Okay guys, another chapter, HOORAY! Thank you all so much for all of the favorites, reviews, and follows, I love them! I will try to update this story every Thursday, or Friday now. Okay so here's Chapter 11, in "Holding a Heart".

Chapter 11

"No, I am NOT wearing that!" Tauriel declared, as I held up a light green ruffled dress.

"Just try it on, it might look great on you!" I pleaded, holding it out for her to take.

"No, I will not wear it, I have never worn a dress in my life." She admitted, shaking her head furiously.

"Please, just see how it looks." I said, trying to persuade her.

She looked up, and reluctantly gave in, "Fine!" She said, grabbing the dress, and going into the changing room.

I smiled, and tried to imagine her in that dress, I was almost positive that it would look great on her. I heard several grunts, and questions like "What is this?" come from the room where she was changing. She finally emerged from the room, and smoothed the dress down, and looked at me disappointed.

"How do I look?" She asked, rolling her eyes.

She actually looked amazing in the dress, I pulled it down a bit to fix it, and it was perfect. I smiled, thinking that my work was done.

"Perfect, I will do your hair, and maybe you should put some jewelry on." I said, her eyes widened on the "jewelry" part.

"Okay, you can fix my hair, and pick my dress, but NO jewelry, I still want to be myself." She said to me.

"Alright, Elladan will be shocked when he sees you." I said, complimenting her.

"Well Legolas will be amazed by you, and speaking of dresses, what are you wearing?" She asked, smiling mischievously.

I ran to my closet, and opened the doors, Tauriel gawked at how many dresses, shoes, and accessories I had. I eyed all of the dresses, and picked out the perfect one. A dark blue satin dress, with a bit of ruffles on the sleeves, and white trim. I paired the dress with white flats.

"There, that is what I will wear." I said, showing the clothes to her, her face lit up.

"Go try it on." She said, I looked up at her, "Go, and put it on, I want to see it!"

"Okay." I told her, running off into the dressing room.

I slipped my clothes off, and the dress slid onto me. The dress flattered me in many ways, being fitted around the hips, and chest. I put the white flats on, and stepped out of the room. Tauriel saw me, and beamed.

"You look beautiful!" She exclaimed, eyeing the dress, and the shoes.

"So do you." I said, she blushed, and she laughed a bit.

"Legolas will love you even more after he sees you." She told me.

"And Elladan will be the exact same." I replied.


I was at the archery fields, shooting the target. I released an arrow, and it hit the middle of the bullseye. I smiled, this was one thing I loved, archery, it always calmed me down when my day had been hectic, and I had lots of nerves. I really was on edge right now, what would I say to Heidi the whole night? What if I did something wrong? As I was thinking about all of this, I freed another arrow from my bow, and it struck slightly to the left of the center. I sighed, I needed to stop thinking about the bad things, I always had a habit of doing that. What I needed to occupy my mind with was many of the great things that had occurred the night before. I thought about the kiss. My lips moving against her soft ones, our hands intertwining together, and slowly dancing, her soft green eyes fluttering, and looking at me. She was smiling. I loved her smile, that smile could light up my whole day.

"Prince Legolas?" One of the advisors said, "The feast will be in a couple of hours."

I quickly got up, "What time is it?" I asked.

"It is almost four hours past noon." He answered.

The feast would be in two hours, "Thank you." I told him, I walked up to the castle, and ran up to my room.

I met my father in the hallway leading to my quarters.

"Adar." I greeted.

"Ion nin, are you getting ready for the feast?" He asked looking at me.

"Yes, you see I was just about to change into some nicer looking clothes." I replied, pointing to the door.

"Oh, I hear you are taking Heidi of Rivendell." He said, smiling a bit.

I started to feel my face burning up, "Yes, but why do you ask?" I asked him, wondering why he would be asking about Heidi.

"Legolas, I see the way you look at her, and when you talk about her, there is a whole new kind of joy showing from within you." My father said.

He had just exposed all of my feelings about her, but how did he know?

"How did you come to find out?" I asked him.

"It was the same way I felt about your mother." He admitted, smiling sadly, I was surprised that he even talked about her, he always wanted to change the subject when it came to mom, "Legolas, I have to ask you this, do you love her?"

My heart skipped a beat when he mentioned the word love, my feelings ran deep for Heidi, so I guess that meant that what I felt, was love. I smiled widely.

"Yes, father, I think I do love her." I said, my cheeks flushing a bit.

"Well then ion non, I have something for you." He said, reaching into his pocket, and pulling out a sliver ring, made to look like the leaves on the Mallorn trees.

"Father, I-" I started, he cut me off, I was about to say that I could not take the ring, it had been my mother's, and my father always looked after it.

"Give this to her when the time is right, Legolas." He said, placing the ring in my hands, I clasped it, and looked at it.

The ring was glinting in the light of the hall, and was just perfect. What I wanted to do was just to run downstairs, and give the ring to her. I also recognized what this gesture was from his father, he was letting me have the choice to marry her. I would need to consult her father on the idea, that was one of the problems, she had never said anything to me about her father, ever. I sighed, what if her father did not approve of me, my dreams would come crashing down.

"Thank you, Adar." I told my father, smiling.

"You are welcome, ion nin." He said, "I will take my leave."

He walked away, and I continued walking the way down the hall towards my room. I stopped in front of my door, and took the ring out of my pocket, I watched it glitter in the candlelight, I beamed, it would be Heidi's one day, and I was sure of it.


"Ow!" Tauriel cried, I was trying to do her fair, and it was a little messy.

"Sorry, there are some tangles in your hair." I apologized, trying to make the strokes of the brush softer.

We had been preparing for the dance a while now, and Arwen was with us in the room, watching me fail miserably at doing Tauriel's hair. Arwen already finished getting ready, even though she would not go with anybody.

"No, let me do it." Arwen suggested, I was done doing hair, I never was really good at it anyway.

"Okay." I said, handing her the brush, and watching her braid a fantastic dutch braid with ease.

I was surprised at how fast Arwen did her hair, it took her only five minutes to braid it. Tauriel gazed into the mirror, and her face lit up.

"Arwen this is beautiful!" She said, thanking her over, and over.

"Thank you, and I still cannot believe you are going to accompany Elladan to the dance, are you sure you want to do this?" She joked.

"Yes I am sure, and Heidi, are you sure that you want to go with Legolas?" She asked, I needed to say something, or else they would suspect something.

"Of course!" I exclaimed, putting on a fake happy face.

"Well they did kiss, so that makes it obvious." Arwen stated, Tauriel's eyes widened at the word "kiss".

"Really, I had no idea, that is great." She exclaimed, smiling brightly.

"Yes, it was amazing, I felt as if I was in a whole different world, and everything I was, had been, and was going to be, al vanished, and turned into one word..." I trailed, trying to find the word, I knew what it was, but I did not want to admit it, because I was speaking the truth.

"What word?" Asked Arwen, they were sitting there on the edge of their seat.

I decided to admit that I loved him, I felt like every one of my emotions for him were all caught up in some sort of dam, filling up, getting ready to spill, "Love." I told them, they giggled, and smiled in awe.

"Now it is your turn to get ready." Arwen said, I already had my shoes, and dress on.

"Okay." I said, switching places with Tauriel, and placing myself in the chair.

"What should we do with your hair?" Arwen asked, "Hmm, how about a braid on the side of your head, and leaving your long waves down?"

She was speaking gibberish to me, so I just agreed with her, "That is fine." I said, not knowing what she was going to do.

Arwen made me cover my eyes until she was finished, it took her a while, and Tauriel was squealing sometimes, and I would laugh at that. I felt the slight tugging, and switching of the pieces while Arwen was braiding. I could tell that she was almost done when she tied a braid off. Tauriel, and Arwen both gasped, and started to giggle.

"Okay, open your eyes." Arwen said.

I looked in the mirror, and saw myself in the mirror, only my hair was braided beautifully on the side, and down, all at the same time. I stood up, and looked at Arwen, I was beaming.

"Thank you!" I exclaimed, hugging her by surprise.

"Oh, you are welcome." She said, hugging me back, "You look absolutely gorgeous."

I thanked her over, and over again, and looked at my appearance one more time.

"Tauriel, do you know what time it is?" I asked.

"Oh my, it is time to leave, I see elves heading down to the dining hall already!" She said, looking out my window, we hurried off to the feast.


I walked out of my door to go meet Heidi. I was wearing a light blue tunic with blue leggings. I was going to wait for her on the steps so I could see her come out, and I could walk her over there. I went outside of my door, and walked down the stairs to meet her. I was there for a couple of minutes, and then I heard footsteps, and looked up to see Heidi, in a dark blue dress. My heart skipped a beat, and I did a double take, she looked beautiful as always. I smiled, and I saw her blush a bit, and then smile a bit. She walked down the steps, and I held out my arm for her to take.

"You look beautiful tonight." I complimented.

"Thank you." She said, taking my arm.

She looked happy, but there was something about her tonight that did not seem right, she was trying to hide something, but I did not know what.


When he smiled at me, I felt hurt, I was just going to leave him, he looked truly happy when he was around me, and I was overjoyed when I was with him. I forced a smile, and looked up at him. We saw the dining hall was close, and hurried our pace so that we would not miss anything. When Legolas tripped I almost busted out in laughter, and he chuckled at himself, I had started to blush.

"We better hurry." He suggested, I nodded, and followed his lead.

We arrived a little late, and sat down next to Tauriel, Arwen, Elladan, and Elrohir. Tauriel, and Elladan looked like they were having a good time, and I was happy for them.

"Well look who is late, as usual." Elrohir taunted, jokingly.

Legolas laughed, sarcastically, "Well when you were summoned to that council in Rivendell a couple of years ago, we found you in your room sleeping!" Legolas countered, that sounded like Ro alright.

Elrohir smirked, "You will never let that one rest, will you Las?" He asked.

We all laughed, and started talking about the other memories, even though I had only been here for a couple of years, I had seen my fair share of mischief done by the twins. The food was served, and Thranduil spoke about the victory, and gave a toast. We drank the wine, it was strong, but good.

After about an hour, Elrohir had about four glasses of wine, and was laughing like crazy. He was delirious, and his words were slurring. I laughed at him, he was obviously drunk.

"And that was the first time I shot a bow." Elrohir finished, I laughed at him, and everyone else was practically dying of laughter.

A few minutes some music started to play, that meant that we were going to, dance. I gulped, and tried to remember what Legolas taught me last night. "Right foot, then left forward." I thought to myself going over the motions over, and over again. Elladan stood up, and held his hand out for Tauriel to take, she blushed.

"May I have this dance, Lady Tauriel?" He asked, being a gentlemen.

She looked up at him with joy in her eyes, "Of course, and please just call me Tauriel." She told him, and he lead her out onto the dance floor.

Legolas asked me to dance, and I accepted, blushing, and smiling all at the same time. I accompanied him to the dance floor, and we got ready to dance. He put his hands on my waist, and I felt the butterflies in my stomach, as I felt his touch. I placed my hands on his shoulder, and started to dance. A couple of songs played, and we danced gracefully to the songs.

The last song came up, and it was the same one as last night, I looked up into his blue eyes, and reminisced about the night before. We danced for nearly half of the song, and Legolas spoke up.

"Heidi, can I tell you something?" He asked.

"Of course, anything." I said, looking at him.

He hesitated, and then said something that I would never think that I would hear pass his lips, "I-I love you." He said.

My eyes widened, I was ecstatic on the inside, yet afraid of what he would think. The song ended, and I let go of his hands, tears started to well up in my eyes, he looked confused.

"I am sorry, I have to go." I said, dismissing myself.

"Heidi wait, tell me, what is wrong?" He asked, I saw in his eyes that he was hurt, and that pained me even more.

"I am sorry." I told him, I ran out of the dining hall, and made for the forest.


I pushed through the crowd of elves, trying to get to Heidi. Why would she leave, did she not love me? I was confused, and hurt all at the same time, but I had a feeling that all of the things that she was doing were for a reason.

"Heidi!" I exclaimed, she ran out of the room, I knew where she was going, she was going to the forest.

I knew her, we were alike in many ways, I always went to the forest when I was depressed about my mother. I quickly ran to meet her, I could not lose her again.


I slumped down onto the stump of a tree, this was where we kissed. I cried harder, and tried to keep myself together. all of the emotions that were piled inside of me came spilling out, pain, heartache, and regret. I buried my face in my hands, and then heard footsteps. I lifted my face up, bringing my tear-stained face into the light, it was Legolas.

"Heidi, I am sorry-" I cut him off.

"It is not your fault, it is only mine." I admitted, still crying.

He walked closer to me, and crouched down beside me.

"How is it your fault?" He asked.

Would I tell him? Or would I just lie, and say that I did not love him? I could not keep lies locked up inside of me any longer.

"Legolas, you will not love me knowing what I am about to tell you." I said, looking up at him.

He wiped my face, "Nothing could keep me from loving you any less." He said, my heart felt like it was being stabbed a million times, over, and over again, never stopping.

"I-I know that this seems far ahead, but I need to tell you that , well, I cannot bear children." I admitted, bringing my face into my hands again to cry some more.

He lifted my chin up, "Heidi, I will love you forever, even if we cannot have elflings." He said.

Inside I felt like all of my prayers were answer, he loved me.

"Heidi, I really do love you." He said, I started to smile.

"I love you too." I said the words passed my lips, and I felt so ecstatic when I heard them cut across the air.

He wiped my face of all of the wet tears, and kissed me. It was slow, and filled with love, and passion my lips moving against his, it seemed like forever.

Okay guys I hope that you liked this chapter! Onto reviews! SparklingDolphin, Thanks for the nice words, and I'm so glad that you like my story:) Doctor Legolas, Well you found out that she does tell her secret, thanks for the review! leala, Thanks for the review, and I'm glad that you like it! DancingChesnut, Thanks for the review, and yeah Tauriel is pretty awesome, and somehow Heidi managed for her to wear a dress, thanks again:) Okay guys thanks for reading, and don't forget to review!

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