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Chapter 12

I sat there quietly, everything was sinking in. He knew my secret, but still loved me? Why? All that I knew was that I loved him now more than ever. He saw the confusion plastered all over my face, and spoke up.

"Heidi, I promise you, I will always love you." He said looking into me, "Forever, and always."

I smiled, "I will too." I said, pulling him into an embrace.

He sat down next to me, and put his arm around my shoulders, I nuzzled in, and closed my eyes. He leaned his head on mine, I smiled, and breathed in. I felt something in that one moment, a sort of connection, plugging me in somehow. I looked up at Legolas, and he smiled at me.

"You are the one person who understands me, Heidi." Legolas admitted, "No one else ever did, not even my father."

I raised up, and looked at him, "Really?" I asked, he nodded his head.

"Really." He finished.

"We should be getting back to the dance, people will start to wonder where we are." I suggested, standing up.

"Yes, of course." Legolas said, hesitating somewhat.

I knew we were having some sort of moment, but I think we would both be embarrassed if Elladan, or Elrohir walked in on us kissing. I laughed at that thought. When he stood up, I reached for his hand, and smiled. He took it, and grinned back at me.


For me the news that Heidi gave me was heart wrenching, and somewhat agonizing. I always wanted a family of my own, but I loved her, and I had already made the choice. I could not even imagine how hard this was for her.

We started to walk up the steps that lead towards the dining hall where everyone was, but just then I thought of something. What would happen when Heidi had to leave for Lorien? I could not go with her, because I had my duties here, and my father would not approve, what would I do? They had been here already for a month, and when they came, they usually stayed for a week, or so. Also seeing that Heidi was healed, that would mean that they would leave soon. I was so deep in thought that I did hear Heidi say my name.

"Legolas, Legolas!" She said, brining me out of my trance, "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I am fine, just thinking." I said.

The next thing I saw was Tauriel run up to Heidi.

"What happened?" She asked, "One minute we saw you guys dancing, and then you were gone?"

"Oh, well, um..." Heidi started, she looked up at me for inspiration.

"We just needed some fresh air." I quickly added. glancing at Heidi.

They others grinned, and elbowed each other. I rolled my eyes at them, and laughed at a very drunken Elrohir, staggering over to us.

"Yeah right!" He slurred, tumbling over his brother.

Heidi chucked, and the others laughed. Arwen put her brother's arm over her shoulder, and rolled her eyes.

"I think it is time for him to leave, excuse me."Arwen said, dragging him away.

"But I still wanted to party..." He trailed, leaving us.

I shook my head, sometimes Ro could really act like an elfling.


All of us talked for a couple of hours after Arwen returned. There were some jokes, and laughs, but what I really wanted to do was be alone with Legolas. When I felt that connection, there was something just tugging at my heart, wanting to be with him at all times.

Tauriel yawned, "I think that it is time that we all should get some rest." She said, we all agreed it was really late.

She stood up, and took Elladan's hand. He lead her up to her room. I started to blink furiously, I just wanted to go to sleep now.

"I think that I will be going to bed now." I said to Legolas, he stood up, and our hands intertwined as we came to my bedroom.

"Goodnight Legolas, quel kaima." I told him, switching from the common tongue into Sindarin.

"Goodnight, meleth nin." He said, smiling, I closed the door slowly, then he stopped it, "If you need anything, my room is just down the hall."

"Okay." I said, blushing a bit, "Thanks."

I closed the door, and went to change into my nightgown. It was a soft green that made my eyes pop. I took my necklace off, and laid it on the nightstand next to my bed. Taking my hair out of the braid, I thought of the series of events that had occurred that night. I was still in shock that he still loved me, I smiled at that. I lay my shoes on the nightstand, and crawl into bed. I instantly fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning to a soft knock at the door. I raised up, and made my way to the door. Once again it was Arwen, she looked sad though.

"Arwen, what is it?" I asked, "Is something wrong?"

She hesitated, "Well, sort of..." She trailed off.

"What is it, tell me?" I urged.

She looked at me, "I know that you, and Legolas have something, but seeing that you are on the mend... I was thinking that we could go to Lorien soon." She told me.

I had never thought of that. I would have to leave him for a long time, we would not be together for about six months at the least.

"When do we leave?" I asked her.

"Elladan thinks that we need to depart soon, he said in the next two days." She admitted sadly.

"Oh." I said, sighing a bit.

Ever since I had feelings towards Legolas, I was happy. Truly happy.

"Heidi, you will need to tell him." Arwen said.

"I know, I will tell him today." I said, "I am going to get dressed now."

"Okay." Arwen said, closing the door.


I sat up from my bed, and stretched out my arms, I had slept in late. I usually never do. The sun shone through the cloth draped across my window, lighting up the whole room. I smiled. I went to get my regular hunting clothes on, sheathing my knives, and strapping my bow across my back, and making sure that all of my arrows were in my quiver.

I opened the door, and was surprised to see Heidi. There was something wrong though.

"Heidi." I said, stunned, "What is it?"

"I need to talk to you." She said, I opened the door for her to come in.

She looked around my room, thank the Valar that I cleaned it the other day.

"What did you need to talk to me about?" I asked, with my eyebrows furrowed.

"Oh, well as you know we are supposed to be heading for Lorien soon, and we are leaving either tomorrow, or the next day." She said, it was as if I just hit a wall.

"What?" I stuttered, she could not leave, we were supposed to be together, forever.

"Yes, Arwen told me this morning." She sighed, "I came to tell you, because I really care about you, and well, I love you."

I looked into her eyes, they were sad, and I could tell that she did not want to go through with her plan to go to Lorien. Maybe she could stay here with me?

"Stay with me." I said quietly.

"What?" She asked in disbelief.

"Stay with me here in Mirkwood, we could be here together for the summer." I exclaimed, looking excitedly into her eyes, holding her hands in mine.

"Legolas." She urged, she was about to say "no", but I stopped her.

"I want to be with you, Heidi." I said, "Remember what you told me last night, "forever, and always"."

"Legolas I love you so much, but I do not know if I can do this." She said.

"For the summer, please I just-" I cut myself off, and kissed her.

"Legolas." Heidi breathed, in between the kiss.

I ended the kiss, and held my hands on her face, "Please." I said, only hoping that we could be together.

She looked down, and then raised her head back up, and smiled, "Yes." She said.

I beamed, and kissed her again, "We need to inform the others." I said quickly.

I was filling up with joy, and it was amazing. I would be with her for the whole summer. It was late spring right now, but I would make the best of my time with her.


Spending the summer with Legolas only seemed like a dream right now. He took my hand, and we told the others about our great news.

"Really?" Tauriel exclaimed.

Arwen looked happy, but I could tell that she was not so fond of the idea that she would not see me for a long time. I took her somewhere private so we could talk about this.

"Arwen, I am sorry that you-" She cut me off.

"Heidi, fate wanted you here, fate wanted you with Legolas, and I respect that." She told me, smiling slightly, "Do not worry about me, I will be back in about six months, and then we can leave for Rivendell."

I pulled her in for an embrace, "Thank you Arwen, for understanding." I said.

"I just want you to be happy." She told me smiling, "Could you help me pack though?"

"Of course." I said smiling.

We walked upstairs to get Arwen's things packed. As I was folding a dress, she spoke up.

"Heidi, I need to tell you something." She said, I walked over to her.

"What is it?" I asked.

"It is about the future." She said, looking at me directly in the eyes.

"What about the future?" I asked, walking over to her.

She smiled, "I only had this vision after I left you this morning, you, it showed you, and Legolas happy as could be." She said.

"Really." I said enlightened by the whole thing.

"Yes, and when the vision occurred to me, I just knew that you were not going to come with us." She admitted.

"Thank you again Arwen, you have been there for me since the beginning, and you are my closest friend." I said, hugging her tightly.

"I am going to miss you dearly, Heidi." She said.

Arwen started to tear up a bit she wiped away some of the tears, laughing at herself.

"I really hate goodbyes." She said.

I looked at the bracelet, this was the one that we had given each other a couple of days after we met.

"We still have today, Arwen." I said, smiling mischievously.


The day was gone in a flash, and I still could not believe I would not get to see her for that long. Arwen told me ore about Aragorn, he seemed right for her, and they looked like they were in love in my eyes. I was happy, and sad for her all at the same time, the problem with their relationship was that Arwen was immortal, and Aragorn was not. I could not bear to see my friend diminish, because of the immense grief that would cause her, but for now they could love. I sighed, that would be a tough time.

It was nightfall, and I could not get to sleep, and I was starving. I decided that I would go downstairs, and get a little something to eat.

I slipped out of bed cautiously, and I walked out of my door. I walked quietly downstairs, but when it came to the last step, it creaked. I winced, and looked over my shoulder. Hopefully nobody heard me.

I went to the kitchen, and grabbed some lembas, taking a small bit of it. I started to walk out of he kitchen, when I saw Arwen.

"Having a midnight snack are we?" She joked.

"I was starving!" I whined, I usually did not eat anything.

"Well maybe you should eat more." Arwen whispered.

I laughed slightly, I had no appetite most of the time. I remembered that I would not see her for a while, and hugged her.

"I am going to miss you." I said sadly.

"Heidi, I will see you again in no time." She said, smiling.

Then she took my lembas wafter, and took a bite of it.

"Hey!" I said, we both laughed, "I am even going to miss that."

She started cracking up. When we finally got serious, I spoke up.

"Okay, we should go to bed, you need to be resting before your journey to Lorien." I suggested.

"Yes, I should." Arwen said.

We walked upstairs to our rooms.

"Goodnight, Arwen." I said.

She laughed, "Goodnight, Heidi." She said.

Okay yay for another chapter! How will Heidi take everything when Arwen is not there? When will Legolas give her the ring? Onto reviews! DancingChesnut, Thanks for the review, and I hope I did better with the comma thing in this chapter. Also Heidi is a half-elf. I will also try to make things more realistic:) Thanks again! Doctor Legolas, Thanks for the review, and yes! Elladan, and Tauriel are going out, lol! But they are going to be separated for a while:( Thanks again! SparklingDolphin, I am so happy that you like my story! I also love all of your reviews, and I hope that you liked this chapter:) Thanks for reading guys, and please don't forget to review!

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