Disclaimer: I don't own anything dealing with Lord of the rings except this story perhaps.

AN: Hey everyone. The competition is over and we have a winner. I'm not going to announce it in this message. You're going to have to read the story to find out who won. *evil laughter * and of course the thank you's are at the bottom. ^_^

**************************************************************************** ***** Chapter 12: " Surprises in Aspen."

"I've never skied before." Marley said struggling to carry her skies.

"That's why we're going to have an instructor." Jo said.

"My papa used to take me skiing when I was younger in Germany." Jihan said. They climbed the snowy slopes. They stopped at the ski lift.

"What is that?" Frodo asked.

"A ski lift. You get on it and it takes you to the top." Lauren explained.

"It doesn't look safe." Aragorn said eyeing it.

"Well would you rather walk?" Jo said.

"Yes actually." Aragorn said and started off.

"Come on just get on it." Jo said pulling him back.

"No thank you. I want to live, thank you very much." He said.

"Gosh! Stop being such a stubborn ass and get on this thing!" Jo said angrily.

"You don't control me." Aragorn said rising to his full height, which was a good 2 inches above Jo's head. But she didn't seem to notice.

"You're getting on this thing or.else." she said threateningly her eyes aflame. He stared back at her as if challenging her.

"Ok. Enough with the staring contest. Let's just get on these things. " Marley said standing in between them.

" Ok if you want to walk. Walk. I don't care." Jo said and walked to the nearest chair lift and sat down and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Are you really going to walk?" Legolas asked him.

"I am a man of my word." Aragorn and started to walk. Legolas shook his head and sat down next to Trinity on the chair lift. ******************************************************************* "Hello, everyone I'm Isaac and I will be your ski instructor for today." A man in a black ski outfit said. He had chestnut brown hair and was tall and well built. He had sparkling white teeth and had black ski goggles.

The girls stared at him, admiringly. The guys looked at him hard. Then they saw Aragorn huffing and puffing toward them.

"Oh look who it is. Wow I thought it'd take you a lot longer. And oh my goodness look at us! We're alive!" Jo said sarcastically.

Aragorn gave her a stern look.

"Ok is that everyone." Isaac asked.

"Yes." The girls said dreamily.

"Ok first off.." Isaac instructed but his voice drifted off as the girls paid less attention to his words and more on his looks. The boys looked at him boringly.

"All right does everyone understand?" Isaac asked. The girls nodded. The guys just merely grunted.

" Ok everyone grab hold of you poles and slowly push off." Isaac explained. Everyone obeyed. And it was a catastrophe.

Lauren and Marley kept colliding into each other. Sam could hardly stand up with the skis on his feet. Jo kept "accidentally" hitting Aragorn with her stick. Frodo, Merry and Legolas kept falling down. Pippin somehow managed to always fall down and bring one of the girls along with him. (Hint hint lol) Trinity seemed to be a natural though and kept getting compliments from Isaac.

"Excellent maneuvering, Trinity." He said.

"Say Jihan I thought your papa used to take you skiing in Germany." Marley teased.

"It's been a few years!" Jihan protested.

"Oof! Pippin!" Marley said as Pippin fell on top of her. Pippin grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry. I lost control." He said and then fell down again as Merry collided into him.

"Oops. Sorry lost control." He said trying to get back at Pippin for falling on Marley.

"Here Jo let me help you." Isaac said skiing over to Jo. Jo had managed to fall head first into the snow. He pulled her out of the snow. Her black hair was messy and had clumps of snow in it. She spat out some snow in her mouth. Aragorn snickered.

"Is there something that amuses you here?" Jo asked angrily turning toward Aragorn while trying to get the snow out of her hair.

"No." he said trying to hide a smirk. Then Jo angrily threw down her poles. And took off her skis.

"That's it!" she yelled and then lunged herself on Aragorn. They toppled down into the snow. Marley, Jihan and Lauren burst out laughing.

"Aren't you going to stop her!?" Sam asked alarmed.

"She's not doing to much damage to him." Marley said as the watched Aragorn try to pull Jo off of him but only managed to roll them over.

"Hey! Jo! Get off!" Isaac called and easily picked Jo off of Aragorn. She was still trying to kick him. Aragorn brushed himself off.

"That all you got?" he called. Jo let out a growl and lunged at him again but Isaac quickly caught her and carried her light, thin body over his shoulder.

"I think that's enough instructing today." He said.

**************************************************************************** ****** It was later that day and everyone was outside on the back porch. It was nighttime and they were watching the stars and drinking hot chocolate.

"Isn't it beautiful. Me and Matthew come out here in the night and watch the stars." Shirley said cuddling up to Matthew.

"And then we declare our love for each other." Matthew said and then kissed Shirley. Lizzy cringed.

The others were looking adoringly at Matthew and Shirley. Merry slowly brought Marley closer to him and nestled her neck. Lauren smiled as Frodo kissed her cheek and hugged her. Jihan sat closer to Pippin who took advantage of this and cuddled with her. Lizzy sat and watched all this until Sam sat next to her and smiled. She smiled back.

"Ah. Look at all of you. You're feeling the love that me and Matthew first had when we met." Shirley said lovingly.

"When I first saw her I completely fell in love with her." Matthew said.

Aragorn was trying to move closer to Jo.

"Don't even think about it." Jo said.

Trinity was listening intently to what Matthew and Shirley were saying. Legolas was admiring Trinity as her hair flowed in the cold, night air breeze.

"My goodness! Look at the time! Nearly 1:00! Well we're going to bed." Shirley said. Matthew and her bid everyone good night and went into the lodge.

"They seem so much in love." Marley said.

"He seems in love. I bet you anything mom just thinks she's in love since he's giving her all of these things." Lizzy said.

"Lizzy!" Lauren said.

"It's true. I mean mom only met him like what 6 months ago and they immediately got married when mom found out about how rich he was." Lizzy said.

"Lizzy come on. Do you think your mom could sink that low?" Marley asked.

"I.I don't know. I'm going to bed." Lizzy said and quickly walked into the lodge. Sam followed after her.

"Well.I guess I'll be going to bed also. I'm tired from trying to learn how to ski. " Marley said and her, Jihan, Pippin and Merry went inside.

"It's so pretty out here but cold! Come on Frodo let's go." Lauren said and they went inside.

" Hey Aragorn. Since your Mr. Wilderness man why don't you sleep out here." Jo cracked.

"Jo! You know what!" Aragorn said angrily.

"What!" Jo said threateningly.

"Nothing!" he said and got up angrily and stormed inside.

"UGHHH!" Jo growled and went inside after him.

Trinity looked after them shaking her head. Legolas moved closer to her.

"They like each other I can tell." Trinity said.

"But they are constantly quarreling." Legolas said.

"Yes. But if you read between the lines you can tell they like each other. It's actually very popular nowadays. Couples always arguing but they still stay together. All of a relationships start off with a lot of arguing." Trinity said.

"But, we don't argue." Legolas said. Trinity looked at him.

"That's a good thing though." Trinity said and laughed.

"But you said most relationships start off by two people quarreling." He said.

"Yes but some relationships aren't like that. And you shouldn't worry about it Legolas. It's not like we're together." Trinity said.

"Why not?" Legolas asked. Trinity looked at him surprised. She stared into his eyes.

"Legolas." she said.

He ran his hands threw her hair. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply.

"Legolas." She said.

"Hmm." He said.

"We can't do this." Trinity said.

"Why not?" Legolas asked moving closer to her.

"Because." Trinity said but trailed off as Legolas' lips brushed against hers. Trinity breathed deeply and pushed her lips onto his. He took her face in his hands. She wrapped her arms around his neck. She felt a rush flow through her body. Then she suddenly pulled back.

"I.. I.. I'm going to bed." She said quickly and went inside. She left a very confused Legolas in the night.

************************************************************ Trinity was very quiet the next morning and was avoiding Legolas.

"Man. I have the biggest bruise on my ass!" Marley said slowly sitting down on the couch.

"That means that you were actually putting effort into it! Now come one everyone get your suits on we're going to practice some more!" Isaac said entering the room.

"Oh no! Not you!" Pippin said seriously.

"Look, if I get any more bruises I'm going to be three different colors for the rest of my life." Lauren said examining a black and blue bruise on her arm. "Come on everyone you just cant give up!" Isaac said and put a pouty face. That made all the girls drool.

"I think he's right girls! We just can't give up!" Jo said standing next to him.

"Look who's talking." Aragorn muttered.

"Yeah. I mean if Isaac thinks we can do it." Jihan said.

"Then we can!" Marley said standing up.

"That's the attitude! See you outside." Isaac said with a grin on his face. He slapped Marley on the butt and left.

"Ow." Marley said quietly trying to keep the pain inside of her. She gingerly rubbed the bruise on her backside that was now throbbing do to Isaac.

******************************************* "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Jo screamed as she slid down the snow fast.

"Jo! Stop!" Isaac called.

"I cant!!!!" she called back.

"Yes you can!" he called.

"No I. AAAAHHHH!" Jo yelled as she was heading straight for a tree. Then someone tackled her to snow saving her from nearly killing herself.

Jo was a bit dazed but she slowly focused on her saver. His dark hair fell in his face.

"Are you all right." He asked.

"Yea. " She said dreamily. Then she slowly focused on who it was.

"Aragorn! Get off me!" she exclaimed and struggled to got from under him.

"Are you ok Jo?" Isaac asked skiing over to them.

"As opposed to almost ramming myself into a tree, yes I'm ok." Jo said shakily standing up.

"Well thank goodness Aragorn's quick on those skis, or you'd be dead." Isaac said.

"Yea. thank goodness." Jo said rolling her eyes.

Legolas fell over on his skis.

"Hmmm. Say trinity. Could you help Legolas over there while I try to help Jo." Isaac asked. Trinity opened her mouth to protest but then shut it.

"Sure." She said and smiled sweetly at Isaac. She skied over to Legolas. She remained quiet. He looked at her intensely.

"Ok. First you need to steady yourself like this." she said showing him. Legolas just stood there staring at her.

"Are you going to do it?" Trinity asked.

"We need to discuss something." He said coming closer.

"We do not need to discuss anything. We need to concentrate on skiing." She said.

"Why did you get scared after I.." Legolas said.

Trinity walked up sternly to him.

"This is not the time nor the place to talk about this. So I suggest you pay attention to what I'm trying to demonstrate to you." she said angrily. Legolas remained quiet.

"Is everything all right over there?" Isaac called.

"Everything's fine." Trinity called back. Then turned back to Legolas and gave him a hard look. Isaac nodded and turned back to Jo who was chasing Aragorn after he had let her fall. ************************************ Trinity tossed back her long hair and rummaged in her suitcase. It was 10 at night and Trinity was in the guest room she was staying in. She heard a small knock on the door.

"Come in." she said.

She turned to see Legolas walking in. He was in his boxers and a white T- shirt. She sighed.

"What is it." She asked going back to her suitcase. He walked over next to her.

"We need to talk. Now." He said. She sighed and zipped up her suitcase. She set it down. She turned to him. She was in a light pink nightgown that went half way down her thighs.

"What is it that we need to talk about." She asked.

"The kiss." He said.

"Ok. We do you need to know." She asked sitting down on the bed.

"Why did you run off like that?" he asked sitting down next to her.

"Because. I realized what we were doing." She said.

"Why were you afraid?" he asked.

"Because." she said fidgeting.

"Because what." He demanded.

"BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU AND THEN HAVE YOU LEAVE. BECAUSE I MEAN COME ON LEGOLAS! DO YOU HONESTLY THINK YOU'RE GOING TO STAY HERE FOREVER? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HOME EVENTUALLY. AND I DON'T WANT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AND THEN HAVE YOU LEAVE ME!" she yelled standing up.

He stared at her. Taking in what she had said. She was now breathing hard trying to calm herself. He stood up in front of her.

"Trinity.I love you." he said getting close to her. Trinity closed her eyes and breathed deeply.

"Legolas." she said.

"Do you love me?" he asked.

"Leg." she said.

"Do you love me." He repeated.

She looked up at him. He stared at her. Then she got that familiar feeling. She took a deep breath.

"Yes." she said.

"Then I shall stay with you." he said running his hand through her hair. She touched his hand.

"You can't. They need you where you're from." She said.

"But that is if we ever figure out how to get back. He murmured nuzzling her neck.

"Legolas." she said and touched his head. She pulled back.

"What's happening?" she asked.

"Nothing is happening. But what do you want to happen?" He said.

Her eyes looked into his light blue ones. She knew what she wanted to happen and she knew she wanted it to happen with him. She walked forward and kissed him. He automatically put his hands on her face. She ran her hands through his short hair. He deepened the kiss. One hand slowly ran down to her waist. They continued kissing and a couple of minutes later Trinity guided Legolas' hands down to the hem of her nightgown. He suddenly froze. She pulled back. He looked at her and then kissed her again. He slowly lifted her nightgown over her head. The next thing she knew she was being laid down gently on the bed. *************************** AN: Whoa! I never knew I could write like that! I hope you all enjoyed it! I guess you found out who won. ^-^. I want to thank everyone who voted. So I guess I'll do the thank you's now. First off to Andray. I totally respect your decision about remaining an Aragorn/Arwen shipper. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! ^_^. Next to, of course, Orlandozgurl13! You're my home girl, man! LOL It's been great talking to you online and I'm really glad I got to know you! I guess your Orli won the vote. Hehe. Next to Meregrin. You know it's funny because when I announced the whole competition I knew you would vote for Lauren/Frodo. LOL Isn't that weird. Hehe. Well Aragorn/Jo didn't win BUT something will happen don't worry. And see there was a little flirtation going around with Lauren and Frodo. *wink* Next to Orlandobloomluver989. Thank you for reviewing and voting! And also thank you for saying I'm doing good with my story I really appreciate it. Next to Tap-dancing hobbit! Thank you for being glad that I'm back. Even my mom didn't say that! LOL J/K. Well sadly Aragorn/Jo didn't win and I know you love them but hey there are still some surprises in store. And last but not least to elfluvr777. Thank you for voting! And also for reviewing! Well those are all my thank you's. I want to ask everyone to wish me good luck because Monday is my first day in high school and I'm realllyyyyyyy nervous. Everyone wish me good luck. K Next chapter should be up soon.