All right, there is more of an explanation below, but I just wanted to say that yes this chapter doesn't really need to be here, well that is what my friends say, and most of the characters are totally out of character, but I wanted to put it in anyway.

Ch. 8 Emotions

Kel and Dom made their way to the Mess hall for the Own. Kel was always welcome there, they thought of her as one of them.

Dom looked around. Anxiously he thought, ' I hope everyone will take it alright…especially Raoul, he seemed okay when I married her.'

Dom had always thought of Raoul as a fatherly figure, and could see that Kel thought this as well. ' She looks more anxious than I am!' He marveled.

" Kel, breathe, everything is going to be alright. No one is going to hate us for it, and if they do, we'll just have to beat them up." Dom smiled as he thought of beating up a few people.

Kel looked at Dom, her husband. ' Wow, I can't believe this is happening! Oh…I really hope Raoul is okay with this.' At this thought, she kissed Dom on the cheek, grabbed his hand and strode into the mess.

Raoul looked up from his breakfast as Kel and Dom walked in. ' They look way too happy about something.' Raoul became even more suspicious when they came over to him and Kel gave him a hug.

" Raoul, we have something really important to tell you! Would you please finish your food and meet us out in the practice area? Oh, by the way have you seen Alanna?"

' Okay, Kel is way to happy…and why the practice courts…this is way too confusing!' Raoul thought for a moment before replying, " Kel, calm down…I'm not going anywhere! I'll make sure I get down there. I think Alanna is in her rooms. She really had wanted to go to the Swoop, but Jon said he needs her here for a ball he is throwing!"

With that said, Kel kissed him quickly on the cheek and walked away. Dom still hadn't said anything, now he did. " Sir, Raoul, please don't bring any weapons. I have to go follow Kel, but I'll see you down there!"

Raoul, looking very puzzled, watched as his best sergeant walked after his wife. ' Yes, something is definitely up.'

Kel was practically skipping down the hall, when Dom caught up with her.

" Kel, why don't you go eat breakfast and I'll find Alanna…okay? And don't argue, you haven't eaten anything!" Dom kissed Kel before she could answer, and headed off to find Alanna.

Kel grumbled something about not being hungry, when she realized he only had her best interests in mind.

Once seated in the Mess, Kel started dreaming of the life she was going to have.

' I hope I can still fight once I have the baby.' One of Kel's main concerns.

Meanwhile, walking down the hallways Dom was thinking once again how everyone would react.

He reached Alanna's door, when suddenly it was yanked open. Looking up from the floor he met Alanna's eyes, she looked as if she was trying not to laugh.

" Yes very funny, just go knocking people down and laughing at them." Dom couldn't help but smile.

" Sergeant Domitan, that is no way to talk to a commanding officer! Now state your business and if it is good I'll let you live!" Alanna said all this with a straight face, but her eyes gave her away.

" Well, you see Alanna, it isn't my place to tell, but I am on an errand for my lovely wife. She has requested your presence in the practice courts. Please don't bring any weapons."

Having said this, Dom carefully walked backwards.

Alanna, a bit confused, sighed and headed towards the courts.

Dom on the other hand started walking towards the mess where he had left Kel. Seeing her, he made his way over to her table and noticed she had barely touched her food.

" Kel! You have to eat!" He was truly shocked, his wife wasn't eating and he had left her quite some time ago.

Kel looked up from her tray, Dom was standing there looking at her as if she was insane.

" Dom, I am just not hungry, what if I promise to eat a big dinner? Will that work; dinner is in a few hours. Please, I don't feel alright at the moment" Hearing this, Dom felt a little worried. 'I hope she is up to telling them.'

" Alright Kel, let's just go and tell them, and then we can relax for the rest of the evening…okay?"

Kel looked at her husband, ' Geez he is getting way to overexcited about the baby!'

Kel nodded and then got up and the two of them headed out of the hall to the practice courts. Once there they saw Lord Raoul and the Lioness at one of the backcourts.

" Dom, we are doing the right thing right, I mean they won't be mad or anything will they?" Kel was starting to feel anxious.

" I don't know how they'll take it, but I know Alanna has children and no one disrespects her over them. We just have to hope Raoul doesn't go for my neck." Dom smiled inwardly at the last bit. " Come on Kel, we'll never know how they'll react if we don't tell them.

" You're right. Let's go." Having said this, Kel put on her determined Yamani Face and strode faster towards the two knights.

When Kel and Dom arrived, Alanna and Raoul braced themselves for the news they had come to hear. Raoul looked at the couple and still sensed the fact that Kel looked too happy.

Kel took a deep breath before deciding to talk, " As you both know we called you here to tell you something very important, and you two are the first people besides family to find out, and…" But before she could finish Raoul interrupted jokingly, " Kel get on with the point."

" Well, I, I mean we, no not really I…" pause Raoul laughed, " Kel!"

" Okay, okay…I am pregnant…" Kel looked at the shocked faces of two of her most highly respected friends and hoped they wouldn't hate her for it.

Raoul looked from Dom to Kel and couldn't decide whether he could hug Kel or punch Dom. On one hand, Kel was very happy and she deserved to have a family with her husband and be happy. On the other hand this would put her out of fighting for a long time, He was confused.

Alanna got over the news pretty quickly and ran over to hug Kel and then gave Dom a pat on the back. " I am very happy for the both of you! Oh, you guys will be such great parents! And Kel, yes this'll put you out of fighting for a while, but it is worth it…and you won't be worse for it! Wow…well I have to go and do stupid paperwork…but I am very excited now!"

Kel looked at Alanna and smiled gratefully, " Thanks for the support Alanna, have fun with that paperwork!" Kel turned to Raoul and just looked at him, wanting him to say what he had to say.

" Well, you'll certainly have you hands full for a while…I really hope this is what you wanted…and I couldn't be happier for the both of you." Raoul smiled warmly. (A/N Doesn't Raoul rock?)

Kel ran over to him and gave him a hug, tears streaming down her face. " You don't know how much your approval means to me Sir. It is a very big relief!" Kel smiled, made her goodbyes, and headed up to their rooms. Dom however hung back.

" Sir, is that all you wanted to say?" Dom was very nervous at this point.

" Dom do you realize how huge this is? I mean Kel and you are going to have this kid all your lives. All I will say is I hope you are ready for it. Other than that, do you want the entire pregnancy off, or what?" Raoul smiled.

Relieved , Dom thought about this, " Well Sir, what if you assigned me to the palace, and then I helped out the guards here and everything, that way I'd be here, and then give me complete time off when Kel needs me the most…I'm still not sure if Kel wants to have the baby here or at Masbolle."

Raoul nodded at the quick thinking. " I like it, I'll ask Jon about it, in the mean time, go and have a happy time with Kel, and plan as much as you can in advance." That said Raoul left, and Dom followed the path Kel had recently taken.

Hey guys…I am so sorry it took me so long to do this, I haven't had any time, and when I did have time, I was sleeping! I have had to organize a ton of things for school and band, and have been working on homework for hours, plus I am working on my girl-scouting award. And I have been really sick for the past week! Please forgive me! If you don't like this chapter be nice about it. Yes raoul dom, and kel were a bit wierd this ch. but i made raoul into a caring father type for the moment! i liked it!

Thanks to all of you faithful reviewers! I can't do it without you…well, I can, but I like have moral support!