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In the morning I'm woken by an ear splitting yell.

'LEGOLAS !!!'

'Mmmpf. Whassit ?'

'What it is ? Look at you !'

My eyes slowly slide back into focus to see more than my dream-world. I'm still in my bed, haldir snuggled close to me, still fast asleep. It's raining but what did I expect ? Everything looks normal. Glorfindel is standing next to my bed, a look of utmost shock on his face.

'I can't see anything ,' I reply drowsily. 'Why did you wake me ?'

'What is HE! doing in your BED! ???'

'Who ?' As if there were so many people to choose from.

'HALDIR !' He sounds close to fly off his handle. 'What is he doing here ???'

'He's sleeping ,' I say innocently, not even understanding what else could be alluded to here.

'I can see that ,' glorfindel answers irritated. 'But why in your bed ?' The tips of his pointed ears are flushed with dark purple which indicates that he's real furious though I can't explain why.

'He was cold and I said I was fine if he slept in my bed.'

'I didn't even sleep in your bed. Not even me !'

'What's your point ?'

'What my point is ? I thought you liked me !'

'I do.'

'But you like Haldir, too ?'

'Yes.'

Glorfindel glares at me and stomps out of the place in rage. I bet today is not his day. Maybe something at work upset him.

But then it dawns on me. He thought that haldir and I had . oh my god, sorry, but I really can't guess that he has such a filthy mind, can I ? Hell, no. Everybody is just thinking about the one thing.

Okay, I suppose I definitely screwed this one up. I told glorfindel I like him but I do also like haldir. Who in the heavens can only assume that he is asking for preferences of people I would consider a relationship with making me use the verb LIKE ? I don't believe it. I like glorfindel, I like haldir, I like flowers and trees and French fries. To LIKE things can sure get you into deep trouble.

Of course I like him better than haldir. I don't even know the lorien guardian. How could I be in love with him ? Or did glorfindel think that there are actually some elves around here shagging people they've only known a few days ? Excuse me that can't be true. Who would do freak stuff like that. Heck, not me !

Haldir warned me that there would be trouble but I didn't even think that it could mean that glorfindel's mind works out something like this. Why didn't he tell me how disgusting old elves minds work ?

The Lorien Guardian is still sleeping contend, his right hand somewhere on the fabric of the nightgown somewhere between my legs. Oh god. Hopefully glorfindel didn't notice that.

'If you want to see another dawn you better take your hands off there ,' I whisper after gently nudging him in the ribs.

'My hands off where ?', he mumbles his eyes still glazed.

'I'd prefer if you'd take it from between my legs ,' I say .

Haldir's eyes suddenly glitter as he wakes and looks at me. 'Hey, what did you think, where your hand was when you knocked me over .' He slowly withdraws his hand and smiles at me. 'Good morning by the way.'

'Morning. And I thought you wouldn't be able to sleep ?'

'I don't know. I suddenly felt tired.'

'Hm. Glorfindel was here .'

'And ? He made trouble ?'

'Yes. He thought I had . had slept with you or something .' These words are so embarrassing that I blush crimson to my ear tips.

'Sorry. You talked me into this . I told you that he wouldn't be pleased !'

'I didn't know that he had such a dirty mind. I'm too young to consider things like that !'

'You didn't know ? What did you think why I thought he'd be pissed of ?'

'I don't know. I was wondering about it, too.'

'Oh my god. Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Mirkwood, I didn't even think you could be so innocent ! I would've warned you !'

'Thanks. Well, anyway . I didn't . you know.' I can't say those words. The send a tingle down my spine and make my tongue numb. Typical teenager syndromes.

'Sleep with me ?', haldir asks amusedly.

'Yes.'

'Say it.'

'What ?'

'You think it's embarrassing to say you didn't sleep with me .'

'I know. It is ,' I say and start fidgeting around nervously.

'Say it ,' haldir demands teasingly and turns around so that he lays half on top of me. 'Come on.'

The more he asks me for it the more embarrassing it becomes. The start of the word sounds ridiculous when I try to say it and I stutter for a while.

'It's not that hard. I bet you already said it to glorfindel .'

'I didn't. I told you I'm not into that weirdo stuff.'

'Oh, so you're ALL innocent ?', he asks, his eyes gleaming.

I nod. Embarrassing.

'Well, say it anyway.'

'No.'

'Yes.'

'No, I won't.'

Haldir starts gently nibbling the tip of my ear that must be scarlet by now. I gasp. 'Say it if you want me to stop .'

'No.'

'So you want me to go on ?'

No, I don't but I don't want to say that dirty weirdo word, either.

Haldir makes his way languidly down my neck. Another gasp.

'Stop that.'

'Try and make me.'

'Oh, Haldir, please ..' This is a teenager game and I'm unwilling like a little elfling.

'Say it .'

A gentle trail of kisses on my collar bones draws yet another gasp from my lips.

'Say it .'

'Sleep with me .', I whisper, my thoughts off to somewhere else, I swallowed the first half of the sentence. But they come back fast as a lightning when glorfindel bursts into the room.

'LEGOLAS GREENLEAF ,' he yells, his face deep purple and his hair standing on end. 'That is enough. What do you think you're doing here ?'

'I . I . nothing. This is not what it seems!'

'I heard and saw enough. Legolas, I'm very disappointed in you !'

'It wasn't like that ! I don't even know haldir !', I scream, desperate to prove that haldir and I were just playing. 'He was just teasing me !'

'I saw that. Oh, haldir, please ,' he imitated my voice when I wanted haldir to stop not to go on. 'Gasp, gasp, gasp, you're so good , SLEEP WITH ME! And you want to tell me this is not what it seems ? I know the truth. I'm disappointed in you both.'

'Glorfindel, no, don't leave. It's not true. It's not true. I'm faithful.'

'Shut up ,' glorfindel yells down the corridor while he is rushing out of the place again.

Haldir looks at me shocked but with huge guilty eyes. 'I'm sorry .', he says quietly. 'I . I didn't know he was eavesdropping. I wouldn't have made you say .'

'I know. It's okay. We didn't do anything. But how do I prove it to him ?'

Haldir is silent for a while staring into space, still lying on top of me. 'I know something ,' he suddenly says.

'What is it ?'

'You have to get hold of the mirror of Galadriel it can tell things that happened if you ask for it.'

'But the mirror is in lothlorien. How can I ever get there ?'

'No, it is not. Galadriel is here for the wedding and so is the mirror.'

'Really ?'

'Would I say it ?'

'Where is it ?'

'In her chambers. Locked up safe and sound.'

'How can I get it ?'

Haldir looks at me smiling and tugging a fine silver necklace out from under his pyjama. A single key is hanging on it and he lets it playfully glide over my skin. 'With this, my prince. We'll get it out, show glorfindel and give it back without Galadriel knowing.'

'Why can't we just ask her ?'

'You could. But she's charging people for looking into that darn thing big time. You'd be one poor prince if you paid the fee.'

'Okay. So we steal it and leave it around so that it could have been anybody and we don't have to take the risk to give it back.'

'That's the plan.'

'Would you help me ?'

'Well, I don't know.'

'You owe me.'

He looks at me in disbelief. 'That's the price for saving my life ? Helping you to get that mirror and make glorfindel look into it ?'

'Yes .'

'I'll be at your service with anything and everything you might need.'

'Thank you. But could you get of me ?'

'Try and make me .'

I'm bucking like an unwilling horse but haldir doesn't seem to care much until he suddenly loses the balances, his elbows slide to the side and his head falls free. And the worst thing : his lips crash right onto mine with a bruising impact.

If Glorfindel would see this he would pop his clogs, I'm sure. Good that he was already satisfied with the scene before. My dear glorfindel. Darn it, how can I ever explain this to him ? How come that haldir just half-kisses me ? Oh, that would be the end of our relationship before it has even begun. It seems that I keep having strange accidents with haldir all over the place. Maybe it wouldn't b all that good to have him as my best friend if glorfindel would be jealous of things that just keep happening all the time.

Haldir suddenly gets panicky and frantic, pulls back in surprise and anxiety and sits up on the bed. 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry legolas, I didn't mean to .'

'It's okay.'

'It was an accident, I lost .'

'IT'S OKAY!'

'Really ?'

'It was an accident, wasn't it ?'

I sit up, too, quickly and haldir jerks back with scared looking eyes as if he expected me to hit him.

'Haldir, it's okay. I'm not angry. Things happen. It wasn't your fault.'

He looks at me, his eyes shining as if he'd be with a fever . 'Thank you .'

'For what ?'

'Everything.'

'You're welcome. But now, let's get the hell out of here !'