Chapter 3-The Mistake To End All Mistakes
Merry came home after drinking some pints with the hobbits. He opened the door and looked around for his sister, who happened to be in her room, which was locked. He knocked on the locked door and waited for an answer.
"Merry, is that you?" Holly's voice called from her room. She was writing another poem about Frodo and adding it to her book of poetry devoted to him.
"Yeah, sis, open up! I need to talk to you." Merry waited to hear the sound of Holly unlocking the door and then pushed the door open.
"So, what's going on? You've been telling Frodo about my room…you didn't mention anything about the pictures, right…RIGHT?!?" Holly looked nervously into her brother's eyes, searching for the one sign that she didn't want to see. His eyes did not contain the hint of guilt that Holly feared, so she sighed a breath of relief.
Merry looked around to see all the sketches Holly had been secretly doing every now and then when she saw him lying on the trees. "No, I didn't tell him anything about the pictures. But, can you tell me whether I have a chance with your best friend…?
"Oh my god…you like Pippin?!?" Holly dropped to the ground, laughing, until Merry rolled his eyes and corrected her.
"No…I was talking about Jess!! You've been hanging around Pippin waaaay too often!"
"I was just kidding, Merry. And I hope you know, Jess really likes Pippin…but perhaps she will like you if you show that you can be romantic."
"I need a date for the dance…I don't want to be the only hobbit in our friendship chain without a date!!"
"Go alone and sweep Jess off her feet, she'd love that!" Holly suggested. "Now, leave me alone, I want to finish this poem and then go to sleep. The gang's coming over to help you clean up and I want to get up before you let them come into my room with all the pictures of Frodo up…"
"Alright, Holly, I'll wake you up in the morning, bright and early."
The next five hours of sleep went by slowly for Holly. She went through many nightmares of what would happen should Frodo find his way into her room. She also dreamed Pippin tried to kiss her and Frodo saw this and everything else went wrong as well.
She woke up the next day to Merry's ramblings of why she should wake up.
"And if you do continue to sleep, I shall show Frodo your room with the hidden key." Merry continued his ramblings until she opened her eyes.
"So, Merry, this is the first time we don't need to clean the house for company! What will you do with all this time?" Holly laughed and went to the table to eat the breakfast Merry had cooked.
There was a knock at the door once the two hobbit-siblings finished their breakfast.
"Whoa, they decided to come really early…" Holly got the door and found that it was Pippin.
"I hope you don't me coming over early, I wanted to catch you before the others did," Pippin winked at Holly and then looked at Merry, who looked eager to talk to Pippin.
Merry put his shoulder around Pippin and led him outside.
"Pippin, can I ask you a few questions?" Merry walked outside with Pippin and began talking to him about Jessica.
Meanwhile, Holly heard another knock at the door and found Frodo behind it. She grinned as she let Frodo in and put some water on for tea.
"So, Pippin, will you be totally disappointed if I were to…say…steal Jessica away from you during Bilbo's party?" Merry continued.
"Not very. But I'll only let you do so if you can get Holly to escort me instead!" Pippin grinned, seeing the vision of Holly in his mind.
"I don't know…that could be difficult…You see…she's kind of into…well…she just likes you as a friend, I'll stop at that." Merry fumbled over his words, trying to keep the loud-mouthed hobbit from telling everyone about Frodo's crush.
"Oh really, so…you're saying that Holly likes someone else…not me?" Pippin looked sadly at the door, because he had seen Frodo heading towards the hobbit hole just after him. He just hoped that it wasn't Frodo Holly liked.
"Oh, come on Pip, I know that someone likes you…but you just forfeited her to me!" With that, Merry went inside the house, laughing at Pippin's surprised face as he noticed Frodo and Holly talking about the adventures of Bilbo Baggins.
"So then, the trolls just turned to rock in the sun after the hours of debate. The dwarves had fled straight clear of the forest, but not until they each took some treasures the trolls had been hiding. Bilbo even found a sword he called "Sting." Oh, hi guys. After we finish the tea, can we start on Holly's room?? I want to check out just how stylish this room of hers is."
"Um…I don't think we shall be doing that. It's…really really messy!" Merry formed many excuses in his head, should Frodo and Pippin try and get him to open it anyway.
"That's why we're here, you idiot! To clean up the house, and that will be accomplished entirely, even her room!" Pippin teamed up on the two siblings.
"Yeah but…" Merry started but knew it would be useless to keep them from the room.
"Come on Merry, out with the key. I think it'll be easier if we start from that room." Frodo looked over at Holly who was trying hard to keep from looking nervous.
Merry went into a dresser and took out a key. He slowly walked over to Holly's door and noticed her closing her eyes. She didn't want to blink to see whether the reaction of Frodo would be good or bad. He then put the key into the keyhole and turned the knob. The door creaked open slowly and there were gasps from both Pippin and Frodo at the sight of Holly's room. Frodo looked alarmed with all the pictures that hung up of him all around her room.
"Holly!" That was all Frodo managed to say before he fell into a chair and his head leaned on his hand as Holly went into her room, closed her door, and started crying from embarrassment.
Merry came home after drinking some pints with the hobbits. He opened the door and looked around for his sister, who happened to be in her room, which was locked. He knocked on the locked door and waited for an answer.
"Merry, is that you?" Holly's voice called from her room. She was writing another poem about Frodo and adding it to her book of poetry devoted to him.
"Yeah, sis, open up! I need to talk to you." Merry waited to hear the sound of Holly unlocking the door and then pushed the door open.
"So, what's going on? You've been telling Frodo about my room…you didn't mention anything about the pictures, right…RIGHT?!?" Holly looked nervously into her brother's eyes, searching for the one sign that she didn't want to see. His eyes did not contain the hint of guilt that Holly feared, so she sighed a breath of relief.
Merry looked around to see all the sketches Holly had been secretly doing every now and then when she saw him lying on the trees. "No, I didn't tell him anything about the pictures. But, can you tell me whether I have a chance with your best friend…?
"Oh my god…you like Pippin?!?" Holly dropped to the ground, laughing, until Merry rolled his eyes and corrected her.
"No…I was talking about Jess!! You've been hanging around Pippin waaaay too often!"
"I was just kidding, Merry. And I hope you know, Jess really likes Pippin…but perhaps she will like you if you show that you can be romantic."
"I need a date for the dance…I don't want to be the only hobbit in our friendship chain without a date!!"
"Go alone and sweep Jess off her feet, she'd love that!" Holly suggested. "Now, leave me alone, I want to finish this poem and then go to sleep. The gang's coming over to help you clean up and I want to get up before you let them come into my room with all the pictures of Frodo up…"
"Alright, Holly, I'll wake you up in the morning, bright and early."
The next five hours of sleep went by slowly for Holly. She went through many nightmares of what would happen should Frodo find his way into her room. She also dreamed Pippin tried to kiss her and Frodo saw this and everything else went wrong as well.
She woke up the next day to Merry's ramblings of why she should wake up.
"And if you do continue to sleep, I shall show Frodo your room with the hidden key." Merry continued his ramblings until she opened her eyes.
"So, Merry, this is the first time we don't need to clean the house for company! What will you do with all this time?" Holly laughed and went to the table to eat the breakfast Merry had cooked.
There was a knock at the door once the two hobbit-siblings finished their breakfast.
"Whoa, they decided to come really early…" Holly got the door and found that it was Pippin.
"I hope you don't me coming over early, I wanted to catch you before the others did," Pippin winked at Holly and then looked at Merry, who looked eager to talk to Pippin.
Merry put his shoulder around Pippin and led him outside.
"Pippin, can I ask you a few questions?" Merry walked outside with Pippin and began talking to him about Jessica.
Meanwhile, Holly heard another knock at the door and found Frodo behind it. She grinned as she let Frodo in and put some water on for tea.
"So, Pippin, will you be totally disappointed if I were to…say…steal Jessica away from you during Bilbo's party?" Merry continued.
"Not very. But I'll only let you do so if you can get Holly to escort me instead!" Pippin grinned, seeing the vision of Holly in his mind.
"I don't know…that could be difficult…You see…she's kind of into…well…she just likes you as a friend, I'll stop at that." Merry fumbled over his words, trying to keep the loud-mouthed hobbit from telling everyone about Frodo's crush.
"Oh really, so…you're saying that Holly likes someone else…not me?" Pippin looked sadly at the door, because he had seen Frodo heading towards the hobbit hole just after him. He just hoped that it wasn't Frodo Holly liked.
"Oh, come on Pip, I know that someone likes you…but you just forfeited her to me!" With that, Merry went inside the house, laughing at Pippin's surprised face as he noticed Frodo and Holly talking about the adventures of Bilbo Baggins.
"So then, the trolls just turned to rock in the sun after the hours of debate. The dwarves had fled straight clear of the forest, but not until they each took some treasures the trolls had been hiding. Bilbo even found a sword he called "Sting." Oh, hi guys. After we finish the tea, can we start on Holly's room?? I want to check out just how stylish this room of hers is."
"Um…I don't think we shall be doing that. It's…really really messy!" Merry formed many excuses in his head, should Frodo and Pippin try and get him to open it anyway.
"That's why we're here, you idiot! To clean up the house, and that will be accomplished entirely, even her room!" Pippin teamed up on the two siblings.
"Yeah but…" Merry started but knew it would be useless to keep them from the room.
"Come on Merry, out with the key. I think it'll be easier if we start from that room." Frodo looked over at Holly who was trying hard to keep from looking nervous.
Merry went into a dresser and took out a key. He slowly walked over to Holly's door and noticed her closing her eyes. She didn't want to blink to see whether the reaction of Frodo would be good or bad. He then put the key into the keyhole and turned the knob. The door creaked open slowly and there were gasps from both Pippin and Frodo at the sight of Holly's room. Frodo looked alarmed with all the pictures that hung up of him all around her room.
"Holly!" That was all Frodo managed to say before he fell into a chair and his head leaned on his hand as Holly went into her room, closed her door, and started crying from embarrassment.
