The Threads of Life: Chapter 15

Intermission

A/N: I'm sorry about what I said about the "ending" last chapter. All I meant was it was the end of the chapter, not the end of the story! I got very confused when I got reviews saying that people hoped that it wasn't the end, but then I read my author's note again and was like "ahha!" Anyway, I'm thinking that I'm probably about halfway through (that's why the chapters called "intermission" hehe), so expect there to be about thirty chapters total. Anyway, have fun with this chapter, it's going to be very fluffy, so if you don't like that, don't read it. It's sort of living up to its PG-13 rating. (And excuse me if the fluffiness isn't all that good, I'm not used to writing lots of fluff, since I'm usually a leading-up-to-the-first-kiss type of person. If that makes any sense...lol. Well anyway, read on!


"Kel?" asked Dom. They had been sitting together talking for some hours and Dom was getting tired – his leg was bothering him.

"Mm-hmm?" said Kel sleepily.

"It's getting pretty late. Your camp is probably waiting for you." Kel sat up suddenly. She had completely forgotten about them!

"But—I don't want to leave!"

"I don't want you to either, but if you don't get out soon, everyone will start to assume things." Kel grinned weakly at this and Dom continued, "Do you think we should tell them?" Kel sobered, but then shook her head.

"I don't want this to interfere with our jobs here. I don't think they should know – otherwise they'll think that in times of peril, we'll choose each other over someone else. They won't want us to command."

"I disagree with you on that – we have great men. But it's your choice. I don't mind either way. As long as I can keep kissing you," Dom grinned and Kel slapped him playfully.

"You monster," she said, but then heaved herself up, groaning. "I'm getting old," she mused. "Will I be able to see you tonight then?" She looked down into his bright blue eyes, twinkling with happiness and felt her heart start to speed up again. But if she kissed him now, she would never get out. "Goodbye Dom!" And she walked out.

"Goodbye, my sweet," said Dom longingly under his breath once Kel had left.

Once outside, Kel leaned against the tent sighing. If someone had told her a year ago that Dom was going to kiss her, she would have said that that person was a descendant of the Copper Isles' royal family – the one with the insanity.

"Hello Kel," said a familiar drawl. She looked up and saw Neal bounding up to her. "How's my annoying cousin?" She peered at him, trying to figure out if he knew anything, but concluded that apart from knowing that Dom HAD kissed her the other day and she had refused him, knew nothing.

"He's fine. I'm going back to my camp now." Neal nodded, and almost strangled him in exasperation, but instead just left Neal to look after Dom.


Later that night, Kel was at her camp. Everyone else had gone to bed and she was sitting outside cleaning some pots by the fire. Suddenly, she heard a rustle by the bushes. She looked up startled and saw a shadow, but then sighed when she saw the person that stepped into the firelight. It was Dom. She looked at him and their eyes locked. Kel swallowed.

"Hello," she managed to get out.

"Hello," he responded, smiling at her.

"You came all the way over here," Kel said, standing up, still holding the pots.

"I couldn't stay away." The sound of his voice made shivers go up her spine and she stepped towards him. He stepped at the same time, and his mouth was on hers. She dropped the pots and they clattered on the rocks. She didn't care. All of her feeling went into the kiss, which was a fierce, passionate one. She felt like she couldn't get enough of him and every moment with him was one in which she tried to make up for all those moments when she wasn't with him.

"Who's out there?" asked a sleepy voice, causing Kel and Dom to jump apart, startled.

"It's just me Owen, go back to sleep."

"Oh Kel, good, it's just you. I thought I heard someone else. D'you need company? I could come out there."

"No! Owen, just go back to sleep." Kel stood still, listening. When she heard no further noise from Owen's tent, she turned back to Dom, who was looking at her in such a way that made her feel like he was undressing her with his eyes. It made her uncomfortable.

"Please don't look at me like that, Dom," she said, cringing.

"Why not?" he asked, his eyes full of question.

"It makes me feel uncomfortable."

"But you're so beautiful," he responded with a grin. They then lapsed into silence. Neither knew what to say and so they stood there, Dom staring at the ground and Kel with her arms across her chest.

"Uum," started Kel, "How's your foot?" Dom looked up.

"Oh it's fantastic. You know, my Meathead of a cousin sure does know how to fix up a broken leg." Kel grinned at that.

"He does have his uses, but I think he was too dense to figure out what we were doing alone in your tent for three hours." Dom laughed too, breaking the tension.

"Do you think I could do that now?" he asked, he voice husky.

"What? Talk?" asked Kel confused.

"No," he said, stepping closer to her. "What we did before that." Kel didn't have a chance to answer, because once again their lips met in a heated kiss. Kel's hands went up to his hair and she ran her fingers through his curls. Dom's hands went to her waist and shivers went up her side at his touch. He drew her closer to him so that their bodies were crushed together. Kel's head was swimming and she felt like she was on top of the world. She felt Dom's hands at the hem of her tunic, and then higher. 'No!' her mind said, and she broke off the kiss.

"What is it?" asked Dom breathlessly.

"You-you can't DO that," she said. Dom looked down, blushing.

"I-I'm sorry," he stammered. "Well, I better get going if I'm going to get back before morning." Kel nodded, silent. Dom put a warm finger under Kel's chin and lifted it up. He kissed her slowly and gently, and then turned around and left. Kel stood there with her hands to her lips, staring after him into the dark.


A/N: Okay, so I know it's short, but it just seemed to end there, you know? Plus, as an intermission, this was just a short between chapter. Hope you liked it! Please review!

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