The Night For Faramir



Eomer does his little speech on Legolas and it was quite good, but my mind is still on Aragorn's speech. When the party is up again, I wave at Aragorn.

"Aragorn!" I yell. He comes straight towards me and holds me in this long hug. "That was the sweetest thing you've ever said about me, I think."

I see over my shoulder that he's smiling. "Emma, I never started to hate you when Arwen came along. At first I felt horrible. I had this feeling that you had something for Legolas and..."

I look up to see Legolas is no longer there. He's over at the side snacking some more. The music starts and Aragorn and me start dancing.

"Your one of my best friends," I tell Aragorn. I look up at him. Some reason his eyes are tearing up. Some reason MY eyes are tearing up!! "You know me better than anyone except my parents. You've seen the real me. I was afraid that when you left me that you didn't like me."

"I tried to tell you I wasn't leaving you," Aragorn says. "I still wanted to hang with you. I just started seeing things differently. I like how things are now. You are my best friend; Arwen is my girlfriend."

"It was silly how we fought," I say, remembering how I wouldn't talk to him.

"I know. Best friends?" he asks.

"Of course," I chuckle. "That's how I like it too."

"Well, you better get over there to your man. He's fidgeting around like he's going to have a seizure."

I laugh, looking at Legolas. He sure does. "Okay, see you later." He pauses and kisses my forehead. "We're tight?"

"Yea, tight," I say. He then turns to leave. I stand in the middle of the dance floor, smiling like an idiot. I must have looked so dumb. Aragorn and me needed to talk about that and it had happened. Now things were cool.

All of the sudden I feel these warm arms slip around me...strong arms of a guy in a tux. Ooh, who could that be? "Hi, Legolas..." I say turning. "Uh, I mean Earfalas." I'm already creeped out and he has this little glint in his eyes. Everything about him creeps me out now. "I thought you'd want to dance with me," he says.

'WANT to dance with YOU?' I feel like saying. I dance with him anyways. What an ass. "Look I'm sorry about our date a few months back...or whenever it was," he says. I roll my eyes. "Yea, whatever."

He looks a little hurt, but I don't care. "So, could we ever go out again?"

"I don't think so," I say.

"Why not?"

"I have a boyfriend if you don't already know."

"So," he shrugs like me having a boyfriend is no problem. "He would NEVER know. Besides, aren't *I* worth it?"

I look up at him. Is HE worth anything to ME? Hell no. If someone asked me to save his life for a penny I'd be like, "No, I'll keep my penny! You can kill Earfalas for all I care. He probably rapes little girls or something!"

"Your not worth it," I say sharply. "I don't give a shit what you want. I LOVE Legolas and I HATE you." I can't believe I said that. He leaves and my mood goes back to normal. Not even HE could kill my mood. But where the hell is Legolas when I need him?

"Hey, I'm right here," Legolas says. I turn. It was like he was reading my mind. He's no longer wearing his jacket and he looks so hot. His blond hair dances around his shoulders as he comes closer and one strong hand gently slips around my waste. "What?" he asks, noticing that I'm being a little weird. I look up at him, straight in the eyes. He twitches. God, is he having a seizure? Haha. "I was just thinking you look wonderful."

He comes closer to me. "Hey, you look sexier than you've ever looked, baby," he whispers, his lips tickling my ear. I punch him in the chest [not hard]. It's so messed up when guys are horny in public! Can't they say these things in private? I can see this freshman right next to us and she's being so quiet that I know she's listening. "Don't think I'm playing with you," he says, laughing. "But you've always been the sexiest girl at the school," he quickly adds.

I smile. "You better believe it," I joke.

He laughs again, but his smile goes down a notch. "What did that Earfalas guy want?"

"He...he wanted to dance."

"And...what else did he want?" Legolas said harshly.

"He wanted to go out with me again," I say. "Like THAT would ever happen."

"He probably wanted sex," Legolas says, staring out in space.

"Legolas!"

"What?!" he says. "He probably did. He's an ass hole that plays all the girls."

I nod and pull Legolas closer. "And we have nothing to do with that, because all I want is you."

I know he's smiling. I can feel it. I like that about Legolas and me. There is such a connection and he loves me. That's the greatest thing I'll ever know. I'm loved by someone I love to death.



Faramir POV

Everyone seems to be having a blast. Even Boromir! Elise was going to come, but then something happened and she couldn't make it. "She said, 'I'll be able to make it next time, I'm sure. I have next weekend off and I'll be able to hang for a night,'" Boromir told me, quoting exactly what she had said.

Right. How come I was the only one having a kind of lame time? I few girls walked by, looking at me with these sexy stares as if trying to give me a hint that they wanted to dance. But I walked right past them and I'm not sure why. I was the guy who never had a girlfriend because I wanted to flirt with them all, but tonight was different. I glanced over at Eowyn again. Man, was she a babe! He sandy blond hair was waved all around her as she danced with some guy from Rohan. I felt a pang of jealousy. Maybe she was into Rohan guys. After all, she WAS from Rohan.

'What chance did I think I have, anyway?' I wondered. 'Faramir is doomed to aloneness forever.' I didn't understand why! I didn't think I was drop dead gorgeous, but I certainly wasn't ugly. I knew that much. I was kinda shy and mellow. Don't girls like that? I looked back at the girls giving guys sexy-stares. Stupid chicks were still staring and waving at me. Okay, maybe SOME girls like shy, mellow guys. Maybe that wasn't Eowyn's type?

I could be hyped and talkative? Nah, no way. I was stuck being myself. I was also stuck being a dude with no Eowyn.

"Faramir!" I jumped, suddenly noticing that Eowyn was RIGHT THERE. I smiled more than I should have. I wonder if I looked as excited as I felt. She smiles too. "Don't sit back in this corner. Dance with me!" she yelled over the noise.

I laughed and twirled her around. The mellow song turned into one of those up-beat tango songs. I'd actually done tango at this summer program. Who would have known? But I really love dancing.

Before I know it, we're bobbing all over the floor like we'd done this together before. It sure felt like we had! I felt like some Tango-Champion if there was such a thing! I swung her, dipped her, pulled off the really cool moves I'd only done in Tango class with this girl in thick glasses. This was certainly MUCH better.

"Faramir, look," she said. I got to take a quick glance away from her. Oh my god! I hadn't even noticed that the whole floor had been cleared for us and everyone was watching and clapping. I twirl Eowyn one last time and then we stop. Everyone claps louder and we both bow.

"That was awesome, Faramir!" Eowyn looks at me and the crowd goes back to the floor. "I've NEVER tangoed before. You knew what you were doing, huh?"

"Yea, I took a class," I say.

"Well, it's really cool. That was the best dance I've ever had!"

I smile and I mean REALLY smile. "Ya know, I think it was mine, too."



Arwen POV

"I really think your speech was great, Aragorn. I know you're not too big on speeches, but I'm sure Emma was so happy," I say.

He smiles. "Yea, she WAS happy."

I look away so he won't have to see my sad face. At first I was jealous of Emma and I start to feel jealous again. I could have been the queen of the fall ball and maybe Aragorn could have said a great speech about ME. At the same time, I'm aware of how selfish I am being.

"What's wrong?" Aragorn asks, tilting my chin up so he can see me. "I love you and I just want to have a great time with you. I don't like Emma THAT way anymore..."

"Oh, it's not that," I shrug. "I'm sorry. I'm just feeling a little tired. I love you too and I'm so glad you love me."

Aragorn smiles and kisses me. I feel something flutter inside my stomach. I'm so lucky. So I guess this is how it feels to be REALLY in love? I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him again. I'm sure.



Faramir POV again

Eowyn and me get a few more little dances and a few friends come over to say hi.

"You guys looked wonderful out there!" Legolas says, dancing with Emma.

"Yea," Emma agrees. "Like one of those super-perfect couples." She winks at me and I feel myself blushing. Not like I don't like them around, but they finally left, leaving me alone with Eowyn again.

Eowyn smiles up at me. "I'm glad we get to dance and hang together tonight," she says. "I kinda hoped it would happen."

I feel myself blushing harder. She can be so casual when she speaks about something like that, but when I talk about these things I turn beat red. "Eowyn, I've liked you," I finally say. "...for a long time now."

She looks up at me, her blue eyes sparkling. "Really?"

"Yea," I say. "And when I saw you dancing with that Rohan dude, I was going bezerk."

"That guy?" she asks, looking at that guy she had danced with. "He's my cousin."

"Oh," I say. Great, now I feel stupid. "But just thinking about you being with someone else made me realize...I think..."

I don't know if I can finish my sentence without sounding so dumb.

"I think...I'm in love with you."

She doesn't really say anything, but she seems to be glowing. Is that a smile I see? I lean into her, our bodies together and my face inching towards hers. Then it happened. I kissed her. This kiss meant more to me than any other times I'd kissed a girl. Finally, we pulled away. She looked at me like she really did love me back...

But then she looked at my like my nose had grown bigger or something. "WHAT?" I asked. I felt like I'd kissed her and she didn't want to be kissed. I wanted to scream because I felt like I was a worm in her presence. "Should I not have kissed you?"

Then she laughed. "No, I wanted that like you have no idea, but um..."

"What?" I pressed.

"You have my lipstick on your lips," she said, taking her fingers and wiping it away. I laughed. I'd been afraid she didn't like me! But I was so wrong! I sighed. "So, do you love me back?"

"I'll settle for really like. I really like you," she said. "And I really want to learn to love you," she says. Then this time she leaned towards me.



Emma POV

I'd caught a glimpse at Faramir and Eowyn's little kiss. The night was full of romance for everyone, huh? I looked at Boromir in the corner his cell- phone pressed to his ear. He even looked like he was glowing. I'm sure he's talking to Elise.

I look at Legolas who is smiling like crazy. I can tell he's having a blast. "I'll see you later, Emma," Talim says.

"Wait, where are you going?" I ask, grabbing her hand. I then notice that Eomer is holding her hand so I quickly pull my hand away.

"Um, I'm going to hang in Eomer's room," Talim says. "See you tomorrow."

"Yea, Legolas is looks like you'll have to sleep somewhere else tonight," says Eomer. "See ya later."

Legolas shakes his head. "I can't believe this. Don't be messing in MY bed, all right?" Legolas then looks at me, first with this little sad puppy face, but then with this 'ooh can we have a little fun too?' look.

I sigh. "You can sleep in my room," I say.

"Yay!" he says. I laugh, then look around the room. I see some of my friends having a great time and Faramir's lips are locked to Eowyn's again.

"Love is in the air!" I say to myself.

"It sure is," Legolas says, rubbing his forehead against mine.



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