So I decided it wasn't going to be a one-shot after all. But this is the last part. I love Dom so much I just couldn't resist writing about him again.

This was really quickly written, written on the inspiration of my ever-elusive muse. I'm sorry if they're out of character or whatever, but it was just a quick proof-read, mostly for grammar and whatnot.

Disclaimer: I don't own Dom or Kel. Unfortunately. I just borrow them for a while, and use them for my own sick purposes before returning them to their proper places.

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Kel lay back on the grass, her heart heavy in her chest. She knew she had hurt him… unintentionally, of course, but hat didn't change the fact. She recalled the look on his face—the calm features, the sadness in his eyes, and the almost knowing look behind it all. It was as if he'd known beforehand what she was going to say.

She pounded on her forehead with the heel of her hand. "Stupid, stupid, stupid," she muttered. "That was a stupid thing to do. Stupid." Kel opened her eyes and stared unseeingly up at the clouds. The sun was beginning to show signs of setting, and the clouds were growing purple. "Come back time, come back! Words, come back! Argh."

Kel stood suddenly, as though she had come to a decision. She hurried back to camp, and scanned the group quickly for Dom.

"Looking for someone?" Neal's voice asked from behind her.

"Have you seen Dom?" Kel asked. "He asked me to tell him something…"

"He went off that way," Neal said, waving his arm vaguely to the west. "I think he said something about a water trip…"

"Thanks," Kel said, and jogged off in the direction he'd pointed to. She hurried off down a game trail, and came upon a small brook. Dom was leaning over it, a waterskin in the water.

Kel stepped closer. "Dom," she said.

Dom spared a brief glance over his shoulder and turned back to the waterskin. "Kel."

"Dom, I wanted to tell you…" Kel frowned. Dom had not yet looked at her.

He pulled the waterskin out of the water and put the cap on it. "Kel, you don't have to say anything. It's all right. I understand." Dom stepped over the brook and plunged into the woods.

"No, Dom, I—" Kel called after him. He didn't stop, and he didn't appear to have heard. "You'd think he'd at least want to know what I wanted to say," she grumbled. Kel too stepped over the brook and stumbled into the woods.

Kel followed Dom's trail through the woods, but didn't attempt to call out to him until he'd stopped at the conjunction of several game trails. He was bent over, examining something interesting he'd found.

"What do you want to say, Kel?" he asked, without looking around.

"Dom, I'm not going to say it until you look at me," Kel said firmly.

Dom's back stiffened. "Fine," he snapped, and stood to face her. "What?"

"I'm sorry about what I said earlier," Kel said. "I suppose it was… Something. I don't know."

"It was something," Dom said. "Wonderfully articulated."

"What I should have said was that I have thought about it," Kel continued, ignoring his remark. "I have been thinking about it. A lot more than I should, lately."

"Who is he?" Dom asked, interrupting her. Kel noted that his eyes were carefully blank—it seemed some of her own tricks were being used against her.

"You," she said bluntly. "You Dom."

"Me," Dom repeated. "Me?"

"You."

"But then…" Dom closed his eyes. When he opened them, he asked, "Have you decided what you want?"

Kel frowned. "I don't know," she said thoughtfully. "I've not yet decided what I want… in a husband. But if it's not… a… life-long commitment… then I think I know what I want."

Dom grinned for the first time since she'd sought him out. "And that is?"

Kel laughed. "You, meathead."

Dom laughed and caught her up in his arms. He crushed her to his chest, and breathed in the scent of her hair. She hugged him back just as tightly, delighting in the solidness of his body, and held on for dear life.

"Kel," Dom said, laughing. "Kel, tell me something."

"Anything."

"How long?"

Kel pulled away slightly, her brow furrowed. "How long what?"

"Until you know what you want in a husband."

Kel thought a moment. "I don't know. A year, maybe, or ten years."

Dom smiled. "I can wait that long."

THE END

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Awwww. Short and sweet. I hope you enjoyed that. Gar, I hate cheesy endings. I don't really like this ending, but... argh.

Thanks to EVERYONE who gave me CC for the last chapter. cookies to you all! Unfortunately, I'm a very lazy individual, so I probably won't go back and change it. But, your helpful comments are filed away in my brain, to be opened when next I write.

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