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Chapter 16: Thank Eru for mushrooms…
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The 18th of Halimath, 1384 (Shire Reckoning)
Hi again!
Today's the big day! The dance is here! Chaos erupts… Dancing is something you do at a dance, and well… just read what happened.
Menelya morning, 9:13. Time to wake up and smell the… the… what's this I smell? Shampoo? *My* shampoo? I was wide-awake. Who was using my shampoo? I jumped up out of bed and ran over to the bathroom. The door was locked.
'Who's in there?' I yelled.
'I am!' Arwen yelled back. AHA! So it's Arwen who's been using my shampoo!
'What kind of shampoo are you using?' I asked with my sweetest voice.
'I dunno, something I an apple-shaped bottle. I think it's called "Apple-y" or something like that.' That's my shampoo all right!
'That's my shampoo!'
'Oops…'
'OOPS? OOPS? This was my last and only bottle of Apple-y shampoo!'
'Well, it's not empty yet…' Thank Eru… My hair depends on that shampoo. I have every product of the Apple-y hair cosmetics line. Styling gel, wax, hair spray, shampoo, conditioner, everything. I think I'll have to write my parents and ask if they could send me a new bottle of shampoo, and a new conditioner too.
Inside the bathroom, Arwen had turned the shower off. She opened the door and stepped out of the bathroom.
'You can use the shower if you want to.' She said.
'Okay.' I grabbed my stuff and walked over to the bathroom door. I opened the door. Éowyn stormed into the room, grabbed her stuff and ran into the bathroom before I had the chance to jump in. She closed the door behind her and locked it. WTF! How could that happen? *I* wanted to take a shower!
'Éowyn!' I yelled. Sure did a lot of yelling today.
'I'll be out in a sec!' Éowyn yelled back. Yeah right. That means I'll have to wait another hour before I can take I shower!
'I guess I Éowyn wanted to take a shower too.' Arwen said.
'You can say that again.'
'Well, she'll be out in about an hour so if you just make sure that you're back in here in 45 minutes, you'll be next in line.'
'Good idea, thanks! I think I'll have breakfast first, I have to wait 45 minutes anyhow.'
'Yep. See you!'
'Bye!' I walked to the mess, dressed in my sweatpants, t-shirt, and my hair looking like I just jumped out of bed (which I did), my bare feet going cold on the stone floor. I walked over to the kitchen and grabbed something to eat. (Cereal! :o) I sat down next to Merry and Pippin.
'Hi guys.' I said.
'Hi Endy.' They cheered and they continued their conversation.
'Never seen him like this before.' Seen who like what?
'Me neither. What could have happened to him?' To who?
'I don't know, but he's not been acting normal today.'
'That's for sure.'
'Maybe something important is about to happen.'
'Maybe his parents are coming over.'
'I said "Something important" Pippin.'
'What happened? And to who?' I said.
'Uhm, well, Legolas, something's wrong with him…' Oh no… not Legolas…
'What happened?'
'I think it's best if you go see for yourself…' Merry said. I immediately jumped up and ran towards the exit of the mess.
'Uhm…' I said. 'Where exactly is he?'
'In his room, I think.'
'Oh, okay.' I ran towards their room. I hoped nothing bad had happened to Legolas. I stormed in and looked around. Sam was drying his hair, looking at Legolas. Legolas was mopping the floor. Nothing seemed wrong.
'Hi Endy.' Sam said.
'Hey, En, how're ya?' Legolas cheered. He sure seemed extremely cheerful today. Suddenly it hit me. Was Legolas mopping the floor? 'Hello? Endomiel?' I walked through the room and ran my finger over the desk. No dust. Strange… Somebody grabbed my shoulder and spun me around. I found myself staring into Legolas' big blue eyes. 'Are you okay?' He said.
'Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.' I said as I started to walk a circle around Legolas, examining him closely. Nothing seemed wrong. 'How're you?'
'Never been better.' He replied, a happy smile on his face. I walked back over to Sam. Legolas continued to clean stuff.
'How long has he been like this?'
'Since the very moment he got up.' I took another glance at Legolas. Very, very weird.
'What's he been eating?'
'Sugar mainly, he drank some coffee too.' That explains something, but not all.
'Legolas, are you sure you're okay?' I said. 'Not feeling dizzy, or exhausted, or anything like that?'
'Nope, just extremely happy.' He winked at me.
'Then why are you cleaning your room?'
'Are you suggesting I should do something else?' He stopped cleaning for a sec and looked me in the eyes. I blushed a bit. Sam looked confused, he probably doesn't have a clue about what's going on.
'No, not at all, just asking.'
'Sure.'
'Answer the question already.'
'I just felt like cleaning, nothing special.' He is a guy, right? Sam walked over to me.
'And? What do you think is wrong with him?' he said.
'I don't know?'
'Anything we can do about it?'
'I don't know, just make sure he doesn't eat to much sugar or drink to much coffee, I think he'll be all right.'
'Nothing bad?'
'Not that I can see.'
'He's driving me nuts. Every time I touch something he runs over and cleans it.'
'That's creepy…'
'Sure thing.'
'Well, I'll be leaving you two alone, and Sam, call me if he starts acting ever weirder, okay?'
'Yeah, I'll do that.'
'Okay, bye guys!'
'Bye Endy!'
'Bye En!' That's annoying! One more time, and he'll be facing a whole day of "Hey Leg," "How're ya Leg?" "Am I annoying you yet, Leg?"
I walked back to my room. The shower was off.
'Éowyn, are you still in there?'
'Yeah.' Okay, this is my chance! If I just wait here, I'll be next it the shower! I grabbed my stuff. I could hear Éowyn walk towards the door. Ready… Set… The door opened. GO! I ran towards the door. I saw Éowyn. Shit! Slow down! Watch it! Oh no… *boom* I ran into Éowyn. Quick! Get up before you're to late! I jumped up. The door closed right in my face.
'I'll be right out, just a sec!' Elvea shouted. WHAT THE… This can't be happening to me!! I was waiting here!
'There is a line you know!' I shouted.
'Well, I won't be in here long, and I'm in a real hurry!' Yeah right. I am more important! Importanter… whatever the word may be. This is *SO* not fair! Now I have to wait another hour… oh man…
*An hour later*
The shower was off. Elvea was still in there. I was standing in front of the door. The only way in or out was through me. I had my stuff in my arms. This was the plan I thought of during the past hour. I made sure nothing could fail. This plan could not fail. (Now where have I heard that before?) The door slowly opened. Elvea stepped out. I jumped in. HAH! Victory is mine at last! I locked the door and threw my stuff down. Now where was my big towel? Don't tell me I forgot my big towel… I opened the door and stuck my head out. Nobody there. I carefully stepped out. Still, nobody there. I ran to my closet and grabbed my towel. Behind me, I heard the sound of clothes being dropped. I turned around. My clothes were outside the bathroom, the door was locked. Elanor…
'This does it! I've had it here!' I shouted. 'I'm going to take my shower somewhere else!!!!' I grabbed my stuff and stormed out of the room. I crossed the hallway and stormed into the guy's room. 'Is your shower free?' I asked Legolas, who was still (or again) cleaning the room.
'Yep, free and cleaned.'
'Okay.' I marched through the room, walked into the shower and closed the door.
'What are you going to do?'
'What do you think?' I answered as I stared to undress.
'Take a shower?'
'Good boy.' I stepped into the shower and turned the water on. Finally I got the shower I deserved. About half an hour later, I stepped out of the shower. I wrapped my small towel around my body and reached for my clothes and big towel. Nothing there. Please, please don't tell me I forgot my clothes… I searched the pile on the floor. Sweatpants which I am not going to put back on, t-shirt which I am not going to put back on either, the underwear I just took off, but no clean clothes… Oh shit… I searched the closets in the guy's bathroom. Nothing, except a few clean boxers. Oh man… Well, I guess that's my only option… *sigh* I put the boxer on (which, by the way, was very comfortable, but I think I'll stick to my own clothes next time anyway) and wrapped the towel around my chest. The towel reached to right over my hips. I walked toward the door. There goes nothing… I unlocked the door and carefully stuck my head out, carrying my stuff with my left hand while holding the towel in place with my other hand.
'Hey, finally coming out of there?' Legolas said.
'So you were in there!' Éomer said. O Eru, did they really have to be there right now… I carefully stepped out of the bathroom. 'Hey, I've got boxers just like those!' Éomer said.
'Then I guess these are your boxers…' I whispered as I carefully, very carefully, walked over to the door. I didn't want to drop anything, 'cause then I'd have to pick it up again and the towel may drop, or I'll just lose balance while trying to pick it up. This day was a very, very disastrous day altogether…
'These are my boxers? Where did you get it?'
'From the closet in the bathroom…'
'Oh. Why?'
'I forgot to bring my clothes here and now I've got nothing to wear…'
'Now what're you going to do?' Legolas asked.
'I am going to wait until there's nobody in the hall and then run across as quickly as I can.'
'That won't do.' Legolas walked over to his closet. 'Here, take some of my clothes.' I walked towards him. 'You can put your stuff on my bed, if you want.'
'Okay.' I dropped my stuff on his bed. The towel was starting to slip… I'd better get some clothes soon… Legolas handed me a shirt. I turned around and dropped the towel. I stood there a few seconds with my bare back facing the guys. I could feel them staring at me. I pulled the t-shirt over my head and turned around again.
'Here… here's a pair of, uhm, jeans…' Legolas mumbled. Was it that bad? Did I have an ugly back or something like that? I put the pair of jeans on. They were a bit too big. They kept staring at me like they just saw evil appear in front of their faces. They couldn't know, could they?
'What?' I said.
'Endy, what's that tattoo on your back?' A what on my back? A tattoo? I didn't know I had a tattoo.
'What kind of tattoo?' I asked.
'I don't know, I didn't have a good look.'
'Where is it?'
'On your shoulder blade.'
'Oh.' I lifted the back of the shirt so they could see the tattoo. 'Could you tell me what it is?'
'Is it what I think it is?' Éomer whispered.
'What do you think it is?' Éomer whispered something in Legolas' ear. 'That's what I thought too.'
'It's the only thing it could be…' What could it be?
'Uhm, Endomiel…' Legolas said. It had to be something bad, he used my full name… 'We think it is the, uh, the eye of evil.' (E/N: the symbol Sauron used as his 'eye of Sauron' sign is actually the 'eye of evil') The eye of evil huh? I guess that's my evil sign. Both the Goddess of Evil and the Goddess of Good have a sign to prove that they really are the Goddess of whatever they are Goddess of. If mine's on my shoulder blade, then I think that the Goddess of Good will have her 'good' sign on her shoulder blade too, but I could be mistaking.
'Where did you get that tattoo?' Éomer asked as he did a few steps back.
'I… I don't know…' I said as I lowered the shirt again and turned around.
'Are you an evil elf?' Legolas asked. I looked him in the eyes. Would he know if I lied to him? I sure hope not, because I have to lie to him, I can't tell the truth…
'No… no of course not! How could you think that?' I did a step towards Legolas. He did a step back.
'You are bearing the sign…'
'No… it's probably just a coincidence! I mean, I didn't put it there, it's just… I don't know how I got it okay?!' They still just stood there. 'You don't believe me, do you? I'm not lying! I'm telling the truth! I don't know how it got there! I AM NOT EVIL!' Would they buy it? I am not losing him again! This can not be happening to me! Not again… 'Come on! You must believe me!' It didn't look like they were buying it… I was running out of things to say… 'You know I would never lie to you, don't you?' I whispered while I looked Legolas in the eyes.
'Of course…' He did a few steps towards me and gave me a hug. I hugged him back. He kissed me. I felt really bad for lying to him, but there's no other way…
'Uhm, I think I'll be leaving now…' Éomer said while he did a few steps towards the door.
'Oh, uhm, well, Endomiel and I… we uh…' Legolas stuttered.
'I know.'
'You told him?' Legolas said. 'I thought you were the one that wanted to keep it a secret!'
'She didn't tell me, I saw you two kissing yesterday.'
'He was the, uh, bird.'
'You knew?'
'We had a bet…'
'A bet? This is all just for the bet?'
'No, no, of course not! I like you, really.'
'Like. Aha, you just like…' Go Endomiel, now you really blew it!
'No, I mean, I uh, I…' I just couldn't say it. I was in deep shit. 'That wasn't the bet…'
'Then what was?'
'It's all my fault really.' Éomer said. 'She told me to ask Elvea for the dance and I said I'd only do that if she'd ask you, and well, I guess she did…'
'I didn't ask him. He asked me.' I whispered.
'You really shouldn't blame her, it's not her fault.' That's nice of Éomer, to help me out like that. Kinda hard to admit, but without him, I'd be nowhere… Yep, he's a sweet guy. I got my stuff together and walked over to the door.
'I'll give you guys your stuff back later.' I said as I walked out of the room and closed the door behind me. Someone opened the door again.
'Are we still on for tonight?' I smiled.
'Of course!' I said. I opened my door and turned around. Legolas waved at me. 'Bye!' I blew him a kiss. He caught it with a smile on his face.
'See you tonight!' He said. I closed the door.
'What was that all about?' Arwen said.
'Nothing.'
'Got a date after all?'
'No.'
'Then what was it?'
'Well, I am going to the dance tonight, and so is he.'
'Sure.'
'Uh-huh.'
'What's with the clothes?'
'Uh, oh, well, uhm…'
'They don't look like they're your clothes.'
'No, they're not actually, they're Legolas's clothes.'
'Why are you wearing Legolas's clothes?'
'I forgot to bring my own.'
'You were in his room, and you didn't have clothes, what were you two doing?' Arwen smirked.
'No, no, it's not what you think, we, uh, I was taking a shower.' She looked at me with an 'I believe you… NOT!' look.
'A shower? What I'm going to tell you might be shocking but, we have our own shower.'
'I know that, it's just that, you guys didn't let me take a shower, I mean, every time I walked towards the shower somebody else jumped in, so I decided to have my shower somewhere else.'
'And it just so happened that you took a shower in Legolas's bathroom, while he was the only one there.'
'No, Legolas wasn't the only one there, Éomer was there too.' She shot me an 'O MY ERU!' look. 'No, no, that's not what I mean! Iwww, you and your perverted mind…'
'I am not the one that has a shower in her boyfriends room.'
'Legolas is not, and never will be, my boyfriend.'
'Are you sure?'
'Totally.'
'If you say so.' A few minutes of silence. As soon as she finds out Legolas and I are an item, this is going to hit me right in the face. This whole 'He isn't and never will be' thing will come crashing down on me. She'll go: Told you so!! Oh well, too bad… 'What's your favourite dance?'
'How do you mean?'
'Your favourite dance, you know, flamenco, salsa, cha-cha-cha…'
'Uhm…' How am I going to tell her I don't know what she's talking about…
'You do know what I mean, right?' I looked at the floor. 'Okay, I guess you don't. Do you know how to dance?'
'Uh, well… not really…'
'Shall I teach you?'
'Would you do that?'
'Sure, we don't want you to do nothing the whole evening, do we?'
'No, of course not. But, can all the guys dance?'
'Well, Estel can, and I bet Legolas, being a prince and all, can dance pretty good too, and Boromir and Faramir, being future stewards of Gondor, well, they'll be able to dance too, and Éomer is the nephew of king of Rohan, so he can dance too, and the Hobbits, well, I don't know if they can dance.' I am in deep shit… If he can dance, and all the others can dance too… this will be the worst public humiliation ever…
'Do you think you'll be able to teach me how to dance before the dance tonight?'
'Maybe, but we'll have to start practising right now.'
'Okay. What should I do?'
'First, we need music.'
'Of course!' I ran over to my desk and grabbed my radio. 'Here's a radio, and I've got all kinds of music; rock, soft rock…'
'What about dance music?'
'How do you mean? I always dance on Soft rock.'
'Soft rock is not the music they play at a dance.'
'Oh.' This dance thing is hopeless! They don't even play soft rock… I don't think that means they'll only play rock, does it? Arwen put one of her c.d.'s in the c.d.-player.
'Okay, first, stand up straight, show some class.' This was going to be a long practice…
*Some 2 ½ - 3 hour later…*
'Okay, I think you're getting the hang of it!' Arwen said.
'That's about time, it's already 15:17, the dance starts in 4 ½ hours!'
'4 hours actually.'
'That's even shorter.'
'But you're doing pretty good now, I think we're done. It's time to do a last practice, but you have to wear your dress for that.'
'Why?'
'Because it is to see if you can dance while wearing a dress, so, in an hour or so, you come back here to put your dress on, and then we'll see if you've remembered the moves.'
'Okay, that's cool, I think I'll have something to eat first.'
'Okay, see you in an hour, right here, okay?'
'Yep.' I walked out of the room and headed to the mess. I got something to eat and sat with the Hobbits again. 'Hi guys!'
'Hi! Hey, Endy, we've got this plan, would you want to help?'
'Depends…' Okay, what were they up to?
'Well, you know, every dance has a bowl of punch, and punch is to be spiked.' Okay, sounds good. 'And well, we were planning to do that, but we still need some stuff to put in it.' Merry said.
'Why not put in mushrooms?' I suggested.
'Hey, good idea!' Pippin said. 'Mushroom punch…'
'Okay, we'll do that.' Merry said.
'Do you guys have any mushrooms?'
'Not yet, but we can get some outside…' I ate my food as fast as I could and we walked outside. When we arrived at the lawn, we sat down next to a patch of mushrooms. We started picking the mushrooms.
'Can I have one?' Pippin asked.
'No Pip, we have to save'm for tonight.' Merry replied.
'Aww... But I want one…'
'Too bad Pip.'
'Hey guys, how are we going to get the mushrooms in the punch?' I asked.
'Just throw them in.' Pippin said.
'The teachers will see that and they'll take the punch away.'
'You got a point there…' Merry said.
'Powdered mushrooms!' Pippin said.
'No Pip, that's not going to work.'
'Well, it might just work…' I said. And so, our plan was born. Bowl-o- punch, here we come… :o)
Some time later, it was time to get ready for the dance. I walked back inside, when I remembered I still had to 'adjust' some things to my dress. I grabbed my dress and disappeared into the bathroom, which was empty now. Yeah, of course, *now* it's not being used, and when I wanted to use it, everybody wanted to use it! Just my luck…
Okay, the dress was a bit simple, too simple. Uhm, first, the sleeves can come off. And now to change the colour to dREDful (dreadful red). Okay, and the cut is a bit high… and the dress itself may could be a bit shorter. Oops… not that short… some 15 minutes later, the dress was almost done. Just a few glitters here and there.
'Are you in there, Endomiel?' Arwen asked.
'Yeah, I'm in here.'
'What are you doing?'
'I'm adjusting my dress.'
'Why?'
'There are a few adjustments I had to make.' I stepped out of the bathroom and walked over to my closet.
'Can I see the dress?'
'Not yet, just a few more minutes.' I grabbed some of my own underwear and a bra, and walked back into the bathroom. Time to put the dress on. *Sigh* there goes nothing… again… I put the dress on. Okay, it'll do. I stepped out of the bathroom.
'Wauw… you sure did some adjustments…'
'Is it good? I didn't ruin it, did I?'
'No, no, it's beautiful…'
'Okay, then we can get back to the dancing.' After about half an hour dancing practice, it was time to start doing out hair. A few minutes ago, Éowyn had come in. Now, the door opened again. It was Elvea.
'Hey Endomiel, didn't you buy a plain reddish dress?' Elvea asked.
'Yeah, I fixed it up a little.'
'Looks good.'
'Thanks.' We all started to do our hair and make-up and stuff like that, and we had a lot of fun. I glanced at the clock. 2 hours and counting… I was actually feeling nervous… I really needed something to eat…
'Guys, I'm going to get something to eat, anybody want some?'
'You can't go and get something to eat!' Arwen said from behind me. Arwen was doing my hair while Éowyn 'fixed', as she calls it, my eyes with some red eye shadow.
'Why not?'
'They'll see your dress, and what if you'd spill food on your dress?' I'd magically make it disappear.
'What's bad about people seeing my dress? They'll see it anyway.'
'They'll tell Legolas and he'll know what you look like before he sees you.'
'So? It's not like he's my date or something.'
'Still…' She had a point there. I guess that's no food for me until after the dance… I don't think I'll be able to survive…
2 hours later, it was finally dance time. Estel and Faramir picked Arwen and Éowyn up a few minutes ago, Elvea was walking out of the door right now, Sam was waiting for Rosie to come out, and I sat on my bed. Legolas and I decided to make a grand entrée, and therefore we had to be fashionably late. 15 went by, still no Legolas. He was going to come, wasn't he? He wasn't going to leave me here, right? I was getting more nervous every second. Then, there was a knock.
'Endomiel, are you ready?' A familiar voice asked.
'Yeah, I'll be right out!' I stood up, took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and opened the door.
'You… you look… beautiful…' I opened my eyes. Was that Legolas? The face and the hair I could recognise, but the rest… He was wearing a dark-blue uhm, I don't know what it's called, but it looked really good, and it matched my outfit perfectly. And that thing on his head, was he wearing a tiara? It was a very pretty tiara, nonetheless. Silver, with a very dark- blue gem or something like that. Not too complicated or overdone.
The party was held outside, in a big party tent. Inside the tent they had put a wooden dance floor. We walked over to the tent's entrance. Legolas grabbed my hand.
'Are you nervous?'
'Yeah.' I whispered.
'That makes two of us.' He smiled. We walked into the tent. The music stopped and everybody turned around and looked at us. Several mouths opened. So did the mouths of Legolas's "fan club", you know, the girls who totally 'fell in love with him' because he's a handsome prince, but don't actually know him. Shock was all over their faces. Well, I've got one thing to say to them. IN YOUR FACES!!! MWUHAHAHAHA!!! Of course I didn't say that out loud. The music started playing again.
'Want to dance?' Legolas asked. I am so glad Arwen thought me how to dance! Legolas is a good dancer, I would have ruined his shoes…
'Sure.' I said. We started to dance. Soon, other couples followed our lead. In no time, the dance floor was crowded. The song ended, and the band started to play another song.
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(Legolas's P.O.V.)
'Want to dance?' I asked her.
'Sure.' She answered. Now the dance actually started. I took her hand and placed mine on her back. I've done this a million times before, but I've never been this nervous I my whole life. Somehow, this was different. Even tho the dance floor was packed with people, and I knew they weren't looking at us, I had the feeling they were looking at us. The song was over, and the band started playing their next song.
***
Never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight
Never seen you shine so bright
***
We walked over to the place where all our friends were standing. We didn't say anything. She slightly hesitated, but came with me anyway.
'Hey Legolas.' Estel said.
'Hi Estel, hi guys.' I greeted. Arwen grabbed Endomiel by her arm and dragged her off. I guess they had to talk.
'You asked her anyway?' Estel said.
'Yep.'
'And she said yes?'
'She said "of course".'
'Oh.' Estel smiled. Arwen and Endomiel returned. Before I had a chance, Merry had asked her to dance. She accepted, just like a lady was supposed to do. All the other couples started dancing to. Endomiel and Merry seemed to be having a conversation while dancing. Strange. As soon as the girl noticed I was alone, I was surrounded by them.
'Legolas, would you want to dance with me?' One of them asked.
'Uhm, well…' I couldn't say no, that's not polite, but I really didn't want to dance with her…
'No, he wants to dance with me, doesn't he?' another one said. This was going so wrong… I hope Endomiel returns soon… Ah, there she is!
'Endo…' Now Pippin was dancing with her. '…miel…' Missed her again. Well, she'll be back in no time, just wait and see.
'Don't you Legolas?' The third girl said.
'Huh? What?'
'I'm the one you want to dance with, right?' Someone, save me… Yes, Endomiel's returning already! Faramir asked her to dance while Éowyn walked over to get a drink. To late again…
***
I've never seen so many men (or hobbits, or elves :o) asking you if you wanted to dance
Looking for a little romance, given half a chance
I've never seen that dress you're wearing
Or the highlights in your hair that catch your eyes
I have been blind
***
These girls were driving me completely mad.
'Girls, I'm sorry, I've promised Éowyn a dance first. Will you excuse me?' I walked over to Éowyn and started dancing with her.
'What's this all about Legolas?' She asked me.
'Those girls are driving me crazy! "You want to dance with me, don't you Legolas?" somebody make them leave…' I whispered.
'Aww, poor guy.' We danced a minute or two, when I saw Endomiel and Faramir had stopped dancing. I walked over to Endomiel.
'Finally.' I said.
'Finally what?'
'Finally I get to dance with you.'
'Oh, that.'
***
The lady in red is dancing with me
Cheek to cheek
There's nobody here, just you and me
It's where I want to be
But I hardly know, this beauty by my side
I'll never forget, the way you look tonight
***
'What's wrong Legolas?' She asked me.
'Nothing's wrong. Why?'
'You seem so far away, like you're not really here.'
'I can't believe I'm actually dancing with you, right here, in the midst of all these people.'
'Oh.' She wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped my arms around her waist. She laid her head on my shoulder, and then the whole world seemed to fade away. Just me and her, dancing in an empty tent, on a wooden floor. After a little while, we returned to the group.
'Do you want something to drink?' She asked me.
'Sure.' I said. 'But wait, let me get it for you.'
'No, no, I insist I get it for you.'
'Oh, well, if you insist…' She walked off. Soon, Merry and Pippin followed. I followed her with my eyes, not letting her out of my sight.
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I've never seen you looking as gorgeous as you did tonight
Never seen you shine so bright
You were amazing
Never seen so many people (again, or Hobbits or Elves :o) wanting to be there at your side
And when you turned to me and smiled, It took my breath away.
I've never had such a feeling
Such a feeling of complete and utter love, as I do tonight
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When she reached the table with drinks, she turned around and smiled at me. I sighed.
'What's the matter?' Éomer asked me.
'Nothing…'
'What are you seeing?' I didn't answer. He followed my gaze. 'Aha. Yeah, she's pretty tonight.' He smiled. I didn't stop looking at her on second. Wouldn't she think I'm rude for staring at her the whole time? Maybe I was annoying her… I turned around. Éomer was looking at something too.
'What are you looking at, Éomer?'
'Nothing special.' He mumbled as he turned his head away from what he was looking at. Then, I saw it. Boromir and Elvea. Poor guy… I felt a tap on my shoulder. Endomiel was back with our drinks. She handed me mine.
'Thanks.' I said. She smiled. I felt like I was going to melt…
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The way you look tonight
I never will forget, the way you look tonight
Lady in red
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She carefully took a sip of her drink. I did the same. Strange, this punch didn't taste like any other punch I've aver tasted before. Probably because it's high-school punch or something like that.
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Lady in red
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When we finished our drinks, we started dancing again. As far as I'm concerned, this night could go on forever… I never liked dancing, but I didn't really mind dancing with her. O no… Am I going soft? I sure don't hope so… Don't tell me that after tonight I wont be able to shoot an Orc without hesitating…
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Lady in red
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She started to make little circles in my neck with her fingers. It gave me goose bumps… :o) I've never seen her this calm before. She always looks a bit, how could I say that, exited, busy, energetic, but somehow, she seemed totally calm tonight. I myself was feeling extremely calm to. Probably the music.
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My lady in red
I love you
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'I love you.' I whispered. Oh, stupid, stupid me! Didn't you learn from the last time you said that? You never learn, do you? I could feel her muscles tighten in my arms. Her breathing quickened. I tightened my arms around her and started rubbing her back. She tried to push me back. I released her. She looked into my eyes. I looked into hers a few seconds, then looked away, at the ground. We stood there a while, and then she wrapped her arms around my neck again. My heart skipped a beat right then. We started dancing again, not as close as before, but at least she didn't run away. That's when I noticed the necklace she was wearing. *The* necklace. I sighed.
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We walked over to the place where the others were standing. I could see Arwen looking at me with an half-smile on her face. I hesitated a second, but walked over to them anyway. Before I had a chance to say anything, Arwen dragged me of. Legolas opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say anything.
'I thought you said he wasn't your boyfriend.' Arwen whispered, trying not to draw to much attention to us.
'He's not.' Another lie. I was going to get all tangled up in my web of lies one of these days…
'Sure he isn't. You also said you didn't have a date for tonight.'
'So I did have a date, who cares?'
'You lied.'
'I kept a secret.'
'How long are you two going to keep it secret?'
'I think everybody knows by now, I mean, they all saw us enter a few minutes ago.'
'You got a point there.' I smiled. 'Are you…? Or is it just for tonight?'
'I uh… I don't really know. I guess it depends.'
'On what?'
'How the night comes along.'
'Oh…' She gave me a knowing look. I sighed.
'Not like that!' I whispered.
'Sure.' We walked back to the group.
'Hey.' Merry said. 'Want to dance?'
'Sure.' I said. This was pretty strange, I mean, I don't dance that good, and Merry is quite a lot shorter as I am, but it worked out pretty good.
'And? Are we going to go on with the plan?' He whispered.
'Of course!' I whispered back.
'Okay.'
'You did bring the stuff, didn't you?'
'Pippin has it, in his pocket.'
'Okay.'
'When do you want to put the stuff in?'
'We can put it in when we go to get a drink, in a few minutes. I'll walk over to the bowl of punch, you and Pippin follow, and if you guys can distract the teachers, I'll throw the powder in.'
'Why you?'
'They won't suspect me throwing stuff in the punch. You two are guys, you're more likely to throw stuff in the punch.'
'You got a point there.'
'Okay, I'll go tell Pippin right now.' We walked back to the group, and I danced with Pippin. I explained the plan to him. He liked it. As soon as I explained everything, we walked back to the group to put our plan into action.
'Would you want to dance with me?' Faramir asked. I motioned to Merry and Pippin that the plan would be delayed a bit. They gave me thumbs up.
'Sure, why not?' He took my hand and put his other hand on the small of my back. We danced a few minutes, and then the song ended. We walked back to the group. Time to put the plan into action!
'Finally.' Legolas said.
'Finally what?' I asked him.
'Finally I get to dance with you.' Another delay in the plan…
'Oh that…' We started dancing. I don't know what was wrong, but somehow, Legolas seemed extremely quiet. Okay, we were dancing, not really the time to have a conversation, but still… 'What's wrong Legolas?' I asked him.
'Nothing's wrong, why?'
'You seem so far away, like you're not really here.'
'I can't believe I'm dancing with you now, right here, in the midst of all these people.' Aww… That's sweat!
'Oh.' I wrapped my arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around my waist. *Sigh* *stares into nothing with a dreamy look on her face* … I put my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes. I just drifted off with the music. A few minutes later, we walked back to the group. 'Do you want something to drink?' I asked. That would be a great excuse to go over there and throw the powder in.
'Sure.' I nudged Pippin, who was standing next to/ behind me. 'But wait, let me get it for you.' What? No! I want to get it!
'No, no, I insist to get it for you.'
'Oh, well, if you insist…' Good boy, let me take care of the drinks… :o) I walked over to the table on which the bowls of punch stood. I could feel someone staring at me. I turned around. It was Legolas. Pretty obvious actually. I waved at him. He shyly stuck his hand up. I turned back around and grabbed one of the big spoons. I started making circles in the punch. The teacher on guard (Elrond) looked at me. I kept on stirring. Merry and Pippin walked over. Merry grabbed a cup and poured some punch in with another spoon. He took a sip.
'And? What does it taste like?' Pippin asked.
'I don't know, a bit like oranges, and a bit of, uh, something else.'
'Can I have a taste?'
'Of course!' He handed Pippin the cup.
'Hmhmhm… strange taste indeed.' Pippin said.
'What do you think is in it?'
'I don't know…'
'Maybe he knows what it is.' Merry nodded in Elrond's direction. That was my que. While Merry and Pippin asked Elrond what the punch was made of, I threw the powder in. Plan succeeded! I poured the drink into the cups and walked back to Legolas. I handed him his drink. I wondered if he liked it…
'Thanks.' He said as he took the cup from my hand. I smiled at him and carefully took a sip of my drink. Hey, it tasted pretty good actually! I drank some more. When we finished, we dance some more. It went quite well, I only stepped on his feet a few times, but I don't think he noticed. I rested my head on his shoulder again. The mushrooms started to kick in and did I feel some alcohol going through my veins or am I just feeling things that aren't there? Dancing was fun. Dancing was for sissies. Am I going soft? Oh no… don't tell me I'm going soft… I want to be an Evil, mean, cruel Goddess of Evil, not a soft 'I want to kill you but you're such a nice person' type of girl. Is this what love does to you? It has to be love… I always knew love was good, in an Evil kind of way. I hate love.
I ran my fingers over the back of Legolas's neck in circles. I noticed how goose bumps formed in his neck. Aww… how cute… Damn, I am going soft! I didn't feel like worrying about that now. The mushrooms were calming me down… I never felt this calm before, tho there was this tension in the air, like something was going to happen. Suddenly, Legolas said something.
'I love you.' He whispered. He what? No, he can't… It's not right… I mean, I can't be with him anyway, I have to conquer the world and be evil and things like that, Legolas is too… too pretty to be ruined by Evil… Tho maybe Evil would look good on him… My muscles tensed and my breathing quickened. He couldn't be saying that… he couldn't… love… Love was such a relative term, one calls it love, and another calls it… I need some time alone… He tightened his grip around me and started rubbing my back. I'm stuck! If I say "I love you" to him, I'll be stuck to him! Forever! I can't do that! I need my own space, my own time, my own life! I can't start depending on him to make me happy... And then again… Stuck to Legolas, forever… I mean, he's a nice guy, but I'm not going to stay with anyone, and certainly not forever. I have things to do. He wouldn't understand… Look at the way he reacted when he saw the tattoo… I pushed him back. I couldn't be with him much longer…
What am I doing? Am I pushing him away? What is wrong with me? Look at Legolas! He's a nice guy, kind, gentle, and he looks good too. Why am I refusing him? I have to stay here anyway, I have to finish High school, or at least this year. Might as well stay with him this year. Might as well…
I looked into his eyes. I saw regret in them. Regret? I am causing him regret? Regret, for saying… for saying… That couldn't be right, that was not what love was meant to cause. I am doing something seriously wrong here. He looked in my eyes a few seconds, and then started staring at the ground. I wrapped my arms around his neck again. He sighed. Poor guy, I'm causing him so much… so many worries.
We started to dance again. Not as close and intimate as a few minutes ago, but I didn't run away, which surprised even me. I think I stepped on his feet a few times after that, but he didn't notice. Thank Eru for mushrooms… When the song finished, we walked back to the group. I took a look at Legolas. He sure looked good tonight… I'll never forget, the way he looks tonight…
'Legolas, can I borrow Endomiel for a second, I would like to dance with her.' Estel said as he turned to me. 'If you want, that is.'
'That's okay.' I said. Legolas handed my hand to Estel.
'We'll be back in a sec.' We walked of to the dance floor. Estel's a very good dancer. 'How's your night coming along?' He asked me.
'My night? Uh, fine I guess.'
'Okay.'
'Why're you asking?'
'Well, something seemed wrong a few minutes ago, when you were dancing with Legolas and you suddenly stepped back.'
'Are you keeping an eye on me?'
'Just making sure you're all right.'
'I can handle my own business, thank you.'
'You should be careful with what you two do in public. People are probably thinking wrong things of you two.'
'Like what?'
'That you're together.'
'And what's bad about that?'
'Legolas's parents might find out.'
'They already know.'
'Oh.' He was silent for a few minutes. 'How did they find out?'
'Legolas wrote them a letter.'
'Okay, that it's up to you what you do.'
'It was always up to me.'
'How do you mean?'
'Nobody forces me to make a choice, I choose what I want.'
'Legolas is a lucky man.'
'Elf.'
'Okay, a lucky Elf.'
'If you say so.' He might not be as lucky as you all think… You don't know what I'm keeping from you… And from him… If he finds out, he'll either dump me, or I'll have to dump him. We can't stay together, no chance in Mordor. What is it with the depressing thoughts today? *Sigh* We walked back to the group. 'I'm going outside.' I said as I made my way to the exit. It was dark outside, the stars high in the sky. I walked to an open spot in the woods and sat down. I stared at the stars for a few minutes. Pretty cruel of me to leave Legolas behind like that… Yes! I still had it! I still could do cruel things! Go me! I sat a while there, thinking about what to do next. I could always disappear into the darkness and never be seen again. I could rule over all of Middle-Earth as an Evil dark-Queen… but I wouldn't make it. I wouldn't survive. I am under love's spell, tho I dare not admit it. I am totally screwed… No, not like that! Yet… That's when he came up behind me.
'How're you?' He asked.
'I'm fine.' I whispered.
'Did I scare you?'
'You can't scary me here, the forest is my home.'
'I meant with what I said.'
'Words can be a bit scary.'
'I'm sorry if I did.'
'It's okay.' He sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around me. I crawled up against him. We just sat there, staring at the stars. After a while, Legolas hugged me.
'I'm so glad you didn't run away.' He whispered.
'I'll never run away again.'
'Really?' What am I getting myself into…
'I promise.' I whispered as I leant in to kiss him. My hands moved over his back and through his hair while his one hand moved over my back and his other slowly moved up and down my check and neck. His hand slowly moved higher up my back until it reached the top of the zipper on my dress. He slowly opened it a bit. 'Don't…' I said as I held his arm with my hand.
'Sorry.' He said as he closed the zipper again. I don't blame him for trying to… I mean, it's a beautiful night, the sky is deep blue, the stars are shining, now is just as good of a night as any… I stood up. 'Where are you going?'
'Back to the dance, I think.'
'We could dance here, if you want.'
'There's no music.'
'We don't need music.' He got up to and too my hand.
'I'm warning you, I'm a really bad dancer.'
'You'll do fine, really.' We started dancing again. First, like and old- fashioned dancing couple, but soon we danced closer to each other, like before. My head rested on his shoulder again, while I gently rubbed his back. He danced there, music less, a few minutes, but it didn't last long. A few minutes later, we were gently moving back and forth on the not- existing music, kissing. My hands moved down his back, under his shirt. He shivered.
'What's wrong?' I whispered.
'You've got cold hands.'
'Sorry…' I pulled my hands back from underneath his shirt.
'It's okay…' He kissed me again. Again, he zipped the zipper down a little bit. I didn't stop him. He zipped the zipper down a bit more, still I didn't stop him. He slowly moved his hand underneath my dress. His hands are nice and warm… We just stood there, kissing, he was rubbing my back, and vice versa, for about 15 minutes.
'I'm going to sit back down, I'm feeling dizzy…' I said. I guess that's the mushrooms.
'Yeah, me too actually.' Right, he doesn't know about the mushrooms yet… Oh well… I'll tell him tomorrow. We laid down, looking up at the stars, arms wrapped around each other. As the night came along, it got pretty cold.
'I'm going in.' I whispered, voice shaking 'cause I was cold.
'Here, you can borrow my shirt, if you want.' He took his shirt of and handed it to me.'
'Thanks…' I put the shirt on. It smelled so nice… I laid down again, and that's how I fell asleep. When I woke up the next morning, there was about a meter between Legolas and me. His arm was beneath my back, I was facing the other direction. I turned around. Legolas was already awake and looking at me.
'Hey.' He said with a smile on his face.
'Hey…' I couldn't remember anything of last night… I panicked a bit, since he was half naked and I could feel that my dress was unzipped. I sat up. That's when I noticed that I was wearing his shirt. Slowly, the memories of last night returned. Nothing happened. Nothing new, that is. I sighed.
'What's the matter?'
'Nothing.' I whispered.
'Okay.' I got up.
'I have to go back to my room.' I said as a walked to the lawn and crossed it. I walked through the mess and entered my room. I sat down on my bed.
'Where have you been?' Arwen asked.
'Uh…' Legolas entered.
'Can I have my shirt back?' He said as he walked into the room. 'Oh… hi Arwen.'
'Hi Legolas.' She smiled. Now I had some serious explaining to do…
'Oh… sure…' I said as I took the shirt off and handed it to Legolas.
'Bye.' He said as he left the room and walked over to his own room. I closed the door with a sigh.
'What happened?' Arwen said.
'Nothing…' I said as I fell on my bad, face first.
'Why is your dress unzipped and were you wearing Legolas's shirt?'
'I was cold.' I said as I took the dress off and grabbed some other clothes. I stepped into the bathroom and locked the door.
'Do you know what time it is?' She said on an accusing tone.
'No, I don't.'
'Lost track of time?'
'Totally.'
'Just what I thought. It's 11:30.' That late already? Aww… I missed breakfast… I stepped into the shower. Half an hour later, I stepped out. I got dressed, and walked out of the bathroom. After unlocking it of course. What was with this pair of jeans? They seemed too big. Not to big like all my jeans, but way to big. I checked the jeans. Aha, these were Legolas's! I'll have to give'm back to him tomorrow. I sat down on my bed. 'Now tell me the whole story.' Arwen said. I told her everything. I don't think she believed me. Well, that's her problem. 'Truth or not, an impressive story.' She said. I smiled. 'Well, I'm going to have lunch, are you coming?'
'I think I'll stay here for a few minutes. I'll be there in a little while.'
'Okay. See you there.'
'Yep.'
'Bye!'
'Bye!' Arwen walked out of the door and I grabbed my diary. That's where I am now, writing in my diary while sitting on my bed. My story for today's done, so I think I'll go have breakfast now.
Namarië!!
Endomiel
E/N; yes people, I did it! It is 6/2 (2nd of June) I think, and I'm done with my chapter! It turned out to be a mushy chapter after all… oopsy… okay, and now it's the 3rd of June. Well, I'm going to update now, C U in my next chap!
Oh, wait, I gotta ask you this, did you like the mushy stuff, or should I go back to writing more humorous stuff? Or a combination of both? And which character should get a bigger role? And other tips are welcome too! Okay, review please!!! Thanx!! :o)
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own any LotR characters, don't own the characters from the other classes either, they all belong to their owners (duh), but you guys already know that, don't you? Oh, and I don't own the song either…
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Chapter 16: Thank Eru for mushrooms…
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The 18th of Halimath, 1384 (Shire Reckoning)
Hi again!
Today's the big day! The dance is here! Chaos erupts… Dancing is something you do at a dance, and well… just read what happened.
Menelya morning, 9:13. Time to wake up and smell the… the… what's this I smell? Shampoo? *My* shampoo? I was wide-awake. Who was using my shampoo? I jumped up out of bed and ran over to the bathroom. The door was locked.
'Who's in there?' I yelled.
'I am!' Arwen yelled back. AHA! So it's Arwen who's been using my shampoo!
'What kind of shampoo are you using?' I asked with my sweetest voice.
'I dunno, something I an apple-shaped bottle. I think it's called "Apple-y" or something like that.' That's my shampoo all right!
'That's my shampoo!'
'Oops…'
'OOPS? OOPS? This was my last and only bottle of Apple-y shampoo!'
'Well, it's not empty yet…' Thank Eru… My hair depends on that shampoo. I have every product of the Apple-y hair cosmetics line. Styling gel, wax, hair spray, shampoo, conditioner, everything. I think I'll have to write my parents and ask if they could send me a new bottle of shampoo, and a new conditioner too.
Inside the bathroom, Arwen had turned the shower off. She opened the door and stepped out of the bathroom.
'You can use the shower if you want to.' She said.
'Okay.' I grabbed my stuff and walked over to the bathroom door. I opened the door. Éowyn stormed into the room, grabbed her stuff and ran into the bathroom before I had the chance to jump in. She closed the door behind her and locked it. WTF! How could that happen? *I* wanted to take a shower!
'Éowyn!' I yelled. Sure did a lot of yelling today.
'I'll be out in a sec!' Éowyn yelled back. Yeah right. That means I'll have to wait another hour before I can take I shower!
'I guess I Éowyn wanted to take a shower too.' Arwen said.
'You can say that again.'
'Well, she'll be out in about an hour so if you just make sure that you're back in here in 45 minutes, you'll be next in line.'
'Good idea, thanks! I think I'll have breakfast first, I have to wait 45 minutes anyhow.'
'Yep. See you!'
'Bye!' I walked to the mess, dressed in my sweatpants, t-shirt, and my hair looking like I just jumped out of bed (which I did), my bare feet going cold on the stone floor. I walked over to the kitchen and grabbed something to eat. (Cereal! :o) I sat down next to Merry and Pippin.
'Hi guys.' I said.
'Hi Endy.' They cheered and they continued their conversation.
'Never seen him like this before.' Seen who like what?
'Me neither. What could have happened to him?' To who?
'I don't know, but he's not been acting normal today.'
'That's for sure.'
'Maybe something important is about to happen.'
'Maybe his parents are coming over.'
'I said "Something important" Pippin.'
'What happened? And to who?' I said.
'Uhm, well, Legolas, something's wrong with him…' Oh no… not Legolas…
'What happened?'
'I think it's best if you go see for yourself…' Merry said. I immediately jumped up and ran towards the exit of the mess.
'Uhm…' I said. 'Where exactly is he?'
'In his room, I think.'
'Oh, okay.' I ran towards their room. I hoped nothing bad had happened to Legolas. I stormed in and looked around. Sam was drying his hair, looking at Legolas. Legolas was mopping the floor. Nothing seemed wrong.
'Hi Endy.' Sam said.
'Hey, En, how're ya?' Legolas cheered. He sure seemed extremely cheerful today. Suddenly it hit me. Was Legolas mopping the floor? 'Hello? Endomiel?' I walked through the room and ran my finger over the desk. No dust. Strange… Somebody grabbed my shoulder and spun me around. I found myself staring into Legolas' big blue eyes. 'Are you okay?' He said.
'Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.' I said as I started to walk a circle around Legolas, examining him closely. Nothing seemed wrong. 'How're you?'
'Never been better.' He replied, a happy smile on his face. I walked back over to Sam. Legolas continued to clean stuff.
'How long has he been like this?'
'Since the very moment he got up.' I took another glance at Legolas. Very, very weird.
'What's he been eating?'
'Sugar mainly, he drank some coffee too.' That explains something, but not all.
'Legolas, are you sure you're okay?' I said. 'Not feeling dizzy, or exhausted, or anything like that?'
'Nope, just extremely happy.' He winked at me.
'Then why are you cleaning your room?'
'Are you suggesting I should do something else?' He stopped cleaning for a sec and looked me in the eyes. I blushed a bit. Sam looked confused, he probably doesn't have a clue about what's going on.
'No, not at all, just asking.'
'Sure.'
'Answer the question already.'
'I just felt like cleaning, nothing special.' He is a guy, right? Sam walked over to me.
'And? What do you think is wrong with him?' he said.
'I don't know?'
'Anything we can do about it?'
'I don't know, just make sure he doesn't eat to much sugar or drink to much coffee, I think he'll be all right.'
'Nothing bad?'
'Not that I can see.'
'He's driving me nuts. Every time I touch something he runs over and cleans it.'
'That's creepy…'
'Sure thing.'
'Well, I'll be leaving you two alone, and Sam, call me if he starts acting ever weirder, okay?'
'Yeah, I'll do that.'
'Okay, bye guys!'
'Bye Endy!'
'Bye En!' That's annoying! One more time, and he'll be facing a whole day of "Hey Leg," "How're ya Leg?" "Am I annoying you yet, Leg?"
I walked back to my room. The shower was off.
'Éowyn, are you still in there?'
'Yeah.' Okay, this is my chance! If I just wait here, I'll be next it the shower! I grabbed my stuff. I could hear Éowyn walk towards the door. Ready… Set… The door opened. GO! I ran towards the door. I saw Éowyn. Shit! Slow down! Watch it! Oh no… *boom* I ran into Éowyn. Quick! Get up before you're to late! I jumped up. The door closed right in my face.
'I'll be right out, just a sec!' Elvea shouted. WHAT THE… This can't be happening to me!! I was waiting here!
'There is a line you know!' I shouted.
'Well, I won't be in here long, and I'm in a real hurry!' Yeah right. I am more important! Importanter… whatever the word may be. This is *SO* not fair! Now I have to wait another hour… oh man…
*An hour later*
The shower was off. Elvea was still in there. I was standing in front of the door. The only way in or out was through me. I had my stuff in my arms. This was the plan I thought of during the past hour. I made sure nothing could fail. This plan could not fail. (Now where have I heard that before?) The door slowly opened. Elvea stepped out. I jumped in. HAH! Victory is mine at last! I locked the door and threw my stuff down. Now where was my big towel? Don't tell me I forgot my big towel… I opened the door and stuck my head out. Nobody there. I carefully stepped out. Still, nobody there. I ran to my closet and grabbed my towel. Behind me, I heard the sound of clothes being dropped. I turned around. My clothes were outside the bathroom, the door was locked. Elanor…
'This does it! I've had it here!' I shouted. 'I'm going to take my shower somewhere else!!!!' I grabbed my stuff and stormed out of the room. I crossed the hallway and stormed into the guy's room. 'Is your shower free?' I asked Legolas, who was still (or again) cleaning the room.
'Yep, free and cleaned.'
'Okay.' I marched through the room, walked into the shower and closed the door.
'What are you going to do?'
'What do you think?' I answered as I stared to undress.
'Take a shower?'
'Good boy.' I stepped into the shower and turned the water on. Finally I got the shower I deserved. About half an hour later, I stepped out of the shower. I wrapped my small towel around my body and reached for my clothes and big towel. Nothing there. Please, please don't tell me I forgot my clothes… I searched the pile on the floor. Sweatpants which I am not going to put back on, t-shirt which I am not going to put back on either, the underwear I just took off, but no clean clothes… Oh shit… I searched the closets in the guy's bathroom. Nothing, except a few clean boxers. Oh man… Well, I guess that's my only option… *sigh* I put the boxer on (which, by the way, was very comfortable, but I think I'll stick to my own clothes next time anyway) and wrapped the towel around my chest. The towel reached to right over my hips. I walked toward the door. There goes nothing… I unlocked the door and carefully stuck my head out, carrying my stuff with my left hand while holding the towel in place with my other hand.
'Hey, finally coming out of there?' Legolas said.
'So you were in there!' Éomer said. O Eru, did they really have to be there right now… I carefully stepped out of the bathroom. 'Hey, I've got boxers just like those!' Éomer said.
'Then I guess these are your boxers…' I whispered as I carefully, very carefully, walked over to the door. I didn't want to drop anything, 'cause then I'd have to pick it up again and the towel may drop, or I'll just lose balance while trying to pick it up. This day was a very, very disastrous day altogether…
'These are my boxers? Where did you get it?'
'From the closet in the bathroom…'
'Oh. Why?'
'I forgot to bring my clothes here and now I've got nothing to wear…'
'Now what're you going to do?' Legolas asked.
'I am going to wait until there's nobody in the hall and then run across as quickly as I can.'
'That won't do.' Legolas walked over to his closet. 'Here, take some of my clothes.' I walked towards him. 'You can put your stuff on my bed, if you want.'
'Okay.' I dropped my stuff on his bed. The towel was starting to slip… I'd better get some clothes soon… Legolas handed me a shirt. I turned around and dropped the towel. I stood there a few seconds with my bare back facing the guys. I could feel them staring at me. I pulled the t-shirt over my head and turned around again.
'Here… here's a pair of, uhm, jeans…' Legolas mumbled. Was it that bad? Did I have an ugly back or something like that? I put the pair of jeans on. They were a bit too big. They kept staring at me like they just saw evil appear in front of their faces. They couldn't know, could they?
'What?' I said.
'Endy, what's that tattoo on your back?' A what on my back? A tattoo? I didn't know I had a tattoo.
'What kind of tattoo?' I asked.
'I don't know, I didn't have a good look.'
'Where is it?'
'On your shoulder blade.'
'Oh.' I lifted the back of the shirt so they could see the tattoo. 'Could you tell me what it is?'
'Is it what I think it is?' Éomer whispered.
'What do you think it is?' Éomer whispered something in Legolas' ear. 'That's what I thought too.'
'It's the only thing it could be…' What could it be?
'Uhm, Endomiel…' Legolas said. It had to be something bad, he used my full name… 'We think it is the, uh, the eye of evil.' (E/N: the symbol Sauron used as his 'eye of Sauron' sign is actually the 'eye of evil') The eye of evil huh? I guess that's my evil sign. Both the Goddess of Evil and the Goddess of Good have a sign to prove that they really are the Goddess of whatever they are Goddess of. If mine's on my shoulder blade, then I think that the Goddess of Good will have her 'good' sign on her shoulder blade too, but I could be mistaking.
'Where did you get that tattoo?' Éomer asked as he did a few steps back.
'I… I don't know…' I said as I lowered the shirt again and turned around.
'Are you an evil elf?' Legolas asked. I looked him in the eyes. Would he know if I lied to him? I sure hope not, because I have to lie to him, I can't tell the truth…
'No… no of course not! How could you think that?' I did a step towards Legolas. He did a step back.
'You are bearing the sign…'
'No… it's probably just a coincidence! I mean, I didn't put it there, it's just… I don't know how I got it okay?!' They still just stood there. 'You don't believe me, do you? I'm not lying! I'm telling the truth! I don't know how it got there! I AM NOT EVIL!' Would they buy it? I am not losing him again! This can not be happening to me! Not again… 'Come on! You must believe me!' It didn't look like they were buying it… I was running out of things to say… 'You know I would never lie to you, don't you?' I whispered while I looked Legolas in the eyes.
'Of course…' He did a few steps towards me and gave me a hug. I hugged him back. He kissed me. I felt really bad for lying to him, but there's no other way…
'Uhm, I think I'll be leaving now…' Éomer said while he did a few steps towards the door.
'Oh, uhm, well, Endomiel and I… we uh…' Legolas stuttered.
'I know.'
'You told him?' Legolas said. 'I thought you were the one that wanted to keep it a secret!'
'She didn't tell me, I saw you two kissing yesterday.'
'He was the, uh, bird.'
'You knew?'
'We had a bet…'
'A bet? This is all just for the bet?'
'No, no, of course not! I like you, really.'
'Like. Aha, you just like…' Go Endomiel, now you really blew it!
'No, I mean, I uh, I…' I just couldn't say it. I was in deep shit. 'That wasn't the bet…'
'Then what was?'
'It's all my fault really.' Éomer said. 'She told me to ask Elvea for the dance and I said I'd only do that if she'd ask you, and well, I guess she did…'
'I didn't ask him. He asked me.' I whispered.
'You really shouldn't blame her, it's not her fault.' That's nice of Éomer, to help me out like that. Kinda hard to admit, but without him, I'd be nowhere… Yep, he's a sweet guy. I got my stuff together and walked over to the door.
'I'll give you guys your stuff back later.' I said as I walked out of the room and closed the door behind me. Someone opened the door again.
'Are we still on for tonight?' I smiled.
'Of course!' I said. I opened my door and turned around. Legolas waved at me. 'Bye!' I blew him a kiss. He caught it with a smile on his face.
'See you tonight!' He said. I closed the door.
'What was that all about?' Arwen said.
'Nothing.'
'Got a date after all?'
'No.'
'Then what was it?'
'Well, I am going to the dance tonight, and so is he.'
'Sure.'
'Uh-huh.'
'What's with the clothes?'
'Uh, oh, well, uhm…'
'They don't look like they're your clothes.'
'No, they're not actually, they're Legolas's clothes.'
'Why are you wearing Legolas's clothes?'
'I forgot to bring my own.'
'You were in his room, and you didn't have clothes, what were you two doing?' Arwen smirked.
'No, no, it's not what you think, we, uh, I was taking a shower.' She looked at me with an 'I believe you… NOT!' look.
'A shower? What I'm going to tell you might be shocking but, we have our own shower.'
'I know that, it's just that, you guys didn't let me take a shower, I mean, every time I walked towards the shower somebody else jumped in, so I decided to have my shower somewhere else.'
'And it just so happened that you took a shower in Legolas's bathroom, while he was the only one there.'
'No, Legolas wasn't the only one there, Éomer was there too.' She shot me an 'O MY ERU!' look. 'No, no, that's not what I mean! Iwww, you and your perverted mind…'
'I am not the one that has a shower in her boyfriends room.'
'Legolas is not, and never will be, my boyfriend.'
'Are you sure?'
'Totally.'
'If you say so.' A few minutes of silence. As soon as she finds out Legolas and I are an item, this is going to hit me right in the face. This whole 'He isn't and never will be' thing will come crashing down on me. She'll go: Told you so!! Oh well, too bad… 'What's your favourite dance?'
'How do you mean?'
'Your favourite dance, you know, flamenco, salsa, cha-cha-cha…'
'Uhm…' How am I going to tell her I don't know what she's talking about…
'You do know what I mean, right?' I looked at the floor. 'Okay, I guess you don't. Do you know how to dance?'
'Uh, well… not really…'
'Shall I teach you?'
'Would you do that?'
'Sure, we don't want you to do nothing the whole evening, do we?'
'No, of course not. But, can all the guys dance?'
'Well, Estel can, and I bet Legolas, being a prince and all, can dance pretty good too, and Boromir and Faramir, being future stewards of Gondor, well, they'll be able to dance too, and Éomer is the nephew of king of Rohan, so he can dance too, and the Hobbits, well, I don't know if they can dance.' I am in deep shit… If he can dance, and all the others can dance too… this will be the worst public humiliation ever…
'Do you think you'll be able to teach me how to dance before the dance tonight?'
'Maybe, but we'll have to start practising right now.'
'Okay. What should I do?'
'First, we need music.'
'Of course!' I ran over to my desk and grabbed my radio. 'Here's a radio, and I've got all kinds of music; rock, soft rock…'
'What about dance music?'
'How do you mean? I always dance on Soft rock.'
'Soft rock is not the music they play at a dance.'
'Oh.' This dance thing is hopeless! They don't even play soft rock… I don't think that means they'll only play rock, does it? Arwen put one of her c.d.'s in the c.d.-player.
'Okay, first, stand up straight, show some class.' This was going to be a long practice…
*Some 2 ½ - 3 hour later…*
'Okay, I think you're getting the hang of it!' Arwen said.
'That's about time, it's already 15:17, the dance starts in 4 ½ hours!'
'4 hours actually.'
'That's even shorter.'
'But you're doing pretty good now, I think we're done. It's time to do a last practice, but you have to wear your dress for that.'
'Why?'
'Because it is to see if you can dance while wearing a dress, so, in an hour or so, you come back here to put your dress on, and then we'll see if you've remembered the moves.'
'Okay, that's cool, I think I'll have something to eat first.'
'Okay, see you in an hour, right here, okay?'
'Yep.' I walked out of the room and headed to the mess. I got something to eat and sat with the Hobbits again. 'Hi guys!'
'Hi! Hey, Endy, we've got this plan, would you want to help?'
'Depends…' Okay, what were they up to?
'Well, you know, every dance has a bowl of punch, and punch is to be spiked.' Okay, sounds good. 'And well, we were planning to do that, but we still need some stuff to put in it.' Merry said.
'Why not put in mushrooms?' I suggested.
'Hey, good idea!' Pippin said. 'Mushroom punch…'
'Okay, we'll do that.' Merry said.
'Do you guys have any mushrooms?'
'Not yet, but we can get some outside…' I ate my food as fast as I could and we walked outside. When we arrived at the lawn, we sat down next to a patch of mushrooms. We started picking the mushrooms.
'Can I have one?' Pippin asked.
'No Pip, we have to save'm for tonight.' Merry replied.
'Aww... But I want one…'
'Too bad Pip.'
'Hey guys, how are we going to get the mushrooms in the punch?' I asked.
'Just throw them in.' Pippin said.
'The teachers will see that and they'll take the punch away.'
'You got a point there…' Merry said.
'Powdered mushrooms!' Pippin said.
'No Pip, that's not going to work.'
'Well, it might just work…' I said. And so, our plan was born. Bowl-o- punch, here we come… :o)
Some time later, it was time to get ready for the dance. I walked back inside, when I remembered I still had to 'adjust' some things to my dress. I grabbed my dress and disappeared into the bathroom, which was empty now. Yeah, of course, *now* it's not being used, and when I wanted to use it, everybody wanted to use it! Just my luck…
Okay, the dress was a bit simple, too simple. Uhm, first, the sleeves can come off. And now to change the colour to dREDful (dreadful red). Okay, and the cut is a bit high… and the dress itself may could be a bit shorter. Oops… not that short… some 15 minutes later, the dress was almost done. Just a few glitters here and there.
'Are you in there, Endomiel?' Arwen asked.
'Yeah, I'm in here.'
'What are you doing?'
'I'm adjusting my dress.'
'Why?'
'There are a few adjustments I had to make.' I stepped out of the bathroom and walked over to my closet.
'Can I see the dress?'
'Not yet, just a few more minutes.' I grabbed some of my own underwear and a bra, and walked back into the bathroom. Time to put the dress on. *Sigh* there goes nothing… again… I put the dress on. Okay, it'll do. I stepped out of the bathroom.
'Wauw… you sure did some adjustments…'
'Is it good? I didn't ruin it, did I?'
'No, no, it's beautiful…'
'Okay, then we can get back to the dancing.' After about half an hour dancing practice, it was time to start doing out hair. A few minutes ago, Éowyn had come in. Now, the door opened again. It was Elvea.
'Hey Endomiel, didn't you buy a plain reddish dress?' Elvea asked.
'Yeah, I fixed it up a little.'
'Looks good.'
'Thanks.' We all started to do our hair and make-up and stuff like that, and we had a lot of fun. I glanced at the clock. 2 hours and counting… I was actually feeling nervous… I really needed something to eat…
'Guys, I'm going to get something to eat, anybody want some?'
'You can't go and get something to eat!' Arwen said from behind me. Arwen was doing my hair while Éowyn 'fixed', as she calls it, my eyes with some red eye shadow.
'Why not?'
'They'll see your dress, and what if you'd spill food on your dress?' I'd magically make it disappear.
'What's bad about people seeing my dress? They'll see it anyway.'
'They'll tell Legolas and he'll know what you look like before he sees you.'
'So? It's not like he's my date or something.'
'Still…' She had a point there. I guess that's no food for me until after the dance… I don't think I'll be able to survive…
2 hours later, it was finally dance time. Estel and Faramir picked Arwen and Éowyn up a few minutes ago, Elvea was walking out of the door right now, Sam was waiting for Rosie to come out, and I sat on my bed. Legolas and I decided to make a grand entrée, and therefore we had to be fashionably late. 15 went by, still no Legolas. He was going to come, wasn't he? He wasn't going to leave me here, right? I was getting more nervous every second. Then, there was a knock.
'Endomiel, are you ready?' A familiar voice asked.
'Yeah, I'll be right out!' I stood up, took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and opened the door.
'You… you look… beautiful…' I opened my eyes. Was that Legolas? The face and the hair I could recognise, but the rest… He was wearing a dark-blue uhm, I don't know what it's called, but it looked really good, and it matched my outfit perfectly. And that thing on his head, was he wearing a tiara? It was a very pretty tiara, nonetheless. Silver, with a very dark- blue gem or something like that. Not too complicated or overdone.
The party was held outside, in a big party tent. Inside the tent they had put a wooden dance floor. We walked over to the tent's entrance. Legolas grabbed my hand.
'Are you nervous?'
'Yeah.' I whispered.
'That makes two of us.' He smiled. We walked into the tent. The music stopped and everybody turned around and looked at us. Several mouths opened. So did the mouths of Legolas's "fan club", you know, the girls who totally 'fell in love with him' because he's a handsome prince, but don't actually know him. Shock was all over their faces. Well, I've got one thing to say to them. IN YOUR FACES!!! MWUHAHAHAHA!!! Of course I didn't say that out loud. The music started playing again.
'Want to dance?' Legolas asked. I am so glad Arwen thought me how to dance! Legolas is a good dancer, I would have ruined his shoes…
'Sure.' I said. We started to dance. Soon, other couples followed our lead. In no time, the dance floor was crowded. The song ended, and the band started to play another song.
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(Legolas's P.O.V.)
'Want to dance?' I asked her.
'Sure.' She answered. Now the dance actually started. I took her hand and placed mine on her back. I've done this a million times before, but I've never been this nervous I my whole life. Somehow, this was different. Even tho the dance floor was packed with people, and I knew they weren't looking at us, I had the feeling they were looking at us. The song was over, and the band started playing their next song.
***
Never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight
Never seen you shine so bright
***
We walked over to the place where all our friends were standing. We didn't say anything. She slightly hesitated, but came with me anyway.
'Hey Legolas.' Estel said.
'Hi Estel, hi guys.' I greeted. Arwen grabbed Endomiel by her arm and dragged her off. I guess they had to talk.
'You asked her anyway?' Estel said.
'Yep.'
'And she said yes?'
'She said "of course".'
'Oh.' Estel smiled. Arwen and Endomiel returned. Before I had a chance, Merry had asked her to dance. She accepted, just like a lady was supposed to do. All the other couples started dancing to. Endomiel and Merry seemed to be having a conversation while dancing. Strange. As soon as the girl noticed I was alone, I was surrounded by them.
'Legolas, would you want to dance with me?' One of them asked.
'Uhm, well…' I couldn't say no, that's not polite, but I really didn't want to dance with her…
'No, he wants to dance with me, doesn't he?' another one said. This was going so wrong… I hope Endomiel returns soon… Ah, there she is!
'Endo…' Now Pippin was dancing with her. '…miel…' Missed her again. Well, she'll be back in no time, just wait and see.
'Don't you Legolas?' The third girl said.
'Huh? What?'
'I'm the one you want to dance with, right?' Someone, save me… Yes, Endomiel's returning already! Faramir asked her to dance while Éowyn walked over to get a drink. To late again…
***
I've never seen so many men (or hobbits, or elves :o) asking you if you wanted to dance
Looking for a little romance, given half a chance
I've never seen that dress you're wearing
Or the highlights in your hair that catch your eyes
I have been blind
***
These girls were driving me completely mad.
'Girls, I'm sorry, I've promised Éowyn a dance first. Will you excuse me?' I walked over to Éowyn and started dancing with her.
'What's this all about Legolas?' She asked me.
'Those girls are driving me crazy! "You want to dance with me, don't you Legolas?" somebody make them leave…' I whispered.
'Aww, poor guy.' We danced a minute or two, when I saw Endomiel and Faramir had stopped dancing. I walked over to Endomiel.
'Finally.' I said.
'Finally what?'
'Finally I get to dance with you.'
'Oh, that.'
***
The lady in red is dancing with me
Cheek to cheek
There's nobody here, just you and me
It's where I want to be
But I hardly know, this beauty by my side
I'll never forget, the way you look tonight
***
'What's wrong Legolas?' She asked me.
'Nothing's wrong. Why?'
'You seem so far away, like you're not really here.'
'I can't believe I'm actually dancing with you, right here, in the midst of all these people.'
'Oh.' She wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped my arms around her waist. She laid her head on my shoulder, and then the whole world seemed to fade away. Just me and her, dancing in an empty tent, on a wooden floor. After a little while, we returned to the group.
'Do you want something to drink?' She asked me.
'Sure.' I said. 'But wait, let me get it for you.'
'No, no, I insist I get it for you.'
'Oh, well, if you insist…' She walked off. Soon, Merry and Pippin followed. I followed her with my eyes, not letting her out of my sight.
***
I've never seen you looking as gorgeous as you did tonight
Never seen you shine so bright
You were amazing
Never seen so many people (again, or Hobbits or Elves :o) wanting to be there at your side
And when you turned to me and smiled, It took my breath away.
I've never had such a feeling
Such a feeling of complete and utter love, as I do tonight
***
When she reached the table with drinks, she turned around and smiled at me. I sighed.
'What's the matter?' Éomer asked me.
'Nothing…'
'What are you seeing?' I didn't answer. He followed my gaze. 'Aha. Yeah, she's pretty tonight.' He smiled. I didn't stop looking at her on second. Wouldn't she think I'm rude for staring at her the whole time? Maybe I was annoying her… I turned around. Éomer was looking at something too.
'What are you looking at, Éomer?'
'Nothing special.' He mumbled as he turned his head away from what he was looking at. Then, I saw it. Boromir and Elvea. Poor guy… I felt a tap on my shoulder. Endomiel was back with our drinks. She handed me mine.
'Thanks.' I said. She smiled. I felt like I was going to melt…
***
The way you look tonight
I never will forget, the way you look tonight
Lady in red
***
She carefully took a sip of her drink. I did the same. Strange, this punch didn't taste like any other punch I've aver tasted before. Probably because it's high-school punch or something like that.
***
Lady in red
***
When we finished our drinks, we started dancing again. As far as I'm concerned, this night could go on forever… I never liked dancing, but I didn't really mind dancing with her. O no… Am I going soft? I sure don't hope so… Don't tell me that after tonight I wont be able to shoot an Orc without hesitating…
***
Lady in red
***
She started to make little circles in my neck with her fingers. It gave me goose bumps… :o) I've never seen her this calm before. She always looks a bit, how could I say that, exited, busy, energetic, but somehow, she seemed totally calm tonight. I myself was feeling extremely calm to. Probably the music.
***
My lady in red
I love you
***
'I love you.' I whispered. Oh, stupid, stupid me! Didn't you learn from the last time you said that? You never learn, do you? I could feel her muscles tighten in my arms. Her breathing quickened. I tightened my arms around her and started rubbing her back. She tried to push me back. I released her. She looked into my eyes. I looked into hers a few seconds, then looked away, at the ground. We stood there a while, and then she wrapped her arms around my neck again. My heart skipped a beat right then. We started dancing again, not as close as before, but at least she didn't run away. That's when I noticed the necklace she was wearing. *The* necklace. I sighed.
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(Endomiel's P.O.V)
We walked over to the place where the others were standing. I could see Arwen looking at me with an half-smile on her face. I hesitated a second, but walked over to them anyway. Before I had a chance to say anything, Arwen dragged me of. Legolas opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say anything.
'I thought you said he wasn't your boyfriend.' Arwen whispered, trying not to draw to much attention to us.
'He's not.' Another lie. I was going to get all tangled up in my web of lies one of these days…
'Sure he isn't. You also said you didn't have a date for tonight.'
'So I did have a date, who cares?'
'You lied.'
'I kept a secret.'
'How long are you two going to keep it secret?'
'I think everybody knows by now, I mean, they all saw us enter a few minutes ago.'
'You got a point there.' I smiled. 'Are you…? Or is it just for tonight?'
'I uh… I don't really know. I guess it depends.'
'On what?'
'How the night comes along.'
'Oh…' She gave me a knowing look. I sighed.
'Not like that!' I whispered.
'Sure.' We walked back to the group.
'Hey.' Merry said. 'Want to dance?'
'Sure.' I said. This was pretty strange, I mean, I don't dance that good, and Merry is quite a lot shorter as I am, but it worked out pretty good.
'And? Are we going to go on with the plan?' He whispered.
'Of course!' I whispered back.
'Okay.'
'You did bring the stuff, didn't you?'
'Pippin has it, in his pocket.'
'Okay.'
'When do you want to put the stuff in?'
'We can put it in when we go to get a drink, in a few minutes. I'll walk over to the bowl of punch, you and Pippin follow, and if you guys can distract the teachers, I'll throw the powder in.'
'Why you?'
'They won't suspect me throwing stuff in the punch. You two are guys, you're more likely to throw stuff in the punch.'
'You got a point there.'
'Okay, I'll go tell Pippin right now.' We walked back to the group, and I danced with Pippin. I explained the plan to him. He liked it. As soon as I explained everything, we walked back to the group to put our plan into action.
'Would you want to dance with me?' Faramir asked. I motioned to Merry and Pippin that the plan would be delayed a bit. They gave me thumbs up.
'Sure, why not?' He took my hand and put his other hand on the small of my back. We danced a few minutes, and then the song ended. We walked back to the group. Time to put the plan into action!
'Finally.' Legolas said.
'Finally what?' I asked him.
'Finally I get to dance with you.' Another delay in the plan…
'Oh that…' We started dancing. I don't know what was wrong, but somehow, Legolas seemed extremely quiet. Okay, we were dancing, not really the time to have a conversation, but still… 'What's wrong Legolas?' I asked him.
'Nothing's wrong, why?'
'You seem so far away, like you're not really here.'
'I can't believe I'm dancing with you now, right here, in the midst of all these people.' Aww… That's sweat!
'Oh.' I wrapped my arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around my waist. *Sigh* *stares into nothing with a dreamy look on her face* … I put my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes. I just drifted off with the music. A few minutes later, we walked back to the group. 'Do you want something to drink?' I asked. That would be a great excuse to go over there and throw the powder in.
'Sure.' I nudged Pippin, who was standing next to/ behind me. 'But wait, let me get it for you.' What? No! I want to get it!
'No, no, I insist to get it for you.'
'Oh, well, if you insist…' Good boy, let me take care of the drinks… :o) I walked over to the table on which the bowls of punch stood. I could feel someone staring at me. I turned around. It was Legolas. Pretty obvious actually. I waved at him. He shyly stuck his hand up. I turned back around and grabbed one of the big spoons. I started making circles in the punch. The teacher on guard (Elrond) looked at me. I kept on stirring. Merry and Pippin walked over. Merry grabbed a cup and poured some punch in with another spoon. He took a sip.
'And? What does it taste like?' Pippin asked.
'I don't know, a bit like oranges, and a bit of, uh, something else.'
'Can I have a taste?'
'Of course!' He handed Pippin the cup.
'Hmhmhm… strange taste indeed.' Pippin said.
'What do you think is in it?'
'I don't know…'
'Maybe he knows what it is.' Merry nodded in Elrond's direction. That was my que. While Merry and Pippin asked Elrond what the punch was made of, I threw the powder in. Plan succeeded! I poured the drink into the cups and walked back to Legolas. I handed him his drink. I wondered if he liked it…
'Thanks.' He said as he took the cup from my hand. I smiled at him and carefully took a sip of my drink. Hey, it tasted pretty good actually! I drank some more. When we finished, we dance some more. It went quite well, I only stepped on his feet a few times, but I don't think he noticed. I rested my head on his shoulder again. The mushrooms started to kick in and did I feel some alcohol going through my veins or am I just feeling things that aren't there? Dancing was fun. Dancing was for sissies. Am I going soft? Oh no… don't tell me I'm going soft… I want to be an Evil, mean, cruel Goddess of Evil, not a soft 'I want to kill you but you're such a nice person' type of girl. Is this what love does to you? It has to be love… I always knew love was good, in an Evil kind of way. I hate love.
I ran my fingers over the back of Legolas's neck in circles. I noticed how goose bumps formed in his neck. Aww… how cute… Damn, I am going soft! I didn't feel like worrying about that now. The mushrooms were calming me down… I never felt this calm before, tho there was this tension in the air, like something was going to happen. Suddenly, Legolas said something.
'I love you.' He whispered. He what? No, he can't… It's not right… I mean, I can't be with him anyway, I have to conquer the world and be evil and things like that, Legolas is too… too pretty to be ruined by Evil… Tho maybe Evil would look good on him… My muscles tensed and my breathing quickened. He couldn't be saying that… he couldn't… love… Love was such a relative term, one calls it love, and another calls it… I need some time alone… He tightened his grip around me and started rubbing my back. I'm stuck! If I say "I love you" to him, I'll be stuck to him! Forever! I can't do that! I need my own space, my own time, my own life! I can't start depending on him to make me happy... And then again… Stuck to Legolas, forever… I mean, he's a nice guy, but I'm not going to stay with anyone, and certainly not forever. I have things to do. He wouldn't understand… Look at the way he reacted when he saw the tattoo… I pushed him back. I couldn't be with him much longer…
What am I doing? Am I pushing him away? What is wrong with me? Look at Legolas! He's a nice guy, kind, gentle, and he looks good too. Why am I refusing him? I have to stay here anyway, I have to finish High school, or at least this year. Might as well stay with him this year. Might as well…
I looked into his eyes. I saw regret in them. Regret? I am causing him regret? Regret, for saying… for saying… That couldn't be right, that was not what love was meant to cause. I am doing something seriously wrong here. He looked in my eyes a few seconds, and then started staring at the ground. I wrapped my arms around his neck again. He sighed. Poor guy, I'm causing him so much… so many worries.
We started to dance again. Not as close and intimate as a few minutes ago, but I didn't run away, which surprised even me. I think I stepped on his feet a few times after that, but he didn't notice. Thank Eru for mushrooms… When the song finished, we walked back to the group. I took a look at Legolas. He sure looked good tonight… I'll never forget, the way he looks tonight…
'Legolas, can I borrow Endomiel for a second, I would like to dance with her.' Estel said as he turned to me. 'If you want, that is.'
'That's okay.' I said. Legolas handed my hand to Estel.
'We'll be back in a sec.' We walked of to the dance floor. Estel's a very good dancer. 'How's your night coming along?' He asked me.
'My night? Uh, fine I guess.'
'Okay.'
'Why're you asking?'
'Well, something seemed wrong a few minutes ago, when you were dancing with Legolas and you suddenly stepped back.'
'Are you keeping an eye on me?'
'Just making sure you're all right.'
'I can handle my own business, thank you.'
'You should be careful with what you two do in public. People are probably thinking wrong things of you two.'
'Like what?'
'That you're together.'
'And what's bad about that?'
'Legolas's parents might find out.'
'They already know.'
'Oh.' He was silent for a few minutes. 'How did they find out?'
'Legolas wrote them a letter.'
'Okay, that it's up to you what you do.'
'It was always up to me.'
'How do you mean?'
'Nobody forces me to make a choice, I choose what I want.'
'Legolas is a lucky man.'
'Elf.'
'Okay, a lucky Elf.'
'If you say so.' He might not be as lucky as you all think… You don't know what I'm keeping from you… And from him… If he finds out, he'll either dump me, or I'll have to dump him. We can't stay together, no chance in Mordor. What is it with the depressing thoughts today? *Sigh* We walked back to the group. 'I'm going outside.' I said as I made my way to the exit. It was dark outside, the stars high in the sky. I walked to an open spot in the woods and sat down. I stared at the stars for a few minutes. Pretty cruel of me to leave Legolas behind like that… Yes! I still had it! I still could do cruel things! Go me! I sat a while there, thinking about what to do next. I could always disappear into the darkness and never be seen again. I could rule over all of Middle-Earth as an Evil dark-Queen… but I wouldn't make it. I wouldn't survive. I am under love's spell, tho I dare not admit it. I am totally screwed… No, not like that! Yet… That's when he came up behind me.
'How're you?' He asked.
'I'm fine.' I whispered.
'Did I scare you?'
'You can't scary me here, the forest is my home.'
'I meant with what I said.'
'Words can be a bit scary.'
'I'm sorry if I did.'
'It's okay.' He sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around me. I crawled up against him. We just sat there, staring at the stars. After a while, Legolas hugged me.
'I'm so glad you didn't run away.' He whispered.
'I'll never run away again.'
'Really?' What am I getting myself into…
'I promise.' I whispered as I leant in to kiss him. My hands moved over his back and through his hair while his one hand moved over my back and his other slowly moved up and down my check and neck. His hand slowly moved higher up my back until it reached the top of the zipper on my dress. He slowly opened it a bit. 'Don't…' I said as I held his arm with my hand.
'Sorry.' He said as he closed the zipper again. I don't blame him for trying to… I mean, it's a beautiful night, the sky is deep blue, the stars are shining, now is just as good of a night as any… I stood up. 'Where are you going?'
'Back to the dance, I think.'
'We could dance here, if you want.'
'There's no music.'
'We don't need music.' He got up to and too my hand.
'I'm warning you, I'm a really bad dancer.'
'You'll do fine, really.' We started dancing again. First, like and old- fashioned dancing couple, but soon we danced closer to each other, like before. My head rested on his shoulder again, while I gently rubbed his back. He danced there, music less, a few minutes, but it didn't last long. A few minutes later, we were gently moving back and forth on the not- existing music, kissing. My hands moved down his back, under his shirt. He shivered.
'What's wrong?' I whispered.
'You've got cold hands.'
'Sorry…' I pulled my hands back from underneath his shirt.
'It's okay…' He kissed me again. Again, he zipped the zipper down a little bit. I didn't stop him. He zipped the zipper down a bit more, still I didn't stop him. He slowly moved his hand underneath my dress. His hands are nice and warm… We just stood there, kissing, he was rubbing my back, and vice versa, for about 15 minutes.
'I'm going to sit back down, I'm feeling dizzy…' I said. I guess that's the mushrooms.
'Yeah, me too actually.' Right, he doesn't know about the mushrooms yet… Oh well… I'll tell him tomorrow. We laid down, looking up at the stars, arms wrapped around each other. As the night came along, it got pretty cold.
'I'm going in.' I whispered, voice shaking 'cause I was cold.
'Here, you can borrow my shirt, if you want.' He took his shirt of and handed it to me.'
'Thanks…' I put the shirt on. It smelled so nice… I laid down again, and that's how I fell asleep. When I woke up the next morning, there was about a meter between Legolas and me. His arm was beneath my back, I was facing the other direction. I turned around. Legolas was already awake and looking at me.
'Hey.' He said with a smile on his face.
'Hey…' I couldn't remember anything of last night… I panicked a bit, since he was half naked and I could feel that my dress was unzipped. I sat up. That's when I noticed that I was wearing his shirt. Slowly, the memories of last night returned. Nothing happened. Nothing new, that is. I sighed.
'What's the matter?'
'Nothing.' I whispered.
'Okay.' I got up.
'I have to go back to my room.' I said as a walked to the lawn and crossed it. I walked through the mess and entered my room. I sat down on my bed.
'Where have you been?' Arwen asked.
'Uh…' Legolas entered.
'Can I have my shirt back?' He said as he walked into the room. 'Oh… hi Arwen.'
'Hi Legolas.' She smiled. Now I had some serious explaining to do…
'Oh… sure…' I said as I took the shirt off and handed it to Legolas.
'Bye.' He said as he left the room and walked over to his own room. I closed the door with a sigh.
'What happened?' Arwen said.
'Nothing…' I said as I fell on my bad, face first.
'Why is your dress unzipped and were you wearing Legolas's shirt?'
'I was cold.' I said as I took the dress off and grabbed some other clothes. I stepped into the bathroom and locked the door.
'Do you know what time it is?' She said on an accusing tone.
'No, I don't.'
'Lost track of time?'
'Totally.'
'Just what I thought. It's 11:30.' That late already? Aww… I missed breakfast… I stepped into the shower. Half an hour later, I stepped out. I got dressed, and walked out of the bathroom. After unlocking it of course. What was with this pair of jeans? They seemed too big. Not to big like all my jeans, but way to big. I checked the jeans. Aha, these were Legolas's! I'll have to give'm back to him tomorrow. I sat down on my bed. 'Now tell me the whole story.' Arwen said. I told her everything. I don't think she believed me. Well, that's her problem. 'Truth or not, an impressive story.' She said. I smiled. 'Well, I'm going to have lunch, are you coming?'
'I think I'll stay here for a few minutes. I'll be there in a little while.'
'Okay. See you there.'
'Yep.'
'Bye!'
'Bye!' Arwen walked out of the door and I grabbed my diary. That's where I am now, writing in my diary while sitting on my bed. My story for today's done, so I think I'll go have breakfast now.
Namarië!!
Endomiel
E/N; yes people, I did it! It is 6/2 (2nd of June) I think, and I'm done with my chapter! It turned out to be a mushy chapter after all… oopsy… okay, and now it's the 3rd of June. Well, I'm going to update now, C U in my next chap!
Oh, wait, I gotta ask you this, did you like the mushy stuff, or should I go back to writing more humorous stuff? Or a combination of both? And which character should get a bigger role? And other tips are welcome too! Okay, review please!!! Thanx!! :o)