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***********Chapter Twenty************
"Finally!" Aleka exclaimed, holding up Lady Curdolin's newly finished dress. "That was a burden."
Eressa smiled at her friend while admiring the beautiful dress. "Yes, but we did it rather quickly." She motioned to the sun that was shining thru the window. "Look, we got done earlier than we expected."
Aleka observed the bright orange sun that was just beginning to touch the tops of the houses on the horizon. "You are right."
"I'll be leaving soon." Eressa said reluctantly. She wished to inform her friend only of that fact, but she knew that it would bring up conversation about Legolas.
It did. "Ah, yes…you have to go 'talk' with the elf." Aleka said sarcastically, smiling.
"Aleka, when I said that, I really meant it!" Eressa protested. "He hasn't even laid a finger on me in that manner."
Aleka held the dress up higher to examine it in the sunlight. "Right." She said disbelievingly. "I'm sure."
"Are you saying I'm lying?" Eressa asked, annoyed. "Because I am not."
"I never suggested that." Aleka said, her eyes not serious. Aleka had the most gorgeous deep brown eyes and dark long hair, and Eressa secretly envied her for her beauty.
"Then what are you suggesting?" Eressa sighed.
Aleka stood up and cocked her head to one side. "Eressa, you are seventeen—almost eighteen. You are nearly a woman. You can not tell me that you have no feelings whatsoever for the elf."
She looked up thoughtfully when Eressa said nothing. "Did—did he ever tell you his name? He has a name, does he not?"
"Yes, he has a name. And Aleka, I have feelings for him…but not of that kind…" Eressa said quietly, looking down.
Aleka sighed and laid the dress down flat on her bed. Then she walked over to Eressa and kneeled beside her.
"Now I know you are lying." She said flatly. Her brown eyes became sad. "Eressa, you used to tell me everything."
Eressa looked at her friend doubtfully. She would have very much liked a second opinion about her dream that she had last night—at least the part when she and Legolas were kissing. Sauron she wanted to forget as quickly as possible.
Aleka continued to look sadly at her younger friend, patiently awaiting an answer to her comment.
Finally Eressa opened her mouth. "Aleka, do you promise not to tell anyone, especially my brother or Le—uh…or the elf about what I'm about to tell you?"
Aleka's eyes immediately became bright again. "Of course I do. I always can keep a promise. I do not see your brother anymore anyway."
Eressa took a deep breath, and then confessed. "I had a dream last night."
"Yes?" Aleka urged.
"I dreamt that I woke up in the cell, and the elf…"
"It would be easier if you would just tell me his name." Aleka suggested.
Eressa thought about it for a moment and then sighed. "Fine. But you must not breath a word about that either. He doesn't want anyone apart from my brother and I to know his true name."
"I promise." Aleka said eagerly. "Now tell me."
"His name is Legolas." Eressa said simply. "Now will you listen to the rest of my dream?"
"All right, speak." Aleka exclaimed, waving her hand. She got up and sat beside Eressa on the bed as Eressa continued speaking.
"I dreamt that I woke up in the middle of the night, and the thunder was rolling, and the rain was pouring in though the window. I was wet from it and…and my shirt was partially transparent from the water…and then Legolas was behind me and I was frightened and surprised by him and he calmed me down and said he would never hurt me, and then…"
"Eressa, slow down!" Aleka said, and Eressa silenced her tirade. "What happened then?"
"He kissed me." Eressa blurted.
Aleka looked at her friend blankly. "So you kissed the elf in a dream."
"No, he kissed me. And…and I liked it. In the dream, at least." Eressa corrected.
Aleka nodded. "I've had those dreams too." She murmured.
"What do they mean?" Eressa asked, leaning forward.
Aleka waved her hand in the air, the way she always did when she was trying to explain something and she didn't quite know how.
"It means you have a fancy for him, of course!" She explained. "What else could it mean?"
Eressa shook her head. "But I don't want to have a fancy for him, Aleka. He's my friend. It's not right."
"He's a man—well, male elf anyway, and you are a woman." Aleka said plainly. "That makes it right."
Eressa was only half listening. Telling Aleka of the first part of her dream reminded her of the rest of it, and she was getting chills. Sauron. In her dream. She never had dreamt of him before, so why now?
"Eressa, what else is troubling you?" Aleka suddenly questioned. "You haven't been yourself all day."
Eressa's face became panicked as she hastily tried to thing of an excuse. "I…I…" She stuttered. She didn't want to speak of Sauron. She wanted to forget.
"Eressa!" Aleka urged, tugging on her friends arm impatiently.
"He made me sleep with him!" Eressa again blurted out the only words she could give as an excuse, and Aleka immediately drew back in surprise.
"But I thought you said…" she began, but Eressa interrupted her.
"I didn't mean it that way. We were just in the same bed. Because it was raining, so none of us would get wet, remember?" She said clearly.
Aleka continued to stare, but her large eyes narrowed. "Did you want to?"
"Well, I would have preferred the floor, had it not been raining, but he didn't give me a choice and I didn't press the matter by protesting." Eressa said.
Aleka looked up dreamily. "Sleeping peacefully with his body pressed to yours…" The older girl smiled lazily and laid back on the bed with a sigh. "You don't know how lucky you are. Why do you complain?"
"Because!" Eressa said sharply, then resumed a soft voice. "I…I don't know. I shouldn't complain, should I? But Aleka, what's your opinion of all this?"
Aleka began to wave her hand again. "You like him. He obviously cares for you if he didn't want you to get wet. And elves I heard are different from men."
"Well of course." Eressa agreed.
"What I meant was, elves are different when it comes to affection." Aleka said firmly. "But if he's an elf, and he's full grown, he must be very old, right?"
Eressa looked at her hands. "He never did tell me his real age."
"Which mean's he's probably experienced in women." Aleka concluded, ignoring her friend's last comment. She sat up and looked Eressa in the eye. "My guess is that he's seducing you."
Eressa gasped. "No! He wouldn't. He didn't take me when he could, so why would he want to now?"
Aleka took Eressa's hands in her own. "Think of it this way," she said as she looked down. "You are still young, and he's an immortal, never to die."
"He can die." Eressa argued.
Aleka shook her head. "That's not the point. What I mean is that he didn't take you before because it was too easy."
Eressa looked at her friend, confused.
"He's seducing you slowly, Eressa. It's more challenging that way. And exciting." Aleka finished.
Eressa shook her head vigorously. "No. I won't believe that."
"Eressa, it's the truth!" Urged Aleka. "I know these things."
"It's not true." Eressa pressed. She couldn't believe that Legolas could have been deceiving her all this time—and that it was working! It couldn't be true.
"And tonight I'm going to prove that." Eressa finished bravely.
Aleka turned her face towards the window. "Why not do it now?" She inquired, and Eressa turned also and gasped softly.
The sun was setting.
********Personal thingy**********
AN: Sorry, this chapter was short, but I had to make it that way…school and all, and my parents will kick me off soon…sorry again but I'll try to make the next chapter longer, kay! *cookies to all*
'LIL SOMETHING CUZ I WAS BORED:
Roseblade: Yay! Twenty chapters! *pops out champagne and then takes a second look at it* Wait, I'm too young to drink this stuff legally.
Jack Sparrow: *runs in* I'll have it! *grabs bottle from Roseblade's hands and caresses it lovingly* My rum…my precioussss….
Roseblade: Oooohkay…*thinks about inching away, but then thinks of a better idea* Oh, Jack?
Jack: *totally focused on his alcohol* Hum?
Roseblade: *sly and all sexy-like voice* Jack, would you like….
Legolas: *popping out of computer angrily* Excuse me, but isn't this suppose to be my story?
Roseblade: This isn't the real story, Legolas. Keep your pants on. *blinks* Or not….
Legolas: YEEK! *is scared and jumps quickly back into computer*
Roseblade: Fine. Humph. I control you in the fic anyway. Now for my responses to my wonderful reviewers….
Starknight: I saw you! You walked right passed me in the math hall and I was gonna say "hi" but I was too far away…I didn't see you today though (second day of school I mean). *is sad* That's too bad you don't have anyone in your study hall this year. I'd feel all depressed. I'm the kind of person who always needs to have a friend to stick on or else I'll just sit there and do nothing. Yah, homework. Ugh. Can't wait. I haven't gotten anything serious yet.
Oh, okay. When you said 'RPG site' my mind automatically went 'Rocket-Powered-Grenade!' And I was like 'What?!?' I'm glad it's something else.
Uh…ok, you can show me the stuff in the Frank Herbert book…I probably won't be scarred…I mean I do know about that stuff and there was that one time when I liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer when I stumbled into the NC-17 fanfiction. Gross. *shudder* Scary. *shiver* But only scarred me for a while. I'm fully recovered now.
Yay! I have tastefully done romance scenes! Yay! I'm glad you think that, thanks so much! But…everyone else wants me to be more graphic! I want to meet their demands, but I don't want to ruin this either. Oh well. I'll do whatever fits the story, kay? But I still stick to my rule. Nothing I wouldn't let my sister read. Thanks Louis. I hope I'll see you at school sometime! Otherwise I'll keep in touch! Bye!
Nirobie: Thanks! Oh, your going away! *cries* Just kidding! It's ok, I probably won't update so fast this week. School started, and I'm gonna have homework! Ugh. Maybe two chapters if I'm lucky. I hope you have fun wherever your going though! Thanks again! Bye!
doll: Thank you! Did you really read all 19 chapters? Wow, that I gotta admire! Thanks for saying the story's original! It makes me very happy when people say that! I'll update as soon as possible!
Nikki: Hey—if you're only 17, how are you in college? Did you graduate early? You must be smart! Only a year older than me and already in college. Scary! Is college scary? I've got two years but I'm so nervous!
Yup! Absolutely right! Legolas sans shirt = more sexiness = yummy for me! Maybe I'll find a way to make him get it off again…Glad you liked the steaminess…there will probably be more, as I'm getting lots of compliments and cries for more.
Thanks, and your opinions are always appreciated!
Samwise the Strong: Omigod! Sorry! I didn't mean to poke you in the eye! LOL. Your right, it is kinda like tig, except no elephant impressions! LOL. Hey, I knew that Billy Boyd was in some movie with Russel Crowe, but I didn't know Viggo was making a new movie! Thanks for telling me! And yeah, I knew about the marathon of LotR…that's cool, but it's probably never gonna do that where I live…and besides, my parents wouldn't let me sit for 10 hours in a theatre…no chance no way…unless they thought I was sleeping over at someone's house or something…hmm…Thankies for the info!
*poke poke poke poke poke poke nudge poke prode poke kiss kiss poke* luv ya too! bye now!
The Noble Platypus: Well I know another way for her to tell him…and I thinks I'm gonna do it…but *puts on sing-song voice* I'm not telling! Feel the suspense! *evil laugh*
You posted the LotR story! Yay! I'm off to read it! Thanks a whole bunch! Luv ya!
XxDarkgoddessxX: Hey fourth person! Hey, today was my second day at school too! Cept I don't have 6th graders in my school, we got freshmen. Some of them are overly small too though.
Yes, rats THAT BIG! Seriously, they were monstrous!
You lucky person! My first period is 45 minutes long! Grr…I wish Advanced Algebra were only 20 minutes!
Ok, I get that now. Inu-kun. Check. I think he's cute. But then again all anime characters are cute ('cept the ones intended to be ugly) because…well because. But Inu-kun is really cute. The long hair does it. And it's white. I like that. White hair rules! But tonight's episode it's gonna be black cuz he's converted to human…which I don't quite like…but that's ok cuz the little sneak peek said that Seshumaru's gonna be in this one! *claps hands and bounces* Yay!
Oh, I know that Koga guy! I saw a bit of like the first episode or something but not the rest. I know who he is, I just didn't recognize his name at first. I know what a Love Triangle is. Yah, that Kikyo is screwing things up! All the while I'm watching and I'm like 'Inuyasha, just tell the freakin' girl (Kagome) how you freakin' feel!! Dammit!'
Yeah, Kagura's fan is awesome. I want one. I could pull off some pretty cool trick with something like that at school! *evil laugh*
Rin! Rin! Oh, I knew I knew who she was! I was suspecting it was her, cuz it had to do with Seshumaru and the only other person that has to do with him is Jaken (which I am assuming is that little bug-like thing with the stick?) and I knew I knew who she was! I saw that episode when Seshi (just shortening his name up a bit) brought her back to life! That's one of my fave episodes!
Oh, I don't have to stay up till midnight, just 11:00pm where I live. And I did it last night and today I'm fine so it's not that hard. If its like the night before a big test or something then I might tape it.
Gosh, thanks for answering all my silly questions! You really got me caught up!
Yes, I'll do that just for you! And I have my homework done!
Well, I'm all nervous about writing romance…I've never done it before and I don't want to be flamed by someone who thinks it's gross. I'll do as I please, but I'll try to get some more steaminess in there like you want me too! It's actually fun to write, which surprised me! Thanks so much for the support girl! Aloha!
Whitecoyote: Glad you liked it! Or rather I'm glad it got your heart pumping! That's what I wanted it to do! It wasn't that graphic? Well, that's all I felt comfortable with at the time…I've never written a romance before. But there's more to come! Thank you, and good luck with trying to see Pirates again! I had the chance to see it this weekend again with a friend, but we decided on seeing Freaky Friday instead because of the time. Once again, thanks and see you around!
The Noble Platypus (again): I never said Eressa would die. I never said anyone would die. I just said it would be angsty. And that is all you are gonna know. For now. *grin* I love it when I know everything and no one else does. Is that bad? *paranoid now* Uh-oh.
Chandra: Hey! It's ok that you left for a while, as long as you came back! Good for you for saying no to cigarettes. Me, I'm as innocent as ever, and I haven't even seen a cigarette on campus. I've seen them on the bus in the hands of people I went to kindergarden with. But that's it.
Yep! I have a budgie too! I already told you his name: Pixie! His birthday is April 15th, and if you think your bird's old, get this: Pixie is seven going on eight. He is one oooold bird. I sing happy birthday to him too and he always makes all them funny bird noises along with me. He does that when I sing all the time, it's cute.
Thanks! I'm 16 years old and in 11th grade (you didn't need to know my grade, but I just stuck it in there) How old are you?
Glad you thought the scene with Aleka and Eressa was funny. I wasn't really aiming for that, but hey, whatever goes! Yeah, I should have made Legolas drop a brick on his foot, but that would be ungraceful and therefore un-elflike. Darn. I would have really liked to do that!
Thanks so much and namarie to you too!
Whitecoyote (again): Yeah, they are having really serious thoughts, and this is a serious part in the story. Sorry if the story is slowing down a bit, I'll get on with the action soon. Thanks again! Bye!