A/N I watched "Hostile waters" yesterday and it was so great, all Dominic-
fans should see it, he's just so cute. To little of him though, he has only
got one line which is: "I'm staying!...I'm staying!!!" But he's so cute and
he has some screen time though he doesn't say so much. No Dominic-fan
should have to live without seeing him cry in this movie, it's so cute!
Highly recommendable! Well, I suppose since this is a story, I should be
writing it down now instead of writing this so...here it comes!
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Estella was walking on the street, the sunshine was shining and people were laughing everywhere, these kinds of day's always made her happy. She decided to pay a visit to Bag End to see if Merry wanted to do something. Fatty still disapproved of her and Merry's relationship, not because he didn't like him, they were good friends, but because he thought she was too young for that kind of thing, and simply because he felt obliged to disapprove. But he was only twenty, and her parents were okay with it, they were okay with most things, so she didn't mind about Fatty. She turned up on the small road that led to Bag End, and then knocked the door of the beautiful little hobbit-house. Bilbo opened the door and he looked as if he had been crying.
'Hello Mr. Bilbo are you all right? I was just wondering if Merry...' Bilbo motioned for her to enter.
'Come in my girl, please sit down.' She did so, and fear was growing like a knot in her belly. Bilbo sat down at the opposite end of the table and looked at her with a serious and sad look in his eyes.
'Estella, Merry is...well rather to say...he has been...or if I'd say...'
'His father came and fetched him, right?' Bilbo looked down and made a small nod. Estella sniffled and rose. Then she quickly ran, tears streaming down her face. Merry had to be all right! After five minutes or so, she heard footsteps behind her. She looked back and saw that it was Frodo. He sat down slowly next to her and put an arm around her shoulder.
'I'm sorry Estella, it wasn't supposed to be this way. He was supposed to stay here with us and live a happy life, not to go back to the hell over there. I'm not sure what to do, if we get him again, his father would come straight over here and get him. He predicted this, you know. Bilbo told me the first thing he said when he learned we had kidnapped him was that his father would come and get him. I had no idea he would be so right. Estella, I don't know if there's anything we can do now, the only place to take him would be away from the Shire, somewhere where his father wont go, and has no power.' She answered without looking at him.
'I would walk away as long as it takes if that means I can be with him, and we are safe. Even if it means I have to leave my family, home and childhood behind.' They sat quiet for a few moments until Frodo spoke again.
'It sprung a leak.' She looked at him.
'What do you mean?'
'The secret, it sprung a leak. He, I mean Master Brandybuck said that he had actually thought Merry was dead, but then he had heard people talking on the streets about him living in Bag End. Someone has started talking and then the news had spread.' Estella looked at him, a devastated look on her face. It was her fault, if only she had not started talking...she started to cry again, but Frodo heard she was trying to say something.
'I did....tell and...forgot and then...*sobs*...told them quiet...but they told...anyway and....my fault if only....I wouldn't have babbled...*sobs sobs*'
'Estella, what are you saying???' She had calmed down enough now to make a sentence.
'I told some of my friends, I forgot I wasn't supposed to tell anyone and when I remembered I told them not to say anything but apparently they didn't care. It's all my fault!' She started to cry again and Frodo looked at her.
'Yes Estella, it was foolish of you, but it wasn't all your fault. In that case, you can as well say it was my fault for telling you, but most of all your friends fault, if they told people just because they didn't care about the consequences Merry would - and will suffer. However, the most important thing right now, is to figure out how to get him back. Any ideas?' Estella stayed quiet at first, then she looked at him.
'Is he ever allowed to go out, to see anyone or something?' Frodo nodded.
'Yes, not to look strange in front of others, Saradoc will let Merry go out once in a while, but I strongly doubt he will ever be allowed to see you or me anymore. Though I do have an idea...I'll be back tomorrow, just wait for me okay?'
'Don't we have to hurry, what if Merry's father kills him?!?'
'He's survived eighteen years, he can make it another day I'm sure. Just...trust me okay?' She managed a small smile.
'Okay.' Her face darkened. 'I have some people to talk to while you're gone.'
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'How could you do that, don't you see how stupid it was?!? What were you thinking?' Estella stood in front of Daisy and Tulip who both seemed to have very little interest in what she was saying.
'Oh, don't take it so seriously, it wasn't that bad, just a bit of fun.'
'A bit of fun?!?' Estella yelled now. 'That bit of fun might cost Merry his life, what did he ever do to you?!? I don't understand how I could ever like to hang out with you, you're just interested in gossip, not caring what consequences it may have on others! Until now, it's been quite harmless, but this is a life-and-death-situation, don't you understand?!?' Daisy turned over to get an apple and started chewing on it.
'You're so boring, why don't you loose up a bit? Forget that guy, if he can't even defend himself against his father, then what do you see in him? Is he very good-looking or what?'
'Yes, but that hasn't got anything to do with it! He's been mistreated since he was only a baby, it's not so strange if he can't defend himself. Now he is much better physically but he's been starved all his life so he's a little small, even for a hobbit! Feel happy, you might just have sent an eighteen-year-old to death!' Estella stomped out of the hobbit-house, feeling at least a little better. She just wondered what Frodo was doing?
A/N I'm thinking of starting to make an end to this story so I can concentrate on my other one and then maybe make a new. Please review and tell me your opinion of that.
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Estella was walking on the street, the sunshine was shining and people were laughing everywhere, these kinds of day's always made her happy. She decided to pay a visit to Bag End to see if Merry wanted to do something. Fatty still disapproved of her and Merry's relationship, not because he didn't like him, they were good friends, but because he thought she was too young for that kind of thing, and simply because he felt obliged to disapprove. But he was only twenty, and her parents were okay with it, they were okay with most things, so she didn't mind about Fatty. She turned up on the small road that led to Bag End, and then knocked the door of the beautiful little hobbit-house. Bilbo opened the door and he looked as if he had been crying.
'Hello Mr. Bilbo are you all right? I was just wondering if Merry...' Bilbo motioned for her to enter.
'Come in my girl, please sit down.' She did so, and fear was growing like a knot in her belly. Bilbo sat down at the opposite end of the table and looked at her with a serious and sad look in his eyes.
'Estella, Merry is...well rather to say...he has been...or if I'd say...'
'His father came and fetched him, right?' Bilbo looked down and made a small nod. Estella sniffled and rose. Then she quickly ran, tears streaming down her face. Merry had to be all right! After five minutes or so, she heard footsteps behind her. She looked back and saw that it was Frodo. He sat down slowly next to her and put an arm around her shoulder.
'I'm sorry Estella, it wasn't supposed to be this way. He was supposed to stay here with us and live a happy life, not to go back to the hell over there. I'm not sure what to do, if we get him again, his father would come straight over here and get him. He predicted this, you know. Bilbo told me the first thing he said when he learned we had kidnapped him was that his father would come and get him. I had no idea he would be so right. Estella, I don't know if there's anything we can do now, the only place to take him would be away from the Shire, somewhere where his father wont go, and has no power.' She answered without looking at him.
'I would walk away as long as it takes if that means I can be with him, and we are safe. Even if it means I have to leave my family, home and childhood behind.' They sat quiet for a few moments until Frodo spoke again.
'It sprung a leak.' She looked at him.
'What do you mean?'
'The secret, it sprung a leak. He, I mean Master Brandybuck said that he had actually thought Merry was dead, but then he had heard people talking on the streets about him living in Bag End. Someone has started talking and then the news had spread.' Estella looked at him, a devastated look on her face. It was her fault, if only she had not started talking...she started to cry again, but Frodo heard she was trying to say something.
'I did....tell and...forgot and then...*sobs*...told them quiet...but they told...anyway and....my fault if only....I wouldn't have babbled...*sobs sobs*'
'Estella, what are you saying???' She had calmed down enough now to make a sentence.
'I told some of my friends, I forgot I wasn't supposed to tell anyone and when I remembered I told them not to say anything but apparently they didn't care. It's all my fault!' She started to cry again and Frodo looked at her.
'Yes Estella, it was foolish of you, but it wasn't all your fault. In that case, you can as well say it was my fault for telling you, but most of all your friends fault, if they told people just because they didn't care about the consequences Merry would - and will suffer. However, the most important thing right now, is to figure out how to get him back. Any ideas?' Estella stayed quiet at first, then she looked at him.
'Is he ever allowed to go out, to see anyone or something?' Frodo nodded.
'Yes, not to look strange in front of others, Saradoc will let Merry go out once in a while, but I strongly doubt he will ever be allowed to see you or me anymore. Though I do have an idea...I'll be back tomorrow, just wait for me okay?'
'Don't we have to hurry, what if Merry's father kills him?!?'
'He's survived eighteen years, he can make it another day I'm sure. Just...trust me okay?' She managed a small smile.
'Okay.' Her face darkened. 'I have some people to talk to while you're gone.'
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'How could you do that, don't you see how stupid it was?!? What were you thinking?' Estella stood in front of Daisy and Tulip who both seemed to have very little interest in what she was saying.
'Oh, don't take it so seriously, it wasn't that bad, just a bit of fun.'
'A bit of fun?!?' Estella yelled now. 'That bit of fun might cost Merry his life, what did he ever do to you?!? I don't understand how I could ever like to hang out with you, you're just interested in gossip, not caring what consequences it may have on others! Until now, it's been quite harmless, but this is a life-and-death-situation, don't you understand?!?' Daisy turned over to get an apple and started chewing on it.
'You're so boring, why don't you loose up a bit? Forget that guy, if he can't even defend himself against his father, then what do you see in him? Is he very good-looking or what?'
'Yes, but that hasn't got anything to do with it! He's been mistreated since he was only a baby, it's not so strange if he can't defend himself. Now he is much better physically but he's been starved all his life so he's a little small, even for a hobbit! Feel happy, you might just have sent an eighteen-year-old to death!' Estella stomped out of the hobbit-house, feeling at least a little better. She just wondered what Frodo was doing?
A/N I'm thinking of starting to make an end to this story so I can concentrate on my other one and then maybe make a new. Please review and tell me your opinion of that.