will work out, but it will take a while. I like this story, because I've built up so much, and I don't want to finish it. I just need some new ideas. No idea how many more, one or two if I never come up with something, maybe ten if I do.
Well, if you didn't read everything, I basically said that I have writers block. I think I have exhausted my resources on this story, and I need some time to come up with new stuff. In the mean time, if you want a K/D unolimbo fix, you can read my other stories, Aftermath, which is very new, and After the Deed, which is finished, and I really like it. I hope I will be getting lots of reviews from you on my other stories!
"So, what's on the agenda? Rousting a nest of venomous retirement plans?"
-unolimbo