(A/N Thanks for all the enthusiastic reviews)

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The Sequel With No Title

Oh Fuhc

Beleg stared at Paullina, more than a little startled by her reaction to his question. After a moment of breathing deeply Paullina spoke.

"Beleg…" Paullina's mouth hung open a moment then her head sank slightly as her brow furrowed and she turned away from Beleg's inquisitive face. A moment later she turned back, "It means…well…it was a rude word…don't ever repeat it again."

Beleg laughed lightly, "I knew it was an oath of some sort, but what does it mean?"

Paullina thought furiously on how to avoid answering the question, but Beleg was staring at her so earnestly that she was having a hard time concentrating. She frowned slightly, "I'm not going to tell you, let's just eat." Having spoken she started eating again, purposefully ignoring him.

Beleg raised a brow, but thought better of continuing the conversation and finished his food. He cautiously requested and was given a second serving and soon polished it off as well. But the silence was uncomfortable and Paullina remained mute, even after she had finished eating. Beleg was usually patient, like most elves, but Paullina had the annoying quality of making him loose that patience with little effort. He decided that the matter was not fully closed and so spoke again.

"Paullina, you are very stubborn. Please either tell me what it means or give me a good excuse as to why not."

Paullina looked up at him, he looked stern, almost like an impatient father asking where his kid had been the night before. She sighed, "I'm not going to tell you because it would be embarrassing for me. Is that good enough?"

Beleg nodded slightly in reply. Hoping to distract him from their recent discussion Paullina quickly stood and cleared off the table. Unbidden Beleg rose as well and followed her into the kitchen to help. Though she did not wish him to ever lay a hand on any electrical appliance she satisfied his curiosity and instructed him on how to use the dishwasher.

They soon retired to the living room and sat on the couch. Paullina put on some quiet piano music to entertain Beleg and to keep herself from going stir crazy. She didn't want to introduce him to the TV yet, so it sat dark and blank in the corner. She sighed wistfully, dreading the long evening ahead. She couldn't think of a single thing to talk about with him other than Middle-earth and she wasn't in the mood to talk about it at all.

Beleg, ever the music enthusiast, sat through three CDs, and thankfully, for Paullina, asked few questions and so the evening whiled away quietly. It was getting on towards midnight when the phone suddenly rang. Paullina flinched and Beleg tensed. She jumped up and rushed to the phone to answer it so it wouldn't ring a second time. Her urgency startled and worried Beleg, but his worry soon turned to confusion as he heard her side of the conversation.

"Hello…Mom?…oh, good…why didn't you call me yesterday?…how was the drive?…is the hotel nice?…say hi to dad for me…night…yeah, I will…night." Paullina hung up the phone and looked up to find, once again, a curious elf with a multitude of questions apparent on his face. "It's a phone, it's for talking to people far away. It's complicated." Beleg sighed, realizing he wasn't going to get a more thorough answer. "It's late, I'm going to sleep. If you want to stargaze go out through the back door and lock it when you come back in, like I showed you. Good night Beleg."

Beleg smiled in return, "Good night Paullina."

Paullina turned off the stereo, made sure the front door was locked and made her way to the staircase and slowly walked up the steps onto the second floor. As she passed the computer room she half thought of getting on the internet and checking on some fan fiction, but passed by without pausing. "Why read fan fiction when I have an elf in my living room?" she muttered softly, then giggled as she continued on to her room. She dressed quickly and turned out the light then peered out the window. Beleg was already outside, sitting on the lawn with his face to the sky. She sighed softly then climbed in the bed and fell asleep in record time.

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(A/N Sorry that wasn't very funny, but can't be funny all the time. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon, hopefully with more humor.)