A/N: NOOOOO!!! The boot has gone!





Chapter 19

"There now, that wasn't so hard, was it?" said Michelle. After retrieving Ash, she had made them both apologise to one another. Though reluctantly, they had done so.

"S'pose not," mumbled Robyn.

"We all understand that you were only looking out for your children's welfare, Ash," said Legolas, "but when it comes to Tafi, you don't have to question. There is absolutely no fault you can find who her."

"Alright, I agree," said Ash, quietly. Robyn smiled at him.

"When you meet her you'll realise she's a brilliant choice," she said. "You won't have any regrets. I promise." Ash looked at her and smiled back. He didn't reply, he simply took her hand.

"Well, that was interesting," said Mary-Jo.

"Not as interesting as some of your opinions," said Tracey. Everyone began to snigger at Mary-Jo, who blushed again.

"It was a simple mistake," she hissed. "If you're brought up being told something and never told anything different, then how are you supposed to know the truth."

"Tell us, Moj," said Michelle, "if homosexuality is due to bad- parenting, what is sadomasochism caused by?" (A/N: That is such an odd word! I just had to put it in! If you don't know what it is, look it up in the dictionary. And didn't I make Chelle sound clever then? Didn't even think that was possible!)

"Sado-whatta-who?" said Mary-Jo, completely confused.

"Dammit! For once I sound clever and people don't even know what I'm talking about," cursed Michelle.

"I understood," said Legolas.

"And I did," said Robyn. Her parents and husband gave her extremely odd looks.

"You know, you just don't admit that in front of your parents," said Ash.

"Well, Michelle is my mom," said Robyn. "What do you expect?" That seemed to settle everyone's worry. That was a very good excuse.

"Er, shouldn't we send a message to Tafi telling her she's now a godmother?" said Faramir, suddenly thinking of that small technicality.

"Anyone know where she is?" asked Tracey.

"I haven't heard form her in quite a while," said Michelle. "Last I heard, she was in Rivendell. She was doing up the place, now that the Elves have gone. I think she said she was going to live there."

"Well, it's a start," said Robyn.

"I think we'll have a bit of a shock when we see her," said Michelle. "She told me she fell in with a bad crowd..... and then fell out with them."

"What kind of bad crowd?" said Ash, his former doubts resurfacing, eyes narrowing on his mother-in-law.

"Oh, nothing major," replied Michelle, nervously. "Just a bit of illegal magic, you know. Nothing out of the ordinary."

"What?" said Ash, hoping he'd heard wrong.

"Now, before you go mad, she hasn't changed personality wise. She just looks different. And is now a different race as well, er, sort of. But she's still Tafi. Kind, caring, good with children, generous, lovable - don't give me that look, please."

"How can she be reliable if she tampers with magic?"

"Tampered. The '-ed' is very important. She doesn't any more. She definitely learnt her lesson. Plus it only accidentally happened. She met one of them through a mutual friend. Then, before she knew it, she was in all kinds of dodgy stuff. When she'd tried to get out of it they made her into a-"

"Into a what?" asked Robyn. Michelle frowned and tried to smother a laugh.

"A purple sorta Elf with bright orange hair." Robyn roared with laughter.

"Oh my gosh!" she repeatedly gasped. "OOH! That's funny!" Although everyone around her was giggling, they weren't quite as bad as she was.

"You can calm down a bit now, Rob," said Ash. "I will meet her, mainly because I want a good laugh, but I suppose she doesn't sound that bad." He began to laugh again, setting everyone else off.



So, later that day, Aragorn sent a messenger in search of Tafi (the reason they got Aragorn to send it was because that way the message would go the quickest).

"Now, you have to bear in mind it's going to take at least about 4 months before we get any form of reply, if she's in Rivendell, that is," said Aragorn as they watched the messenger leave.

"Yes, I'm very aware," said Robyn. "Thank you, Aragorn." She gave him a kiss on the cheek, which made Ash's temper a little more bitter. (A/N: They're both as bad as each other. Eru, they jealous so damn easily!)

"Shouldn't we be going now?" said Ash sharply. "I'm hungry and would like to go home for some dinner."

"Well tough," said Robyn. "We're going to Mom's for lunch. She wants to see the twins."

"She saw them an hour ago."

"Well, she wants to see them again, is that a crime?"

"If she tries to kidnap them it will be," said Aragorn. Robyn and Ash both gave him 'whatever' looks and turned back to one another.

"Er, yeah, anyway," said Ash. "What were we saying? Oh yeah, Michelle. I wish you'd tell me when you made plans."

"Why?" asked Robyn.

"So that I know my own social life."

"You don't have a social life."

"Yeah, you made sure of that one."

"Was that a dig?"

"What do you think?"

"Alright then, go out every night. I don't care. Just leave me at home, on my own, with the twins. Leave me to do all the work and jobs. Leave me to tidy up the house and feed the kids and wash up and change the nappies (diapers) and-"

"I think he gets the picture, Robyn," said Aragorn, feeling immensely sorry for Ash. "I don't think he meant he was actually going to go out, just that he'd like the opportunity, even just to turn it down." Robyn glared at the King.

"Did I ask you?" she said. "No, so shut up." Ash started to giggle. "What is so funny?!"

"Only you," he said. "Only you could get away with that. Not even your mom gets away with shouting at the King of Gondor."

"What can I say? I'm special," she said with a grin.

"Yes, you are," said Ash. "And I love you. But I wish you wouldn't argue with me all the time. It gets so annoying."

"Yeah, you've got to make a guy feel loved sometimes," said Aragorn, not learning his lesson.

"Oh, she does that," said Ash, grinning maniacally. "But we can't do that in public." Aragorn looked grossed out.

"Too much information there," he said. "I don't want to know."

"Well, I've got children, haven't I?" said Robyn. "Where did you think they came from? A hole on the ground? Well, I've got news for you, mister. What really happens is-" That was Aragorn's cue to run away quickly, which he did successfully. "Sure fire way to get rid of almost anyone," she said smugly.

"Almost anyone?" asked Ash.

"You don't expect it to get rid of Mary-Jo and Tracey, do you?"

"Good point. So, are we going to Michelle's now?" A wicked grin flickered across Robyn's face. Ash wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.

"No, I think I'd rather go home," she said. "I'm 'tired'." Realisation dawned on him. It was good thing.

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A/N: Ok, so, how random was that chapter? I'm just filling in spaces. I couldn't leave you thinking that Ash and Rob hated each other and I couldn't leap into what I'm going to do next, so I wrote this random fill in chapter. Hope you don't mind. 'Course you don't. Anyway, I'll just pop off now and update this chappy. Bysey Bye! Luvs Elfie xXxXx