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AN: * sniffle * this is the last chapter to my baby! Isn't it so sad! I know! However there shall be a sequel! So lay back and relax and see how the final chapter of Falling for the opposite sex turns out! And just so you know...there will be a song in this chappie. It goes with the mood.
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Chapter 17: "Power of goodbye."
"Gandalf!" they all cried. The hobbits all ran to him and hugged him. He chuckled.
"It is good to see you to." He said. He patted Aragorn and Legolas on the shoulder. Gimli noticed the guys' new looks.
"What happened to you all?" he asked slightly amused. They all ran a hand through their hair self-consciously.
"Ok. Can someone please bother to explain who these people are." Jo demanded.
"This is Gandalf and Gimli." Frodo said.
"Oh wait the wizard and that dwarf right?" Lauren said. The guys nodded.
"How did you guys get here then? Don't you supposedly live in Middle Earth?" Marley asked.
"Yes. We are here to come back for the fellowship." Gandalf said.
"Oh no. This means I'm going to have 2 more people stay in my apartment for another month." Jo groaned.
"Oh no...no, milady. Just for one night. We are leaving tomorrow with the fellowship." Gandalf said.
"What? Tomorrow!" Jihan and Marley exclaimed.
"Yes they are needed very much back in Middle Earth." Gimli said.
"What's going on here?" Trinity asked coming out of the bathroom looking very pale.
"They're taking them back home." Lauren said still not believing it.
"What! But.... how...why...do you guys want to leave?!" Trinity asked.
"Of course not. But we don't have a choice. They need us back home." Legolas said.
"The place that we call home is undergoing possibly the worst war in mankind's history. Without they're help...Middle Earth is doomed." Gandalf said.
"I still want to object to them going, but with that going on there...I cant help but think it's the right thing to do... To let them go." Lizzy said looking down.
"What time are you leaving?" Jo asked. The girls looked at her, astonished that she didn't care that the guys were leaving.
"Perhaps noon?" Gandalf said.
"Oh no! No! Please! A later time. Leave at a later time. I would like to say goodbye!" Lauren pleaded.
"Yes! How about 7 at night. It gets pretty dark at that time so there wont be any disruptions when you leave. Plus all of us should be home by then." Marley suggested.
"I agree." Lizzy said.
"I think 7 o' clock will be perfect. At least we could spend more time with the girls before we leave." Frodo said. Lauren smiled.
Gandalf looked at Gimli. He smiled.
"It is settled then. 7 shall be our departure time." He said.
Jo snorted and walked away. Marley stared after her giving her a hard look. She couldn't believe Jo wasn't showing any emotion whatsoever to the news of Aragorn and the others leaving. She then lost her train of thoughts as she felt Merry's hand slip into hers as he followed the others onto the couch as Pippin wanted to show Gimli and Gandalf how the TV worked.
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Jo stared at the wall opposite of her bed. It was 6:45 in the morning and it was still dark. Mostly because of the rain clouds outside threatening to explode. She had spent most of the night staring off into space and trying to make sense of the way she had been acting lately. Especially the night before. She didn't know why she had come off not caring about Aragorn leaving. She really did care. Maybe so much that she didn't want to show her true feelings about him. Stupid idea...she now realized but it always ended up the same: she'd fall for a guy then he'd end up breaking her heart. She didn't want to go through that again. She sighed and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. She got up and walked quietly passed a snoring Marley. Since Jo had been awake most of the night, she had heard someone get up numerous times to go to the bathroom and vomit. She assumed it was Trinity. Not a pleasant sound to hear in the middle of the night. She opened the door and walked to the bathroom.
She brushed her teeth and looked at herself in the mirror. Her gray eyes looked dull. Her raven black hair was up in a messy bun and two strands had fallen in her face. She actually looked pretty decent for just getting up in the morning, mainly because she hadn't been tossing and turning all night. She shook her head and walked into the kitchen. She started to make some coffee but burned her hand in the process.
"Dammit!" she cursed, clutching her rapidly growing red hand.
"If you put it in cold water it will slow the blistering." A voice said. She jumped. She turned to see Aragorn. She scowled.
"What are you some kind of doctor?" she asked but ran it under the faucet anyway.
"I'm going to miss you Jo." He said seriously. She looked at him and frowned.
"It's too early in the morning for this." She said walking to the cupboard.
"Too early for what?" he asked.
"Don't play dumb Aragorn. You know how this is going to turn out. You're going to say you love me and then I wont say it back. You'll get all pissed off and depressed. Then I'll get more pissed off then I usually am and it will turn out to be a big mess." Jo said.
"It doesn't have to turn out to be a big mess." He said. Jo slammed the spoon she was stirring her coffee with down.
"JESUS CHRIST ARAGORN! I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU! NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY FEELINGS FOR YOU." she yelled. He stared at her taken aback. He looked hurt. Then recovered.
"Ok." He said simply and walked out. Jo was shaking. She then burst into tears and slid onto the floor. She put her head into her arms and sat there crying. Aragorn stood outside of the kitchen and heard her cry. He knew she hadn't meant what she said but he didn't want to say anything so he walked away.
Marley stumbled into the living room sleepily. "Can you all keep your voices down." She said hoarsely. She walked into the kitchen and saw Jo crying.
"Oh my gosh. What happened?" she asked running to her side. Jo looked up and shook her head.
"Nothing. I just burned my hand and it hurts like hell. That's all." Jo said and got up. She started bustling around sniffling. Marley didn't believe her.
"You burned your hand and your crying for that?" Marley said. Jo nodded.
"Yeah." She said and looked in the medicine cabinet to soothe the searing pain penetrating from her hand.
"Jo. That's bull. You've been through worse. Remember that time when you got so pissed off at your sister that you accidentally threw the knife down it cut off some of your pinky toe and we had to rush you to the hospital to reattach it." Marley said. Jo looked at her.
"I'd rather not remember that." She said.
"Well you gotta. I mean it's there... in the past. You gotta relive it sometime." Marley said. She climbed on top of the counter. She stared at Jo waiting for the real answer. Jo looked at her.
"Are you going to just keep staring at me all day?" she asked applying some ointment to the now blistered hand.
"Basically until you tell me the real answer on why you were crying." Marley said.
Jo held up her hand so Marley could see.
"You try walking around with you hand looking and feeling like this. Then tell me you wouldn't be crying." She said.
"I really don't think that you're upset about your hand being burned. I know exactly why your upset." Marley said.
"Really. What is it then, since you seem to be miss no-it-all." Jo said turning angrily toward her.
Marley opened her mouth and was about to tell her when Trinity came in, looking pale and damp.
"Do we have any tea?" she asked weakly.
"There should be some in the cabinet. I'm getting ready for work." Jo said and gave one last look toward Marley and left.
"God! Why cant she just admit it." Marley groaned.
"Because she's scared she might get hurt again." Trinity said putting the pot of tea on the stove.
"How do you even know what I'm talking about?" Marley asked turning toward her.
"Your not the only person whom has noticed the attraction between Aragorn and Jo." Trinity said sitting down at the coffee table with her hand on her forehead.
"So how can we finally make Jo see that they're perfect for each other." Marley asked sitting across from her.
"I think when she finally realizes that Aragorn is leaving she'll tell him how she feels." Trinity said.
"Are you kidding me! Do you know how long it takes Jo to realize these things! I mean when she finally realized that she was 30 it was at least 7 months later!" Marley exclaimed.
"Actually, she still doesn't realize it." Trinity said.
Marley nodded in agreement. "Yeah. That's true. But hey, there's my point. She takes soo long to figure things out that by the time she assures herself that she loves Aragorn we'll all be 40." Marley said.
"I think when it comes to love, people realize things more quickly. Ugh. I really don't feel well." Trinity said turning, if it was possible, even more paler.
"Ok. I don't think you should go to work today. If your going to be throwing up every 5 minutes I don't think you can answer phones." Marley said.
"Your right. I should just stay home. Plus someone needs to help the guys pack their things." Trinity said. "Now excuse me." She ran to the bathroom. Marley sighed and walked over to the whistling kettle.
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"Pippin. Don't you even think about packing that remote control in there." Trinity said adjusting Legolas' bag.
Pippin frowned and set it down on the coffee table.
"I just want to thank you so much for taking care of these fellows here. It must have not been easy." Gimli said appearing next to Trinity's side. Trinity looked and smiled.
"It was no problem at all. It was a pleasure." She said.
"Now, if they caused any sort of problem..." He said.
"I assure you there were no problems whatsoever." She said zipping up his bag.
"Well, they don't have to many of you back home. Strong women who can take care of themselves and who are beautiful." Gimli said.
Trinity smiled nervously. "Well...uh...thank you...I guess." She said starting to walk back away from him.
"You know I may be short but I always say big things come in small packages." He said.
"OOOK...um...I'm just going to go over here." She said and walked quickly toward her room. She bumped into Legolas. He smiled at her. She smiled back.
"Where are you off to?" he asked.
"Trying to get away from Gimli over there. I think he was hitting on me." She said. Legolas' eyes flashed.
"He was what!? He was hitting you?" he asked.
"No no! Not actual hitting. He was flirting with me a bit. Which I found very uncomfortable so I decided to slowly walk away." She said.
Legolas chuckled. "He's just jealous. He always is. I get the girl and he tries to take her away. But I'm not letting you go." He said and wrapped his arms around her waist. This stirred something in her stomach. She clutched her mouth.
"I need to go to the bathroom." She said pulling out of his grasp.
"Trinity. I think you should go to the doctor or take some medicine. I'm really worried about you." he said.
"It's probably the stomach flu or something. It's nothing major." She said rushing to the bathroom. But in her head she knew it was something different. One though kept coming to mind and she always shunted it away. It couldn't possibly be that. Then the front door burst open.
"Trinity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice called.
Trinity turned and groaned. It was Jared. He looked delighted. Trinity stood in the living room.
"What is it Jared." She asked weakly. Her stomach was doing somersaults.
"The best thing has happened! S....who are you?" Jared said then looked at Gimli and Gandalf.
"That's Gimli and Gandalf. Their here to take the guys home today." She said hoping he'd continue with his story.
"They're leaving today?! Wow. Why didn't you tell me I would have gotten them a lovely parting gift and..." he said.
"I just told you. Now continue please." Trinity begged as she felt nausea take over.
"Oh yeah! Su Ling came back to me! She's pregnant!" Jared said happily. Then got down on his knees and hugged Trish around the waist. Squishing her stomach. "Aren't you happy!" then all of a sudden a wave of vomit fell on top of him as he squeezed Trish. (AN: Oh boy. And I'm eating as I type this.) All the guys made a face. Trinity covered her mouth.
"Ugh." He said.
"I'm so sorry. I've been feeling sick lately. I was going to warn you not to do that." She said meekly.
He got up and flung his arms down to try to get the vomit off. He looked at her. Then a grin broke out on his face.
"I'm having a baby!" he yelled. He started to bounce up and down. Trinity looked taken aback.
"Um.... you can clean up in the bathroom." She said motioning him toward the hallway. He was still bouncing around as he made his way to the bathroom.
"I'm going to have a baby!" he said excitedly and went to hug Frodo but Frodo put his hands up.
"Hey. That's fantastic." He said smiling and backing away. Jared shrugged and walked to the bathroom.
Trinity got the mop and started to clean up the mess. The front door opened again. Marley, Lauren and Jihan came in.
"Whoa! What happened?" Marley said making a face at the floor.
"I was feeling sick and Jared hugged me.... and well you can see what happened." She said.
"Jared's here?" Jihan said.
"Yeah, he burst in here saying that Su Ling came back to him because she was pregnant." Trinity said rinsing the mop.
"How much you wanna bet it's someone else's kid but the guy left her so she knew he'd be stupid enough to believe it was his. Remember the little remark 'you no husband. You have small pee pee. You no kiss good. Bye'." Marley said and started to laugh. Jared showed up behind her.
"Oh hi Jared." She said calmly and walked over to Merry.
"What happened?" Jared asked smiling.
"Oh nothing Jared. Why don't you go home to Su Ling and spend some time with her." Jihan said ushering him out. "Your right! Did you know she's pregnant! With my baby! I'm going to have a baby!" he said jumping up and down.
"Yes. Yes. Congratulations!" Jihan said smiling as he walked outside.
Jo was coming up to the door. He picked her up and twirled her around.
"I'm going to have a baby!" he yelled happily.
"Really when are you do?!" Jo asked amusingly.
"Oh I'm not having the baby, silly!" Jared said. Jo raised her eyebrow and turned to the others. Silly, she mouthed almost confused. They all shrugged.
"Well, I'm happy for you there Jared. So when are you going to see the new edition in your life?" she asked.
"I don't know when Su Ling is due! Oh my gosh! I need to go ask! See you guys later!" Jared called. He ran down the hall. "Hey Lizzy!" he called as he rushed past Lizzy coming out of the elevator.
"Why is he so happy?" Lizzy asked as she entered the apartment.
"Su Ling is having 'his' baby." Lauren said closing the door.
Lizzy chuckled. She then turned somber. She saw all the bags ready and packed.
"You guys are actually leaving..." she said trailing off.
"We will come back though!" Pippin insisted nodding his head. They smiled.
Trinity felt dizzy. She couldn't stand it anymore.
"You know what! I can't take this anymore. I'm going to the pharmacy to get some medicine." Trinity said grabbing her jacket.
"I'll go with you. Your very ill and I don't want you to faint on the street." Legolas said.
"No. You're going to be late for your trip home. I'll meet you guys there." She said and smiled assuringly. She left.
"Well I guess you all better be going. Don't want to be late." Jo said. They all turned to her and gave her glares.
"Your not going?" Lauren asked.
"No. I'm going to stay here. Too emotional for me." Jo said.
"After you've spent so much time with all of them your not even going to come see them off?" Marley asked outraged.
She shrugged and walked away. She saw out of the corner of her eye Aragorn looking at her. Gandalf stepped closer to him.
"She'll come. Once she realizes that you are leaving. Do not fret." He said. Aragorn kept looking at her.
"I hope so." He said.
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Trinity sat on the bathroom floor. Staring at the little white stick on the bathroom counter. One more minute to go. She went through all the possibilities in her head. She'd keep it. She knew that. But having one around was definitely going to change things. What would the girls think? And Legolas. He wouldn't be around. She knew he'd want to be though. Would she be able to take care of one? She looked up at the clock. It was time.
She slowly got up. She took the smooth stick in her hand. She looked down and gasped. She stood there for about 5 minutes. She then opened the door. She walked out slowly into the living room. Jo was sitting on the couch, her knees drawn up to her chest, biting her fingernails and staring straight at the wall. She looked to see Trinity staring straight at her.
"What?" she asked. Trinity slowly lifted up the stick.
"It's positive." Trinity said. Jo eyes widened and she jumped up.
"What!" she said.
Trinity nodded meekly. "I'm pregnant." She said.
"Oh wow....wow. This is...whoa." She said sitting back down.
"I know." Trinity said sitting down. "I'm going to have a baby."
"I assume its Legolas'." Jo said.
"Of course." She said.
"He doesn't know. Does he?" Jo asked.
Trinity shook her head. "I have to go tell him. He'd want to know. Are you coming?" Trinity asked getting up. Jo snorted.
"What's there for me to say bye to." She asked. ( AN: Ok guys this is where the song begins...please don't laugh but it fits the mood.)
Verse 1
Your heart is not open, so I must go, The spell has been broken I loved you soo.... Freedom comes when you learn to let go Creation comes when you learn to say no You were my lesson I had to learn I was your fortress, you had to burn.... Pain is a warning that something's wrong I pray to God that it wont be long Do ya wanna go higher...
"Ok that's it, I have to say something. First off, stop trying to act as if you don't care because everyone knows you do. You love Aragorn so admit it! There's no use in denying it. He put his heart out on the line for you and you just stepped on it and I'm sick and tired of it. He's leaving Jo, to a war. Who knows if he'll survive? So you want to have him thinking in his mind that you don't care about him as he's laying there dying. I don't think so. Stop being so damn stubborn and go after him!" Trinity yelled. Jo looked at her and it finally dawned on her.
"Your right. Let's go." She said and jumped off. Trinity smiled and followed Jo out the door.
Chorus
There's nothing left to try
There's no place to hide There's no greater power than the power of goodbye...
Verse 2
Your heart is not open...
So I must go The spell has been broken I loved you so You were my lesson I had to learn I was your fortress...
Chorus 2
There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power than the power of goodbye...
Learn...to...say...goodbye
Learn to say goodbye
I yearn to say goodbye
Repeat chorus 1
Repeat chorus 2
"She didn't come." Aragorn said.
"We still have time left. The little ones have been saying goodbye to the girls for about 10 minutes now." Legolas said.
"Oh! I'm going to miss you!" Lauren said hugging Frodo.
"I'll come back." Frodo said and kissed her cheek.
"Oh Pippin! It's been great getting to know you! I wish you weren't....Pippin is that...You took the remote control!" Jihan said pulling it out of his back pocket. He smiled sheepishly.
"We need to leave....now." Aragorn said roughly. Everyone nodded. The guys kissed the girls one last time. Then Gandalf muttered a few ancient words. Then a bright spot appeared in front of them and it slowly started to open up. They all shielded their eyes. The portal opened up.
"Ok...Let's go..." Aragorn said. Then all of a sudden a voice cried out.
"ARAGORN! WAIT!" it shouted. They all turned to see Trinity and Jo running up to them. She smiled as he turned around. She jumped into his arms and did something no one ever saw them do.... kiss. She kissed him passionately. He looked taken aback but recovered. He wrapped his arms around her. Everyone smiled. She pulled back leaving them both breathless.
"I am soo sorry for acting like such a bitch lately. I just wanted to let you know that I.... I...." she said having trouble saying it.
"Yes..."Aragorn said patiently. Everyone leaned in waiting for it.
"I.... I..." she said.
"Yes..." everyone said. She turned to them and frowned. She turned back to him.
"I...love you." she said looking down. He tilted her chin up.
"I know." He said and smiled.
"You knew! Then why did you make me say it!" she demanded.
"I just wanted to hear you say it." he said smiling. She smiled back. She kissed him again.
"I am very sorry to break up this happy moment but if we do not leave now we will not make it back." Gandalf said. They all nodded.
"Come back for me." Jo whispered resting her forehead against his.
"I will." He said. "I love you." He turned and headed toward the portal. He gave Jo one last smile and then entered. She choked back a sob. Everyone hugged each other one last time. One by one they went in.
"I'll be back. I promise." Legolas said as he kissed her gently on the lips. Trinity took a deep breath. She looked him in the eye.
"Come back for..." she said and looked down at her belly then looked up. " the both of us."
"Legolas." Gandalf called. Legolas stared at Trinity as he walked toward the portal. He looked confused then it finally dawned on him.
"Are you?" he called. She nodded. He smiled. "I'll be back! For both of you." he said and turned into the portal. Gandalf and Gimli smiled and gave a nod at the girls. And then followed. The portal slowly caved in and disappeared.
The girls stared at the space, as if they thought it would reappear ad the guys would return. It didn't happen. They all sniffled.
"They'll be back. I'm sure they will." Lizzy said trying to convince all of them.
"Yeah.... of course they will" Jo said. With those final words she shoved her hands in her pockets and led the way out of the alley.
THE END...OR IS IT????
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AN: OMG! I'm going to cry! This is the end! Well not really! There is going to be a sequel. The name shall be.... Promises Made. I know not exactly the best title but I couldn't think of one. I want to thank everyone who's been with me during this whole story I really appreciate it. You all don't know how happy it makes me feel when you review and tell me how much you like my story. It's definitely helped me through all the tough times I've been through. I want to thank you all. Here are the thank yous for the last chapter: first to WanderingProphet. I'm sorry that it's the last chapter. But I hope you enjoyed it. hehe. But there will be a sequel! Next to, Meregrin. I knew you'd be happy with the Lauren/Frodo kiss. I told you I'd so it and I did! Next, to Brilover. Sorry I didn't write 3 more chappies but I think that it was time for the sequel. I hope you liked the chapter. Next to, Sunni 07. I think I should give you an award for being the ONLY person to guess that Trinity was pregnant! YAY! LOL. I hope you liked the chapter! And last but not least to Orlandozgurl13. What is there to say about you.... lol. I'm very happy that you like my story soo much! I hope you liked it. And also get online more so we can talk! LOL. I want to thank everyone again! It's been a great experience writing this fanfic and I hope the next story can live up to its predecessor. Promises Made's first chapter should be up by either this week or next. If you want me to e-mail you when the first chapters up e-mail me. My e-mail address is on my profile. Thankz!
AN: * sniffle * this is the last chapter to my baby! Isn't it so sad! I know! However there shall be a sequel! So lay back and relax and see how the final chapter of Falling for the opposite sex turns out! And just so you know...there will be a song in this chappie. It goes with the mood.
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Chapter 17: "Power of goodbye."
"Gandalf!" they all cried. The hobbits all ran to him and hugged him. He chuckled.
"It is good to see you to." He said. He patted Aragorn and Legolas on the shoulder. Gimli noticed the guys' new looks.
"What happened to you all?" he asked slightly amused. They all ran a hand through their hair self-consciously.
"Ok. Can someone please bother to explain who these people are." Jo demanded.
"This is Gandalf and Gimli." Frodo said.
"Oh wait the wizard and that dwarf right?" Lauren said. The guys nodded.
"How did you guys get here then? Don't you supposedly live in Middle Earth?" Marley asked.
"Yes. We are here to come back for the fellowship." Gandalf said.
"Oh no. This means I'm going to have 2 more people stay in my apartment for another month." Jo groaned.
"Oh no...no, milady. Just for one night. We are leaving tomorrow with the fellowship." Gandalf said.
"What? Tomorrow!" Jihan and Marley exclaimed.
"Yes they are needed very much back in Middle Earth." Gimli said.
"What's going on here?" Trinity asked coming out of the bathroom looking very pale.
"They're taking them back home." Lauren said still not believing it.
"What! But.... how...why...do you guys want to leave?!" Trinity asked.
"Of course not. But we don't have a choice. They need us back home." Legolas said.
"The place that we call home is undergoing possibly the worst war in mankind's history. Without they're help...Middle Earth is doomed." Gandalf said.
"I still want to object to them going, but with that going on there...I cant help but think it's the right thing to do... To let them go." Lizzy said looking down.
"What time are you leaving?" Jo asked. The girls looked at her, astonished that she didn't care that the guys were leaving.
"Perhaps noon?" Gandalf said.
"Oh no! No! Please! A later time. Leave at a later time. I would like to say goodbye!" Lauren pleaded.
"Yes! How about 7 at night. It gets pretty dark at that time so there wont be any disruptions when you leave. Plus all of us should be home by then." Marley suggested.
"I agree." Lizzy said.
"I think 7 o' clock will be perfect. At least we could spend more time with the girls before we leave." Frodo said. Lauren smiled.
Gandalf looked at Gimli. He smiled.
"It is settled then. 7 shall be our departure time." He said.
Jo snorted and walked away. Marley stared after her giving her a hard look. She couldn't believe Jo wasn't showing any emotion whatsoever to the news of Aragorn and the others leaving. She then lost her train of thoughts as she felt Merry's hand slip into hers as he followed the others onto the couch as Pippin wanted to show Gimli and Gandalf how the TV worked.
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Jo stared at the wall opposite of her bed. It was 6:45 in the morning and it was still dark. Mostly because of the rain clouds outside threatening to explode. She had spent most of the night staring off into space and trying to make sense of the way she had been acting lately. Especially the night before. She didn't know why she had come off not caring about Aragorn leaving. She really did care. Maybe so much that she didn't want to show her true feelings about him. Stupid idea...she now realized but it always ended up the same: she'd fall for a guy then he'd end up breaking her heart. She didn't want to go through that again. She sighed and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. She got up and walked quietly passed a snoring Marley. Since Jo had been awake most of the night, she had heard someone get up numerous times to go to the bathroom and vomit. She assumed it was Trinity. Not a pleasant sound to hear in the middle of the night. She opened the door and walked to the bathroom.
She brushed her teeth and looked at herself in the mirror. Her gray eyes looked dull. Her raven black hair was up in a messy bun and two strands had fallen in her face. She actually looked pretty decent for just getting up in the morning, mainly because she hadn't been tossing and turning all night. She shook her head and walked into the kitchen. She started to make some coffee but burned her hand in the process.
"Dammit!" she cursed, clutching her rapidly growing red hand.
"If you put it in cold water it will slow the blistering." A voice said. She jumped. She turned to see Aragorn. She scowled.
"What are you some kind of doctor?" she asked but ran it under the faucet anyway.
"I'm going to miss you Jo." He said seriously. She looked at him and frowned.
"It's too early in the morning for this." She said walking to the cupboard.
"Too early for what?" he asked.
"Don't play dumb Aragorn. You know how this is going to turn out. You're going to say you love me and then I wont say it back. You'll get all pissed off and depressed. Then I'll get more pissed off then I usually am and it will turn out to be a big mess." Jo said.
"It doesn't have to turn out to be a big mess." He said. Jo slammed the spoon she was stirring her coffee with down.
"JESUS CHRIST ARAGORN! I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU! NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY FEELINGS FOR YOU." she yelled. He stared at her taken aback. He looked hurt. Then recovered.
"Ok." He said simply and walked out. Jo was shaking. She then burst into tears and slid onto the floor. She put her head into her arms and sat there crying. Aragorn stood outside of the kitchen and heard her cry. He knew she hadn't meant what she said but he didn't want to say anything so he walked away.
Marley stumbled into the living room sleepily. "Can you all keep your voices down." She said hoarsely. She walked into the kitchen and saw Jo crying.
"Oh my gosh. What happened?" she asked running to her side. Jo looked up and shook her head.
"Nothing. I just burned my hand and it hurts like hell. That's all." Jo said and got up. She started bustling around sniffling. Marley didn't believe her.
"You burned your hand and your crying for that?" Marley said. Jo nodded.
"Yeah." She said and looked in the medicine cabinet to soothe the searing pain penetrating from her hand.
"Jo. That's bull. You've been through worse. Remember that time when you got so pissed off at your sister that you accidentally threw the knife down it cut off some of your pinky toe and we had to rush you to the hospital to reattach it." Marley said. Jo looked at her.
"I'd rather not remember that." She said.
"Well you gotta. I mean it's there... in the past. You gotta relive it sometime." Marley said. She climbed on top of the counter. She stared at Jo waiting for the real answer. Jo looked at her.
"Are you going to just keep staring at me all day?" she asked applying some ointment to the now blistered hand.
"Basically until you tell me the real answer on why you were crying." Marley said.
Jo held up her hand so Marley could see.
"You try walking around with you hand looking and feeling like this. Then tell me you wouldn't be crying." She said.
"I really don't think that you're upset about your hand being burned. I know exactly why your upset." Marley said.
"Really. What is it then, since you seem to be miss no-it-all." Jo said turning angrily toward her.
Marley opened her mouth and was about to tell her when Trinity came in, looking pale and damp.
"Do we have any tea?" she asked weakly.
"There should be some in the cabinet. I'm getting ready for work." Jo said and gave one last look toward Marley and left.
"God! Why cant she just admit it." Marley groaned.
"Because she's scared she might get hurt again." Trinity said putting the pot of tea on the stove.
"How do you even know what I'm talking about?" Marley asked turning toward her.
"Your not the only person whom has noticed the attraction between Aragorn and Jo." Trinity said sitting down at the coffee table with her hand on her forehead.
"So how can we finally make Jo see that they're perfect for each other." Marley asked sitting across from her.
"I think when she finally realizes that Aragorn is leaving she'll tell him how she feels." Trinity said.
"Are you kidding me! Do you know how long it takes Jo to realize these things! I mean when she finally realized that she was 30 it was at least 7 months later!" Marley exclaimed.
"Actually, she still doesn't realize it." Trinity said.
Marley nodded in agreement. "Yeah. That's true. But hey, there's my point. She takes soo long to figure things out that by the time she assures herself that she loves Aragorn we'll all be 40." Marley said.
"I think when it comes to love, people realize things more quickly. Ugh. I really don't feel well." Trinity said turning, if it was possible, even more paler.
"Ok. I don't think you should go to work today. If your going to be throwing up every 5 minutes I don't think you can answer phones." Marley said.
"Your right. I should just stay home. Plus someone needs to help the guys pack their things." Trinity said. "Now excuse me." She ran to the bathroom. Marley sighed and walked over to the whistling kettle.
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"Pippin. Don't you even think about packing that remote control in there." Trinity said adjusting Legolas' bag.
Pippin frowned and set it down on the coffee table.
"I just want to thank you so much for taking care of these fellows here. It must have not been easy." Gimli said appearing next to Trinity's side. Trinity looked and smiled.
"It was no problem at all. It was a pleasure." She said.
"Now, if they caused any sort of problem..." He said.
"I assure you there were no problems whatsoever." She said zipping up his bag.
"Well, they don't have to many of you back home. Strong women who can take care of themselves and who are beautiful." Gimli said.
Trinity smiled nervously. "Well...uh...thank you...I guess." She said starting to walk back away from him.
"You know I may be short but I always say big things come in small packages." He said.
"OOOK...um...I'm just going to go over here." She said and walked quickly toward her room. She bumped into Legolas. He smiled at her. She smiled back.
"Where are you off to?" he asked.
"Trying to get away from Gimli over there. I think he was hitting on me." She said. Legolas' eyes flashed.
"He was what!? He was hitting you?" he asked.
"No no! Not actual hitting. He was flirting with me a bit. Which I found very uncomfortable so I decided to slowly walk away." She said.
Legolas chuckled. "He's just jealous. He always is. I get the girl and he tries to take her away. But I'm not letting you go." He said and wrapped his arms around her waist. This stirred something in her stomach. She clutched her mouth.
"I need to go to the bathroom." She said pulling out of his grasp.
"Trinity. I think you should go to the doctor or take some medicine. I'm really worried about you." he said.
"It's probably the stomach flu or something. It's nothing major." She said rushing to the bathroom. But in her head she knew it was something different. One though kept coming to mind and she always shunted it away. It couldn't possibly be that. Then the front door burst open.
"Trinity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice called.
Trinity turned and groaned. It was Jared. He looked delighted. Trinity stood in the living room.
"What is it Jared." She asked weakly. Her stomach was doing somersaults.
"The best thing has happened! S....who are you?" Jared said then looked at Gimli and Gandalf.
"That's Gimli and Gandalf. Their here to take the guys home today." She said hoping he'd continue with his story.
"They're leaving today?! Wow. Why didn't you tell me I would have gotten them a lovely parting gift and..." he said.
"I just told you. Now continue please." Trinity begged as she felt nausea take over.
"Oh yeah! Su Ling came back to me! She's pregnant!" Jared said happily. Then got down on his knees and hugged Trish around the waist. Squishing her stomach. "Aren't you happy!" then all of a sudden a wave of vomit fell on top of him as he squeezed Trish. (AN: Oh boy. And I'm eating as I type this.) All the guys made a face. Trinity covered her mouth.
"Ugh." He said.
"I'm so sorry. I've been feeling sick lately. I was going to warn you not to do that." She said meekly.
He got up and flung his arms down to try to get the vomit off. He looked at her. Then a grin broke out on his face.
"I'm having a baby!" he yelled. He started to bounce up and down. Trinity looked taken aback.
"Um.... you can clean up in the bathroom." She said motioning him toward the hallway. He was still bouncing around as he made his way to the bathroom.
"I'm going to have a baby!" he said excitedly and went to hug Frodo but Frodo put his hands up.
"Hey. That's fantastic." He said smiling and backing away. Jared shrugged and walked to the bathroom.
Trinity got the mop and started to clean up the mess. The front door opened again. Marley, Lauren and Jihan came in.
"Whoa! What happened?" Marley said making a face at the floor.
"I was feeling sick and Jared hugged me.... and well you can see what happened." She said.
"Jared's here?" Jihan said.
"Yeah, he burst in here saying that Su Ling came back to him because she was pregnant." Trinity said rinsing the mop.
"How much you wanna bet it's someone else's kid but the guy left her so she knew he'd be stupid enough to believe it was his. Remember the little remark 'you no husband. You have small pee pee. You no kiss good. Bye'." Marley said and started to laugh. Jared showed up behind her.
"Oh hi Jared." She said calmly and walked over to Merry.
"What happened?" Jared asked smiling.
"Oh nothing Jared. Why don't you go home to Su Ling and spend some time with her." Jihan said ushering him out. "Your right! Did you know she's pregnant! With my baby! I'm going to have a baby!" he said jumping up and down.
"Yes. Yes. Congratulations!" Jihan said smiling as he walked outside.
Jo was coming up to the door. He picked her up and twirled her around.
"I'm going to have a baby!" he yelled happily.
"Really when are you do?!" Jo asked amusingly.
"Oh I'm not having the baby, silly!" Jared said. Jo raised her eyebrow and turned to the others. Silly, she mouthed almost confused. They all shrugged.
"Well, I'm happy for you there Jared. So when are you going to see the new edition in your life?" she asked.
"I don't know when Su Ling is due! Oh my gosh! I need to go ask! See you guys later!" Jared called. He ran down the hall. "Hey Lizzy!" he called as he rushed past Lizzy coming out of the elevator.
"Why is he so happy?" Lizzy asked as she entered the apartment.
"Su Ling is having 'his' baby." Lauren said closing the door.
Lizzy chuckled. She then turned somber. She saw all the bags ready and packed.
"You guys are actually leaving..." she said trailing off.
"We will come back though!" Pippin insisted nodding his head. They smiled.
Trinity felt dizzy. She couldn't stand it anymore.
"You know what! I can't take this anymore. I'm going to the pharmacy to get some medicine." Trinity said grabbing her jacket.
"I'll go with you. Your very ill and I don't want you to faint on the street." Legolas said.
"No. You're going to be late for your trip home. I'll meet you guys there." She said and smiled assuringly. She left.
"Well I guess you all better be going. Don't want to be late." Jo said. They all turned to her and gave her glares.
"Your not going?" Lauren asked.
"No. I'm going to stay here. Too emotional for me." Jo said.
"After you've spent so much time with all of them your not even going to come see them off?" Marley asked outraged.
She shrugged and walked away. She saw out of the corner of her eye Aragorn looking at her. Gandalf stepped closer to him.
"She'll come. Once she realizes that you are leaving. Do not fret." He said. Aragorn kept looking at her.
"I hope so." He said.
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Trinity sat on the bathroom floor. Staring at the little white stick on the bathroom counter. One more minute to go. She went through all the possibilities in her head. She'd keep it. She knew that. But having one around was definitely going to change things. What would the girls think? And Legolas. He wouldn't be around. She knew he'd want to be though. Would she be able to take care of one? She looked up at the clock. It was time.
She slowly got up. She took the smooth stick in her hand. She looked down and gasped. She stood there for about 5 minutes. She then opened the door. She walked out slowly into the living room. Jo was sitting on the couch, her knees drawn up to her chest, biting her fingernails and staring straight at the wall. She looked to see Trinity staring straight at her.
"What?" she asked. Trinity slowly lifted up the stick.
"It's positive." Trinity said. Jo eyes widened and she jumped up.
"What!" she said.
Trinity nodded meekly. "I'm pregnant." She said.
"Oh wow....wow. This is...whoa." She said sitting back down.
"I know." Trinity said sitting down. "I'm going to have a baby."
"I assume its Legolas'." Jo said.
"Of course." She said.
"He doesn't know. Does he?" Jo asked.
Trinity shook her head. "I have to go tell him. He'd want to know. Are you coming?" Trinity asked getting up. Jo snorted.
"What's there for me to say bye to." She asked. ( AN: Ok guys this is where the song begins...please don't laugh but it fits the mood.)
Verse 1
Your heart is not open, so I must go, The spell has been broken I loved you soo.... Freedom comes when you learn to let go Creation comes when you learn to say no You were my lesson I had to learn I was your fortress, you had to burn.... Pain is a warning that something's wrong I pray to God that it wont be long Do ya wanna go higher...
"Ok that's it, I have to say something. First off, stop trying to act as if you don't care because everyone knows you do. You love Aragorn so admit it! There's no use in denying it. He put his heart out on the line for you and you just stepped on it and I'm sick and tired of it. He's leaving Jo, to a war. Who knows if he'll survive? So you want to have him thinking in his mind that you don't care about him as he's laying there dying. I don't think so. Stop being so damn stubborn and go after him!" Trinity yelled. Jo looked at her and it finally dawned on her.
"Your right. Let's go." She said and jumped off. Trinity smiled and followed Jo out the door.
Chorus
There's nothing left to try
There's no place to hide There's no greater power than the power of goodbye...
Verse 2
Your heart is not open...
So I must go The spell has been broken I loved you so You were my lesson I had to learn I was your fortress...
Chorus 2
There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power than the power of goodbye...
Learn...to...say...goodbye
Learn to say goodbye
I yearn to say goodbye
Repeat chorus 1
Repeat chorus 2
"She didn't come." Aragorn said.
"We still have time left. The little ones have been saying goodbye to the girls for about 10 minutes now." Legolas said.
"Oh! I'm going to miss you!" Lauren said hugging Frodo.
"I'll come back." Frodo said and kissed her cheek.
"Oh Pippin! It's been great getting to know you! I wish you weren't....Pippin is that...You took the remote control!" Jihan said pulling it out of his back pocket. He smiled sheepishly.
"We need to leave....now." Aragorn said roughly. Everyone nodded. The guys kissed the girls one last time. Then Gandalf muttered a few ancient words. Then a bright spot appeared in front of them and it slowly started to open up. They all shielded their eyes. The portal opened up.
"Ok...Let's go..." Aragorn said. Then all of a sudden a voice cried out.
"ARAGORN! WAIT!" it shouted. They all turned to see Trinity and Jo running up to them. She smiled as he turned around. She jumped into his arms and did something no one ever saw them do.... kiss. She kissed him passionately. He looked taken aback but recovered. He wrapped his arms around her. Everyone smiled. She pulled back leaving them both breathless.
"I am soo sorry for acting like such a bitch lately. I just wanted to let you know that I.... I...." she said having trouble saying it.
"Yes..."Aragorn said patiently. Everyone leaned in waiting for it.
"I.... I..." she said.
"Yes..." everyone said. She turned to them and frowned. She turned back to him.
"I...love you." she said looking down. He tilted her chin up.
"I know." He said and smiled.
"You knew! Then why did you make me say it!" she demanded.
"I just wanted to hear you say it." he said smiling. She smiled back. She kissed him again.
"I am very sorry to break up this happy moment but if we do not leave now we will not make it back." Gandalf said. They all nodded.
"Come back for me." Jo whispered resting her forehead against his.
"I will." He said. "I love you." He turned and headed toward the portal. He gave Jo one last smile and then entered. She choked back a sob. Everyone hugged each other one last time. One by one they went in.
"I'll be back. I promise." Legolas said as he kissed her gently on the lips. Trinity took a deep breath. She looked him in the eye.
"Come back for..." she said and looked down at her belly then looked up. " the both of us."
"Legolas." Gandalf called. Legolas stared at Trinity as he walked toward the portal. He looked confused then it finally dawned on him.
"Are you?" he called. She nodded. He smiled. "I'll be back! For both of you." he said and turned into the portal. Gandalf and Gimli smiled and gave a nod at the girls. And then followed. The portal slowly caved in and disappeared.
The girls stared at the space, as if they thought it would reappear ad the guys would return. It didn't happen. They all sniffled.
"They'll be back. I'm sure they will." Lizzy said trying to convince all of them.
"Yeah.... of course they will" Jo said. With those final words she shoved her hands in her pockets and led the way out of the alley.
THE END...OR IS IT????
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AN: OMG! I'm going to cry! This is the end! Well not really! There is going to be a sequel. The name shall be.... Promises Made. I know not exactly the best title but I couldn't think of one. I want to thank everyone who's been with me during this whole story I really appreciate it. You all don't know how happy it makes me feel when you review and tell me how much you like my story. It's definitely helped me through all the tough times I've been through. I want to thank you all. Here are the thank yous for the last chapter: first to WanderingProphet. I'm sorry that it's the last chapter. But I hope you enjoyed it. hehe. But there will be a sequel! Next to, Meregrin. I knew you'd be happy with the Lauren/Frodo kiss. I told you I'd so it and I did! Next, to Brilover. Sorry I didn't write 3 more chappies but I think that it was time for the sequel. I hope you liked the chapter. Next to, Sunni 07. I think I should give you an award for being the ONLY person to guess that Trinity was pregnant! YAY! LOL. I hope you liked the chapter! And last but not least to Orlandozgurl13. What is there to say about you.... lol. I'm very happy that you like my story soo much! I hope you liked it. And also get online more so we can talk! LOL. I want to thank everyone again! It's been a great experience writing this fanfic and I hope the next story can live up to its predecessor. Promises Made's first chapter should be up by either this week or next. If you want me to e-mail you when the first chapters up e-mail me. My e-mail address is on my profile. Thankz!