A/N: Pippin and Diamond story. Yay! Thanks for reading. I have been thinking of writing a hobbit romance for a while now. PG-13 for later chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own any or JRR Tolkein's work. Damn it.

Unrequited Feelings

Prologue

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S.R. 1410 January 28th

"Nasty Estella!" Meriadoc called out. "Where are you?"

"Horrid Diamond!" Pippin screeched as he and his cousin searched through the trees for the two young hobbit lasses.

Fifteen year old Diamond and twenty-five year old Estella cowered behind a tree, hoping not to be found.

"Do you see them?" Diamond whispered.

"Well, I definitely hear them." Estella stressed.

"Nasty, nasty Estella!" Merry sang to a tune.

"Why must he insist on calling me that horrible name?" Estella hissed.

"It isn't as bad as horrid Diamond." Diamond squeaked.

"A ha!" Pippin ran towards the lass's voice. "We've found you!"

Estella and Diamond glanced at each other with worried eyes and them broke off into a run away from the two cousins.

"Get them!" Merry cried as if he were in battle.

Diamond never looked back to see if they were gaining or not. She lost sight of Estella once she turned a sharp left towards her home. She heard Pippin calling out her name frantically.

"Help! Diamond!" He called. "Diamond!"

She began to dread the moment she turned around to see Pippin caught in the winding river that lay near the forest.

She cursed as she ran off towards him, determined to get him out no matter how much she hated him.

"Grab hold of my hand!" She yelled when he saw her approach.

Pippin looked up at her with an evil grin on his face. She tried to jiggle her hand loose from his grip but he was stronger and therefore seized the opportunity to pull her in.

She screamed as she tumbled into the water and splashed onto her feet. She looked down at Pippin who laughed with uncontrollable mirth in his eyes. The water only came up to her thighs.

She glared at him, feeling hurt from a cruel trick. It was the ninth one that week he had pulled on her. Every day she had tried to escape him but he always found her to pour food over her newly washed hair, embarrass her in front of everyone in the market, or pull her into a shallow river.

"It was all in jest, Diamond!" Pippin got up and wrung his shirt out.

Diamond turned to him with fury in her eyes. "I hate you."

Pippin smiled at her with that heart-warming smirk.

This pushed her over the limit.

"I thought you were drowning, Peregrin!" She screamed. "How could you joke with such a serious matter!"

"You should have known it was a shallow river, it is right by your hole." Pippin said matter-of-factly.

Diamond's heart thumped against her rib cage roughly. She slapped him across the cheek as hard as she could and stormed away.

She angrily made her way up the stone steps of her Mother's front yard.

"My dear! What has happened to you?" Her mother asked as she came in, sopping wet.

Diamond's three older brothers, Edgar, Bentley, and Morro came in and sniggered at her openly.

She gave them all withering looks and stomped off to her room, promising herself never to help Peregrin Took again.

S.R. 1414 November 16th

"Happy birthday Diamond!" Estella smiled and hugged her best friend.

"Thank you, Estella." Diamond hugged her friend back and then turned around when a lad's voice called her name.

She cursed herself for even turning around. It was Peregrin Took.

"Happy Birthday, Diamond." He smiled when he approached.

Several lasses came up to try to steal him away as he handed Diamond a gift. However, he stayed there much to the disappointment of Diamond. She would have rather if he had gone with the bimbos of the Shire.

She eyed him suspiciously but he motioned for her to open it.

She slowly untied the silk ribbon and opened the box to reveal a silver necklace.

She looked up at him with wide eyes and could have sworn she had seen true genuine happiness in his eyes. However, in a second they flashed back to his normal, playful being and walked off with three lasses clinging to each arm.

She fastened the necklace around her neck and felt the diamond against her skin. It was beautiful. She could not believe Pippin had given her something so wonderful. She thought it was too good to be true.

And it was.

A few hours later, she broke out into hives and started itching all over her body. Her mother took the necklace and found a flower's nectar all around the diamond.

Diamond was allergic to any flower's nectar.

S.R. 1415 March 20th

She had hives the whole week and was bombarded unwittingly by Pippin one day a she strolled through the forest. (Once she had gotten over the allergic reaction that was.)

She picked up a sunflower and stuck it in her hair. There was not any nectar in that flower. Only seeds.

"Hello Diamond." He said as she leaned against a tree. She gave a start and jumped away from him.

Diamond looked at him with hurt in her eyes. How could her do such horrible things to her and still try to talk with her? What was wrong with him?

She slowly turned around and started walking the other way. She would not let him get to her this time.

"Wait!" He caught up to her and walked at her side.

She brushed some dark brown locks away from her creamy white skin and promptly turned the opposite direction and started walking that way.

"Why are you avoiding me?" He asked as he caught up with her again.

She remained silent, still looking straightforward as she walked at a quick pace.

"Diamond, come on." Pippin urged.

She did not say anything.

"Please do not ignore me Diamond." Pippin said. "The least you could do is say you're sorry."

Diamond stopped. "Say I'm sorry?" She asked hysterically.

"Got you to speak." Pippin smiled.

Diamond looked at him with tired eyes. "What do you want from me?"

"Not much." He replied.

She shook her head, a tear falling from her face. "I give up."

"What?"

"I give up!" She said. "I cannot keep up with you anymore. Just lay down all your little pranks on me and get it over with."

"I have not come to do as you say." Pippin stated.

Diamond stared at him. "How can you toy with me in this manner?"

"Excuse me?" Pippin asked.

"You know very well how soft my heart is. You know how many times I have forgiven you, despite the times you have hurt me beyond repair." Diamond said, looking him straight in the eye. "It is enough already."

"Diamond, I—"

"Do not speak, for I wish to leave with a happy heart this day and not with your voice protruding through my head." Diamond said.

"Leave?" Pippin asked. "Wait, where are you going?"

"What does it matter to you?" Diamond asked. "Do you wish to follow so that you can sabotage our carriage?"

"No." He answered.

"Very well." Diamond said. "I am leaving for Long Cleeve Estate to live with my father this afternoon."

"How long will you be gone?" He asked curiously.

"I am not to return." Diamond said sadly. "Though I know there is only one I will not miss."

"Who is that?" Pippin asked.

"That is you, Sir Peregrin Took." Diamond stated. "I shall never wish to see you again. Goodbye."

Pippin's mouth dropped as she walked out of the forest, over the hill and away from the life she had in Hobbiton forever.

Though he was very wrong indeed, for he would see her again. But not for a long while.

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A/N: Hope you liked it I am working hard here. Thanks again.

-Bertiebottsgeorge