A/N MUAHAHAHA!!!!! I AM EVIL…HEAR ME CACKLE! Oops...did I say evil? I meant uh…author! Yes, that exactly what I meant…

Thanks to my review-writing-people…*sigh* all 8 or 9 of you…



"Pip, you look great." Lily and Merry peered over his shoulders as he examined himself in the mirror.

"Why all this? It's just tea." He looked at them quizzically.

"You'll see." Merry grinned as Frodo came into the room, looking equally confused. But before he could say anything there was a soft tapping on the front door. Lily herded the two guys to the table, while Merry answered the door.

"Lily, what's going on? Merry's planning something isn't he?" Frodo gave her a pleading look as Merry came in followed by Willow (a rather striking lass with very dark hair) and Diamond (another pretty girl with brown hair from another town).

There was an uncomfortable silence, which Merry tried valiantly to break. When it was clear he was failing, Lily brought out the tea and some seed cakes. They sat down as the silence continued.

"Where's Sam?" Pippin whispered.

"Off with Rosie." Frodo hissed back at him. The two began to edge toward Merry and Lily and Diamond and Willow scooted to the other side of the table. Merry and Lily began to fear that their plan had been a mistake…until Pippin abruptly fell from his chair with a thunderous thump.



A/N leave it to Pippin to break the tension. That's one of the things I love about him…(sigh) gets all starry eyed as her friends begin to yark and gag