Wow

Wow! I'm so slow. Ok, so not slow just lazy. I wrote this chapter ages ago on paper and never got round to typing it up. Oh well. It's sorta boring, but anyway. Thanks for all my reviewers, love you all. (Except coop, you might get the wrong idea.) Now the story…

"What in the name of Mithros was that about?" Buri stormed into Raoul's office. "You just…oh."

Thayet was sitting in the chair opposite Raoul.

"Thayet! When did you arrive? I didn't know you were here."

"obviously." Thayet smiled at her blushing friend. "I only just got here. I saw Raoul storm past muttering under his breath, so I figured he need someone to talk to." Thyat explained.

Buri raised one eyebrow. "I wanted to speak with him as well." She turned on Raoul who had been doing his best to become invisible while the ladies spoke.

Raoul then cleared his throat, "er…well didn't you see? Dom…and… Kel…and…yea." He finished lamely.

Both women looked at each other and laughed. Raoul looked nervously at his wife and his queen, while wondering how they got from telling him off to laughing at him. He hoped they had forgotten the former.

"You…mean…to…say…you…didn't…notice?" Buri gasped, wiping tears of laughter from her eyes.

"i…er…no" Raoul said weakly.

"Dom has liked Kel for years" Thayet explained kindly.

"Do you have any objection?" Buri asked.

"Well it's just that…..Dom's in the own and he's not supposed to marry and..Well...yeah." he stumbled and spluttered over the words. The ladies just laughed some more.

"we'll talk about that little problem later. Fro now let's get something to eat." Buri suggested. She and Thayet walked out talking fast while Raoul followed quietly behind.

Kel pretended to be fascinated with the ceiling while Dom stood beside her bed feeling uncomfortable. It had been a rather awkward moment. He cleared his throat. "Kel." She looked up and was surprised to see concern in his eyes. There was something else too but she couldn't place it. It was almost like what she saw in Neal's eyes when he looked at Yuki. He also looked like he hadn't slept in days.

'of course he'd care.' Kel told herself silently, 'he's like a brother to me.' the word brother, however, didn't seem to fit how Kel felt about Dom.

"Kel." Dom said again, more softly this time.

"Lady!" Tobe once more ran through the infirmitary door. "How are you?" he hugged her tightly. Kel winced. "Oh, sorry." He apologized. He straightened up.

Dom snuck out of the room, leaving the Lady and her servant to talk.

'I suppose we were never meant to be' Dom thought sadly.

Ok so it's a short chapter but it's the best I could do review and I might write faster, 'might' being the important word in there. I am bad at keeping promises, so I don't make them to save myself breaking them. I should shut up now and leave you to review. (hint, hint)

Lady Kel