Chapter 5
I'm back. This chapters a lot shorted but I wanted to put it up tonight.
As Kel and Dom dusted themselves off, Dom complained about missing out on 'all the fun.'
"Oh poor little Dommy." Kel teased. "He's going to get lonely."
"Yes I will mother" Dom shot back, "could you walk with so I don't get lonely."
Kel laughed, "of course. Would you like me to hold your hand?"
Dom's heart raced, but he played the game, "Oh yes please mother, and then I won't be so scared in the big, dark corridors."
Dom reached out and took her hand in his. They walked off the practice courts, hand in hand.
As they walked through the corridors towards Dom's room they kept up the act, swinging their hands like a mother would do with her 5 year old.
Dom was aware of how people would see this, but Kel didn't seem to mind, or maybe she was just completely oblivious to the gestures of a couple courting.
When they heard footsteps coming round the corner, Dom began to worry. He could damage Kel reputation. When it was Neal who rounded the corner, Dom breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Neal stopped, he stared at the pair, looking from their faces to their hands that were still joined between them.
"What?" Kel asked. Yes it was defiantly oblivious.
"y…y..ou..an..and…h..him" Neal stuttered.
"Yes. I'm Kel, your best friend, and that's Dom, your cousin." Kel spoke slowly.
Neal recovered a little, "and where do you think your going?" he couldn't let them be seen like this.
"Dom's room's" Kel said brightly. Dom just groaned.
"Wh….wh…wh...at. Oh Mithros." He promptly fainted. Kel immediately let go of Dom's hand to kneel and Neal's side. (A/n ok that sounds so funny; kneel at Neal's. soz had to say that. Continue)
"What happened?" Kel asked looking towards Dom for an answer.
"oh gee I don't know, whatever could it be." Dom said sarcastically.
"I'm sure duke Baird will know. We better take him there." Kel didn't appear to notice the sarcasm in his voice. They worked together to take Neal to the infirmary, forgetting all about making Dom sleep.
"I wonder what happened with Neal" Kel wonder again only picking at her food, worried for her friend. She was sitting at a table with Dom, Wolset and some others in the mess hall"oh gods don't tellme you haven't worked it out yet." Dom said exasperated. Kel looked up surprised. Dom sighed, "think about it Kel, he walked around the corner to see his cousin and his best friend holding hands, this was shoch enough and then the best friend happily announces that they were going to his cousins rooms. Think."
"Oh" Kel said as realization dawned on her, "oh"
Wolset was listening to this exchange with great interest. "So you two finally got together did you?"
"Course not." Kel laughed "we were playing around." She looked to Dom for confirmation who only nodded a pained expression on his face. For some reason, it hurt her that he found the thought of courting her so repulsive.
"Excuse me I have to go." Dom said suddenly. He walked out leaving an almost-full tray of food.
Kel and Wolset exchanged a look. "What was that about?" he asked.
"I don't know. Maybe he found the very thought of courting me so disgusting that he had to leave." Kel suggested.
Wolset shook his head and looked towards the door Dom had exited through just moments earlier, "somehow I don't think so."
n/a (sodium) science joke –I really wanted to put the 'oh Dom's room' bit I've been looking foreward to it. I have to go to bed now. I might update tomorrow. Please review.
Lady Kel