Chapter 18

A/N: We're going to end this soon because we have almost 20 chapters. I don't know what to write. Oh well, not my problem! Oh, crap, wait, yes it is! Poop. Anyway, here we go! Nessa's POV.

Disclaimer: We only own what you don't recognize. Still, no one has guessed who just about everything belongs to. Come on people, if you don't guess, I'll be forced to give the cookies to the elves. We know how that ended earlier.

Haldir: *Grins sheepishly*

Legolas: I want a cookie!

Me: No.

Legolas: Why?

Me: Because Sparky over there already gave you one a few chapters ago.

Legolas: Oh.

Haldir: Can I have the cookie? I haven't had one yet.

Me: No.

Haldir: Pwease?

Me: No.

Haldir: I'll take my shirt of for you…

Me: Ok!

Legolas: NO!! I want the cookie!

Haldir: No, you already had one.

Legolas: So? I still want one.

Me: People, we can settle this.

Haldir: How?
Me: We give the cookie to Strider.

Christy really didn't look well when she woke up this morning so we decided to wait a little until we left. Merry stayed with Christy the whole time…it was sickening.

"Is she going to die?" Pippin asked me on our walk together.

"No! No, she just having a stomach ache. Nothing serious."

"Oh, that's good," he said, sounding relieved. "I don't want her to die."

"I do! No, I'm just kidding. I don't want anyone to do die…yet. Well, except Gimli."

We continued with our walk. I don't know if you would really call it a walk because we spent a good bit of time making out but we were in the woods.

"I'm going…to get more wood," Gimli said.

"We don't need any, we're leaving soon," Strider replied.

"Oh, well, then I'm going to the bathroom."

"Do NOT go following Vanessa and Pippin," Boromir groaned. "Leave them alone."

"What?! That's preposterous! I would never."

"Yes you would," everyone said in a monotone voice.

He got up anyway and headed towards the woods where Pip and I were. He followed the trail he thought we were most likely to have taken. He knew he had the right one when he heard voices.

"We should be heading back. I want to see how Christy is doing," I said.

"Five more minutes, please?" he begged.

"Two."

"Three?"

"Oh alright," I gave in. It's not like I was being tortured or anything, just kissing.

Gimli followed our voices, anxious to see what exactly we were up to. He was quite surprised though when he saw Pip had pinned me to a tree, kissing me. "What are you kids doing?!"

Pippin, frightened by the newcomer, let go of me and said, "Umm…nothing."

"I'm not a kid!" I whined. "Neither is he."

"Come on, let's go. I'm taking you back to camp."

"No," I commanded and crossed my arms across my chest. "I'm 14 years old and I can make my own decisions."

"You're only 14?!" Gimli asked incredulously. "You're still a baby!"

"No I'm not. In 4 years I'll be considered an adult."

"Come on, I'm taking both of you back," he said and grabbed my arm.

"Let go of me! Rape! Rape! Pippin, help me!"

Gimli ended up taking, well dragging, me back to camp and handed me over to Strider. "I caught them doing things in the woods," he stated proudly.

"So?" he asked, unmoved by this news. "I knew they were doing something. But, didn't I tell you not to follow them?"

"Well, yes. But aren't you glad I did?"

"No. You see, they're at it already. You should not have followed them, Gimli."

Pippin had walked over to me and tapped me on the shoulder while Gimli and Strider were arguing. We started kissing almost immediately.

"Aren't you going to stop them?!" Gimli cried.

"No. I see no harm in it."

I smiled. I needed to thank that Ranger one of these days. Gimli scoffed and walked away. I gave the man a 'thank-you-for-saving-my-butt' kind of look and continued with Pippin.

(A/N: My gosh! That was horrid to write. The whole time I was wishing it were Strider in my arms, not Pippin)

Christy said she was feeling better at around noon so we packed up and left.

"Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces past…" I started singing.

"Make it stop! Make it stop! The horror! The horror!" Gimli complained.

"Oh shut up!" Pippin and I said in perfect sync.

"Vanessa," Christy said to me. "Like I said before, you're rubbing off way too much on that hobbit."

I smiled. It was true. Pippin, and all of the hobbits, had changed so much ever since Christy and I had shown up in the Shire.

The day passed and nothing interesting happened. I still thought Christy looked sick but she insisted that she was OK.

Aragorn decided it was time to rest so we pulled the boats to shore and set up camp. I tried really hard not to look at Strider while he pulled in the boats but I couldn't help myself. He was so muscular and grungy that I couldn't stop staring.

Christy looked at me and smiled evilly. I looked away. "He he he," she thought. "That is going to come in handy someday."

It got late and we all either went to bed or went on watch. I snuggled up next to Pippin and Christy did the same with Merry.

I didn't know what time, but I awoke some time during the night and Strider and Frodo were on watch together. Just the two I didn't want to look at. I tried going back to sleep but it wasn't going to happen.

I got up, carefully not to wake up Pip, and walked over to the two guys who were both sitting upon a rock looking out. I guess I had snuck on Frodo because he was a little frightened when I tapped him on his shoulder. "Hi, I couldn't sleep."

"Oh," he said and made room for me to sit down.

A/N: I'm tired. I hope you guys liked this chapter. I know it wasn't my best but right now I don't care. Sorry, it was a pretty crappy day. Oh, BTW, that song belongs to Vanessa Carlton. Gooo…Christy!