Chapter II:
I woke up the next morning at 6:30 to the buzzing of my alarm clock. I picked up the alarm clock and threw it on the floor.
"How dare it wake me up at 6:30 AM when I had gone to sleep at one o'clock in the morning?" I thought. "You're the one who forgot to turn it off!" I reminded myself. "I hope there is no such thing as the alarm clock police, or I could get arrested for clock abuse. What was I saying to myself?! That was something a crazy person would say. Oh, ya, I just remembered that I was a crazy person."
The last night came flooding back to me.
"It is definitely time for caffeine and lots of it," I whispered to myself.
I walked to the kitchen and turned on the TV for the morning news. As I was making myself a bowl of cereal, Legolas walked into the kitchen. If anyone could look majestic in a pair of boxers and a T-shirt, he did. I made him a bowl of cereal and gave him a cup of coffee.
"This is good," he said as he drank some of the coffee. "We don't have anything like this in Mirkwood."
"I'm glad you like it," I said.
I don't know how I could have missed it last night, but he was extremely handsome! (While actually I did know how I could have missed it. I was somewhat busy! However, that is no excuse to overlook someone as handsome as him.) He was more than extremely handsome. He was devastating!
"Legolas, I realize that I was a little bit abrupt last night. I'm really sorry. I'm not usually like that," I said. "Peter, the guy who came over last night, is going to go shopping with us to get you some clothes and stuff. I'm going to go take a shower. You can take a shower too and get changed into the clothes Pete brought over for you last night."
We finished our breakfasts and I showed him how to work the shower. After getting cleaned up, I sat in front of my mirror trying to get my hair dry and still look somewhat normal. It never looked right.
Legolas and Sassy were playing with Hedgie. Sassy ran into my room with Hedgie in her mouth, showing me that she had conquered Legolas and gotten her precious Hedgie away from him. Legolas cautiously followed her. He knocked on the door.
"You can always come into my room when you needed to. Don't worry. I'm pretty casual even as humans go," I said. I was amazed that he had already taken a shower, gotten dressed, and his hair looked great.
"Let me help," he said as he saw me battle my hair.
I gave up and sat down on my bed. He sat down behind me and ran his fingers through my hair.
"Your hair is beautiful," he said.
Not knowing what to say, I said, "I can never get it to look right."
"Do you ever braid it?" he asked.
"No, I've never tried that," I answered.
"Your hair is a lot like mine," Legolas said.
"Is that good?" I asked.
"I can show you how to make it look like mine," he answered.
"I'd like that," I said. "Your hair is amazing!"
"Thank you," he replied. "It's finished."
"Already?" I asked.
"Yes," he answered. I looked in the mirror.
"My hair is gorgeous!" I thought to myself.
"You look like an elf," Legolas said.
"Thank you!" I said as I turned around and hugged him.
At first my embrace surprised him, but when he got over the shock, he hugged me back.
"Legolas must be over his shyness," I thought.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I opened the door.
Pete walked in and when Legolas came and stood next to me he said, "You two look like twins!"
Legolas and I looked at each other and he slipped his arm around my waist.
The three of us went shopping in town. We got what we needed and then went and had lunch. Everywhere we went, people kept staring at Legolas. I saw that this made him very uncomfortable. I talked Peter into trying to explain to him why they were staring. I don't think Legolas really understood until I talked to him.
I said, "Legolas, people in our culture stare at people like you."
"Why is that?" he asked.
"When humans think that someone is very beautiful or handsome they stare at them. It really doesn't make that much sense."
"Elves just tell the person how they feel or look into their eyes," he said.
"That makes a lot more sense," I replied.
After shopping and eating, Pete dropped us back at my apartment. Legolas and I took Sassy for a walk in the park. I let Sassy off of her leash and sat down on the grass. Legolas sat down beside me.
"Do you miss your home?" I asked him, after a while.
"I do," he answered, "but there are certain things that I couldn't live without, that are in your world."
I looked over at him, confused by his remark. He looked into my eyes. I felt as though his gaze was penetrating my skin, but I couldn't break eye contact.
"This is the weirdest feeling I have ever felt in my entire life," I thought.
Looking into his aquamarine eyes, I realized that this is what he had told me elves do when they're in love.
"He looked at me first. Does that mean he loves me?" I wondered. "That weird feeling is love. I have finally found the man I love and he's not a man at all but an elf and he has to go back to Middle-Earth. You've really done it this time. You're totally nuts. I knew it all along. Caffeine, I need caffeine!"
Just at that moment, Sassy ran up and tackled us. What a moment to have a dog!
We went back to the apartment and watched some TV. I could tell that neither of our minds were on "Friends" re-runs. At nine o' clock, I pleaded exhaustion. I kissed Legolas softly on the cheek wishing him a good night. I didn't go to sleep until 11:00 PM.
"You've got to go to sleep," I thought. "How can I?! A devastatingly handsome Elf is in a room 22 feet away from mine and I think he loves me and I know I love him!"
My head was spinning.
I usually slept with Sassy, but she had been sleeping with Legolas ever since he had come. I would have felt better if she had been sleeping with me.
"Traitor!" I thought. "Oh no! You're talking crazy again. How can a dog be a traitor? No I didn't think so. And don't even start with caffeine because that's why you can't sleep in the first place!"
My mind was a battlefield between my emotions, common sense, and craziness. I woke up at 6:30 AM again because I forgotten to turn off my alarm clock.
"It was a good thing that I didn't throw the alarm clock again because I could have been charged with multiple cases of clock abuse," I thought as I woke up. "It's OK to have caffeine now! YA!"
After a cup of coffee, I made breakfast. This time it was waffles. Having just finished, Legolas walked in. He was wearing a pair of boxers with leaves on them and a matching shirt that we had purchased yesterday.
"He is stunning," I thought, the battlefield having calmed down after a cup of coffee.
"You look beautiful this morning," Legolas said to me.
"Forget waffles.," I thought to myself.
Then I realized that I was wearing a very short, royal-purple nightgown. I had forgotten to change!
"You are so stupid," I thought. "First you fall in love with someone you can't have and now you walk around in your Victoria Secret's night gown. Good one, idiot!"
"Thank you," was all I could muster up.
"Well, there is no point to change now. You've already done the damage," I thought.
As we finished breakfast, Legolas said, "I have something to tell you."
"Oh no, here it comes," I thought to myself.
"Tell me," I replied.
"Last night I prayed to Iluvatar, my God. He is the same as your God," Legolas said as he turned to face me. "I asked him when I would be sent home."
"Yes," I said.
"I am sorry that I asked," Legolas continued. "He said that I would be sent back at any time. He would not tell me when. I don't want to leave right away."
"I bet it will be a while, Legolas. Don't worry," I said.
"I hope so," said Legolas, a smile beginning.
He did my hair again that morning. It looked just like his, but both of ours was different from yesterday. Since it was Sunday, we decided to go to church. I called Peter to ask him if he was going. He said that he was so we all went.
"Not only is he beautiful, but he has the voice of an angel," I thought, while we were singing hymns. "He has everything!"
After church, we went to lunch and then back to my apartment. We talked for a while and then Peter said, "I have to go because I've got some work to do."
He left and Legolas and I took Sassy for a walk, followed by more TV.
"Do anything besides talk to him," I thought to myself, "because if you say anything it'll be really stupid. Caffeine, that's what I need. No! Caffeine will only make you more stupid! Just be content to sit next to him."
I woke up the next morning at 6:30 to the buzzing of my alarm clock. I picked up the alarm clock and threw it on the floor.
"How dare it wake me up at 6:30 AM when I had gone to sleep at one o'clock in the morning?" I thought. "You're the one who forgot to turn it off!" I reminded myself. "I hope there is no such thing as the alarm clock police, or I could get arrested for clock abuse. What was I saying to myself?! That was something a crazy person would say. Oh, ya, I just remembered that I was a crazy person."
The last night came flooding back to me.
"It is definitely time for caffeine and lots of it," I whispered to myself.
I walked to the kitchen and turned on the TV for the morning news. As I was making myself a bowl of cereal, Legolas walked into the kitchen. If anyone could look majestic in a pair of boxers and a T-shirt, he did. I made him a bowl of cereal and gave him a cup of coffee.
"This is good," he said as he drank some of the coffee. "We don't have anything like this in Mirkwood."
"I'm glad you like it," I said.
I don't know how I could have missed it last night, but he was extremely handsome! (While actually I did know how I could have missed it. I was somewhat busy! However, that is no excuse to overlook someone as handsome as him.) He was more than extremely handsome. He was devastating!
"Legolas, I realize that I was a little bit abrupt last night. I'm really sorry. I'm not usually like that," I said. "Peter, the guy who came over last night, is going to go shopping with us to get you some clothes and stuff. I'm going to go take a shower. You can take a shower too and get changed into the clothes Pete brought over for you last night."
We finished our breakfasts and I showed him how to work the shower. After getting cleaned up, I sat in front of my mirror trying to get my hair dry and still look somewhat normal. It never looked right.
Legolas and Sassy were playing with Hedgie. Sassy ran into my room with Hedgie in her mouth, showing me that she had conquered Legolas and gotten her precious Hedgie away from him. Legolas cautiously followed her. He knocked on the door.
"You can always come into my room when you needed to. Don't worry. I'm pretty casual even as humans go," I said. I was amazed that he had already taken a shower, gotten dressed, and his hair looked great.
"Let me help," he said as he saw me battle my hair.
I gave up and sat down on my bed. He sat down behind me and ran his fingers through my hair.
"Your hair is beautiful," he said.
Not knowing what to say, I said, "I can never get it to look right."
"Do you ever braid it?" he asked.
"No, I've never tried that," I answered.
"Your hair is a lot like mine," Legolas said.
"Is that good?" I asked.
"I can show you how to make it look like mine," he answered.
"I'd like that," I said. "Your hair is amazing!"
"Thank you," he replied. "It's finished."
"Already?" I asked.
"Yes," he answered. I looked in the mirror.
"My hair is gorgeous!" I thought to myself.
"You look like an elf," Legolas said.
"Thank you!" I said as I turned around and hugged him.
At first my embrace surprised him, but when he got over the shock, he hugged me back.
"Legolas must be over his shyness," I thought.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I opened the door.
Pete walked in and when Legolas came and stood next to me he said, "You two look like twins!"
Legolas and I looked at each other and he slipped his arm around my waist.
The three of us went shopping in town. We got what we needed and then went and had lunch. Everywhere we went, people kept staring at Legolas. I saw that this made him very uncomfortable. I talked Peter into trying to explain to him why they were staring. I don't think Legolas really understood until I talked to him.
I said, "Legolas, people in our culture stare at people like you."
"Why is that?" he asked.
"When humans think that someone is very beautiful or handsome they stare at them. It really doesn't make that much sense."
"Elves just tell the person how they feel or look into their eyes," he said.
"That makes a lot more sense," I replied.
After shopping and eating, Pete dropped us back at my apartment. Legolas and I took Sassy for a walk in the park. I let Sassy off of her leash and sat down on the grass. Legolas sat down beside me.
"Do you miss your home?" I asked him, after a while.
"I do," he answered, "but there are certain things that I couldn't live without, that are in your world."
I looked over at him, confused by his remark. He looked into my eyes. I felt as though his gaze was penetrating my skin, but I couldn't break eye contact.
"This is the weirdest feeling I have ever felt in my entire life," I thought.
Looking into his aquamarine eyes, I realized that this is what he had told me elves do when they're in love.
"He looked at me first. Does that mean he loves me?" I wondered. "That weird feeling is love. I have finally found the man I love and he's not a man at all but an elf and he has to go back to Middle-Earth. You've really done it this time. You're totally nuts. I knew it all along. Caffeine, I need caffeine!"
Just at that moment, Sassy ran up and tackled us. What a moment to have a dog!
We went back to the apartment and watched some TV. I could tell that neither of our minds were on "Friends" re-runs. At nine o' clock, I pleaded exhaustion. I kissed Legolas softly on the cheek wishing him a good night. I didn't go to sleep until 11:00 PM.
"You've got to go to sleep," I thought. "How can I?! A devastatingly handsome Elf is in a room 22 feet away from mine and I think he loves me and I know I love him!"
My head was spinning.
I usually slept with Sassy, but she had been sleeping with Legolas ever since he had come. I would have felt better if she had been sleeping with me.
"Traitor!" I thought. "Oh no! You're talking crazy again. How can a dog be a traitor? No I didn't think so. And don't even start with caffeine because that's why you can't sleep in the first place!"
My mind was a battlefield between my emotions, common sense, and craziness. I woke up at 6:30 AM again because I forgotten to turn off my alarm clock.
"It was a good thing that I didn't throw the alarm clock again because I could have been charged with multiple cases of clock abuse," I thought as I woke up. "It's OK to have caffeine now! YA!"
After a cup of coffee, I made breakfast. This time it was waffles. Having just finished, Legolas walked in. He was wearing a pair of boxers with leaves on them and a matching shirt that we had purchased yesterday.
"He is stunning," I thought, the battlefield having calmed down after a cup of coffee.
"You look beautiful this morning," Legolas said to me.
"Forget waffles.," I thought to myself.
Then I realized that I was wearing a very short, royal-purple nightgown. I had forgotten to change!
"You are so stupid," I thought. "First you fall in love with someone you can't have and now you walk around in your Victoria Secret's night gown. Good one, idiot!"
"Thank you," was all I could muster up.
"Well, there is no point to change now. You've already done the damage," I thought.
As we finished breakfast, Legolas said, "I have something to tell you."
"Oh no, here it comes," I thought to myself.
"Tell me," I replied.
"Last night I prayed to Iluvatar, my God. He is the same as your God," Legolas said as he turned to face me. "I asked him when I would be sent home."
"Yes," I said.
"I am sorry that I asked," Legolas continued. "He said that I would be sent back at any time. He would not tell me when. I don't want to leave right away."
"I bet it will be a while, Legolas. Don't worry," I said.
"I hope so," said Legolas, a smile beginning.
He did my hair again that morning. It looked just like his, but both of ours was different from yesterday. Since it was Sunday, we decided to go to church. I called Peter to ask him if he was going. He said that he was so we all went.
"Not only is he beautiful, but he has the voice of an angel," I thought, while we were singing hymns. "He has everything!"
After church, we went to lunch and then back to my apartment. We talked for a while and then Peter said, "I have to go because I've got some work to do."
He left and Legolas and I took Sassy for a walk, followed by more TV.
"Do anything besides talk to him," I thought to myself, "because if you say anything it'll be really stupid. Caffeine, that's what I need. No! Caffeine will only make you more stupid! Just be content to sit next to him."