Disclaimer: yeah you know. Neither the characters nor the plot(at least not completely) are mine.
I just like to play with them. What more can I say? Review! Right noW! oh okay. you can read it
first, but I still expect a review.
Squire Keladry; Mother?
CHAPTER FIVE
Uncomfortable Conversations
"Well, I'm not sure it's important now. Wait. I know it's important, but..." Kel
quietly trailed off.
"Come on tell me. I want you to be able to tell me things. I think of you as a
daughter. Now what's on your mind?"
Kel sighed. "Do you remember when we had `/that/` talk?"
"What talk?" He asked confused
"The boy/girl talk."
Raoul's eyes got big. "Oh. That talk." He nodded.
"You know my last birthday..."
Raoul cut her off. "Kel are you sure you wouldn't want to talk to a woman about
this? I can get Buri in here or..."
"No, my lord. I don't know Buri. I wouldn't be comfortable talking to her."
"Then how about someone else. Someone younger? Closer to your own age.
Um... Dom or...I don't know...someo–"
Kel shook her head. "No. I thought you anted me to tell you?"
"You're right," Raoul's hands fidgeted nervously. "Go on." Kel opened her
mouth to start. "Wait. I walked in on you and... Did you and Neal...?"
"No! Raoul on my seventeenth birthday, we all went out to the Dancing
Dove to celebrate and..."
"Wait!" Raoul interjected. "Do you have a charm against pregn..."
"Raoul! Would you stop interrupting?" Kel told Raoul what happened with
only one more disruption from Raoul warning her not to go into detail. They sat there
in silence before Kel started. "I don't expect you to say anything. I just needed to
get that off my chest."
Raoul pulled an odd face. "Don't say 'chest'. It makes me uncomfortable.
So are you trying to tell me you're...umm...with child...?"
Kel bit her lip. "I don't know." She mumbled.
"Maybe you should see a healer," Raoul suggested. "Why didn't you just
wait and tell your mother?" He asked.
"Because one: I didn't know I would see her until just now, and two: she
would be so ashamed of me. We already had 'a talk' and... I couldn't tell her. It
would break her heart." Kel shook her head.
Raoul nodded. "Well, it's getting late." Raoul stated. "I'm glad you feel
you can talk to me. We're leaving early tomorrow. We should reach Mindelan late
that evening." Raoul looked strangely at her. "Are you going to see a healer?" He
asked concerned.
Kel stood up. "I don't know." That's how everything felt lately she thought
with a sigh. `I don't know.`
***
From outside the door, a tall, scrawny, dark-haired eavesdropper heard the
chairs scrape across the floor and the conversation drawing to a close. Now the door
was thick and the speakers voices were low so he didn't catch all of what was said.
One thing her was certain of was the identity of the speakers. Lord Raoul and his
good for nothing squire. He stepped out of the shadows and silently crept down
the hall without notice, excited by his news.
A/N: I'm sorry that was so short. My other chapters were a lot longer. Geez I
feel bad about this. A short chappie, and a little of a cliff hanger, but maybe that
will give you more of an incentive to review hint ^_^ hint do it you don't want to
upset me! just kidding. I do want reviews, but let's not get obsessive about it.
who's obsessive? ME! any way love to all my reviews. I hope to update soon.
Oh and this story wouldn't have continued with out you SNOW*FLAKE! I'm glad we
got all our issues resolved ;o) (sorry about that, I'm on a little sugar high)
I just like to play with them. What more can I say? Review! Right noW! oh okay. you can read it
first, but I still expect a review.
Squire Keladry; Mother?
CHAPTER FIVE
Uncomfortable Conversations
"Well, I'm not sure it's important now. Wait. I know it's important, but..." Kel
quietly trailed off.
"Come on tell me. I want you to be able to tell me things. I think of you as a
daughter. Now what's on your mind?"
Kel sighed. "Do you remember when we had `/that/` talk?"
"What talk?" He asked confused
"The boy/girl talk."
Raoul's eyes got big. "Oh. That talk." He nodded.
"You know my last birthday..."
Raoul cut her off. "Kel are you sure you wouldn't want to talk to a woman about
this? I can get Buri in here or..."
"No, my lord. I don't know Buri. I wouldn't be comfortable talking to her."
"Then how about someone else. Someone younger? Closer to your own age.
Um... Dom or...I don't know...someo–"
Kel shook her head. "No. I thought you anted me to tell you?"
"You're right," Raoul's hands fidgeted nervously. "Go on." Kel opened her
mouth to start. "Wait. I walked in on you and... Did you and Neal...?"
"No! Raoul on my seventeenth birthday, we all went out to the Dancing
Dove to celebrate and..."
"Wait!" Raoul interjected. "Do you have a charm against pregn..."
"Raoul! Would you stop interrupting?" Kel told Raoul what happened with
only one more disruption from Raoul warning her not to go into detail. They sat there
in silence before Kel started. "I don't expect you to say anything. I just needed to
get that off my chest."
Raoul pulled an odd face. "Don't say 'chest'. It makes me uncomfortable.
So are you trying to tell me you're...umm...with child...?"
Kel bit her lip. "I don't know." She mumbled.
"Maybe you should see a healer," Raoul suggested. "Why didn't you just
wait and tell your mother?" He asked.
"Because one: I didn't know I would see her until just now, and two: she
would be so ashamed of me. We already had 'a talk' and... I couldn't tell her. It
would break her heart." Kel shook her head.
Raoul nodded. "Well, it's getting late." Raoul stated. "I'm glad you feel
you can talk to me. We're leaving early tomorrow. We should reach Mindelan late
that evening." Raoul looked strangely at her. "Are you going to see a healer?" He
asked concerned.
Kel stood up. "I don't know." That's how everything felt lately she thought
with a sigh. `I don't know.`
***
From outside the door, a tall, scrawny, dark-haired eavesdropper heard the
chairs scrape across the floor and the conversation drawing to a close. Now the door
was thick and the speakers voices were low so he didn't catch all of what was said.
One thing her was certain of was the identity of the speakers. Lord Raoul and his
good for nothing squire. He stepped out of the shadows and silently crept down
the hall without notice, excited by his news.
A/N: I'm sorry that was so short. My other chapters were a lot longer. Geez I
feel bad about this. A short chappie, and a little of a cliff hanger, but maybe that
will give you more of an incentive to review hint ^_^ hint do it you don't want to
upset me! just kidding. I do want reviews, but let's not get obsessive about it.
who's obsessive? ME! any way love to all my reviews. I hope to update soon.
Oh and this story wouldn't have continued with out you SNOW*FLAKE! I'm glad we
got all our issues resolved ;o) (sorry about that, I'm on a little sugar high)