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Chapter Four: Teddy's Visit

Cooper calmly went and opened the door to let Teddy in. But Aragorn had different ideas. "No," he said, "You don't know who it is he might be dangerous. Let me see who it is first."

"It's okay, I know who it is. I called him and asked him to come over to help us formulate something resembling a plan."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, but if you must check go ahead. Just don't scare him too badly." Aragorn slipped silently out the back door and crept around to the front. I warned Teddy though the intercom that he was about to get attacked by a fictional character. Before Aragorn could make his move Teddy quickly sidestepped his attack.

"You have quick ears my friend."

"Oh, um ...well thank you, sir," Teddy stuttered. "Oh, Anne, oops. I mean Cooper I found someone on the side of the road. I thought perhaps you, or one of your friends might be able to identify him." I gathered what fellowship I had, and lead them out to Teddy's pick-up-truck to show them who he had found. Teddy and Aragorn beat them there, but Aragorn hadn't seen who it was yet. When Teddy opened the cab door everyone gasped.

Legolas, who it was indeed, was a bloody mess. His beautiful long hair was matted and tangled, his once delicate face was severely bruised and had been cut in several places, his clothes were in rags, and his bow and his quiver were missing. It was a terrible sight. We moved him a gently as we possible to the couch in the living room. Teddy, who knew my house as well as his own, went and found rooms for everyone else, and helped them to get settled. We didn't even suggest that Aragorn not be with Legolas. I'm sure it would have caused quite a scene. I got a few washrags, and cleaned off some of the dirt and blood on his face. I got Aragorn the brush he requested, and he made war with Legolas's golden locks of hair. Amazingly they came lose as if they had never been tangled, it was an amazing sight to see.

"Teddy, could you see if we have any clothes that would fit Legolas here?"

"I'm pretty sure that some of Bri ..." He stopped in mid-sentence. Brian, my oldest brother, had been hit by a drunk driver a few moths ago. Brian and Justin had come home from college to visit us over their spring break. Justin and I had been with him while it happened. I had been walking on the road with Justin the middle and Brian on the inside. We saw a truck come into view and watched as it came closer to us. Then, the driver started to server, this way and that. Brian and Justin pushed me out of the way. Brian survived in the hospital for a few days till he just gave up. Justin was killed instantly. All I had was a broken leg. I felt like I had betrayed my brother by living. I don't know if my dad would have made it if I had been killed. He had a weak heart and didn't take the death of the boys well.

"Cooper," someone's voice broke though my reverie. "Cooper are you all right?"

It was Teddy. "Yes," I managed to say in a weak voice. Then we continued into the living room, where Aragorn and an unconscious Legolas awaited our return. I hadn't looked at the clothes that Teddy had selected, but when I did it took my breath away. They had been Brian's favorites. He hadn't taken them to college because they were the ones we only wore when we were together. We had all had the same outfit. Those singular pieces of clothing brought back so many good memories. Justin had been a sophomore in college and Brian had started his senior year. Mom and Dad had planned us each to be two years apart, and we all came on schedule. Unbidden tears sprung to my eyes. I had never given myself time to cry. No, I had never let myself cry. Even during the funeral I hadn't cried.

I hadn't noticed that they had successfully gotten the clothes on and were waiting on me. I was lost in my own little world. Teddy reached out and gently touched my shoulder. I was about to break down, but I couldn't stand the thought. Teddy sat me down in a chair and made hot tea for us all. I was terribly tired, I had been getting to bed around one all week studying for all my examines. Now this, I was about gone. Aragorn and Teddy talked a long time till Teddy's mother called and told him to come home. I took a quick shower, then got ready to get into bed. When, Aragorn suddenly appeared at my door.

"Do you need something?"

"No, I was just wondering if you would like to talk."

"Well, if we need to then fine, but I'm kinda ti..." a gigantic yawn interrupted me. I could hardly keep my tears back or my eyes from dropping.

"No, we will talk in the morning." And with that he left. I laid down on my big queen size bed and fell asleep. My sleep was an uneasy one. Pictures of Brian and Justin kept popping into my dreams. I dreamed of all out childhood memories. It was pleasant to relive all the good things we had shared. Then my dreams took and unfriendly turn. I relived the accident all over again.

"Come on! We won't have much time to walk if we don't hurry," yelled Justin at me and Brian.

"Just cool it, Justin. We're coming. It's not like it'll be the last time we have to walk together. We have one more week till we go back to college."

"Well. we had better hurry. Mom doesn't like to have us out after dark, you know."

"Since when did you care, Anne? You always followed us out when you weren't invited. What happened, you grow up of sompthin'?" I smiled the one person who could get away with calling me Anne was Justin.

"Let's just go. We have to be home in time for you're big party. Everyone's invited."

"Do mom and dad ever talk about anything else these days?" We reminisced the old days, when we were still children. We were always getting into scrapes, and making mischief. We had a few arguments, but nothing serious. There had never been a time that we were idle. If one of us got sick, the other two would come down with it, or pretend that we had caught it too.

"Remember the first time you two got girl friends?" I asked.

"Yeah, you thought it meant we didn't need you anymore."

"Yep! Whenever we'd sneak out to see them, you'd tell mom and dad. We never did know how they knew till your last letter." We all smiled at the fond memory. We walk down the road into town. We were laughing and talking, never knowing it would be the last chance we would ever have. We were fast approaching the fork in the road, which takes you up into the mountains, or to town. We were having such a good time that we didn't hear the truck approaching, till it was too late. Justin grabbed me by arms and threw me into the ditch, and the truck hit him and Brian full force.

I woke up drenched in sweat, and tears running down my face. I stuffed my face in my pillow and cried. Sobs wrenched my body for over a hour. When I finally stopped crying, I realized I was hungry. I didn't want to get out of bed though, the dream had been so terrifying realistic. I finally convinced myself to get up and find something to eat. I quietly tiptoed into the kitchen, and prepared for a raid on the fridge. I found the bean dip and tortilla chips. I went to the entertainment center and pulled out a movie and started to head for my room.

"Hello."

I jumped around to face the voice. When I turned around I saw that it was Legolas. Awake sitting in one of the recliners.

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