A/N: This is a Kel/Dom fic to Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me. It mightn't fit quite as well as it does to Twilight but heyy!!! I modified the lyrics and there is going to be a chapter per verse thingo... Any suggestions for the lyrics (mine don't go very well with the tune and it would be good if they did) would be awesome! Yayness!
If you've been reading my other Kel/Dom fic, I Do?, then you should realise that this is written in quite a different style. It's meant to be. It's a different fic, different plot, different style. But I hope you enjoy it XD.
Plus- WARNING- there's a hell of a lot of OOC. Don't like, don't read. But constructive crit is appreciated. so are REVIEWS!!! *starts dancing at the thought of reviews*
Lol. Anyway.
So here's the modified song:
You're talking to
Your lady round the corner
She's upset
She's going off about Something that you said She doesn't get your humor Like I do
I'm in my room
It's a typical morning dawn I'm practising my fighting moves She doesn't like, no She'll never know your story Like I do
But she wears long skirts
I wear breeches
She's a court lady And I'm a girl knight Dreaming about the day When you wake up and find That what you're looking for Has been here the whole time
If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you
Been here so long
So why can't you
See... you belong with me You belong with me.
Walking the streets
With you and your worn out shirt I can't help thinking This is how it ought to be Laughing over something you said Thinking to myself Hey, isn't this easy?
And you've got a smile
That could light up this whole town I haven't seen it in awhile Since she brought you down You say you're fine I know you better than that Hey whatcha doing With a girl like that
She wears tight dresses
I wear loose shirts
She's a pretty lady
And I'm a girl knight Dreaming about the day When you wake up and find That what you're looking for Has been here the whole time
If you could see
That I'm the one Who understands you Been here all along So why can't you see
That you belong with me
Standing by and
Waiting at your room door
All this time
How could you not know Baby You belong with me You belong with me.
Oh, I remember
You coming to my room
In the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're about to cry And I know your favorite things
And you tell me about your dreams
Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me
Can't you see
That I'm the one Who understands you Been here all along So why can't you see? You belong with me.
I truly love you
And she likes your looks
I think maybe...
You'd be better off with me...
Just maybe
You belong with me?
Prologue:
After the Scanran War, New Hope had been closed down and Kel had been sent back to the palace. It seemed like everyone was getting married- Yuki and Neal, Raoul and Buri, even Evin and Miri.
In the recent months after Yuki and Neal had gotten married, Kel had felt like she'd lost her best friend.
Neal spent more and more time with Yuki until Kel only saw him at mealtimes. Naturally, she'd been upset, and naturally, she'd tried to hide it as best as she could.
She tried to be happy for Yuki and Neal, she really did. But it hurt to lose her best friend, even if she was good friends with his wife as well. It was just that both had no time for anyone else but each other.
It got even worse when Yuki became pregnant, they were hardly ever seen. Their meals were brought up to their rooms, and although Kel visited when she could, Neal was fussy and protective over Yuki and her unborn child.
It wasn't that Neal didn't want to spend time with her. It was just he was busy.
So she sighed and told herself that she was simply being selfish. Neal could and should spend time with his family. Not her.
It didn't help when a handsome knight a little older than Kel asked her if he could court her. Kel liked the knight at the time and said yes.
A few months later, the knight broke up with Kel and spread rumours that she had slept with most of the other pages in her first few years. Plus that she was a no-good slut.
All Kel's friends tried to console her, but her very best friend was too busy with Yuki to spend much time with her, still. Kel listened to her friend's comforting and attempted to feel happy.
But she still felt miserable.
Dom noticed her well-disguised sadness. "Kel," he said softly, one lunchtime. "I want to talk to you after lunch."
Kel, slightly confused, nodded.
After the meal, Dom led her down to the stables. He sat on a bale of straw and motioned her to sit next to him.
"Kel, what's wrong?" he asked, getting straight to the point. "Don't put on your damn mask and pretend nothing is, because I know something is. It's good to confide in someone. Please tell me."
Kel avoided his sapphire blue eyes. "I'm fine, Dom. Nothing's wrong."
"Mithros, Kel!" he exclaimed, a bit frustrated. "Tell me! I thought we were friends! It is blatantly obvious that something is wrong with you!"
Kel bit her lip, knowing he wasn't going to give up anytime soon. "Dom, you don't need to know all my troubles. I'm sure you've got enough of your own."
Dom took her hand in his and squeezed it gently. "Kel, I always have room for your troubles."
And so Kel poured out her troubles to him that day, and ever since, Kel and Dom were best friends.
Chapter One: Round the Corner
You're talking to
Your lady round the corner
She's upset
She's going off about
Something that you said
She doesn't get your humor
Like I do
Kel tapped her foot impatiently. She and Dom had been heading out for a ride when they had met Dom's latest lady, Cynthia, in the palace corridors. Cynthia had instantly grabbed Dom's sleeve and dragged him around a corner, ranting on about how Dom had publicly embarrassed her last night, blah, blah, blah- on and on.
"It was a joke!" Kel heard Dom say, he sounded quite alarmed. She couldn't help smirking slightly- Dom always got himself into these kind of troubles.
"Cynthia," Dom's tone turned low and almost seductive. "Sweetheart. You know I didn't mean it. I'm sorry. I was half drunk, darling..."
He went on, but Kel rolled her eyes and tried not to listen to the rest. She knew that what Dom had said had been a mere joke- why, she couldn't even remember what it was, now.
But Cynthia and any of the other ladies never understood Dom's lively humour.
Not like I do, Kel thought, and instantly chided herself. What's wrong with you? He's your best friend. She's only known him for about 3 days. Of course you get his humour- and why are you comparing yourself to her, anyway? She's a court lady, you're one-of-two lady knights. She's his lover, you're is... best friend.
Kel had already thoroughly given up on love- what with Cleon and Sir Garold... plus the fact that she had formerly had a crush on Dom.
Or at least, she told herself that her crush was in the past.
So why did she feel a burning dislike and knot in her throat when Dom finally managed to kiss and make up with Cynthia? And a desolate feeling of a smashed hope when she firmly told herself that she was his best friend?
It wasn't jealousy, she told herself firmly. Or disappointment. She was over Dom- he was her best friend, nothing more, and he never would be anything else.
Ever.
She swallowed the hard lump in her throat and closed her eyes, willing herself to calm down.
I am a smooth, calm rock. I am untouchable, invincible. IDONOTHAVEACRUSHONDOM.
"Hey, Protector," a familiar teasing voice came. "Dreaming about your latest man?"
Kel opened her eyes- she must have been thinking about rocks for longer than she thought.
"No, you idiot," she snapped, slightly harsher than she usually was. It might have been the fact that she had previously been screaming in her head that she didn't have a crush on Dom.
Dom raised his hands as if in surrender. "Okay, okay. I know you don't like to talk about him. That's fine. Now let's go."
He led the way and Kel walked swiftly after him, punching him lightly on the shoulder. "Dom! You know I don't... have a man." She decided to change the touchy subject of her non-existant love life. "What did Cynthia want?"
Dom grinned. "You were listening, I know you were. But seeing as you seem to have had a complete memory blank, I'll fill you in. She was screaming at me about what I said last night. I consoled her and we kissed and made up. There. End of story."
Kel again felt the burn inside her and Dom's casual 'kissed and made up'.
"What did you say, again?" she asked, honestly curious.
"I said..." Dom muttered something quickly under his breath.
"What?" Kel strained her hearing. "C'mon, Dom, was it really that bad?"
"I said..." Dom began again, looking slightly embarrassed. "I said, because Wolset was discussing Stormwings and their... mating habits, beats me how he knows anything on that subject, but apparantly they... do It often. Very often. Anyway, he said this at the dinner table. So I said, we should visit Stormwing territory- it sounded like me and Cynthia would fit right in. And apparantly, that's incredibly offensive and embarrassing. And I'm not allowed to... make innuendos to our sex life in public, ever again. Or talk."
Kel couldn't restrain her snickers. "Sounds like you asked for it. Say, why didn't she just whack you over the head and knock you unconscious? That's what I'd do to you."
Dom winced. "I am so glad that I'm not courting you, O Violent Protector."
Pain shot through Kel at his words. I am so glad I'm not courting you... She bit her lip, to hold back her emotions. It was hard- she'd been under the custom of showing Dom all her emotions over the past while.
She faked a smile and a laugh. "Why do you court someone like her, anyway?" The slightest bit of resentment went into Kel's voice- she hoped Dom didn't notice.
Dom looked across at her and smiled. "She's my type. Gorgeous, skinny, and... willing."
Kel looked the other direction, so much hurt, but also the tiniest bit of anger pulsing through her.
She's my type- gorgeous, skinny and... willing.
What about me? I'm not gorgeous. I'm not skinny. And I'm hardly willing.
Looks like that makes me not his type.
Why do you like girls like that, Dom? she thought miserably.
What about smart, unique, entertaining, understanding? What about actually knowing each other outside of the bedroom?
I guess that doesn't matter to Dom.
A/N: Yeppp, OOC, hey? But I think I like it. It entertains my brain... LOL. okay.
PLEASE PLEASE review. None of the rest of this is written, and I'm not going to bother writing anymore if I don't get at least some positive reviews.
Scratch that, any reviews are good. Don't care how short, you can just send a smiley face if you like. Or a 'good' or a 'needs work', or a 'sucks'.
Either way, my pretties. Yes, I'm in a weird mood. Yes, I'm slightly hypo. Yes, I am totally excited.
Okay, poll: do you think my writing sounds immature? I consider myself a younger member of the site, as I am turning 14 in a couple of weeks. But hey, maybe I'm paranoid. You tell me.
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