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Warning: FLUFF! AGAIN!!!! AHAAH I LOVE FLUFF!!! :)

"What?" she asked.

"Will you marry me?" he asked again.

"What about the Own?" she asked

"The Own is not important" he said. Seeing as she was about to protest again he said "It is not as important as you. You mean the world to me Keladry! I can't even begin to explain to you what you mean to me! You are the only thing on my mind from the moment I wake in the morning to the moment I fall asleep. And at night I dream about you. You are everything to me. The Own I can live without, but you I cannot. I love you so much Keladry. I want to wake up in the morning with you sleeping on my chest, knowing that I'm yours. I want to be able to yell out loud to everyone that such an amazing person has you loves me! When a court lady come to flirt with me I want to be able to say: Sorry I'm married to the Lady Knight! I want so much to be your husband!"

She looked into his eyes and saw something that made her say "If you are sure about leaving the Own, I would gladly marry you"

The joy written all over his face and the adoration in his cerulean eyes made her realized that this was right. That this marriage would be for the better. She knew without a doubt that he would never ask her to be a housewife, that he would let her live her dream of being a knight. He wouldn't want to change her for anything in the world. She bent down and kissed him right on the mouth, in front of every other customer in the restaurant.

"I love you!" she whispered as he slipped the ring on her finger. She noticed that he had a tear rolling down his cheek. She kissed it. "You're crying" she whispered.

He took her in his arms and kissed her in earnest. The restaurant erupted into cheers, as they deepened the kiss. "Oh Kel! I can't even tell you how happy I am right now!"

She kissed him again. "Well it must be close to how I'm feeling right now!" she whispered.

The restaurant, having realized that Kel was the famous protector of the small, refused payment. But then Kel threw a fit and told them "I'm the protector of the small, how would it look if I didn't pay the people I respect so much for such good service? " In the end they had paid, however a smaller price then what they should have actually paid.

Dom took Kel's smaller hand in his on the way back. Kel could see that every time his fingers brushed against the ring, a enormous grin would spread on his already permanently joyous face.

She herself couldn't help grinning. All her years in the Yamani Island and all the time spent with Yuki and Shinko were for nothing at that moment. Her Yamani mask was forgotten. She was too happy to hide it. She slowly rested her head on his shoulder. He turned to look at her. She lost herself gazing into his blue eyes.

They reached Kel's room to find a note stuck to her door.

Dear Dom,

We suggest you sleep elsewhere tonight. We love Kel too much to let her be a simple fling for you. If you want to sleep with the beautiful protector of the small, you will have to prove your feelings to us.

You're loving Sir Meathead. (and almost everyone else from Lord Raoul to Alanna, to her year mate to Daine and Tobe and Their majesty, they just didn't want to write their names down, for some reasons...)

P.S. Kel you shall not challenge me to a joust!

Usually this would have annoyed Kel, but she was too happy at the moment to care.

"Well" he said quietly "How about I disobey their regard? And prove to them tomorrow that you are not 'just a fling'?"

"I like that idea!" she whispered just has quietly. As she unlocked the door, Dom ran his hand on her sides making her shiver. She walked into her room, with him following her. As soon has he kicked the door shut, she twisted to face him. Placing a quick kiss at the base of his neck, she reached under his shirt to caress his adorable and finely sculpted stomach.

"Keladry of Masbolle" she whispered quietly "I like it"

He smiled as he bent down to capture her lips "I'm glad" he whispered as he moved his mouth close to her ear.

She laughed as he tossed her gently into her bed and settled himself beside her. His grin made her smile and made her tingle in her stomach. For the rest of the night all she could think about was that this man, whom she had loved for more than seven years, was going to marry her.

She woke because SOMEONE threw her curtains open. That someone started yelling too. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!"

"Sleeping" mumbled Dom, as if it was obvious, which it was.

"I thought I had warned you off!" yelled sir Meathead.

"You know meathead" said Kel "I really appreciate you trying to look out for me, but I don't appreciate you interfering in my love life!"

"You know what he's like! He beds anyone on two legs!"

Dom raised an eyebrow "I'll let you know meathead, that that is an exaggeration"

"Still he slept with several other court ladies"

"I'm very well aware of that fact! And I myself made sure that it was different before I bedded him!" she yelled at him.

Neal turned red. "You? You bedded him?" he asked.

"Yes!" she yelled at him. She was furious at him.

"But Kel, he'll probably leave you once he gets bored of it!" he told her.

"You know I'm right here?" asked Dom.

"He's playing with you!" said Neal quietly.

"No" said Kel. She looked at Dom with a smile. "Why would he have asked me to marry him if he was planning on dumping me?"

"Well, so you would have the illusion that he...." he started 'WHAT? He asked you to marry him? What about the Own?" he asked.

"I love Kel more than I wish to stay in the Own" said Dom while wrapping his arms around Kel "And I wished to spend everyday knowin I belong to the most amazing person!"

"But..." said Neal "he's.... I mean.... no ... what.... KEL WE'LL BE RELATED!" he finally yelled.

Kel laughed "Indeed! Now if you would excuse me I have glaive practice with your wife, the princess, the queen, my mother and many others. I'll see you later!" She turned and softly kissed Dom before leaving.

She walked to the courtyard. She knew perfectly well that if she practiced with her male friend they wouldn't notice her ring. However these were ladies who would notice within minutes of greeting her. She felt all tingly and nervous and excited about it.

She thought it would take them a little while before noticing, however she was wrong it took them a good thirty seconds. She had barely arrived; she had bowed to the queen when Yuki gasped.

"Keladry! What is this?" she said as she grabbed her hand. All the ladies gathered around Kel to admire the ring.

"Please tell us!" said Shinko.

"Well, yesterday, Dom took me out. We went to the theatre and watched a play"

"Which one?" asked the Queen eagerly.

"The one about me!" she said laughing "We seriously laughed through the whole play!"

"That is so cute!" said Buri.

Everyone looked at Buri. "What? I am romantic!" everyone snorted. She shook her head "I am!"

"Ok, continue please Kel!" said Alanna.

"Then he took me to this restaurant, and we started talking about past relationship and he was telling me how different I was and how much better I was. Then he walked around the table and kneel and asked me to marry him" she said.

Alanna, Daine, Ilane, Thayet, Buri, Shinko and Yuki all sighed.

"I'm so happy for you!" he mother told her giving her a hug! "My little girl is getting married!"

"When will you get married?" asked Yuki.

"We haven't really talked about that yet" she said "we didn't really talk about anything much afterward" she said blushing slightly.

Alanna laughed. "I'm thinking, midsummer" she said.

All the ladies nodded. "We should go see Lalasaa now!" said Yuki. She then looked at Kel "Dom's eyes are blue right?" When Kel nodded she said "Blue themed? Or green?"

Thayet looked at Kel "Blue"

"Close to midsummer there is bluebells flowers, it would go well with Dom's eyes!" said Alanna.

"There is a little hill that will look lovely! It's on a small hill!" said Daine.

"Can we maybe practice?" asked Kel.

"See!" yelled Shinko "You're too down to earth for your own good! Here we are planning your wedding and you want to practice"

Kel looked at her sheepishly.

Lord Raoul and Kel were sitting together in his study. They were talking about the Own and doing it's official business. They had to take into account the funds they were giving and paying for the stables and outings. They were also looking at the profiles of men who had applied to join the Own. They had lost several people and needed to recruit a few men.

"Dom asked for a meeting. Do you have any idea what it is about?" asked Raoul after a little while.

"Maybe" she replied while doing a complicated math problem.

"You know what it is!" replied Raoul. She shrugged. "Common tell me!"

"Well my lord, when is the meeting?" she asked.

"In about half a candle mark" he replied.

"Well, I believe we can wait for Dom" she said with a smile.

"To steal your phrase Kel... You are a bad woman!" Kel laughed at him.

Half a candle mark later Dom knocked on the door. He came in the room when told too. "What is it?" aske Raoul, extremely curious.

"I'd like to hand in my resignation, my lord"

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Let me know what you think of this chapter. And i'd like to thank KateCayce and Black-Kat-585 for pointing out some of my mistakes! :) Love you all!

And have a good 2009 year! :)