Spin the bottle (or make the bottle spin your way by using magic.)
E/N: Okay, so I AM in love with Éomer, what's wrong with that? I'll tell you what's wrong! He's gone. GONE!!! G-O-N-E!!! *starts crying uncontrollably* damn, this sucks. no wait! Love sucks. Or doesn't it? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own LotR, nor its characters. not even Éomer. *sob* so no sue, cuz I'm telling you not to.
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Day eight, the 14th of Halimath, 1384 (Shire Reckoning)
Elenya, the 35th of Yávie (Iavas), 2984 T.A. (Calendar of Imladris)
Dear diary,
Today was even more confusing than yesterday. I swear. Oh bloody hell, I'll just tell you. I woke up early this morning, and I felt like crap. Well, not literally, but it was pretty bad. I mean, you fall in love, you realize it, you get together, and lose him right away. That sucks. I really didn't feel like going to camp anymore, especially not because I had that act to perform and I really didn't know how I would be able to keep it up for a week or more, depending on how fast Endomiel and Legolas would get back together.
I got up and took a shower. After that I put on one of my favorite dresses, I think because it's blue. Anyway, I put on a light-blue dress, pretty wide everywhere, after the fashion of the Elves. I put on my ring, and reached for my necklace. I was about to put it around my neck, when I started thinking. It was a heart. Heart. Love. Éomer. But this necklace didn't come from him, it even cost me to lose him. For the first time in a long time I didn't put it on. I put it in a drawer and left it there.
It was about 7 am when the others started waking up. Pretty early, but that was because of the camp. Arwen shot me a glare. What did I do?
I shrugged and went to have breakfast, which was served early today, again because of camp. Automatically I looked around the hallway for Éomer, but he wasn't there. Of course he wasn't. I don't think he'll ever want to see me again. Tears filled my eyes.
'Something wrong?'
I turned around. Behind me stood Legolas, and he actually looked concerned. I wiped the tears away.
'I'm okay' I said.
'Good. Do you want to have breakfast with me?'
'I guess so.'
Legolas put his arm around my shoulder and we walked into the mess. The other guys were already having breakfast. Elladan and Elrohir sat at the table as well. Funny, I hadn't spoken a single word with them since I arrived. We got some food and walked over to the table. Éomer stood up and left as soon as we sat down.
'What's with him?' Faramir asked. The others shook their heads, they had no idea. They turned to us, saw Legolas' arm around me, and stared at us.
'Hey guys' I whispered.
'Uhm Elvea? I thought you were with Éomer.' Boromir said.
'Not. not anymore' I whispered as tears filled my eyes again.
'Woah man, what happened?' Faramir asked.
'They broke up' Legolas said.
'Duh! I figured that part out!' Faramir said, smacking his forehead. 'But WHY?'
'Because. because he didn't. he said it was for the better.' I answered, holding back my tears, poking my food.
'So what's the deal with Legolas?' Estel asked.
'I decided to help him after all' I said, my voice returning.
'Are you sure you want that?' it came from five different mouths.
'Yeah' I answered with a secure voice, but my heart was not so certain. Something about this whole thing was bothering me. Something was wrong. Something? EVERYTHING!
'Man Legolas, you owe her so much if you get Endy back.' Estel said.
'Yeah, come to think of it, is there something I can do back?' Legolas asked.
'I don't know, I really don't. And as long as I don't, I really don't care either. Let's just get the two of you back together first, then think of a way to thank me.' I said, and got admiring glances from all of them.
'Wow Elvea, I never knew you could be that nice!' Faramir said, and I blushed. Okay, so I am the Goddess of all Good and supposed to be nice, it's still a compliment. Boromir looked at me, then at his brother.
'Hey back off you! She's with Legolas!' he said jokingly.
'I wasn't coming on to her!' Faramir said, pretending to be insulted.
'Yeah right, it was just as innocent as two days ago, right?' Boromir said. Faramir's face flushed for a second, the other guys stared at him, then at me.
'What happened two days ago?' Estel asked. Neither me nor Faramir spoke, so Boromir did.
'I caught them in our room, Faramir without a shirt.' He said with a grin. I swear, if I weren't the Goddess of Good I would've killed him. This took the other guys a couple of seconds to let it get through to their brains.
'Oh. My. God.' Elladan said. They all followed this example shortly after eachother.
'Oh. My. God.' Elladan repeated.
'We didn't do anything, I swear.' I whispered.
'Yeah right. It looked like something to me' Boromir said. I thought he believed me.
'No, really, we didn't' Faramir said. I like him. At least he doesn't spread hurtful lies about it, like most guys would.
'Sure Faramir.' Boromir went on.
'Somebody at this table is asking for green hair.' I said, a threatening look towards Boromir. If I would be in my real shape, my eyes would probably have shot fire.
'Elven magic isn't that strong.' Faramir said.
'Who told you that?' I asked.
'Endomiel said so.' He answered. Oh boy, this could get them suspicions.
'Yeah, but Endomiel isn't a High-elf. High-elves have stronger magic than Dark-elves.' I said.
'Is this true?' Boromir asked Legolas. Legolas nodded. 'Uh-oh.' We all started laughing. I got up to prepare Alka for camp. I hadn't actually eaten anything, but I couldn't anyway. I just wanted to be alone until 8 am, the moment we would leave.
As soon as everyone was ready to leave, the guides for each group showed up. Ours was Glorfindel. Of all teachers, our guide had to be Glorfindel. It's a conspiracy against me. It just has to be. When he mounted his horse, I felt like making him fall off, but I'm a good girl so I didn't. Damn, sometimes, just sometimes, I wished I wasn't bound to this Goddess of Good stuff. We rode off, following Glorfindel. After we had ridden for about an hour and a half, we stopped at an open spot in the forest. Three tents were set up in a semi-circle, and in the middle of that circle there was a small circle of stones, meant for the campfire. Nearby was a stream with big boulders on both sides, an open space every now and then. We all dismounted and put down our bags.
'This will be your place to stay the coming four days.' Glorfindel said. 'You will have to survive on your own. At the end of those four days I will return to bring you back.' Nobody to keep an eye on us? That was strange, especially for a school. Do they trust us that much or something?
Glorfindel mounted and turned his horse. There was a huge magical glow around him. A glow only a Goddess can detect. This guy has been casting one or more spells over the last couple of days. He rode off, my brain had put the pieces together. Glorfindel had tried to keep me from camp. Why?
I released myself from my shield. Now that Glorfindel was gone I didn't need it anymore. I kept an alert though, so that I would at least notice if somebody tried to put a spell on me again, just in case. It doesn't stop spells though, but I don't think that will be necessary.
'Well, three tents, three girls. I'd say one girl per tent' Vebor said with a grin.
'I have a better idea. Me and Vebor in one, and you guys in the other two.' Endomiel said. Legolas stared at her, he looked really hurt.
'It's good with me. As long as I get to sleep in the same tent as Elvea.' Legolas said after a while.
'Let's just keep guys and girls separated, okay?' Estel said, looking from Legolas to Endomiel. I let out a soft sigh. Problem solved. The others nodded in agreement. Legolas, Boromir and Estel took the first tent, the other guys the second and we got the last one. I waited for Endomiel and Arwen to pick a place in the tent, I didn't really care where I would sleep, as long as I had a place to sleep. Endomiel had taken the spot to the left, and Arwen the spot next to it. I placed my stuff in my corner. All this time they were glaring at me.
'Is something wrong?' I asked.
'Like you don't know' Arwen said in an angry voice. If looks could kill, her glare would've killed me right away. I really don't know. Or maybe. oh crap! It's about Legolas. Just great. Sharing a tent with two girls who hate you because you're with Legolas when you're not even with him for real. or am I just being ridiculous and is this about something else?
I went outside. I felt two arms surrounding my waist as soon as I stepped out of the tent.
'There you are! I've been waiting for you!' Legolas said as I turned my head to face him. He gave me a swift kiss on the lips, or at least, it looked like that to everybody around us, but Legolas and I were the only ones who knew that our lips still had a slight distance from eachother. about half a millimeter.
'Hey guys! What do you want to do now that we arrived?' Estel asked.
'Let's go swimming! There's a little river nearby!' Faramir proposed.
'Oh no! Forget it! I'm not letting her go back in that tent again. I can't live that long without her!' Legolas said, smiling at me. Man, that guy is a damn good actor!
'Then what do you suggest we should do?' Vebor asked.
'I don't know about you guys, but I think I want to go for a forest stroll with Elvea' Legolas answered, and kissed me again. This time it was a real one. He sure is doing his best to make us look like a real couple, but I still had this annoying voice in the back of my head telling me that it's wrong and there is another way.
'Hey Legolas, what about the whole secrecy thing?' Endomiel said sharply. Her words cut through me like a dagger. I don't even want to know how harsh they sounded to Legolas. He gave her a cold look.
'Why do you think I'm going to take her for a walk?' he answered, with a voice just as cold as his eyes. He turned his back on Endomiel and we walked off into the forest. I could feel everybody staring at us until we were out of their sight. We walked on for a while and then we sat down under a huge tree. All this time we didn't say a word to eachother. After a while I decided to break the silence.
'Why did you want to keep it a secret?' I asked.
'Keep what a secret?'
'Your relationship with Endomiel.' I said. His face got slightly sad. Maybe it was a bad question, but I just HAD to know.
He started explaining that he was actually betrothed to a princess named Lutetia, and that she was still in Mirkwood. He also told me he had absolutely no feelings whatsoever for her, and that he really didn't want to marry her, but had no other choice because he was the prince and he had to give the good example. I know how he feels. He told me that his father would kill him if he found out his son was in love with someone else, and probably would kick his beloved son out of his kingdom, to be banished from his people.
It took over an hour before he had told me everything, and I felt sorry for him. So that was what's bothering him. Poor guy. I know that if my parents would try something like that, they wouldn't live to see the next day, elves or not. After all, I AM the Goddess of Vengeance (and of Good, but in this case that doesn't matter). Suddenly I heard someone approaching in the distance.
'Quick!' I said as I stood up. Legolas followed my lead and wrapped his arms around me. We started kissing.
'Enjoying your walk?' somebody said.
'Oh yeah!' Legolas answered, and we both turned to see who it was. It was Boromir.
'I see. you just left out the walking part and started mouth-to-mouth exercise, right?? Boromir said with a grin. I blushed. I couldn't help it. The kisses meant absolutely nothing, not to me nor to Legolas, but being caught like that is still. well, you know what I mean.
'I'll be going then, and uhm. enjoy your walk. I don't think either one of you needs lunch when you can eat eachother's faces, right?' Boromir said with the grin still on his face. Stupid idiot. He has no idea what he's talking about. After that he left. We sat down again. Legolas asked me about Aman, and what it was like growing up there.
I started telling him about the forests, the rivers, the mountains, and the Valar of course, and about how beautiful the Two Trees were, even though their light had gone out thousands and thousands of years ago. I sat there for over two hours telling him about Aman, and he just sat next to me, listening, trying to imagine the full beauty of the Undying Lands.
After that, we decided we had been gone more than long enough and stood up to walk back to the camp. As soon as we approached it, Legolas put his arm around my waist and I placed my head on his shoulder. I started to dream away, about Éomer, and how it would be if I got him back. A happy smile appeared on my face. Legolas faked a happy smile as well. Seriously, that guy has a major talent for acting. We entered the camp. Everybody stared at us with mouths open. I realized what it looked like, and I smiled even happier.
'Oh. My. God.' Faramir was the first to speak. Sure hear a lot of that today, don't I?
'Told you so!' Boromir shouted. The others were still staring at us.
'So uhm. what have you two been doing?' Vebor finally asked.
'We've been. talking, mostly.' Legolas said with a grin on his face. I don't think he grinned because of what we had been doing, but because of their response. Of course they didn't know that and thought that he was grinning because of what we had done.
'Yeah right.' It came from several directions. Legolas gave me a kiss on my temple, let go of me and disappeared in his tent. I let out a sigh of happiness and went into my tent, leaving the others to figure out what it was we had been doing.
I lay down on my bed, thinking about what I was doing. Part of me enjoyed leading everybody on, placing their thoughts on the wrong track, but another part of me had a hard time dealing with it. I felt so tired. I still don't understand why I'm so tired lately. Eventually I fell asleep, and Arwen woke me up after a couple of hours.
'Dinnertime' she said, and left the tent. I followed her, and when I came out of the tent I yawned. Just then, Legolas came out of his tent too and yawned as well. It had turned slightly dark already, and the others had made a campfire. I sat down near the fire, and Legolas immediately sat down next to me, putting his arm around my shoulder.
'Hey love, hey guys' he said, and he gave me a peck on the cheek. Love? Maybe he was overdoing it a little. the others didn't seem to notice though. After a couple of minutes the others sat down with us, and Éomer handed me a plate of food.
'Thanks' I said. He gave me a cold look and sat down at the other side of the fire.
Somehow I didn't really care about Éomer anymore, I didn't feel anything for him, there was nothing left of my love for him. Not that I know of anyway.
'Man, I'm hungry!' Legolas said.
'Well, that's because we had lunch and you didn't' Estel said.
'What did you have for lunch?' I asked.
'Endomiel made fish' Faramir answered.
'I'm so glad I missed lunch.' I said. Endomiel shot me a nasty look. 'What? I hate fish' I said.
'I still don't get it, Legolas. How can you be hungry when you've been eating Elvea's face all day?' Boromir asked with a grin. My face flushed, I couldn't help it. Why did he have to say that?
We ate the rest of our meals quietly, and then we went to do the dishes. I walked back to the campfire and sat down next to Legolas. He put his arm around my waist, and I put my head on his shoulder. Arwen shot me a glare, but then Estel, who sat next to her, whispered something in her ear, and she stood up and walked over to me.
'We need to talk.' She said.
'Fine with me' I answered. Arwen walked over to the edge of the forest, and the she turned to me.
'You and Legolas, is it real?' she asked. I slowly shook my head. 'Then why are you doing it? People are hurt because of you two, you know.'
'I. I never meant to hurt people, I. I just want to help Legolas.' I whispered.
'For the love of Eru! Jealousy is not the way!'
'Maybe not. But I just want to help him.'
'Are you sure it's not mostly because of someone else?' she asked while she looked me straight in the eyes, and then she started walking back. 'Sorry about earlier today' she added as she walked back to Estel. Are they together? I ignored further thoughts on those two and sat down with Legolas again, same position as before, feeling guilty because I was hurting Endomiel.
We all started talking to eachother, and ended up telling scary stories and roasting marshmallows. No, I'm serious, we did. Who brought the marshmallows anyway? I think it was somewhere around 10 when Vebor got a couple of bottles from his tent. Elvish liquor. He must have bought that in the village nearby Imladris.
'Hey guys! I know a funny game!' he said.
'What's it called?' Boromir asked.
'Oh, nothing really. it's actually just plain drinking.' Vebor answered with a grin. He opened a bottle and took a swig. 'Anyone else?' he asked. Éomer took the bottle from him, and it didn't take very long before the bottles were empty. Of the entire group, I drank the least. I just had a feeling that if I would stay sober I could have quite some fun for the rest of the time by the campfire.
I couldn't help noticing that Éomer drank the most of all. And when I say most, I mean at least three times as much as we did. Still he didn't look drunk to me.
'Hey Vebor! Do you have more of that stuff?' he asked.
'Not tonight pal! Or we won't have anything for the rest of the week' Vebor answered.
'Then what do we do now?' Éomer went on.
'Spin the bottle. But with REAL kissing.' Vebor answered. Since we all were in a fairly good mood we agreed with him to play the game. But we decided no girl-girl or guy-guy combinations, because none of us really wanted that.
'Alright, who's first?' Faramir asked.
'I'll go first' Estel said. He took one of the empty bottles and spun it. It stopped in front of Boromir. Boromir spun the bottle in his turn, and it stopped at Faramir. He spun, and ended up back at Estel. This could take a while. The bottle stopped at Arwen. Or maybe not. Estel's face slightly flushed.
'Well, go on then!' Vebor said. Estel took a deep breath and turned to Arwen. Then they started kissing. They seemed to go on forever. Finally they stopped. Only to start all over again. Suddenly an idea popped up into my mind. I did my best not to grin, but it was, well, let's just say it wasn't playing the game completely fair.
'Uh, guys? You only have to kiss once, you know.' Boromir said. Arwen and Estel stopped kissing right away, and their faces turned red. I still haven't figured which red was nicer: the tomato-red on Estel's face, or the strawberry-colored face of Arwen.
Arwen spun the bottle. It ended in front of me. I spun, and just kept staring at it until it stopped. I just couldn't take my eyes off of it until it did. Finally I looked up. I was looking straight at Éomer. Neither one of us moved. 'Hey! You have to do it!' somebody said. I'm not sure who said it though. I just kept staring at him, and he stared back at me. I couldn't see his eyes very well, so I have no idea about the emotions that were in it. He looked away for a second, to someone else. Then he stood up and walked over to me. My heart started beating faster, like it always did around him, especially now. He sat down next to me.
'Let's get this over with' he said coldly. I nodded and returned the cold look. Fine, be that way.
Our heads approached and we started kissing. I forgot everything around me. It was just me and Éomer, and nothing else. I didn't even think of stopping until somebody literally pulled Éomer's head back. It was Boromir.
'Finally! Are you guys deaf or something?' he said.
'What do you mean?' I asked.
'You mean you don't know?' Boromir asked. I shook my head.
'Man, you've been kissing for at least ten minutes, and we've been trying to stop you two since eight minutes ago, we shouted, waved. tried everything, even shouted that your hair was on fire and still no response.' Faramir said, a wide grin on his face.
'Yeah right. I would never kiss HER that long!' Éomer said with his cold voice, and took his arms away from me. I didn't even notice he had put them around me. I looked him in the eyes for a moment. He was obviously lying, but why?
'Sure you wouldn't. Your turn to spin.' Faramir said to Éomer. Éomer gave the bottle a swing and it started spinning. I didn't really pay attention, my lips were still tingling.
'What a coincidence' Estel said. What was he talking about? I looked at the bottle. It was facing me. I looked up, and saw Endomiel grinning. What's with her? I looked her straight in the eyes.
'I don't believe in coincidence' I said, mostly to her, I guess. Then I turned to Éomer.
'Hey guys! Keep it short this time, will you?' Faramir said grinning. I swear, if there hadn't been more, uhm, pressing matters, I would've wiped that smirk of his face somehow.
'Let's see if you do better than that lousy kiss of last time' he said coldly.
'Look who's talking' I answered, the coldest voice I could manage.
'Oh yeah? Bring it on!' he replied, and we started kissing again. I felt his arms wrapping around me, felt his lips, and then drifted away. This time it was Estel who stopped us.
'I think you two had quite enough for now' he said. 'If you two match eachother again the next spin, we'll skip it.'
'Please do so' I said, glaring at Éomer. It's all his fault anyway. Estel shook his head laughing, the others had amused looks on their faces.
'Oh come on! I thought you two were going to set the forest on fire! Now spin!' he said. Set the forest on fire? What did he mean by that? I took the bottle and made it spin. It stopped closest to Endomiel. Time to put my plan into action. Without saying a word, she took the bottle and spun it. I used my magic to steer it, and make it stop in time. I made it stop in front of Legolas.
'Do I have to kiss her? Can't I just kiss Elvea in stead?' Legolas asked. Wow, even now he kept up the act.
'I'm sorry Legolas, but everybody plays fair, so you have to do too' Boromir said. I really had a hard time not to start laughing. Fair play! Yeah right.
'Like I don't suffer from you giving me a traumatic experience' Endomiel said.
'Like you're the best kisser in the world'
'I'm better than you are'
'Give it your best shot!' Legolas said as they walked over to eachother. And then they just started kissing like there was no tomorrow. I got dizzy just by looking at them. And I started laughing. This was just too funny. They acted like they hated eachother, but in reality they couldn't live without eachother.
'What's so funny?' Faramir asked as I practically lay rolling on the floor.
'Those. those two.' I pointed at Legolas and Endomiel, but couldn't say more because it was just too funny.
'Oh that. You were no different with Éomer than those two are' Faramir replied. I stopped laughing immediately.
'Yeah right.'
'Yes you were.' Faramir shook his head smiling. Stupid idiot.
After I don't know how long, Boromir had decided to stop those two. Man, it almost looked like their lips were glued to eachother.
'Alright, I think that's about enough' he said, as he carefully pulled Legolas away from Endomiel.
'Thanks for making him stop, Boromir' Endomiel said.
'She's the one who wouldn't let go!' Legolas replied. I surpressed my upcoming laughter. Seriously, it was so obvious that they were still in love, and they didn't even notice. Legolas took the bottle and gave it a spin. I didn't interfere this time, and it stopped facing Boromir. Boromir made it spin, and it stopped facing me. I stood up, walked over to Boromir and sat down next to him. We turned our heads and kissed.
We didn't kiss long. There was not much emotion. Not on my side anyway. Not that it wasn't good, it was fine, but I just don't love him or anything. Wait a minute? I had no emotion with Boromir? The way I'm saying this makes it look as if I did feel something with Éomer. But I didn't. No I didn't. Or did I? AAAAAAARG!!!
It was my turn to spin, so I took the bottle and gave it a swing. It stopped in front of Arwen. She spun it, and ended up kissing Estel again. This time they didn't forget they were only supposed to kiss once. too bad, could've had fun with that.
Estel spun the bottle again, and Faramir was the next to do the same. When he saw that he had to kiss Endomiel, he smiled a kid-got-candy smile. Is he in love with her or something? I don't think Endomiel noticed it though. Faramir walked over to her and they kissed. Not long, but I wouldn't call it short either. After that, Endomiel grabbed for the bottle. Time for some more cheating. the bottle stopped in front of Legolas again.
'Oh man! Not again!' he moaned. Where did he learn to act like that?
'Like I don't suffer' Endomiel replied.
'Shut up!'
They started kissing again. I tried not to laugh, but ended up laughing uncontrollably. I just knew they would get back together, I just knew it. but it was still funny, I mean, the sparks practically coming from their kiss, if they don't watch out, they'll set the forest on fire. I stopped laughing when I realized Estel told me the same after Éomer and I kissed. Stupid jerk with his stupid joke.
This time they stopped kissing without any of us helping them to stop. After at least five minutes, that is. Legolas spun the bottle, and it faced Endomiel. I swear, I had nothing to do with it! Okay, maybe a little bit. but not much. just a little magic. oh bloody hell, I admit! They sighed and kissed. Probably got annoyed by continuously ending up with eachother. Or pretended to be annoyed anyway. They didn't kiss long this time. Bummer. Endomiel spun, and Arwen was next. Poor girl had to kiss Vebor. They had the shortest kiss in the history of kisses, and then Vebor spun. Éomer got the next spin. Again it ended up in front of me. Starting to get serious suspicions here.
'Do I have to kiss THAT?' I said, pointing in the direction of Éomer.
'Like it's fun for me to kiss you!' he said, glaring at me. Once again his eyes betrayed him. He still has feelings for me, I just know he does. But why is he acting so cold?
'Well at least I don't need to spin a bottle to get to kiss someone, right Legolas?' I said, and turned to Legolas. He smiled at me, still keeping up the act.
'Of course you don't. Not as long as I can be with you anyway' he said, leaning forward to kiss me. Somebody coughed.
'You're supposed to kiss Éomer, not Legolas' Faramir said.
'Can't I just skip this time?' I said, sulking.
'No, you can't' Estel said, looking me in the eyes. Was that a twinkle in his eyes?
'But I don't want to kiss him!'
'Like I want to kiss some stuck-up High-elven girl' Éomer said.
'That's Your Highness to you' I responded.
'Just kiss already!' Endomiel shouted.
I sighed and walked over to Éomer. I sat down next to him.
'Well, YOUR HIGHNESS, let's just get this thing done.' He said annoyed. At least he got the name right. He leaned forward and we kissed. It wasn't until somebody pulled me by the hairs until we stopped. Estel didn't even bother to say anything, he just smiled and shook his head.
Suddenly Legolas stood up and walked over to me. 'My turn' he said.
'Legolas, what do you think you're doing?' Faramir asked.
'I'd like to have a REAL kiss now, not one of those lame excuses for kisses from Endomiel' he said, and he leaned forward to kiss me. Suddenly Endomiel jumped up.
'Why are you doing this to me?!' she shouted.
'What the Mordor are you talking about?' Legolas responded.
'That whole thing with Elvea'
'What? You dumped me and now I can't move on?'
'This isn't "moving on", this is fake, a big charade.'
'And how would you know?'
'What? Do you think I'm that stupid? I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I know you better than that.'
'You don't know me at all. I am with Elvea, and there's no way you'll be able to change that!'
'NO?'
'NO!'
'You know what? Go ahead, marry your princess, I don't care! I bet she was your fiancée all along, I was just a replacement until she showed up, wasn't I?'
'No! You know that! I loved you!' He yelled.
'And I loved you, but hey, love hurts!' Endomiel shouted. She walked over to Legolas and looked him straight in the eyes for a while. Suddenly she punched him in the face and ran off into the forest, tears in her eyes.
'Eru, I did it again.' Legolas said, gasping for breath. Suddenly he looked as if he understood, and ran after Endomiel. Vebor wanted to go after her as well, but Estel stopped him.
'No. This is something they have to sort out alone.' He said to Vebor.
I stood up and walked to the river. I sat down on one of the rocks. I didn't feel like playing the game anymore, and I was getting pretty tired. Tired of body, and tired of keeping up the act, although I doubted if it would necessary any longer. Tears filled my eyes. Somebody placed a hand on my shoulder.
'Are you okay?' I turned around. It was Éomer.
'Like you care'
'Yes I do'
'No you don't'
'Shut up and listen!'
'Just go'
'I said: shut up and listen'
'I don't want to listen to the tales of some drunk guy' I said coldly.
'You know what? Fine! Forget it. I was going to say I'm sorry, but you don't want to listen, so forget about it!' he shouted, and ran back to the camp.
I started crying, tears running down my face in streams. I felt so lousy, it just hurts. I started thinking. I couldn't go through with the act, it was wrong. it made me feel like a whore. I would tell Legolas as soon as he returned. I hoped he would say he and Endomiel are back together, that would be so much easier. and then I thought about Éomer's words. I heard them again and again and again and again. they drove me crazy. Éomer drove me crazy. All I wanted is to have Éomer back and now I ruined what probably was my only chance.
I started beating the rock I sat on. I just kept beating it until my hands were bleeding, and still I went on. I didn't even feel the pain. Somebody dragged me away from the rock, back to the camp and turned me around to face him. It was Boromir. I started beating with my fists on his chest, but my hands were starting to hurt and I had lost almost all of my strenght. I started crying, and he put my head on his shoulder, stroking my back calmly.
'It's okay. it's gonna be fine.' he said soothingly. It actually worked. I calmed down, and stopped crying. 'Now let's take a look at those hands of yours' he said calmly and took my hands to check on them.
Without saying anything, he got a first-aid kit from his tent, lifted me up and walked towards the river. He carefully washed the blood off of my hands, and cleaned the wounds with alcohol. I bit my lip, man that stings! He put bandages around my hands.
'There you go Elvea' he said.
'Thanks Boromir' I whispered. Tears started coming down my face again, and Boromir let me cry on his shoulder again. I don't know how long I stood there crying, while Boromir whispered soothing words in my ear, but I know it was a long time, because the sun started coming up behind the trees.
'Maybe you should get some sleep' he said.
'What about you?' I asked.
'I'll be fine'
'Are you sure?'
'Definitely'
'Thanks' I said, as another tear went down my face. He wiped it away carefully.
'No problem' he whispered. Then I saw his shirt. It was full with blood. My blood.
'Your shirt. it's. I ruined it!'
'Nothing that can't be washed out' he said, and he walked back to the camp.
I walked back to the camp a couple of minutes later, and got my diary, a.k.a. you. I walked back to the rock, and sat down against it, started writing. I am so damn tired now, I really need to get some sleep. *YAWN* Goodnight. no wait, it's already morning. anyway, sleep well, I'll try to sleep.
Kisses, Elvea.
E/N: Okay, so I AM in love with Éomer, what's wrong with that? I'll tell you what's wrong! He's gone. GONE!!! G-O-N-E!!! *starts crying uncontrollably* damn, this sucks. no wait! Love sucks. Or doesn't it? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own LotR, nor its characters. not even Éomer. *sob* so no sue, cuz I'm telling you not to.
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Day eight, the 14th of Halimath, 1384 (Shire Reckoning)
Elenya, the 35th of Yávie (Iavas), 2984 T.A. (Calendar of Imladris)
Dear diary,
Today was even more confusing than yesterday. I swear. Oh bloody hell, I'll just tell you. I woke up early this morning, and I felt like crap. Well, not literally, but it was pretty bad. I mean, you fall in love, you realize it, you get together, and lose him right away. That sucks. I really didn't feel like going to camp anymore, especially not because I had that act to perform and I really didn't know how I would be able to keep it up for a week or more, depending on how fast Endomiel and Legolas would get back together.
I got up and took a shower. After that I put on one of my favorite dresses, I think because it's blue. Anyway, I put on a light-blue dress, pretty wide everywhere, after the fashion of the Elves. I put on my ring, and reached for my necklace. I was about to put it around my neck, when I started thinking. It was a heart. Heart. Love. Éomer. But this necklace didn't come from him, it even cost me to lose him. For the first time in a long time I didn't put it on. I put it in a drawer and left it there.
It was about 7 am when the others started waking up. Pretty early, but that was because of the camp. Arwen shot me a glare. What did I do?
I shrugged and went to have breakfast, which was served early today, again because of camp. Automatically I looked around the hallway for Éomer, but he wasn't there. Of course he wasn't. I don't think he'll ever want to see me again. Tears filled my eyes.
'Something wrong?'
I turned around. Behind me stood Legolas, and he actually looked concerned. I wiped the tears away.
'I'm okay' I said.
'Good. Do you want to have breakfast with me?'
'I guess so.'
Legolas put his arm around my shoulder and we walked into the mess. The other guys were already having breakfast. Elladan and Elrohir sat at the table as well. Funny, I hadn't spoken a single word with them since I arrived. We got some food and walked over to the table. Éomer stood up and left as soon as we sat down.
'What's with him?' Faramir asked. The others shook their heads, they had no idea. They turned to us, saw Legolas' arm around me, and stared at us.
'Hey guys' I whispered.
'Uhm Elvea? I thought you were with Éomer.' Boromir said.
'Not. not anymore' I whispered as tears filled my eyes again.
'Woah man, what happened?' Faramir asked.
'They broke up' Legolas said.
'Duh! I figured that part out!' Faramir said, smacking his forehead. 'But WHY?'
'Because. because he didn't. he said it was for the better.' I answered, holding back my tears, poking my food.
'So what's the deal with Legolas?' Estel asked.
'I decided to help him after all' I said, my voice returning.
'Are you sure you want that?' it came from five different mouths.
'Yeah' I answered with a secure voice, but my heart was not so certain. Something about this whole thing was bothering me. Something was wrong. Something? EVERYTHING!
'Man Legolas, you owe her so much if you get Endy back.' Estel said.
'Yeah, come to think of it, is there something I can do back?' Legolas asked.
'I don't know, I really don't. And as long as I don't, I really don't care either. Let's just get the two of you back together first, then think of a way to thank me.' I said, and got admiring glances from all of them.
'Wow Elvea, I never knew you could be that nice!' Faramir said, and I blushed. Okay, so I am the Goddess of all Good and supposed to be nice, it's still a compliment. Boromir looked at me, then at his brother.
'Hey back off you! She's with Legolas!' he said jokingly.
'I wasn't coming on to her!' Faramir said, pretending to be insulted.
'Yeah right, it was just as innocent as two days ago, right?' Boromir said. Faramir's face flushed for a second, the other guys stared at him, then at me.
'What happened two days ago?' Estel asked. Neither me nor Faramir spoke, so Boromir did.
'I caught them in our room, Faramir without a shirt.' He said with a grin. I swear, if I weren't the Goddess of Good I would've killed him. This took the other guys a couple of seconds to let it get through to their brains.
'Oh. My. God.' Elladan said. They all followed this example shortly after eachother.
'Oh. My. God.' Elladan repeated.
'We didn't do anything, I swear.' I whispered.
'Yeah right. It looked like something to me' Boromir said. I thought he believed me.
'No, really, we didn't' Faramir said. I like him. At least he doesn't spread hurtful lies about it, like most guys would.
'Sure Faramir.' Boromir went on.
'Somebody at this table is asking for green hair.' I said, a threatening look towards Boromir. If I would be in my real shape, my eyes would probably have shot fire.
'Elven magic isn't that strong.' Faramir said.
'Who told you that?' I asked.
'Endomiel said so.' He answered. Oh boy, this could get them suspicions.
'Yeah, but Endomiel isn't a High-elf. High-elves have stronger magic than Dark-elves.' I said.
'Is this true?' Boromir asked Legolas. Legolas nodded. 'Uh-oh.' We all started laughing. I got up to prepare Alka for camp. I hadn't actually eaten anything, but I couldn't anyway. I just wanted to be alone until 8 am, the moment we would leave.
As soon as everyone was ready to leave, the guides for each group showed up. Ours was Glorfindel. Of all teachers, our guide had to be Glorfindel. It's a conspiracy against me. It just has to be. When he mounted his horse, I felt like making him fall off, but I'm a good girl so I didn't. Damn, sometimes, just sometimes, I wished I wasn't bound to this Goddess of Good stuff. We rode off, following Glorfindel. After we had ridden for about an hour and a half, we stopped at an open spot in the forest. Three tents were set up in a semi-circle, and in the middle of that circle there was a small circle of stones, meant for the campfire. Nearby was a stream with big boulders on both sides, an open space every now and then. We all dismounted and put down our bags.
'This will be your place to stay the coming four days.' Glorfindel said. 'You will have to survive on your own. At the end of those four days I will return to bring you back.' Nobody to keep an eye on us? That was strange, especially for a school. Do they trust us that much or something?
Glorfindel mounted and turned his horse. There was a huge magical glow around him. A glow only a Goddess can detect. This guy has been casting one or more spells over the last couple of days. He rode off, my brain had put the pieces together. Glorfindel had tried to keep me from camp. Why?
I released myself from my shield. Now that Glorfindel was gone I didn't need it anymore. I kept an alert though, so that I would at least notice if somebody tried to put a spell on me again, just in case. It doesn't stop spells though, but I don't think that will be necessary.
'Well, three tents, three girls. I'd say one girl per tent' Vebor said with a grin.
'I have a better idea. Me and Vebor in one, and you guys in the other two.' Endomiel said. Legolas stared at her, he looked really hurt.
'It's good with me. As long as I get to sleep in the same tent as Elvea.' Legolas said after a while.
'Let's just keep guys and girls separated, okay?' Estel said, looking from Legolas to Endomiel. I let out a soft sigh. Problem solved. The others nodded in agreement. Legolas, Boromir and Estel took the first tent, the other guys the second and we got the last one. I waited for Endomiel and Arwen to pick a place in the tent, I didn't really care where I would sleep, as long as I had a place to sleep. Endomiel had taken the spot to the left, and Arwen the spot next to it. I placed my stuff in my corner. All this time they were glaring at me.
'Is something wrong?' I asked.
'Like you don't know' Arwen said in an angry voice. If looks could kill, her glare would've killed me right away. I really don't know. Or maybe. oh crap! It's about Legolas. Just great. Sharing a tent with two girls who hate you because you're with Legolas when you're not even with him for real. or am I just being ridiculous and is this about something else?
I went outside. I felt two arms surrounding my waist as soon as I stepped out of the tent.
'There you are! I've been waiting for you!' Legolas said as I turned my head to face him. He gave me a swift kiss on the lips, or at least, it looked like that to everybody around us, but Legolas and I were the only ones who knew that our lips still had a slight distance from eachother. about half a millimeter.
'Hey guys! What do you want to do now that we arrived?' Estel asked.
'Let's go swimming! There's a little river nearby!' Faramir proposed.
'Oh no! Forget it! I'm not letting her go back in that tent again. I can't live that long without her!' Legolas said, smiling at me. Man, that guy is a damn good actor!
'Then what do you suggest we should do?' Vebor asked.
'I don't know about you guys, but I think I want to go for a forest stroll with Elvea' Legolas answered, and kissed me again. This time it was a real one. He sure is doing his best to make us look like a real couple, but I still had this annoying voice in the back of my head telling me that it's wrong and there is another way.
'Hey Legolas, what about the whole secrecy thing?' Endomiel said sharply. Her words cut through me like a dagger. I don't even want to know how harsh they sounded to Legolas. He gave her a cold look.
'Why do you think I'm going to take her for a walk?' he answered, with a voice just as cold as his eyes. He turned his back on Endomiel and we walked off into the forest. I could feel everybody staring at us until we were out of their sight. We walked on for a while and then we sat down under a huge tree. All this time we didn't say a word to eachother. After a while I decided to break the silence.
'Why did you want to keep it a secret?' I asked.
'Keep what a secret?'
'Your relationship with Endomiel.' I said. His face got slightly sad. Maybe it was a bad question, but I just HAD to know.
He started explaining that he was actually betrothed to a princess named Lutetia, and that she was still in Mirkwood. He also told me he had absolutely no feelings whatsoever for her, and that he really didn't want to marry her, but had no other choice because he was the prince and he had to give the good example. I know how he feels. He told me that his father would kill him if he found out his son was in love with someone else, and probably would kick his beloved son out of his kingdom, to be banished from his people.
It took over an hour before he had told me everything, and I felt sorry for him. So that was what's bothering him. Poor guy. I know that if my parents would try something like that, they wouldn't live to see the next day, elves or not. After all, I AM the Goddess of Vengeance (and of Good, but in this case that doesn't matter). Suddenly I heard someone approaching in the distance.
'Quick!' I said as I stood up. Legolas followed my lead and wrapped his arms around me. We started kissing.
'Enjoying your walk?' somebody said.
'Oh yeah!' Legolas answered, and we both turned to see who it was. It was Boromir.
'I see. you just left out the walking part and started mouth-to-mouth exercise, right?? Boromir said with a grin. I blushed. I couldn't help it. The kisses meant absolutely nothing, not to me nor to Legolas, but being caught like that is still. well, you know what I mean.
'I'll be going then, and uhm. enjoy your walk. I don't think either one of you needs lunch when you can eat eachother's faces, right?' Boromir said with the grin still on his face. Stupid idiot. He has no idea what he's talking about. After that he left. We sat down again. Legolas asked me about Aman, and what it was like growing up there.
I started telling him about the forests, the rivers, the mountains, and the Valar of course, and about how beautiful the Two Trees were, even though their light had gone out thousands and thousands of years ago. I sat there for over two hours telling him about Aman, and he just sat next to me, listening, trying to imagine the full beauty of the Undying Lands.
After that, we decided we had been gone more than long enough and stood up to walk back to the camp. As soon as we approached it, Legolas put his arm around my waist and I placed my head on his shoulder. I started to dream away, about Éomer, and how it would be if I got him back. A happy smile appeared on my face. Legolas faked a happy smile as well. Seriously, that guy has a major talent for acting. We entered the camp. Everybody stared at us with mouths open. I realized what it looked like, and I smiled even happier.
'Oh. My. God.' Faramir was the first to speak. Sure hear a lot of that today, don't I?
'Told you so!' Boromir shouted. The others were still staring at us.
'So uhm. what have you two been doing?' Vebor finally asked.
'We've been. talking, mostly.' Legolas said with a grin on his face. I don't think he grinned because of what we had been doing, but because of their response. Of course they didn't know that and thought that he was grinning because of what we had done.
'Yeah right.' It came from several directions. Legolas gave me a kiss on my temple, let go of me and disappeared in his tent. I let out a sigh of happiness and went into my tent, leaving the others to figure out what it was we had been doing.
I lay down on my bed, thinking about what I was doing. Part of me enjoyed leading everybody on, placing their thoughts on the wrong track, but another part of me had a hard time dealing with it. I felt so tired. I still don't understand why I'm so tired lately. Eventually I fell asleep, and Arwen woke me up after a couple of hours.
'Dinnertime' she said, and left the tent. I followed her, and when I came out of the tent I yawned. Just then, Legolas came out of his tent too and yawned as well. It had turned slightly dark already, and the others had made a campfire. I sat down near the fire, and Legolas immediately sat down next to me, putting his arm around my shoulder.
'Hey love, hey guys' he said, and he gave me a peck on the cheek. Love? Maybe he was overdoing it a little. the others didn't seem to notice though. After a couple of minutes the others sat down with us, and Éomer handed me a plate of food.
'Thanks' I said. He gave me a cold look and sat down at the other side of the fire.
Somehow I didn't really care about Éomer anymore, I didn't feel anything for him, there was nothing left of my love for him. Not that I know of anyway.
'Man, I'm hungry!' Legolas said.
'Well, that's because we had lunch and you didn't' Estel said.
'What did you have for lunch?' I asked.
'Endomiel made fish' Faramir answered.
'I'm so glad I missed lunch.' I said. Endomiel shot me a nasty look. 'What? I hate fish' I said.
'I still don't get it, Legolas. How can you be hungry when you've been eating Elvea's face all day?' Boromir asked with a grin. My face flushed, I couldn't help it. Why did he have to say that?
We ate the rest of our meals quietly, and then we went to do the dishes. I walked back to the campfire and sat down next to Legolas. He put his arm around my waist, and I put my head on his shoulder. Arwen shot me a glare, but then Estel, who sat next to her, whispered something in her ear, and she stood up and walked over to me.
'We need to talk.' She said.
'Fine with me' I answered. Arwen walked over to the edge of the forest, and the she turned to me.
'You and Legolas, is it real?' she asked. I slowly shook my head. 'Then why are you doing it? People are hurt because of you two, you know.'
'I. I never meant to hurt people, I. I just want to help Legolas.' I whispered.
'For the love of Eru! Jealousy is not the way!'
'Maybe not. But I just want to help him.'
'Are you sure it's not mostly because of someone else?' she asked while she looked me straight in the eyes, and then she started walking back. 'Sorry about earlier today' she added as she walked back to Estel. Are they together? I ignored further thoughts on those two and sat down with Legolas again, same position as before, feeling guilty because I was hurting Endomiel.
We all started talking to eachother, and ended up telling scary stories and roasting marshmallows. No, I'm serious, we did. Who brought the marshmallows anyway? I think it was somewhere around 10 when Vebor got a couple of bottles from his tent. Elvish liquor. He must have bought that in the village nearby Imladris.
'Hey guys! I know a funny game!' he said.
'What's it called?' Boromir asked.
'Oh, nothing really. it's actually just plain drinking.' Vebor answered with a grin. He opened a bottle and took a swig. 'Anyone else?' he asked. Éomer took the bottle from him, and it didn't take very long before the bottles were empty. Of the entire group, I drank the least. I just had a feeling that if I would stay sober I could have quite some fun for the rest of the time by the campfire.
I couldn't help noticing that Éomer drank the most of all. And when I say most, I mean at least three times as much as we did. Still he didn't look drunk to me.
'Hey Vebor! Do you have more of that stuff?' he asked.
'Not tonight pal! Or we won't have anything for the rest of the week' Vebor answered.
'Then what do we do now?' Éomer went on.
'Spin the bottle. But with REAL kissing.' Vebor answered. Since we all were in a fairly good mood we agreed with him to play the game. But we decided no girl-girl or guy-guy combinations, because none of us really wanted that.
'Alright, who's first?' Faramir asked.
'I'll go first' Estel said. He took one of the empty bottles and spun it. It stopped in front of Boromir. Boromir spun the bottle in his turn, and it stopped at Faramir. He spun, and ended up back at Estel. This could take a while. The bottle stopped at Arwen. Or maybe not. Estel's face slightly flushed.
'Well, go on then!' Vebor said. Estel took a deep breath and turned to Arwen. Then they started kissing. They seemed to go on forever. Finally they stopped. Only to start all over again. Suddenly an idea popped up into my mind. I did my best not to grin, but it was, well, let's just say it wasn't playing the game completely fair.
'Uh, guys? You only have to kiss once, you know.' Boromir said. Arwen and Estel stopped kissing right away, and their faces turned red. I still haven't figured which red was nicer: the tomato-red on Estel's face, or the strawberry-colored face of Arwen.
Arwen spun the bottle. It ended in front of me. I spun, and just kept staring at it until it stopped. I just couldn't take my eyes off of it until it did. Finally I looked up. I was looking straight at Éomer. Neither one of us moved. 'Hey! You have to do it!' somebody said. I'm not sure who said it though. I just kept staring at him, and he stared back at me. I couldn't see his eyes very well, so I have no idea about the emotions that were in it. He looked away for a second, to someone else. Then he stood up and walked over to me. My heart started beating faster, like it always did around him, especially now. He sat down next to me.
'Let's get this over with' he said coldly. I nodded and returned the cold look. Fine, be that way.
Our heads approached and we started kissing. I forgot everything around me. It was just me and Éomer, and nothing else. I didn't even think of stopping until somebody literally pulled Éomer's head back. It was Boromir.
'Finally! Are you guys deaf or something?' he said.
'What do you mean?' I asked.
'You mean you don't know?' Boromir asked. I shook my head.
'Man, you've been kissing for at least ten minutes, and we've been trying to stop you two since eight minutes ago, we shouted, waved. tried everything, even shouted that your hair was on fire and still no response.' Faramir said, a wide grin on his face.
'Yeah right. I would never kiss HER that long!' Éomer said with his cold voice, and took his arms away from me. I didn't even notice he had put them around me. I looked him in the eyes for a moment. He was obviously lying, but why?
'Sure you wouldn't. Your turn to spin.' Faramir said to Éomer. Éomer gave the bottle a swing and it started spinning. I didn't really pay attention, my lips were still tingling.
'What a coincidence' Estel said. What was he talking about? I looked at the bottle. It was facing me. I looked up, and saw Endomiel grinning. What's with her? I looked her straight in the eyes.
'I don't believe in coincidence' I said, mostly to her, I guess. Then I turned to Éomer.
'Hey guys! Keep it short this time, will you?' Faramir said grinning. I swear, if there hadn't been more, uhm, pressing matters, I would've wiped that smirk of his face somehow.
'Let's see if you do better than that lousy kiss of last time' he said coldly.
'Look who's talking' I answered, the coldest voice I could manage.
'Oh yeah? Bring it on!' he replied, and we started kissing again. I felt his arms wrapping around me, felt his lips, and then drifted away. This time it was Estel who stopped us.
'I think you two had quite enough for now' he said. 'If you two match eachother again the next spin, we'll skip it.'
'Please do so' I said, glaring at Éomer. It's all his fault anyway. Estel shook his head laughing, the others had amused looks on their faces.
'Oh come on! I thought you two were going to set the forest on fire! Now spin!' he said. Set the forest on fire? What did he mean by that? I took the bottle and made it spin. It stopped closest to Endomiel. Time to put my plan into action. Without saying a word, she took the bottle and spun it. I used my magic to steer it, and make it stop in time. I made it stop in front of Legolas.
'Do I have to kiss her? Can't I just kiss Elvea in stead?' Legolas asked. Wow, even now he kept up the act.
'I'm sorry Legolas, but everybody plays fair, so you have to do too' Boromir said. I really had a hard time not to start laughing. Fair play! Yeah right.
'Like I don't suffer from you giving me a traumatic experience' Endomiel said.
'Like you're the best kisser in the world'
'I'm better than you are'
'Give it your best shot!' Legolas said as they walked over to eachother. And then they just started kissing like there was no tomorrow. I got dizzy just by looking at them. And I started laughing. This was just too funny. They acted like they hated eachother, but in reality they couldn't live without eachother.
'What's so funny?' Faramir asked as I practically lay rolling on the floor.
'Those. those two.' I pointed at Legolas and Endomiel, but couldn't say more because it was just too funny.
'Oh that. You were no different with Éomer than those two are' Faramir replied. I stopped laughing immediately.
'Yeah right.'
'Yes you were.' Faramir shook his head smiling. Stupid idiot.
After I don't know how long, Boromir had decided to stop those two. Man, it almost looked like their lips were glued to eachother.
'Alright, I think that's about enough' he said, as he carefully pulled Legolas away from Endomiel.
'Thanks for making him stop, Boromir' Endomiel said.
'She's the one who wouldn't let go!' Legolas replied. I surpressed my upcoming laughter. Seriously, it was so obvious that they were still in love, and they didn't even notice. Legolas took the bottle and gave it a spin. I didn't interfere this time, and it stopped facing Boromir. Boromir made it spin, and it stopped facing me. I stood up, walked over to Boromir and sat down next to him. We turned our heads and kissed.
We didn't kiss long. There was not much emotion. Not on my side anyway. Not that it wasn't good, it was fine, but I just don't love him or anything. Wait a minute? I had no emotion with Boromir? The way I'm saying this makes it look as if I did feel something with Éomer. But I didn't. No I didn't. Or did I? AAAAAAARG!!!
It was my turn to spin, so I took the bottle and gave it a swing. It stopped in front of Arwen. She spun it, and ended up kissing Estel again. This time they didn't forget they were only supposed to kiss once. too bad, could've had fun with that.
Estel spun the bottle again, and Faramir was the next to do the same. When he saw that he had to kiss Endomiel, he smiled a kid-got-candy smile. Is he in love with her or something? I don't think Endomiel noticed it though. Faramir walked over to her and they kissed. Not long, but I wouldn't call it short either. After that, Endomiel grabbed for the bottle. Time for some more cheating. the bottle stopped in front of Legolas again.
'Oh man! Not again!' he moaned. Where did he learn to act like that?
'Like I don't suffer' Endomiel replied.
'Shut up!'
They started kissing again. I tried not to laugh, but ended up laughing uncontrollably. I just knew they would get back together, I just knew it. but it was still funny, I mean, the sparks practically coming from their kiss, if they don't watch out, they'll set the forest on fire. I stopped laughing when I realized Estel told me the same after Éomer and I kissed. Stupid jerk with his stupid joke.
This time they stopped kissing without any of us helping them to stop. After at least five minutes, that is. Legolas spun the bottle, and it faced Endomiel. I swear, I had nothing to do with it! Okay, maybe a little bit. but not much. just a little magic. oh bloody hell, I admit! They sighed and kissed. Probably got annoyed by continuously ending up with eachother. Or pretended to be annoyed anyway. They didn't kiss long this time. Bummer. Endomiel spun, and Arwen was next. Poor girl had to kiss Vebor. They had the shortest kiss in the history of kisses, and then Vebor spun. Éomer got the next spin. Again it ended up in front of me. Starting to get serious suspicions here.
'Do I have to kiss THAT?' I said, pointing in the direction of Éomer.
'Like it's fun for me to kiss you!' he said, glaring at me. Once again his eyes betrayed him. He still has feelings for me, I just know he does. But why is he acting so cold?
'Well at least I don't need to spin a bottle to get to kiss someone, right Legolas?' I said, and turned to Legolas. He smiled at me, still keeping up the act.
'Of course you don't. Not as long as I can be with you anyway' he said, leaning forward to kiss me. Somebody coughed.
'You're supposed to kiss Éomer, not Legolas' Faramir said.
'Can't I just skip this time?' I said, sulking.
'No, you can't' Estel said, looking me in the eyes. Was that a twinkle in his eyes?
'But I don't want to kiss him!'
'Like I want to kiss some stuck-up High-elven girl' Éomer said.
'That's Your Highness to you' I responded.
'Just kiss already!' Endomiel shouted.
I sighed and walked over to Éomer. I sat down next to him.
'Well, YOUR HIGHNESS, let's just get this thing done.' He said annoyed. At least he got the name right. He leaned forward and we kissed. It wasn't until somebody pulled me by the hairs until we stopped. Estel didn't even bother to say anything, he just smiled and shook his head.
Suddenly Legolas stood up and walked over to me. 'My turn' he said.
'Legolas, what do you think you're doing?' Faramir asked.
'I'd like to have a REAL kiss now, not one of those lame excuses for kisses from Endomiel' he said, and he leaned forward to kiss me. Suddenly Endomiel jumped up.
'Why are you doing this to me?!' she shouted.
'What the Mordor are you talking about?' Legolas responded.
'That whole thing with Elvea'
'What? You dumped me and now I can't move on?'
'This isn't "moving on", this is fake, a big charade.'
'And how would you know?'
'What? Do you think I'm that stupid? I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I know you better than that.'
'You don't know me at all. I am with Elvea, and there's no way you'll be able to change that!'
'NO?'
'NO!'
'You know what? Go ahead, marry your princess, I don't care! I bet she was your fiancée all along, I was just a replacement until she showed up, wasn't I?'
'No! You know that! I loved you!' He yelled.
'And I loved you, but hey, love hurts!' Endomiel shouted. She walked over to Legolas and looked him straight in the eyes for a while. Suddenly she punched him in the face and ran off into the forest, tears in her eyes.
'Eru, I did it again.' Legolas said, gasping for breath. Suddenly he looked as if he understood, and ran after Endomiel. Vebor wanted to go after her as well, but Estel stopped him.
'No. This is something they have to sort out alone.' He said to Vebor.
I stood up and walked to the river. I sat down on one of the rocks. I didn't feel like playing the game anymore, and I was getting pretty tired. Tired of body, and tired of keeping up the act, although I doubted if it would necessary any longer. Tears filled my eyes. Somebody placed a hand on my shoulder.
'Are you okay?' I turned around. It was Éomer.
'Like you care'
'Yes I do'
'No you don't'
'Shut up and listen!'
'Just go'
'I said: shut up and listen'
'I don't want to listen to the tales of some drunk guy' I said coldly.
'You know what? Fine! Forget it. I was going to say I'm sorry, but you don't want to listen, so forget about it!' he shouted, and ran back to the camp.
I started crying, tears running down my face in streams. I felt so lousy, it just hurts. I started thinking. I couldn't go through with the act, it was wrong. it made me feel like a whore. I would tell Legolas as soon as he returned. I hoped he would say he and Endomiel are back together, that would be so much easier. and then I thought about Éomer's words. I heard them again and again and again and again. they drove me crazy. Éomer drove me crazy. All I wanted is to have Éomer back and now I ruined what probably was my only chance.
I started beating the rock I sat on. I just kept beating it until my hands were bleeding, and still I went on. I didn't even feel the pain. Somebody dragged me away from the rock, back to the camp and turned me around to face him. It was Boromir. I started beating with my fists on his chest, but my hands were starting to hurt and I had lost almost all of my strenght. I started crying, and he put my head on his shoulder, stroking my back calmly.
'It's okay. it's gonna be fine.' he said soothingly. It actually worked. I calmed down, and stopped crying. 'Now let's take a look at those hands of yours' he said calmly and took my hands to check on them.
Without saying anything, he got a first-aid kit from his tent, lifted me up and walked towards the river. He carefully washed the blood off of my hands, and cleaned the wounds with alcohol. I bit my lip, man that stings! He put bandages around my hands.
'There you go Elvea' he said.
'Thanks Boromir' I whispered. Tears started coming down my face again, and Boromir let me cry on his shoulder again. I don't know how long I stood there crying, while Boromir whispered soothing words in my ear, but I know it was a long time, because the sun started coming up behind the trees.
'Maybe you should get some sleep' he said.
'What about you?' I asked.
'I'll be fine'
'Are you sure?'
'Definitely'
'Thanks' I said, as another tear went down my face. He wiped it away carefully.
'No problem' he whispered. Then I saw his shirt. It was full with blood. My blood.
'Your shirt. it's. I ruined it!'
'Nothing that can't be washed out' he said, and he walked back to the camp.
I walked back to the camp a couple of minutes later, and got my diary, a.k.a. you. I walked back to the rock, and sat down against it, started writing. I am so damn tired now, I really need to get some sleep. *YAWN* Goodnight. no wait, it's already morning. anyway, sleep well, I'll try to sleep.
Kisses, Elvea.