Chapter Four: Shocking Truth, A broken Heart
After the meal Limalo lay by the brook that ran through the woods, next to Merry
"Merry?" she whispered.
"Hm?"
"I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
She rolled on her side. "I.I'm betrothed."
He looked shocked. "To whom?"
"Legolas Greenleaf of Mirkwood."
Merry's eye's widened. "But-"
"There's another thing."
"What?"
She leaned over to him. "I think I've fallen in love with you."
"You.you do?"
She smiled. "Yes."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Pippin didn't expect to see anything in the woods when he went, and when he spotted Merry and Limalo he was more than surprised.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck! What are you doing?"
Merry pulled away from her and blushed. "I.I.nothing!!!"
Limalo had a similar reaction. "Yeah, nothing!"
"No, I saw you giving Merry air."
"Yeah, that's what we were doing! He passed out, heheheh." Limalo was blushing and she stood. "I should go."
She quickly dashed away into the woods.
"Wow, she's quick."
"Yup," said Merry fondly.
"Merry."
"Yeah?"
"You were kissing her."
Merry sat up and sighed. "I know. But I've never felt like this before. Like I was thrown into the sky and down again. You know, like there's not a care in the world."
"I wish." Pippin slumped down beside his friend and put his face in his hands. "I think I love Kilikai, but she's so stuck on that Verik that."
"That you have no chance?"
"Exactly."
Merry sat for a moment then realized that Pippin was crying."Pip?"
"This.this is the first time I've felt this! And she doesn't." He took a deep breath. "And she doesn't even give me a second glance."
Merry looked at his friend sadly. "It's okay Pip. She won't be like this forever."
"But what if she is!" he said standing. "I." He turned around. "I want my old life back Merry. Stealing from farmer maggots field, and birthday parties, eating and drinking and not having a care in the world. I want to be Pippin the child again."
"Oh Pip, we will be like that again."
"No we won't. Not now that the shire is gone."
He put a hand on his friends shoulder, then stood. "Just follow your heart Pip."
Pippin watched as he walked away, then sat against a tree and watched the sun fall behind the horizon.
After the meal Limalo lay by the brook that ran through the woods, next to Merry
"Merry?" she whispered.
"Hm?"
"I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
She rolled on her side. "I.I'm betrothed."
He looked shocked. "To whom?"
"Legolas Greenleaf of Mirkwood."
Merry's eye's widened. "But-"
"There's another thing."
"What?"
She leaned over to him. "I think I've fallen in love with you."
"You.you do?"
She smiled. "Yes."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Pippin didn't expect to see anything in the woods when he went, and when he spotted Merry and Limalo he was more than surprised.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck! What are you doing?"
Merry pulled away from her and blushed. "I.I.nothing!!!"
Limalo had a similar reaction. "Yeah, nothing!"
"No, I saw you giving Merry air."
"Yeah, that's what we were doing! He passed out, heheheh." Limalo was blushing and she stood. "I should go."
She quickly dashed away into the woods.
"Wow, she's quick."
"Yup," said Merry fondly.
"Merry."
"Yeah?"
"You were kissing her."
Merry sat up and sighed. "I know. But I've never felt like this before. Like I was thrown into the sky and down again. You know, like there's not a care in the world."
"I wish." Pippin slumped down beside his friend and put his face in his hands. "I think I love Kilikai, but she's so stuck on that Verik that."
"That you have no chance?"
"Exactly."
Merry sat for a moment then realized that Pippin was crying."Pip?"
"This.this is the first time I've felt this! And she doesn't." He took a deep breath. "And she doesn't even give me a second glance."
Merry looked at his friend sadly. "It's okay Pip. She won't be like this forever."
"But what if she is!" he said standing. "I." He turned around. "I want my old life back Merry. Stealing from farmer maggots field, and birthday parties, eating and drinking and not having a care in the world. I want to be Pippin the child again."
"Oh Pip, we will be like that again."
"No we won't. Not now that the shire is gone."
He put a hand on his friends shoulder, then stood. "Just follow your heart Pip."
Pippin watched as he walked away, then sat against a tree and watched the sun fall behind the horizon.
