//I'm with child, Merry\\ the words were still rocking in his head. She didn't need to explain that it was his, he knew it was. She wouldn't come the whole way to the Shire just to tell him she was going to have a baby.
He didn't know how to feel. Should he be happy that a woman he once loved (and maybe still did) was having //his\\ child, or regretful that she had even showed up, because of Estella. Oh no...Estella.
"Merry?" Eowyn asked. He looked up from the floor and into her eyes. "I'm sorry to have come, baring bad news-"
"No," he cut off. "Not bad news, it's just...I'm engaged and..."
"I understand," she replied, standing. "I'll leave you now."
"No!" He grabbed her hand. "Please, just sit. This is a very..." his eyes traveled to her stomach, where her hands lay.
"I couldn't tell my brother, nor anyone else in my life. I came here to ask, if after I have this child, I could leave it with you and return to my home,"
"You wouldn't stay here with me and the child?"
"No," she refused to look up at him. "Things are too complicated. I'm...I'm a Lady of Rohan and, to have a child out of wedlock is just unheard of. And to have a child of a none nobleman-"
"You just can't abandon our baby," //Our baby\\. He never thought he'd say those words, not to Eowyn, his woman of the East. "Are you absolutely positive?"
"Yes. I waited and waited and I know that there will be a child. No doubt about it,"
"I see,"
"Please, Merry, just answer me with a yes or no. Either way I will be going to a refuge in the South until the baby is born. If your answer is yes, I will bring the child back, if not it will stay at the refuge,"
"I will not allow you to leave my child in the arms of strangers," he coldly replied.
"Then let me leave the baby here. I don't know how it will turn out. I...I don't know if it will be human size or your size and I..." fresh tears rolled down her cheeks as she covered her face.
"Eowyn..." he made her look at him again. "We'll work this out, I promise."
She nodded and he brought her into his arms. "It'll be okay." He whispered. She held tightly to him and sobbed.
He was screaming on the inside. Screaming out of fear for the crying woman in his arms, screaming out of fear and screaming at himself for letting this all happen. How could he have done this to her. If...if he hadn't been wondering around that night and just stayed in his tent.
And what about Estella? They were to be married in less than two months. Did he still love her now that Eowyn was back in his life? Of course, but Eowyn wasn't in his life anymore. Eowyn wanted to get away, leave the child.
Merry held back tears as he held to Eowyn. He wouldn't cry now, he had to be strong for her.
He didn't know how to feel. Should he be happy that a woman he once loved (and maybe still did) was having //his\\ child, or regretful that she had even showed up, because of Estella. Oh no...Estella.
"Merry?" Eowyn asked. He looked up from the floor and into her eyes. "I'm sorry to have come, baring bad news-"
"No," he cut off. "Not bad news, it's just...I'm engaged and..."
"I understand," she replied, standing. "I'll leave you now."
"No!" He grabbed her hand. "Please, just sit. This is a very..." his eyes traveled to her stomach, where her hands lay.
"I couldn't tell my brother, nor anyone else in my life. I came here to ask, if after I have this child, I could leave it with you and return to my home,"
"You wouldn't stay here with me and the child?"
"No," she refused to look up at him. "Things are too complicated. I'm...I'm a Lady of Rohan and, to have a child out of wedlock is just unheard of. And to have a child of a none nobleman-"
"You just can't abandon our baby," //Our baby\\. He never thought he'd say those words, not to Eowyn, his woman of the East. "Are you absolutely positive?"
"Yes. I waited and waited and I know that there will be a child. No doubt about it,"
"I see,"
"Please, Merry, just answer me with a yes or no. Either way I will be going to a refuge in the South until the baby is born. If your answer is yes, I will bring the child back, if not it will stay at the refuge,"
"I will not allow you to leave my child in the arms of strangers," he coldly replied.
"Then let me leave the baby here. I don't know how it will turn out. I...I don't know if it will be human size or your size and I..." fresh tears rolled down her cheeks as she covered her face.
"Eowyn..." he made her look at him again. "We'll work this out, I promise."
She nodded and he brought her into his arms. "It'll be okay." He whispered. She held tightly to him and sobbed.
He was screaming on the inside. Screaming out of fear for the crying woman in his arms, screaming out of fear and screaming at himself for letting this all happen. How could he have done this to her. If...if he hadn't been wondering around that night and just stayed in his tent.
And what about Estella? They were to be married in less than two months. Did he still love her now that Eowyn was back in his life? Of course, but Eowyn wasn't in his life anymore. Eowyn wanted to get away, leave the child.
Merry held back tears as he held to Eowyn. He wouldn't cry now, he had to be strong for her.