"Now what are we doing?" Elonwye asks as Annaliece gets them all together.
"Well it's getting late so I think it's time for dinner." Annaliece tells them and they all jump around with excitement.
"Finally! I'm starving!" Aiden replies dramatically.
"What's for dinner?" Elonwye asks curiously.
"Hmmm…" Annaliece thinks for a moment "Well I do make an excellent stew."
"Make it for us!" They all shout excitedly.
"I'm very curious as well." Legolas says as he comes over to Annaliece and the others. He stands behind her to the side and gently reaches out his arm and wraps it around her hips and stands a little bit closer to her. She turns and looks at him with her bright green eyes brighter than ever before and he sees love for him in them and he smiles at her and looks lovingly into her eyes. I love her so much… I felt this sort of magic when the corner of our mouths touched. I wonder if she felt it too… She's so beautiful... "What were we talking about?" he mistakenly says out loud and all of the kids laugh at him and Annaliece giggles.
"I'm going to make stew for dinner." Annaliece replies.
"That sounds great." Legolas replies. Speaking of dinner…Legolas keeps thinking for a little bit while he gets an amazing idea. That's it! Now is the perfect time! I already know she loves me…at least I'm pretty sure she does judging by the look in her eyes. Even if she does and she's trying to hide it there's no way she could say no in front of all the kids. They'll surely be begging her to say yes and she's too kind to turn them down. I'm hoping I'm not taking advantage of her kindness for that reason. Ok here it goes… "Annie… Speaking of dinner…" he holds her hand and she looks at him with curiousity and slight nervousness. "I was wondering if maybe tomorrow… You might like to-" All of the kids gasp and stare at them with excited looks on their faces all of them knowing what he was going to say next. "Accompany me for dinner tomorrow night?"
The kids all look confused because they don't quite understand what Legolas asked and Annaliece looks slightly nervous and blushes but those hints of love are still clear and true in her eyes as she looks into his and says "You mean like…a date?" Did I just point out the obvious? She thinks to herself.
"Yes that's what I was going for." Legolas replies slightly nervous. What if she doesn't want to go out with me? "So would you like to go on a date with me tomorrow night?"
Annaliece looks at the kids and they all look at her excitedly and plead "say yes!"
Annaliece smiles at the kids and then she looks at Legolas "So just dinner? Did you have anything else in mind?" she holds his while he holds hers.
"Well…" Legolas blushes unsure of what to say next. "I guess we'll see where the night takes us after that."
Annaliece smiles at him then looks at all of the kids and Legolas's heart leapt with joy when she turned back to him and said "Yes. I would love to go out to dinner with you."
All of the kids cheer and hug them. Legolas smiles and hugs her Yes! She said yes! Legolas screams excitedly in his head and Annaliece rubs her cheek against his and Legolas closes his eyes and breathes in her sweet scent and rests his face on her head and holds her tightly never wanting her to leave his arms. "So when is it?" Annaliece asks him and Legolas snaps out of his fantasy and looks at her with a kind expression.
"What did you say?" Legolas blushes and Annaliece smiles and repeats the question and he stutters "Perhaps tonight?"
"But she's making us stew tonight!" Elonwye cries and all of the others cry in protest.
"Tomorrow night?" Legolas asks hopefully.
Annaliece smiles "I think that works." Legolas smiles happily and stares into her bright, warm, loving green eyes then the light in them dims and a cold look appears in them she shivers and holds her arms as a cold breeze rushes by them and she starts shivering more in his arms. He looks at her sadly and takes off the cloak he got from Lothlorien and wraps her in it to shelter her from the cold breezes and holds her tighter to keep her warmer. "Thank you. Aren't you cold?" Annaliece senses that he's feeling cold and hugs him.
Legolas shivers slightly but then gives her a warm smile "You keep me warm." He cuddles her and kisses her forehead and she snuggles into his warm chest and closes her eyes and Legolas rests his head on top of hers and strokes her hair and he could never be more happy then he feels her leave his embrace and he looks down and sees Elonwye tugging her dress and shivering.
"Annie I'm cold." Elonwye says lightly and Annaliece smiles at her and picks her up and cuddles her in her arms and wraps the cloak around her.
"Would you like to go inside?" she asks and some of the other kids come over to her and start complaining of the cold and she smiles at all of them. "I guess we'll have to find a place to stay…"
"I saw a cottage not far from here." Legolas suggests "We could all stay there until their parents come."
"Alright then." Annaliece agrees and they make their way over to the cottage and Legolas goes in first to make sure no one's already living there and that nothing dangerous is inside. He comes out and tells them it's all clear and the kids all go rushing inside and a few of the older boys get a fire going and Annaliece gets started on cooking dinner. After dinner all the kids go to sleep. "Goodnight Elonwye." Annaliece says as she kisses her forehead goodnight.
"Annaliece?" Elonwye asks before she leaves
"What is it Elonwye?" Annaliece goes back over to her bed.
"Can you sing me a lullaby?" Elonwye cuddles her doll under the covers and Annaliece smiles and begins to sing a lullaby in elvish. Next door Legolas hears her and his eyes shine with love for her.
"She has the voice of an angel…" Legolas manages to say as his breath is taken away by her beautiful voice.
Annaliece finishes and smiles at Elonwye snuggled in bed and Legolas leaves the boys room as Annaliece makes her way downstairs. He smiles at her and follows her. She sits on the couch by the fire and Legolas appears behind her and wraps her in a blanket to keep her warmer and she gives him a look of thanks and she falls asleep on the couch. Legolas looked at her and began to think about what it would be like to live alone in a cottage with her. It seemed pretty nice right now just the two of them. Even though she was fast asleep. He wouldn't have to worry about his father disapproving of her or hers disapproving of him. They could just live alone together in a cozy little cottage and hunt together and do everything together and it would just be them untied by their love for each other. Legolas thought more about this idea as he started to fall asleep and he picked up Annaliece in his arms and carried her upstairs to the room he had found for them and laid her down on the bed and tucked her in and he climbed in next to her and they both fell asleep.
