Shoutout to Fantasy Narwhale of Rivendell, lucefatale, and Joselyn Aleera Nyx for all they have done.

Also, remember that summary, when I said that this will get M-rated? Well. Here you go. Sorry if the sex scene sucks, I have the experience of a nun. As well I should, at 14. This is really just a very short filler, which describes 90% of the time we'll spend in Imladris :)

It didn't take Liberty long to find the boys. The sound of splashing and yelling led her right to them. She was about to rush right to the place where the sounds were coming from, when she skidded to a halt.

Boys + baths = naked males = something she could do without right now. She turned her back and yelled, "Fabe? Merry? That you? " She heard a splash and Fabian call.

"Sister! There you are! " She refrained from turning. "Is anyone decent? " Fabian's denial of this fact was disturbingly cheerful. Liberty rolled her eyes. "In that case, find me when you stop being naked."

She walked off, ignoring her brother's pleas for her to remain.

When one of the boys - she was calling them that now - finally did find her, it was at least an hour later. It had been an hour of extreme boredom, interrupted by infrequent brushes with the elves. They still gave her the creeps.

She turned at the sound of bare feet, and was about to remark on her brother's tardiness, but was thrown off track by the simple but indisputable fact that the newcomer was Merry.

She felt the now familiar rush of blood to her face. "Oh. Hi, Merry. How are you?" She queried awkwardly. Merry stared. "Your hair!" Liberty rubbed her shorn scalp. "Yeah, it was a bit much. And I like spontaneous decisions. "

Merry sat down on a nearby bench. "Dear me, after your brother and my cousin and your hair, I'm astounded that I've not had a heart attack..." Alarm bells sounded in Liberty's head. "What are Fabian and Pippin doing, Merry?" Merry ran a hand through his curly locks. "Screwing."

Liberty blinked. "Unsurprising, yet disgusting." She coughed once or twice. "Why don't we go for a stroll?" She small chatted for awhile, walking together through the elegant corridors.

The conversation had no real pattern, but gradually it seemed to Liberty to be roughly 80% innuendos. But maybe that was just her.

They started to walk through the gardens, and now the conversation was basically the kind of flirting that could, if she played her cards right, turn into 'screwing', as Merry had so bluntly put it. Which, of course, was definitely ok with Liberty.

The flirting started to get more meaningful, and before she knew it, she was pressed against a tree with her hands pinioned over her head and Merry's tongue in her mouth. At this point, she just let her body take over

. Merry was pleased at her lack of bra, and she was pleased with his lack of chest hair. She found chest hair gross. Merry apparently had the same aversion to large boobs, as he was rather delighted by her small chest. Liberty took her own pants off - they were the only pair currently available to her, and she didn't want them ripped. She found herself too distracted by Merry's copying of her actions to care that he tossed her underwear aside.

It wasn't her first time, and he wasn't the biggest she'd ever had, but the sex was good and exactly what she needed. They both managed to orgasm, and Liberty felt very satisfied afterwards.

As they laid next to each other, Liberty took the opportunity to observe their makeshift bedroom. It was a nicely wooded hollow, a ways off the beaten path.

After a while: "That was nice." Said Merry. "Very. Where did you put my pants?" Merry pointed without lifting his head. "So...this is just a one time thing?" He asked. Liberty shook a leaf out of her underwear. "Yeah, pretty much, if that's alright. We can be hookups." Merry nodded thoughtfully. "Sounds good. Wonder how long we've been gone?" Liberty pulled her dress over her head. "Dunno. I think about an hour. You gonna get dressed?" Merry shook his head. "Nah, I'm good." "Suit yourself."

She walked back towards the main building, and cursed herself. Hookups?! Liberty wanted more than a hookup. She wanted a relationship with the funny, passionate man (hobbit, whatever ) she had left in the hollow. But, she rationalised, she was gonna focus on going home at some point. A relationship now would be stupid. But the heart sometimes likes and wants stupid things...

As I said, a short little filler. I suck at ~details~ so forgive me. As always, tell me how you liked it :)