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I'm sorry for not getting this chapter done sooner, but at least i kept my promise about getting it in on this day.
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I sighed as I looked at the door. It wasn't one of those sighs that people do when they see their crush without a shirt; it was one of those sighs that you make when you don't want to do something but you know you have to. I turned around and looked at the door to the washroom. I didn't like the idea of a chamber pot but I wasn't about to go complain to Elrond and demand that he put in indoor plumbing.
I made my way to the washroom as slowly as I could. If I was racing a rock, the rock would win; that's how slow I was going. I finally got to the door and opened it, taking a minute to glance around the washroom. This time I noticed that there was water in the tub and some things next to the tub that I think are soap and shampoo. As I began to get ready for my bath, I noticed that I had my backpack on. I had had it on the whole time and I hadn't even realized it (I know it seems crazy, but it's true!). That just goes to show you that I am not an observant person.
As I took a bath I couldn't resist singing. I could only remember the first two lines to the song so after repeating that and trying to figure out what the next line was, I began to make up a game, using my fingers as people. First the people were swimming in the ocean, and then a big wave crashed down on them. A boat (my other hand; there were only five people) came and rescued them. After I was done with that I decided to daydream a bit, but I began to fall asleep and slipped under the water (which was now cool). That woke me up completely and I quickly finished my bath.
I knew that I couldn't wear my dirty clothes again and I had no clue where to get clothes around here. But then I remembered that I was supposed to have gym yesterday, and therefore had my gym clothes. I got changed into them and walked out of the room. I didn't have a brush, so I decided to look around the room for one and hoped that no one had used it before. I decided to start by looking on the vanity and I found one! I brushed my hair and put it up so it wouldn't drip on my clothes. I had just finished with that when someone knocked on the door. I opened the door and saw Elladan there (I knew it was him because he didn't have a scowl on his face).
"What's up?" I asked him casually. He looked confused and looked up at the ceiling.
"The ceiling?" he responded uncertainly. That made me laugh, not because of his response, but because of the look on his face.
"Never mind. Why are you here?" I questioned, trying to stop laughing, but occasionally chuckling.
"My ada wished to have a word with you and it is my duty to escort you to his study," he told me, getting over his confusion and becoming more serious. He looked so professional, I just wanted to go "awwwwwwwwww…" and give him a big old bear hug. I restrained myself though.
"Okey dokey," I said, smiling brightly (and no I do not like him). He led me through the halls and I started to look around. The tapestries and paintings hanging on the wall were very interesting to look at, but I had to stop when I walked into a wall.
After about 10 minutes (I'm not sure of the exact length of time because I don't have a watch and I forgot to charge my cell phone, so it died) we got to a big wooden door that went almost all of the way up to the ceiling. 'That door must be really heavy' I thought to myself while staring at the door in wonder. There were intricate designs on the door. I walked up to the door and started tracing some of the symbols with my index finger (I wanted to see if it would open, like the high security vaults in Gringotts in Harry Potter series). It probably wasn't the best idea though because a couple of seconds after I started tracing the designs, the doors swung open, knocking me over onto the floor.
"Ugh, I'm gonna have a huge lump on my head tomorrow," I said while rubbing my forehead. The pain had gone away now, but I wanted to be dramatic. I looked around and found everyone staring at me; every one being Elrond, Elladan (who hadn't left yet), Celebrian, and an old fossil whom I hadn't met yet. I walked into the room and kept going until I reached the desk that Elrond was sitting behind.
"Please take a seat," he told me once I had reached my destination. I obeyed and sat in the chair that was a little to my right. I heard the door closed and looked behind me to see Elladan gone. I turned back around to face Elrond and the sullen fossil. They were both looking very serious and I knew that something was wrong. I suddenly began to panic on the inside, 'What if they didn't buy my story?' I asked myself. I didn't show how nervous I was on the outside, but it may have been portrayed through my eyes, I'm not quite sure though.
"I would like to know who you are, where you are from, and what you are doing here," Elrond told me. I knew he didn't buy my story. Darn… this could be a problem. Actually I know it couldn't be a problem, it will be a problem. I need to think of what I'm going to say. I don't want to tell him my real name incase he is some insane weirdo/stalker/killer. But, since he saw right through my last story, I doubt he will believe a new one. I guess I have to tell the truth.
"My name is Kaylee. I'm from Minnesota, I won't tell you which town in case you are a stalker or something," I started but clapped my hand over my mouth as I realized what I had just said. I scratched the back of my head and laughed nervously. "Umm…. I mean, I don't know if you'll recognize the town… that's all. I didn't mean anything by what I said. I'm so sorry," I cried. By this time I was on my knees, pretending to sob (hoping to get a little sympathy) with my hands clasped together and raised in the air. Basically I was begging for forgiveness.
"Sit back down," the old fossil said sternly. Wow, that's the first time I've heard him talk. He doesn't seem very nice maybe he should go on American Idol, and then Simon could tell him that he is the worst singer in the world and then the old fossil would have a smaller ego and stop bossing people around so much. OK, so maybe it's not his ego that is making him stern, maybe it is just from years of having to deal with people, and from how he looked, I could tell it was a lot of years.
"Uh, anyway, onto the third question. Well, I was on my way to school and fell over the guard rail, down a cliff and into a tree. Then I fell from the tree and landed in mud. I almost lost Lefty to," I finished sadly, clearly not wanting to think of the near death experience that Lefty had had yesterday.
"And who might Lefty be," asked Elrond patiently.
"He's my right shoe!" I told him proudly. Elrond and the fossil gave me a strange look. It was then that I decided that I needed to know the fossil's name so I could stop calling him fossil. If I don't then I will probably call him a fossil out loud by accident (which I will probably end up doing regardless of whether or not I know his name). I turned to him and got his attention. "What's your name?" I questioned curiously.
"I am Gandalf the Grey," he replied in a proud voice. I didn't feel like saying that name, so I came up with a nickname for him: Alf. OK, so it's not so original, I know that there was really an Alf, and the last part of his name sounds like the word, off, but it's the best that I could think of on the spot.
"Nice to meet you Alf," I said in response, holding my hand out for him to shake. He looks a little annoyed at the nickname, so I think it's best to leave him alone for a while. I turned back to Elrond innocently, ignoring the look on Alf's face. I made sure that I didn't look at him because I know it I did I would start laughing like a hyena. Elrond looked at Alf for a minute or two then turned back to me.
"I have never heard of this Minnesota, where is it exactly?" Elrond questioned.
"It's in the United States," I said back lightly, but seeing the look of confusion on his face I quickly added, "If you have a map I'll show it to you." He got a map out of what seemed to be nowhere, but was actually a desk drawer. I looked over it carefully, but it was all one big land mass with an ocean to one side. There were none of the seven continents. I rubbed my chin in concentration. "I don't recognize anything on this map," I told them after another minute of looking it over. "Oh! I have my history book in my backpack. It is sure to have a map of the US in it."
I ran out of the room without another word, which definitely wasn't my brightest idea in the world since I had no idea where I was going. I tried paying attention to where I was but kept getting distracted. I even knocked over a vase by accident one time when I wasn't paying attention. I hid the pieces under the table it had been on and left that hallway as fast as I could, hoping there had been no witnesses. Wow, that makes it sound like I murdered someone or something.
After a while I came across a person. I was so happy I couldn't resist yelling.
"FINALLY! AFTER 3 LONG MINUTE I HAVE FOUND CIVILIZATION!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. It was only then that I looked around and spotted Elrond's study door a few yards down the hallway. I had screamed at Elrohir, which probably wasn't such a good thing since he already almost hated me. He just rolled his eyes and continued on his way down the hall. I ran up to him to ask directions.
"Would you be so kind as to tell me how I can get to that room I was in before?" I asked as nicely as I could. He sighed in frustration and gave me directions. I followed them as best as I could and finally made it back after what felt like hours of walking. I then realized how tired I felt and as soon as I entered the room I marched over to the bed and fell onto it (missing the first two times and adding a few future bumps to my head). I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow, completely forgetting about getting my history book out of my backpack. I hop Elrond and Alf realized that I wasn't coming back that night and had gone off to bed. I wouldn't want to have them cranky in the morning because of me (although they are probably always cranky before their morning coffee). It never occurred to me that they might not have any coffee here, or even know what it is. I mean, come one, who doesn't know what coffee is. But I didn't find all of that out until morning.
The next morning I woke up sometime after dawn and before noon. Man, I wish I had a watch. I don't know how to tell time by the sun and I haven't seen a single clock in this palace-home-thing. Sheesh, no toilets/indoor plumbing, no clocks, or phones (I haven't seen any of them either, not even in Elrond's study). This place is like, medieval or something. I wonder how they survived for so long, especially Alf because he looks a lot older than the rest of them, so he would have been around probably before they even had houses.
I wandered around after getting dressed in my old clothes, which had been cleaned and looked brand new. I finally found my way to a room where there were people sitting around eating. I scanned the room quickly and sat at the first available seat that I could find. I was seated next to some guy whom I didn't talk to because he and I were both too preoccupied with our food and stressing over the lack of coffee (I seemed to be the only one who was doing that) to notice each other. The only reason I knew I was sitting next to a guy is because I noticed before I sat down, saw all the food, and stopped thinking.
I ate as much as I could and looked around the room again. Alf caught my eye and gave me a disapproving look. I guess he was still sore about last night. Oh, well. What's past is past, hopefully today will be better than the past two days.
Thank You for your patience. I really appreciate it. I'm sorry that this chapter isn't longer, but it is almost Saturday and I said I would get it in on Friday. I have about 7 minutes left ot get this in (I've been busy most of the day). Anyway, thank you for reading this. Please review. I would appreciate it if people sent in ideas. If they do I will try to incorperate any into my story that I think will fit with what has happened so far and what is going to happen in future chapters (which I haven't really thought about a lot). I will try to update more often from now on. Have a nice day/night.