Okay, I know, you all thought I'd abandoned this, you hardly even remembered it, but 'tis not so, I just promised I'd do a Kel/Owen and found out that that is the only couple I honestly can't write.

I tried a thousand times.

And then resolved to grovel to my wonderful beta who sent me this, which, personally, I loved.

So, this chapter was all written by Tamora Pierce Junior.

Thank you to all my wonderful reviewers!

Disclaimer: I own nothing, NOTHING!! Not even the chapter this time...

I am not Tamora Pierce (or Junior), if you thought so, please visit Neal...

On with it!

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Kel/Owen: Dreaming A Friend

--Submitted by: too many to count...

--Situation: Tamora Pierce Junior (wow, I never realized she was the one who submitted it in the first place..)

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Kel carried her books to Neal's room after dinner and raised a hand to knock.

'I just don't know what to do Neal.' That was definitely Owen's voice and he sounded upset. She decided that she would wait a while before going in.

'Wow,' She heard a creak as Neal lent back in his chair. 'I didn't see this coming.'

'Go for it Owen, what's the worst that can happen?' Cleon, typical that he would rush into whatever it was.

'The worst thing that could happen is that I could lose a friend!' Owen was getting more agitated by the sound of his voice.

'What do I do Neal? She doesn't think of me that way…! I have to do something!' Kel raised her eyebrows and turned away from the door when she realised what they were talking about. She could hear Owen pacing around the room.

Neal had always had crushes on different women of the court. He however, only daydreamed, Owen couldn't do that.

She knew that Owen, cheerful, frenzied Owen would never be satisfied with simply sitting there. That would drive him crazy. She smiled at the thought.

She silently went back to her rooms to do her homework. She knew they wouldn't be able to talk openly in front of her. Even though Owen thought of her as a friend he still wouldn't be able to talk about girl troubles with her there.

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She finished her homework a bit later than usual. She needed Neal's help on one history question but knew she shouldn't bother Owen. She grabbed her glaive down from the wall and began a pattern dance to clear her mind.

A knock on her door stopped her thoughts.

'Kel? Are you in there?' She almost dropped her glaive when she recognised Owen's voice. She had thought he would be still talking to Neal. After all, he was the one with the most experience with crushes.

'Come in Owen.'

'Neal sent me over to check that you didn't 'fall over' again and end up with His Grace in the Healers' Wing.' He grinned up at her and she grinned as well.

'Well, as you can see, I didn't hurt myself.' She placed her glaive on the wall and faced her guest.

'Can you give me a hand with Master Yayin's problems? I still don't see why a knight needs mathematics.' He sounded frustrated and Kel grinned, none of her friends liked mathematics. She patted her bed and Owen spread his things out on it and sat next to her.

They worked on Owen's problems until the bell signalling the palace's inhabitants to go to sleep.

'Quickly, just finish this calculation and then you have the answer.' Kel watched Owen's face as he bent over the parchment and scribbled on some work. His round face screwed up in concentration.

'Done!' Owen triumphantly raised his head and passed the parchment to Kel to check.

'That should be right.' She gave it back and Owen gathered his things.

'Thanks Kel,' Owen leaned over his pile of books and kissed Kel softly and quickly on the lips. 'I knew that would make me feel better, night Kel.'

She could feel herself going red and couldn't seem to be able to think of herself as stone.

As he reached the door he looked back at her and grinned cheekily.

That night Keladry of Mindelan, the Yamani Lump, the first known girl page in a hundred years, dreamed of one of her best friends.

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That was entirely written by Tamora Pierce Junior and I simply corrected some little things quickly, I loved it, hope you all did too.

I simply couldn't write a Kel/Owen, honest!

I swear I'll update more frequently, I have an entire long weekend (thanksgiving) starting tomorrow afternoon and then I'll write something exclusively for this story. Happy? Content?

Review!!

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xxTunstall Chickxx