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CHAPTER TWO: ANGEL

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'God send me an angel

From the heavens above,

Send me an angel,

To give my broken heart a reason to love,

Cos All I do, is cry,

God Send me an angel,

To wipe the tears from my eyes

Amanda Perez 'Angel'

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Keladry of Mindelan swung the heavy glaive around her head in an intricate pattern dance that few could understand, and even fewer could copy. She didn't know why, but she had found it impossible to sleep that night. Something was stopping her. So deep was her concentration that she barely noticed when Dom crept up behind her.

"Arrr!!" Dom yelled, as the glaive swung neatly over his head, missing him only by inches, enough so that Kel could control it, but not enough that Dom could shake of his experience readily.

"Will you be careful with that thing? You're gonna kill someone one day, honestly" He snapped, hands on hips, anger making his usually friendly features seem sharp and unforgiving.

Kel just gaped at him. This was not the Dom she knew. What had got into everyone lately? It had just been a joke! She would never have hurt him! Besides, Dom wasn't due home from his duties with the own until tomorrow. What on earth was going on?

"Do you want something sir????" She finally asked her eyes confused and partly angry.

Dom's face immediately softened. "Man, I'm sorry Kel, It's just, it's just....." He sank down onto a nearby couch, immediately feeling guilty about treating Kel the way he had. 'Keep it together' he told himself mentally 'If you want to court her, yelling at her is NOT a good way to go about it' "...Well, I'm not sure what to do it all" he finally finished.

Kel glanced at him, worried, she'd never seen Dom so distressed before! This must be big,' she thought. What if something had something happened to the own? To Lord Raoul? Had he hurt himself? Was Yuki Ok? 'Oh Gods' she thought suddenly, 'what if someone's found out about...'

Kel controlled herself, she wouldn't get anything out of him by being panicked or paranoid. "Sit down" she said, pointing to the sofa "Tell me everything" she said, sitting down next to him.

Dom sat, but remained silent for several moments before he finally got the words out. "It's...Neal" He whispered. "I was on my way home from the border, I took scout duty and....and..."

Dom looked up at Kel, who merely waited patiently for him to speak, that was what he loved about her. Anyone else would have asked him a million questions by now, and he probably would have backed out of telling them anything, but she just sat there, like an angel, and waited...

"And I found Neal....he...he'd pulled a dagger on himself, he was...he was trying to kill himself I guess" He blurted. Immediately wishing he hadn't. Kel's eyes grew wide with shock, horror and something else he couldn't quite pinpoint.

"I'm sorry I had to be the one to tell you Kel" he continued. "But...well, I don't know if things are going that well with Yuki, he wouldn't tell me much, but, from what I could gather they had a bit of a...disagreement if you will"

Kel continued to stare at him; she looked completely shocked, even panicked. It wasn't going to be a good night.

'This' he supposed, 'is what you get for taking scout duty in the pouring rain.'

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Neal waited, as quietly as possible, outside Kel's door. He was already ashamed of what he had done. But now that someone had saved him, he'd decided that perhaps he should have gone through with it after all. He could just imagine Kel's face as Dom told her. He couldn't hear anything they were saying, and yet, he could imagine it. Dom sitting there, struggling to get the words out, and Kel, sitting there, waiting like the angel she was.

And then, it would sink in, she'd probably be horrified, distraught..... She'd probably cry, and only Dom would be there to comfort her...

...Lucky bastard.

Neal leaned against the wall and continued to fume. It WASN'T FAIR!!!! How come Dom had had the sense to stay single and he had to go and get married. Stupid, stupid, stupid...

Why the hell had he tried to kill himself? How stupid was he? This would go on his permanent record! The whole castle would end up thinking he was a complete nut! Besides, he couldn't die. He was Sir Nealan of Queenscove, and he had his whole life ahead of him...

'But what will people think of me now?' he wondered 'I won't be funny, self centered Neal anymore, I'll be Neal the fruitcake who could pull a knife n himself at any given moment!'

Neal felt like punching himself. How could he have been so dumb? No-one would ever think of him the same way again!

Grabbing the wall, Neal slammed his forehead against it as hard as he could.

That when he heard the scream. Kel's scream.

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Kel felt Doms hand close around her mouth.

"Shut up" he hissed "people are trying to sleep you know"

"Sorry" Kel whispered. Truth is she hadn't really believed him until she'd seen it for herself. Neal, her best friend, banging his head against the wall in his second suicide attempt in one evening. What was she going to do?

"This isn't what it looks like" Neal babbled "I'm not suicidal, I'm "

WHAT WAS SHE GOING TO DO? What was Yuki going to do; after all, this all came back to Yuki in one way or another....wait a minute, Yuki....

"Where's Yuki, Neal" she asked him, trying to sound firm but not mad, if he really was suicidal, you never knew what might push him over the edge.

"At Home," Neal replied looking sheepish "We had a fight"

Kel nearly swore out loud, so it was true...but it couldn't be! Neal and Yuki couldn't have a fight! Not now!!! Kel chewed on her lip and contemplated what she should say. She couldn't sound too interested in Neal and Yuki's fight or she might just get Neal suspicious and give the game away. And that was the last thing she needed...

"Well, you'd better come inside then" she sighed. There was nothing else she could do. Neal was her best friend, and despite his oddities, she cared about him more than words could say. The court gossips she could deal with, but Kel really did not want to have the talk she thought must be coming. Everything that had happened had hit her like a blow and bought on a wave of tiredness. She really didn't want to deal with tis right now.

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Neal really didn't want to go into Kel's rooms. He knew it was a bad idea, but what other choice did he have? He refused to go home to Yuki, Merric was out of town, and Cleon wouldn't have him now that he was married. Dom still had to report to the king, which would probably take until sunrise with all the necessary royal carryings-on, and he'd be reprimanded for lateness as it was. Neal sighed. It was going to be a very annoying night, she'd want to talk and he'd want to sleep, but he had no choice. Besides, Kel was obviously scared by the whole suicide thing. 'Dammit,' he thought, 'why did I ever do that? How stupid could I possibly have been?' He'd made Kel scream. Neal had never heard Kel scream before now, and he didn't like it....

.....but yet he did, he liked that Kel liked him enough to scream only for him......He liked it a lot.....And it was starting to scare him....