Disclaimer: Alas, belong to me, Aragorn and Legolas and LOTR, do not.
Author's note: Sorry about taking so long to write, but my power was out for a week. So, I had no computer.
Chapter 3: Showers and Waffles
Legolas POV
I realized that night that a couch is a very comfortable, soft bench with pillows. I slept very soundly and woke up to a wonderful smell.
"What is that wonderful aroma?" I asked Liz, who was at some square thing that the wonderful smell was coming from.
"Waffles," she replied. "And this," she said gesturing toward the square contraption. "Is a waffle iron. I put the batter here close this," she then closed the batter inside the two boxes. "Wait awhile and when I open it, we have waffles. Why don't you wake Aragorn up?"
It wasn't 'till then that I realized Aragorn was still asleep on the couch- like chair that I think is called a Lay-Z-Girl or something like that. When Aragorn woke, he to asked what the smell was. Liz again explained the waffle iron.
Tracy walked out of a room with wet hair and a type of dress wrapped around her. "Oh good," she exclaimed, "Waffles! I love waffles! Hey, one of you wants to take a shower?"
"A shower?" Aragorn questioned.
"You know, a shower. It's like a bath except you stand up," Tracy explained.
"You mean there is a whole river in there in which I can bathe?" Aragorn questioned.
"Just come in and look for yourselves." Tracy motioned us to come in the room. What I saw amazed me. There was a glass box in one corner, a big white cup-shaped thing with a lid, and what looked like a large clam shell turned upside-down with brass-colored things at the edge.
"This," Tracy said gesturing towards the glass box. "Is the shower." She opened a door on the front. Inside were colored bottles a bar of soap, and some more brass things. Tracy turned one of the brass things and water came out of a bigger bass thing. She explained that depending on which knob (one of the brass things) you turn, you can choose what temperature the water is.
"You mean," I questioned, "That I can control the temperature of the water?"
"Yeah, no more freezing cold baths in rivers," Tracy said sarcastically. "And this," Tracy said, gesturing towards the white cup- shaped thing. "Is a toilet. I'll let you figure out how to use that on your own." Aragorn and I exchanged confused glances at this but said nothing. "And that's the sink. You turn one of those knobs," she demonstrated by turning the right knob. "And water comes out. You really should use is after you go to the bathroom. The people who don't are really weird." I wasn't exactly sure what weird meant, but I didn't think it was a good thing. I decided that this sink was my friend in a way. Tracy, Aragorn, and I exited the small room full of wonders and had some waffles.
I used a fork similar to types of forks at home to lift a piece of waffle to my mouth. The waffle tasted and felt fluffy and light. There was a taste of sweetness. I spread butter all over it to make it even more wonderful tasting. I poured more of the "syrup" on to my plate and dipped the waffle in it. It was delicious. When I was finished eating, I decided that the waffle was one of the best things I had ever tasted, except perhaps the food at the feasts prepared by Lord Elronds marvelous chefs.
"Now," said Liz, addressing Aragorn and I, "About your clothes..."
"What's wrong with them?" Aragorn demanded cutting her short.
"Nothing," said Tracy, "Unless you want a repeat of yesterday. Aragorn you go take a shower and I'll help Legolas here find some clothes to wear." Aragorn walked into the small room and Liz closed the door behind him.
"Hope he figures it out," said Liz under her breath. Tracy smiled and then beckoned for me to follow her into the only other room in their quarters. It had had two beds, a mirror, a chest of drawers, and a door set into the wall. Tracy walked over to the door and opened it. Inside were a large number of clothing items. They were many styles and many colors.
"I know most of this stuff is hopeless because it's so girly. But we'll wing it 'till we can get out and go shopping. You can wear my swim team t- shirt, that's fine. What about pants?" Tracy started looking through the chest of drawers. Finally, she pulled out a pair of strange looking pants.
"Jeans," she explained, "They are thicker and tougher than regular pants. You try this stuff on and then we'll fix your hair."
"What is wrong with my hair?" I asked.
"Just put the stuff on and then you can see what idea's I have for your hair." Tracy closed the door, leaving me to have to put on the strange clothing. The shirt was easy enough to get on but the jeans were another story. I got them on but then there was a strange metal thing and a button. I did the button fine but had trouble doing the metal thing. It had little teeth-like things that I tried fitting together but failed. Then I noticed that there was a small handle on which you could pull to make the teeth fit together. I walked out of the room rather awkwardly because the jeans were very stiff. Tracy and Liz looked up from the books they were reading. They looked me up and down. Liz looked at Tracy and nodded.
"Now," said Liz, "We need to fix your hair. Nobody today has hair like that. We can either cut it, hide it, or get you a wig to hid it all under."
"I don't think a wig," said Tracy, "His hair is so beautiful we can't cut it." This made me happy to know that someone appreciates the care I put into my hair.
"How can we hide it then?" Liz questioned, "My vote is for a cut."
"Definitely not," Tracy said strongly, "Can you imagine Orli blonde? I am trying and it doesn't look to good."
"I guess you're right," said Liz, "What can we do then?"
"Hide it under a bandana," answered Tracy.
"It would still hang out the back though. What about that?" challenged Liz.
"Well, some guys have long hair, right? Most of them are sort of creepy, but we can start a new fad. Long hair and bandanas could work," Tracy exclaimed.
Right then, Aragorn came out of the room with the shower, dripping wet from head to toe, including his clothes.
"Aragorn," Liz asked calmly, "Did you take a shower in your clothes?"
"No, the shower didn't work properly and got me wet," Aragorn tried to explain, "It wouldn't turn off."
"Did you try turning the knob?" Liz asks plainly.
"Pardon?" asked Aragorn, "What's a knob?" Tracy and Liz turned the water off and got Aragorn a dress-like garment called a bathrobe, resembling the one Tracy had on. Then Liz went into the room with beds and brought out a couple of colorful cloth squares all with the same design.
"Which color Tracy?" Liz asked, "His jeans are blue, his shirt is lime green, his eyes are blue, and his hair is blonde. Oh, Legolas, you're going to have to take out your braids. Absolutely no one wears braids unless they are going to a LOTR movie premier or fan meeting."
"Unless they are going to a what?" Aragorn asked.
"Never mind," said Tracy, "We'll explain later. For now, how about the blue one Liz? Blue looks good with his hair, eyes, pants, and more or less his shirt." Liz helped me undo my braids, comb my hair, and showed me how to put a bandana on. Tracy took Aragorn into the room with the beds to find him some clothes. Tracy came out and in a short while, so did Aragorn. He was wearing about the same things as me, except his hair wasn't up in a bandana, and his shirt was blue.
"That's pretty good," remarked Liz, "I think we can just comb his hair and we'll be fine. I'll go change." Liz walked into the room with beds and immerged a while later wearing jeans and a yellow shirt. Then she went into the bathroom to do something called brushing her teeth. Tracy entered the room with beds and immerged wearing jeans and a strange shirt. It looked somewhat like a t-shirt, but instead of sleeves, there were straps.
"What do you call that garment," I asked.
"A tank top," she told me. Liz came out of the shower room and Tracy went in.
"So," Liz started to explain, "As soon as Tracy gets out of the bathroom, we are going to go shopping."
"Pardon?" Aragorn asked.
"Well," Liz answered, "You can't wear our clothes forever, now can you?"
***Author's note: So, do you like it? Please Review, it helps a lot!
Thanks everyone for your reviews!
And a special thanx 2 Jen for the idea for the waffle paragraph!! Thanx so much!!!!!
Author's note: Sorry about taking so long to write, but my power was out for a week. So, I had no computer.
Chapter 3: Showers and Waffles
Legolas POV
I realized that night that a couch is a very comfortable, soft bench with pillows. I slept very soundly and woke up to a wonderful smell.
"What is that wonderful aroma?" I asked Liz, who was at some square thing that the wonderful smell was coming from.
"Waffles," she replied. "And this," she said gesturing toward the square contraption. "Is a waffle iron. I put the batter here close this," she then closed the batter inside the two boxes. "Wait awhile and when I open it, we have waffles. Why don't you wake Aragorn up?"
It wasn't 'till then that I realized Aragorn was still asleep on the couch- like chair that I think is called a Lay-Z-Girl or something like that. When Aragorn woke, he to asked what the smell was. Liz again explained the waffle iron.
Tracy walked out of a room with wet hair and a type of dress wrapped around her. "Oh good," she exclaimed, "Waffles! I love waffles! Hey, one of you wants to take a shower?"
"A shower?" Aragorn questioned.
"You know, a shower. It's like a bath except you stand up," Tracy explained.
"You mean there is a whole river in there in which I can bathe?" Aragorn questioned.
"Just come in and look for yourselves." Tracy motioned us to come in the room. What I saw amazed me. There was a glass box in one corner, a big white cup-shaped thing with a lid, and what looked like a large clam shell turned upside-down with brass-colored things at the edge.
"This," Tracy said gesturing towards the glass box. "Is the shower." She opened a door on the front. Inside were colored bottles a bar of soap, and some more brass things. Tracy turned one of the brass things and water came out of a bigger bass thing. She explained that depending on which knob (one of the brass things) you turn, you can choose what temperature the water is.
"You mean," I questioned, "That I can control the temperature of the water?"
"Yeah, no more freezing cold baths in rivers," Tracy said sarcastically. "And this," Tracy said, gesturing towards the white cup- shaped thing. "Is a toilet. I'll let you figure out how to use that on your own." Aragorn and I exchanged confused glances at this but said nothing. "And that's the sink. You turn one of those knobs," she demonstrated by turning the right knob. "And water comes out. You really should use is after you go to the bathroom. The people who don't are really weird." I wasn't exactly sure what weird meant, but I didn't think it was a good thing. I decided that this sink was my friend in a way. Tracy, Aragorn, and I exited the small room full of wonders and had some waffles.
I used a fork similar to types of forks at home to lift a piece of waffle to my mouth. The waffle tasted and felt fluffy and light. There was a taste of sweetness. I spread butter all over it to make it even more wonderful tasting. I poured more of the "syrup" on to my plate and dipped the waffle in it. It was delicious. When I was finished eating, I decided that the waffle was one of the best things I had ever tasted, except perhaps the food at the feasts prepared by Lord Elronds marvelous chefs.
"Now," said Liz, addressing Aragorn and I, "About your clothes..."
"What's wrong with them?" Aragorn demanded cutting her short.
"Nothing," said Tracy, "Unless you want a repeat of yesterday. Aragorn you go take a shower and I'll help Legolas here find some clothes to wear." Aragorn walked into the small room and Liz closed the door behind him.
"Hope he figures it out," said Liz under her breath. Tracy smiled and then beckoned for me to follow her into the only other room in their quarters. It had had two beds, a mirror, a chest of drawers, and a door set into the wall. Tracy walked over to the door and opened it. Inside were a large number of clothing items. They were many styles and many colors.
"I know most of this stuff is hopeless because it's so girly. But we'll wing it 'till we can get out and go shopping. You can wear my swim team t- shirt, that's fine. What about pants?" Tracy started looking through the chest of drawers. Finally, she pulled out a pair of strange looking pants.
"Jeans," she explained, "They are thicker and tougher than regular pants. You try this stuff on and then we'll fix your hair."
"What is wrong with my hair?" I asked.
"Just put the stuff on and then you can see what idea's I have for your hair." Tracy closed the door, leaving me to have to put on the strange clothing. The shirt was easy enough to get on but the jeans were another story. I got them on but then there was a strange metal thing and a button. I did the button fine but had trouble doing the metal thing. It had little teeth-like things that I tried fitting together but failed. Then I noticed that there was a small handle on which you could pull to make the teeth fit together. I walked out of the room rather awkwardly because the jeans were very stiff. Tracy and Liz looked up from the books they were reading. They looked me up and down. Liz looked at Tracy and nodded.
"Now," said Liz, "We need to fix your hair. Nobody today has hair like that. We can either cut it, hide it, or get you a wig to hid it all under."
"I don't think a wig," said Tracy, "His hair is so beautiful we can't cut it." This made me happy to know that someone appreciates the care I put into my hair.
"How can we hide it then?" Liz questioned, "My vote is for a cut."
"Definitely not," Tracy said strongly, "Can you imagine Orli blonde? I am trying and it doesn't look to good."
"I guess you're right," said Liz, "What can we do then?"
"Hide it under a bandana," answered Tracy.
"It would still hang out the back though. What about that?" challenged Liz.
"Well, some guys have long hair, right? Most of them are sort of creepy, but we can start a new fad. Long hair and bandanas could work," Tracy exclaimed.
Right then, Aragorn came out of the room with the shower, dripping wet from head to toe, including his clothes.
"Aragorn," Liz asked calmly, "Did you take a shower in your clothes?"
"No, the shower didn't work properly and got me wet," Aragorn tried to explain, "It wouldn't turn off."
"Did you try turning the knob?" Liz asks plainly.
"Pardon?" asked Aragorn, "What's a knob?" Tracy and Liz turned the water off and got Aragorn a dress-like garment called a bathrobe, resembling the one Tracy had on. Then Liz went into the room with beds and brought out a couple of colorful cloth squares all with the same design.
"Which color Tracy?" Liz asked, "His jeans are blue, his shirt is lime green, his eyes are blue, and his hair is blonde. Oh, Legolas, you're going to have to take out your braids. Absolutely no one wears braids unless they are going to a LOTR movie premier or fan meeting."
"Unless they are going to a what?" Aragorn asked.
"Never mind," said Tracy, "We'll explain later. For now, how about the blue one Liz? Blue looks good with his hair, eyes, pants, and more or less his shirt." Liz helped me undo my braids, comb my hair, and showed me how to put a bandana on. Tracy took Aragorn into the room with the beds to find him some clothes. Tracy came out and in a short while, so did Aragorn. He was wearing about the same things as me, except his hair wasn't up in a bandana, and his shirt was blue.
"That's pretty good," remarked Liz, "I think we can just comb his hair and we'll be fine. I'll go change." Liz walked into the room with beds and immerged a while later wearing jeans and a yellow shirt. Then she went into the bathroom to do something called brushing her teeth. Tracy entered the room with beds and immerged wearing jeans and a strange shirt. It looked somewhat like a t-shirt, but instead of sleeves, there were straps.
"What do you call that garment," I asked.
"A tank top," she told me. Liz came out of the shower room and Tracy went in.
"So," Liz started to explain, "As soon as Tracy gets out of the bathroom, we are going to go shopping."
"Pardon?" Aragorn asked.
"Well," Liz answered, "You can't wear our clothes forever, now can you?"
***Author's note: So, do you like it? Please Review, it helps a lot!
Thanks everyone for your reviews!
And a special thanx 2 Jen for the idea for the waffle paragraph!! Thanx so much!!!!!