Maleu heard the door close as Elrond left. She let out a sob that she contained for the entire time her was there. Maleu just laid and cried for hours on end. Soon she realized how loud she must have been crying but it didn't matter to her anymore. Grief was the only thing she knew. Time passed strangely to her, soon she didn't know whether she had been in there days or minutes. The sun had not yet set, (even though she couldn't see because of the tears.) so it eventually came that she didn't care anymore. Nothing mattered. She didn't care if her life ended right then. For a fleeting moment she thought of doing it herself. The thought was banished temporarily by a knock at the door.
" Who is it?" she rasped, most of her voice had gone with the weeping.
"It's Arwen. Can I come in?" No answer.
"Yes" a weak reply came minutes later. Arwen opened the door; she couldn't say she was surprised at the sight. Maleu's cheeks were red and blotchy, her beautiful green eyes swollen with tears.
" Forgive me for saying so, my dear, but you look terrible." Arwen took a small towel and put it in the warm water she brought. Then she walked over and sat on the bed next to where Maleu was laying.
" What do I care how I look?" she sighed deeply, "Nothing matters anymore."
"Course it does!" Arwen said getting slightly scared at Maleu's actions. "It matters that you see your friends again."
" They didn't even say good-bye." Arwen found no answer to that. She tried her hardest again to cheer Maleu up.
" What about me? I am your friend." Maleu's head began to throb from the crying. She closed her eyes. The first thing she saw was their faces. Maleu jumped when she felt the warm towel Arwen brought press against her forehead.
"And what about Legolas and the Hobbits? They didn't seem to keen on leaving you." Maleu didn't answer. Arwen sighed; she remembered when she acted like this when Aragorn left. They were silent for a long while, before Arwen finally said something,
" So, are you going to come down and eat with us? You have been up here for most of the day it's nearly the nighttime hours," Arwen asked.
" I'm sorry I am not really hungry."
"That's alright, come down when you are." Arwen left Maleu back to her solitude of grief.