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But before she could do anything…

Kel was swept up into an embrace. Arms went around her waist, and a mouth was pressed against hers. She briefly noticed that it was Dom's mouth on hers before she returned the kiss, hers more passionate than his, and threw her arms around his neck. The sound of hundreds of people cheering brought her out of the kiss. She blinked and turned around. Every single resident of New Hope was applauding and yelling. Kel did her best to cover her blush, but a slight pinkish tint was visible. Dom still hadn't removed his arms from her waist, and was blushing also.

"Good catch!" A woman called out to Kel.

"How did you snag the Lady Knight?" Another one called out to Dom.

"I didn't," Dom called back, "She snagged me! In a hole…" The crowd who, had been silent seconds before, trying to listen to the conversation, burst into laughter, Kel laughing along with them. He silenced her with a quick kiss.

"I am exhausted and I need to freshen up," Kel said, as the kiss was broken. The refugees parted for her and she headed to her rooms. Stopping at the latrines on her way. When she got to her room, she was a little disappointed. She had expected to find Dom there. She sighed and gathered her bathing things, then trudged off to the women's bathhouse.

Kel soaked in the hot water for a half an hour before she started scrubbing herself. She scrubbed every inch of her body until she was pink. Then she soaked some more until she heard a rumbling in her stomach. Startled, she looked down. She hadn't realized how hungry she was. She got out and dried herself off. When she turned around, there were what looked like most of the women of New Hope, with Fanche at the front. The bombarded her with questions about her relationship. She finally waded out of the women, after playing twenty questions with more like fifty…

Kel reached her room to put her bathing things away, and heard a noise coming from inside. She cursed her unprepared self. She didn't have any weapons on her. Kel looked around. But there weren't any rocks at her feet or anywhere nearby. She looked into her arms and saw the bar of soap. That'll work. She thought to herself. Kel slowly opened the door, and chucked the bar of soap at the figure sitting in her chair. Only after she threw the soap did she realize that the noise that she heard had been snoring and the figure in her chair was... Oops!

Kel scrambled over to the unconscious Dom on her floor and dropped to her knees, taking his head in her hands. She peeled away his hair to reveal a large purple spreading bruise. That soap must've been harder than I thought. She mused. She carefully set him down and ran to her privy. She got a cloth wet and grabbed her bruise balm. First she smeared some bruise balm on his head then placed the wet cloth over it. She didn't know how long she sat there, with his head in her lap, thinking and watching him sleep unconsciously. But it had been long enough. Dom finally stirred and opened his eyes. He looked around and finally looked up at her. He smiled one of his charming smiles and sat up.

"Any particular reason my head was in your lap?" He asked as the cloth fell off his head. "And what is this?"

"Well, I heard noises in my room and thought it was a robber, and so I threw a bar of soap at you and knocked you out," Kel began, "Then I put some bruise balm on it and put that cloth over it." Kel finished and looked down, a blush fighting its way to the surface.

"Oh," was all Dom could say.

"Are you mad?" Kel asked, quietly, a little scared at his response. Dom put fingers under her chin and lifted her head.

"No." He said and then kissed her. The kiss was a short, yet passionate kiss. "Never."

(A/N: I was going to leave you guys at this but then I went back and saw that it was what? Only like a half a page long? So I wrote more)

Kel smiled and leaned over to kiss him. He put a hand over her mouth and stood up.

"This would be more comfortable standing up don't you think?" He said as a reply to her questioning look. She nodded and stood. As soon as she had her feet, she found warm lips pressed against hers. She didn't waste a second in putting her arms around his neck, her fingers running through his hair. One of his arms went around her waist; the other was cupping her face. Dom broke the kiss and the arm around the waist came to the other half of her face.

"I love you Kel," Dom whispered, his thumb stroking her cheek. Kel's eyes lowered, then came back up, a degree of love in them Dom had never seen before.

"I love you too Dom."

"I don't doubt it for a minute," Dom said before meeting her mouth in a kiss. The kiss went deeper, setting Kel's body on fire. Dom started fumbling with the hem of Kel's shirt, causing Kel to break away. She touched his hand and whispered, "Don't." He pulled away a little reluctantly.

"I'm sorry Kel," Dom said, "It's just that I love you so much, and I lost myself."

"I love you too, Dom I'm just not ready," Kel murmured. "I'm sorry." She added in a whisper.

"It's ok." Dom reassured her with a smile. "I have to go, I have guard duty." He kissed her swiftly and walked out the door. Kel stood there; thinking and staring at the spot Dom had stood, kissing her moments before. Just as everything had gone her way, and everything felt right, this had to happen. Her eyes stung and she rubbed them fiercely. But no matter how hard she tried, the tears came. She loved Dom with all her heart, and it hurt her that he had left so quickly. She readied herself for bed, crying the whole time. When she was ready, she crawled into her bed, and lay there for a while, thinking, the tears finally stopped.

"I love you Dom," Kel whispered, a lone tear trickling down her check. "I always have. And I always will."

Mwahahahaha! I know it's not really a cliffie…But oh well. I almost cried writing this. Don't worry…I have some ideas hidden away for this story…and all my others…so review please. And you'll all get another cookie and an update.

Review Replies:

Yazmari: I'll join your evil club. And I liked the bottom! It was fun to write!

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Boykiller26: I'm glad you like it. It makes me feel good. And my cliffies aren't as bad as some. On second thought…

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Desatre: nope. I don't have anything against Neal. He is just so fun to make fun of. And I almost had her fall in the hole again. But I decided not to.

Robin Reen: thank you. You get an extra cookie for waiting patiently. Everyone else is like: update NOW! It gets kinda scary sometimes.

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Kings Lioness: thank you. Neal is just so hard to write. You don't wanna write him too wild or to subtle.

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WHEW! That took forever! And I know the chapter is short but I try. I really do. And that's what counts right? Right? Awww! Just click the bluish purple button please.