Chapter 14

A/N~ I HATE THAT CHAPTER! Just so we're clear I had to say that! One note though. I would not just walk out. I'd be like "Oh, no you didn't!" and slap him. Christy's POV.

As soon as I reached Vanessa's room, I threw myself on the bed and cried myself to sleep (and I almost never cry that tells you how distraught I was!) I slept hard, and dreamlessly, all night long and didn't wake until Vanessa came and woke me.

"Chrissy? What's wrong? Where's Merry?" she questioned, seriously concerned as she had never seen me cry or be this upset.

"What is this? The freaking Spanish inquisition? (A/N~ Sorry, I'm in a bad mood cause I'm writing this in the bandhall cause I have to stay after for sectionals AND I'm missing M*A*S*H, which I watch everyday!)" I retorted. After seeing the hurt look on my friend's face as she turned to leave I repented. "Nessa? I'm sorry. Come back and I'll tell you everything."

As soon as we both got situated on the floor, I explained everything. "...And now I really think I'm gonna say 'no' and go back to Earth, back to Alex! (Name has been changed to protect the innocent. Instead I'm using my friend's name, so yeah; I'll get back to the story now.) I don't know anymore! I never did, but now I'm even more confused! And I don't need this crap from that Hobbit! ...And now I don't want to talk about it anymore. What were you and Pip planning to do today, before I came along and screwed everything up?"

"Nothing. I'll ask him to go talk to Merry and you and I can go borrow those ponies again and ride around the Shire some more. Does that sound go to you?"

"Yeah...it does. Hey, Nessa. Thanks for listening to me rant."

"Hey, what are best friends for?" she asked with a grin, which I tried to return and failed miserably.

After Vanessa asked Pippin to go see what was up with Merry, we went and retrieved our ponies.

"Oh, my GOSH! What is that? Is that what I think it is?" I asked, freaking out.

"Oh, my gosh! It's a lunch lady! It's that evil one that forces me to buy milk when I don't want it!"

"I want to hurt something (or someone). How bout the Evil Lunchlady?"

"Yes!" Vanessa yelled, mimicking Gimli.

"That was fun!" Vanessa said, after the Evil Lunchlady was beaten to a pulp.

"Yeah, we should do that more often!" I exclaimed. "And I'm not so angry anymore! Let's go see Merry. Pippin will probably still be there and I want to talk to Merry about last night."

Vanessa agreed, but I'm sure it was only because she could see Pippin. I'm pretty confident that she didn't particularly care to see Merry and me fight. Heck, I wasn't even looking forward to it, but we needed to talk.

~ Earlier ~

"Merry, what happened last night?" Pippin asked his cousin. "Christy looked very unhappy last night and wouldn't talk to me. I tried after Vanessa fell asleep, but all I go in response was 'Go away, you freaking Hobbit!' and 'I want to go home!' Finally she stopped answering at all. What happened that made you go from being a 'sweet Hobbit' to a 'freaking Hobbit'?"

"I made a big mistake last night," Merry lamented. "I mean big too, not like any I've ever made before and I've made some pretty stupid ones."

"What did you do?"

"I started talking about my friend, Estella Bolger (A/N~ DIE, ESTELLA, DIE!!!! Sorry. As you can tell, I don't like Estella!), and she got upset and asked to leave, but I wasn't through talking. She really wanted to leave, but I didn't and I offended her. Now I feel really bad and stupid. I really need to make it up to her!"

"Don't worry. I'm sure this will all blow over."

"Ooh! There it is- Merry's hole! Hurry up! I want to see Merry!" I demanded, forgetting my anger.

"Oh, there's Pip!" Vanessa responded, urging her horse faster. Soon we were there and Vanessa and Pippin, once again, had goo-goo eyes for each other.

"Oh, brother! Give me a break! Meriadoc Brandybuck, get your sexy butt out here!" I yelled.

He walked out, rather reluctantly, despite the fact that he had regained the title of 'sexy'.

"Christy, before, you say anything, I'm sorry. I was a jerk last night and you have every right to be mad at me and never talk to me again. I really am sorry, though. I love you, please forgive me."

That was it. I just melted right there. A sexy, and absolutely adorable, Hobbit who apologizes and admits it when he's wrong? (I know lots of guys who won't even do the former part, let alone the latter part.)

"You're forgiven," I told him as he ran to catch me. (I told you I melted; you can't stand when you melt- DUH! HEHEHEHE!) Then he kissed me again. "Oh, man! Can this Hobbit kiss!" I thought to myself again.

Little did we know that Vanessa and Pippin were watching us a little ways a way.

"Aww...isn't that cute, Pip?" Vanessa asked laying her head on his shoulder.

"Well, I taught him everything he knows," Pippin told Vanessa, trying to impress her.

"Whatever, Pip," she said as she kissed him. "Whatever."

It was dark before Vanessa and Pippin even thought about leaving because everyone was having such a great time, so Merry (and I considering we made up) demanded that they stay.

"You hosted the first sleep over," I told Vanessa. "Now it's my turn! Party at Merry's hole!" I cried, cracking up.

(A/N~ Sorry. I'm on a caffeine high right now, although I don't think that's possible anymore because I live on caffeine! I think I spend more on caffeine than anything else. Well, back to the story.)

"Middle-Earth is affecting you strangely," she commented.

"Oh, shut up! I've always been strange. So unless it's made me normal- I don't think so!" I declared. Then I broke out into yet another Beatles' song, this one called "Me and My Monkey". *Everybody's got something to hide, except for me and my monkey!"

"Weirdo!" Vanessa shot at me.

"Freak!" I returned as we both laughed.

"...And I thought I was gonna say 'no', but now I don't know anymore! I don't know if I should just stay, if I should go and come back after we graduate, or if I should just leave! I need to figure out who I love more: Merry or Alex (again name has been changed to protect the innocent)! I just don't know!"

"I don't know either, Chrissy, but whatever, and whoever, you choose is fine with me!"

"I'm tired. It's been a looooooong two days. Goodnight!" I told my beat friend as I crawled into my bed.

"Goodnight."

A/N~ What happens next Nessa? I tried to make it non-sappy, but...I dunno! Have fun, Nessie!

P.S. I'm sorry that this chappie was mostly about me and my decision, but I'm feeling selfish! ;)

P.P.S. I'm typing these chapters as fast as I can to get them uploaded. Vanessa and I already wrote this fic and two more and are working on another, so beware. This fic only has two more chapters left and them I'll type the sequel, so I'll be a busy little girl. I didn't have Vanessa to help me on the typing because she was in Colorado for Spring Break (it was last week). The reason more didn't get typed was because 1) I wasn't sure anyone was reading, until Wednesday that is, and 2) I was busy cleaning the grout (the white stuff in between the tiles) out of my shower, scrubbing the tiles and the tub and having my step-dad re-grout it. This was all under extreme protest, I would have rather been typing this for our adoring fans and I'm babbling so I'm gonna shut up now.

P.P.P.S. If you reviewed that you I will write a whole page of thank-yous after I finish with the story. PyroElfChick- a message for you really quick. I tried to e-mail you to thank you for reviewing, but aol kept sending messages back that it couldn't find your mailbox. Just thought I'd let you know. T.T.F.N. (to quote Tigger)- Ta-Ta For Now! (