Chapter 10: Decisions

Legolas paced the hall, his mind filled with only thoughts of her. It's driving him mad, he doesn't like her, never has, never will. Then why the hell is he so pissed about the sudden appearance of that man? Who was he and why did he want to see her in the first place? Legolas stopped pacing, looking around slightly confused. Was he really that pissed about the whole thing?

"Why the bloody hell am I pacing? I don't care, I should be thankful he took that damned woman off my hands. But where does she get off? Angry, spiteful...ARRGH!!!" Legolas kicked the wall once realizing he was pacing yet again.

Akiera lazily tossed her laptop aside, finally stretching after hours of typing, even though she felt like she had gotten nowhere the entire time. Slowly she climbed off her overly sized and pillowed bed before heading towards her bathroom, stopping at the sudden sound of noise coming from outside of her bedroom door.

"What the hell can it be now?" Akiera mumbled, slowly making her way towards her door to find the source of the noise.

Maria stared at her ceiling trying to figure out how she had managed to get her self into yet another dilemma without even trying, the first being the whole matter with the elf. It's not like she cared about the whole thing with Legolas, at least she didn't think she did, but she just couldn't believe her crappy luck when it came to these awkward situations. How was she to choose between what she thought was right or wrong and the company she loved, as her father did? But, in a way she had no one to blame but herself, she should have never tried to handle him and his band all by her self. If she would have just let the board have their two cents in the decisions of the band in the beginning she probably wouldn't be in this predicament. Even if she was she wouldn't have to actually consider his offer or loss her label.

So what to do? She couldn't just sleep with him but she couldn't let him ruin the job that she held so dear. She needed to talk to someone about this; it couldn't be Akiera she would just tell her to sleep with him and then point out how gorgeous he was while offering to take Maria's place. Ayumi could never be found, come to think of it Faramir has been missing in action for sometime as well (note to self find Faramir, maybe he will know where Ayumi is.). Anah would just give a long lecture about how wrong it was to even consider his offer. And Nicole would just tell her to do what she felt was right. Who and the hell needed that crappy advice? She needed someone to give her an answer that involved keeping her company and maybe her band without having to screw the lead singer to have it. At times like this she really wanted to scream at her father for ever even considering her to take his place in the business.

What she really needed was a nice long walk to clear her mind of this whole thing. Maybe she'll get her answer in the process. Maria sighed, sitting up in bed before slowly getting to her feet. She then made the long walk towards their backyard garden.

Meanwhile, somewhere hidden in the untouched sections of the estate….

Faramir slowly sits up in bed, starching his arms in the process. Scratching his head he turns his attention to the figure lying beside him, he smiles down warmly upon her. He softly caressed her cheek before leaning down to kiss her. She slowly wakes and returns his loving smile. (I know it's cheesy but bare with me.)

"You have awoken my love. Did you sleep well?"

"You ask me that every morning and every morning I say the same thing...as long as I dream of you I can never sleep bad." Ayumi sat up before kissing Faramir passionately.

"My, I do love your morning greetings. Do you think that it's time that we should let everyone know where we are?"

Ayumi positioned her self on top of the man, smiling down mischievously at him.

"Nah…let them worry a little while longer."

Maria walk was short lived; she had run into Elrond on her way. Thinking that maybe he would give her some good advice on the situation of her problem, considering he's been around far longer than anyone she knew, she told him her story. The whole event turned out to be something she never wanted to think or talk about ever again. She had chills for days after that don't think she will ever be the same.

She sighed as she entered her room once again, still undecided as what to do with her problem or how to solve it. She was looking at the end of a doubled edge sword and there wasn't anyway out of it. She turned on her side, staring at the only picture she had of her and her parents as a whole. It made her smile, even though she was far too young to even remember taking that picture or where they were when it was taken.

She closed her eyes as she finally sat up, reaching for the cordless on its receiver. She breathed heavily before dialing the number she had found written on a piece of paper on her night stand. It was time for her to come to a decision and stick with it, no matter the out come.

She slowly dialed the number, nervously waiting for the person on the other in to answer.

"Hello? Yeah…we need to talk?"

Akiera slowly made her way out of her room to find the cause of the ruckus she had been obligated to listen to for the past five minutes. When she found the source, she was ready to scream her head off, but stopped once seeing the tormented and confused expression on Legolas' face. She took a long sigh before approaching the elf.

"Can I ask why you are out here making so much damn noise?" Legolas met the eyes of Akiera, no longer able to hide his confusion.

"Why?"

"Why…what?"

"Why do I feel this way about her?"

"About who? Maria?" Akiera studied him for a minute, realizing this is exactly who he was referring to. "OOOOOOOO…..you like Mariaaaaaaaa…..oooooo….goose bumps…goose….bumps…"

"SHUT UP!!! I NEVER SAID I LIKED HER!!!...AND I DON'T…I…just…"

"Yeah, but it's written all over your face…aww…so cute…"

Legolas sighed, defeated. "What should I do? I'm so confused, I hate her so much, she drives me crazy. Yet, I can't help but care about her and worry the next. I just want to hold her when she's hurting…"

"Aww…that's so fucking sweet" Akiera wiped the tear from her eye. "Buttt…"

"But…what?"

"You should just forget about her."

"What?"

"Yeah…forget about her."

"But, I can't…I think I care about her too much."

"Yeah…that's nice…seriously let her go…she's not your type…she's too…what's the word?" Akiera takes the moment to think it over. "…Ummm….flaky? Yeah, but no…eh…forget it…just forget it…"

"I can't…I just can't do that…"

"And why not?? You have four other hot chicks you could forget her with…" Akiera winked seductively at the elf.

"No, I want her…only her…" Akiera began to laugh. "What? Why are you laughing?"

"I didn't think you would be this easy to break…man…I got you singing like a fucking canary." Legolas looked confused.

"You…mean…this was all a…a joke??"

"No I wouldn't say a joke…more of a way to get you to actually admit how you feel…"

"So...you just put me in an awkward position to get me to realize what I wanted?"

"Yeah…pretty much."

"Sssooo…you didn't mean everything you just said?"

"Ummm…..no…no…I-I meant it…but it was a way to get you to talk."

"So…"

"Yeah just forget her…it'll never work."

"But…"

"Dude you're from two different worlds…not going to work out…" With that Akiera walked away, leaving Legolas in a far worse state than he was before their little chat.

"Women…" Legolas mumbled before heading in a direction of his own. It was time to make a decision and at this point he didn't care about the consequences any longer.