Covren.
He avoided me after that night. I thought that I had offended him some how but
everytime that I thought that night over I could find nothing wrong. Then he had asked
me if I had made a decision on going with Eowyn. I had not made a decision yet and
told him so. Then he had ripped my heart out with his next words.
"It would be a good decision." He said. I looked up at him. "You would be able to care
for the children and I will send with you a guard. Some one you know to accompany
you." Tears filled my eyes but I willed them back. He was telling me to go. I nodded
and lowered my head. It hurt every moment that I stayed but I did stay for a long time
after. If only to avoid suspicion that he offended me. Though eventually I stood and
excused myself and went to my room. I threw myself onto my bed and cried. If he
wished me to leave then I would. No matter how much it hurt.
I watched him every day. He was wonderfull. Everyday he settled disputes his people
had fairly. And everyday he looked more handsome and even more out of reach. At
night I longed for him. And during the day I would watch him from afar. Ever hopefull.
Yet ever knowing that I would never have him. That thought was implanted into my
mind further when one day I was walking through town and saw Eomer flirting with a
village maid. I had turned away not wanting to see him. But the image I had seen
would stay with me for the rest of my life.
"Covren." Eowyn had said." What is wrong?" I just smiled and told her that i thought
that I had seen something. She nodded and we continued on our way.
"When will you be leaving?" I asked one as we sat and did bead work on cloth. She
stopped and looked up at me.
"I wish that we could stay forever." She said with a sigh." But alas we leave on the
weeks end." I looked up confused.
"What is about you and your family and the weeks end?" I asked. Eowyn laughed.
"And what is so funny?" Feramir asked as he entered the room. Eowyn held out her
hand to him.
"We were laughing about what strange beings men were." She said. I giggled.
Feramir shot me a look.
"And what did you discover?"
"That you are obsessed with the weeks end." She said. I giggled harder. Feramir
looked at me longer this time.
"And what is so funny about that?" He asked. I started to laugh harder.
"Nothing." I said laughing. I waved my hand and hunched over in my chiar. Holding my
stomach. I couldn't quit laughing. Eowyn started to laugh to. Feramir looked curiously
between us.
"What is going on?" He asked. He looked up at the door. "Eomer. Do you know what
is going on with these two." He asked. I stopped laughing and looked up at the door.
Eomer was standing there looking at us.
"I have no idea what could be so funny." He said stepping into the room. I looked
away awkwardly. Eowyn gave me a concerned look. I shook my head. She nodded
but gave me a look that said 'I will ask again later.' I nodded.
Eomer
I heard her laughter fill the halls around me. It tortured me. Finally I got up and went to
see what she thought so funny. I stood in the door and watched them for a moment
unnoticed then Fermair had turned and looked at me.
"Eomer. Do you know what is going on with theses two?" He asked me. Covren
stopped laughing and looked at me. She watched me for a moment then she turned
away. Eowyn gave her a look but I couldn't decipher it.
"I have no idea what could be so funny." I said. Covren stood.
"I must retire."She said. She walked past me but did not even look at me. "Goodnight
my Lord." She muttered then she disappeared down the hall. I watched her retreating
form for a moment then I turned back to Feramir and Eowyn.
"What did I say?" I asked. Eowyn snorted and stood as well.
"What?" I said. She pulled her eyebrows together in anger.
"You men are all the same." She said." You know nothing of etiquette. " I stared at
her for a moment.
"What?" Fermair and I said at the same time.
"Lady Covren said goodnight and you just stood there like a fool." She said angrily."
You could have at least said goodnight back. Or walked her back to her room." She
stormed past me and down the hall. Feramir looked at me guiltily.
"You know. " I said to him." You look guilty alot." He just smiled.
"I know." He said then he ran down the hall shouting.
"May I escort you to your room my lady." I sighed and sank into the chair that Covren
had previously occupied.
"My Lord." I heard behind me. I turned and looked into the doorway.
"COvren." I said standing quickly. She looked nervously about the room.
"Forgive me." She said taking a step further into the room. "I forgot something." She
walked over to her chair and looked around the floor. There was nothing.
"Did you misplace it?" I asked helping her look. She straightened and looked
nervously at me.
"Actually I did not forget anything." She said. I clasped my hands behind my back and
waited patiently for her to tell me why she had come back.
"I came back to ask you to forgive your sister." She told me." She should not have
said that. I do not need to be escorted to my room. Or told goodnight." I smiled.
"Covren." I said quietly lowering my head to look her in the eye. "I would be honored
if you let me escort you to your room." I held out my arm. She smiled shyly and
took it.
We walked in silence to her door. I just enjoyed her company not needing to speak. I
didn't know what she was thinking. Or the reason for her silence. We reached her
door and I held her arm a little longer then necessary.
"Good night lady." I said. She nodded and walked into her room. I stared at her
closed door for a moment then I turned and walked back to my room to dream of what
could not be.
He avoided me after that night. I thought that I had offended him some how but
everytime that I thought that night over I could find nothing wrong. Then he had asked
me if I had made a decision on going with Eowyn. I had not made a decision yet and
told him so. Then he had ripped my heart out with his next words.
"It would be a good decision." He said. I looked up at him. "You would be able to care
for the children and I will send with you a guard. Some one you know to accompany
you." Tears filled my eyes but I willed them back. He was telling me to go. I nodded
and lowered my head. It hurt every moment that I stayed but I did stay for a long time
after. If only to avoid suspicion that he offended me. Though eventually I stood and
excused myself and went to my room. I threw myself onto my bed and cried. If he
wished me to leave then I would. No matter how much it hurt.
I watched him every day. He was wonderfull. Everyday he settled disputes his people
had fairly. And everyday he looked more handsome and even more out of reach. At
night I longed for him. And during the day I would watch him from afar. Ever hopefull.
Yet ever knowing that I would never have him. That thought was implanted into my
mind further when one day I was walking through town and saw Eomer flirting with a
village maid. I had turned away not wanting to see him. But the image I had seen
would stay with me for the rest of my life.
"Covren." Eowyn had said." What is wrong?" I just smiled and told her that i thought
that I had seen something. She nodded and we continued on our way.
"When will you be leaving?" I asked one as we sat and did bead work on cloth. She
stopped and looked up at me.
"I wish that we could stay forever." She said with a sigh." But alas we leave on the
weeks end." I looked up confused.
"What is about you and your family and the weeks end?" I asked. Eowyn laughed.
"And what is so funny?" Feramir asked as he entered the room. Eowyn held out her
hand to him.
"We were laughing about what strange beings men were." She said. I giggled.
Feramir shot me a look.
"And what did you discover?"
"That you are obsessed with the weeks end." She said. I giggled harder. Feramir
looked at me longer this time.
"And what is so funny about that?" He asked. I started to laugh harder.
"Nothing." I said laughing. I waved my hand and hunched over in my chiar. Holding my
stomach. I couldn't quit laughing. Eowyn started to laugh to. Feramir looked curiously
between us.
"What is going on?" He asked. He looked up at the door. "Eomer. Do you know what
is going on with these two." He asked. I stopped laughing and looked up at the door.
Eomer was standing there looking at us.
"I have no idea what could be so funny." He said stepping into the room. I looked
away awkwardly. Eowyn gave me a concerned look. I shook my head. She nodded
but gave me a look that said 'I will ask again later.' I nodded.
Eomer
I heard her laughter fill the halls around me. It tortured me. Finally I got up and went to
see what she thought so funny. I stood in the door and watched them for a moment
unnoticed then Fermair had turned and looked at me.
"Eomer. Do you know what is going on with theses two?" He asked me. Covren
stopped laughing and looked at me. She watched me for a moment then she turned
away. Eowyn gave her a look but I couldn't decipher it.
"I have no idea what could be so funny." I said. Covren stood.
"I must retire."She said. She walked past me but did not even look at me. "Goodnight
my Lord." She muttered then she disappeared down the hall. I watched her retreating
form for a moment then I turned back to Feramir and Eowyn.
"What did I say?" I asked. Eowyn snorted and stood as well.
"What?" I said. She pulled her eyebrows together in anger.
"You men are all the same." She said." You know nothing of etiquette. " I stared at
her for a moment.
"What?" Fermair and I said at the same time.
"Lady Covren said goodnight and you just stood there like a fool." She said angrily."
You could have at least said goodnight back. Or walked her back to her room." She
stormed past me and down the hall. Feramir looked at me guiltily.
"You know. " I said to him." You look guilty alot." He just smiled.
"I know." He said then he ran down the hall shouting.
"May I escort you to your room my lady." I sighed and sank into the chair that Covren
had previously occupied.
"My Lord." I heard behind me. I turned and looked into the doorway.
"COvren." I said standing quickly. She looked nervously about the room.
"Forgive me." She said taking a step further into the room. "I forgot something." She
walked over to her chair and looked around the floor. There was nothing.
"Did you misplace it?" I asked helping her look. She straightened and looked
nervously at me.
"Actually I did not forget anything." She said. I clasped my hands behind my back and
waited patiently for her to tell me why she had come back.
"I came back to ask you to forgive your sister." She told me." She should not have
said that. I do not need to be escorted to my room. Or told goodnight." I smiled.
"Covren." I said quietly lowering my head to look her in the eye. "I would be honored
if you let me escort you to your room." I held out my arm. She smiled shyly and
took it.
We walked in silence to her door. I just enjoyed her company not needing to speak. I
didn't know what she was thinking. Or the reason for her silence. We reached her
door and I held her arm a little longer then necessary.
"Good night lady." I said. She nodded and walked into her room. I stared at her
closed door for a moment then I turned and walked back to my room to dream of what
could not be.