A/n: hi sorry it took me so long to post the next chapter. Warning: I wrote this chapter during a very long car ride with my brother with plenty of interruptions, so forgive the bad writing.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for Dom. (little man walks into room with a clip board babbling about copywrite laws) oh.......... Wait sorry, guess I don't own Dom. Everything belongs to the brilliantly talented Tamora Pierce.

Chapter 2

Neal looked slightly worried, "What is it?"

"Here you read it" Kel shoved the letter into his hands with a grin. The more Kel thought about it, the more Kel loved the plan.

Dear Kel,

I'm glad to see that you are keeping busy-and not bored or anything like that. But my letter brings good news-since there is less room for guests at New Hope, Buri and I decided to have our wedding there. Of course we tried not to tell the King that,(stupid Lerent) to cove that small mistake we told him that there was less of a chance for an attack during the wedding if we had it at New Hope. The King looked very displeased, I am so happy! I will be there tomorrow to begin planning for the wedding.

A very bad but smart man,

Raoul

Neal laughed at the closing line. "Come on lets go get some breakfast."

The rest of the day was uneventful, because all Kel had left to do was paper work. She ate a light supper with Neal, then went to bed awaiting the arrival of her former knight master and his betrothed.

The next morning was a dark rainy morning, but Raoul, Buri, and (much to Kels's delight) Dom's squad arrived shortly before breakfast. After a quick greeting to Kel, Raoul excused himself and Buri saying that they need to find dry clothes.

As Raoul and Buri trudged off to their rooms, Kel looked up at Dom's smiling face. Within a moments time, with a somewhat boyish cry Dom flailed off his horse and enveloped Kel in a hug, with even more force than even Peachblossom could manage.

At first Kel didn't know what to think about the last few events that had just occurred: first Dom had let out a cry that only Owen makes after something "Jolly" happens. Then he had more or less fallen off his horse, to give Kel the biggest bear hug of her life.

Just on problem Kel couldn't figure out why she couldn't breathe, it either had to be from the force of the hug or from the provider of the hug and its force. All the while, during the time when Kel was debating the cause of 'lack of air' to the present time, they were still hugging. The men of Dom's squad began to cough in unison, finally breaking Kel and Dom's embrace.

When Kel could breathe again she looked up at Dom, and much to her surprise he was blushing!

"Yes," Kel thought to herself "defiantly the provider."

"It is good to see you Kel." Dom said begging to act like himself again.

"I've missed you." Kel said feebly trying to ignore the pounding in her heart. "Come let me show you to your rooms."

As Kel lay in bed that night she dreamt of the day's events, needless to say that it was a wonderfully peaceful sleep. What Kel did not know was that in the room next to hers, Dom was suffering from what he liked to call 'a bad case of Kel.'

Today was an embarrassing yet wonderful day for him. Dom had let his feeling show more than he normally would have. He had been so eager to see Kel that he practically dived off of his gelding, and rushed over to embrace her. That was where the wonderful part came in; he got to hold the Lady Knight in his arms, even if it was for a short time. But she had felt so right there, like his arms were meant for only one thing in this world: to hold Kel. Dom had known how he felt about Kel ever since seeing her with that big red headed brute. Jealous is what Neal had called it, when asked about it.

From then on all Dom could think about was how much he adored........no loved Kel.

"Gods," Dom thought to himself "I need to tell her how I feel. But what if she doesn't feel the same. I would probably lose her friendship too.........I couldn't bear that."

A/n: ok sorry that my chapter are so short. Please review!!!