I fixed all those stupid spelling mistakes. my fingers have a habit of getting away from me when im typing - it being 60 degrees Farenheit or lower doesnt help, either, but bleh. Theyre fixed!

One Hell of a Birthday
by SplendiferGoddess

for Crimson Starlight. Happy 16th!

Chapter Three! Oh yeah, oh yeah, who's da grrrl? i'm da grrl! oh ye-

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i'll stop now...

dude. i was watching FotR. and leggy's line came up: a shadow and a threat has been forming in my mind

the first thing that popped out of my mouth? ITS NOT A TUMAH!

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Chapter Three: Pervy Old Haldir
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The next morning, Diane and Ayla woke up giddy and excited. They met up with Haldir in the dining hall and he informed them that Gandalf had arrived earlier that morning, with the breaking of dawn. He told them that once they had finished eating he would take them to meet him.
[A/N: mwa, had to throw in that bit of the breaking of dawn, it sounds so cool, lol]

Needless to say, that breakfast was the shortest meal they had had their entire stay in Rivendell. When they had finished, Haldir took them to the library. Diane had seen it the day before, when Haldir had given her a tour of Elrond's house, and had fallen in love with room. Ayla was doing so now.

She stared at the room in complete awe. "I love this library," she said. "It's awesome! It's beautiful!" She walked over to one of the shelves and ran her hands down the spine of one of the thicker books. "Look at all these books!" she whispered.

"It is impressive, isn't it?"

Diane and Ayla spun around. "Gandalf!" Diane said.

"Can I hug you?" Ayla asked. Gandalf and Haldir looked at Ayla in utter surprise, and Gandalf nodded hestitantly. Ayla grinned, hugged him tight and then backed away, grinning madly. "I hugged Gandalf!" she said to Diane excitedly. Diane just shook her head in disbelief. She should have expected something like that to happen.

"These are the young women I told you of, Mirthrandir," Haldir told Gandalf. Gandalf chuckled.

"I gathered that, Haldir," he replied. Haldir smiled.

"I'm Diane," said Diane. "And the lunatic who hugged you is Ayla."

"It is wonderful to meet you!" Gandalf said. "Come! Let's sit and talk!"

And talk they did. Gandalf wanted to learn all he could of Earth and it's customs. Apparently, none of the other magically transported Earthlings had wanted to share any info on Earth. Diane and Ayla, on the other hand, happily did so. They felt that as long as they dind't say anything about the rings of power, or Sauron, or anything like that, nothing weird would happen to Middle-Earth's timeline, or chain of events. They even drew an oddly misshapen, haphazard, lopsided map of Earth for Gandalf. They assured him as he poured over it that they had forgotten at least half the countries, and even if they hadn't they wouldn't be able to pronounce, let alone spell the names.

They spent all afternoon with Gandalf, and then had dinner with him, Haldir and Elrond. After the girls' initial meeting with Elrond, they had quickly gotten over their awe and had thrown all respectable 'around-Lord-Elrond' behaviour out the proverbial window, They were rather chatty that evening, much to the amusement of the elves and the old wizard.

After dinner, Gandalf retired to his room, and Ayla to hers. Elrond had matters to attend to, and Diane and Haldir decided to stay up for a little while longer and talk.

When Haldir walked Diane back to her room, even Diane, a human without the powers of perception that an elf has, could tell that he was nervous about something.

"What is wrong, Haldir?" she asked when they reached her bedroom door.

Suddenly, he kissed her. Just leaned foreward and planted a smooch directly onto her unsuspecting lips. Diane was shocked. Haldir pulled back and immediately began to apologise.

"I am sorry," he said. "I should not have do-"

He was cut off by Diane, who had taken hold of his head and pulled him foreward, reuniting their lips. They finally pulled away.

"Goodness," Haldir mumbled.

"Indeed," Diane nodded. They cast a glance at each other.

Five minutes later, they were up against Diane's bedroom door, kissing rather fiercely. Somebody coughed. They broke apart and looked up, sheepishly, at the person who had interupted them.

Ayla stood a few feet away, her bedroom door open. Her arms were crossed and her left foot was tapping. She gave Diane a meaningful look. Diane quickly said goodnight and retreated into her bedroom. Ayla turned her gaze to Haldir. She squinted at him.

"I guess I'll be going now," he said awkwardly.

"Yes," Ayla agreed. Haldir took off. Ayla rolled her eyes and went back into her room to go back to sleep.

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The next morning, Diane knocked on Ayla's door and walked in before Ayla had a chance to answer.

"Good morning!" she said. A pillow narrowly missed her head and soared out into the hallway, clipping a passing elf on the shoulder. She glared at Diane, who shrugged, and retrieved the pillow. She closed the bedroom door and tossed the pillow back onto Ayla's bed. "C'mon," she said. "It's a beautiful day! Get up."

"If I got up early every beautiful day in Rivendell, I would never be able to sleep in," Ayla grumbled. Fifteen minutes later, she was out of bed and dressed in a long, flowey, shimmery, purple dress with short sleeves. Diane smiled. Much as she disliked dresses, her best friend sure had a knack for wearing and looking good in them.

"You know," Ayla said as she pulled some of her hair back with a clip, "I was in the middle of a really cool dream last ngiht, but I ended up waking up before I could finish it."

"Oh? What woke you up?" Diane asked.

"Oh, I don't know. It coulda been the *slurping* that was resonating through the walls." Diane blushed and Ayla laughed. "You do realise that he's like, really, really, *really* old?"

"He's also a really, really, *really* good kisser," Diane retorted, smirking. Ayla burst out laughing.

"'Nuff said, then!" she giggled. Diane grinned.

After that, they walked down to the dining hall - they finally knew the way - and sat down to enjoy their breakfast. Soon after they entered, Haldir meandered in. Diane's face turned bright red, and she tried to hide it in her shirt.(She generally wore the men's clothes the elves provided instead of the dresses.)

Haldir was kind enough not to comment, and instead the three discussed other things. After they finished their breakfasts, they decided to go for a walk through the grounds. They met Gandalf in the courtyard and invited him to come with them.

They spent the better part of the morning exploring, and on Diane and Ayla's part, discovering lots about Rivendell. They had finally decided to head back, and were about half way there when Diane stopped abruptly.

She had spotted a baby bunny huddled by a tree. There was bits of fur and blood everywhere. "It's family was probably eaten by a fox," Haldir said. "It will starve to death within a few days."

"Not if I can help it," Diane said. She bent down and scooped him up; he was too scared to hop away. "I'll call him Bubbles," she announced. Ayla grinned, and the four proceeded on to the house, Ayla and Diane cooing over Bubbles the entire way.

When they got back to the house, Diane and Ayla went up to Diane's room to set up a spot for Bubbles to reside in. They had their lunch brought up to them, along with some food for Bubbles. After lunch, Ayla said she was going to go riding, and Diane said goodbye to her, planning on staying behind to keep an eye on Bubbles and make sure that she was okay.

A short while after Ayla left, Haldir stopped by.

"Heya, Haldir!" Diane said, when he came in. She was sitting on the bed cuddling Bubbles. He walked over to her and sat down in the chair next to the bed. He smiled at the small bunny.

"Your compassion is commendable," he said. Diane grinned and kept stroking Bubbles. "Diane," he said, "last night was..." he stopped, unsure of how to continue. Diane peered at him. "I care about you," he said finally. Diane smiled.

"I care about you too, Haldir," she said, putting Bubbles on the floor. She hopped away and found a piece of lettuce by her enclosure, which she happily began to munch on. Haldir smiled back at Diane, who patted the spot on the bed next to her.

When he had sat down, Diane leaned foreward and kissed him lightly. He gently pulled her to him and they leaned back on the bed. His hands came up around her back and Diane grinned inwardly.

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Half an hour later, and still fully clothed, mind you, Haldir left Diane's room with a slightly goofy grin on his face. Diane was happily napping on her bed with Bubbles on the pillow next to her head.

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thats a rather... odd... chapter, but like it. its not excessively long, but i find it amusing. feedback welcome and revered. :D

has anybody else noticed that saying Haldir's name is almost like saying "Hal, dear,". I have half a mind to get Diane to start calling him Hal. mwa. that'd be amusing. "My elven boyfriend goes by Hal,"

[giggle]

-SplendiferGoddess