First Time Around
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"I don't know how to wash dishes." Legolas stared at the pile of plates in front of him like it was going to jump up and bite him.
"Get them wet." Elladan shook his head.
"Then what?" Elrohir dumped a bunch of plates into the basin of warm water.
"I don't know, get the dirt of them, I guess." Elladan looked around for a towel or something to rub the dirt off with.
"Ugh, I don't want to do this!" Elrohir grumbled and dumped more plates into the basin.
"You have to dry them off, I know that." Legolas pointed out to Elladan as he started stacking plates that were 'clean'.
"How are you boys doing?" The cook walked into the washing room to inspect the boys work so far, "That's all you've done?" The cook looked at the very large pile of still dirty plates and at the very small pile of 'clean' plates. "Those aren't clean. You need to use the soap to clean them too!"
"What?" Elladan looked at the cook with a not too happy face.
The cook pushed Elladan out of the way and showed them how to properly wash the dishes, pity this way took longer too.
The cook left, and the three young elves were grumpier than before.
"My father is going to hear about this one." Legolas nearly threw an unwashed plate into the sick with his anger.
"Just like father too, make us do something horrible and we didn't even do anything that bad!" Elladan complained.
"It's still all your fault." Elrohir handed Elladan a plate to put away. The three had wised up and formed an assembly line, Legolas washes, Elrohir rinses and dries, and Elladan puts them all away.
"Do not start with me right now Elrohir! I am not in a good mood!" Elladan warned before he hit his brother.
"Please don't start arguing now, we still have a whole load of dishes to wash yet." Legolas pleaded with the two.
"All right, all right. I'll just wait until later before I beat him to the bone." Elrohir shoved another plate towards Elladan.
"All right, you know what? After we are done, we are going to the practice fields and I am going to give you the biggest beating of your life!" Elladan glared at Elrohir.
"You two can schedule your play-date later, now we have dishes to wash." Legolas called to the two and both turned back to their work with massive frowns on their usually calm faces, "I think I will rinse and dry so I can be in between you two." Legolas switched places with Elrohir.
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Two hours later and not a word exchanged between Elladan and Elrohir the three walked out of the wash room.
"I see you three are done with your duties, you may all go to your rooms now. Elladan I think you should go to Arwen's room for the night, please." Elrond was standing, with his usual noble smile outside the door waiting for the three.
"What? Why do I have to go to-"
"No arguments please, just go." Elrond cut off Elladan.
"Fine." Elladan stomped off towards his sister's room.
"Good, he deserves it." Elrohir mumbled after Elladan had left the hall.
"Why don't you like your brother?" Legolas asked Elrohir as the two headed towards their rooms.
"It's not that I don't like him it's just that we don't get along much anymore. We're a two different people, you know?" Elrohir looked at Legolas, he didn't know. He couldn't know, only someone with a twin would understand.
"I don't know, it just seems that if I had a brother that I would want to get along with him and I'd want to be friends with them. They are always around you-"
"I know, that's the annoying part, you can't get away from them!" Elrohir threw his hands up in the air in frustration.
"He's not here now. And you have someone to share things that friends just don't understand with. Like things about your father, you're life." Legolas argued.
"We used to be like that but then things just seemed to change." Elrohir shrugged and stopped outside his bedroom door.
"Well, of course you're not going to be the same person. You both have your similarities and your differences. You should be happy you aren't the same and try to accept each others differences." Legolas sighed, why did he bother? He didn't have a twin, or even a brother.
"I guess." Elrohir looked at the floor in thought.
"Well, see you tomorrow." Legolas said and headed towards his own room.
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Elladan slammed Arwen's door behind him. This was just great. Of course he gets stuck in her room, he always did. He was in here so often he even had some clothes in here!
Elladan yanked open the door in which his clothes were placed and pulled them on, nearly tearing his shirt with his anger and threw himself onto Arwen's bed, very girly bed.
Why did he and Elrohir fight so much? Things have changed so much between the two, it's like they are completely different people than what they used to be.
Elladan fell asleep to memories of him and his twin running around Rivendell, hand in hand, never wanting to leave each other's side.
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"I don't know how to wash dishes." Legolas stared at the pile of plates in front of him like it was going to jump up and bite him.
"Get them wet." Elladan shook his head.
"Then what?" Elrohir dumped a bunch of plates into the basin of warm water.
"I don't know, get the dirt of them, I guess." Elladan looked around for a towel or something to rub the dirt off with.
"Ugh, I don't want to do this!" Elrohir grumbled and dumped more plates into the basin.
"You have to dry them off, I know that." Legolas pointed out to Elladan as he started stacking plates that were 'clean'.
"How are you boys doing?" The cook walked into the washing room to inspect the boys work so far, "That's all you've done?" The cook looked at the very large pile of still dirty plates and at the very small pile of 'clean' plates. "Those aren't clean. You need to use the soap to clean them too!"
"What?" Elladan looked at the cook with a not too happy face.
The cook pushed Elladan out of the way and showed them how to properly wash the dishes, pity this way took longer too.
The cook left, and the three young elves were grumpier than before.
"My father is going to hear about this one." Legolas nearly threw an unwashed plate into the sick with his anger.
"Just like father too, make us do something horrible and we didn't even do anything that bad!" Elladan complained.
"It's still all your fault." Elrohir handed Elladan a plate to put away. The three had wised up and formed an assembly line, Legolas washes, Elrohir rinses and dries, and Elladan puts them all away.
"Do not start with me right now Elrohir! I am not in a good mood!" Elladan warned before he hit his brother.
"Please don't start arguing now, we still have a whole load of dishes to wash yet." Legolas pleaded with the two.
"All right, all right. I'll just wait until later before I beat him to the bone." Elrohir shoved another plate towards Elladan.
"All right, you know what? After we are done, we are going to the practice fields and I am going to give you the biggest beating of your life!" Elladan glared at Elrohir.
"You two can schedule your play-date later, now we have dishes to wash." Legolas called to the two and both turned back to their work with massive frowns on their usually calm faces, "I think I will rinse and dry so I can be in between you two." Legolas switched places with Elrohir.
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Two hours later and not a word exchanged between Elladan and Elrohir the three walked out of the wash room.
"I see you three are done with your duties, you may all go to your rooms now. Elladan I think you should go to Arwen's room for the night, please." Elrond was standing, with his usual noble smile outside the door waiting for the three.
"What? Why do I have to go to-"
"No arguments please, just go." Elrond cut off Elladan.
"Fine." Elladan stomped off towards his sister's room.
"Good, he deserves it." Elrohir mumbled after Elladan had left the hall.
"Why don't you like your brother?" Legolas asked Elrohir as the two headed towards their rooms.
"It's not that I don't like him it's just that we don't get along much anymore. We're a two different people, you know?" Elrohir looked at Legolas, he didn't know. He couldn't know, only someone with a twin would understand.
"I don't know, it just seems that if I had a brother that I would want to get along with him and I'd want to be friends with them. They are always around you-"
"I know, that's the annoying part, you can't get away from them!" Elrohir threw his hands up in the air in frustration.
"He's not here now. And you have someone to share things that friends just don't understand with. Like things about your father, you're life." Legolas argued.
"We used to be like that but then things just seemed to change." Elrohir shrugged and stopped outside his bedroom door.
"Well, of course you're not going to be the same person. You both have your similarities and your differences. You should be happy you aren't the same and try to accept each others differences." Legolas sighed, why did he bother? He didn't have a twin, or even a brother.
"I guess." Elrohir looked at the floor in thought.
"Well, see you tomorrow." Legolas said and headed towards his own room.
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Elladan slammed Arwen's door behind him. This was just great. Of course he gets stuck in her room, he always did. He was in here so often he even had some clothes in here!
Elladan yanked open the door in which his clothes were placed and pulled them on, nearly tearing his shirt with his anger and threw himself onto Arwen's bed, very girly bed.
Why did he and Elrohir fight so much? Things have changed so much between the two, it's like they are completely different people than what they used to be.
Elladan fell asleep to memories of him and his twin running around Rivendell, hand in hand, never wanting to leave each other's side.
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