Full of mistakes, I'm sure.
Basically, a letter Pippin writes to Merry before he gets married. SLASH, again. Hope you enjoy. And please REVIEW!! Oh, and I don't own anything.
Not you
I'm getting married, Merry. And it's not to you. One of the few regrets of my life, I suppose.
It all happened so quickly didn't it? Argue with you one night, and by the end of the week, I'm engaged. To some lass I hardly know, to someone my father thinks is appropriate. Someone who isn't you.
It's Diamond, from Long Cleeve. Remember her? The lass I had to dance with at Sam and Rosie's wedding. When you were more interested in cake and ale than me.
I hope you know that I'd give anything to be with you right now. Even if we did argue and fight. Even if you did call me a baby. Even I did call you stuck-up. Even if we lied to everyone. Even if Love was just another word. At least I would have been with you.
But we both knew that we could never be together. You told me often enough.
We're expected to get married, Pip. We have to. What will our families say?
I don't care.
Yes. You do.
But it was a nice dream wasnt it? That we could let people know we were in love and no one would mind. That we would be accepted. That our families would be proud of us, instead of dissapointed.
Do you remember, Merry, everything we did together? Swimming in the river... Well, trying to, anyway. Sleeping under the apple tree behind Brandy Hall. Watching the children playing hid-and-seek. Do you remember trying to cook Elanor's birthday cake? How you threw the strawberries on the floor when you couldn't do it?
I hope you get this letter, love. My mother promised to give it to you, but my father may find it first. And I doubt I'll be able to talk to you at the wedding.
Because they found out about us. And it was my fault. I was upset and angry and I never wanted to see you again. So I told Pimpernel. And she told everyone else for me.
But... I do hope you get this letter, Merry. Because I had to tell you about Diamond and about my father.
And that I still love you.
Yours, always and forever, as you've always known,
Pippin.