Scenario 3- ''He Broke Up with Me.''

''I just can't do this anymore, '' Neal heard Dom say, ''I'm really sorry, Kel, but I don't think this is going to work.''

At Kel's name, Neal was instantly at the door, eavesdropping on the conversation.

''So you're breaking up with me?'' he heard Kel asked, the Yamani-smooth tone in her voice. Neal knew she used that tone when she didn't want you to see how she was feeling.

''Oh not that godsdamned voice again! I'm really sorry, Kel but…''

''No, you're not. You're not sorry at all.''

''Kel, you're a really nice girl but…''

''I'm not a court lady. I'm not Elia.''

''I couldn't help it, Kel. She's just so…''

''I was going to forgive you, you know. I was going to forgive you for that one night. But it's been more than one night hasn't it?''

So Dom was cheating on Kel! Neal couldn't believe it. If he had Kel he would never cheat on her. And he would never hurt like he was sure Dom was doing.

''Yes,'' Neal heard him admit in a low voice he could barely hear, ''yes, dammit I couldn't help it! I tried to stay faithful to you but she… My control fades every time I'm with her. I've been trying, Kel. Trying to make this work, trying to end all that with her but… I just can't. I'm sorry. I hope we can be friends.''

There was silence at the door for a while.

''I hope we can be friends,'' Dom repeated.

''Friends?'' Kel asked, ''friends after all you've done? Friends? Seriously, Dom? Friends?''

''Kel…''

''Dom, if I fell for another guy, I would tell you right away. I wouldn't just fall for my affections, sleep with him, and keep that from you, too. I'd tell you and try to mend my relationship with you, and control my affections. If I couldn't, I'd break up with you straight out. I at least wouldn't cover up what I did, with bullshit like ''I tried'' and ''let's be friends''. And I would still not see him after I broke up to you. You know why, Dom? Because I at least have some regard for you, and I care about how you would feel and that you would be hurt. I at least expected the same thing out of you, too.''

''Kel...''

''Just shut up, Dom,'' Kel said, venom and hurt entering her voice, '' shut up and go away.''

Neal heard footsteps walking away and another set of footsteps running away.

Soon Kel flashed right before him, right past him, so upset that she didn't even notice him.

He ran up to her, though, running to her as fast as he possibly could.

''Why are you running?'' he asked, even though he knew the answer, ''what's wrong?''

''Your cousin broke up with me,'' she answered, her voice slightly shaky, ''in the process admitting he cheated on me multiple times.''

Neal felt his heart cringe with pity. It took a lot for Kel's voice to get like that.

''Oh Kel,'' he said, ''I'm so sorry.''

''For what?'' she asked, ''you didn't do anything.''

The hurt in her voice as she asked that broke his heart.

He knew Kel was strong, but she loved deeply. And when those ties were severed, or hurt, in some way… It hurt her more than anything else.

Oh if he had her, he would never hurt her like that…

''I know,'' he said, ''but I'm sorry he did that… I never thought he would.''

That was true. Dom didn't exactly keep long relationships, or have much regard for the relationships he had. But never had one of those girls been his friend first (and a very good friend at that) or had ever been Kel. When he went up to Dom, after he found out that Kel and Dom decided to take their friendship one step further, and made him promise not to hurt her, he had thought he meant it when he promised he never would. And when he saw them together, he thought more so that Dom was sincere.

''I didn't either.''

Her voice was so sad, so small, so resigned that the anger he felt for his cousin doubled.

''If I knew, I would of never…''

''Me, either.''

She turned her face away from him, and a strangled sound-something like a sob that couldn't be kept down-came from her.

He put her arms around her.

''You're not good enough for him,'' he said, ''not if he does that to you, not if he doesn't know how lucky he is to you, and thank the gods every day that he got that lucky.''

''Not to him, obviously.''

He could hear the bitterness and attempted Yamani-ness in her voice, obvious borders Kel put up trying to hide her tears from him.

''Well then he's blind. I'm sure that ditzy court lady is going to disappoint him real fast and then he'll be wishing he had. Either that or she's going to do the same thing he did to you, and he'll be just as broken-hearted as you are now.''

Kel smiled briefly and sadly before tears fell silently down her cheeks at a rapid rate.

He tightened his embrace, and let him sob on her.

It was then he knew he had to tell her.

''Kel, I…''

''What?''

Looking into her deep hazel eyes, he suddenly lost control of his speech.

''I…''

Butterflies erupted in his stomach, and into his nerves, making it so that he lost control of his mouth muscles.

''What?''

He couldn't do it.

''I'm going to kick his ass, Kel,'' he said instead.

OK, I know this was more Neal than Kel but it still qualified since Kel said something (and that Neal didn't give his major piece of news). Because of this I thought of naming the chapters on what Kel says to Neal( or basically what she said). I hoped you liked this: please review on it!