~"Where are you doing?" he asked from the bed. She stood, holding her dress tightly to her chest.
"I have to leave," she replied, still not moving.
"Eowyn, please,"
"I have to,"~
The sun was just starting to rise when he woke. For a moment, just a moment, he thought that all was well and he was just happy to be in his bed, then he remembered he was on the chair in the den, covered by a blanket. He had given her his room.
He moved his shoulders and started to sit up. She was sitting on the table. "You're awake." She quietly told. He stood from the chair and staggered towards her. "You were shivering and I didn't want to wake you."
"How long have you been awake?"
"A few hours," she shrugged. "Pippin came by and he's getting my horse ready."
"Do you have to leave?"
"You know I do, Merry,"
He knew. He changed his clothes, and packed some food in a cloth satchel. As he did, she went outside to her horse. He was out shortly after.
"Thank you Pippin," she said to the hobbit as she climbed onto the horse.
Pippin saw Merry coming out. "Good luck," the young hobbit said as he began walking back to the house. He paused at Merry and placed a hand on his shoulder before going on.
"I shall return in a few months," she said. Her voice was shaking.
"Please don't go," he tried again, resting his hand on the side of the horse.
"I must," she was holding back tears.
"Here," he placed the cloth in front of her. "You need to keep up your strength." He was also holding back a sob.
She started to steer the horse onto the dirt path. "Do you have any name you wish me to call the child?"
Names? He hadn't even begun to think of names. She had just come and was leaving so quickly. "A flower name for a girl."
"And a son?"
A son. "Anything that you see fit." A tear down the cheek; hers too.
"Good-bye, Merry," she kicked the horses gut and started off. He watched her until the figure disappeared on the horizon. Pippin came outside shortly after.
"Are you goin' to be okay?"
"She asked me about names," Merry replied. The wind stung the warm tears in his eyes.
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Complete corn I know, but the next chapters will be better. Thank you all.
"I have to leave," she replied, still not moving.
"Eowyn, please,"
"I have to,"~
The sun was just starting to rise when he woke. For a moment, just a moment, he thought that all was well and he was just happy to be in his bed, then he remembered he was on the chair in the den, covered by a blanket. He had given her his room.
He moved his shoulders and started to sit up. She was sitting on the table. "You're awake." She quietly told. He stood from the chair and staggered towards her. "You were shivering and I didn't want to wake you."
"How long have you been awake?"
"A few hours," she shrugged. "Pippin came by and he's getting my horse ready."
"Do you have to leave?"
"You know I do, Merry,"
He knew. He changed his clothes, and packed some food in a cloth satchel. As he did, she went outside to her horse. He was out shortly after.
"Thank you Pippin," she said to the hobbit as she climbed onto the horse.
Pippin saw Merry coming out. "Good luck," the young hobbit said as he began walking back to the house. He paused at Merry and placed a hand on his shoulder before going on.
"I shall return in a few months," she said. Her voice was shaking.
"Please don't go," he tried again, resting his hand on the side of the horse.
"I must," she was holding back tears.
"Here," he placed the cloth in front of her. "You need to keep up your strength." He was also holding back a sob.
She started to steer the horse onto the dirt path. "Do you have any name you wish me to call the child?"
Names? He hadn't even begun to think of names. She had just come and was leaving so quickly. "A flower name for a girl."
"And a son?"
A son. "Anything that you see fit." A tear down the cheek; hers too.
"Good-bye, Merry," she kicked the horses gut and started off. He watched her until the figure disappeared on the horizon. Pippin came outside shortly after.
"Are you goin' to be okay?"
"She asked me about names," Merry replied. The wind stung the warm tears in his eyes.
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Complete corn I know, but the next chapters will be better. Thank you all.