New chapter!
Ready for the shocker of the century?
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She raised herself up and searched the darkness of the room for the intruder.
"Who's there?" she asked, sounding more fearful that she would have liked.
"I could not sleep," Boromir said stepping from the shadows into the moonlight. He was wearing his pants and he was shirtless.
"So you came here?" she asked.
"You are the reason I could not sleep." he said as he approached her bed.
"What do you mean?" her eyes narrowed. She could see his features now. He looked apologetic.
"I have thought on your words,." Boromir's silhouetted head bent down as he searched for the what to say, "and I did not mean to insult your honor. I would also be furious in your position."
"And you just realized this?" she asked. She could tell he was sincere, but why would he have the change of heart so quickly?
"I spoke with Elrond and Gandalf, tonight, after the banquet." he deflected his eyes. "I was trying to make them forbid you from the journey." He sat beside her on the bed.
"You what?" she was furious.
"Do not become enraged, I thought it for the best."
"You're outrageous!" she snapped. She tried to get up but Boromir held her in place.
"Please, Nerin, just listen." his eyes bore into hers. Nerin bit her lip to keep from speaking. "I realize my mistake. They explained to me. I understand that you are just as much a part of this as I am." he sighed. "Please grasp that I was only concerned for your safety, and did not know how to show it."
Nerin didn't know what to say.
Boromir leaned closer. His eyes fell onto her lips. She thought for a moment he meant to kiss her, but then, as though snapping out of a trance, he breathed heavily and gave a closed smile.
"I will let you rest." he said making to stand but Nerin's hand caught his. Boromir's gaze caught hers again. He waited for her to say something.
"Thank you." she said, and withdrew her hand.
"When I am wrong, I admit it." This time he did stand, and in what was seemingly one motion he was gone from her sight.
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"Arise." It was Gandalf's voice that Nerin awoke to. "We shall be leaving soon."
"Alright." she said groggily as she rose from the bed, wiping sleep from her eyes.
"There is something I wanted to mention to you." Gandalf said as she laid out her tanned leather clothes. "Boromir had…a talk with me last night. He had…" he paused while he searched for the right words, "…reservations about you joining the fellowship."
"I know." she cut him off. "Boromir told me about it and he apologized."
"Good." Gandalf nodded. "Very good."
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"Good morrow." Legolas greeted Nerin as she walked up to the front courtyard.
"Good morrow." she repeated kindly. Legolas stared at her slightly causing her to look away.
"Do pardon my behavior." he said realizing he had stared. "It has been quite a long time since I have seen a human female."
"Oh," she half laughed. "Do we really look that different?"
"Your face is more round." he said studying her features even closer. "but in a pleasant way." he apologized when he saw her cast her eyes away.
"Thanks," she said and began to load her things into a sack at her side. It appeared they would only be taking one horse on the trip. A pack horse named Bill. He would hold there food and supplies.
The rest of the fellowship was soon clothed and ready for he walk across the bridge and off toward Mordor.
Nerin took one last look at Rivendell as they left. She was sure that she, for one, would never return here.
So, on they walked. Gandalf in the lead, followed by Legolas, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Gimli, Boromir, Nerin, and Aragorn bringing up the rear.
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as always r/r
Ready for the shocker of the century?
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She raised herself up and searched the darkness of the room for the intruder.
"Who's there?" she asked, sounding more fearful that she would have liked.
"I could not sleep," Boromir said stepping from the shadows into the moonlight. He was wearing his pants and he was shirtless.
"So you came here?" she asked.
"You are the reason I could not sleep." he said as he approached her bed.
"What do you mean?" her eyes narrowed. She could see his features now. He looked apologetic.
"I have thought on your words,." Boromir's silhouetted head bent down as he searched for the what to say, "and I did not mean to insult your honor. I would also be furious in your position."
"And you just realized this?" she asked. She could tell he was sincere, but why would he have the change of heart so quickly?
"I spoke with Elrond and Gandalf, tonight, after the banquet." he deflected his eyes. "I was trying to make them forbid you from the journey." He sat beside her on the bed.
"You what?" she was furious.
"Do not become enraged, I thought it for the best."
"You're outrageous!" she snapped. She tried to get up but Boromir held her in place.
"Please, Nerin, just listen." his eyes bore into hers. Nerin bit her lip to keep from speaking. "I realize my mistake. They explained to me. I understand that you are just as much a part of this as I am." he sighed. "Please grasp that I was only concerned for your safety, and did not know how to show it."
Nerin didn't know what to say.
Boromir leaned closer. His eyes fell onto her lips. She thought for a moment he meant to kiss her, but then, as though snapping out of a trance, he breathed heavily and gave a closed smile.
"I will let you rest." he said making to stand but Nerin's hand caught his. Boromir's gaze caught hers again. He waited for her to say something.
"Thank you." she said, and withdrew her hand.
"When I am wrong, I admit it." This time he did stand, and in what was seemingly one motion he was gone from her sight.
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"Arise." It was Gandalf's voice that Nerin awoke to. "We shall be leaving soon."
"Alright." she said groggily as she rose from the bed, wiping sleep from her eyes.
"There is something I wanted to mention to you." Gandalf said as she laid out her tanned leather clothes. "Boromir had…a talk with me last night. He had…" he paused while he searched for the right words, "…reservations about you joining the fellowship."
"I know." she cut him off. "Boromir told me about it and he apologized."
"Good." Gandalf nodded. "Very good."
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"Good morrow." Legolas greeted Nerin as she walked up to the front courtyard.
"Good morrow." she repeated kindly. Legolas stared at her slightly causing her to look away.
"Do pardon my behavior." he said realizing he had stared. "It has been quite a long time since I have seen a human female."
"Oh," she half laughed. "Do we really look that different?"
"Your face is more round." he said studying her features even closer. "but in a pleasant way." he apologized when he saw her cast her eyes away.
"Thanks," she said and began to load her things into a sack at her side. It appeared they would only be taking one horse on the trip. A pack horse named Bill. He would hold there food and supplies.
The rest of the fellowship was soon clothed and ready for he walk across the bridge and off toward Mordor.
Nerin took one last look at Rivendell as they left. She was sure that she, for one, would never return here.
So, on they walked. Gandalf in the lead, followed by Legolas, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Gimli, Boromir, Nerin, and Aragorn bringing up the rear.
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as always r/r