Chapter 15

He took her hand and led her from the room, down the corridors and the ended up outside a small room. She looked at him. He motioned that she open the door. Inside the room was candle lit and it smelt of roses. There was a dark shape in the corner under a cloth. She looked at Legolas again who led her there and put her hand on the cloth. Tally pulled it back. Underneath, the wood gleaming in the candle light was a piano. Her piano.

"Oh my god," Tally caressed the wood, "Legolas, how? You aren't supposed to go back. What if someone saw you? Oh my god." Tally broke down in tears and threw her arms around Legolas, crying with joy, "No one has ever been this good to me. I can't believe it."

Legolas sat her down on the piano stool. He sat down next to her and stroked her cheek, pushing away the tears. He kissed her on the cheek,

"It was difficult. He had to go in the middle of the day to avoid the orcs. I don't quite know what your neighbours thought of us. We brought a lot of your things. Some clothes, some books from your shelves, the ones that looked the most read. We brought everything from on top of the piano and in the boxes around it. Is it music written down? We weren't sure. But it would obviously mean something to you. I bought these photos too." Tally broke down again,

"This is the last photo I had of my parents and me, and this is a picture of Callum and me when we went on holiday about a year ago. Oh thank you, thank you." She covered his face in soft kisses.

"Play me something." Legolas moved more candles onto the piano while Tally searched through the music Legolas had brought. She found what she was looking for and set it on the piano. It was the Schubert she had first sung to the elves. Now she could sing it in its proper key and with its proper harmony. Legolas perched next to her on the end of the piano stool. Tally touched the keys and shuffled slightly. She made him stand so she could move the seat.

As soon as she began to play Legolas could she why she was so passionate about it. The joy on her face was brighter than all the candles. She's never looked more beautiful he thought. Once she'd finished the Schubert, she launched into some more modern show tunes and then went back to the classical with some piano solos. He watched her fingers move deftly over the keys and the concentration in her face when she reached a tricky passage.

Tally stopped after a while and turned to Legolas, "Sorry, I've been neglecting you. It's just so wonderful Legolas. I can't believe it." She nestled her head onto his shoulder, he yelled in pain at the sharp edges on the tiara, "Ooh sorry. I'd forgotten I was wearing it." Legolas took it off her head and removed the pins holding her hair in place. It cascaded over her shoulders. Legolas ran his fingers through it, removing any tangles he felt. He did all this while not breaking her gaze. Tally closed her eyes and went to put her head back on his shoulder. She nestled in letting her lips graze across his neck as she did so. Something clicked inside her and she felt so safe and calm and loved. This was where she was mean to be. She kissed him again, making her way up to his ear. She traced its outline, its points with her tongue and listened to him groan as she took the point in her teeth biting and sucking on it gently. She kissed across his face, careful to avoid his lips, laying soft kisses on his forehead, he eyelids, down his nose, back across his cheek to the other ear, this time sucking his ear lobe. He pushed he away for a moment,

"Are you sure, Tally? Don't feel like you have to do this?"

"No Legolas. I want to do this."

He kissed her now. Hard and strong. His hands went all over her body, touching every curve. One of his hands touched her breast, his thumb feeling through the material of her dress for her nipple. He found it and rubbed it under his touch to make it hard. Tally moaned as his lips lefts hers and trailed down her neck and along her collar bone. "Come on," he said, "Let's go to my room. It's more comfortable. We won't be disturbed."

They walked through the now deserted corridors to Legolas' room. Tally hadn't been there before. It was decorated completely differently to hers. There were many pictures painted directly onto the walls. Tally looked around her until she felt two strong arms sweep her up and lay her down on the covers. Her eyes looked at him in fear. Legolas stroked the hair from off her face, kneeling down beside the bed, "I won't do anything you don't want me to. Trust me Tally. You don't have to be scared. I won't hurt you." Tally looked at him for a moment, then reached out and pulled him on top of her, kissing him greedily all over his face and neck. Legolas caught her mouth with his in a long, slow kiss. She felt herself melt. He was so strong, yet gentle, a warrior, but so kind and generous. She was falling in love with him. She knew that now. The kiss was intense, like Tally's soul was being sucked right out of her. Her skin tingled where every Legolas touched it. He pulled away and noticed how breathless she was. He leant down to her ear and whispered, "I never do anything in half measures. It's all or nothing Tally. Which are you? All, or nothing." He looked sternly into her eyes which were shocked at his tone. They softened and she smiled,

"All, Legolas, all."

That was all he needed to hear. He kissed her again as Tally felt to undo the buttons on his shirt. It slipped away to reveal a chest so perfect it could not have been sculpted in white marble. The skin was smooth and she could feel his muscles underneath. She undid his breaches and he got off the bed to step out of them. Tally stood up with him and turned around so he could undo the buttons on the back of her dress. It fell to the floor and Tally stood there naked in front of him. Instinctively she crossed her arms and turned away, but Legolas turned her back and brought her arms to her sides. He was looking at every inch of her, Tally went pink under his gaze. Legolas' hand reached out and touched her pendant. His hand moved down to her breast and he gently sucked at the nipple. Tally moaned with pleasure as her nipple became a small hard point under the caress of his rough tongue. He stroked the skin on her hips, it tickled. Tally began laughing and crying for him to stop. Legolas just switched his attentions to her other breast, still tickling her, enjoying her reaction which was alternately giggles and moans of pleasure. He couldn't hold in his laughter anymore and stopped pulling Tally into a hug as he laughed into her neck.

"You are a strange, indecisive creature," he smirked, "One moment you call stop then the next you tell me not to."

"Well I might just change my mind and go back to my room and sleep on my own." Tally turned her back and walked away.

"Just you try," Legolas growled in her ear. He threw her back on the bed. Tally shrieked as she flew through the air and landed on the soft bed, legs and arms everywhere. Legolas took advantage of this and before she'd had a chance to recover, buried his head between her legs, licking gently at her clitoris. She whispered his name under her breath, moaning as he began to lick faster using a finger to massage it as well. Tally began to shudder as the excitement welled up inside her. Legolas slowed back down again sucking at the small bud.

"Oh Legolas, do it again." She didn't want him to stop. He obliged and the tension built up inside her again. At its release, Tally arched her back calling his name over and over as her legs shuddered and her arms shook. It was amazing. After, Legolas moved up next to her and took her in his arms, softly kissing her on the forehead. Tally looked at him. He understood her. She wasn't ready for sex. Not yet, no so soon after.. that.

Legolas wrapped her up in his arms and pulled the covers over them. He watched as she slept quietly. So peaceful that night. She no longer needed her sleeping draughts. She was happy and content and asleep in his arms. He pulled her closer to him, her head on his chest her arms curled between them. Legolas kissed her hair and Tally stirred in her sleep, a small smile spread across her face and she sighed, snuggling into Legolas' warm arms.