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FLASHBACK

(The first part came directly from the book, Squire. But the second, I changed)

"Have you – Mithros, guide us. We're back to this. Do you really want to die a virgin? I keep telling you, we can fix that."

Kel looked at Lord Wyldon's name and shook her head. Then she rounded on Cleon. Stabbing him in the chest with a forefinger, she demanded, "What if I took you up on it? What if I said, All right, I don't want to die a virgin?" she mock-glared up into his eyes, noting with glee that he looked panicked. Then he relaxed, giving her an evil grin.

"I would do this." He grabbed her wrist and pulled her close to his body, kissing her fiercely. He finally pulled away for air, "After all, we can't have you die a virgin now can we?" He panted. When he was pulling her toward his tent, she realized she didn't have her charm. "Oh well," She thought, "it not that big a deal with out it, is it?" However, the charm quickly left her thoughts as he scooped her up in his arms and gently threw her down on the bed.

FLASHBACK OVER

Three days later, she lay in her own bed, groaning with pain. Her stomach lurched as she tried to sit. (Bet you can guess why….) Luckily, she hadn't eaten anything that morning, or else her breakfast would have been on her lap. Why did she feel so awful? There was a stomach virus going around, but all the healers said they thought it shouldn't spread any more. Maybe she should have Neal check her out just in case…

Almost as if he could read her thoughts, Neal poked his head into her tent. "You're… You're still in bed?!" He gasped in sarcastic shock. "You are never so late to rise! I thought you where the one who woke the sun up!" Kel rolled her eyes and groaned, she was in no mood for this.

"You can either be of service and figure out what is wrong, or you can go away." She retorted, her impatience not hidden from her voice.

"Okay, fine. I'll leave!" he said, as Kel shot him a glare that he swore could kill. "Oww! Okay! Okay! I'll help; just don't look at me like that! It stings!" He chuckled slightly, laughing at his own joke. "He is lucky Yuki is so patient or he might never have had a chance in love!" she thought bitterly.

Neal raised his hands a little in surrender. It was clear Kel did not, in the least bit, think his joke was funny. He reached in side himself for his healing magic and began to examine his impatient patient. He gasped in utter shock and dropped his magic when he was checking her abdomen.

"Kel! Oh my goddess, Kel… I don't believe it." He stammered. "You have a thing inside of you." He shook his head. That was not what he meant. "No, you have a baby inside of you. Kel," He looked her square in the eyes, "You're pregnant!"

"What? I can't be pregnant!" She spat back at him. "I haven't even gotten my shield yet! Oh my goddess! What am I supposed to tell Cleon?" Fear clung to her like Velcro. (I am not sure if they had Velcro back then, but it was the best I could come up with, so as of right now, they had Velcro then.)

"So Cleon is the father! Hmm, I would never have guessed by the way you two made out ever second you thought you where alone." Neal, who had recovered remarkably quickly from the shock of his younger friend being pregnant, had also recovered his sarcasm. Something Kel had no patience for at the moment.

"Would you stop acting so immature?! My life is ruined, and you're making jokes." She felt hot tears begin to well up in her eyes then stream down her cheeks. She wasn't sure if that was because of being a soon-to-be mother or that Neal found comedy in a situation like this. "This can't be happening! Not now… I am so close to becoming a knight. Is… Is there anything you can do?" She looked questioningly at her friend. "Can't you just, I don't know, get rid of it?"

"Kel! Do you hear yourself? How can you even ask that? I absolutely refuse to abort an innocent baby just because you made a mistake." All sarcasm had left his voice. He knew under normal circumstances, she never would have even thought of that. After all, this was a girl who, only a few years back, had risked her neck to kill a fully grown, adult spidren, one of the worst immortals out there, just to save a couple of kittens. How could he even think about aborting her unborn child? She would never, ever be able to live with herself if he did.

Kel began to sob even harder. Neal knelt beside her bed and embraced her in his arms, knowing that she needed a shoulder to cry on. Her body went limp and she just sat there and wept. This, being the worst moment possible that any one could have walked in on,, Cleon, the worst person to have come by, strolled in.

"What's going on?" He demanded, seeing Neal getting awful cozy with Kel sent a pang through his heart. A worse one came when Kel looked up to him with a tear streaked face. "Oh, Kel!" He exclaimed. His heart twisted as she began to cry even harder when he caught her gaze. "What's wrong?"

Neal pulled away and gave a small smile for encouragement. Then he quickly excused himself, knowing that this was going to be personal moment and the two would want to be alone.

"I'm sorry, Cleon." Kel said in a hoarse whisper once Neal was gone. She wiped her eyes and sat up straight. Taking a staggered breath, she did her best to continue bravely, but her voice cracked, giving her nervousness away. "I made a mistake. I forgot to put on an anti-pregnancy charm the other night." She swallowed a lump in her throat and continued. "Cleon, I'm going to be mother, and you're the father…"

She looked into his eyes. There wasn't regret, anger or pain in his eyes; only shock. Kel gave him a moment to absorb what she had told him, ready for the worst. The worst never came. He gave smile, and then in a blink of an eye, lifted Kel into the air. "Kel, this is wonderful! We are going to be parents!"

A little unnerved by his reaction she struggled to speak. "But… but I thought you would be, ah, I don't know, angrier." She spat out when her voice found her again. "And I want to be knight, now all those years of hard work are ruined!"

"No they're not! Put on hold for a while, yes, but not ruined! Kel, now mother has a real reason for us to marry!" He kissed her then pulled her into a giant hug.

"I'm going to be a… mother and a knight. Just like Lady Alanna!" She exclaimed, excitement now took the place of apprehension and fear. This was going to be a good thing! "I am going to be a mother!" a large smile appeared on her face.

"A grand one at that, my young 'Knightess-in-shining-armor'! A grand one you'll be!" He took her hand and led her out, each ready to let every one know.

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