Enjoy chapter 11

"Kel." Croaked a voice from behind her.

Kel nearly dropped her cup. Turning she found Dom struggling to open his eyes. His mouth opened again.

"Kel." Dom croaked again. Kel rushed over to him and pressed the cup to his lips forgetting her promise to Neal.

"Shhh Dom." She stroked his hair back from his forehead. "Just drink Dom."

Kel watched as he drained the cup and rose to get another one but a hand grabbed her forearm.

"You're with me. Don't go." Dom squinted through eyes that hadn't been used in such a long time.

"I know. I never left your side. We were all so worried." Kel sat down again. Kel finally remembered her promise to Neal. She fetched a footman from outside and asked him get Neal what ever he was doing. She sat down next to Dom and they just stared at each other.

"Thank you." Dom said after a long silence. Kel looked puzzled.

"What for?" She ran her hand through his hair again.

Dom just smiled. "For not leaving me when you could've."

Kel shook her head. "I would never leave you Dom. I would go to the end of the world to find you if I had to."

"Now you're being silly."

"But I would Dom. You know I would. You would do the same for me. You are the greatest friend I have ever had, but don't let Neal know. It would break his heart." Dom smiled and laughed.

"What would break my heart?" Neal had just walked in. " Ah Dom you're awake. Finally. I mean you have been out for a long time." He came over and checked Dom out with his magic. "Yip you're better alright. I'm thinking one more day in here and then back to your rooms. You will have to take it easy though. Well if that's all I think I will go back to bed." Just before Neal left he stopped at the door. "Oh and Dom. I'm glad you're back. Kel didn't leave your side at all." He left and Dom turned to Kel confused.

"You never left me?"

Kel looked away. "No, never left your side. I would hate to lose you because then Neal would be further up on my friends list. Dom you need to rest"

"I've been resting for a while. So tell me whats been going on while I've been out?" Kel looked into his blue eyes and lost herself.

"Nothing much. Please Dom sleep. Or I'll get Neal or Alanna to come and give you a sleeping potion."

Dom gripped her hand tighter. "Kel you wouldn't do that would you?"

"You have no idea what I would do." Kel smirked

"Fine. You're a stubborn girl aren't you?"

Kel smiled. "Never said I wasn't." Kel watched as Dom yawned. "Now sleep. I'll be here if you need me." Dom smiled and went to sleep thinking. Even if Kel was with him because he was her friend, it was the best thing wake up to; seeing Kel's face and not Neal's. Kel also fell asleep knowing that Dom was going to be just fine.

The next day Kel was ordered by Alanna and Neal to leave Dom alone while they made sure everything was alright inside.

Knowing that he was in good hands and that he was awake Kel made her way to the bath houses thinking that a good soak would do her good.

Not to mention Kel hadn't had a decent bath since she left to rescue to Dom a few weeks earlier. She gathered some clean clothes from her room and went off to the bath houses. She soaked in the hot water with her eyes closed listening to the other women's gossip.

She almost slipped into sleep when she felt cold water splashed on her face.

She cried out and looked around.

Yuki, Thayet and Buri were swimming towards her. She sighed. She was in for it now. They would want to know all the gossip about her wedding and to be honest it had completely slipped her mind. She stood up and made her way to get out.

"Not so fast Lady Knight. We want to talk to you." Thayet called.

"Yea well I don't want to talk to you." Kel didn't see Buri swim under the water and grab her ankle. Kel cried out before she was swept off her feet and plunged into the water. She surfaced coughing and sputtering.

"What were you saying Kel?" Burin grinned wickedly.

Kel coughed. "You're a bad woman Buri."

"Never said I wasn't."

"So Kel what's this about getting married to Nathan? We all know you like Dom." Yuki swam over to Kel and settled next to her on the bench under the water.

Kel sighed again. "Yes I like Dom but…" the women nodded encouragement. "But I also like Nathan and he asked me to marry him and I wasn't going to say no. Besides Dom is just a good friend."

Their faces fell. "But… you spent all that time with him while he was out." Yuki asked confused.

"Only because I was so worried about him. We have been through a lot together."

"Kel, for someone with a great eye in battle you have a poor eye for love. Dom is head over heals for you." Thayet said.

"But why do you care Thayet? Not to be rude or anything but you have a husband and children why bother with me?" Kel had always questioned why Thayet had picked her out over all the other girls at the palace.

"Kel, you are like a daughter to me. Honestly if we had lost you that first time I think I would still be grieving. You have changed everyone's world. It's amazing. You're amazing. Can't you see that?"

Kel just shook her head. "Your Majesty, don't fool yourself. I am nothing special." The three women watched Kel get out and dry herself and leave the rooms.

Buri made a move to go get her. "Just leave her." Buri turned back to Thayet.

"But she's so blind. Anyone can see it."

"I know but she has to find that out herself or she could get hurt."

"You know, Kel has always been this stubborn. Even back on the Islands." Yuki lowered herself further into the water relaxing.

"I'm sure she was." Thayet did the same.

"She needs Dom. And we all know that." Buri looked at her friends.

"But we can't do anything. You should've seen Alanna. She was furious. She is going to marry Nathan and that's that." Yuki and Buri grumbled at their queen but they knew she was right. Suddenly the bath became very depressing as they all thought about the mistake Kel was making in her life.

Kel sat in her room thinking about what her friends had said. Sure she still liked Dom a lot but she couldn't think about him now. She was engaged to his brother. Oh how that made life so confusing. Someone opened the door and Kel looked up.

"Hello love. I was wondering where you were." Nathan came over to Kel and sat down next to her. He started kissing her hands and arms gently. Kel pushed the thoughts of Dom out of her mind and turned to kiss Nathan. She got up and grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the bed.

"Kel." Nathan sounded concerned. "Kel are you sure?" He let her pull him down next to her. She just kissed him sweetly. "Yes Nathan I'm sure." He answered with a deeper kiss that made Kel feel tingly. They rolled over until Nathan was on top supporting most of his weight in his arms. Kel just lay there and allowed Nathan to pull her tunic over her head. She let him remove her tight breast band and she began to pull his shirt off.

"Nathan, Nathan, Nathan." She whispered into his ear making the hair on the back of his neck stand up. For one night Kel felt that she had truly made the right choice despite what her friends thought.

Dom lay awake that night.

He had had a constant stream of visitors come to see him throughout the day even the King and Queen came down.

But there was one person who didn't show up at all.

Dom was thinking about Kel. Something was up with her but Dom couldn't understand what.

She had acted so strange last night, so pleased that he was awake. But she already had Nathan so why bother with the silly younger brother? He couldn't understand why she still hung out with him. Not that he minded.

He now knew that it was love that he felt for Kel nothing more, nothing less.

He wanted so badly to spend the rest of his life with her, every waking second with Kel but he couldn't. She had Nathan and she had no clue how he felt for her. He needed to tell her. Even if she said she didn't want to speak to him again, Kel had to know. Making up his mind to go see her tomorrow Dom rolled over and went to sleep.

Not knowing that Kel had just spent the night with his brother and that she had some interesting news to tell him the next day.

Dom woke early despite his late night thinking. He just wanted Neal to send him on his way and go see Kel. Dom got dressed behind a screen but had to sit down afterwards. He was very weak on his legs and it took a lot of energy to just stand. He couldn't let Neal see him like this so he got up and walked slowly back to his bed.

"Can I go now Meathead?" Dom asked as he sat back down on the bed.

"Well I don't know, if you're going to be mean to me and call me names then I think you can just stay here." Neal looked up at his cousin and hid his pleasure that he was finally up and about.

"Aw Neal that's not fair. You've always been a Meathead and you always will be. Besides I bet you can't wait to go back to Yuki." Dom saw Neal's expression slip. "Ah ha. See you do want to see Yuki. So just let me go and you can do what you want to."

"Fine. You're free to go but Dom just take it easy. Build up your strength slowly man. I don't want to see you get hurt again." Dom's eyes widened in fake surprise.

"Careful there Meathead, you wouldn't want anyone to think you actually cared about me now would you." He joked.

"Just go before I change my mind and make you drink the most vile drink I can make" Dom yelped and scurried from the infirmary.

Dom went to his room first. It was a lot closer than Kel's. He sat down on his bed and took deep breaths. He couldn't believe how weak he had become just from lying in a bed for ages. He knew he needed to see Kel but his bed looked a lot more inviting.

"I just have a little nap." Dom lay down and closed his eyes. He was asleep almost instantly.

Kel woke with Nathan's arms around her. Thinking they were Dom's arms Kel snuggled closer. Realising what she had thought she sat up quickly.

"What is it, love?" Nathan asked pulling Kel back down.

Kel just shook her head. To Nathan she was shaking her head to him, to Kel she was trying to shake the thought if lying in Dom's arms.

Kel would've loved to wake in Dom's arms but she no that would never happen. Kel just listened to Nathan sleeping thinking about what her friends said to her yesterday.

Was she making a mistake with Nathan?

Would she regret her choice to marry him?

No.

She wouldn't. She would learn to love Nathan. She would have to. She would hate to cause him pain. Kel made a promise to herself that morning.

She would learn to love Nathan and any thoughts of Dom she would dismiss. She got up and left Nathan asleep. Kel went to do the one thing she knew best. She grabbed her glaive and headed down to a practice court.

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