Chapter 34 New Arrival
It was nine months after the day when Diamond had told me the good news. It was May 3 year 9 of the fourth age. I was at the river where I had proposed. I was really nervous since the baby was due any day now. Merry had come with me just to see where I had proposed.
"So this is it?" I heard a light musical voice from behind me. I saw Merry jump but I had gotten use to it.
"Hello Legolas." I said my eyes closed.
"And?" Legolas sounded amused. I strained my hearing. Legolas had spent hours trying to improve my hearing during the war he had blindfolded my and had dropped things and I had to say what they were. I listened and heard a soft jingle of armor. I also heard the rustle of a cloak and the uneven step so I knew it wasn't an elf.
"Faramir?" I asked.
"Yes!" the seward's excited voice rang happily from behind me. I grinned and spun around to see my friends. We talked for half the day eating the lembas Legolas had brought with him. I heard the galloping of a horse. Turning around I saw a very pale Sam riding on Elenril.
"I had no other mount. Diamond is in labor! Aragorn is with her." I couldn't move.
"WHAT!!" I yelled as Sam got off Elenril and I jumped on.
"Go we'll be behind you." Legolas yelled as Elenril began to gallop away. We reached the Great Simals in a few minutes. I jumped off Elenril and shot inside. A hobbit shot me a surprised look. I tried to run into Diamond's room but she jumped in front of the door shutting it.
"You can't go in!"
"WHY!" I yelled. The others ran in breathing hard. "WHY CAN'T I GO IN!"
"We don't want you freaking out. Or we don't want the mother yelling at you. So just sit down." She grabbed my arm and led me to a chair. The others sat as well. I didn't sit for long because the moment she left I got up and began to pace back and forth.
"Pippin sit down you're making a hole." Merry said handing me my pipe and a pack of Old Toby. I sat and smoked the whole pack in less than ten minutes.
"Wow new record." Sam smiled. I set my now empty pipe down and sighed. I was calmer. Then Diamond's piercing scream split the calm air. I jumped up and began to run to the door but Faramir caught my shirt and I fell back surprised.
"Woah. She'll be ready in a second." I just stared at him in shock. My baby was being born and he wanted me to wait! The screams were coming fast now and when I thought I would either die or run into the room they stopped suddenly. I froze holding my breath. An exhausted looking hobbit came in followed by Aragorn who was wiping his hands on a towel. He smiled and I bolted into the room. Diamond was laying on the bed smiling at a tiny bundle. Her face was covered with sweat and her hair clung to her forehead. I stopped.
"Well Pippin, coming to see your son?" she smiled. A son! I had a son! Hardly breathing I walked as if in a trance over to the bed. I looked at the bundle and saw the sweetest baby I had ever seen. He almost glowed. He opened his eyes and they were a bright green.
"Just like yours." Diamond smiled. She was right he did have my eyes. He smiled the sweetest smile in all of middle earth according to me. He giggled softly and grabbed one of my curls. Instantly my heart melted and I smiled with tears in my eyes.
"Do you want to hold him?" she asked. I was scared I would hurt him.
"Hold his head." she told me gently placing him in my arms. I looked at my son. My son!
"He's beautiful, just like you." I said and kissed her.
"Well, we have to name him." She smiled. "I want to name him after someone that you met on your quest but I want it to be hobbity enough. If that's okay with you." she looked at me with those bright black eyes I had fallen in love with years before.
"It's fine. Who do you want to name him after?" I asked.
She thought for awhile then answered. "I have become very good friends with the steward. It's more of a hobbit name than Legolas or Aragorn."
"Faramir Took.....I like that!" I smiled brightly. "Welcome Faramir." I looked down at my son and he stared back with huge green eyes.
"Well, go introduce Faramir to his uncles!" she grinned leaning back against the pillow.
"Alright." I stood up but felt shaky. Faramir giggled and I walked out of the room staring lovingly at my son.
"I WANNA SEE!" Bo was jumping up and down. Merry lifted him up and walked over to me.
"He looks just like you." Merry looked at my son. "What's his name?"
"Faramir Took." I smiled and saw the steward flush and smile. Legolas walked over grinning and looked at him.
"Well he doesn't *look* dangerous."
"Oh he will be mellon-nin he has too much of his father in him." the king of Gondor laughed. I rolled my eyes and everyone adored Faramir. He just stared at everyone. After a few moments he yawned and snuggled down falling asleep instantly in my arms.
"He's even more like you than I thought, he doesn't wait for anyone!" Sam laughed. We all had a good laugh and Legolas looked out the window.
"Well it's late and we promised Arwen we'd be back in two weeks. We better start soon." The elf and humans sighed and nodded looking like children being told to go home after a day in the snow.
"And if I know Arwen than I suggest you leave as soon as possible." the nodded Aragorn told me what to do in case Diamond started to feel pain and they left promising to write. I set Faramir down in his crib in the master bedroom. I laid down next to Diamond and she smiled.
"You did good, you did good." I kissed her. A few years ago I was a lonely hobbit. A year ago I became a husband and today I became a father. A father! Before this quest I was just a happy-go-lucky irresponsible halfling. Now I was a soldier, a husband, a father, and Thain. I can handle that. I think.
Author's Note: Well this ends An Elvish Hobbit. *sob* I'll write a sequel about Faramir, Pippin, Bo, and basically everyone else. I'll put it in several POVs so we can have a bit of Faramir/Goldilocks romance. Hope you all read it!
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Ice Ember- In a way we all are airheads. I know! I always loved Faramir! (Little one)
It was nine months after the day when Diamond had told me the good news. It was May 3 year 9 of the fourth age. I was at the river where I had proposed. I was really nervous since the baby was due any day now. Merry had come with me just to see where I had proposed.
"So this is it?" I heard a light musical voice from behind me. I saw Merry jump but I had gotten use to it.
"Hello Legolas." I said my eyes closed.
"And?" Legolas sounded amused. I strained my hearing. Legolas had spent hours trying to improve my hearing during the war he had blindfolded my and had dropped things and I had to say what they were. I listened and heard a soft jingle of armor. I also heard the rustle of a cloak and the uneven step so I knew it wasn't an elf.
"Faramir?" I asked.
"Yes!" the seward's excited voice rang happily from behind me. I grinned and spun around to see my friends. We talked for half the day eating the lembas Legolas had brought with him. I heard the galloping of a horse. Turning around I saw a very pale Sam riding on Elenril.
"I had no other mount. Diamond is in labor! Aragorn is with her." I couldn't move.
"WHAT!!" I yelled as Sam got off Elenril and I jumped on.
"Go we'll be behind you." Legolas yelled as Elenril began to gallop away. We reached the Great Simals in a few minutes. I jumped off Elenril and shot inside. A hobbit shot me a surprised look. I tried to run into Diamond's room but she jumped in front of the door shutting it.
"You can't go in!"
"WHY!" I yelled. The others ran in breathing hard. "WHY CAN'T I GO IN!"
"We don't want you freaking out. Or we don't want the mother yelling at you. So just sit down." She grabbed my arm and led me to a chair. The others sat as well. I didn't sit for long because the moment she left I got up and began to pace back and forth.
"Pippin sit down you're making a hole." Merry said handing me my pipe and a pack of Old Toby. I sat and smoked the whole pack in less than ten minutes.
"Wow new record." Sam smiled. I set my now empty pipe down and sighed. I was calmer. Then Diamond's piercing scream split the calm air. I jumped up and began to run to the door but Faramir caught my shirt and I fell back surprised.
"Woah. She'll be ready in a second." I just stared at him in shock. My baby was being born and he wanted me to wait! The screams were coming fast now and when I thought I would either die or run into the room they stopped suddenly. I froze holding my breath. An exhausted looking hobbit came in followed by Aragorn who was wiping his hands on a towel. He smiled and I bolted into the room. Diamond was laying on the bed smiling at a tiny bundle. Her face was covered with sweat and her hair clung to her forehead. I stopped.
"Well Pippin, coming to see your son?" she smiled. A son! I had a son! Hardly breathing I walked as if in a trance over to the bed. I looked at the bundle and saw the sweetest baby I had ever seen. He almost glowed. He opened his eyes and they were a bright green.
"Just like yours." Diamond smiled. She was right he did have my eyes. He smiled the sweetest smile in all of middle earth according to me. He giggled softly and grabbed one of my curls. Instantly my heart melted and I smiled with tears in my eyes.
"Do you want to hold him?" she asked. I was scared I would hurt him.
"Hold his head." she told me gently placing him in my arms. I looked at my son. My son!
"He's beautiful, just like you." I said and kissed her.
"Well, we have to name him." She smiled. "I want to name him after someone that you met on your quest but I want it to be hobbity enough. If that's okay with you." she looked at me with those bright black eyes I had fallen in love with years before.
"It's fine. Who do you want to name him after?" I asked.
She thought for awhile then answered. "I have become very good friends with the steward. It's more of a hobbit name than Legolas or Aragorn."
"Faramir Took.....I like that!" I smiled brightly. "Welcome Faramir." I looked down at my son and he stared back with huge green eyes.
"Well, go introduce Faramir to his uncles!" she grinned leaning back against the pillow.
"Alright." I stood up but felt shaky. Faramir giggled and I walked out of the room staring lovingly at my son.
"I WANNA SEE!" Bo was jumping up and down. Merry lifted him up and walked over to me.
"He looks just like you." Merry looked at my son. "What's his name?"
"Faramir Took." I smiled and saw the steward flush and smile. Legolas walked over grinning and looked at him.
"Well he doesn't *look* dangerous."
"Oh he will be mellon-nin he has too much of his father in him." the king of Gondor laughed. I rolled my eyes and everyone adored Faramir. He just stared at everyone. After a few moments he yawned and snuggled down falling asleep instantly in my arms.
"He's even more like you than I thought, he doesn't wait for anyone!" Sam laughed. We all had a good laugh and Legolas looked out the window.
"Well it's late and we promised Arwen we'd be back in two weeks. We better start soon." The elf and humans sighed and nodded looking like children being told to go home after a day in the snow.
"And if I know Arwen than I suggest you leave as soon as possible." the nodded Aragorn told me what to do in case Diamond started to feel pain and they left promising to write. I set Faramir down in his crib in the master bedroom. I laid down next to Diamond and she smiled.
"You did good, you did good." I kissed her. A few years ago I was a lonely hobbit. A year ago I became a husband and today I became a father. A father! Before this quest I was just a happy-go-lucky irresponsible halfling. Now I was a soldier, a husband, a father, and Thain. I can handle that. I think.
Author's Note: Well this ends An Elvish Hobbit. *sob* I'll write a sequel about Faramir, Pippin, Bo, and basically everyone else. I'll put it in several POVs so we can have a bit of Faramir/Goldilocks romance. Hope you all read it!
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Ice Ember- In a way we all are airheads. I know! I always loved Faramir! (Little one)
