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Life Goes On Chapter Five
Gabby walked back to her room, reliving the first time she'd woken up in Rivendell. She felt a sort of bond between her and this world. She didn't want to leave! Ugh, she should just kill herself back home, she was disgracing the family name. She needed to be cheered up, and fast. Spying Merry and Pippin over in a riviera playin cards, she joined them silently.
"No! You don't play all of them at the same time Merry! You put them down one at a time and add them up!" Pippin cried. Merry threw down his cards angrily.
"We don't know what we're doing, face it!" he cried. Gabby smiled and stepped into the light.
"Here, let me help. What're you playing?" she asked. Pippin looked thankful and gathered the cards.
"Crazy eights." he answered. Gabby smiled, one of Molly's teachings no doubt. She shuffled the deck expertly and dealt out the cards.
"Okay, first you deal eight cards. Then you flip the top one over on the draw pile. Now you either have to lay another four or a heart of any kind." she said, eyeing the four of hearts that she flipped over. Pippin carefully placed a two of hearts on top of it. She smiled. "That's right, okay Merry, you go. Oh, and if you can't do anything and there's an eight in your hand, play it and say the suit you have the most of, that usually works. First one out of cards wins." she finished. Merry looked at his hand nervously.
"What if you don't have any twos, hearts, or eights?" he asked. She smiled.
"Draw one card from the pile until you receive a card you can play." she said. Merry looked at her funny and then at Pippin. They both looked back at Gabby and just kind of watched her. Then Merry put his cards down and just hugged her. Pippin walked around the table and hugged her too. She smiled and wrapped her arms around the two hobbits. Just one minute of that and her heart was lighter than it had been in weeks.
The day had come. She was helped into her dress by her cousin Estella and Diamond. Estella grew to elf's form and was her Maid of Honor. When she was all done up in her dress, Diamond placed the Tiara on her head and the bouqet in her arms. All was ready for the big moment. The tears didn't come and she was terrified. She stepped out of her curtain and let the court look at her. Every face on her elegant form, she started down the aisle and tried not to cry her eyes out. Legolas was at the end of the aisle, a smile on his face and a look of pure amazement from his best man, Gimli. Gimli elbowed his friend and whispered in his ear.
"Where on Middle-Earth do you find an elf like that?" he asked. Legolas smiled and mouthed "Back off." Gimli smiled and took a step back.
Gabby continued her steady pace down the aisle, a wink from mom, a blink or two from the King, and a huge grin on every single hobbits face. She smiled back at them and stopped in front of Legolas, her instincts making her leg twitch. She wanted to run and sit down, watch not participate. She wanted to participate, not watch! It was all so confusing! The words drifted around her, she said "I do." he said "I do." now was the part she really looked forward to! She kissed him and pulled back, smiling. He looked into her eyes. Brown and green. He almost frowned then he realized they'd stopped changing and swirling, they had found rest. He reached up and touched her cheeks softly, wiping the tears away. He looked at her in a way that almost made her want to cry again. He was looking through her, to her soul. It might have sounded corny but for a minute, Legolas saw her soul leap out of it's cage and into the world for the first time since Chris. He smiled and took her hand. She smiled and buried her face in his dress-tunic and allowed him to dance with her on the floor before all the guests. She almost kicked Diamond in the shins as she crowed from her corner with Estella.
"Awwww!" they cried. Legolas grinned at them as Gabby glared. She was concentrating too hard on the etiquette she'd learned the night before with the help of Merry and Frodo. Galadriel had come in later to teach her table etiquette but Frodo and Merry had taught her the dancing. She felt like an idiot, a hobbit dancing with Frodo on the floor of his room, listening to Merry count the song's time out loud. She stepped on her own feet more than Frodo's but by the end of the night she'd mastered the dance. Now was the biggest test of her life.
He led her around the floor lazily. God he smelled good! She felt her head swoon as he pressed his hand into hers and his head on her shoulder as they swung around the dancefloor. She was a princess. Real sorrow only struck her when she realized this was forever, and Diamond was not. Estella was going to have to live her entire life knowing Merry was going to leave her. It must be terrible to love a mortal. Gabby clutched Legolas closer and looked at Estella dancing with Merry, Diamond and Pippin on the sidelines, just playing with Faramir and watching. Legolas led her over to the royalty table where her table etiquette was being scrutinized.
"Fork farthest from right, use most of the night." she repeated as she lifted the utensil. Legolas smiled and watched her eat some of the feast timidly. He hoped she wasn't timid tonight, oh he had plans.
Life Goes On Chapter Five
Gabby walked back to her room, reliving the first time she'd woken up in Rivendell. She felt a sort of bond between her and this world. She didn't want to leave! Ugh, she should just kill herself back home, she was disgracing the family name. She needed to be cheered up, and fast. Spying Merry and Pippin over in a riviera playin cards, she joined them silently.
"No! You don't play all of them at the same time Merry! You put them down one at a time and add them up!" Pippin cried. Merry threw down his cards angrily.
"We don't know what we're doing, face it!" he cried. Gabby smiled and stepped into the light.
"Here, let me help. What're you playing?" she asked. Pippin looked thankful and gathered the cards.
"Crazy eights." he answered. Gabby smiled, one of Molly's teachings no doubt. She shuffled the deck expertly and dealt out the cards.
"Okay, first you deal eight cards. Then you flip the top one over on the draw pile. Now you either have to lay another four or a heart of any kind." she said, eyeing the four of hearts that she flipped over. Pippin carefully placed a two of hearts on top of it. She smiled. "That's right, okay Merry, you go. Oh, and if you can't do anything and there's an eight in your hand, play it and say the suit you have the most of, that usually works. First one out of cards wins." she finished. Merry looked at his hand nervously.
"What if you don't have any twos, hearts, or eights?" he asked. She smiled.
"Draw one card from the pile until you receive a card you can play." she said. Merry looked at her funny and then at Pippin. They both looked back at Gabby and just kind of watched her. Then Merry put his cards down and just hugged her. Pippin walked around the table and hugged her too. She smiled and wrapped her arms around the two hobbits. Just one minute of that and her heart was lighter than it had been in weeks.
The day had come. She was helped into her dress by her cousin Estella and Diamond. Estella grew to elf's form and was her Maid of Honor. When she was all done up in her dress, Diamond placed the Tiara on her head and the bouqet in her arms. All was ready for the big moment. The tears didn't come and she was terrified. She stepped out of her curtain and let the court look at her. Every face on her elegant form, she started down the aisle and tried not to cry her eyes out. Legolas was at the end of the aisle, a smile on his face and a look of pure amazement from his best man, Gimli. Gimli elbowed his friend and whispered in his ear.
"Where on Middle-Earth do you find an elf like that?" he asked. Legolas smiled and mouthed "Back off." Gimli smiled and took a step back.
Gabby continued her steady pace down the aisle, a wink from mom, a blink or two from the King, and a huge grin on every single hobbits face. She smiled back at them and stopped in front of Legolas, her instincts making her leg twitch. She wanted to run and sit down, watch not participate. She wanted to participate, not watch! It was all so confusing! The words drifted around her, she said "I do." he said "I do." now was the part she really looked forward to! She kissed him and pulled back, smiling. He looked into her eyes. Brown and green. He almost frowned then he realized they'd stopped changing and swirling, they had found rest. He reached up and touched her cheeks softly, wiping the tears away. He looked at her in a way that almost made her want to cry again. He was looking through her, to her soul. It might have sounded corny but for a minute, Legolas saw her soul leap out of it's cage and into the world for the first time since Chris. He smiled and took her hand. She smiled and buried her face in his dress-tunic and allowed him to dance with her on the floor before all the guests. She almost kicked Diamond in the shins as she crowed from her corner with Estella.
"Awwww!" they cried. Legolas grinned at them as Gabby glared. She was concentrating too hard on the etiquette she'd learned the night before with the help of Merry and Frodo. Galadriel had come in later to teach her table etiquette but Frodo and Merry had taught her the dancing. She felt like an idiot, a hobbit dancing with Frodo on the floor of his room, listening to Merry count the song's time out loud. She stepped on her own feet more than Frodo's but by the end of the night she'd mastered the dance. Now was the biggest test of her life.
He led her around the floor lazily. God he smelled good! She felt her head swoon as he pressed his hand into hers and his head on her shoulder as they swung around the dancefloor. She was a princess. Real sorrow only struck her when she realized this was forever, and Diamond was not. Estella was going to have to live her entire life knowing Merry was going to leave her. It must be terrible to love a mortal. Gabby clutched Legolas closer and looked at Estella dancing with Merry, Diamond and Pippin on the sidelines, just playing with Faramir and watching. Legolas led her over to the royalty table where her table etiquette was being scrutinized.
"Fork farthest from right, use most of the night." she repeated as she lifted the utensil. Legolas smiled and watched her eat some of the feast timidly. He hoped she wasn't timid tonight, oh he had plans.