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Chapter 10
We broke the kiss, and there was a silence. A silence where you could only hear the slight rustling of the trees against the wind. I looked up into his eyes, they were icy, and like sapphires they were. I felt as if I could not breathe, being under his gaze, I finally came out of my trance, and my cheeks started to blush, and turn bright red. We interlaced hands, and his face glowed.
"Thanks again for taking me here, it was beautiful." I said, breaking the quietness of the evening.
"You are welcome, but the night is not over yet." He said, tugging my arm, walking up the hill "We still have one thing to do."
I giggled, "And what could be better than this?" I asked keeping him in the same spot.
He just laughed, and lead me up the hill. We walked by some pillars of the Mirkwood castle, this was a place that I had not been to yet. The first thing I noticed was music, "Oh shoot!" I thought, "We are going to dance!". I placed a fake smile on, and Legolas lead me to the center of an open floor with bronze tiles lined across the bottom.
"I am just telling you for precaution, but I am not a good dancer." I said, laughing at myself.
"No matter, just follow my lead." He said.
I flipped my hair behind my shoulders, "So what do I do?" I asked, confused.
"First, I will put my hands on your waist, and then you will put your hands on my shoulders." He instructed, I did what he told me, laughing at myself.
"Now what?" I asked, I had a feeling that I would not be good at the next part.
"Okay so, step with your right foot, forward-" He was cutoff by me stepping on his toe.
I gasped, "I am so sorry!" I said.
"It is fine, I am here to teach you." He said.
We tried that movement several more times, and I eventually got it, and we were dancing. I felt as if time was standing still, and Legolas, and I were the only two people on Middle Earth at the moment.
The music had all faded out, and we were dancing, only to the sound of the wind, whistling through the bushes. When she had finally got the hang of dancing, she looked graceful, and light on her feet. I smiled, and felt, happy. Morning would probably be here in a couple of hours, but we did not care, we just wanted each other.
We neared the final move of our dance, I could sense that she was getting fatigued, I was getting a little tired my self, so I decided to spin her, and let her fall into my arms. I was about halfway through the move, when I felt Heidi wince with pain, she crouched over, clutching at her stomach.
"I am sorry, I should have been more careful, knowing that you are not fully healed." I said, helping her back up.
"It is fine, just a little sore." She said, that was a lie, I read her mind, "Maybe we should get some sleep?"
"Yes, of course." I said, hesitating for a moment, I probably not get any sleep tonight.
I continued to help her up, and she finally got up, I held her hand all the way up to her room. She opened the door, and began to walk in, but then suddenly turned around, and kissed me.
"Thanks again." She smiled, and closed the door silently.
I was left there for a couple of moments, looking like a fool in a trance. When I came to, I went back to my room, and fell onto my bed, with my arms crossed above my head, thinking about the whole night. It replayed in my mind over, and over again, the kiss. I could feel something, like a connection. I sighed, thinking of the incident with the dance, I should have been more careful, she was gravely injured, and woke up a day ago! I only hoped that she was alright.
I got into my bed, slightly wincing from all of the sharp pains in my stomach. Though it was not from my wound. I blew out the candles in my room, and slipped under the covers, I was so tired after today, it would be dawn in a couple of hours. I instantly fell into a deep sleep, and had no dreams.
I woke up the next morning, to a knock on the front door.
"Heidi, Heidi!" The voice said, I recognized it as Arwen, "Let me in!"
I groaned, and threw my pillow on the floor, and groggily walked to the door, in a very unladylike manner.
"What is it?" I said, whining.
"Wow, someone is not very pleasant today!" She stated, walking towards my bed.
I found my brush, and started to comb through my tangled hair, "So why did you want to come here?" I asked again, in a nicer tone.
"Oh, I just wanted to know how things went last night with, Legolas?" She joked, laughing, "I heard he took you dancing."
"Yes, yes he did, and we looked at that magnificent waterfall." I said, recalling the events from last night.
"So did anything else happen?" She asked grinning.
I rolled my eyes, "No, well, um." I said, I was starting to blush.
"What happened?" Arwen repeated, looking me straight in the eyes.
"Um, we might have, well, kissed." I said, Arwen's face lit up as soon as I said the word "kiss".
"He did, what!" She exclaimed, raising her voice.
"Yeah, he kissed me." I said shyly.
"So how did, you guys, well, how did it all happen?" She asked, being intent.
"Well, he took me to see the waterfall, and I told him that it was amazing, and we were so close, and it just happened." I said, smiling at the memory.
Arwen smiled widely, "Do you love him?" She asked me, I looked at her, and tried to decide my feelings all in that one moment.
The feelings I felt for him, were very similar to the ones I felt towards Chad...wait, that meant that I did love him. Butterflies started to form in my stomach, thinking of the word "love".
I smiled, "I, I think I do." I said, Arwen was giddy with excitement.
"Oh my!" She squealed, "That is so sweet!"
"Yeah." I said, in between her babbling about Legolas, and I, over, and over again.
She finally stopped dead in her tracks, "How are you going to tell him, the um, secret?" She asked, putting a serious face on.
I put the brush down, and looked at the ground. I had not thought of that yet, would he even like me knowing that I could never give him elflings? I frowned, maybe I should not let this relationship go on, and just stop it now.
"Arwen, I do not think I can love him, he will not like me, knowing-" I was cutoff by her, with her eyes widened.
"Heidi!" She exclaimed, "Do not think like that, if he truly loves you he will have feelings for you even if you cannot bear children."
I thought on that for a moment, he had not told me that he loved me yet, so I might still be able to save myself, but I could just make up something to tell Arwen, so she would not be mad.
"Okay." I said, secretly lying to her.
"Good, I will meet you downstairs for breakfast." She smiled, and walked out of the door.
I sighed, I could not have been more stupid! I did not see how he would love me knowing that he would not be able to have his own elflings. A tear slid down my cheek, and I wiped it away. I stood up from my bed, and got dressed in a white gown, and a pair of gold flats. I fixed my hair with my original braid, and walked out the door, heading towards the breakfast table.
I sat at the breakfast table with Elladan, and Elrohir. They were both talking about the feast tonight, I had forgotten about that, they were also debating on which elleth they would take. Elladan was going to ask Tauriel, I snickered, that would be nice to watch. I was lost in thoughts, I could ask Heidi.
"Who are you taking Legolas?" Elladan asked me, I was startled.
"What, oh I do not know yet." I said.
"I think you should take Heidi, I think she fancies you." Elrohir said, while taking a bite of his food.
"Oh, well." I said, then I heard someone come down from the stairs, it was Heidi, shortly followed by Arwen, I blushed, and the twins laughed.
"Hello, everyone." Heidi greeted, sitting by Elrohir.
The twins smirked, "Heidi, Legolas over here has something to ask you." Elrohir said, looking over at me, I glared at him, then smiled at Heidi.
"Oh, would you like to accompany me to the feast tonight?" I asked, nervously fiddling with my hands.
She looked at me surprised, "Sure." She said, and then smiled.
What was I thinking? I was trying to not fall in love with him! I sighed looking down at my plate, picking at my food, I was not all that hungry, I usually was not.
"I will meet you all later." I said, dismissing myself.
I was going to go practice with my blade in the fields, just in case something were to happen. I went to change into hunting clothes, and grab my sword. When I was finished I left for the fields, it was a long walk so I had time to clear my mind of all of the problems with, well, life in general right now. I started to duel with one of the soldiers, practicing near me, he won most of the duels, but he had practiced way longer than I had. His name was Thalion.
"Thanks again, Thalion, for practicing with me." I said, smiling.
After I was done, I decided to go look at the archery fields, even though I was terrible at it, I was still intrigued. I sat down in the tall grass, and thought about everything, including Legolas. If I told him my situation, would he love me? I sighed, then a voice spoke in my head "Chad loved you." The voice spoke. Maybe he would love me? I smiled, and stood up, instantly I felt pains in my lower abdomen, there it was again. I had felt pain in my stomach all day, it was probably something I ate. I just ignored it, and continued walking to the castle. On the way, I saw Tauriel, and I greeted her.
"Tauriel, is it, hello." I greeted.
"Oh, Heidi, I am glad to see that you are doing okay." She said.
"Yes, I am feeling much better, I never really thanked you, for helping me." I said, "I just wanted to thank you, that really meant a lot to me, you really saved my life."
"You are very welcome." She said, smiling, "I heard that you will be accompanying Legolas to the feast tonight."
"Wow, the word travels fast, but he is a prince after all." I thought, "Yes, yes I am." I said, my cheeks flushing slightly.
Tauriel smiled, "Well I hope the best for you two." She said.
"Has anyone asked you yet?" I asked, trying to break the slightly awkward silence.
"Yes, Elladan did, but I am still debating on whether to go, or not, you see I was thinking I would go train while the archery fields are empty." She admitted.
I looked at her confused, "Well, if it is not too bold to say, I think that you should go, you do not get many chances to go to dances, well at least I do not." I said, laughing at myself somewhat.
She beamed, "Okay, I guess I will go, actually I will go tell Elladan right now." She told me, "Would you like to walk with me?"
"Of course." I said, grinning.
We arrived at the castle, and Tauriel started to approach Elladan, who was standing outside the castle, with his brother. She looked nervous, and hesitated.
"Maybe I should not do this." She said, turning, and starting to walk away, I stopped her.
"No, come on, you are Tauriel, a warrior of Mirkwood, and you are probably one of the bravest people I know." I said, she started to show a smile, "You can do this."
She turned around to look at him again, and slowly started to walk over to him. He heard her footsteps on the ground, and turned to look at her.
"Oh Tauriel." Elladan said, looking surprised, "What is the matter?"
"Oh, well, I just, um, wanted to tell you that I would love to go with you to the feast this evening." She said, her cheeks turning a somewhat shade of light pink.
Elladan's face lit up, "Great, thank you, my lady." He said, gently lifting up her hand, and kissing it.
"I will see you then." She said, grinning from ear to ear.
He let go of her hand, and she walked over towards me, with a face that could light up anybody's day. She came up to me, and started to just smile, and blush, I had never thought that she would be the type to do this.
"He looked happy, and thank you!" She said hugging me.
"You are very welcome." I said, then I turned to her, "Now what are we going to get you to wear?"
Woohoo, another chapter completed! What will happen with Heidi? Will she tell Legolas her secret? And how will things go with Tauriel's dress shopping event? Onto reviews! Dancing-Chesnut, I know! I really loved writing that part! I hope you liked this chapter too. princess of lorien, Yeah, I love the end too:) Thanks for the review:) TheUniverseidtheLimit, Thanks again for the review, and the compliments on Legolas, and Heidi:) Also you will just have to wait, and see if Verisiel will get her revenge. Thank you so much guys, for the amazing reviews, I really love them:) I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and please don't forget to review!