Chapter 8-Fight Club
Holly woke up early the next morning and slept much better than she thought she would. She looked to the sleeping body of Frodo and smiled. Now that she was certainly safe from the one who was stalking her, Holly went outside into the light of the early morning sun and stretched. She smiled when she saw her new friend, Nenya, sleeping under a tree, eyes open, in the way the elves often sleep.
She stared at the beauty of the sunrise and wished she had a pencil and some paper to draw the horizon. She sat down on the stoops and saw a figure approaching Frodo's hobbit hole.
"Hello, Holly, I just came by to check up on you, Jessica sent me." Sam walked up to her and sat next to her. "Hey, who's the elf?"
"Just a friend. I met him last night, he told me about my parents. As for Jessica, what is she up to?" Holly turned her gaze from her elf friend to Sam to notice his anger.
"She's with Pippin. I can't stand her being around Pippin, it just gives me the creeps!" Sam said and his eyes twitched in a furious rage.
"Calm down, Sam, I'm sure she'll realize some day that Pippin's not right for her. At least I hope she does, because he did…kind of…kiss me while he was drunk the other night." Holly stared at the ground, as this comment humiliated her.
"He…did what? So he likes you…I knew I could see it…but—" Sam began, but was quickly interrupted.
"Yes, but don't forget, I don't return the favor! I'm in love with Frodo, someone who I can actually count on!" Holly sighed and then noticed Nenya waking up. She just hoped that Sam wouldn't tell Pippin her hurtful words.
"Hello Mistress Misurka." Nenya noticed the new hobbit and smiled. "Who's this handsome fellow?"
"This is Samwise Gamgee. He's my best friend's brother." Holly began. "And please, call me Holly. And I'm no longer a Misurka. Although I still love what I can remember of my parents, I became a part of the Brandybucks when they adopted me."
"Alright, Holly." Nenya said and noticed Frodo sleeping inside. "How long have you liked this young hobbit? Frodo, was it?"
"Yes, t'was Frodo. I have liked him for about two months but have always been to shy to act upon my emotions." Holly said sadly. "If only I was braver back then."
"Please, milady, don't speak like this. It hurts me to see you so sad. Let us go find your friends after Frodo awakes and we shall all cheer you up!" Nenya placed his hand under Holly's chin and raised it. "Mistress Brandybuck, I promise you, you will never be sad again after today!"
After Frodo got up, with a little help from Holly, the four companions journeyed over to Pippin's house, which is where Jessica still was. When they walked in, they were soon followed by Merry, who was going over to see Pippin and possibly hurt him if he found Jessica with him.
Holly told everyone else the story of her past, and of the elf that they had just met, and now Pippin glared at Merry, who was flirting with Jessica. Pippin was angered by the fact that Holly rejected him, but he couldn't think of being rejected by Jessica as well.
"Hey, Merry, can I see you outside?" Pippin asked and walked over, grabbed Merry's collar, and dragged him outside.
Jessica and Holly sat together and started gossiping about random things. They heard some arguing followed by a punch and started to flock outdoors, where they saw Pippin lying on the ground and Merry over him, his left hand now holding Pippin's collar, and his right hand was pulled back as he was ready to strike. Holly had a shocked look on her face; she never knew her brother could hurt anyone physically. She also knew that Pippin was exceptionally strong for a hobbit.
"Merry, what do you think you're doing?!?" Holly half-exclaimed and half- questioned her brother.
"I'm just defending your best friend. Pippin said something pretty interesting about you, Jessica, and I got so outraged that I couldn't help it!" Merry looked down at Pippin, who had as shocked a look on his face as Holly had on hers. Jessica's eyes glazed over when she realized how much Merry cared about her to defend her like that. She couldn't believe she liked Pippin, who had insulted her.
"Merry, unhand Pippin, please. Then, come with me." Jessica motioned to the woods, where the two went to talk. Pippin then glared at Frodo, who was now talking to Holly.
"Frodo…you took my first love away…then my best friend takes another away…I feel so hurt!" Pippin stormed off into the woods, leaving a very shocked group of hobbits and elf.
Holly was about to run after Pippin, when Frodo stopped her.
"He needs time alone, Ms. Brandybuck. Let him sort out his feelings, then talk to him." Frodo put his arm around Holly's shoulder and stared at the rest of his friends.
"Perhaps we should go to my house. It is close enough and it seems that the host has just left in a rage." Sam suggested, and Holly, Frodo, and Nenya, who had been quiet throughout the entire fight, followed Sam to his hobbit hole.
"Hobbits are very strange creatures. Just when you think you understand them, they do something unpredictable." Nenya finally spoke up.
The rest of that day, the four companions left talked about what had just happened and some incidents that had happened earlier which shall not be mentioned, as they are unimportant in context of the story. They left at sundown, when Jessica returned with Merry. The two had been talking, and finally decided to go together to Bilbo's birthday party. Pippin had not returned, as Merry checked to see if he did. Holly started worrying about her friend, and while everyone else was saying their goodbyes, she left quietly and ran into the woods, on a desperate search.
Holly woke up early the next morning and slept much better than she thought she would. She looked to the sleeping body of Frodo and smiled. Now that she was certainly safe from the one who was stalking her, Holly went outside into the light of the early morning sun and stretched. She smiled when she saw her new friend, Nenya, sleeping under a tree, eyes open, in the way the elves often sleep.
She stared at the beauty of the sunrise and wished she had a pencil and some paper to draw the horizon. She sat down on the stoops and saw a figure approaching Frodo's hobbit hole.
"Hello, Holly, I just came by to check up on you, Jessica sent me." Sam walked up to her and sat next to her. "Hey, who's the elf?"
"Just a friend. I met him last night, he told me about my parents. As for Jessica, what is she up to?" Holly turned her gaze from her elf friend to Sam to notice his anger.
"She's with Pippin. I can't stand her being around Pippin, it just gives me the creeps!" Sam said and his eyes twitched in a furious rage.
"Calm down, Sam, I'm sure she'll realize some day that Pippin's not right for her. At least I hope she does, because he did…kind of…kiss me while he was drunk the other night." Holly stared at the ground, as this comment humiliated her.
"He…did what? So he likes you…I knew I could see it…but—" Sam began, but was quickly interrupted.
"Yes, but don't forget, I don't return the favor! I'm in love with Frodo, someone who I can actually count on!" Holly sighed and then noticed Nenya waking up. She just hoped that Sam wouldn't tell Pippin her hurtful words.
"Hello Mistress Misurka." Nenya noticed the new hobbit and smiled. "Who's this handsome fellow?"
"This is Samwise Gamgee. He's my best friend's brother." Holly began. "And please, call me Holly. And I'm no longer a Misurka. Although I still love what I can remember of my parents, I became a part of the Brandybucks when they adopted me."
"Alright, Holly." Nenya said and noticed Frodo sleeping inside. "How long have you liked this young hobbit? Frodo, was it?"
"Yes, t'was Frodo. I have liked him for about two months but have always been to shy to act upon my emotions." Holly said sadly. "If only I was braver back then."
"Please, milady, don't speak like this. It hurts me to see you so sad. Let us go find your friends after Frodo awakes and we shall all cheer you up!" Nenya placed his hand under Holly's chin and raised it. "Mistress Brandybuck, I promise you, you will never be sad again after today!"
After Frodo got up, with a little help from Holly, the four companions journeyed over to Pippin's house, which is where Jessica still was. When they walked in, they were soon followed by Merry, who was going over to see Pippin and possibly hurt him if he found Jessica with him.
Holly told everyone else the story of her past, and of the elf that they had just met, and now Pippin glared at Merry, who was flirting with Jessica. Pippin was angered by the fact that Holly rejected him, but he couldn't think of being rejected by Jessica as well.
"Hey, Merry, can I see you outside?" Pippin asked and walked over, grabbed Merry's collar, and dragged him outside.
Jessica and Holly sat together and started gossiping about random things. They heard some arguing followed by a punch and started to flock outdoors, where they saw Pippin lying on the ground and Merry over him, his left hand now holding Pippin's collar, and his right hand was pulled back as he was ready to strike. Holly had a shocked look on her face; she never knew her brother could hurt anyone physically. She also knew that Pippin was exceptionally strong for a hobbit.
"Merry, what do you think you're doing?!?" Holly half-exclaimed and half- questioned her brother.
"I'm just defending your best friend. Pippin said something pretty interesting about you, Jessica, and I got so outraged that I couldn't help it!" Merry looked down at Pippin, who had as shocked a look on his face as Holly had on hers. Jessica's eyes glazed over when she realized how much Merry cared about her to defend her like that. She couldn't believe she liked Pippin, who had insulted her.
"Merry, unhand Pippin, please. Then, come with me." Jessica motioned to the woods, where the two went to talk. Pippin then glared at Frodo, who was now talking to Holly.
"Frodo…you took my first love away…then my best friend takes another away…I feel so hurt!" Pippin stormed off into the woods, leaving a very shocked group of hobbits and elf.
Holly was about to run after Pippin, when Frodo stopped her.
"He needs time alone, Ms. Brandybuck. Let him sort out his feelings, then talk to him." Frodo put his arm around Holly's shoulder and stared at the rest of his friends.
"Perhaps we should go to my house. It is close enough and it seems that the host has just left in a rage." Sam suggested, and Holly, Frodo, and Nenya, who had been quiet throughout the entire fight, followed Sam to his hobbit hole.
"Hobbits are very strange creatures. Just when you think you understand them, they do something unpredictable." Nenya finally spoke up.
The rest of that day, the four companions left talked about what had just happened and some incidents that had happened earlier which shall not be mentioned, as they are unimportant in context of the story. They left at sundown, when Jessica returned with Merry. The two had been talking, and finally decided to go together to Bilbo's birthday party. Pippin had not returned, as Merry checked to see if he did. Holly started worrying about her friend, and while everyone else was saying their goodbyes, she left quietly and ran into the woods, on a desperate search.
