Authors Note: Bah. Screw it. Wait! I want to say something to LadyKnight30! Yes I do keep my Return of the King book handy in case I need a feminine hobbit name! I did make up Matteus and Chorlius Mirab-what's his name though.
Disclaimer: LOVE IS IN THE AIR! WHOO! Everyone in all my fics are getting married, I think. Okay, two of them. Spring, a time when young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, awww!
Pippin's First Love Chapter Eight
Live music would've been the best, but it was a spur of the moment type party so Frodo and Bilbo sang some songs that Bilbo had written. Diamond was thrilled and very giddy. You woudn't have guessed by her giggles and laughs that she was moving away tomorrow afternoon. Frodo's smile fell. Poor Pippin...
"Tag!" cried Rosie, punching Diamond lightly on the arm and skittering away. Diamond reached out and touched Merry's arm and darted away. It was like a chain-reaction as Merry tagged Pippin and Pippin tagged Estella. Hours of relentless play ensued as the sun began to set on the fields out yonder. Diamond sneered at the fields
"I'll be seeing ya more closely tomorrow! HUMPH!" she kicked the ground angrily and crossed her arms on her chest. Merry frowned and tried to say something when Pippin said one of the most grown-up things in his life.
"Come now, Diamond! You're almost a grown girl! Can't be more than a few years before your able to move out here by yerself!" he chided. She smiled at him weakly.
"Pip. I'm seventeen. I've gotta wait quite a while before Nob lets me outside the farmhouse even!" she pouted again and stuck out her lower lip. Pippin shook his head.
"Well, I guess I'll walk ya home then." he muttered. Merry gaped open mouthed as he led her homeward bound, arm in arm.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but is he taken with her?" Bilbo asked aloud to anyone who happened to be listening. Every head turned towards him.
"NO!" Merry said sarcastically.
"And she's definetly not taken with him." Frodo added, also sarcastic. Bilbo rubbed his chin thoughtfully. He smiled at the hobbits and waved a hand to them.
"Come, I have an idea!" he called to them. They followed him into the hole, curious but cautious. He opened a small box and pulled out a diamond and amethyst ring. The gold trim glittered and shone but the amethyst really stood out, just a heart-shaped cut in the center of the diamond oval.
"That was his grandmother's, wasn't it?" Frodo asked sullenly. Bilbo nodded gravely and turned away from his treasure box. He snapped the lid shut and turned to them all, a wild look in his eye. The look left him as suddenly as it came, and he looked frightened.
"Well. I believe we owe it to young Peregrin to give him this ring. In case he has things to do with it." Bilbo suggested. They all gaped at Frodo and his uncle who looked pleased with themselves.
"You're kidding, right? Pippin is nineteen years old. Even if his parents thought it right, Nob would never let that happen so soon!" Rosie said, flabbergasted.
"Not marraige, maybe a promise though." Frodo said thoughtfully. Estella smiled widely and looked at Rosie.
"There ya go, Rose! A promise ring! When she moves out, she's bound to him, it's brilliant." she gushed. Rosie nodded enthusiastically and took the ring from Bilbo.
"We'll give it to Pippin, and if need be, we'll deliver it to Diamond, even if she is in Long Cleeve!" Rosie said vehemently. Bilbo nodded and gestured that they'd better get going. As if on cue, Pippin skulked around the corner and noticed the stealthy way Rosie and Estella were walking about. He blinked painfully against his new black eye. Diamond was horrified, Nob was drunk, Pippin accepted it. It was no big deal, he'd had worse.
Estella and Rosie gasped at Pippin's new eyewear and rushed over to him.
"Pippin! What happened?" Estella cried, brushing his hair out of her face and examining the black eye.
"Nothing, just met a drunk on the road." he lied. They glared down the road, as if they could see the drunk and then Rosie pressed a small ring into his hand. Pippin stared at it, making his eye throb.
"What is it?" he asked Rosie. She looked around once more, to check if anyone was listening.
"It was your Grandmother's ring. Bilbo's been keeping it but he wants you to give it to Diamond. Don't fret Pip, it's a Promise Ring." she explained. Pippin's eyes lit up and he clenched his fist around the ring and took off at a run down the road.
Diamond was asleep in her room, barely. She had locked her door using all three locks. Then she had snuck out and locked the girls' room door using the four locks it had. The locks had been installed shortly after their parents died, Nob and some of his friends would go out and get drunk, and Nob would come home and use Diamond or one of the girls as a punching bag. The guys could fend for themselves so she didn't bother unlocking her door to go find them and see if they were all right. A steady but urgent tap on her window awoke her. She glared at her pocketwatch and looked into the window. Pippin's head peered over the ledge, he waved for her to open it. She swung the window open and looked at Pippin who was hidden behind a bush outside her window.
"Listen, I hafta git home but, here, this is a promise." he whispered and pushed the ring into her hand and skittered away from the window, looking both ways before sprinting to the street and running for home. She looked at the ring in her hand and smiled. This makes it final.
Disclaimer: LOVE IS IN THE AIR! WHOO! Everyone in all my fics are getting married, I think. Okay, two of them. Spring, a time when young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, awww!
Pippin's First Love Chapter Eight
Live music would've been the best, but it was a spur of the moment type party so Frodo and Bilbo sang some songs that Bilbo had written. Diamond was thrilled and very giddy. You woudn't have guessed by her giggles and laughs that she was moving away tomorrow afternoon. Frodo's smile fell. Poor Pippin...
"Tag!" cried Rosie, punching Diamond lightly on the arm and skittering away. Diamond reached out and touched Merry's arm and darted away. It was like a chain-reaction as Merry tagged Pippin and Pippin tagged Estella. Hours of relentless play ensued as the sun began to set on the fields out yonder. Diamond sneered at the fields
"I'll be seeing ya more closely tomorrow! HUMPH!" she kicked the ground angrily and crossed her arms on her chest. Merry frowned and tried to say something when Pippin said one of the most grown-up things in his life.
"Come now, Diamond! You're almost a grown girl! Can't be more than a few years before your able to move out here by yerself!" he chided. She smiled at him weakly.
"Pip. I'm seventeen. I've gotta wait quite a while before Nob lets me outside the farmhouse even!" she pouted again and stuck out her lower lip. Pippin shook his head.
"Well, I guess I'll walk ya home then." he muttered. Merry gaped open mouthed as he led her homeward bound, arm in arm.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but is he taken with her?" Bilbo asked aloud to anyone who happened to be listening. Every head turned towards him.
"NO!" Merry said sarcastically.
"And she's definetly not taken with him." Frodo added, also sarcastic. Bilbo rubbed his chin thoughtfully. He smiled at the hobbits and waved a hand to them.
"Come, I have an idea!" he called to them. They followed him into the hole, curious but cautious. He opened a small box and pulled out a diamond and amethyst ring. The gold trim glittered and shone but the amethyst really stood out, just a heart-shaped cut in the center of the diamond oval.
"That was his grandmother's, wasn't it?" Frodo asked sullenly. Bilbo nodded gravely and turned away from his treasure box. He snapped the lid shut and turned to them all, a wild look in his eye. The look left him as suddenly as it came, and he looked frightened.
"Well. I believe we owe it to young Peregrin to give him this ring. In case he has things to do with it." Bilbo suggested. They all gaped at Frodo and his uncle who looked pleased with themselves.
"You're kidding, right? Pippin is nineteen years old. Even if his parents thought it right, Nob would never let that happen so soon!" Rosie said, flabbergasted.
"Not marraige, maybe a promise though." Frodo said thoughtfully. Estella smiled widely and looked at Rosie.
"There ya go, Rose! A promise ring! When she moves out, she's bound to him, it's brilliant." she gushed. Rosie nodded enthusiastically and took the ring from Bilbo.
"We'll give it to Pippin, and if need be, we'll deliver it to Diamond, even if she is in Long Cleeve!" Rosie said vehemently. Bilbo nodded and gestured that they'd better get going. As if on cue, Pippin skulked around the corner and noticed the stealthy way Rosie and Estella were walking about. He blinked painfully against his new black eye. Diamond was horrified, Nob was drunk, Pippin accepted it. It was no big deal, he'd had worse.
Estella and Rosie gasped at Pippin's new eyewear and rushed over to him.
"Pippin! What happened?" Estella cried, brushing his hair out of her face and examining the black eye.
"Nothing, just met a drunk on the road." he lied. They glared down the road, as if they could see the drunk and then Rosie pressed a small ring into his hand. Pippin stared at it, making his eye throb.
"What is it?" he asked Rosie. She looked around once more, to check if anyone was listening.
"It was your Grandmother's ring. Bilbo's been keeping it but he wants you to give it to Diamond. Don't fret Pip, it's a Promise Ring." she explained. Pippin's eyes lit up and he clenched his fist around the ring and took off at a run down the road.
Diamond was asleep in her room, barely. She had locked her door using all three locks. Then she had snuck out and locked the girls' room door using the four locks it had. The locks had been installed shortly after their parents died, Nob and some of his friends would go out and get drunk, and Nob would come home and use Diamond or one of the girls as a punching bag. The guys could fend for themselves so she didn't bother unlocking her door to go find them and see if they were all right. A steady but urgent tap on her window awoke her. She glared at her pocketwatch and looked into the window. Pippin's head peered over the ledge, he waved for her to open it. She swung the window open and looked at Pippin who was hidden behind a bush outside her window.
"Listen, I hafta git home but, here, this is a promise." he whispered and pushed the ring into her hand and skittered away from the window, looking both ways before sprinting to the street and running for home. She looked at the ring in her hand and smiled. This makes it final.
