Thank you all for the encouraging reviews you have been giving me. I love you all for it. I have been trying to get on the site since Friday morning and couldn't so I am sorry this chapter is later than I said it would be. Here's the next chappie...
A step backward
Novavar and Aragorn hurried after her to Legolas' room. They burst in through the door to find Elrond sitting on the bed with his hand on Legolas' chest. He was murmuring Elvish words. Novavar and Aragorn stopped silently. When Elrond had finished they hurried to Legolas' side demanding to know what had happened in the short time that they had left him.
"There is still a small amount of poison in Legolas' body I am afraid." Elrond explained. "It should pass within a few days, but I am afraid that until then he may be in a lot of pain. The poison is slowly working its way out of his blood stream, which can cause a lot of pain. There is nothing we can do to ease it but I think that he will be able to cope."
"But he was all right before." Novavar protested. "Is this because I upset him?"
"No," Elrond assured her. "This is not your fault at all. There is nothing any of you could have done to prevent this from happening." He touched her arm softly and after giving her a reassuring smile he left the room. Novavar and Aragorn hurried to Legolas' side. He was once again shivering and he was icy cold. He opened his eyes, which surprised Novavar, and she avoided his gaze by looking at her hands.
"I am sorry." Legolas voice was dry and hoarse. "I didn't mean to upset you and I hope that we can still be friends." Novavar smiled and nodded as he closed his eyes once more.
Legolas let out a cry, unsuccessfully swallowed, as he tried to hide the pain he was in. Novavar touched his cheek and ran her fingers through his hair. Legolas looked up at her and she quickly pulled her hand away. Although it hurt Legolas a great deal, he lifted his hand and took Novavar's hand in his. He then closed his eyes again and sank back into the covers of the bed. He looked peaceful but occasionally his body would tense and the pain showed on his face. Novavar hated seeing him like that.
Aragorn had to leave after a while but he knew that Novavar would stay with his friend. He was still holding her hand and she felt safe sat here with him. After a while Legolas broke the silence.
"Could you get me some water please?" He asked. Novavar nodded and hurried from the room to find him some.
She found a glass in the kitchen, filled it with water and made her way back to his room. On her way she thought about how lucky she really was, to have a friend like Legolas and that she should concentrate on what she had and not what she didn't have. She made up her mind that, although her feelings overwhelmed her sometimes, she would push them to the back of her mind and just be thankful that Legolas was such a good friend.
She arrived back at his room and smiled as she sat down next to him. She helped him to sit up slightly with some pillows and then handed the glass to him. He took it in a very shaky hand but soon discovered that he was too weak and unsteady to even lift the glass to his lips. Novavar took the glass off Legolas and held it to his lips. He drank a small amount of the cold liquid and then relaxed back into the pillows. He smiled up at Novavar and her heart melted once more.
Novavar and Legolas sat talking for some time. They were laughing and telling each other stories when Aragorn came back into the room.
"It's good to see that you two are getting along better." Aragorn said as he saw them both laughing on the bed. "How are you feeling now Legolas?"
"I don't feel as bad as I did but the pain is bad most of the time." As he spoke he held his chest.
Aragorn, Legolas and Novavar spent the rest of the day talking. Legolas looked a lot better, although he would occasionally go very quite and close his eyes when the pain became too much. They were sat talking like friends again. They hadn't sat to talk like this for some time, due to the visit to Mirkwood and then Legolas being taken ill. At last though they were able to spend some time together and the conversation, which had taken place earlier, was at the back of everyone's minds. Everyone except Legolas.
Ok, I know that was short and not a lot happened but please don't shout at me. The story is drawing to an end now and I quite sad as I have really enjoyed writing it. I hope you liked it anyway and I hope you take a few mins to drop me a review to tell me what you think. Thank you.
LegyLuva
PS. Next chap up on Tuesday.
