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Chapter 4.
He reached Faith and Phoebe's room just as Elrond was leaving it.
"Ah, Legolas, I was-" He started.
"Elrond there's no time, I fear Phoebe may be getting angry!" Legolas practically shouted. "Where's Faith?"
"That is Phoebe! Her eyes are not as dark as Faith's." Elrond replied.
"Let me in. I will tell you which she is." Legolas said.
He was allowed in, and Elrond opened the closet. Inside, I was crying quietly.
"Faith?" Legolas whispered. I looked up.
"Legolas, find Phoebe! She might go n-" I was stopped by a swift kiss.
He started searching my eyes, looking for a clue as to which twin I was.
"Legolas. Here." Elrond had spied upon our most recent photo, my birthday. (Phoebe and I were twins, but I was born at a minute to midnight on April 23rd, Phoebe at eleven past midnight on April 24th.)
"Oh yeah, the photo!" I almost started to cry again, but this time with happiness.
Elrond threw it to Legolas, who caught it deftly.
"Hey, be careful with that! That's my photo, not Phoebe's!" Legolas just ignored me and held the photo up to my face.
I looked him straight in the eye.
"I.. I can't be sure, it's too dark to see eye colour."
"If you want a better photo, look in the second drawer down in the chest, over there." I replied.
Looking at me suspiciously, they went over to the drawer and opened it.
"But there's nothing here!" Elrond complained.
"Yes, it has a false bottom. See the pieces of ribbon at the sides?" I asked.
"Yes.." came the hesitant answer from Legolas.
"Pull them."
He did, and found I was right. There was a lot of stuff in there.
Elrond started pulling stuff out at random, reading it, looking at it, and just generally being nosy.
"That's all right Elrond, just go through my entire life, I don't really care." I said, sarcastically.
He ignored me, as people had been doing a lot that day. "Legolas, read this." He said, passing him a bit of paper.
He read it, and walked over. I closed my eyes and waited for the sentence to fall.
Before Legolas could say anything, Phoebe burst into the room.
"Free, what are you doing? You know I'm only doing this for your own good!" She said to me.
We started to argue. All the while, Legolas was standing between us, looking between us as if watching a tennis match.
Something I said clicked with his memory. "Wait, say that again?" he asked me.
"Erm.. 'you know how hard life is at home?'" I replied, bewildered.
"Yes, and the next bit." He asked.
"Erm.. 'you break before you've taken a step'?" I said.
It clicked. You could almost hear the penny drop. "Oh! Is that how I prove that I'm Faith? By relaying that conversation?"
"Oh, what, that 'the stars fascinate me' speech? Yeah, I was in the room too, Faith." Phoebe said. Then she gasped as she realised what she had said.
"Damn!" She cried.
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To my ONE faithful reader, sorry about the wait for this. I've been on holiday. No computer, no T.V., no music, no 'phone. Basically, no contact with any of my friends.
Keep reading, the next chapter should be up soon.
Signing out for now, JB.
Chapter 4.
He reached Faith and Phoebe's room just as Elrond was leaving it.
"Ah, Legolas, I was-" He started.
"Elrond there's no time, I fear Phoebe may be getting angry!" Legolas practically shouted. "Where's Faith?"
"That is Phoebe! Her eyes are not as dark as Faith's." Elrond replied.
"Let me in. I will tell you which she is." Legolas said.
He was allowed in, and Elrond opened the closet. Inside, I was crying quietly.
"Faith?" Legolas whispered. I looked up.
"Legolas, find Phoebe! She might go n-" I was stopped by a swift kiss.
He started searching my eyes, looking for a clue as to which twin I was.
"Legolas. Here." Elrond had spied upon our most recent photo, my birthday. (Phoebe and I were twins, but I was born at a minute to midnight on April 23rd, Phoebe at eleven past midnight on April 24th.)
"Oh yeah, the photo!" I almost started to cry again, but this time with happiness.
Elrond threw it to Legolas, who caught it deftly.
"Hey, be careful with that! That's my photo, not Phoebe's!" Legolas just ignored me and held the photo up to my face.
I looked him straight in the eye.
"I.. I can't be sure, it's too dark to see eye colour."
"If you want a better photo, look in the second drawer down in the chest, over there." I replied.
Looking at me suspiciously, they went over to the drawer and opened it.
"But there's nothing here!" Elrond complained.
"Yes, it has a false bottom. See the pieces of ribbon at the sides?" I asked.
"Yes.." came the hesitant answer from Legolas.
"Pull them."
He did, and found I was right. There was a lot of stuff in there.
Elrond started pulling stuff out at random, reading it, looking at it, and just generally being nosy.
"That's all right Elrond, just go through my entire life, I don't really care." I said, sarcastically.
He ignored me, as people had been doing a lot that day. "Legolas, read this." He said, passing him a bit of paper.
He read it, and walked over. I closed my eyes and waited for the sentence to fall.
Before Legolas could say anything, Phoebe burst into the room.
"Free, what are you doing? You know I'm only doing this for your own good!" She said to me.
We started to argue. All the while, Legolas was standing between us, looking between us as if watching a tennis match.
Something I said clicked with his memory. "Wait, say that again?" he asked me.
"Erm.. 'you know how hard life is at home?'" I replied, bewildered.
"Yes, and the next bit." He asked.
"Erm.. 'you break before you've taken a step'?" I said.
It clicked. You could almost hear the penny drop. "Oh! Is that how I prove that I'm Faith? By relaying that conversation?"
"Oh, what, that 'the stars fascinate me' speech? Yeah, I was in the room too, Faith." Phoebe said. Then she gasped as she realised what she had said.
"Damn!" She cried.
~#~
To my ONE faithful reader, sorry about the wait for this. I've been on holiday. No computer, no T.V., no music, no 'phone. Basically, no contact with any of my friends.
Keep reading, the next chapter should be up soon.
Signing out for now, JB.