Chapter Fifty Two

She was not entirely sure that he had heard her, but it did not take her long to notice that the once relaxed muscles were now tense.

"Legolas?"

He opened his eyes slowly and stepped forward so that the water was no longer running down his face.

"Say that again." If Amy could have heard his voice she would have heard the hope within it.

"I'm pregnant, about 16 weeks the doctors reckon." She could not help but smile as she spoke. As scared as she had been, now she felt only joy.

Legolas thought of the picture of Amy and her mother, he had never seen her as happy as she had been in that photograph. That was until now.

"We are having a baby." He stepped forward and touched his fingers to her stomach.

"Yes."

His eyes lit up and a broad smile broke across his face. She felt his own joy radiating from him and she could not help but laugh. All the pain, all the confusion, every frayed feeling from the moment she stepped foot in Middle Earth was resolved.

Legolas grabbed hold of her. Everything he had ever dreamt about was coming true. A world bigger than he could imagine to be explored, his heart connected in love, and a family. Everything around him was so unfamiliar and yet he had never felt more at home than he did now.

Amy pulled back, she wanted to see his face. "Are you okay?"

Legolas nodded and tenderly stroked her hair. "This has been quite the day. In my thousands of years, I have never had a moment as beautiful as this."

"Welcome to earth." She replied with a smile.

They both felt it then. That feeling that had been missing since they had been separated.

Amy was the first to react looking at Legolas questioningly. "I thought I would not feel this again, not here."

Legolas ran his hands down her body delighting in the tremor it sent through her. He could not help but rest his hands finally on her tummy. "It seems there is a little magic left in this world."

…...

There would, no doubt, be complications ahead of them; a once elven immortal finding his way in life on another world. A world that did not believe in magic nor that supposed fictional characters lived real lives on another plain of existence, however, with some careful storytelling and a few very understanding friends Legolas did indeed find his way.

…...

"Oh now you are just making me look bad!" Chris complained as Legolas began to clear up the plates from the table.

Legolas just laughed and stacked the dishes in the sink.

"Just put them straight in the dishwasher." Amy complained.

"It's bad for the environment." Legolas remarked and turned the tap on.

Amy poked her tongue out at him but he ignored her and turned his back to wash up the dishes.

"Where can I get myself a man like that?" Sighed Katie. "House trained and drop dead gorgeous."

"Hey I am right here!" Protested Chris with a scowl on his face.

Amy and Katie could not help but laugh at him as he pouted. "Where is the solidarity huh?" He mumbled at Legolas' back.

"You could always do the drying up?" Legolas offered.

"I think I preferred it before you dropped into our world." Chris grumbled but his smile gave away that he was joking. He joined Legolas by the sink grabbing a dishcloth and asking his friend about what he thought of the Chelsea vs Arsenal game that had taken place down the road at the Emirates Stadium that day.

"You look happy." Katie signed watching as Amy absently rubbed her tummy that now looked as if she had swallowed a football whole.

"I am."

Katie smiled. "A lot of people in this world deserve a little bit of magic in their lives. I am glad you got to be one of the lucky ones."

"Thank you." She grimaced slightly as the soon arriving life within her kicked out.

"Can you wait until I am gone, before you go into labour?"

Amy rolled her eyes. "I don't think I get much of a say in it."

"Do you feel ready?"

"To be honest, I am looking forward to not carrying this lump around. I don't think my back can take much more!"

Katie laughed. "And Legolas? Is he ready?"

Amy stared at the back of him as he carried on chatting easily with Chris. His hair was still long but shoved up in a rough bun as was now common for the men of London. Neither of them had the heart to cut it. He was wearing slim black jeans and a white t shirt, two simple items of clothing that he made look like something off of a catwalk.

There had definitely been some changes in him, since becoming human but she could not help but think there was still a lot of elf left there. He may have needed to sleep more and he definitely had to increase the level of exercise he did to ward of the effects of the sweet tooth he had developed, but there was something still tangibly different about him.

As if he could feel her eyes on him, he turned and smiled gently.

His eyes were unchanged. They were old eyes, eyes that had seen more years than she could begin to fathom. Pools of blue that were bottomless in their depths.

When he turned his regard back to the dishes Amy sighed a little.

"You two make me sick." Katie signed before downing the last of her wine.

"I could always go back to not talking and moping around if you would prefer?"

Katie smiled. "As tempting an offer as that is I think I will take the chatty gooey eyed Amy."

"Good, because I have something to ask you."

Katie raised an eyebrow.

"Chris, Legolas and I wanted to ask you and Katie something." Amy spoke catching the guys' attention.

Legolas nodded for Amy to continue.

"We were wondering, if you would agree to being the little one's secondary guardians?" She paused watching their faces. "We aren't going to be christening her or him so there won't be any Godparents per se, but if anything was to happen to us we would want you two to be the ones to take care of them."

"Happen to you? What do you mean?" Chris asked nervously.

"Hopefully nothing is going to happen!" Legolas answered. "But just in case we are in an accident or if Thomas turns up and decides to pull a little stunt again. We just want to be prepared."

Amy noticed that Katie had tears in her eyes. "Katie, what is it?"

"I just….of course, of course we would take care of her. It would be an honour!" She stood up and wrapped her arms tightly around Amy.

"And here was me thinking you hated babies." Amy signed when she was released.

"Well they are gross." Katie said wiping away her tears. "If you could wait to have a tragic accident until she is a little older that would be great."

Legolas could not hide the shock on his face. Chris placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. "It takes many years to get used to her sense of humour."

"You keep saying 'she.'" Amy pointed out. "We don't know what we are having."

Katie smiled knowingly. "I just have a feeling."

…...

He still was not quite used to the noise. He could not see the cars but he could hear them buzzing steadily behind the treeline. He supposed he would never quite be used to it. He could live with it though. He looked down and smiled.

Her head was rested on his lap whilst she stretched out on the bench, her legs crossed, along with her brows as she concentrated on the book she was reading.

Legolas ran his fingers through her hair then drew his attention back to Mirima.

She was sat in the sandpit with another child helping them with their sandcastle politely despite the fact that the other child had whacked her with his spade earlier.

She looked up and grinned, pleased that her dad was watching. She gathered up a little handful of sand and pushed herself up with closed fists and ran over to Legolas.

"Do you want a present Daddy?" She smiled offering up her closed fist.

"Well, what could you have there?"

"You have to say yes or no?"

"Hmmmm. Okay yes."

"Hand."

Legolas dutifully held out a hand and was not surprised when a lump of cold, slightly damp sand was deposited in it.

"Hannon le."

"You are welcome." Mirima smiled brightly. She loved it when daddy spoke in their secret language. She toddled off back to the sandpit taking care not to disrupt the now unsteady tower of sand that had been constructed.

When Legolas looked down again he met Amy's storm grey eyes. "You better not throw that at me again?" Her eyes wondered over to the sand he held.

Legolas laughed. "I only threw it at you because you wouldn't let me drive last time."

"I wouldn't let you drive because you have become a bit of a speed freak!"

Legolas could not deny that. As much as he did not like the noise of cars, he was becoming obsessed with driving them at high speeds. He smiled innocently and dropped the sand hoping Mirima would not notice.

Amy was now looking over at their daughter watching as she drew little leaves in the sand with her chubby finger.

"I cannot believe she turns four next week." Amy said wistfully.

"Time is moving too fast."

Amy looked back up at him. "The lives of humans are short." She put her book down resting it on her swollen tummy that now held their second child. She signed the words rather than speak them

"Too short." Legolas returned in sign. "But long enough to make me truly happy." He stroked her hair again trying to ease her worries. He knew she still held a concern that he would regret his choice. He never did though. Not for one moment.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Amy lifted her book from her stomach and settled back into reading, getting lost in a new world, only this time with her feet still firmly in her own.

Silence was all she knew. That had not changed. But her life was full and beautiful and happy.

…...

The sun was hot and he was glad that his wide brimmed hat kept the sun from his eyes. He watched as Legolas took a handful of sand from the little girl. He knew instantly that the little girl must be their daughter.

Her eyes were wide and as grey as a storm taking after her mother, whilst her hair flowed long and crystal blond like her father.

Gandalf smiled and looked down at Thomas beside him. "I thank you my friend. It is good to see them happy."

The wizard noted the contented look on Amy's face and the swell of her stomach. He saw the pride and love in Legolas' eyes and heard the joyous laugh of their child. "I will take this happy news back to those that miss them. Perhaps one day they will see them again."

Thomas circled on the spot and let out a small meow.

"Yes, perhaps." Muttered Gandalf to himself.

…..

THE END

A/N: So that is it! I now hand this story fully over to the world of fanfiction and to the readers to imagine all the bits in between and afterwards.

Thank you so much for all your support and for sticking with what turned out to be a much longer story than I had originally anticipated.

Any reviews with questions in I shall do my best to reply to directly over the next week or so.

As a writer I am going to take a little break but I have another story featuring Legolas planned out, although it is very different to this and quite a bit darker! So please watch this space!

All the best,

Libby