Sorry it's taken so long. School and all. Hope you enjoy.

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Kel woke slowly. Her head throbbed. It didn't help that someone was banging on her door. She moaned and rolled over. Alanna and Yuki walked in. Alanna was holding a steaming hot mug.

"Here Kel drink this. It will help." Alanna passed the mug to Kel who sniffed it warily. "Just drink it, it won't kill you." Kel sipped the hot liquid and stopped herself from throwing up. She drained the mug and instantly her head felt better.

"Thanks." She croaked.

"So Kel, what happened last night? The last I saw of you, you were getting pretty drunk with Dom at the drinks table. You seemed to be enjoying yourself." Yuki sat down at Kel's desk waiting for her reply. Kel thought about last night. It came back in small amounts.

"I remember Dom rescuing me from all the dancing, um… then have a few drinks with him. And oh…" Kel remembered the kiss.

"What? What?" Alanna asked eagerly.

"Um… Dom took me back to my rooms and I kissed him." Alanna and Yuki both gasped. It was so unlike Kel. "He kissed back and he moved me in here. I think he must have come to his senses and stopped. But I remember him getting me out of my gown and into my night dress. I think that was when I fell asleep because I can't remember anything else."

Yuki and Alanna both sat in silence. Their plan had worked. Dom and Kel had hooked up but they didn't know the effect it had on both of them.

"So are you going to talk to him?" Asked Alanna straight to the point.

"Um… no because I was drunk and so was he. I doubt that would've happened if we were both sober." Kel blushed. She hated the thought of her getting drunk in public.

"Kel, Dom was pretty sober last night. You were the one off your face. He wanted to do that and you know that. You should go and talk to him right now." Yuki got up. "I've got to go see Neal about something but in the mean time you should go and talk to Dom. You need to." With that Yuki left.

"If you don't talk to him I'll pound you in the practice yards." Alanna walked out as well. Kel lay back on her bed with a sigh. She wanted Dom so badly and the memory of his sweet lips against hers was wonderful. She got up, changed and headed down to the practice yards to work on her sword work for her fight against Alanna.

Dom watched Kel practice from his window. She was as graceful as ever and each time she turned towards the barracks he wanted her to look towards his room. But she didn't. He wondered if she thought about him at all after last night or never wanted to see him again. He went back to his desk to start some reports he had to do for Raoul. They kept him occupied until lunch time when his belly reminded him that he had missed it. He left his room in search of food and bumped into Kel heading the same way.

"Oh hi Kel. I missed lunch."

"Ha. So did I." Kel shifted nervously.

"Um… want to get some together?"

"Sure Dom." Together they went towards the mess hall but they were silent. It was awkward between them. This was going to be silly if they couldn't talk to each other thought Dom. They got their food and sat down. Lucky for them Neal found them and got them talking. They both managed to gang up on Neal which made them both feel a lot better. Dom left first saying that he had reports to write and Kel left soon after with no excuse. Neal sat wondering about the pair of them. Something was up he knew it.

Kel sat in her room. Her sparrows sat on the window sill and watched her with their black bead eyes.

"What am I going to do?" She asked them. She got up and started pacing something Kel did very little of. "I suppose I could go and talk to him but it was so awkward at lunch. Though he did ask me to have lunch with him. What am I going to do about him? He has always been a very good friend to me and I don't want to lose him." Kel sat on her bed in deep thought. So deep that she fell off the bed with a yell when someone knocked at her door. She picked herself off the floor glad that no one was around to see that. Opening the door it was the last person she thought to see at that moment.

"Nathan. Hi what are you doing here?" Kel hid her surprise under her mask. She moved to let Nathan in and closed the door behind him.

"Hi Kel. Actually I just wanted to talk to you about something. Can I have a moment?" Nathan looked at Kel.

"Sure Nathan. What's up?" Kel relaxed onto the bed.

"Okay… so Kel I was thinking… we've been together for a long time and I was beginning to wonder where we were going in this relationship. So Kel I was wondering…" Kel gasped as Nathan sank onto one knee. "Keladry will you marry me? I know it's sudden and everything but I really think we could be great together."
Kel was speechless. What could she do? She knew that Dom would never be with her and this might be her only chance to become a wife. A mother even. She looked at Nathan. He was waiting for her reply. She nodded. "Yes Nathan my love. I will marry you." Nathan grinned and swept Kel up in his arms and kissed her with some much passion Kel thought she might explode.

Part of her mind was saying. What are you doing? You like Dom and you can't keep this act up for much longer.

She argued with herself, I can and I will. Shut up this is my chance. Dom will never want me ever.

Kel wore her ring to training but since there were only men there no one noticed it. She knew that would happen so she wore it to dinner that night. Sitting next to Alanna and Yuki she waited patiently for one of them to notice the rock on her finger. Nathan sat opposite her grinned knowing her plan for the women. He said nothing. Alanna noticed his smile.

"What's so funny Nathan? Let us in on the joke."

"Nothing is funny Alanna. I'm just smiling because I had a great day." Nathan sat back in his chair.

"What was so great about today?" Alanna seemed determined to find out why Nathan was grinning insanely.

"Why are you badgering him Alanna? Just because he had a great day and you didn't." Kel laughed as she blocked a blow for Alanna.

"Kel hold still." Yuki grabbed Kel's left hand. "What's this? A ring? Kel who and when?"

Kel yanked her hand back. "I got engaged. I know it's a shock but yes even I can get engaged."

Alanna and Yuki just stared at Kel. They could hardly believe that Kel would be engaged.

"So who is the lucky man then Kel?" Alanna asked already guessing it wasn't the man she wanted Kel to marry.

"Nathan is actually." Alanna watched as Kel smiled at Nathan. Her heart gave a tug. Kel wasn't meant to marry Nathan anyone could see that. But Alanna knew that she had no control over the matter.

"Congratulations.' Yuki recovered from Alanna who had remained silent since her question. Yuki knew what she was thinking. Alanna snapped out of her thoughts.

"Oh yes congratulations guys. May you be forever happy." Alanna smiled at the two and got up and left the mess hall. Yuki made an excuse and followed after Alanna.

"They shouldn't be together. They shouldn't, you can see that can't you." Alanna turned to Yuki as she walked into the room. The Yamani sat down and took out her fan and looked at Alanna pacing.

"Yes I know that shouldn't be together. Kel should be with Dom but what can we do Alanna. Kel is determined not to talk to Dom and now she is engaged to Nathan. If we interfere matters could become worse and you know that."

Alanna did another circuit of the room. "Gods Yuki of course I know that. But I can't just stand aside and watch Kel make the biggest mistake of her life."

"You can and you must. Please Alanna I know that you only want the best for Kel but she can look after herself. Let Kel do her own thing." Yuki walked from the room leaving a very disgruntled Alanna wearing a path on the floor. George came in.

"What's up lass? You're wearing holes in the floor." George came over to his wife and wrapped his arms around her. Alanna buried her face in his shirt.

"It's Kel. She's making a big mistake." George pulled away and looked at Alanna in the eyes.

"Now come on, we've all made mistakes in our lives. Why is her's so big that you had to go wearing out the carpet and start crying." He wiped Alanna's tears with a finger. She hadn't even noticed that she was crying.

"Kel is marrying the wrong man. She's engaged to Nathan and she should be with his brother Dom."

"Ah I see. It's always about a man. Now lass you can't go meddling with other people's love life. I know you're a hero and everything but sometimes you can't save everyone." Alanna just nodded. George let her go; knowing that she would need some time alone to cool off. He sat down on a chair as he watched his wife leave the room and head down to the stables.

"Everything will work out for the best." He muttered to himself before he went to work decoding some information from his agents.

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