Chapter 13
Lothiriel groaned as the sun hit her face that morning. She miserably wished she could get up and push her bed to the other side of her room. Her head hurt something awful and she wanted to roll back over and go to sleep.
"Lotty!" Her nephew, Alphros threw himself at her.
Lothiriel cringed at his loud shouting, but forced herself to smile at the boy. "Good morning." She said softly, pulling him into a hug.
"Good afternoon." An amused voice said from the doorway. It was Erchirion, smirking at the unhappy look Lothiriel was wearing. "All right Alphros, thank you for waking your Aunt."
The toddler slid off the bed and ran off with his nurse, babbling about something. Erchirion leaned against the door, smiling. "You had quite the night."
Lothiriel thought for a moment, trying to remember what happened. She remembering drinking, and feeling insulted when Eomer said she'd had enough. "Did I make a fool of myself brother?"
He laughed, "You most certainly did! Luckily I don't think Eomer is holding any grudges." He teased. "In case you don't remember, you went for a swim."
Lothiriel's eyes widened, "But the water is freezing this time of year!"
"The ale kept you warm, dear sister." He laughed. "I'll say this for Eomer, he handle your condition well."
Lothiriel smiled, despite her headache and crossed her arms. "I thought you did not like Eomer." She pointed out.
Erchirion sighed, sitting beside his sister. "I do not like any man who comes within ten feet of you."
Lothiriel laughed, "Yes, I noticed that." She leaned her head against his shoulder. "Erchirion, you are my dearest brother, and you always will be, but I cannot be yours forever." She pointed out with a sigh.
He smiled bitterly, "Why not? When you were small you said you would be."
She looked at her brother, "Do you really want that Erchirion? Do you really want your sister to never know love?"
"Yes." He stated. She glared at him and he sighed, "All right, no. When did you grow up Lothiriel?" He asked, teasingly.
She shrugged, "I do not know." She then grinned wickedly. "Before you, obviously." She teased.
He laughed and hit her with a pillow. "Lothiriel, behave yourself." He then looked at her with concern. "How's your head?"
Lothiriel smiled at his concern. "Much better."
He sighed, "You're lucky. The state you were in you should have your head in a chamber pot." He pointed out.
She laughed, "Well, thank goodness I'm a fast healer."
He rolled his eyes and rose. "Anyway, Eomer would like you to meet him later to day if you are feeling well enough."
Lothiriel raised an eyebrow. "First you admit Eomer is a good man, now you are bringing me messages from him. You've gone soft brother!"
He grinned, "Say the word and I'll have the guards throw him out."
Lothiriel laughed, "That's not necessary, yet. Tell him I'll meet him after the noon meal." She said. "Oh! And have someone bring a tray up!"
Erchirion raised an eyebrow, "You're not coming down?"
Lothiriel smiled, "I have to make myself look presentable so I can manage to save some of that dignity I must have lost last night."
Erchirion laughed, "I don't know, it was rather humorous."
"Erchirion!" Lothiriel threw a pillow at him.
Laughing and feeling quite cheerful, Erchirion dodged it and ran from the room, the door slamming shut behind him. He laughed, sometimes Lothiriel could be such a fun girl to tease!
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A/N- Sorry this chapter was short! The next one is much longer! I promise! I just didn't have a place to put this part so it became its own chapter. Anyway, I'm running out of ways to ask for reviews.... um....
R is for the reader feedback it gives me... hey it works!
E is for the extra smiles (even the bad ones would probably make me happy)
V (is a hard letter) is for the virtues of good feedback (ooh! I found one for V!)
I is for the incentive I get to write more after reading them
E is for the entertaining comments you send me
W is for 'we wants more reviews!!!'
Wow, that was hard..... haha and I have way to much spare time on my hands methinks!
So! I've wonderful reviews and I love you all dearly, but I can't reply to all of them anymore.... mainly because I want to hurry up and finish this before I have to work on my case study for school... fun stuff. Anyway! I'm going to respond to as many of you as I remember. If you to talk to me, ask me a question, ask me 'how's the weather in the ville of farms?' feel free to email me! I don't bite.... hard. Just make sure you put a header that doesn't look like it's selling something because I get a lot of junk mail!
An Anonymous reviewer brought some things to my attention. So I thought I'd clarify. First of all, yay anonymous reviewer! Thank you! You brought up just about everything I figured was wrong about the story :-) I doubt myself so bad! But it's nice to see I'm not crazy and someone else sees these things too! Okay! Clarifications!
The brothers are a bit inconsistent with their attitude about Eomer for a reason. They think he's a nice enough guy, they just don't like anyone hitting on their sister. It goes kind of like this.
Erchirion: Hey, you're a pretty cool guy.
Eomer: Well thanks. Hey! You're sister's hot!
Erchirion: DUDE!! THAT'S NOT COOL!
Eomer: Okay, well, let me help you kick some butt in battle.
Erchirion: Hm.... okay..... you're pretty cool.
Eomer: You're sister's hot!
Erchirion: DUDE! STAY AWAY FROM HER!
Eomer: Okay, let me not do a thing to her when she's drunk and bring her back inside for you to deal with.
Erchirion: Eh.... I'll give you points for that.
Eomer: By the way, she's hot!
Erchirion: DUDE!
And so on! And don't worry, Eomer will get in trouble for his hitting on her soon! Hehe!
Isa- Yay! Thank you for coming out and telling me she's not Mary-Sue! I was a bit worried! Of course, she's not an original character, but the only thing I didn't personally make up was her family and her name so.... shrug. It was possible to turn her into Mary-Sue, but I'm glad you think I didn't! YAY!
All reviewers: I LOVE YOU ALL!!! YAY!!!
Lothiriel groaned as the sun hit her face that morning. She miserably wished she could get up and push her bed to the other side of her room. Her head hurt something awful and she wanted to roll back over and go to sleep.
"Lotty!" Her nephew, Alphros threw himself at her.
Lothiriel cringed at his loud shouting, but forced herself to smile at the boy. "Good morning." She said softly, pulling him into a hug.
"Good afternoon." An amused voice said from the doorway. It was Erchirion, smirking at the unhappy look Lothiriel was wearing. "All right Alphros, thank you for waking your Aunt."
The toddler slid off the bed and ran off with his nurse, babbling about something. Erchirion leaned against the door, smiling. "You had quite the night."
Lothiriel thought for a moment, trying to remember what happened. She remembering drinking, and feeling insulted when Eomer said she'd had enough. "Did I make a fool of myself brother?"
He laughed, "You most certainly did! Luckily I don't think Eomer is holding any grudges." He teased. "In case you don't remember, you went for a swim."
Lothiriel's eyes widened, "But the water is freezing this time of year!"
"The ale kept you warm, dear sister." He laughed. "I'll say this for Eomer, he handle your condition well."
Lothiriel smiled, despite her headache and crossed her arms. "I thought you did not like Eomer." She pointed out.
Erchirion sighed, sitting beside his sister. "I do not like any man who comes within ten feet of you."
Lothiriel laughed, "Yes, I noticed that." She leaned her head against his shoulder. "Erchirion, you are my dearest brother, and you always will be, but I cannot be yours forever." She pointed out with a sigh.
He smiled bitterly, "Why not? When you were small you said you would be."
She looked at her brother, "Do you really want that Erchirion? Do you really want your sister to never know love?"
"Yes." He stated. She glared at him and he sighed, "All right, no. When did you grow up Lothiriel?" He asked, teasingly.
She shrugged, "I do not know." She then grinned wickedly. "Before you, obviously." She teased.
He laughed and hit her with a pillow. "Lothiriel, behave yourself." He then looked at her with concern. "How's your head?"
Lothiriel smiled at his concern. "Much better."
He sighed, "You're lucky. The state you were in you should have your head in a chamber pot." He pointed out.
She laughed, "Well, thank goodness I'm a fast healer."
He rolled his eyes and rose. "Anyway, Eomer would like you to meet him later to day if you are feeling well enough."
Lothiriel raised an eyebrow. "First you admit Eomer is a good man, now you are bringing me messages from him. You've gone soft brother!"
He grinned, "Say the word and I'll have the guards throw him out."
Lothiriel laughed, "That's not necessary, yet. Tell him I'll meet him after the noon meal." She said. "Oh! And have someone bring a tray up!"
Erchirion raised an eyebrow, "You're not coming down?"
Lothiriel smiled, "I have to make myself look presentable so I can manage to save some of that dignity I must have lost last night."
Erchirion laughed, "I don't know, it was rather humorous."
"Erchirion!" Lothiriel threw a pillow at him.
Laughing and feeling quite cheerful, Erchirion dodged it and ran from the room, the door slamming shut behind him. He laughed, sometimes Lothiriel could be such a fun girl to tease!
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A/N- Sorry this chapter was short! The next one is much longer! I promise! I just didn't have a place to put this part so it became its own chapter. Anyway, I'm running out of ways to ask for reviews.... um....
R is for the reader feedback it gives me... hey it works!
E is for the extra smiles (even the bad ones would probably make me happy)
V (is a hard letter) is for the virtues of good feedback (ooh! I found one for V!)
I is for the incentive I get to write more after reading them
E is for the entertaining comments you send me
W is for 'we wants more reviews!!!'
Wow, that was hard..... haha and I have way to much spare time on my hands methinks!
So! I've wonderful reviews and I love you all dearly, but I can't reply to all of them anymore.... mainly because I want to hurry up and finish this before I have to work on my case study for school... fun stuff. Anyway! I'm going to respond to as many of you as I remember. If you to talk to me, ask me a question, ask me 'how's the weather in the ville of farms?' feel free to email me! I don't bite.... hard. Just make sure you put a header that doesn't look like it's selling something because I get a lot of junk mail!
An Anonymous reviewer brought some things to my attention. So I thought I'd clarify. First of all, yay anonymous reviewer! Thank you! You brought up just about everything I figured was wrong about the story :-) I doubt myself so bad! But it's nice to see I'm not crazy and someone else sees these things too! Okay! Clarifications!
The brothers are a bit inconsistent with their attitude about Eomer for a reason. They think he's a nice enough guy, they just don't like anyone hitting on their sister. It goes kind of like this.
Erchirion: Hey, you're a pretty cool guy.
Eomer: Well thanks. Hey! You're sister's hot!
Erchirion: DUDE!! THAT'S NOT COOL!
Eomer: Okay, well, let me help you kick some butt in battle.
Erchirion: Hm.... okay..... you're pretty cool.
Eomer: You're sister's hot!
Erchirion: DUDE! STAY AWAY FROM HER!
Eomer: Okay, let me not do a thing to her when she's drunk and bring her back inside for you to deal with.
Erchirion: Eh.... I'll give you points for that.
Eomer: By the way, she's hot!
Erchirion: DUDE!
And so on! And don't worry, Eomer will get in trouble for his hitting on her soon! Hehe!
Isa- Yay! Thank you for coming out and telling me she's not Mary-Sue! I was a bit worried! Of course, she's not an original character, but the only thing I didn't personally make up was her family and her name so.... shrug. It was possible to turn her into Mary-Sue, but I'm glad you think I didn't! YAY!
All reviewers: I LOVE YOU ALL!!! YAY!!!