~*~Chapter 18~*~
The twins glanced at each other, "He did not stop you. He could have…"
Aragorn's fists clenched and he gritted his teeth, "He tried, this is my fault alone. He told me to stop, but I didn't. He couldn't stop what he was doing for it meant the lives of many hobbits! He did the right thing."
The twins bowed their heads, but were unable to say anything.
"Think on this. I will not speak to you again unless you come to me, my lords," with that the human made his way carefully but quickly out of the room and down the hall to his own room, glad he had managed to get this done without anyone else noticing.
He got back into bed and fell asleep immediately, unused to being up so long as his father had not liked it.
He slept well and was awakened a couple hours later by a gentle knock on the door.
The man grumbled slightly as he sat up, "Come in…" he mumbled.
Erestor opened the door slowly and frowned, "I'm sorry… do you wish for me to bring this back after?"
"No, no it's okay," the human yawned, "I should be up by now anyway."
"Are you sure?"
"Oh come on Erestor! What is wrong with you? You used to come in here purposely making loud noises to force me awake!"
Erestor shifted, "Used to, aye… but…"
Aragorn's face darkened, "Erestor, I do not wish to be treated differently because of this! It's still me! You know, the one who covered you in eggs?"
Erestor smiled slightly and sighed, "Okay then!" he smacked the human gently upside the head, "Up you get!"
Aragorn laughed lightly, "I'm already up elf!"
"I was making a point…"
"Of course you were."
Erestor mumbled something and placed the breakfast tray in the humans lap.
Aragorn sighed slightly as he picked at his food, his hearing at its height, hoping the twins would show.
It didn't take long for the human to eat. Every day someone would stay with him, today everyone seemed to be busy so Erestor stayed with the human.
Aragorn could tell the elf was uncomfortable with the silence. He sighed slightly and shook his head.
"Erestor, you don't have to stay here. I'm sure you have better things to do…"
The elf started slightly, "Nay. I wouldn't leave you alone."
Aragorn raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly, "Go! You're all stressed about something, so you obviously have things to do."
Erestor sighed, "Are you sure? How about I go find Legolas…"
Aragorn smiled slightly, "Sure. Thank you."
The elf smiled and stood, leaving the room and heading towards the princes room.
Within five minutes the elf was tapping gently on the door, looking slightly unsure, as he hadn't seen the human since a day or two and Erestor seemed a little more than happy to get away from the man.
"Come in," Aragorn mumbled as he looked towards the window, wondering briefly if there was any chance he could make it down that tree.
Legolas stepped in the room and made his way over to the bed.
The human recognized the footsteps and smiled, "Hello Legolas."
The elf was slightly surprised. He hadn't known the human long enough to know the full extent of his abilities and even so, to be able to recognize an elf by… what footsteps? Was pretty good.
Aragorn smiled at him, "How are you?"
Legolas just blinked, trying to think of something to say.
Aragorn raised an eyebrow, "Are you going to answer or are you going to just stand there? And sit down…"
Legolas smiled slightly and sat in the chair beside the bed, "I am well…" he paused for a moment before asking, "and how are you?"
"Better than I have been."
Legolas nodded slightly, "Aye…"
Aragorn sighed slightly, "You sound as though you don't believe me…"
"Well… I mean; it's kind of hard to…"
The human shook his head, "you have no idea… it's really not that bad. Once you get used to it anyhow. And besides, my other senses are heightening quickly. If it does go back to normal, this could be a good thing. I'll be able to do better out on my own."
"You already do fine out on your own."
"Finally someone realizes it! Could you tell my adar?"
"And face his wrath? Never."
Aragorn snorted, "Great friend *you* turned out to be…"
Legolas just raised an eyebrow, "Is that right?"
Aragorn laughed and put his hand on Legolas's shoulder, "Thank you for being there Legolas."
The elf smiled sadly, "If only I was there sooner…"
"If you were there sooner there's a chance you would be the blind one."
"True…" Legolas muttered with a slight smirk.
Aragorn snorted slightly and pushed himself up again as he was slowly slipping down. He mumbled under his breath in annoyance and smiled at Legolas.
The elf just rolled his eyes and smiled back, "What do you want to do?"
Aragorn's eyebrows shot up, "I want to get out of this room! If ada thinks he can keep me locked up in here he's dreaming…"
Legolas laughed, "I'm not helping with that! I'd rather skip that lecture…"
Aragorn smiled then sighed, "Okay. I want to see the twins. Those two have been avoiding me and ada and it's really getting on my nerves, if it must be that way, than ignore me but it wasn't ada's fault."
Legolas looked surprised, "They blame lord Elrond?"
"Aye they do. They have jumped to conclusions once again," he scowled.
"They are stubborn… they will likely stick to this as well…"
"I know that. Hopefully they will think twice this time."
"I doubt it…"
"Truthfully, I do too…" Aragorn sighed.
Legolas was silent as he stared out the window.
Aragorn muttered something and pulled himself out of bed and stretched.
Legolas stood up as well, watching his friend worriedly, "Should you be up?"
Aragorn silenced him by throwing a pillow in his face, "Don't you start too. I've lived here for my whole life… okay minus the last ten years and the first two but you know what I mean… I have no trouble! Except of course when they decide to put a new statue outside my room and not tell me about it…" he absentmindedly rubbed his forehead.
Legolas blinked, "You were out last night?"
"This morning," he said with a slight sigh.
"Why?"
"I had to talk to the twins."
Legolas sighed, "Of course… you could have waited…"
"Are you kidding? If I was caught out ada would have that door locked," he snorted, "trust me… his over protectiveness can be annoying… extremely so."
Legolas made a slight distressed sound and Aragorn paused.
He then proceeded to curse under his breath and smile at the newcomer in the door, "Hi?"
Elrond stood in the doorway, both eyebrows raised and his arms crossed across his chest.
Aragorn offered the elf a small smile.
Elrond sighed, "You should watch what you say and who's listening."
"Well… yeah but come on. I couldn't hear you…"
"That was the point. I didn't want you too."
Aragorn muttered something in annoyance and sat back down on the bed, "Did you want something?"
Elrond realized he was only trying to change the subject but let it go and sighed, "Aye… I want to speak to you."
Aragorn sifted uncomfortably, "Last time you said that I was sitting here for an hour listening to one of your many lectures…"
Legolas snickered slightly but bit his tongue and stood, "I'll go then, I'll return when you're done."
A/N
Kandice- lol ^_^ heehee… sorry, just vaguely wondering how long it would take someone to snap… leaving it in stupid places… XD… sorry tho… lol, will try to stop… and yes you are creative! Lol, fruit bombs… could be used as an interesting prank of some sort… *Evil grin*
leggylover03- But did they? Lol, I updated soon! WOW! SURPRISE!!!!!!!! Lol
tychen- Hurt my ranger?! Never! Lol, what do you think I did?? Lol but I cannot say what I have intended… ^_^ would spoil the fun! *Throws in another evil grin* lol
Jadesaber- Technically, they don't blame him exactly… they just don't know how to come to terms with it and are looking for someone to blame it on. Yup. Gotta defend my elfy twins… lol ^_^
Macilwen- Lol! I will do whatever I want with him! Don't worry about that! Lol ^_^ If you weren't talking about him, I'd like to join you in this drop-kicking ones to the Halls of Mandos… lol
Discombobulatedcheese- Heehee, yup! The Cheesy Elfy… XD… the cheese was fun to write! ^_^ and yes, Cassia's stories do rule. ^_^ and thank you! Makes me feel special! ^_^
grumpy- Yup, poor confuzled elf twins… lol I liked the statue thing… gonna have to start making this harder on my ranger! Lol
Amthramiel- Is it sad? I guess in parts yes… okay… now that I think about it I did make this one rather sad didn't I? Glad u like it though! ^_^
mascara freak- You feel sorry for him? Wow… I really must be torturing him pretty badly… lol XD… not yet confirmed… scary… cuz I wasn't entirely sure if I wanted to wait and find out or not! Lol, but I chose otherwise! Lol obviously.
Elven Kitten: HI! This chapter came sooner cuz I was threatened! Wow… and don't get any ideas… lol, eventually they'll just stop working XD… lol
Elf Side: Note the fact that during the reviews she called Aragorn 'hers'… this is because she has decided it shall be fun to piss off the lawyers again…
E.K.: Again?
E.S.: …
E.K.: Okay yeah, again *Grin*
Gollum Side: sssssssssssss… she enjoyssss doing thisss…
Hobbit Side: Tha's an understaemen'… *Is refilling the fridge to replace the stolen cheese*
*Buzzing comes from outside*
E.K.: I still don't understand why that wacko stole our cheese…
E.S.: I couldn't tell you… some people just don't realize that they could get much more for the computer…
E.K.: Stupid people…
H.S.: Funny thin' is… i' apparently didn' think we noticed it…
E.K.: Yup, we've now come to think of it… as an it… it shall now be known as… THE CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
E.S.: … Uh… okay…
Aragorn: Yeah… that's… nice?
E.K.: I knew you'd agree! *Huggles him tightly*
A: *Decides not to struggle and see if she'll strangle him, thinking that's a better place to go than stay here with her*
Legolas: Elven… you're strangling him…
A: *Glares*
L: *Smirks*
E.K.: Aww! My poor Precious! *Huggles him* And be nice to the precious Cheesy Elfy!
L: …
A: *Smirks*
*The younger and older versions of Aragorn walk in*
E.S.: What the????
E.K.: *Giggles hyperly* YAY! More preciouses!
Estel: What just happened?
Elessar: *Blinks and stares*
A: What did you do?!
E: *Looks confused*
E.K.: I have created a time machine!
El: *Blinks*
E.K.: I have brought you past and future selves! It's so great! *Grins oddly*
E: O.O…
El: This could cause problems… *Stares at Estel*
A: In certain ways! Yes! *Blinks* Wait a sec…
E: O.O!!! I'M ISILDUR'S HEIR????!!!!!!!
E.K.: Of course not! *Shifty eyes*
A: I take the thrown?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
El: I was pathetic!
E.K.: This is getting weird… *Bright light and the past little while is forgotten to them and Estel and Elessar dissapear* well… that was fun…
A: What was fun?
E.K.: Uh… nothing…
L: Don't smirk at me!
A: I can smirk if I want to.
L: Not at me you can't!
E.K.: Oh stop it… or I'll bring in the twins… and give them paint
A & L: O.O…
E.K.: That's better…
THE CHEESE: *Runs in and steals the new cheese*
E.K.: WHADAFUZZ?!?!?!?!?!?!
H.S.: *Goes after 'it'* Stop stealing my cheese!
E.K.: Um… okay bye! *Follows*
E.S.: *Shrugs* Namarie…
~*~Elenmeoi~*~