A/N Long chapter today (in my opinion at least…). Yayness! :) Enjoy.
Disclaimer: Don't own. Wish I did though, but you can't get everything you want. I've recently discovered that…
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"Company as in girl company?" Elrohir whispered back with a string of amusement in his voice.
"What? I think so." Elladan put his ear against the door again. "Yes, it is a girl… What did you thought?"
"Nothing." Elrohir pressed his palm against his mouth, his body shaking with silent laughter.
"Stop that. Stop laughing!" Elladan hissed, his fingers digging into his brother's arm. "This is not funny! We have to get out of here! Imagine if Glorfindel finds us here… He will most definitely kill us! Or even worse; make us to his personal slaves in exchange for not telling Ada!"
Elrohir, who was strangely calm, tried to calm down his brother the best he could.
"Shh! I think he is quite busy now, Elladan" he quietly said, bending up Elladan's fingers from his arm. "We are safe here."
"Safe? Safe? Perhaps for the moment when Glorfindel is entertaining himself with that maiden, but how about later? What if Glorfindel wants to take a bath, or wash his hair or anything!? We are in a trap, Elrohir, and we must get out somehow!" Elladan drew his breath after the long speech.
Elrohir looked hesitantly at his brother, and then back at the thick wooden door, hoping Glorfindel would not hear them talking. But obviously he did not, for he had more entertaining business to deal with now, than suspect the Peredhil twins to be standing in his bathroom.
"You have right, indeed… We should get out of here, while he is occupied." Elrohir said silently and turned to his twin.
"But how?" Elladan sighed.
Two pair of eyes travelled around the small and dark room. Exactly at the same time they fell upon the only window.
"Are you thinking the same as I?" Elladan whispered, looking at the window doubtingly.
"It seems like we are going to take a trip outside tonight, dear brother." Elrohir whispered back, trying not to think too much of that fact that they actually were on the second floor.
Elladan quickly went over to the window, opening it carefully.
"We can probably climb out here. And Elrohir, look! It grows a tree not so far from here, perhaps just a couple of metres! And a quite steady branch almost reaches us… We can make it if we really try."
Elladan turned around, slightly shivering from the cool night breeze, which was blowing into the before quite warm room. He furrowed when he saw his brother stand with his ear pressed against the door to the bedroom.
"Elrohir! We are going to escape, not spy on Glorfindel! That is rude, and you know it."
Elrohir put his index finger to his lips.
"Shh…"
"Elrohir."
"You cannot honestly tell me that you do not want to hear what they are doing? I am definitively very curious." Elrohir whispered, still with his ear on the door.
Elladan debated with himself for a second. If they did not hurried up now, they could be caught by Glorfindel. But on the other hand, it would not do any harm if they stayed a bit longer… Glorfindel anyway did not know they were there now. And it was rather fun, because he did not have any official partner, so it was interesting to find out who this lucky girl could be. Eventually Elladan's curious side won, and he made his brother company at the door, his ear pressing against the wood. He smiled wickedly at his twin, who returned an identical smile. They could hear Glorfindel's smooth voice in the other room.
"Would you care for some wine, my lady?"
"Yes, it would be lovely." a giggling voice replied.
The twins looked at each other and shared the same thought. Poor girl. It would not take long until she would fall for Glorfindel's beauty and mysteriousness. He was a big prey for practically half of the females of Imladris, and even some males, so this elf maiden had to be proud over herself.
"There you go."
"Thank you."
Elrohir guessed that Glorfindel had given the maiden one of his piercing looks with his eyes, and by judging of the maidens slightly breathless 'thank you', Elrohir was almost sure. / Interesting. / he thought.
"You look tired. Do you want me to massage your shoulders? People say I am very good at it…" Glorfindel's gently voice said after a while.
"I would appreciate that, Glorfindel." The maiden's voice still sounded a bit breathless.
The twins could barely hold back their laughter when they heard how Glorfindel put down his glass and walked over the floor until he found his goal. Shortly after that the twins could hear the maiden sigh of pleasure. Glorfindel said something in a low and seductive voice, so low that the twins barely could hear it.
"You are so beautiful; it hurts to look at you."
Then it went all quiet, and suddenly a thought hit Elladan's mind and he almost panicked.
"Elrohir, come on, we must leave now!" he hissed and grabbed his brother's wrist, dragging him to the window.
"Why?? What are they doing?" Elrohir whispered back. He did not understand why his brother suddenly became so panicked and why it was all quiet in the other room.
"Guess, dear brother. I do not want to listen to what they probably are going to next, so it is better to leave. Now."
"All right, all right." Elrohir replied. "It started to get boring anyway…"
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The twins stood looking out from the window. Nobody moved.
"You go first." Elladan said shortly.
"Why me?"
"Because I say so."
"That is not a real reason."
"Now it is."
"You cannot decide what I shall do and not do."
"Oh, I can."
"Why?"
"Because I am the oldest, now climb out!"
"Sure, I will go first. Just because you are not brave enough…"
"Do you want to climb out by yourself, or do you want me to push you?"
Elrohir glared at his twin and turned to the window to climb out. But it turned out to be more difficult than both he and Elladan had expected. He climbed up on the window ledge, so he sat with his long legs hanging out on the outside of the house. He spotted the branch in the dark, which his brother had been talking about. It was not too far away, and if he reached really far perhaps he would be able to grab it. Unless he did not fall down onto the ground of course.
"How is it going, Elrohir?" he could hear his brother ask.
"Not so good. How can I grab it without falling down?"
"Can you not…jump?"
"No, I cannot jump! Do you think I want to kill myself?"
"You do not die if you fall down, but you will probably get in lot of pain."
Elladan scanned the distance between the window and the branch. He poked at his brother, who still was sitting in the window.
"Elrohir, if you lean out, with me holding your waist, you can grab it without falling down!"
Elrohir mused over the suggestion for a second. It would most likely work… If his twin was strong enough.
"All right. Let us try that." Elrohir said, and felt like he was going to make the biggest mistake of his life, if you do not count that time he had told Arwen a big hairy monster lived in her closet and just waited for her to fall asleep, so he could eat her up. After that, she had not slept properly for five months.
Elladan slid his arms around his brother's waist, holding on tightly while Elrohir was leaning out. Elrohir let out a muffled sound when the arms around his waist dug into his stomach.
"I got it!" Elrohir said, and Elladan let go of his waist.
For a moment Elladan almost thought his brother had fallen, but when he narrowed his eyes he could see a figure hanging by its arms and legs in the branch.
"Did you make it?" he asked Elrohir. He did not dare to call out too loud.
"Yes." the reply came. "Now it is your turn."
Elladan climbed up in the window, and sat down on the window ledge. Then he realised the weak spot in his plan. There was nobody to hold his waist! He saw how his brother climbed to the tree trunk. Elladan took a deep breath, hoping for the best, and reached out to the branch with one hand, the other hand holding the window ledge. He smiled winningly when his hand grasped the rough bark of the branch. He swallowed hard and went for it. He swung himself and grabbed the branch with his other hand and his legs. He climbed forwards to the tree trunk, where his brother was waiting.
"Elladan!"
"Uff. So, we made it" Elladan said and stood up on the branch, holding onto the trunk.
Elrohir smiled, hardly visible in the dark.
"Of course."
"Perhaps we should climb down to the ground as well. What do you think?"
"Good idea."
Elrohir took the lead. Usually he and Elladan were excellent tree climbers, but it was more different now. The thick tree top prevented the moonlight to light up their way, and they were also wearing long night gowns, which made it even more difficult. The pace was slow and Elrohir was the first person at the ground. He looked up at his brother, who currently had some problem.
Elladan's night gown had got stuck in the bark, and he was furiously pulling in it. Suddenly a ripping sound broke the silence and he felt the cool air blow onto his stomach.
"Elladan, what are you doing?" Elrohir's voice was irritated.
"I am admiring the view. It is lovely."
"What?"
"No, this stupid night gown is killing me!"
"Take it off then." Elrohir teased from the ground.
"Are you insane? I am not going to run around here naked! I can handle this…uff…perfectly…well. And without your…ouch…help!"
When Elladan was finished talking, he finally was on the ground.
"You see?" he smiled, suddenly feeling much more light-hearted.
Elrohir laughed and said:
"I see. Come on, we are still not completely safe yet."
The brothers started to walk at the direction they knew an always unlocked back door was, meanwhile they were laughing for no particular reason at all. Perhaps because they both looked rather funny, leaves in their hair, dirt in their face and rips in their clothes. But mostly because they were very tired, and tiredness starts bursts of laughter with the sons of Elrond.
When they came inside, they started to run at their chambers. Luckily no one heard the running feet through the halls and corridors of the Last Homely House, and they came back unseen and unheard.
"Elladan?" Elrohir asked when his brother opened the door to his bedroom.
"Yes?" Elladan said, wondering if Elrohir was going to ask if he could sleep in his bed.
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Elrohir. We will see each other tomorrow at the breakfast I guess?"
Elrohir smiled mischievously.
"Yes, we will. And we will se Glorfindel as well... Hopefully in a new hair colour."
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A/N Sorry, I got slightly carried away there with the Glorfindel-part. ~_^;; Anyways… Next chapter will probably be the last. Yeah. Review! Pretty please with pointed ears on top?