Chapter 1

A Young Girl Appears

One day, a young female hobbit, by the name of Rowan Headstrong, was roaming around in the fields picking flowers. Suddenly, a young male hobbit, by the name of Peregrin Took, walked past this field while reading a book. Rowan spotted Peregrin and suddenly fell to her knees. Peregrin heard and noise and turned noticing a young female hobbit falling in the field. He then ran in the field and picked her up.

"Are you okay miss?" Peregrin asked the young hobbit. At the moment, Rowan was unconscious. When she fell, she hit her head on the ground. Peregrin had walked back to the town that he lived in, Hobbiton. The town that he was walking through was Gamwich. He took Rowan in his house and laid her down on a bed. He began to shake her lightly, trying to wake her up. She slowly opened her eyes.

"Huh? Where am I? Who are you?" Rowan asked in a faint voice. She slowly got her vision back and realized it was the handsome young hobbit that she saw a moment ago. She then blushed at the site of him.

"Are you okay miss?" he repeated. He noticed her cheeks turn a red flush. "Are you hot? Shall I get you a cold drink to cool you down?" he asked concerned. He wondered whether she was alright or not.

"No thank you. I'll be fine. May I ask what your name is?" She asked politely. She sat up and waited for his answer.

"Why, I am Peregrin Took…people call me Pippin too. And who are you, may I ask?" he said in response.

"I am Rowan Headstrong. Nice to meet you Peregrin," she said. She looked at him waited for him to answer her second question. She then smiled at him.

"Is there something wrong Miss Rowan?" he asked. He did not know why she was smiling at him.

"I was only wondering where exactly I am. That tis all," she said in reply. She really liked seeing his face up close. He was just so cute.

"Oh. I am sorry for not telling you. You are in Hobbiton. This is where I live. This is my home," he said smiling. He then looked around at his nicely built home.

"Oh. I see. I have never been to Hobbiton before. I live in Gamwich. You have a beautiful home," she said staring into his eyes.

"Thank you. I like it to," he said. "May I ask what happened out in the field earlier?" he asked wondering why she had fallen.

"Oh. Well, you see, I just happened to trip on a rock. I am sorry if I startled you," she said hoping he wouldn't figure out the real reason that she had fallen. She sighed and swallowed hard.

"Well I am glad that you are okay now. If you would like, you can stay here until you feel better? I shall not be expected anyone soon," he asked only concerned about her health.

"Thank you. I would enjoy staying here while I recuperate," she said. Her eyes began to sparkle at the thought of staying at such a fine hobbits house. She really and truly did want to know him better and this would be a great way, since they lived so far apart.

"Well, I have to go at the moment. I am off to see my cousin, Frodo Baggins. If you need anything, feel free to use my house as yours," he said reassuringly.

"Thank you Peregrin. I will. Have a good time with Frodo," she said.

Peregrin walked into his room where he had his coat hanging. He picked up his coat, put it on and then went to the front door. He walked out the door and shut it behind him. Rowan then sighed happily. "He is so cute! I can't believe I met him!" She exclaimed. Peregrin then ran toward the direction of Frodo's house to meet his friends Frodo, Meriadoc, and Samwise.

Peregrin finally made it to Frodo's house. "Hey guys! I have to tell you something!" He shouted out. He then ran up to them and knocked over a bucket on the ground. "Oops. Sorry Frodo," he said innocently.

"Hi Pippin! Glad you made it here!" They all exclaimed. They watched as Peregrin knocked the bucket over. Peregrin began to run closer to them.

"Guys, you will never believe this!" Peregrin said catching his breath.

"What is it?" Meriadoc, also known as Merry, asked.

"Yeah Pippin, out with it!" Samwise, also known as Sam, exclaimed.

"Hush guys. Let him catch his breath first." Frodo said trying to be nice to Peregrin.

"Well, I was walking along the road in Gamwich and –--" he started to explain but was rudely interrupted by Sam.

"You were in Gamwich? Why were you in Gamwich? That town is so far away." Samwise asked.

"How come you walked that far away from home?" Meriadoc asked.

"Get off his back guys. Let him continue his story." Frodo said, assuring Peregrin that he could continue.

"As I was saying, I was walking along the road in Gamwich when I heard a load noise. Then I saw a young beautiful female hobbit in the field and she had fallen. I ran in the field and picked her up. She was apparently unconscious at the moment. I didn't know where she lived and I was worried about how badly she was hurt, so I took her to my house. As I walked back to Hobbiton, she made these cute little faces and moaning noises. It was so cute. Then, when I got to my house I took her inside and laid her on the bed in the extra room. After about 11 minutes, she began to wake up. When she finally awoke, we began to talk. She seems like a really nice girl," Peregrin explained, smiling the whole time.

"Awwww. Looks like our friend, Pippin, is in love," Frodo teased.

Peregrin then looked at Frodo with an evil eye. "I thought you were on my side, Frodo," Peregrin said a bit confused and sad.

"I was, but that just seems kind of funny. Not to be rude or anything," Frodo said trying to back himself up.

"You definitely have a crush on this girl," Samwise said.

"Yep, he sure does. I just don't know why he didn't tell me first. I am his best friends you know," Meriadoc said getting a bit mad.

"I do not. You are all lying. That tis not true," Peregrin said. He began to blush while talking. He got redder and redder by the second.

"I think you do. Just look at yourself. You are getting redder and redder by the second just by talking about her. You do like her," Frodo said being nice. He did happen to point out the fact that he was blushing just because he was talking about her. This definitely showed that he liked her.

"Fine. Be that way. I will just go back home," Peregrin said. He was getting very mad now. He didn't know why they were cornering him like that. If he said he didn't like her, then they should believe him.

"Sure, go home where the girl is. I'm sure you will enjoy it there," Samwise said. They all laughed, even Frodo. Frodo giggled in a high-pitched laugh. They all looked at him and he stopped laughing.

"What? Was it something I did? Is there something behind me? What? Tell me!" Frodo asked curiously. He began to get a bit scared because they were staring at him like there was something on his face or an orc behind him. They all laughed again. Frodo just stood there searching his whole body and looking every which way.

"No no, Frodo, my dear friend. There is nothing behind you." Samwise said laughing the whole time.

"Well, I am going to go now. I have to be getting home anyway. I am getting hungry," Peregrin said coming up with a reason to leave. He got quite annoyed with them before. He was getting hungry though.

"Oh dear Pippin. You are always hungry. You may go home. Good bye good friend," Frodo said politely.

Peregrin began to walk home. He was thinking about what the fellas were saying before. 'Maybe I do like her. Maybe I do have a crush on her. No! I can't. I only just met her. It can't be. She is just a friend.' He thought. "No. I don't. She is just my friend. She may be nice and pretty…Wait! What am I saying? Did I just say pretty? She may be pretty but not in a way that would mean I like her," he said beginning to get nervous about what was going on.

He reached his house and opened the door slowly. He looked in and found that Rowan was not in sight. He walked in and shrugged. While he walked in, he noticed that Rowan was on the chair in front of the fireplace sleeping. 'Awww. She looks so sweet and fearless.' He thought. He walked to the kitchen quietly. He poured himself a cup of tea. He got a loaf of bread and sat at the table. He began to eat. He watched Rowan while he ate. "She looks as if she has no worries in the world," he said in a whisper. He then smiled. Rowan turned and her eyes opened a little bit.

"Peregrin, is that you?" Rowan asked, still partly asleep. She opened her eyes and looked around the room. She turned her head and looked in the kitchen. "Peregrin. You're home. How long where you gone? When did you come back?" Rowan asked a bit curious hoping he wasn't home too long.

"I wasn't home that long. I came home about 15 minutes ago. I was gone for a long time. Maybe two or three hours,"

Peregrin said answering her questions. He got up and walked over to the chair she was sitting in. He sat on the arm of the chair. "You don't need to stay awake. You can go back to sleep. I don't mind. I was only eating," he said hoping she would go back to sleep so he could watch her peaceful body.

"Oh. I don't mind. I am quite fine being awake. I am happy you are home." Rowan said smiling. She looked into his eyes. The flames light hit her face just right.

"You look beautiful." Peregrin said not realizing it.

"What did you say?" Rowan asked smiling and blushing a bit. Peregrin swallowed hard and his eyes widened. He had just realized what he said. "Do you like me Peregrin?" Rowan asked getting happier and happier every moment.

"Umm…I," Peregrin said stuttering. He couldn't believe what he just said. 'Am I an idiot? Why did I say that? Did I mean it? Oh great…now I got her hopes up. Does she like me? She was smiling and blushing. I think I do like her.' Peregrin thought blushing and laughing nervously.