Just a Touch
"Oh, by the way my name is Selene" she said.
"I'm Legolas" he answered with a slight smile.
His head felt hot inside the house so without thinking about it, he pulled the cap off and laid it on the coffee table.
Even in the candle lighting, she could see the points of his ears.
'Oh my god, he's one of the nutty Star Trek fans who get plastic surgery!' she groaned to herself.
"What is a Star Trek fan ?" he asked her.
Shocked, she realized that his hearing was a lot better then she had suspected and started to explain when the front doorbell rang.
"Oh, that must be Leif." she said as she pointed towards the door. "I'll only be a minute." as she got up to go let Leif in.
*Saved by the bell* she thought.
Legolas pulled his hat back on and leaned back into the couch as he watched Selene walk across the room. His gaze rested on her swing as she quickly let in a man and a woman. He could hear the man easily as he whispered to Selene saying,
"We got your message, is that him on the couch?"
Leif noticed Legolas was watching them and walked over to meet Legolas.
The lights flickered on and off and finally settled to stay on. The room was flooded with soft yellow light making it much easier for everyone to see each other. The brightness of the electric lights made Legolas blink. He looked up at the ceiling fan light combo and realized the light was not from gas energy like on the ship. Just then, movement caught his attention and he turned to see a large screen television with a Harry Potter movie showing.
Selene followed his stare and quickly picked up her remote from the coffee table to flick off the movie.
"Sorry about that, must have left it on earlier before the storm turned off the electricity." Selene smiled as she put the remote back down.
Legolas was thinking about too many things at once and had to sit back down on the couch. Things were very, very different here then what he was use to, and he was going have try to calm himself so no one realized he did not know what anything was. What was it he had just seen? A boy walking into a room where there was a Brownie jumping up and down on his bed. Those little house elves had come to Britain with the Romans long after most of the population thought elves were just stories for children to go to sleep to.
"Legolas" Selene said as she touched his shoulder. "Are you alright? You look a little pale" she continued.
He looked around at their faces and could see they had been watching his responses and face expressions.
"Oh, I was just thinking about that boy" he said as he pointed towards the TV.
"Oh I know!" said Shim. "I just love Harry Potter, don't you!" she continued. "And I thought they did a good job with Dobby, although some people thought he looked kind of weird." Shim smirked at Leif as she said that.
"Dobby?" asked Legolas.
"The house elf there, the one jumping on the bed" Shim answered. "Didn't you notice him? Kind of strange little creatures they are, the elves I mean" she said smiling sweetly at Legolas.
"Rather ugly if you ask me! But, good special effects I think." said Leif as he sat down next to Legolas.
"Now, let me see you better Legolas so we can make sure you don't have any broken bones" said Leif.
"I think I am fine" said Legolas as he quickly stood up. Perhaps too quickly.
Selene sensing the heighten tension in Legolas and remember the knife sticking in the roof of her jeep quickly said,
"You know what fellas, why don't you take Legolas to the bathroom and show him where everything is for a shower so he can relax after all this excitement." "Leif, you are about the same size, do you have some clothes in your car he can wear while we throw his in the washer?" she suggested as she urged Leif to take charge.
"I'll fix something for us to all eat while you guys do that, ok?" asked Selene.
"uh Legolas, do you eat meat?' she asked.
"Yes, doesn't everybody?" Legolas answered.
"Not Leif, he's a veggo!" answered Shim.
"Vegetarian" corrected Leif. And with that, he and Legolas disappeared around the corner and into the bathroom.
Shim poured herself a glass of wine and sat on the counter top opposite of Selene while she worked.
"Picking up stray dogs, again" she chided with a grin on her face.
"Do you think he is a dog?" Selene answered with raised eyebrows.
"No, kind of skittish, but he is cute. Looks kind of familiar somehow too." Shim answered.
"I was thinking he looks like Leif in build, height but with long blond hair" said Selene. "Of course, Leif always looks like he just picks up closes from the floor all wrinkled and disheveled." I think Legolas has on some nice clothes, once we get them washed up a bit." she smiled.
"Are you going to let him stay here then?" asked Shim.
"I've got a spare, he can stay a couple of days. Surely, someone must be looking for him. We can call the sherif's office in the morning and see if he has been reported missing." said Selene.
~*~ Getting use to the hot water shooting out of the metal spigot was a whole new experience for Legolas. He had not been fond of the shampoo or soap either for they smelled laced with chemicals. Twenty minutes later, he emerged from a steamy bathroom in a pair of Levi dark blue jeans, a gap hunters green tee shirt, wet loose hair and bare footed. Leif had brought his dirty clothes to the washing machine earlier. They decided to wash them with woolight on gentle after not being able to find any tags. Selene also thought it would be best not to machine dry them but to hang them up to naturally dry over night.
Selene was munching on carrot sticks when Legolas came into her view. Everything might as well had gone into slow motion as she scrutinized every stride he made as he walked across the room. The fact that he didn't have on any underwear under the jeans had not escaped her attention.
"Close your mouth, hun, before you get a fly in it!" Leif teased her.
She shot Leif a glare before getting up to get a plate for Legolas.
"I laid out some food so everyone could just make sandwiches the way they like them. There's pepper jack cheese, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, turkey, roast beef and sourdough bread. I have mustard if you want some of that as well." she said as she strained to keep her eyes on his face, only.
"Thank you." he simply said. He had noticed how she was studying him now. It was making him feel a drunk, surreal sensation. The chemistry caused by their close proximity was palatable as well making Shim nudge Leif and mouth to him that they should leave now.
"Oh man, look at the time! Hey Selene, we've got to get going now. Check you on Monday. Call me if you need to." Leif said
They were already heading out the door when Selene focused on what Leif had said.
"Ok Leif, thanks for coming, both of you." Selene said.
The momentary distraction had been enough to break the fog feeling her brain. That was, until she looked back at Legolas. He was standing very still, looking at her face, eyes burning into her. There was a faint buzzing sound in the distance that took a few moments to register in her brain. "I, I think your clothes are washed now." she said with a more husky voice then usual. "I better get them out before the wrinkle." she said and quickly turned knowing he had seen her face flushed just about every shade of red.
When Selene came back, Legolas was leaning across the table to reach the pickles sitting in the center. She reached out the stop his dangling hair from brushing the food, gently brought the strand to rest on his shoulder, leaving the back of her hand to linger a little too long on his back before letting go of his hair. He stood up slowly and turned to her as he put his plate down on the table. Selene gulped involuntarily as it dawned on her that perhaps she really had his attention, now. His warm fingers wrapped around her chin to lift her face up to meet his and leaned his own face down towards hers. Selene could feel his warm breath on the skin of her face making goose pimples race up and down her spine. Suddenly, he stood back up very straight, and looked towards the window. It took a moment for Selene to realize his hand was no longer on her chin as well.
"Did you hear that?" he said as he stared hard out the window.
"Stay inside, I will be back, I'm going to look around." he said in a more commanding confidence then she had seen so far.
~*~ About two hours later, Legolas strolled into the dim livingroom to find Selene snoozing, sitting up on the couch. She opened her eyes and yawned as she gazed up at him. He reached out to take her hand and gently pulled her to standing. As she stood up, he pulled her into a very tight, body to body contact of a hug. It struck her how it felt like the kind of thing that a best friend would do if they had not seen you in a long, long time. His energy was totally different then earlier in the evening too, and, he no longer smelled like her shampoo. What a weird thing to think about, but it smacked her brain non the less, and it just didn't make sense. Legolas let loose of his hold enough so he could whisper in her ear.
"I have missed you for such a long time" he said in his native Elfin tongue so she would not understand him.
He then let her go and stroked her cheek with the back of his hand as he said in English, "I have to go now, but you will see me tomorrow. Sleep well!" Legolas then turned and walked back out the sliding glass door and disappeared into the woods behind her house.
Selene just stared as he left.
"What an odd turn of phrase!" she puzzled to herself. "He said, 'you will see me tomorrow...not, 'I will see you tomorrow'
now, what did he mean by that? And, what was that he whispered in my ear?"
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Silian, Thank you for reviewing!...Yes, there is a time change in the story, something like "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life".
"Oh, by the way my name is Selene" she said.
"I'm Legolas" he answered with a slight smile.
His head felt hot inside the house so without thinking about it, he pulled the cap off and laid it on the coffee table.
Even in the candle lighting, she could see the points of his ears.
'Oh my god, he's one of the nutty Star Trek fans who get plastic surgery!' she groaned to herself.
"What is a Star Trek fan ?" he asked her.
Shocked, she realized that his hearing was a lot better then she had suspected and started to explain when the front doorbell rang.
"Oh, that must be Leif." she said as she pointed towards the door. "I'll only be a minute." as she got up to go let Leif in.
*Saved by the bell* she thought.
Legolas pulled his hat back on and leaned back into the couch as he watched Selene walk across the room. His gaze rested on her swing as she quickly let in a man and a woman. He could hear the man easily as he whispered to Selene saying,
"We got your message, is that him on the couch?"
Leif noticed Legolas was watching them and walked over to meet Legolas.
The lights flickered on and off and finally settled to stay on. The room was flooded with soft yellow light making it much easier for everyone to see each other. The brightness of the electric lights made Legolas blink. He looked up at the ceiling fan light combo and realized the light was not from gas energy like on the ship. Just then, movement caught his attention and he turned to see a large screen television with a Harry Potter movie showing.
Selene followed his stare and quickly picked up her remote from the coffee table to flick off the movie.
"Sorry about that, must have left it on earlier before the storm turned off the electricity." Selene smiled as she put the remote back down.
Legolas was thinking about too many things at once and had to sit back down on the couch. Things were very, very different here then what he was use to, and he was going have try to calm himself so no one realized he did not know what anything was. What was it he had just seen? A boy walking into a room where there was a Brownie jumping up and down on his bed. Those little house elves had come to Britain with the Romans long after most of the population thought elves were just stories for children to go to sleep to.
"Legolas" Selene said as she touched his shoulder. "Are you alright? You look a little pale" she continued.
He looked around at their faces and could see they had been watching his responses and face expressions.
"Oh, I was just thinking about that boy" he said as he pointed towards the TV.
"Oh I know!" said Shim. "I just love Harry Potter, don't you!" she continued. "And I thought they did a good job with Dobby, although some people thought he looked kind of weird." Shim smirked at Leif as she said that.
"Dobby?" asked Legolas.
"The house elf there, the one jumping on the bed" Shim answered. "Didn't you notice him? Kind of strange little creatures they are, the elves I mean" she said smiling sweetly at Legolas.
"Rather ugly if you ask me! But, good special effects I think." said Leif as he sat down next to Legolas.
"Now, let me see you better Legolas so we can make sure you don't have any broken bones" said Leif.
"I think I am fine" said Legolas as he quickly stood up. Perhaps too quickly.
Selene sensing the heighten tension in Legolas and remember the knife sticking in the roof of her jeep quickly said,
"You know what fellas, why don't you take Legolas to the bathroom and show him where everything is for a shower so he can relax after all this excitement." "Leif, you are about the same size, do you have some clothes in your car he can wear while we throw his in the washer?" she suggested as she urged Leif to take charge.
"I'll fix something for us to all eat while you guys do that, ok?" asked Selene.
"uh Legolas, do you eat meat?' she asked.
"Yes, doesn't everybody?" Legolas answered.
"Not Leif, he's a veggo!" answered Shim.
"Vegetarian" corrected Leif. And with that, he and Legolas disappeared around the corner and into the bathroom.
Shim poured herself a glass of wine and sat on the counter top opposite of Selene while she worked.
"Picking up stray dogs, again" she chided with a grin on her face.
"Do you think he is a dog?" Selene answered with raised eyebrows.
"No, kind of skittish, but he is cute. Looks kind of familiar somehow too." Shim answered.
"I was thinking he looks like Leif in build, height but with long blond hair" said Selene. "Of course, Leif always looks like he just picks up closes from the floor all wrinkled and disheveled." I think Legolas has on some nice clothes, once we get them washed up a bit." she smiled.
"Are you going to let him stay here then?" asked Shim.
"I've got a spare, he can stay a couple of days. Surely, someone must be looking for him. We can call the sherif's office in the morning and see if he has been reported missing." said Selene.
~*~ Getting use to the hot water shooting out of the metal spigot was a whole new experience for Legolas. He had not been fond of the shampoo or soap either for they smelled laced with chemicals. Twenty minutes later, he emerged from a steamy bathroom in a pair of Levi dark blue jeans, a gap hunters green tee shirt, wet loose hair and bare footed. Leif had brought his dirty clothes to the washing machine earlier. They decided to wash them with woolight on gentle after not being able to find any tags. Selene also thought it would be best not to machine dry them but to hang them up to naturally dry over night.
Selene was munching on carrot sticks when Legolas came into her view. Everything might as well had gone into slow motion as she scrutinized every stride he made as he walked across the room. The fact that he didn't have on any underwear under the jeans had not escaped her attention.
"Close your mouth, hun, before you get a fly in it!" Leif teased her.
She shot Leif a glare before getting up to get a plate for Legolas.
"I laid out some food so everyone could just make sandwiches the way they like them. There's pepper jack cheese, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, turkey, roast beef and sourdough bread. I have mustard if you want some of that as well." she said as she strained to keep her eyes on his face, only.
"Thank you." he simply said. He had noticed how she was studying him now. It was making him feel a drunk, surreal sensation. The chemistry caused by their close proximity was palatable as well making Shim nudge Leif and mouth to him that they should leave now.
"Oh man, look at the time! Hey Selene, we've got to get going now. Check you on Monday. Call me if you need to." Leif said
They were already heading out the door when Selene focused on what Leif had said.
"Ok Leif, thanks for coming, both of you." Selene said.
The momentary distraction had been enough to break the fog feeling her brain. That was, until she looked back at Legolas. He was standing very still, looking at her face, eyes burning into her. There was a faint buzzing sound in the distance that took a few moments to register in her brain. "I, I think your clothes are washed now." she said with a more husky voice then usual. "I better get them out before the wrinkle." she said and quickly turned knowing he had seen her face flushed just about every shade of red.
When Selene came back, Legolas was leaning across the table to reach the pickles sitting in the center. She reached out the stop his dangling hair from brushing the food, gently brought the strand to rest on his shoulder, leaving the back of her hand to linger a little too long on his back before letting go of his hair. He stood up slowly and turned to her as he put his plate down on the table. Selene gulped involuntarily as it dawned on her that perhaps she really had his attention, now. His warm fingers wrapped around her chin to lift her face up to meet his and leaned his own face down towards hers. Selene could feel his warm breath on the skin of her face making goose pimples race up and down her spine. Suddenly, he stood back up very straight, and looked towards the window. It took a moment for Selene to realize his hand was no longer on her chin as well.
"Did you hear that?" he said as he stared hard out the window.
"Stay inside, I will be back, I'm going to look around." he said in a more commanding confidence then she had seen so far.
~*~ About two hours later, Legolas strolled into the dim livingroom to find Selene snoozing, sitting up on the couch. She opened her eyes and yawned as she gazed up at him. He reached out to take her hand and gently pulled her to standing. As she stood up, he pulled her into a very tight, body to body contact of a hug. It struck her how it felt like the kind of thing that a best friend would do if they had not seen you in a long, long time. His energy was totally different then earlier in the evening too, and, he no longer smelled like her shampoo. What a weird thing to think about, but it smacked her brain non the less, and it just didn't make sense. Legolas let loose of his hold enough so he could whisper in her ear.
"I have missed you for such a long time" he said in his native Elfin tongue so she would not understand him.
He then let her go and stroked her cheek with the back of his hand as he said in English, "I have to go now, but you will see me tomorrow. Sleep well!" Legolas then turned and walked back out the sliding glass door and disappeared into the woods behind her house.
Selene just stared as he left.
"What an odd turn of phrase!" she puzzled to herself. "He said, 'you will see me tomorrow...not, 'I will see you tomorrow'
now, what did he mean by that? And, what was that he whispered in my ear?"
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Silian, Thank you for reviewing!...Yes, there is a time change in the story, something like "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life".