Day 2 - 1:45am

"All of the housemates have gone to bed. Sauron has fallen asleep on the sofa. Frodo and Merry are the only two housemates still awake."

"Merry." Whispered Frodo to the hobbit in the next bed.

"Yes." Replied Merry.

"Are you awake?"

"No Frodo. I'm not. This is just a conversation in your head."

"Really?" Asked Frodo lifting his head from the pillow in genuine interest.

Merry sighed.

"What did you want?" He whispered.

"I don't know." Replied Frodo. "To talk."

"About what?" Asked Merry.

"Things."

Merry sighed again. He could hear the camera in the corner moving about and guessed it was zooming in one the two hobbits. He frowned in the direction of the camera and whispered to Frodo.

"Are you hungry?"

"Yep." Replied Frodo shortly.

"Wanna raid the cupboard?" Asked Merry?

"Come on then." Replied Frodo who was already halfway to the door.

The two hobbits slipped out the door being as quiet as hobbits can be, which is very quiet and tip toed past the snoring Sauron who was lying face down of the sofa, one leg hooked onto the back of it and most of his front half hanging off the side, his helmet resting his head on the floor. They made their way to the cupboard and pulled it open searching for delicious eatables.

"So what do you think of everyone then?" Said Frodo in a hushed whisper.

"I dunno. They all seem really nice." Merry didn't sound too sure when he said this and his eye wandered over to the foot of Sauron. There came a snort from that direction that was made louder by the metal helmet over Sauron's head.

"Hmmm." Mumbled Frodo through a chocolate digestive. "Though I was kind of.disturbed to find out that Gimli's biggest ambition was to be a ballet dancer."

"Yeah. And that Aragorn owned a cat called Mr Tiddles." Said Merry thoughtfully.

They continued to chew through two packets of chocolate digestives and the remains of the mini rolls. Then they decided that it would be best to stop eating before they finished off the entire contents of the cupboard. Merry took the wrappers and dumped them in the bin as they quietly sneaked back to the bedroom. As they past Sauron he gave a loud snore and coughed. The hobbits froze and suddenly Sauron sneezed, shaking his whole body, which made his foot slip off the back off the sofa and his whole body to slide with a loud "KLUNK" onto the floor. Merry and Frodo stepped slowly forward as it went silent. They jumped as Sauron let out a huge snore and carried to sleep peacefully. Hurriedly they entered their bedroom and slid into their beds.

Day 2 - 10:42am

"I can't believe they turned the water off before I got there." Said Legolas, pacing up and down for the hundredth time.

"You'll wear a hole in the floorboard." Noted Sam matter of factly.

Legolas chose to ignore that comment and carried on. "I need to wash my hair!"

"Nothing stopping you." Said Frodo.

"I do not wash my hair in cold water!" Replied Legolas haughtily. "It does nothing for my roots!"

Pippin sat watching Legolas from the sofa. His mouth slightly open and his eyes squinting as if he were in deep thought. He'd always heard that elves were beautiful, quiet, mysterious creatures caring for beauty in nature. But before him stood a rather grumpy elf, neither quiet nor elegant complaining about split ends. It was most confusing.

Frodo and Sam busied themselves in the kitchen. They had over come the problem that they were unable to reach the counters. Sam had asked Big Brother for a stool with wheels and this had been provided. So Sam stood on the stool while Frodo pushed him about where it was needed. It still needed a little fine tuning though as the stool has already got stuck 2 times already and Sam had landed on the floor with the saucepans falling on his head.

Gimli strode out of the bedroom and glared at the elf. His foot, encased in a pink bunny shaped slipper tapped and he crossed his arms.

"What is going on? I'm trying to get some sleep!"

"Legolas missed the hot water." Said Boromir, not looking up from his book.

Gimli made a sort of growl in the direction of Legolas and then stormed back into the bedroom.

"Where's Merry?" Asked Aragorn, dodging out of the way of the hobbits on wheels.

"He's outside getting some eggs from the chickens." Said Frodo.

As if on cue, there was a squawk outside and everyone turned to look at the glass doors to the garden. A second later a chicken ran passed flapping it's wings madly. Following close behind was Merry, his arms outstretched and keeping low to the ground. The housemates watched as he and the chicken passed out of view from the doors. Gandalf opened his mouth to say something when there came a yell from the direction the pair had disappeared and a moment later they saw Merry run past the window looking fearfully over his shoulder. Behind him ran a group of five chickens pecking menacingly at his heels.