~ Chapter 7-

A/N – hey guys, finally got word back up! Yay. Sorry it's taking me so long to do these chaps. I just got out of school though, so hopefully, they will be put up more frequently. Short chap, sorry. The next one, Lalandra actually meets the guy she has to marry.

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"Who am I marrying?!" I croaked. Marie shook her head.

"Silly child." She replied leading me back over to my bed. "Cresto. Have you forgotten already about what you and your mother talked about earlier?" I sat down on my bed, suddenly feeling exhausted.

"I wasn't there half the time she was talking to me…" I began, reclining, my eyelids began to get heavy. She looked at me questioningly. I shook my head, and waved her away. I was much too tired to deal with anything further. Nodding, Rose left my room, closing the door softly behind her.

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The next morning I didn't even take a bath, I had too much on my mind. How in the world am I going to get out of this? It's impossible. All right, calm down hyperventilating wont help anything. I know, I'll simply go and tell Galadriel that I can't do it. Yeah… that should be easy enough. Rushing over to my mothers' quarters I nearly slipped and fell about a half a dozen times. When I finally reached her door, I was quite out of breath. Very un-Elvish. I quickly composed myself, and knocked on her door.

"Enter." I heard her muffled voice say. Swinging the heavy wooden door, I stepped inside. "Ah! Ana, how are you darling?" she asked standing and walking over to me. We embraced briefly. "You have come to ask me about Cresto." She stated. I nodded. "Well, you shall be pleased to know that you set out tomorrow to meet him near the Blue Mountains. He will be waiting for you there. You do not know how much it means to us that you have accepted this offer." Oh man. This was not good! Talk about pressure! Shit, I can't turn her down now! She makes it sound like it's the best thing in the world, my marrying this dude. Man, why can't she ever read my thoughts when I need her to? There's no way out! Ahh, so frustrated!

"Sounds great." I replied dully. She looked at me, her gaze full of unasked questions. I pasted a smile on my face and walked back outside. Going back to my room, I packed up all my clothes. Then I went for a stroll in the woods. I wasn't really paying any attention to where I was going, and soon I found myself standing before the lake. Sitting down on the familiar log, I let my thoughts drift to Legolas.