A/N I'm so so so happy now coz last night I just plotted out all that's
gonna happen in this fic so I'm....well let's say I do not suffer from
writer's block!
aelfgifu: Oh, I suck at history, if I need help sometimes I'll know who to call...I bet we'll have some kind of tests (or whatever it's called) in that in school sometimes. Actually, since this is the Shire maybe they started with that sooner, but who cares? Oh, you apparently did...How old is Holden by the way?
Lady Myself: Oh damn...when someone finally wants to put my fic in favourites...well I haven't actually checked if someone did, maybe I should.
Aurumlupi: Yes, it's getting more light so that later it can...*claps hands over mouth* No no, I'm not telling the story yet, you'll have to see! ****
Merry and Estella had planned a picnic for two weeks and finally they were on their way. They were going to the lake where Estella had learnt to swim where there was also a beautiful beach where there never used to be any people, probably since most hobbit's in Hobbiton were afraid of the water and wouldn't get near it. They sat down on the golden sand.
'So here we are, finally. I can't believe that Fatty thought this was "inappropriate"!' said Estella and pulled her hair out of her face.
'Maybe he didn't want you to go down to the lake because he is afraid of water and thinks that you should be too.' Estella looked irritated when he clearly didn't understand what she meant.
'Yes maybe,' was her only answer. They were quiet for a while, just watching the stillness of the water. Then he turned to her.
'Wanna go for a swim?' She smiled happily and nodded. They put on their swimming-clothes (or whatever) and ran down to the lake. Estella was quite sure now on the swimming and did it all very well. They played a kind of game where one of them were under the surface and tried to catch the other. That game made them laugh a lot as they tried to run away/catch the other. When Estella reappeared over the surface she pulled him down to his knees and gripped him by the neck. Then she kissed him. His eyes widened, but he didn't pull away. When she let go, he looked at her, shock and surprise, but not anger was in his eyes. She looked down.
'You, you didn't understand when I tried to tell you in different way's, I figured the best way would perhaps be to be very direct. So...I was. Maybe I was...' Merry had now recovered from the first shock and looked at her warmly.
'I'm sorry that I didn't understand earlier. It's just that no one has ever tried to do that before, so I'm not so good at those thing's. I guess this is why Fatty thought this was inappropriate?' She nodded.
'Yes, but he can't make those decisions for me, and my parent's doesn't seem to mind what I do, as long as I'm safe. Do you...do you...' She didn't know how to ask him, but apparently he understood anyway cause he nodded and leaned down to kiss her again.
****
'Come on Estella, anybody could see something's up! Have you met someone?' Daisy and Tulip had been nagging on her for an hour now, she was apparently up in the blue, was it that visible?
'All right, all right, he lives at Bag End and he's really cute! He taught me to swim, he's quite shy, but wonderful once you get to know him!' Her friends looked shocked.
'Bag End?!? Are you having an affair with Frodo Baggins? Estella, he's old, he'll come of age next year!'
'No no, not Frodo. His cousin lives there, he comes from Buckland and he's eighteen. His name is Meriadoc but he's usually called Merry.'
'Why does he live here if he comes from Buckland?'
'It's quite scary actually, but he's been abused by his father since he was a baby and then Frodo and Sam Gamgee rescued him from the hospital. His father is supposed to think that he is dead, when he's actually here!' Daisy and Tulip listened with excitement when she told them the whole story.
When she was going home later, she realised what she had done. She had been so happy to make her friends jealous of her and for once being the one who had an exciting, romantic story to tell that she had completely forgot that she wasn't supposed to tell anyone. She ran back and caught up with her friends.
'Look, you can't tell anybody what I just told you. If Merry's father would somehow find out he's here...'
'Ok, we wont tell.' Estella wasn't so sure though. Daisy and Tulip were the queens of gossip, they wouldn't let this kind of chance slip. They were certainly not the ones to think of consequenses.
****
'Stella, what's bothering you today?' Estella's head snapped up.
'Oh, it's nothing. I'm just thinking about how horrible it would be if your father came here and took you back.' Merry swallowed and looked down too.
'Yes, I've been thinking a lot about that too, we wouldn't be able to see each other any more.' He turned to her. 'Before they rescued me, I wasn't living, I just was something that my father owned. I've discovered now that there are actually things like happiness and...love. I don't know if I could go back to that existence again, and for that I would be killed.'
'But...you have changed a lot now. You were so thin and week before, you're stronger now and though you're still thin, people doesn't turn around on the streets anymore. Plus, you wouldn't ever dream of trying to fight back before, since you had no self-confidence, don't you think you'd be able to do that now?'
'Yes, maybe you're right. But, why are we thinking of that, it's not likely to happen unless people would start to talk, and no one will right? Come on, I'll walk you home.' Estella followed him, a fear growing in her mind. (no not a shadow, nor a threat) She just hoped Daisy and Tulip would keep her promise.
aelfgifu: Oh, I suck at history, if I need help sometimes I'll know who to call...I bet we'll have some kind of tests (or whatever it's called) in that in school sometimes. Actually, since this is the Shire maybe they started with that sooner, but who cares? Oh, you apparently did...How old is Holden by the way?
Lady Myself: Oh damn...when someone finally wants to put my fic in favourites...well I haven't actually checked if someone did, maybe I should.
Aurumlupi: Yes, it's getting more light so that later it can...*claps hands over mouth* No no, I'm not telling the story yet, you'll have to see! ****
Merry and Estella had planned a picnic for two weeks and finally they were on their way. They were going to the lake where Estella had learnt to swim where there was also a beautiful beach where there never used to be any people, probably since most hobbit's in Hobbiton were afraid of the water and wouldn't get near it. They sat down on the golden sand.
'So here we are, finally. I can't believe that Fatty thought this was "inappropriate"!' said Estella and pulled her hair out of her face.
'Maybe he didn't want you to go down to the lake because he is afraid of water and thinks that you should be too.' Estella looked irritated when he clearly didn't understand what she meant.
'Yes maybe,' was her only answer. They were quiet for a while, just watching the stillness of the water. Then he turned to her.
'Wanna go for a swim?' She smiled happily and nodded. They put on their swimming-clothes (or whatever) and ran down to the lake. Estella was quite sure now on the swimming and did it all very well. They played a kind of game where one of them were under the surface and tried to catch the other. That game made them laugh a lot as they tried to run away/catch the other. When Estella reappeared over the surface she pulled him down to his knees and gripped him by the neck. Then she kissed him. His eyes widened, but he didn't pull away. When she let go, he looked at her, shock and surprise, but not anger was in his eyes. She looked down.
'You, you didn't understand when I tried to tell you in different way's, I figured the best way would perhaps be to be very direct. So...I was. Maybe I was...' Merry had now recovered from the first shock and looked at her warmly.
'I'm sorry that I didn't understand earlier. It's just that no one has ever tried to do that before, so I'm not so good at those thing's. I guess this is why Fatty thought this was inappropriate?' She nodded.
'Yes, but he can't make those decisions for me, and my parent's doesn't seem to mind what I do, as long as I'm safe. Do you...do you...' She didn't know how to ask him, but apparently he understood anyway cause he nodded and leaned down to kiss her again.
****
'Come on Estella, anybody could see something's up! Have you met someone?' Daisy and Tulip had been nagging on her for an hour now, she was apparently up in the blue, was it that visible?
'All right, all right, he lives at Bag End and he's really cute! He taught me to swim, he's quite shy, but wonderful once you get to know him!' Her friends looked shocked.
'Bag End?!? Are you having an affair with Frodo Baggins? Estella, he's old, he'll come of age next year!'
'No no, not Frodo. His cousin lives there, he comes from Buckland and he's eighteen. His name is Meriadoc but he's usually called Merry.'
'Why does he live here if he comes from Buckland?'
'It's quite scary actually, but he's been abused by his father since he was a baby and then Frodo and Sam Gamgee rescued him from the hospital. His father is supposed to think that he is dead, when he's actually here!' Daisy and Tulip listened with excitement when she told them the whole story.
When she was going home later, she realised what she had done. She had been so happy to make her friends jealous of her and for once being the one who had an exciting, romantic story to tell that she had completely forgot that she wasn't supposed to tell anyone. She ran back and caught up with her friends.
'Look, you can't tell anybody what I just told you. If Merry's father would somehow find out he's here...'
'Ok, we wont tell.' Estella wasn't so sure though. Daisy and Tulip were the queens of gossip, they wouldn't let this kind of chance slip. They were certainly not the ones to think of consequenses.
****
'Stella, what's bothering you today?' Estella's head snapped up.
'Oh, it's nothing. I'm just thinking about how horrible it would be if your father came here and took you back.' Merry swallowed and looked down too.
'Yes, I've been thinking a lot about that too, we wouldn't be able to see each other any more.' He turned to her. 'Before they rescued me, I wasn't living, I just was something that my father owned. I've discovered now that there are actually things like happiness and...love. I don't know if I could go back to that existence again, and for that I would be killed.'
'But...you have changed a lot now. You were so thin and week before, you're stronger now and though you're still thin, people doesn't turn around on the streets anymore. Plus, you wouldn't ever dream of trying to fight back before, since you had no self-confidence, don't you think you'd be able to do that now?'
'Yes, maybe you're right. But, why are we thinking of that, it's not likely to happen unless people would start to talk, and no one will right? Come on, I'll walk you home.' Estella followed him, a fear growing in her mind. (no not a shadow, nor a threat) She just hoped Daisy and Tulip would keep her promise.