The Foreigner

by In Fair Verona

Legolas Greenleaf is plunged deep within the flows of time, fast forwarded into another dimension. Welcome to Roswell, Legolas. (Lego/Liz) *Ch.4 UPDATED*

4. Ordinary Day

The Foreigner

By: Sibby/In Fair Verona

Summary: Legolas Greenleaf is plunged deep within the flows of time, fast forwarded into another dimension, into a new world, into a teenage girl's bedroom. Welcome to Roswell, Legolas.
Pairing: Liz/Legolas
Rating: PG-13
Crossover: Roswell/Lord of the Rings
Disclaimer: I don't own Roswell, or Legolas, damn it all!
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Thanks to...

LizzieEvans
Lethia
Caroline
LuciousCheese
TKDGirl
Kirstills
Chrissy- I feel so special, you read my story! :D
(Reveiwer who said Legolas isn't conceited)- You said "Legolas isn't that conceited", and then I read this exert from The Two Towers;

'Two!' said Gimli, patting his axe. He had returned to his place on the wall.
'Two?' said Legolas. 'I have done better, though now I must grope for spent arrows, all mine are gone. Yet I make my tale twenty at the least. But that is only a few leaves in a forest.'
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A/N: Kick-ass! We have a title now! *Throws a party, pulls out the lembas and Alien Blasts, and Greenday CD* Party over here!

A/N: Got minor plot suggestions? Please say so! So far this story will follow through the events all the way from "Heart of Mine" to "Departure" w/ Legolas included.
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There's something about you,
Tears me inside out whenever you're around.
There's something about you,
That makes me fly.
You're a heart attack,
Just the kind I like!
-New Radicals
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Recap: Legolas meets Max, Maria, and Michael. Liz (idiotically) tells them he is the foreign exchange student from Switzerland, and Liz takes Legolas to school! (Aww!)
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"So how do you like West Roswell High?" Maria asked the long blonde boy with the big ears. She gave him a goofy grin. "Go Comets?" She asked in a high pitched squeaky voice.
"Maria, stop scaring the poor guy." Michael muttered, shoving a greasy burger into his mouth. Maria gagged at the sight and left the table, finding it better to simply sit on the grass and eat her lunch. Liz chuckled at both her friend's antics.
"Really, Legolas, what do you think so far?" Liz asked, moving a long strand of dark hair out of her way as the wind nearly blew her hair into her mouth.
"I don't know the word to describe your educating center..." Legolas said. "It's, it's different. However, I noticed that you concentrate more on Academics and Creativity than physical contacts activities, and training. The only subjects we ever leaned in Mirkwood, is how to fight, shoot, and for the royal members, such as myself, read and write."
"We have more royalty with us?" Michael asked, quirking a brow. Liz simple shrugged it off and continued.
"Just fight and shoot?" She asked incredulously. "But, what about chemistry, journalism, art..."
"I don't know exactly what you are talking about, Liz. However, I did enjoy your art class. I taught myself how to paint when I visited Rivendell one summer." He smiled.
"Aren't you going to eat your burger?" Michael asked, nodding his head at the untouched styrofoam tray infront of Legolas.
"I'm not hungry. This mornings breakfast is still full in my mind and my stomach." He grinned. Michael blinked at Legolas and then set down his burger.
"Anyway..." Michael trailed off. "Hey, it's Maxwell." He scooted over on the bench so that Max could join them.
"Hey, Liz, Maria, Michael, Legolas." Max said, setting down his tray.
"Isn't anyone going to sit on the ground with me?" Maria pouted, laying back in the soft green grass.
"You know, you're hair is like an inch away from a huge ant hill." Liz smiled. Maria quickly jumped up and gasped, grabbing her hair tightly and smoothing it out with the fingers.
"Liz!" Maria laughed. Legolas took the sudden laughter between to the girls as a sign that he too, was supposed to laugh. Legolas chuckled a merry, beautiful pitched laugh. His voice melodic when he laughed, like the instrumental version of a rock song. Maria instantly stopped laughing and watched him dumbstruck. Max and Michael simply looked at each other and then turned their gaze towards Legolas. Liz had stopped laughing too, and watched in curiosity. Hearing nothing but his own voice left, Legolas quickly hushed down to a low chuckle, his cheeks were blushing furiously and he picked at the Styrofoam tray.
"Hey!" A voice reached out to the table and everyone turned their heads seeing Kyle Valenti, Alex Whitman, and Isabel Evans making their way over to them. All three stopped dead in their tracks behind Maria as they caught an extra member at the table. "Ackhmm." Alex cleared his throat and looked to Isabel. "Another, Chezch?" He whispered.
"No." Liz answered for Isabel. Great. How was she supposed to explain to Alex, and use the same lie she had used on everyone else? Surely, Alex knew how the Switzerlandish people acted, and were accustomed. Surely, Legolas wasn't going to fit the exact description. "This, this is Legolas." She motioned towards him. "Legolas, these are my other friends, Alex, Kyle, and Isabel."
"Greetings." Legolas smiled.
"Hey." Kyle nodded, plopping down next to Maria. Isabel gave an affirmative smile and stepped forward, pushing past Alex.
"My name's Isabel. If you ever need me to show you around, or anything..." She flipped a few strands of long blonde hair behind her neck.
"Thankyou, but Liz has already offered. She's taking care of me." Legolas smiled. At this comment, Max's ears perked up and he looked at Liz quickly.
"You never said he was staying with you..."
"Ya, Liz, why didn't you tell me you were hosting hotties?" Maria pouted.
"Well, um, we just found out. Isn't that right, Legolas? We were on the list to host an exchange student, but um, there was a mix-up, a BIG mix-up, and they just planted him with us instead of the original intended family. We only find out last night."
"That's right." Legolas nodded, catching on.
"Oh! So that's why he wasn't on any of the role call sheets, or anything!" Maria assumed.
"Yes, Exactly!" Liz nodded feverently. "Now I have this huge stack of papers from teachers for registration and-"
"Someone heads towards us." Legolas said, cutting Liz off. He peered past Isabel and everyone else turned their heads following his gaze.
"Where?" Maria asked, squinting hard. "I don't see anyone. I need to get my eyes checked..."
"From across the yards." Legolas shrugged nonchalantly. The group stared and squinted for a few moments before Michael muttered something.
"Oh, it's just Tess."
"Hey." Kyle defended. "That's my si- I mean, geez. You aliens are hostile." He corrected himself. Michael simply shrugged and Max eyed Kyle strangely.
"Hi!" Tess said cheerfully, joining them and pushing past Kyle towards Max. "Mind if I sit down here?" She pointed to the very slim piece of bench next to him. For your information, the quad's picnic tables only seat 4. Max glanced at Liz and there eyes met and there was a nervous tension formed then and there.
"Well, um-"
"Hey, Tess, come sit down here with us." Alex said, saving the day. Liz gave Alex a blessed smile which he returned with a wink. "Oh, come on, if Isabel can sit in the grass, so can you!" He said sarcastically. Isabel's mouth dropped open in mock shock.
"I think someone doesn't want a date to the prom." She replied.
"Isabel, you wanted me to ask you!" Alex blurted. Isabel smiled and gave Alex a flirtatious wink. "Tess. Sit." Alex pointed to the ground infront of him.
"I'm not a dog." Tess said, looking down at Alex.
"Maybe a female dog." Maria muttered under her breath. Tess shrugged and moved over to sit with Alex when her eyes caught onto Legolas.
"Who's this?" She asked.
"Legolas." Maria and Isabel said at the same time. They shot each other a stern look and went back to their lunches.
"Foreign exchange student staying with Liz." Max finished. At the news of some male staying with Liz, Tess easily lightened up.
"Oh, really! How... cool." She sat down on the grass. Liz rolled her eyes. She wasn't trying to be hostile towards Tess, but could she make it anymore obvious? She felt something shift under her hand and noticed Legolas taking the registration forms from her and glancing at them in confusion.
"Those are just registration forms, Legolas. Don't worry about them." She muttered, pushing the brown paper bag containing her lunch forward.
"Oh, okay." Legolas smiled and kept his gaze on the table. He felt quite uncomfortable with everyone's eyes on him. Especially, two certain pairs. He looked down and met Maria's intrigued expression and Isabel's slightly challenging oculars. The only people he was sure wasn't observing him keenly (and obviously) were Max and Liz. They were looking at well... each other.

"I thought the day would never end." Liz said with relief as they walked across the campus towards Max's roaring vehicle. "How many times do you think people asked the same question?"
"You mean, 'Who is this?', or 'Where is he from?', or 'What's up with the hair, man?'" Legolas put on an impersonating voice on the last one which made Liz let out a giggle. She placed a hand on his shoulder for support as she tried to let the case of giggles override.
"And then, when the drama department thought you were an extra in their play of Robin Hood."
"I've heard of Robin Hood in Mirkwood. A man who is a skilled archaist. Obviously a fable. The best archaist, in all the land, is indeed an elf." He proclaimed triumphantly. Liz erupted in more giggles.
"Gosh. I hate being giggly!" She laughed.
"Why? Laughter is merry. Your laughter makes me merry, as well."
'Thankyou, Legolas, but I sound like such an idiot when I laugh!" Liz chuckled, calming down. "Oh, hey, guess what?"
"I have no clues, I cannot guess."
"Good answer. Maria and I, are taking you shopping. Oh, and we're dragging Alex along. Max is going to drop us off at the mall before he leaves for work. Alex is going to help you get some clothes, I mean, you can't wear the same thing everyday."
"Why not?" Legolas asked. Liz let out another laugh and tilted her head back looking at the sky. She walked forward with him, drunkenly and chuckling every now and then. "And what is a mall?"
"Stop!" Liz laughed. She leaned against him as they walked and looked up at the pale elf. "You're a funny guy, Legolas. It's good to laugh."
"Thankyou. I think." They approached Max's car. Max watched skeptically as they passed by him in the Driver's seat and piled into the back seat with Maria. Alex was already upfront, fiddling with the radio stations.
"Ready?" Max asked, his voice low and sort of dismal.
"Yep!" Maria said perkishly.
"Allright." He set the jeep on reverse and pulled out of the School's parking lot, and took off down the road.

"Thanks for the ride, Max." Alex called, kicking open the door of Max's jeep and hopping out. He opened the door for Maria and helped her out as well. Legolas followed their lead, leaving Liz and Max in the car alone.
"Max, can I ask you a favor?" Liz said, climbing over so that she fell into the passenger seat.
"Sure." He looked at her expectantly, the honey brown of his eyes bore into her dark brown's. It was always hard talking to Max, Liz always got caught up in something else. Like the way his hair fell down over his forehead. Or that his leather jacket was becoming a bit too small, and fit tighter on him. "Liz?"
"Right, um. Well, you're parents are out of town tonight, aren't they?"
"Yea. They'll be back tomorrow night." Max said. "Why?" He raised his eyebrows suggestively. Liz smirked and shook her head.
"Do you think Legolas can stay with you for the night?"
"Why? Aren't you supposed to be hosting him?"
"Stop making it sound like he's some alien parasite." Liz teased. "Dad's been out of town, he doesn't exactly know... he wouldn't exactly like it if he came home and found some strange guy in our house..."
"Don't ask any further." Max grinned. He didn't exactly want a strange guy in Liz's house, or her bedroom, either. "Call me when you're done, okay?" She nodded and opened the door of the Jeep.
"Thanks Max." She smiled earnestly and then hurried out to catch up with her friends.
"Finally!" Maria exclaimed excitedly as Liz entered the mall. Alex, Maria, and Legolas were all turned from staring at the glowing mall map. Legolas was also extremely transfixed in everything. He kept looking from store to store and as she walked closer, she heard him mutter the word 'marketplace' to himself before he turned his attention to her and smiled calmly.
"Sorry it took so long." Liz admitted, crossing her arms infront of her chest and looking at her best friend. Maria shrugged carelessly.
"No problemo. I can never be upset when I'm in a mall. Ooh. Except that one time I found that awesome pair of red leather boots- not in my size."
"Ackhmm." Alex cleared his throat. "Let's not forget... there are men present."
"Right, like I was saying, Liz, there's a sale at Victoria's Secret-" She looked at Alex's shocked face and let out a chuckle. "Kidding, Whitman." Alex let out a sigh of relief and Legolas furrowed his brow in confusion. "So, shall we go half and half? Alex can take Legolas to some cheap department store, and Liz and I can head to Group USA..."
"Sounds cool." Alex nodded. Liz began to nod when the thought struck her. Alex and Legolas wandering the mall alone, Alex would definetly be bound to strike up a conversation about Switzerland. He did get back not too long ago... and Legolas would have no idea what to say. He'd bring up this 'Mirkwood' place, and all hell would break loose.
"No!" Liz said quickly. Alex and Maria exchanged glances and looked at her questioningly. "Well... Maria... don't you think we should...you know, get a man's opinion on our dresses?"
"Oh my gosh! You are so right. Good thinking Liz. You guys are coming with us." Maria said in a demanding tone.
"And Alex, you could use a Ladies' opinion on your tux."
"What!? A tux is a tux, I'm only renting it anyway."
"Well, you might change your mind." Liz shrugged. "We can go to this really great store. Macphisto's. They do co-ed clothing." Liz explained.
"I heard about that store, it opened?" Maria asked. Liz nodded. "Didn't Gwen Stefani start a clothing line that sells there?"
"Maybe, we'll never know unless we find out." Liz grinned.
"Let's go!" Maria jumped excitedly grabbing Alex's hand and dragging him forward. Liz shook her head and offered her hand to Legolas. He took it and once again his cold touch sent shivers down her spine. Grinning back at him, they began to follow Maria and Alex to the destinated store...

"That looks...wow." Alex muttered under his breath, looking on as Maria twirled in the satin peach colored dress. The lights reflected off it perfectly, contouring her curves and making her stand out in a crowd- just the way Maria would have it.
"So, you like it?" Maria asked, looking unsurely at the dress.
"Well, yeah. I think it's sexy." Alex admitted.
"You do?" Maria scrunched up her nose. "I'm so not getting this, what else is there..." She walked off to go look at other clothes. Legolas laughed as Alex glared and crossed his arms.
"Man, this is boring. I want to go to the arcade."
"Alex, go take Legolas to men's section, okay?" Liz asked, stepping out of the dressing room in a lilac gown. It was a strapless dress that was sheer and only went down to her knees, with several different layers of sheer cloth. She looked like a pizie, or a fairy princess the way the sparkles glittered across the fabric.
"Nice, Liz." Maria complimented, coming back with 7 more dresses. Liz looked down at herself.
"I don't know... I feel naked." She admitted. She looked up at Alex who was stiffling laughter at Legolas who eyed her keenly. She blushed and walked back towards the dressing room. "I think I'm going to change..."
"You do that." Alex said, pushing himself off the wall. "Allright, let's go find some clothes..." He motioned to Legolas.
"Hey, you know what?" Maria said interrupting them. "I'll come with you. You could use a girl's opinion."
"Yeah. I know how much you appreciated mine." Alex scoffed jokingly. The three of them made their way across the store and looked around. "Though, I must admit, for a clothing store, it is pretty nifty." He eyed the funky clothing on a certain rack, vivid neons and patterns called out to him. "Wait, no, this store rocks." His eyes met a few arcade games in the corner titled 'Kid's Corner'. "Seeya." He walked off quickly. Maria shook her head.
"Allright, let's get you some clothes then Legolas, make Lizzy proud." She motioned towards a rack and pulled out a dark green flannel shirt and holding it up. "You know, you've got way too many earth tones." She said, shaking her head and putting the green shirt away. "I think, blue, would really compliment your eyes." She pulled out a navy blue button up shirt, the fabric was soft and light, sort of breezy. "Oh... definetly." She thrust it at him and continued digging through the racks. About an hour later...
"NO!" Alex yelled at the arcade game, kicking the coin dispenser. "Last level of Alien Invasion and I'm all out of coins! Dammit all!"
"Alex..." Liz looked at him worriedly, stepping forward, barefoot and in a complimentingly classic little black dress. About 3 inch long fringes hemmed the angular trim and it fit her perfectly, hugging her curves but not too tight.
"Hey, you know, that's nice." Alex admitted.
"Thanks." Liz smiled. "I really like it and it's so comfortable, you know-" The sound of something thumping onto the carpeted floor behind her, caused her to spin on her bare heels, her dark wavy hair flipping around her face and swinging across her shoulders as she faced Legolas. A pile of clothing dropped at his feet and Maria quickly came to the rescue, picking the valuables of the floor whilst muttering something about treating clothing as holy items. Liz barely noticed Maria and she knew Legolas didn't either, their eyes were locked on each other in shock... good shock. Legolas wore a navy blue blue button up shirt and casual black denim stretch jeans underneath the un-tucked shirt. A black tuxedo jacket, with a dark blue trim was left unbutton, viewing the navy blue shirt. Top button was left unbuttoned and the front of his long blonde strands fell across his shoulders gracefully. Sure, in a Las Vegas movie he might look like a bonafide drug dealer, but you must admit, the stunning con men in those movies also looked extremely sexy in this well, dangerously cunning way. That's exactly what Liz would've used to describe Legolas at the moment. How dare Maria choose these clothes for him... didn't she see how dangerous it was? Every single women who makes eye contact with him might melt right on the spot- and god forbid, never put back together again.
"And you Mr., hold these." Maria shoved a mound of clothing into Legolas' hands, breaking the staring contest. "Liz, that looks lovely!" Maria smiled cheerfully.
"Thanks. I think this is the one."
"Definetly, what do you think, Legolas?" Maria asked.
"I think, it's beautiful. I think Max will like it." Legolas replied softly, smiling weakly at her. Liz returned a forced smile. She never told Legolas anything about her and Max's relationship. Why should she? She, she barely knew Legolas... although, it never felt that way around him. He felt like a part of the gang. Strangely, the most human of them all... she hoped she'd never have to tell Legolas her friends' secrets. It wasn't even her secret to tell. He wouldn't be here forever, but while he was, she hoped he wouldn't suspect anything. She liked not having to talk about the latest alien end of the world crisis with someone for once. Legolas was just a fun guy to be around.
"Maria, what did you get?" Liz asked curiously.
"Oh, well, don't laugh- especially you Alex..." Maria pulled out a long flowing white gown, it was angelic and mystical and was so Maria. "Designs by Ali Hewson." Maria chuckled. "It's a bit big, but my mom will hem it for me, I'm sure."
"Oh, Maria, that looks gorgeous!" Liz grinned.
"It is gorgeous." Alex said from behind her. "Truly original." Alex said earnestly. Liz glanced at Alex and Maria, meeting her friends 3-way. Girly as it may seem, she couldn't wait for the prom.

"Alex, we still haven't gotten you a tux." Liz said as they made their way out of Macphisto's, with TONS of shopping bags, Alex owning none but half of Maria's. Legolas had about 13 bags with him, some his own and some of Liz's. He must've been really strong, Liz noticed as he walked with ease.
"I told you guys... I'm just gonna rent..."
"You don't want to sheck out the Edge store, or hey, maybe we could vamp you up at Hot Topic?" Maria suggested. "Or... " She trailed off, lowering her voice and speaking in monotone. "We will lure you into the clutches of Abercrombie and Fitch!"
"God forbid, NO!" Alex shouted, crossing his arms.
"I think Isabel would want you to buy your tux." Liz said simply.
"You think?" Alex asked, furrowing his brow. "Now that you mention it, let's go into the Edge..."
"Good job, Lizzie." Maria gave her best friend a high-five as they all followed Alex into the store. Only 10 minutes later, Alex came out with a tuxedo. He didn't even bother trying it on, he simply picked one out in his size and payed for it. He had also picked out a red rose corsage for Isabel. 'She looks good in red', Alex had said at the moment.
"Oh. I'd better call Max, it's getting late." Liz said, looking at the clock in the food court. Legolas was still soaking in the 'marketplace' and Maria was sitting next to him in a chair, humming a Nelly Furtado song. Alex was fiddling with the tux he'd just bought, checking out all the pockets and everything. Liz took the chance and pulle dout her cell phone, stood up and walked to a deserted corner. A few moments later, she came back. "He'll be here soon."

And he was. Max pulled up and Liz and Alex quickly got in, dragging the millions of shopping bags with them. As Legolas moved to get in beside Liz, he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around to face Maria.
"Um. Legolas, I was wondering. Um. Since my idiot boyfriend is being an even bigger idiot, if you would be my date to the um, prom?" She squeaked.
"Uh." Legolas sighed and looked at Liz as if searching for the answer on her face, but she was to wrapped up in talking to Max and Alex so he was on his own. "I would Maria, but I don't think I'm going to this ball of yours. I didn't plan to. I was going to spend the night, getting to know this place a little better." He replied earnestly.
"Oh. Allright, that's fine, I understand." Maria smiled. He held the door open for her as she climbed into the jeep, and then closed it after her. Legolas opened the passanger seat door and got in next to Max. Max must've heard the conversation and gave Legolas a supportive smile before pulling out of the mall parking lot. After dropping off Maria and Alex, they pulled up at the Crashdown.
"Okay, um, here are some shopping bags to last you over the night." She handed him 3 bags full of clothes they had bought for Legolas. "And, uh, I think there are some pajamas in there, if not, I'm sure Max can lend you something, oh, I don't think we got you a toothbrush-"
"Liz. He'll be fine, I'll take good care of him." Max smiled, touching her arm lightly. "And I promise to protect him from Isabel." Liz chuckled along with Max.
"Allright. Thanks." She got out of the jeep and began to carry her millions of shopping bags to the door. Legolas looked at Max quickly then jumped over the passanger side car door, running over to help her. He took all her bags from her and carried them in his arms watching her dig in her purse for the key. Fetching it out of her purse, she unlocked the door and opened it, holding her foot in the door, Legolas handed her the shopping bags. "I'm sorry for sending you to Max's, it's not that I don't want you here Legolas, but my parents wouldn't like it if a strange guy was sleeping in my room. So, um, just keep up the foreign exchange act and I promise tommorow, I will do as much as I can to help you find out where you're supposed to be, okay?"
"You don't have to do all that for me, you're hospitality was enough." Legolas said gratfully.
"Well, I had fun today. Goodnight Legolas." She paused for a moment, as if pondering whether to do something more or not. Glancing up and looking at Max in his jeep she gave him a quick wave (which he returned) and walked inside the Crashdown.
"Goodnight Liz!" Legolas said as the door slammed shut. He straightened his jacket and walked back to the jeep, climbing over the door again and seating himself.
"Looks like it's just us." Max said, pulling out of the parking lot.
"Yeah." Legolas said, his eyes moving from the Crashdown's doors to Max's solemn face. There was something between Max and Liz. He didn't know what, but there was something more than just the tension Legolas could sense between the two. It really wasn't his buissness to find out, but Legolas was sure as hell curious.

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Well, what did you think of that chapter? I think it was pretty good until after they left Macphisto's then it sort of went downhill with me trying to finish the chapter. Originally, there was a scene with them running into Isabel and Tess in Victoria's Secret, but it made the chapte too long so I took the whole thing out.

Catie! You better be reading my story- I put 'Macphisto', 'Ali Hewson', and 'The Edge' in there just for YOU!

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