Letter 2

Dom,

I love you too

A think black line went through the page. Kel couldn't seem to get what she wanted to say onto the piece of paper. It was her third go at this.

Dom,

I have loved you for many years now but I was scared. If I had know that you love me, I would have admitted my feelings-

Wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG!

Kel sighed. Why was this so hard?

"I knew you loved him, but why are you in here moping?" a familiar voice drawled from her doorway.

"Neal, next time knock. And I'm not moping!"

"Sure, sure. What are you doing in here?"

"Paperwork,"

"Really? At this early in the morning?"

Kel knew he was fishing for something and she was not in the mood for his games. Who knew that writing a reply to a letter could be so hard? Writing reports seven times over was easy compared to telling Dom how she really felt.

"Come on Neal, breakfast should be ready,"

Neal quirked an eyebrow at her but led her out of her chambers. After Kel locked the door behind her they made their way over to the mess tent. The mess tent was almost completely full which wasn't unusually for this time of a morning. Kel helped herself to breakfast and wandered over to her commanders seat. She rare it used it but when it was the only seat available, she didn't have much of a choice.

"Morning Kel," Merric greeted as he inhaled his breakfast.

Kel smiled to him as Neal sat down.

"So are you going to tell me what you were doing this morning?" Neal enquired causing several heads to jerk up and look at her, eagerly waiting for her answer.

"Reports," Kel told him as she glared at him.

"About what?"

Kel wasn't sure who piped that question up but she could feel she was being cornered into telling them what she was really doing which she really didn't want to do.

"Merric have you heard from Lady Katherine lately?" Kel asked innocently.

Merric's whole face turned pink and officially the conversation was turned to Merric and Lady Katherine. Kel wanted to work out how to word her letter her way without their help. It wasn't that she didn't love them but the way they went about love had changed since they were fourteen.

The rest of the of day went pretty quickly for Kel. She done a quick training session with the young ones and then paper work. After dinner then was a small gathering around the fire and then the haven was locked up. Kel locked herself in her room – more her bed, put her knees up and lent a hard covered book and worked on a letter.

She didn't know how to word it because it was to be perfect. She sighed and put her head back. It was a lot harder then it seemed. It should be easy to write I Love You but it was hard to put her heart of the line. Even though Dom had put it out there it was scary to know that one person could break her heart.

Just do it Kel. It's not that hard. Maybe just start of with a random thought and work your way into saying it…

Kel sighed and thought that sounded like a good idea. Whether it would work or not would be another thing.

Dear Dom,

I don't know how to say this exactly or how to be anything less then blunt. I assure you that when I opened your letter or note or whatever you call it – it wasn't what I was expecting. Had I known you had felt that way it might be easier to tell you this in person.

I don't know much about love only what my parents gave me and the couple of crushes I had over the years. But I do know how I feel about you.

I have strong feelings for you but please believe that I care for you. I don't know how deep those feelings are yet but I want to find out. Please Dom, can we find out together? I look forward to seeing you again. Please return in one piece.

Your Kel

Kel sighed. So it wasn't exactly what she wanted to say but she wasn't willing to risk her heart on the one of the most famous Court Flirts. Carefully she put the letter into an envelop and rolled it up. She put on her coat and boats and went to find a hawk that would take this letter to Dom…

Author's Note: so I'm not a big fan of this chapter but please stay with me because I have big plans for this story.