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Chapter 10

Legolas and I spent three days in Rivendell while we rested and got supplies for our journey to the Shire. It was a seven day ride to reach Hobbiton. My first mission was simple; I had been craving lately for normal food. you know? Hot dog, pizza, spaghetti, hamburger, cheesedog! Normal food! Since apparently I was going to be stuck in Middle earth forever, I wanted to make this world a favor and introduce these wonderful dishes. For that, I need a chef that is willing to make greasy, fattening, delicious food, which means, elves are discarded. So who better to do this than Sam? He really did his best to keep the meals tasty and appetizing while we were traveling, so if he could make such good food from scratch, I'm sure that with his excellent cooking skills and everything I learned in Home Ec, we can surely make all sorts of awesome food together!

Legolas decided that he wanted to visit "The Ring Bearer" as he still insists on calling Frodo, so I headed straight to Sam's house, which took me about an hour to find since there's a ton of criss crossing roads and all houses look that same! Finally, I found the sign that read "Sam Gamgee" and I knocked.

"In a moment!" I heard him shout from the inside. Soon, the sound of the lock being undone reached my ears and the door swung open.

"Morni-" he cut off when he realized that he was looking at someone's midriff instead of their face, and he looked up.

"Hi, Sam. Long time no see!" I exclaimed in the happiest way ever. I really was super glad to see him, despite having had our differences in the journey. "So, how ar-" but I was cut off when Sam literally slammed the door in my face. "Hey! Sam, what the fuck?! It's me, Alex! Don't you remember?" I yelled.

"That's exactly why I'm not opening," I heard him say from the inside.

"What?! Sam!" I said, grabbing the doorknob right before he could lock it. He immediately started pushing from the inside, and I from the outside. "Hey! Open up! Open up you stupid hobbit!" I continued to push, but either Sam was freaking strong, or I was getting weak.

"No! Go away!" he shouted.

"Sam! Open!"

"Sweetheart, is everything alright?" I heard an unfamiliar female voice say from the inside.

"Yes, Rosie," he said in a strained voice. "Just pests."

"Pests?! How dare you! Open up!"

"Honey, who is that?" this Rosie asked.

"Nothing, nothing."

It was then that I managed to give the door a good push. I fell on my face, and Sam was thrown back and crashed against a little table.

"Ow," I moaned.

"Oh dear! Are you alright?" the woman said.

I looked up and saw a pretty little hobbit helping Sam up. She had such pretty golden lock, nice, round cheeks with a cute, natural, rosy blush.

"Oh, who's this?" I asked Sam.

He rubbed his head, scowling a bit. "This is my wife, Rosie Cotton."

"Oh! I didn't know you got married! And she's a real cutie! Congratulations!"

Rosie blushed a little and put her hands to her cheeks with a wide smile.

"Oh, thank you! You're such a sweetheart," Rosie said as she moved to help me up. "Sam, why wouldn't you let this nice, young lady inside?"

"Nice?! She's not nice at all!"

"Now, Sam! Don't be rude to our guest. Come in, sweetheart. Would you like some sponge cake? We were just about to have our midday snack."

"Oh, that sounds nice. I'd love to."

"But…" Sam said, more to himself than to us.

"Come one, Sam, cheer up!" I exclaimed. "I came here to visit you!"

Sam rolled his eyes a little but attempted to lessen his scowl as he followed us to the dining are. After we had our little tea time, I explained to Sam what I wanted to do. At first he was a little iffy about it, but Rosie really liked the idea. I could tell that this girl and I would really get along wonderfully. After she convinced Sam to do it, we decided to make pizza first, cuz I was really going crazy for some. After listing the things we would need, Sam asked me to go down to the market to get some ingredients that we were lacking.

I went with a merry skip, happy that I was finally going to eat pizza after two years. I gathered everything I needed and was about to head back, when I heard someone yelling my name. I turned around just as someone collided with me and wrapped his arms around my midriff.

"Alex! You came back for me! I-I mean, to visit us, yes?"

"Pippin? Oh… oh, Pippin, what a pleasant surprise," I said with a nervous laugh. "Ah, yes, I did come to visit all of you."

"That's great! Do you have a place to stay? You can stay over at my place!" he said with a most happy expression.

"Oh, how nice of you, but… I'm staying with Rosie and Sam! Yeah, she already accommodated me there, so it would be rude to reject her hospitality". I said, subtly trying to gt his arms off me.

"Oh," he said, sounding disappointed. "Well, no problem. Actually, I'm very glad you came. I've missed you so much!"

"Oh- that's, eh…" this was so awkward for me I didn't even know what to say!

"So, um," he said, blushing a little. "Now that the quest is over and we have time to relax, would you like to have a date with me?"

Imagine getting K.O. from a professional boxer, that's how I felt. For one part, he was just so adorable, liking me so much and his eyes were just begging me to accept his offer, but on the other hand, he's a hobbit! He's at least two feet shorter than me! Not that I have anything against short people, but to me, this all seems sort of illegal somehow. And, I really just don't feel that way for the little guy. But I didn't want to just say no and break his little hobbit heart. I was starting to break into a cold sweat.

"Aw, Pip, that's so sweet of you, and I'm really flattered, but uh, I'm- I'm actually dating someone… already."

"What?! Really?" he asked, his eyes widening.

"Yeah! We've been dating for a while now," I said, lying through my teeth.

"Really? Who is it?"

"Wh-who, who is it?" I stuttered. "He's, uh, he's, he's a guy… with, uh, nice hair, and uh, a face! A very nice face!"

"What's his name?" he insisted, not that it looked as if he didn't believe me- incredibly- but he seemed to actually want to know who this guy was.

"His name? Ah, well, his name is…" as if by fate, Legolas came walking by on that very instant. He saw us and saw Pippin and came over to greet him, so I took my chance. My body reacted faster than my mind could compute. I reached for Legolas and just wrapped my arms around one of his and pulled him to me as I cuddled to him. "Legolas! His name is Legolas!"

"What?!" Pippin exclaimed.

"What is going on?" Legolas asked.

I was internally roundhouse kicking my sorry ass for doing such a stupid thing, but I had no choice, so I just forced a wide smile and continued.

"Yes! Legolas and I are lovers!"

"We are what?!" Legolas asked, his face shooting to look at me.

I immediately pinched his side as hard as I could, feeling him jolt slightly.

"Yes, we are so in love it's crazy! Right, Legolas?" I said, giving him the sweetest smile ever while crying on the inside. He just gave me a 'what the hell is going on' look, but just stayed quiet, so I pinched him again.

"Ah, yes, we are doing this," Legolas said, reluctantly, then he leaned to whisper in my ear. "Exactly what are we doing?"

"Play along!" I hissed back.

"Legolas? But you two hate each other!"

"Pffft, no we don't!" I said in what must have sounded like a really pathetic attempt at sounding honest. "We love each other! Right, sweetheart?"

"Of course we do," he said, managing to sound more believable than me.

"But, you two would have the worst arguments ever all the time!"

"Oh that? That was just… just, eh, what was it, Legolas?"

"Mutual disagreement?" he mumbled sourly. I gave him a really nasty pinch on the side again and I was sure that it would bruise. "I mean, we were, hiding our love," he said, sort of growling that last word as he gave me a slight side glare. Internally, I was thinking 'Oh shit, I'm so gonna get it later.'

"Yeah, yeah, hiding our love! You see, it would have brought problems to the Fellowship had they known. You know, two lovers working together in the middle of a battle for the world is a distraction, so we decided to put up that little facade to hide our love."

"I can't believe this," Pippin said in a breath.

"I cannot believe it either," Legolas said, receiving another harsh pinch on the arm from me. He lowered his face to whisper into my ear. "If you pinch me one more time, I swear you will wake up in the river tonight."

I laughed rather nervously. I knew not to underestimate his wrath. "Haha, you kidder you!" I said as I continued to laugh while patting his shoulder, while I unconsciously rubbed at the sore area, trying to ease away the threat. I realized what I was doing when I felt his muscles flinch beneath my touch, and I know my face must have gone red when I realized it. I didn't want to look I at his face right now, so I just yanked my hand away, awkwardly laughing, and praying that the ground just opened up and swallowed me.

Pippin just stared at us for a moment. It seemed that he wasn't truly convinced of it all.

"Prove it then," he said.

"What?" Legolas and I asked in unison, trying to keep the panic out of our face and voice.

"You heard me. Prove it, if you're so in love, then it should not be a problem."

The demon inside of me snapped and I almost jumped at his throat. 'That little bastard!'

"Wh- ah, well, you see, that is not such a good idea," I said, stuttering. Maybe had it been anyone else, I would have already kissed him, but this is Legolas, Legolas! He might have you fooled with that oh so wonderful, perfect male act, but he is vicious, vicious I tell you! I was about to crumble, when I hear Legolas start to talk in a very cool and stoic manner.

"Pippin, I do not think that there is any need for Alex and I to prove our love."

I was surprised that he had started acting on his own without the need of me initiating it. 'Yes! I'm safe!'

"Besides, it is a really rude thing to ask. And it is not proper to do such things in public."

"Hm," Pippin said. "Well, I do not believe you. I simply don't," he said, sounding a bit angry.

I wanted to cry. I didn't want to hurt Pip, and this was clearly hurting him. I was about to just drop on my knees and sob like a baby, when Legolas' voice brought me back.

"Alright then, just to clear Alexandra's honor."

My head snapped up to him as I gave him a confused look. That gave him the chance to pull me closer and press a kiss to my forehead. I just stood stone-still for a moment as he lingered. Then he pulled away and looked at Pippin.

"Are you satisfied, master hobbit?'

"I… I… I can't believe it!" Pippin exclaimed, looking angry. "You took my woman!"

"Your what?!" I asked, shocked at his words and for a moment having a distraction from what had just happened.

Pippin rolled up the sleeves from his shirt and got into a fighting position. "Arm yourself and fight me for the love of lady Alex!"

Okay, now I was shocked.

"I rather not," Legolas muttered for only me to hear as he scrunched his face in disgust. I really just wanted to punch him in the gut.

Okay, this was really getting out of hand. I had to stop this cuz I really didn't want Pippin to hurt himself. He was already jumping on his toesies from side to side, throwing little punches in the air. I just jumped in between them and held Pippin.

"Come on, now, there's no need to fight for me! No, really, there's no need."

"No! I shall fight this filthy scoundrel for your love and honor!"

I saw Legolas' eyebrow twitch in annoyance. 'Oh shit! He's really going to hit him if this continues!'

"Pip! Please, listen. I'm so sorry, you're the best hobbit ever and I'm really flattered that you like me so much, but," I walked over and took Legolas' hand in mine, "we're in love! And one does not simply chooses who to love, love chooses you." Again, internally kicking myself.

I saw how Pip's anger started to die down, and a bit of sadness seemed to wash over him as he bowed his head a little.

"Oh… that's alright, I suppose. I mean," he said, scratching the back of his head. "I suppose that if you're happy, then that's all that matters." He cleared his throat and looked at Legolas. "And you, you best know how to treat Alex like a queen. She deserves no less. Got it? I'll be watching you two closely!"

Legolas just forced a smile to his face. "Of course I will," he said as he tightened his grip on my hand a little too hard. Of course, I couldn't give it away or this would start all over again.

"Aw, thanks Pip. You're the best. How about you come over to Sam's later. We're making new food that you've never tasted!"

Pippin seemed to brighten up a little. He gave a small smile. "Yes, that would be nice."

"And you can bring Merry over as well."

"Alright, I'll go get him then." He started to walk past us, but stopped to glare at Legolas one more time before he left completely.

When he was gone, the two of us let go of each other's hand as if it was poisonous. Legolas just bent once more to whisper at my ear.

"If you ever pull a stunt like that again, you will wake up in the river," he whispered, murderously.

I couldn't find my voice at that moment, so I simply nodded really quickly. I had to make sure to stay in the public eye for a while.

"Come now," Legolas said. "Apparently, we have a diner to go to."

I just walked in silence and he followed. I could hear him mumbling in elvish, and after a while, it really pissed me off. Sure, this was mostly my fault, but I didn't want to hurt Pippin. So, being the ever patient and collected woman that I am, not, I just snapped at him.

"You know, this is really not as bad as you make it sound! I just wanted to protect Pip's feelings and you're making me feel as if I had done something horrible!"

"If you just thoughts things through, we would not be in this mess!" he snapped back.

"Well I'm sorry for panicking! I just wanted to protect a friend!"

"So you sacrifice me instead?"

"Oh I'm sorry! I didn't know that it was such a sacrifice to pretend that you love me!"

Well, there goes my peace and tranquility I was looking for when I decided to leave Greenwood.

"This is why I wanted to just come alone!"

"By this you mean?"

"You! You're so annoying and mean! I wanted peace from you!"

"So I am the one who takes away your peace?"

"Well, you sure don't give me any!"

"As if it was so easy to have peace when I'm around you!"

"Then why the fuck did you follow me here?!"

Legolas opened his mouth to speak, but closed it again.

"I-"

"Hey guys!" we heard Merry's voice and instantly, Legolas and I snapped together like magnets, holding onto each other's hand. Pippin was close behind him.

We ended up having to walk hand in hand to Sam's house, and once we got there, things just got worse. So far, no one had mentioned the lover's topic, so Sam and Rosie still didn't know. But the Universe seemed to love messing with us, cuz Frodo arrived, and Merry was the first to greet him.

"Hey, Frodo! Did you know that Legolas and Alex are together now?"

Frodo, whom I had yet to even salute yet, just stared at us in disbelief.

"Oh, really? You made no mention of this, Legolas."

"They're together?!" Sam asked from the kitchen.

'Just fucking great!'

"Hehe, yeah, we are together…" I said, still holding Legolas' hand. "Couple, lovers, haha…" I groaned internally. 'Oh God, I'm so going to end up in that river tonight.'

Let's just say that diner wasn't very fun. Legolas just kept glaring at me every time I got too close, and we had to constantly pretend we were all happy and lovey dovey whenever anyone asked about us being together. I didn't even get to enjoy my Middle earth pizza! *internal sobs of misery*

After eating, we were helping clean the kitchen. At one point, I tripped a bit and brushed over Legolas, but that alone set him off. He just hissed at me to be careful and turned away so brusquely that he did not notice Merry before the hobbit walked into him, making him spill the bowl of leftover sauce on my hair.

Apparently, Legolas felt somewhat responsible for that little accident, because he dragged me over to the river and helped me wash my hair off. It was the nighttime, but the moon was full and the stars bright, so we could see quite well. After removing all the sauce, we just sat by the river bank in silence as he combed my hair with his fingers and then started to braid it.

I heard Legolas sighed softly, almost tiredly. "I am sorry," I heard him say, quietly, almost to himself. I just stayed quiet, not really sure if he was talking to me. "I never should have said those things to you. It was uncalled for."

I was just pouting a bit. But after hearing that, I really just gave up. "I'm sorry too. I never should have done that. I just panicked! I really care for Pippin and didn't want to hurt his feelings."

I waited for a reply, but after a while, I thought that he really wasn't going to say anything.

"I understand. You were only protecting your friends. It was the noble thing to do."

"You actually agree with me?!" I asked, trying to put a bit of humor in my voice. "It feels nice to hear you agree with me for once."

Legolas chuckled a bit. "Well, do not get too used to it."

"Wouldn't dream of it. Who else will entertain me with pointless fights and discussions if not you?"

"Indeed."

We both just chuckled, and just spent the rest of the night in silence, together under the stars. Yeah, this might not be such a bad day after all.

I heard Legolas sigh again.

"What is it?"

"You do know that Pippin is watching us from that tree?"

I sighed as well. "Yup, I know."

"Keep those hands where I can see them, elf!" Pip shouted from between the branches.

Legolas and I just laughed. I felt Legolas raise his hands in the air for a moment.

"Will do, master hobbit."

The two of us you exchanged amused looks before laughing again. Somehow, he always manages to do this; he infuriates me to hell, but then, he makes me laugh, and just feel all mushy and giddy. Fuck him...

So, this was a bit of a long chapter, hope you guys didn't mind. But this is not the same as Reasons, where she would just explain a point, here you see her story as she starts her life in Middle earth, so chapters are longer. Review to your heart's content! A simply "Good job" or "Funny" always makes us happy! Also, I personally love it when some of you quote a specific line, because we see what we are doing right! :D So thanks again to all who support us!