Covren
A long darkness is what I saw. Then a light. Small at first and then it grew larger and
larger. In the back of my mind I knew that I was getting well. But it didn't affect me
until it actually happened. I woke and sat up quickly breathing hard and grasping at
my neck. I calmed when I realized that there was nothing there. I sighed and looked
about the room. On a chair next to my bed sat Eomer. Watching me. I felt nervous
with him sitting there watching me.
"Are you all right?" He asked. I heard genuine concern in his voice. I looked away and
fell back onto the bed.
"I'm fine." I whispered. Silence filled the room. I dared not look at him.
"Covren." He said. I flinched. "Why did you run?" I turned onto my side.
"Because I didn't want to stay." I whispered.
"Because you told me you love me?" He said. I nodded.
"What about that man you were with?" He asked. I turned and looked at him
confused.
"What man?" I asked.
"That night that you and Eowyn came and rescued us from the snow I saw you walk
out of the stables with a man."He said. I laughed.
"That man's name is Kiel." I told him. He nodded." He is my brother." Eomer's face
turned slightly red.
"Oh." He said. I laughed again but the laughter turned to tears. I rolled back onto my
side.
"Did you mean it?" He asked.
"I would not have said it had I not meant it." I said angrily. He said nothing. After a
while I heard his chair scrape back and his footsteps walk over to the bed. The next
thing I knew he was laying down next to me. I sucked in my breath and laid still as
he wrapped his arms around me. We laid like thus for a time before either of us said
anything.
"I think that I loved you from the moment that I knew that you were a girl." HE said. A
sob escaped my throat. I turned in his arms and sobbed against his chest.
"I'm sorry." I said between sobs. He tightened his hold on me.
"Don't be sorry." He laughed. "I should be sorry. I behaved badly towards you when I
thought that you had another." I looked up at him and smiled shyly.
"Please don't cry anymore." He whisper and wiped the tears from my face with his
thumb. I nodded. He stared into my eyes for a moment then he leaned down slightly
and placed a gentle kiss on my lips. I sighed and leaned into him. His warmth filled
me. I sighed again.
"Tiring out my patient I see." Some one said behind me. Eomer jerked up and out of
the bed. I rolled onto my side and looked up. Eowyn stood smiling at us.
"I am guessing you are well." She said to me. I nodded and looked away.
"Well then I will just take this laundry down and leave you two alone to recuperate."
She said sarcastically. I blushed a deeper red. She swiftly moved about the room
and picked up some things and then she left giving us one last look on her way out. I
grinned and looked at Eomer out of the corner of my eye.
"You look beautifull when you blush." HE said. I laughed. "I will have to make you
blush more often." I grinned at him. He walked over and sat next to me.
"What do we do now?" I asked.
"I have no idea." He said. WE looked at each other and smiled.
"I love you." I said to him. He leaned over and kissed me.
"I love you." He said back after the kiss. I smiled and wrapped my arms around his
neck. He grinned and pushed me back onto the bed. He began to nibble on my neck.
I giggled and squirmed.
"Covren." He said between nibbles.
"Yes." I said.
"What would you say if I asked you to be my wife?" He said. I stopped squirming.
Had he just asked me that?
"What?" I asked breathlessly.
"WIll you be my wife?" HE said again. Tears sprang to my eyes.
"Do you mean it?" I asked. He smiled at me.
"Yes." He said. I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Yes." I said. "Yes, yes, yes."
A long darkness is what I saw. Then a light. Small at first and then it grew larger and
larger. In the back of my mind I knew that I was getting well. But it didn't affect me
until it actually happened. I woke and sat up quickly breathing hard and grasping at
my neck. I calmed when I realized that there was nothing there. I sighed and looked
about the room. On a chair next to my bed sat Eomer. Watching me. I felt nervous
with him sitting there watching me.
"Are you all right?" He asked. I heard genuine concern in his voice. I looked away and
fell back onto the bed.
"I'm fine." I whispered. Silence filled the room. I dared not look at him.
"Covren." He said. I flinched. "Why did you run?" I turned onto my side.
"Because I didn't want to stay." I whispered.
"Because you told me you love me?" He said. I nodded.
"What about that man you were with?" He asked. I turned and looked at him
confused.
"What man?" I asked.
"That night that you and Eowyn came and rescued us from the snow I saw you walk
out of the stables with a man."He said. I laughed.
"That man's name is Kiel." I told him. He nodded." He is my brother." Eomer's face
turned slightly red.
"Oh." He said. I laughed again but the laughter turned to tears. I rolled back onto my
side.
"Did you mean it?" He asked.
"I would not have said it had I not meant it." I said angrily. He said nothing. After a
while I heard his chair scrape back and his footsteps walk over to the bed. The next
thing I knew he was laying down next to me. I sucked in my breath and laid still as
he wrapped his arms around me. We laid like thus for a time before either of us said
anything.
"I think that I loved you from the moment that I knew that you were a girl." HE said. A
sob escaped my throat. I turned in his arms and sobbed against his chest.
"I'm sorry." I said between sobs. He tightened his hold on me.
"Don't be sorry." He laughed. "I should be sorry. I behaved badly towards you when I
thought that you had another." I looked up at him and smiled shyly.
"Please don't cry anymore." He whisper and wiped the tears from my face with his
thumb. I nodded. He stared into my eyes for a moment then he leaned down slightly
and placed a gentle kiss on my lips. I sighed and leaned into him. His warmth filled
me. I sighed again.
"Tiring out my patient I see." Some one said behind me. Eomer jerked up and out of
the bed. I rolled onto my side and looked up. Eowyn stood smiling at us.
"I am guessing you are well." She said to me. I nodded and looked away.
"Well then I will just take this laundry down and leave you two alone to recuperate."
She said sarcastically. I blushed a deeper red. She swiftly moved about the room
and picked up some things and then she left giving us one last look on her way out. I
grinned and looked at Eomer out of the corner of my eye.
"You look beautifull when you blush." HE said. I laughed. "I will have to make you
blush more often." I grinned at him. He walked over and sat next to me.
"What do we do now?" I asked.
"I have no idea." He said. WE looked at each other and smiled.
"I love you." I said to him. He leaned over and kissed me.
"I love you." He said back after the kiss. I smiled and wrapped my arms around his
neck. He grinned and pushed me back onto the bed. He began to nibble on my neck.
I giggled and squirmed.
"Covren." He said between nibbles.
"Yes." I said.
"What would you say if I asked you to be my wife?" He said. I stopped squirming.
Had he just asked me that?
"What?" I asked breathlessly.
"WIll you be my wife?" HE said again. Tears sprang to my eyes.
"Do you mean it?" I asked. He smiled at me.
"Yes." He said. I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Yes." I said. "Yes, yes, yes."