Afteryule 24
"so you and Diamond are pretty serious huh?" I ask.
Frodo nodes with a huge smile on his face. "yeah.you know what? I think I love her, no I do love her!"
"that's so great!" I exclaim.
Frodo puts down the deck of cards we were playing with. "I'm going to tell her that, right now" he jumps up and starts to run off.
"hey Frodo! good luck to you" I shout out to him.
He turns to me and waves then runs off again. I sit there for a moment watching the room. Many people buzz by, but the front entrance is always busy.
"hey you" says Aragorn as he flops down in a hair across for me.
I give him a little wave. "what's up?"
He shrugs. "party tomorrow night, but it sounds boring"
I smile. My friends have been doing this since I've gotten back from the hospital. Any time something interesting happens they play it off as boring since I can't go.
"I'm sure. You should go, that way when you tell me about it I can pretend I was there" I tell him. "oh and if there are any hot guys there, give them my number" I add in.
Aragorn's smile drops a few notches.
"uh oh what's that look for?" I ask.
He leans forward. "look Li, you don't need other guys, you have one right in front of your face."
I leap up, totally shocked. "what about Arwen?" I cry.
Aragorn gets a confused look on his face. "she's been wanting to tell you thing forever"
My mouth falls open at his answer. "she knows? And she wants me to know? Well I'm sorry, but I don't do that sort of thing!"
Aragorn shakes his head. "what are you talking about? Sure you would, you just need it to sink in"
I swear my mouth hangs open even more. " I could never do that to my best friend"
"Legolas wants it to happen so bad though, you can't break his heart! You can't and you won't because I won't let you!"
I lean forward. "Legolas? What does he have to do with this?"
Aragorn jumps up. "what do you mean by that? He has everything to do about this! He's the guy that's in love with you!"
I leap up "what did you just say?"
Aragorn looks around for a second, then gently pushes me back into my seat. "didn't you get that from the start?"
I shake my head. "no I understood, that you were implying that we should be together and that Arwen was O.K. with that"
Aragorn sits back down, then starts to laugh.
"what's so funny?" I cry.
He slowly stops laughing. "that's not what I was saying, sorry you thought that. I guess it makes sense that you would think that, but did you have to put me down so harshly?"
I lean forward and smack his arm. "get to the point about Legolas, I want to know everything."
Aragorn sighs then leans back in his chair. " he's liked you for a awhile and when you were with Richard it crushed him. Why do you think he hasn't gone out with anyone this year?"
I shrug. "I thought he liked someone, he told me he liked someone."
Aragorn gives a little laugh. "that someone is you. just that way he looks at you and talks about you it's so romantic in girly terms. Well that's what Arwen tells me. Any ways when you got hurt, he was crying and he wished he was there to save you. you just never noticed all this time, but he does love you"
Somewhere in the middle I had put my hand to my mouth. I really can't think of any thing to say right now. it's really too shocking.
"well?" Aragorn asks.
"I really don't know what to say" I whisper.
"hey what are you to talking about?"
I turn to the person and my breath stops. Legolas.
"so you and Diamond are pretty serious huh?" I ask.
Frodo nodes with a huge smile on his face. "yeah.you know what? I think I love her, no I do love her!"
"that's so great!" I exclaim.
Frodo puts down the deck of cards we were playing with. "I'm going to tell her that, right now" he jumps up and starts to run off.
"hey Frodo! good luck to you" I shout out to him.
He turns to me and waves then runs off again. I sit there for a moment watching the room. Many people buzz by, but the front entrance is always busy.
"hey you" says Aragorn as he flops down in a hair across for me.
I give him a little wave. "what's up?"
He shrugs. "party tomorrow night, but it sounds boring"
I smile. My friends have been doing this since I've gotten back from the hospital. Any time something interesting happens they play it off as boring since I can't go.
"I'm sure. You should go, that way when you tell me about it I can pretend I was there" I tell him. "oh and if there are any hot guys there, give them my number" I add in.
Aragorn's smile drops a few notches.
"uh oh what's that look for?" I ask.
He leans forward. "look Li, you don't need other guys, you have one right in front of your face."
I leap up, totally shocked. "what about Arwen?" I cry.
Aragorn gets a confused look on his face. "she's been wanting to tell you thing forever"
My mouth falls open at his answer. "she knows? And she wants me to know? Well I'm sorry, but I don't do that sort of thing!"
Aragorn shakes his head. "what are you talking about? Sure you would, you just need it to sink in"
I swear my mouth hangs open even more. " I could never do that to my best friend"
"Legolas wants it to happen so bad though, you can't break his heart! You can't and you won't because I won't let you!"
I lean forward. "Legolas? What does he have to do with this?"
Aragorn jumps up. "what do you mean by that? He has everything to do about this! He's the guy that's in love with you!"
I leap up "what did you just say?"
Aragorn looks around for a second, then gently pushes me back into my seat. "didn't you get that from the start?"
I shake my head. "no I understood, that you were implying that we should be together and that Arwen was O.K. with that"
Aragorn sits back down, then starts to laugh.
"what's so funny?" I cry.
He slowly stops laughing. "that's not what I was saying, sorry you thought that. I guess it makes sense that you would think that, but did you have to put me down so harshly?"
I lean forward and smack his arm. "get to the point about Legolas, I want to know everything."
Aragorn sighs then leans back in his chair. " he's liked you for a awhile and when you were with Richard it crushed him. Why do you think he hasn't gone out with anyone this year?"
I shrug. "I thought he liked someone, he told me he liked someone."
Aragorn gives a little laugh. "that someone is you. just that way he looks at you and talks about you it's so romantic in girly terms. Well that's what Arwen tells me. Any ways when you got hurt, he was crying and he wished he was there to save you. you just never noticed all this time, but he does love you"
Somewhere in the middle I had put my hand to my mouth. I really can't think of any thing to say right now. it's really too shocking.
"well?" Aragorn asks.
"I really don't know what to say" I whisper.
"hey what are you to talking about?"
I turn to the person and my breath stops. Legolas.
