Chapter 12 – Saying Goodbye
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2 6 days later Robin headed back to Tookborough to tell her mother the news. She also wanted to see Pip. Though what his response would be she didn't know.
In the end it turned out she did not need to make two journeys, Pip was at her house when she arrived home.
Mrs. Took greeted her with tenderness "My dear sweet daughter, you have been away too long. We have all missed you here"
"Yes" said Pippin, hugging his cousin "But why have you stayed away so long?"
"I am tired" replied Robin pointedly, looking at Pip "There will be time for questions when I have rested."
3 A couple of hours later Robin found Pip alone in the lounge. She sat next to him preparing herself to tell him her news.
4 "I wanted you to be the first to know," she said to him. "Frodo has asked me to move to Bag End and live with him. He loves me and I have agreed." Pip went to speak but Robin held up her hand to silence him. "Please do not lecture me. I have made up my mind, I want to be with him. I know that I spent a lot of time pretending I didn't but now I have seen him again I have realised my true feelings. That I love him too."
"Nay I was not going to lecture you. If you are sure that is what you want then I will not prevent you from doing so" answered Pippin "I want only your happiness, though you will be missed dearly"
"I know my mother would miss me and my brothers"
"I meant me, I would miss you very much. I don't know if I could get used to you gone"
Robin hugged him "Dearest sweet Pippin. I would miss you too. Though you can visit all the time. I would not be able to live without seeing my beloved cousin. But come now I will need your support whilst I tell my mother."
Mrs. Took wept openly after she had heard the news. Robin was sorry that she had upset her.
"I will not have any child of mine living in shame and dishonor. How can you love him you are but a child?" Robin had never seen her mother so angry but her own temper was rising.
"I am not a child anymore, mother and I do love him and he loves me. Why would that be shameful?"
"Because you will not be married. If he came and asked me for your hand I might consider it but no I will not let you go into a relationship that is damned from the start. Robin believe me you do not want to get involved with them up in Hobbiton. Pippin tell her."
"I am sorry but I cannot influence Robins decision" replied Pip. "And as for the sort up in Hobbiton, there are no more respectable Hobbits in the whole of the Shire than those who live at Bag End. I could not think of a better suitor for Robin than Mr. Baggins."
"Your love for the girl has blinded you Peregrin" spat Mrs. Took. "I know what is best for my own child"
"Then let me go" cried Robin "I shall if you will it or no, though I would prefer your blessing"
"You shall have no approval from me" Mrs. Took turned her back signaling the end of the conversation.
Robin sighed, turning to Pip she said "I was going to wait but I shall now go in 1 week. I have asked much of you already Cousin but one more thing I need. Will you help me?"
"Aye I will but please try and make up with your mother. You would hate to leave on bad terms"
"I will try" she promised.
A week later Robin was packed ready to leave. Her mother had not spoken to her since and was not there now to see her off. Pip arrived driving a small cart and helped her to lift her things on. After a tearful farewell to her brothers, who she was going to miss very much, they set off on the road to Hobbiton.
They arrived at Bag End as the sun was reaching noon but there was only Frodo there to meet them. He took Robins hand helping her down from the cart then kissed her. "Though only a week has passed it has seems like an eternity."
5 "I have missed you too" she answered "But I shall not go away again"
Frodo greeted Pippin affectionately. "It is good to see you again old friend, though it is now in happier times. Will you stay a while?"
"I will" replied Pip "Though I must return before tomorrow, there are affairs that I must attend to at home"
Later that evening Pip said goodbye to Robin
"I cannot believe that you will no longer be living close by," he said grasping both her hands in his.
"I will be with you always cousin" she replied "The bond that our blood shares is more than just family. Listen to your heart and you will know that I am thinking of you"
"And you will always be in my heart too" his voice croaked as he hugged her tight. Whispering he said "Come to me if you need anything, I will not let you down though others in this world may"
"Thank you" she whispered back "and Pippin.."
He looked at her.
"I love you, cousin" She wiped at the tears that were starting to form in her eyes.
He smiled then turning he left Bag End and Robin behind.
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2 6 days later Robin headed back to Tookborough to tell her mother the news. She also wanted to see Pip. Though what his response would be she didn't know.
In the end it turned out she did not need to make two journeys, Pip was at her house when she arrived home.
Mrs. Took greeted her with tenderness "My dear sweet daughter, you have been away too long. We have all missed you here"
"Yes" said Pippin, hugging his cousin "But why have you stayed away so long?"
"I am tired" replied Robin pointedly, looking at Pip "There will be time for questions when I have rested."
3 A couple of hours later Robin found Pip alone in the lounge. She sat next to him preparing herself to tell him her news.
4 "I wanted you to be the first to know," she said to him. "Frodo has asked me to move to Bag End and live with him. He loves me and I have agreed." Pip went to speak but Robin held up her hand to silence him. "Please do not lecture me. I have made up my mind, I want to be with him. I know that I spent a lot of time pretending I didn't but now I have seen him again I have realised my true feelings. That I love him too."
"Nay I was not going to lecture you. If you are sure that is what you want then I will not prevent you from doing so" answered Pippin "I want only your happiness, though you will be missed dearly"
"I know my mother would miss me and my brothers"
"I meant me, I would miss you very much. I don't know if I could get used to you gone"
Robin hugged him "Dearest sweet Pippin. I would miss you too. Though you can visit all the time. I would not be able to live without seeing my beloved cousin. But come now I will need your support whilst I tell my mother."
Mrs. Took wept openly after she had heard the news. Robin was sorry that she had upset her.
"I will not have any child of mine living in shame and dishonor. How can you love him you are but a child?" Robin had never seen her mother so angry but her own temper was rising.
"I am not a child anymore, mother and I do love him and he loves me. Why would that be shameful?"
"Because you will not be married. If he came and asked me for your hand I might consider it but no I will not let you go into a relationship that is damned from the start. Robin believe me you do not want to get involved with them up in Hobbiton. Pippin tell her."
"I am sorry but I cannot influence Robins decision" replied Pip. "And as for the sort up in Hobbiton, there are no more respectable Hobbits in the whole of the Shire than those who live at Bag End. I could not think of a better suitor for Robin than Mr. Baggins."
"Your love for the girl has blinded you Peregrin" spat Mrs. Took. "I know what is best for my own child"
"Then let me go" cried Robin "I shall if you will it or no, though I would prefer your blessing"
"You shall have no approval from me" Mrs. Took turned her back signaling the end of the conversation.
Robin sighed, turning to Pip she said "I was going to wait but I shall now go in 1 week. I have asked much of you already Cousin but one more thing I need. Will you help me?"
"Aye I will but please try and make up with your mother. You would hate to leave on bad terms"
"I will try" she promised.
A week later Robin was packed ready to leave. Her mother had not spoken to her since and was not there now to see her off. Pip arrived driving a small cart and helped her to lift her things on. After a tearful farewell to her brothers, who she was going to miss very much, they set off on the road to Hobbiton.
They arrived at Bag End as the sun was reaching noon but there was only Frodo there to meet them. He took Robins hand helping her down from the cart then kissed her. "Though only a week has passed it has seems like an eternity."
5 "I have missed you too" she answered "But I shall not go away again"
Frodo greeted Pippin affectionately. "It is good to see you again old friend, though it is now in happier times. Will you stay a while?"
"I will" replied Pip "Though I must return before tomorrow, there are affairs that I must attend to at home"
Later that evening Pip said goodbye to Robin
"I cannot believe that you will no longer be living close by," he said grasping both her hands in his.
"I will be with you always cousin" she replied "The bond that our blood shares is more than just family. Listen to your heart and you will know that I am thinking of you"
"And you will always be in my heart too" his voice croaked as he hugged her tight. Whispering he said "Come to me if you need anything, I will not let you down though others in this world may"
"Thank you" she whispered back "and Pippin.."
He looked at her.
"I love you, cousin" She wiped at the tears that were starting to form in her eyes.
He smiled then turning he left Bag End and Robin behind.
