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Chapter Two:

After the party was over, Merry decided to walk Hanna home. Merry bade Pippin a good night, and walked Hanna back to her hobbit hole. 'I had a great time, Merry! I hope to see you again tomorrow!' 'I'm sure you will. Pip and me are always up early up to our usual tricks.' And with that, they exchanged one more quick kiss. Merry watched her scurry up to her door. 'Bye Merry!' 'G'night.' Merry said, slowly turning away.

As Merry walked home, all he could think about was tomorrow. What would they do together now that they were "dating"? Would he have anymore time to goof off with Pippin? 'Hope so.' He thought. As he walked in the dark, he heard something rustling in the bushes. Merry looked to his left and right and found nothing. He casually turned around and began walking again. A moment later, he heard the sound again. 'What's goin on?' Merry wondered. The rustling got louder and made it more obvious that it was coming from behind.

Merry turned around just in time to see Pippin tackle him to the ground. 'Oi! What in the name of Middle Earth are you doing!? You scared me to death!' Merry tried to catch his breath. 'Sorry cuz, I didn't mean to scare you… How'd it go? Huh huh huh? Didya kiss her? What are you doing tomorrow? Can I come? Can I-' 'Pippin! Cut it out!' Merry sounded slightly angry. 'I'm tellin you nothin if you're gonna question me like that!' Pippin froze at Merry's remark. Gee, usually he was so open, why was he getting personal all of a sudden? Merry let out a sigh. 'Sorry, Pip. Didn't mean to freak out like that, I'm just tired. I wanna go home.' 'Well, come on, then.' Pippin put his hand on Merry's shoulder and the walked home together.

Once they got home, it was pretty late at night, so they decided to get some rest. Merry put out the candle and fell asleep immediately, as usual. Pippin was still up. Listening to the sound of Merry's snoring. Every night… snore, snore, snore. 'I guess it sort of puts me to sleep now… in a way…' Pippin lay there, thinking. Thinking about his normal things. Mushrooms, pints, Merry, Frodo, and Sam, and girls… ah yes. Now that Merry had a girl of his own, Pip got a big jealous…

The next day was just like any other. Pippin woke up to Merry cooking. This time he was up earlier. 'What time is it?' Pippin asked, rubbing his eyes. 'Just past 7.' Merry said, handing a breakfast plate to Pippin. 'Hanna stopped by earlier this morning, said for me to tell you she has a friend who wants to meet you.' Pippin swallowed hard. 'Meet me?' 'Yes, you. Unless I know any other Pippins. Which I don't think I do… now hurry up, get ready!'

Pippin inhaled the rest of his food and ran back into the bedroom for a quick change. Merry sat and waited in the living room looking out the window. Once Pippin finally returned, Merry stared at him wide-eyed. 'Wow Pip, I said meet a friend, not have dinner with the king of Gondor!' Merry thought Pippin was a bit overdressed. His hair was actually combed too. Not his usual ruffle around look. 'Think I should loose the nice hair then?' Pippin wasn't comfortable like that anyway, so he messed his hair back up again.

After that, they set out to meet Hanna and her new friend. Once they arrived, Merry and Pippin saw Hanna and another girl hobbit sitting on top a hill. Merry ran up the hill to greet Hanna. Pippin closely followed. 'Hullo Pippin! This is my friend, Lily!' Hanna said, pointing to her friend. 'Hi! My name's Lily! You must be Pippin!' Lily walked up to Pippin and extended her hand as if to shake hands. Pippin felt himself getting nervous. He wasn't expecting a pretty hobbit girl wanting to meet him!

Pippin swallowed hard and managed to spit out, 'Nice to meet you too.' Lily giggled and skipped around the hill. So what should we do now? They all thought for a moment. Then Merry had a splendid idea. 'Let's go to Farmer Maggot's and steal some carrots!' 'Great idea Merry! Will we get caught?' Hanna was excited, but a bit cautious. 'Course not! At least when you're with us! Now come on!' Merry ran off with Hanna, Lily, and Pippin chasing after him.

Once they got to Farmer Maggots, Pippin instructed that the ladies stay a safe distance and watch for anybody coming while Merry and Pippin got the job done. About half way through, Hanna heard something moving around in the fields. 'Merry!' She yelled. Merry and Pippin came running back as fast as their feet could take them back to Hanna and Lily. 'What? What is it?' Pippin panted. 'I heard something! From over there!' Hanna pointed in the direction of the sound. 'I'll go check it out. Come on Pippin!' Lily grabbed Pippin's arm and ran off.

'I really hope we don't get in trouble!' Lily whispered, looking around in the cornfield. 'I doubt it.' Said Pippin. Lily and Pippin silently continued looking for the source of the sound when Pippin stumbled onto something. 'Oi! Who's that?' To much of Pippin's surprise, he saw Frodo sitting in the cornfields! 'Frodo! What are you doing here?' Pippin managed to say. 'Well, to tell you the truth, I don't know. I got bored and decided to come here. But… I'll be going now… bye Pippin! Bye Pippin's girlfriend!' Frodo ran off to hearing Pippin yell, 'She's not my girlfriend!' 'Not my girlfriend?' Lily looked a bit sad when he said that. 'Well, I meant not yet… of course.' Pippin blushed. 'We better get back to Merry and Hanna and tell them it was just Frodo.

Lily and Pippin began walking back to their friends. Once they found them again, Pippin told them it was only Frodo. 'Well, I think we have enough food anyway, we better start running before those dogs come again!' Merry was about to take off when Hanna stopped him. 'Dogs? What dogs?' 'Don't worry about it, they won't hurt you.' And with that, they sped off. Once they safely arrived back to the hill, Merry handed everybody a carrot.

'And one for me!' Merry kept the last carrot for himself. Each hobbit quietly nibbled on their own carrot. A couple minutes of silence passed when it was suddenly interrupted by the sound of thunder. 'What was that?' Lily asked as she looked up at the sky. 'It's going to rain! It's going to rain!' Pippin practically yelled as he danced around Lily. 'Don't get too excited, Pip.' Said Merry. 'We better start walking the lasses home before it comes.' Merry stood up, helping Hanna to her feet, and Pippin did likewise with Lily. Then ran as fast as they could down the hill, but the rain beat them.

The rain was beating down pretty hard when they reached Hanna's house. After Merry gave Hanna a goodbye kiss, she ran safely into her house. Pippin, Merry, and Lily began speeding down the now muddy road to drop Lily off at her house. After a quick kiss from Pippin, Lily also ran into her house safely. 'Well Merry, I guess we should go home and put on some warmer clothes.' Pippin patted his cousin on the back. 'Yes, I think we should. Let's go home!' Merry and Pippin bolted off Lily's front doorstep and ran home. Once they were home, they got their warm clothes, and sat down by the fire talking about anything that came to mind.

'Well, that certainly was fun.' Merry said as he bundled up into the blanket. 'Everyday should be like today.' Pippin sighed and curled up on the chair next to the fire. They talked for a while about Hanna and Lily, and what they should do tomorrow. Steal some more food, run around the Shire, whatever they did, they surely thought they would cause havoc where they are. The night grew late, and the Hobbits decided they should get to bed in order to be rested for their big day tomorrow.

Pippin dragged his feet all the way down the hall and plopped his tired body into his bed. Merry did likewise to himself. After Merry put out the candle, he was sound asleep. But, as usual, Pippin lay there staring at the ceiling thinking again. When he could think no more, he nodded off to a peaceful and deep sleep.

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Sorry I kinda just cut it so short, but I added some more at the bottom. Thanks for reviewing! Keep them coming!!!!! PLEAASE! Oh yes, and there will be more chapters! Do not fear!