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3 Robyn went down to breakfast, feeling very tired. She'd been up half the night, waiting for Michelle to return, but she didn't. Eventually, she had just fallen asleep, at about 4 o'clock, at her dressing table and had woken up with terrible backache.
"Morning!" said Pippin, cheerfully, as she entered the room.
"Whatever." She said. She sat down, grumpily, in a seat opposite Michelle.
"What's the matter with you?" said Michelle. "Anyone would think the world had ended." Robyn shot a thunderous look at her mom.
"And where were you last night?" she said.
"I don't see how that is any of your business." Michelle replied, teasingly.
"I waited up for you, for hours, and you didn't even have the decency to come back. I was worried that something had happened to you. Again."
"Well, it's your own fault. You shouldn't be so nosy. And anyway, I was perfectly safe, wasn't I?" She looked at Legolas, who was sitting next to her, and smiled.
"Perfectly." He said, and took her hand in his own. Robyn stared in shock.
"You mean, you… you two are… you actually told him?" she, eventually, managed to splutter out. Michelle grinned.
"Yep, we're official."
"Hang on, you actually told him? You? The one who didn't want to speak to him because you were frightened of his reaction? You told him?"
"Is it really that hard to believe?"
"Yes! Last night you were asking me and Aragorn what to do, and now look at you!" She had woken up considerably now.
"Looks like they didn't need our help after all, Robyn." Said Aragorn.
"Evidently." Michelle looked slightly worried.
"But, you are happy, aren't you Robyn? It's not like you could do anything if you weren't, but you are happy?" It was very important to her that Robyn was happy.
"Happy? Happy is an understatement!" Robyn cried. Michelle sighed with relief. "Wow! I'm going to be the first girl in Minas Tirith to have an Elf dad! My mates will be SO jealous! Well, they already are. Everyone that's seen him so far is totally in love with him, and when I told them who he was it was so funny! Everyone loves me! My Mom is going out with an Elf! This is just too cool!!!" Michelle couldn't help but laugh. It was typical of Robyn to immediately think of what her friends would say.
"Well, I think we'll take one step at a time." Michelle said, but Robyn wasn't listening. She carried on chattering.
"Legolas, you don't mind me calling you 'Dad', do you? It's just that will really add to the effect!" Legolas was quite surprised by Robyn's abruptness.
"I, um, guess not." He said, slowly. 'I'm going to have a stepdaughter. I never thought of it like that before. OK, this is strange. Good, but strange.' He thought.
"Great! Wow! This will be so cool! Mom: you have the best taste in the world. I will never mock you again. Legolas, sorry, I mean, Dad: don't worry, you'll be the best dad ever. In fact, you ARE the best dad ever! Everyone else: Aren't you just so happy?!" Pippin was laughing, hard. It wasn't particularly that funny, but Pippin had an odd sense of humour.
"Another way that she's not like you." Said Legolas to Michelle. "I don't remember you talking this much when you were her age."
"Oh, I'm sure I probably did, just not around you. I always went shy around you."
"Not always." He said, smugly. Robyn looked at them and raised an eyebrow.
"Not in front of Robyn." She giggled.
"I do not want to know." Robyn said.
"We wouldn't tell you even if you did." Said Legolas. "You're… actually, no. I was going to say you're too young, but then I remembered who your mother is and realised I'm never going to be able to use that against you."
"And I wouldn't want any other." Said Robyn. "Well, I'm going to get dressed."
"But you haven't even eaten, yet." Said Pippin. "You can't start the day without breakfast!"
"I can. I haven't got any time to lose." She replied. "The more time I spend eating, the less time I have to gloat! See you all later!" And, she ran from the room.
"Yet, still VERY like you." Laughed Aragorn. "Well, I reckon it'll take an hour, possibly a little bit longer, for this to spread round the City."
"Give the girl some credit!" Merry said. "It'll be ½ hour, tops!"
"What, exactly, are you trying to say about my daughter? Are you implying that she has a big gob?"
"Yes." The men said together.
"Well, I can assure, I'm much worse."
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3 Robyn went down to breakfast, feeling very tired. She'd been up half the night, waiting for Michelle to return, but she didn't. Eventually, she had just fallen asleep, at about 4 o'clock, at her dressing table and had woken up with terrible backache.
"Morning!" said Pippin, cheerfully, as she entered the room.
"Whatever." She said. She sat down, grumpily, in a seat opposite Michelle.
"What's the matter with you?" said Michelle. "Anyone would think the world had ended." Robyn shot a thunderous look at her mom.
"And where were you last night?" she said.
"I don't see how that is any of your business." Michelle replied, teasingly.
"I waited up for you, for hours, and you didn't even have the decency to come back. I was worried that something had happened to you. Again."
"Well, it's your own fault. You shouldn't be so nosy. And anyway, I was perfectly safe, wasn't I?" She looked at Legolas, who was sitting next to her, and smiled.
"Perfectly." He said, and took her hand in his own. Robyn stared in shock.
"You mean, you… you two are… you actually told him?" she, eventually, managed to splutter out. Michelle grinned.
"Yep, we're official."
"Hang on, you actually told him? You? The one who didn't want to speak to him because you were frightened of his reaction? You told him?"
"Is it really that hard to believe?"
"Yes! Last night you were asking me and Aragorn what to do, and now look at you!" She had woken up considerably now.
"Looks like they didn't need our help after all, Robyn." Said Aragorn.
"Evidently." Michelle looked slightly worried.
"But, you are happy, aren't you Robyn? It's not like you could do anything if you weren't, but you are happy?" It was very important to her that Robyn was happy.
"Happy? Happy is an understatement!" Robyn cried. Michelle sighed with relief. "Wow! I'm going to be the first girl in Minas Tirith to have an Elf dad! My mates will be SO jealous! Well, they already are. Everyone that's seen him so far is totally in love with him, and when I told them who he was it was so funny! Everyone loves me! My Mom is going out with an Elf! This is just too cool!!!" Michelle couldn't help but laugh. It was typical of Robyn to immediately think of what her friends would say.
"Well, I think we'll take one step at a time." Michelle said, but Robyn wasn't listening. She carried on chattering.
"Legolas, you don't mind me calling you 'Dad', do you? It's just that will really add to the effect!" Legolas was quite surprised by Robyn's abruptness.
"I, um, guess not." He said, slowly. 'I'm going to have a stepdaughter. I never thought of it like that before. OK, this is strange. Good, but strange.' He thought.
"Great! Wow! This will be so cool! Mom: you have the best taste in the world. I will never mock you again. Legolas, sorry, I mean, Dad: don't worry, you'll be the best dad ever. In fact, you ARE the best dad ever! Everyone else: Aren't you just so happy?!" Pippin was laughing, hard. It wasn't particularly that funny, but Pippin had an odd sense of humour.
"Another way that she's not like you." Said Legolas to Michelle. "I don't remember you talking this much when you were her age."
"Oh, I'm sure I probably did, just not around you. I always went shy around you."
"Not always." He said, smugly. Robyn looked at them and raised an eyebrow.
"Not in front of Robyn." She giggled.
"I do not want to know." Robyn said.
"We wouldn't tell you even if you did." Said Legolas. "You're… actually, no. I was going to say you're too young, but then I remembered who your mother is and realised I'm never going to be able to use that against you."
"And I wouldn't want any other." Said Robyn. "Well, I'm going to get dressed."
"But you haven't even eaten, yet." Said Pippin. "You can't start the day without breakfast!"
"I can. I haven't got any time to lose." She replied. "The more time I spend eating, the less time I have to gloat! See you all later!" And, she ran from the room.
"Yet, still VERY like you." Laughed Aragorn. "Well, I reckon it'll take an hour, possibly a little bit longer, for this to spread round the City."
"Give the girl some credit!" Merry said. "It'll be ½ hour, tops!"
"What, exactly, are you trying to say about my daughter? Are you implying that she has a big gob?"
"Yes." The men said together.
"Well, I can assure, I'm much worse."
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