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Worlds Apart
Chapter 10
To make you feel my love
Haldir walked along side Nimrodel as he hung his head down in a sulky fashion.
"How can a human girl make me feel like I'm the lowliest being that ever walked across this world?" He asked himself in elvish.
"A HUMAN GIRL... BLAGH..!"
"Rumil..?" He turned around when he heard the familiar mocking laughter that was always there when he was in distress.
True enough, his brother took a giant leap from one of the branches of LothLorien's great trees.
"Are you going to subject yourself to complete isolation? " His younger brother asked.
"Do you want to lose your immortalitly, you impudent child?" Haldir said drily.
Their conversations were always in elvish because Rumil could speak only very little of any other tongue.
"I'm not a child. Stop calling me one." Rumil said in a defiant tone.
Haldir gave him a soft pat on his back.
Normally, he would have wrestled his brother to the ground until Orophin, their other brother, had to pull them apart, but this time he suddenly felt too old for their games.
"You will always be a child to me, Rumil, as long as you remain my younger brother."He said turning to his brother who was behind him, trying to place a toad on his head.
Rumil gave him a sheepish grin and let the toad go.
"And as long as you continue your idiotic notions."He added, rolling his eyes.
"So.... how's my favorite niece?" Rumil asked, trying to make conversation.
Haldir raised an eyebrow.
"You only have one niece, Rumil. And she's fine, getting brighter by the day. I plan to teach her archery one of these days." he said with a shrug.
Rumil always asked about Branwen to get on his good side and he hated to admit it, but it always worked.
"Teach her archery? But she's a girl!" Rumil exclaimed.
"Do you have a problem with me teaching my daughter how to protect herself if ever I'm not there?"
Besides, he thought, I'm sure Legolas would have wanted it that way. She probably has the same talent her father had.
"Well, its just that... I remember mother once said that if ever we had a sister, she would never let her do anything of that sort." Rumil said quietly.
Haldir nodded. Out of the three sons their mother had, Rumil was always the closest to her.
And Rumil didn't know this but before their parents sent them to Rivendell, their mother made Haldir promise that he would protect Rumil with his life.
"Well then, I'll let Branwen decide then. Though I'm sure I already know the answer." He said, with respect for his mother.
For while, the brothers didn't say a word and they watched as Nimrodel calmly flowed by.
Then Haldir let out a soft sigh.
" What is it, brother?" Rumil asked.
Haldir shook his head.
"I hate humans..."
Rumil smiled and he knew at once who he was talking about.
"So what else is new? I don't even know how or why you married her. But I guess... love... its just weird. Makes you do all sorts of silly things."
Haldir couldn't hold back a grin. His brother had just said something that was actually helpful to him.
"Yes, it does, doesn't it?"
Rumil was surprised that Haldir actually agreed with him.
He had been acting really strange.
"I should get back to the flet... Kylie would be worried." He told his brother.
Yeah, right, she wouldn't care if you were eaten alive by an orc, he thought sadly.
Haldir's POV
I wasn't quite sure I wanted to return to the flet but I decided I had to face Kylie sooner or later.
When I opened the door to the flet, Kylie was already awake.
Or had she even slept?
She was leaning against the wall that faced the balcony and gazed out into the early morning. She seemed to be contemplating about something.
I just hoped she would still talk to me after last night.
"Kylie... I'm sorry about last night."
She didn't answer me.
She didn't even look at me.
"Kylie..."I started but then decided against it. It probably wouldn't make a difference.
And then she started mumbling a song.
I couldn't really hear the first few lines but after awhile she got louder.
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
and there's noone to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love.
She stopped there.
And she whispered," Legolas used to sing that. When we were back in my world."
I felt alittle angry when she said that.
Why couldn't she just forget about him?
It has been 8 years.
And humans were bound to forget.
But something at the back of my mind kept prodding me that the reason why I fell in love with her was because she was different.
And I found myself saying.
"Will you forget about Legolas? Don't I have a place in your heart too? He isn't even here! Why, Kylie? Can't you love me instead? Can't you.."
I didn't finish.
She looked at me with her tired eyes and the tears that had not dried and said nothing.
"Can't you?" I repeated.
I found myself getting down on my knees and crawling towards her.
"Love me...that's all I ask of you." I begged her.
Kylie shook her head very slowly.
"I... love... Legolas..."
I shook my head spontaneously and I took her hand in between the two of mine.
"No..Kylie you don't... you're only saying that because you think you do... because you think that Legolas is the only one who can love you back because you're different... because you think its wrong... because...because.."
Reasons that my mind raced to think of, they left my lips as fast as they could be thought of.
I didn't want Kylie to deny it.
I wanted to keep going on and on with reasons until I knew I had the right one, or at least as many as there would seem it were right.
I stopped thinking for a while.
And Kylie's gaze wavered and she looked so scared.
I thought I had the right answer.
Instead, she screamed at me.
"Shut up! Just Shut up! I don't love you!! I don't! I don't... !" she pounded her fists on my chest.
And I grabbed them and she couldn't hit me anymore.
Her tears started to flow again.
"I don't...I can't...Haldir...you know I can't.."she cried.
She was so tired that she just leaned forward and fell into my arms.
"love you.."
I kissed her on her forehead and carried her to the bed.
I laid her there and pulled the blanket over her.
"Yes, you can." I insisted even when I knew she couldn't argue anymore.
Aurora: hey hey hey....I'm at home... nothing to do cause of the SARS...actually...I do have stuff to do.. but its just that I'm in such a ..umm...lethargic (is that how you spell it?) mood...anyhow..
Decided to put the Haldir's POV thingie...just to avoid confusion.. na nan ana... and to all ye reviewers.. I've said it once and I'll say it again and again... THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS!!! yAY!!
Worlds Apart
Chapter 10
To make you feel my love
Haldir walked along side Nimrodel as he hung his head down in a sulky fashion.
"How can a human girl make me feel like I'm the lowliest being that ever walked across this world?" He asked himself in elvish.
"A HUMAN GIRL... BLAGH..!"
"Rumil..?" He turned around when he heard the familiar mocking laughter that was always there when he was in distress.
True enough, his brother took a giant leap from one of the branches of LothLorien's great trees.
"Are you going to subject yourself to complete isolation? " His younger brother asked.
"Do you want to lose your immortalitly, you impudent child?" Haldir said drily.
Their conversations were always in elvish because Rumil could speak only very little of any other tongue.
"I'm not a child. Stop calling me one." Rumil said in a defiant tone.
Haldir gave him a soft pat on his back.
Normally, he would have wrestled his brother to the ground until Orophin, their other brother, had to pull them apart, but this time he suddenly felt too old for their games.
"You will always be a child to me, Rumil, as long as you remain my younger brother."He said turning to his brother who was behind him, trying to place a toad on his head.
Rumil gave him a sheepish grin and let the toad go.
"And as long as you continue your idiotic notions."He added, rolling his eyes.
"So.... how's my favorite niece?" Rumil asked, trying to make conversation.
Haldir raised an eyebrow.
"You only have one niece, Rumil. And she's fine, getting brighter by the day. I plan to teach her archery one of these days." he said with a shrug.
Rumil always asked about Branwen to get on his good side and he hated to admit it, but it always worked.
"Teach her archery? But she's a girl!" Rumil exclaimed.
"Do you have a problem with me teaching my daughter how to protect herself if ever I'm not there?"
Besides, he thought, I'm sure Legolas would have wanted it that way. She probably has the same talent her father had.
"Well, its just that... I remember mother once said that if ever we had a sister, she would never let her do anything of that sort." Rumil said quietly.
Haldir nodded. Out of the three sons their mother had, Rumil was always the closest to her.
And Rumil didn't know this but before their parents sent them to Rivendell, their mother made Haldir promise that he would protect Rumil with his life.
"Well then, I'll let Branwen decide then. Though I'm sure I already know the answer." He said, with respect for his mother.
For while, the brothers didn't say a word and they watched as Nimrodel calmly flowed by.
Then Haldir let out a soft sigh.
" What is it, brother?" Rumil asked.
Haldir shook his head.
"I hate humans..."
Rumil smiled and he knew at once who he was talking about.
"So what else is new? I don't even know how or why you married her. But I guess... love... its just weird. Makes you do all sorts of silly things."
Haldir couldn't hold back a grin. His brother had just said something that was actually helpful to him.
"Yes, it does, doesn't it?"
Rumil was surprised that Haldir actually agreed with him.
He had been acting really strange.
"I should get back to the flet... Kylie would be worried." He told his brother.
Yeah, right, she wouldn't care if you were eaten alive by an orc, he thought sadly.
Haldir's POV
I wasn't quite sure I wanted to return to the flet but I decided I had to face Kylie sooner or later.
When I opened the door to the flet, Kylie was already awake.
Or had she even slept?
She was leaning against the wall that faced the balcony and gazed out into the early morning. She seemed to be contemplating about something.
I just hoped she would still talk to me after last night.
"Kylie... I'm sorry about last night."
She didn't answer me.
She didn't even look at me.
"Kylie..."I started but then decided against it. It probably wouldn't make a difference.
And then she started mumbling a song.
I couldn't really hear the first few lines but after awhile she got louder.
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
and there's noone to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love.
She stopped there.
And she whispered," Legolas used to sing that. When we were back in my world."
I felt alittle angry when she said that.
Why couldn't she just forget about him?
It has been 8 years.
And humans were bound to forget.
But something at the back of my mind kept prodding me that the reason why I fell in love with her was because she was different.
And I found myself saying.
"Will you forget about Legolas? Don't I have a place in your heart too? He isn't even here! Why, Kylie? Can't you love me instead? Can't you.."
I didn't finish.
She looked at me with her tired eyes and the tears that had not dried and said nothing.
"Can't you?" I repeated.
I found myself getting down on my knees and crawling towards her.
"Love me...that's all I ask of you." I begged her.
Kylie shook her head very slowly.
"I... love... Legolas..."
I shook my head spontaneously and I took her hand in between the two of mine.
"No..Kylie you don't... you're only saying that because you think you do... because you think that Legolas is the only one who can love you back because you're different... because you think its wrong... because...because.."
Reasons that my mind raced to think of, they left my lips as fast as they could be thought of.
I didn't want Kylie to deny it.
I wanted to keep going on and on with reasons until I knew I had the right one, or at least as many as there would seem it were right.
I stopped thinking for a while.
And Kylie's gaze wavered and she looked so scared.
I thought I had the right answer.
Instead, she screamed at me.
"Shut up! Just Shut up! I don't love you!! I don't! I don't... !" she pounded her fists on my chest.
And I grabbed them and she couldn't hit me anymore.
Her tears started to flow again.
"I don't...I can't...Haldir...you know I can't.."she cried.
She was so tired that she just leaned forward and fell into my arms.
"love you.."
I kissed her on her forehead and carried her to the bed.
I laid her there and pulled the blanket over her.
"Yes, you can." I insisted even when I knew she couldn't argue anymore.
Aurora: hey hey hey....I'm at home... nothing to do cause of the SARS...actually...I do have stuff to do.. but its just that I'm in such a ..umm...lethargic (is that how you spell it?) mood...anyhow..
Decided to put the Haldir's POV thingie...just to avoid confusion.. na nan ana... and to all ye reviewers.. I've said it once and I'll say it again and again... THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS!!! yAY!!