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A/N: I got a review about Merry not knowing how to swim...well they're still young now (Pippin is thirteen so Merry is twenty-one *correct me if I'm wrong about that*) so I made this before Merry learned how to swim. It's a small mistake and I'm truly sorry about it! Oh and thanks to my reviewers:
FordTruckGirl4TA: Kath!!! Thanks so much for your review and I'm glad we've been able to become friends, thanks to our strange obsession with Merry and Pip ;)
Rambling Thestral: Awww thanks for the applause!! Thanks for the wonderful review!
Ajaron: Thanks for the review! Im glad you could figure out the italics...I know I still cant lol. I just figured out how to transfer my word perfect document into a microsoft word document. ^_^
Well...On to Chapter 3!! Enjoy! ****
Camellia absentmindedly ate her meal while the others happily talked about the happenings in the Shire. Her mind was wandering other places, she was wondering if she should tell Merry and Pippin what she was told by Fred Broadbelt, the Bywater doctor, just a few years ago. ***
"Mister Millstone?"
Falco Millstone looked up from his young daughter laying on the bed, asleep.
"Have you found out what was wrong with her?" Falco asked, the nervousness etched in his voice.
"This may be a little off subject, but did you say that your wife died not long ago?"
"Yes", he started, anger rising in his voice, "She died two years ago."
"Can you tell me what her symptoms were?" he asked, sitting down across from the worried father.
"She became sick all of a sudden. She just became weak and slept most of the day. Sometimes she would go days without eating. And she would usually have long coughing fits." he answered, realization setting in.
"And your daughter?" He asked.
Falco did not answer. He knew the same thing was happening to his daughter, he just didn't want to admit it. He stood up and showing the doctor to the door asked, "What can I do to help?"
"Nothing. Just make her rest and she will be fine. Don't allow her to spend much time outside until she is not showing any symptoms. And even then do not let her do anything that might make her even slightly sick."
Falco just nodded and walked outside with the doctor.
"What am I supposed to tell her? And her brother? That she'll die like her mother so you better spend time with her?" he asked angrily, the stress of the situation finally getting to him.
"Just tell them the truth, Falco. Your daughters strong, she can take it" he answered, turning away and walking down the long path leading out of the Bywater home.
"Tell her the truth", Falco said to himself, "You make it sound so easy." **** And now Camellia sat at the table with the hobbits that were the most special to her, and she was about to tell them what the doctor told her father so many years ago. 'Well I don't HAVE to tell them', she thought to herself, 'They're happy not knowing. It's not their problem anyway...It's mine.'
Merry saying her name quickly brought her out of her thoughts.
"Cam!! Woohoo!! Wake up in there!!" Merry yelled right into her ear.
"Oi! I'm right here Merry! No need to yell." Cam said, rubbing her ears.
"Well you were in your own little world there for a while." Merry said, still eating.
"Sorry I was just-"
"Thinking", Frodo finished for her.
Camellia just nodded. She was still a little nervous around Frodo and Bilbo. She thought they were both so wise and caring. She knew she would end up being a maid or something like it, everyone in her family had ended up being a maid or a gardener or some kind of servant like it. Camellia wasn't ashamed, she just felt inferior sometimes. That didn't bother her, though, she had always been different. The other girls in the Shire that knew her looked down upon her because of her tomboy-ish self and that she was always with Merry and Pippin. She had friends that were girls...only two though. Rosie was one of her good friends and Katherine, who lived in Bywater, was one of Cam's closest friends. Rosie met Camellia thanks to Samwise, and Cam and Kath met after Cam got in a fight with Kath's older brother. Camellia and Katherine became close friends almost immediately, and Cam thought of Rosie as an older sister. No one could take the place of Merry and Pippin, though, and soon it would be Pippin's fourteenth birthday, which meant Cam's fourteenth birthday would be soon after that. And not long after would be Merry's twenty-second birthday. 'Maybe then Kath would actually tell Merry how much she likes him. It's sickening when she's around him sometimes.' she chuckled to herself, causing the heads of everyone to turn and look at her.
"Sorry." she mumbled, taking a bite of her meal.
Soon everyone was getting up putting their plates in the kitchen and Camellia got ready to head home.
"Well, I'll guess I'll be going now, Pop'll be really worried right now. Thank you for letting me stay here." she said to Frodo and Bilbo, walking out the door.
"Wait for us!" Pippin and Merry yelled, running after her, "Bye Frodo! Thanks Bilbo!" they yelled back at Bag-End.
The three Hobbit's walked quietly to Bywater, leaving Camellia to her thoughts. She hesitated before Bywater Pool, but made it over safe enough. Not a few feet away from the Millstone's hobbit hole, was a nervous Katherine pacing around in a circle. As soon as she caught sight of the three hobbits walking towards her, she ran up to Camellia.
"Where have you been? Why were you out all night? Do you know how worried your Father has been?" she shouted at a dumbfounded Cam.
"I-I-I'm sorry." she managed to get out, amazed and a little frightened by Kath's reaction, but smiled when she saw Kath's attention turn to Merry.
"Camellia Millstone! You get in here this minute!" Falco Millstone yelled from the doorway, clearly fuming with anger. Camellia and Katherine cringed, knowing that her Father was more angry about her risking her health in the storm last night, rather than her being away all night, and just getting home now. Katherine was the only other person who knew about Cam's health, she found out when she overheard a conversation between Cam and her Father about it. Camellia's older brother, Bolo, came out of the doorway and walked over to the four saying, "Merry, Pippin, Katherine...you should go now." and walking back to the house, leading Camellia behind him. She desperately looked back at Merry and Pippin, and prepared to face her Father. ****
Hope you enjoyed that chapter! It gave a little background on Cam so maybe it'll help. Please review! It would be greatly appreciated.
A/N: I got a review about Merry not knowing how to swim...well they're still young now (Pippin is thirteen so Merry is twenty-one *correct me if I'm wrong about that*) so I made this before Merry learned how to swim. It's a small mistake and I'm truly sorry about it! Oh and thanks to my reviewers:
FordTruckGirl4TA: Kath!!! Thanks so much for your review and I'm glad we've been able to become friends, thanks to our strange obsession with Merry and Pip ;)
Rambling Thestral: Awww thanks for the applause!! Thanks for the wonderful review!
Ajaron: Thanks for the review! Im glad you could figure out the italics...I know I still cant lol. I just figured out how to transfer my word perfect document into a microsoft word document. ^_^
Well...On to Chapter 3!! Enjoy! ****
Camellia absentmindedly ate her meal while the others happily talked about the happenings in the Shire. Her mind was wandering other places, she was wondering if she should tell Merry and Pippin what she was told by Fred Broadbelt, the Bywater doctor, just a few years ago. ***
"Mister Millstone?"
Falco Millstone looked up from his young daughter laying on the bed, asleep.
"Have you found out what was wrong with her?" Falco asked, the nervousness etched in his voice.
"This may be a little off subject, but did you say that your wife died not long ago?"
"Yes", he started, anger rising in his voice, "She died two years ago."
"Can you tell me what her symptoms were?" he asked, sitting down across from the worried father.
"She became sick all of a sudden. She just became weak and slept most of the day. Sometimes she would go days without eating. And she would usually have long coughing fits." he answered, realization setting in.
"And your daughter?" He asked.
Falco did not answer. He knew the same thing was happening to his daughter, he just didn't want to admit it. He stood up and showing the doctor to the door asked, "What can I do to help?"
"Nothing. Just make her rest and she will be fine. Don't allow her to spend much time outside until she is not showing any symptoms. And even then do not let her do anything that might make her even slightly sick."
Falco just nodded and walked outside with the doctor.
"What am I supposed to tell her? And her brother? That she'll die like her mother so you better spend time with her?" he asked angrily, the stress of the situation finally getting to him.
"Just tell them the truth, Falco. Your daughters strong, she can take it" he answered, turning away and walking down the long path leading out of the Bywater home.
"Tell her the truth", Falco said to himself, "You make it sound so easy." **** And now Camellia sat at the table with the hobbits that were the most special to her, and she was about to tell them what the doctor told her father so many years ago. 'Well I don't HAVE to tell them', she thought to herself, 'They're happy not knowing. It's not their problem anyway...It's mine.'
Merry saying her name quickly brought her out of her thoughts.
"Cam!! Woohoo!! Wake up in there!!" Merry yelled right into her ear.
"Oi! I'm right here Merry! No need to yell." Cam said, rubbing her ears.
"Well you were in your own little world there for a while." Merry said, still eating.
"Sorry I was just-"
"Thinking", Frodo finished for her.
Camellia just nodded. She was still a little nervous around Frodo and Bilbo. She thought they were both so wise and caring. She knew she would end up being a maid or something like it, everyone in her family had ended up being a maid or a gardener or some kind of servant like it. Camellia wasn't ashamed, she just felt inferior sometimes. That didn't bother her, though, she had always been different. The other girls in the Shire that knew her looked down upon her because of her tomboy-ish self and that she was always with Merry and Pippin. She had friends that were girls...only two though. Rosie was one of her good friends and Katherine, who lived in Bywater, was one of Cam's closest friends. Rosie met Camellia thanks to Samwise, and Cam and Kath met after Cam got in a fight with Kath's older brother. Camellia and Katherine became close friends almost immediately, and Cam thought of Rosie as an older sister. No one could take the place of Merry and Pippin, though, and soon it would be Pippin's fourteenth birthday, which meant Cam's fourteenth birthday would be soon after that. And not long after would be Merry's twenty-second birthday. 'Maybe then Kath would actually tell Merry how much she likes him. It's sickening when she's around him sometimes.' she chuckled to herself, causing the heads of everyone to turn and look at her.
"Sorry." she mumbled, taking a bite of her meal.
Soon everyone was getting up putting their plates in the kitchen and Camellia got ready to head home.
"Well, I'll guess I'll be going now, Pop'll be really worried right now. Thank you for letting me stay here." she said to Frodo and Bilbo, walking out the door.
"Wait for us!" Pippin and Merry yelled, running after her, "Bye Frodo! Thanks Bilbo!" they yelled back at Bag-End.
The three Hobbit's walked quietly to Bywater, leaving Camellia to her thoughts. She hesitated before Bywater Pool, but made it over safe enough. Not a few feet away from the Millstone's hobbit hole, was a nervous Katherine pacing around in a circle. As soon as she caught sight of the three hobbits walking towards her, she ran up to Camellia.
"Where have you been? Why were you out all night? Do you know how worried your Father has been?" she shouted at a dumbfounded Cam.
"I-I-I'm sorry." she managed to get out, amazed and a little frightened by Kath's reaction, but smiled when she saw Kath's attention turn to Merry.
"Camellia Millstone! You get in here this minute!" Falco Millstone yelled from the doorway, clearly fuming with anger. Camellia and Katherine cringed, knowing that her Father was more angry about her risking her health in the storm last night, rather than her being away all night, and just getting home now. Katherine was the only other person who knew about Cam's health, she found out when she overheard a conversation between Cam and her Father about it. Camellia's older brother, Bolo, came out of the doorway and walked over to the four saying, "Merry, Pippin, Katherine...you should go now." and walking back to the house, leading Camellia behind him. She desperately looked back at Merry and Pippin, and prepared to face her Father. ****
Hope you enjoyed that chapter! It gave a little background on Cam so maybe it'll help. Please review! It would be greatly appreciated.