So I nearly forgot to update today, but I just remember so here you go. I'm not totally sure that my next chapter will be on time. I have a ton to do. I have a new pony that I'm training, college crap, and school in general. Good times. Anyway, please review!
Disclaimer: Back by popular demand! So um… don't own anything…. And…… stay in school.
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A week after Neal's proclamation that she was pregnant, Kel stood on the wall of the town, looking out over the surrounding area. So much had change within the last year. Her entire life was different now. It was strange to think that a little over a year ago, she had just been returning from her Scanran adventure to face Lord Wyldon. Tobe tapped her shoulder lightly, bringing her out of her daze. "Lady, Sergeant Dom wants to see you in his office," he said, stepping out of the way as she hurried down the stairs.
After knocking on the door, she stepped quietly into the room. Kel thought Dom had a strange expression on as he turned to look at her. "Kel, I've been thinking a lot about our… situation. And I just…" He looked at her, taking her hand and bringing it up to kiss it. "Will you marry me?" he asked.
Kel squeezed his hand as she looked up into his loving eyes. "Dom, as much as I love you, I don't think this is a good idea. I can't ask you to give up the Own. I won't let you. And I'm not even sure I'm ready to marry. I don't want to be pressured into this because of our baby. And I deffinatly don't want you to think you have to marry me because of this." She reached up to kiss him on the cheeks before wrapping her arms around his neck. "Please don't think I'm saying this because I don't love you. I do love you, with all my heart, but I don't want to marry you and make you give up your job just because I'm pregnant," she said, smiling up into his bright blue eyes.
"Kel, I would give up the Own for you without a second's thought. I just didn't want rumors to spread about you. I suppose you're right though." He gently kissed her forehead before wrapping his own arms around her waist. "Just remember my offer always stands."
"The second I'm ready to marry, you'll be the first to know," she said with a smile. "Also, I was wondering how you'd feel if we… told the villagers… about the baby." He smiled, having wondered when this question was going to come up. "Well, I wouldn't mind. Though I supposed we'd then have to listen to our dear Meathead gloating for a week about how he was the first to know," he said, rolling his eyes at his cousin's stupidity. "How about we break our very exciting news at dinner?" She smiled as she pulled free of his hold. "Well then we'd better go, before everyone's done eating," she said, taking his hand as she headed for the door.
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By the end of the day, the whole village knew of their Lady's pregnancy. After her announcement, Kel thought that almost every villager had come to congratulate her and Dom. By the end of the evening, she was glad to return to the quiet of her rooms.
"I think I might have screamed if one more person had come up to congratulate me," she said that night as they lay in bed, her head on Dom's chest. She felt him chuckle as he tightened his hold on her. "That's what happens when you're well liked, love." Rolling her eyes as such obvious foolishness, she snuggled in closer to Dom and closed her eyes.
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Over the next weeks, Kel wasn't so sure her choice to tell the village had been a good one. Despite the fact that she wasn't showing yet, the townsfolk were still extremely careful about what they let their Lady do. She was scolded by many for trying to do too much.
"If you don't stop treating me like a Yamani doll, I might have to kill you!" she said to Fanche one day when the older woman took a box out of her hands. Throwing her hands up in the air at Fanche's infuriating smile, she stalked off and went to the mess hall, where she joined Dom for lunch. "I'm blaming you for my whole situation," she stated as she sat down beside him.
He turned a laugh into a cough as Kel glared at him. The men of the Own that were sitting around them were barely hiding their grins beneath their hands. With a glare at all those around her, Kel got up and left the mess, her half finished lunch still on the table.
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So there's another chapter. Anyway, my replies to reviews…
On top of cloud 9: Basically, Dom pushed Neal into a potted plant. I think I got more reviews about that one moment than the whole story put together. Lol
Lela-of-Bast: Thanks! I figured he would respond like that.
stardust718: He's one of my favorite characters to write. Lol
rider fleetfoot: Just so you know, my disclaimers came back JUST for you! Lol
Grace of Masbolle: Ib fact?
lebaneseprincess: Actually, that idea came from the fact that I broke a charm I was wearing a week ago. I was riding my pony and fell off onto a root and it somehow broke. Lol I don't ask.
bookworm-4-ever2012: I think the reason I write him well is because he's fun to write. And he's deffinatly not just stupid. He's also really sweet and caring and stuff. So poo on them.