insane mutterings of an adolescent author: oh my god! people reviewed! they actually reviewed! ::gasps for breath:: thanx so much for your support! i wasn't entirely sure if i would be continuing this fic or not, cause i didn't know if people would like it. but they do! they do! (i is hyper at the moment and in a wacky state of mind so hopefully this installment will be extra long and chalk full of funny for your enjoyment^_^). and yes the story is still in Legolas' POV, but i'll probably change it in later chapters.

disclaimer: oh yeah. almost forgot about this thing:P i do not own LotR or any of its characters, ideas, story plots, etc.

now on with the story!

oh and by the way. . .ari, you have no idea how funny this is gonna get. i got the general plot already set out, and believe me when i tell you that at some parts your gonna have trouble keeping from laughing out loud. and, now, with your encouragement , its gonna be even funnier.(you really asked for it^_^)

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I stared at the young woman who, at the moment, was crushing Gandalf in her bear hug.

"Elizabeth, perhaps you could let us in the house", the afore mentioned wizard managed to gasp.

"Oh, of course. I'm sorry." With this said, she released Gandalf from her hold. It did not escape Pippin's attention, however, that he seemed to be extremely grateful for this. Thus proved by. . .

"Gandalf! She couldn't have had THAT strong a grip!" Gandalf merely looked at the hobbit with this look that clearly said 'wanna bet?'. Pippin gave it up and at least had the sense to look embarrassed.

Aragorn, Boromir, and myself did not pay attention to this little exchange. We were too busy staring at Elizabeth, as Gandalf had called her. She was beautiful (though one could say that spending all that time running from orcs and trying to get to Mordor away from the company of women had seriously impaired our judgment. But one does have to take into consideration that we had never seen a woman like Elizabeth before). She was wearing a tight, blue tank-top, jeans that were slightly flared at the bottom (A/N no they don't know what all these things are called-its just so i can explain what she's wearing without going into lots and lots of detail), and old sneakers that weren't tied.

We were brought forth from our reverie when Elizabeth spoke to us in an exasperated voice.

"Well. Are you going to just stand there all day, staring at me, or are you going to come in?"

Boromir recovered first.

"Forgive us M'lady," he bowed to her and took her hand."We did not mean to stare, but one can not help but lose oneself in the presence of such exquisite beauty". He went as if to kiss her hand, but didn't even make it half way before Elizabeth's eyes grew wide and she yanked her hand out of his grasp. Boromir looked utterly confused and bewildered. Elizabeth looked rather uncomfortable and took a couple of steps back so that she and Boromir were not quite so close to each other. Her behavior baffled us all. Except for Gandalf of course.

"Ah. I am sorry my friends. I should have warned you, Elizabeth is not used to such mannerisms and becomes uncomfortable under such circumstances." Elizabeth stuck her tongue out at Gandalf and replied with a smug frown(A/N can someone actually frown smugly?),"I don't become uncomfortable easily and if I recall correctly, it was you who became flabbergasted when Mrs. Jones expressed an interest in you." Gandalf ignored her and continued," Forgive me, my dear. I forgot to introduce you." Gandalf then began a few, quick introductions."This is Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took", each hobbit said their 'hallo's and 'how do you do's when their names were called."These men over here, whom you've taken such an obvious liking to", he said sarcastically,"are Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and Boromir, son of Deneth. And then this is Legolas Greenleaf and Gimli, son of Gloin." Aragorn nodded his head at her in greeting and Boromir did likewise. I bowed to the fair lady and Gimli, not seeing our earlier run in with her, bowed then went to kiss her hand. When he took Elizabeth's hand, however, she shook it, not giving him a chance to bring it to his lips.

"Nice to meet y'all. I'm Elizabeth Rosenberg", she said as she shook Gimli's hand. I wasn't sure about the others, but I was baffled by the masculine air she seemed to be giving off. I knew women who were fighters, and respected them fully, but when they were not in battle or hunting they acted very much the way a woman is expected to act. They didn't try to hide their femininity or accentuate that they were fighters, yet Elizabeth seemed to be uncomfortable when treated like a lady should be, and went about greetings as a male would. This was very puzzling indeed. Merry spoke next.

"These names are long and we prefer to be called by our nicknames. That is, we the hobbits. Samwise here is called Sam, Peregrin is Pippin, and I am Merry", he finished with an extravagant bow. Elizabeth laughed at the Merry's gestures.

"Fair enough, Merry. And you don't have to call me Elizabeth all the time, either. My friends call me Eli or Liz, take your pick. Now, can we go inside please?" Eli held the back door open to emphasize her point.

"Certainly. Thank you for inviting us into your home", I said, trying to be polite. And with that we all entered the house.

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i don't know what to write now so i'm going to stop and leave you with this. not quite as funny as i thought it would be. my sugar high is wearing off and i'm getting a case of writer's block. i'll update as soon as i can, with hopefully a better chapter than this one. not a lot happened huh? i'll try to make it funnier next time around. well newayz........REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!!!!!!! if i don't get ten reviews total for the whole fic, i'll write the rest and not post! leaving you all to try and find out what happens BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! i'm ok now, but plz review and tell me what you think. remember 10 reviews! come on people just 7 more and i'll post the next installment ::starts chanting that gains volume then fades off into distance:: re-view, re-view, re-view, re-view, re-view,.........