A/N: This story… well, I'm not too sure about it, but I'm going to carry it on because I just hate it when people leave ficklets unfinished!

There was some query's as to my choice of rating (G) and as you might have noticed, I have put it up to a PG. I assure you, I didn't realise I had put it as a PG until someone email me telling me so. blushes I must have forgotten! rubs foot in ground and looks guilty then puts on puppy-dog eyes Forgive me?

I'm actually listening to Celine Dion music at the moment so sorry if it's really soppy… oh, yes, and Titanic music. (I love that film! It's my favoritist film ever!) And yes 'favouritist' is MEANT to be spelt like that ELIZABETH!!

Open your eyes and look outside, find the reasons why.
You've been rejected, and now you can't find what you left behind.
Be strong, be strong now.
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Avril Lavigne, Nobody's Home

Midnight Unusualities

The Morning After… (No, not the pill!)

The morning sunlight streamed through the half opened window, illuminating droplets of dew scattered around on the windowsill. It promised to be fine weather for the rest of the day.

Two people not taking full advantage of the beautiful morning were a man and a woman, both completely content to stay in bed, wrapped up together by the confining material that was the bed sheets.

Dom awoke, stretching almost cat-like before rolling over to see whose arm was thrown possessively over his body.

Looking down onto the naked, slender body of his commander, Dom almost flinched. What had he done? Surely this was just another dream, coming to haunt him?

But no, the blue eyed man pinched himself and, when his position or surroundings did not change, he sighed gratefully. So it had not just been a figment of his imagination, taunting him about his current love affair!

Dom froze when he heard Kel groan and felt her stiffen and sit up, covering herself with the sheets. What if she regretted what they did?

"Dom?" Kel whispered.

"Yes, Kel, I'm here," Dom replied, feeling his heart sinking in his chest. What would he do if she pushed him away? He couldn't live with out her. Well, he probably could, but that wasn't the point!

"Why did you… we do that?" Kel asked, and he noted small traces of uncertainty were beginning to leak in to her normally emotionless voice.

Dom swallowed. At least he could be prepared for the rejection. "I'm not… entirely sure, Kel."

He could feel her nodding her head, and closed his eyes. He didn't need to see her face when she told him the bad news. Sure, he didn't want to hear the bad news, or taste the bitterness of rejection, but he was positive it would come. It would be more painful for him that anyone else if it happened. He had never been rejected by a woman before. Never. He was always the one doing the rejection. Now, he was about to find out how it felt.

"I… I… I'm not sure what to say Dom, I mean… I don't want to hurt you…"

I don't want to hurt you, he thought sadly. Next would come the 'but'. He didn't want to hear it. He loved her more than life itself and she didn't know. He should have explained it the night before, rather than just bedding her. But he hadn't. And now he had to face the consequences. The rejection. The letting down. The 'Oh, I'm so sorry Dom, but I can't be with you,' speech.

"But… you see… Gods! This is so difficult!… I can't… because… well… what I'm trying to say is… Dom… I think… I think last night was a mistake. A big mistake. For the both of us." Kel paused and took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.

Dom exhaled slowly and tried to think of something else. Something apart the feeling of Kel's warm, unclothed body pressed against his, the feel of her breath against his chest, the pain of the rejection and betrayal resounding in his ears. He hadn't expected Kel to act like this. It was so… un-Kel-like. He hadn't expected her to turn him away. Then again, he hadn't expected her to lay him last night.

"Right," he was disappointed to find that his voice cracked slightly. He hadn't intended to let Kel see how much he answer and affected him.

Obviously Kel noticed the waver in his voice, because the next moment her head snapped up and what Dom saw in her eyes shocked him. And scared him.

Her eyes were cold, through and through, to the very core. Her face was a stone mask, betraying no emotions. He had no idea of how she felt about the situation. Yet, although she was like an Ice Princess at that moment, cold and uncaring, he was sure he saw glimmers of unshed tears welling up in her eyes. But then she blinked, and they were gone, and Dom was sure they had just been a figment of his imagination. She was frozen. How much he wanted to thaw her, love her, but he had no chance. She had just told him so herself.

"I think… I would like it if you left now," Kel told him coolly, her voice void of emotion, cold and uncaring, just like her face.

Dom nodded, not trusting himself to speak. This wasn't the Kel he had fallen in love with. This was just a shadow of the former woman. Head he really done that to her? He would hate himself for ever after if it was his fault.

He pulled on his clothes, which he had discarded the night before in the heat of their… well; let's just say he really didn't want to think about it.

When Dom was dressed, he turned to say goodbye to Kel, perhaps to try one last attempt at a futile reconciliation, but the stony look on her face told him otherwise.

He left without another word.

When Kel heard the door close behind Dom, she lay back down on the bed and cried, letting her tears drift her back to sleep.

A/N: sniff I actually cried while writing that! Soppy? I know. I had to stop, otherwise the house would have flooded, no doubt.

Well, what do you think? Good or bad? Ay or nay? Oui or non… and you know the rest!

For the next chapter what do you think should happen?

A) Kel goes to a nunnery and takes a vow of chastity only kidding! I wouldn't do that to Kel! Or would I…?

B) Dom persudes Kel that he loves her and she takes him back… blah, blah, blah… the usual fluff…

C) Or should something more sinister happen- like Dom dies before he can tell he gets to 'tell' Kel? evil cackle Then I get Dom all to myself!

D) Or something else entirely…

EXTRA) my wee muses made this up. So what'dya ken? Kel could never forgive Dom… or some other depressing stuff… hmmm…

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