Chapter Four: Mistakes

This chapter is dedicated to the wonderful Oceanspike, who will soon be leaving for soccer camp -sob


She leaned into Neal, kissing him back. Realizing what was going on, Kel tore her lips away from his.

Breathing hard, she closed her eyes until her emotions were totally under control. Then, snapping them back open, she gave him a hard look.

"I can't believe you, Neal! I am not going to fill in for Yuki! Do you have your head so far up your own butt that you don't realize that your actions might have an effect on someone else?"

He stared at her, not believing what he had just did. He could understand why she was so mad at him. But, had he imagined it, or had she just kissed him back?

"What if someone had walked by and seen that? That would ruin my reputation, and might do much more! Yuki would hate me! Do you not get that? And being upset about what happened earlier is no excuse!"

She got up, mounted her horse, and rode back to the castle, leaving a shocked and rather hurt Meathead behind.


I can't believe she left like that! Part of his mind said.

Well, she had the right to, you know. You did kiss her, not knowing, nor caring, how she felt. The other part said.

So? She should have just let me explain.

Did you not see how upset she was? And angry! You're lucky you didn't get slapped!

It continued like this for some time. Finally, Neal decided to head back to the castle, knowing that he needed to talk to his best friend.


He knocked on her door. "Kel? Can I talk to you?"

No answer. He knocked again.

Finally, she pulled the door open.

"What do you need, Neal?" She asked wearily.

"We need to talk." He responded, coming into the room and shutting the door behind him.

"Whatever." She sank down in a chair, and he followed suit.

"I'm sorry if I offended you earlier." Neal started.

"If?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, I'm sorry that I offended you. I was upset, I guess. That is the only reason that I can think of for what I did. And I know that's no excuse. It was a mistake."

She made a noise in her throat.

"I promise I won't do it again." He added hurriedly, knowing that it wasn't true. He most likely would.

"Oh, very well. I forgive you. Now get out, unless you want to practice with me." She took her glaive off the wall.

He shivered. "It's okay, I have gotten more than enough bruises lately. I'll see you later." He headed for the door, then paused and turned back around to look at her.

"And Kel?"

"Yeah, Neal?"

"Thanks." He leaned over and gently kissed her on the cheek. She nodded her head, and he left.


Why had he kissed her? The question tortured her. She wondered if it was to get over Yuki, or for some other reason.

Kel shook herself at the thought. Of course it was to get over Yuki. Why else would he kiss a girl like her? He wouldn't.

It had been a mistake, he had said. That hurt, more than she was willing to admit. A mistake.

She wished he hadn't done it. She didn't need to know how his lips felt against hers. And she defenantly didn't need to know how he tasted.

Gods, what was she going to do? She had feelings for her best friend!


Shorter chapter than the last. I'm sorry. And no cliffie! How awful! In the last two I have had rather good cliffies! But no, not now! Gods, I have issues. Im very very very very sorry!!!

Oceanspike- you're leaving me with these lunatics! Ahh! J/k. Well, anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter, sorry that its so short. So soccer camp? How long? Everyone is leaving me to the mercy of these monsters! Sorry, I'm kidding again. But everyone is going to camp. You, my beta, my friend from school. Ahh, I am doomed to be alone. Anyway, it's a good thing you reviewed it when you did. Otherwise, this wouldn't be out for a week. Im grounded again, but I bribed my sister into letting me get on and posting it. I would hate to leave you with a cliffie while you are gone. I hate that. Sorry, now im ranting on. Well, I have another two fanfics out, I think, that you might enjoy if you want to read them. Wow, I wrote like a freaking paragraph. Sorry!!! Well, hope you like the chapter, and I hope you enjoy your soccer camp!!!

Lillianna-Rose- Thanks! I do that a lot too. Being lazy is my hobby. Full sentences are often a pain in the neck.

Jahar-I really like Dom too! I know you mean Neal, but Dom is better. Well, most of the time. Thanks.

Chicken-puffs- I updated really really soon! I hope you liked the chapter!

Kore Yan- I will later. It wouldn't be a good, fluffy fanfic without kissing, now would it? Well, not so sure about the good thing, but it is defenantly fluffy, or heading that way, at least.

Pinky-I know, I am, huh? It was a horrible cliffie. So much fun. I hate it when people do that to me. Glad you liked the chapter, probably didn't like this one too much. That was their first kiss, yes, but I think there will be better ones sometime in the near future. I hope.

Alianne Cooper- I know, isn't it awesome? The breaking it off thing, I mean. I hope I did it right. The way they acted all cold, I mean. I don't know, the way they acted just seemed...right. I did the whole hand touchy thing because I needed to have something there. I don't know, I always liked the "yes, mother" for some reason. He does normally eat in the Own's Mess, but, well, I needed him there. I have actually really never read a fanfic where he did eat in the Own's Mess. I had to have that kiss happen at the end, because Kel had to get at least some implication of his feelings for her. So the ride seemed the right way to do it. I don't really know why. Cliffhangers really suck, I know, but they are so much fun for the writers. Well, glad you like the chapter. I did update soon, too! Hah! Yeah, by the way, you do put cliffhangers in your writing. I know from experience. And it certainly isn't nice.

PsychoLioness13-Hah! I'm evil! I know, it's quite rude. Sorry, I love saying that. Everyone calls me evil. Maybe because I am...

I never put the apostrophe in my writing, but wait to spell check. I must have missed a few...sorry!!!

Destiny Hunter-Thanks! I don't think she realized what he was doing, because it all happened so suddenly, and also, she doesn't think he could like her. Okay, I hope this doesn't come out snotty, and if it does, I don't mean it that way, because I am extremely modest and don't really think too highly of my work. So, here it goes: I have read the books so many times, that, I don't know, I guess its kinda like I can almost tell how they would think. Does that sound right? Im not sure if it came out like it should have. I hope Neal is right. In some parts, I'm not so sure, but in chapter three, he seemed right. Well, thanks for the review, and the complement.

So, that's all. Thank everyone sooooo much!!!