Chapter 14: "Oh, look! A chipmunk!"
A/N~ I should be working on my Boromir fic, but I'm not. Vanessa, you are such a slacker! Ugh! *hits head* And I'm in mucho pain right now. I have bruises on my arm and my earrings hurt when I touch them. I hope they're not infected. Wait, why am I talking about this?
Me: Do the disclaimer boys.
Aragorn: *Unenthusiastically* They own nothing.
Boromir: *Also unenthusiastically* Well, nothing except themselves and their friends.
Éomer: *Suddenly appears* Whoa, whoa, whoa, boys. Let me show you how it's done. *Enthusiastically* They don't own anything except for themselves and their friends! That, my friends, is how it's done.
"Why are you still here, little one?!" Éomer cried as he opened his door to find a love-sick Brittany.
His only response was more drooling.
I happened to be walking by at the moment though and thought I'd try to be a good person (something I'm not!) "Brittany! Leave the poor man alone!"
"But...he's so pretty!"
"Yes, yes, m'dear, I'm sure he is, but I'm sure he'd appreciate it if you left him alone for a bit."
"But-" she started.
I felt like I was talking to a child! (Tehe, you know I 3 you Brit!) "No. Why don't you got change and we'll go get breakfast together."
She thought about it for a moment. "Éomer too?"
Éomer made wild movements with his arms trying to signal "NO!" but of course I ignored him. "Sure thing."
"Yay!" she squealed and ran away, presumably to change.
Once she was out of sight Éomer turned to me and said, "I hate you." Ouch, that's a blow to the ego. "I was so close to being rid of her, Vanessa, and you ruined it!"
"Uhh...I'm sorry?"
He sighed and retreated back into his room.
I, on the other hand, headed to Brittany's room to deliver some very startling news: Éomer would never be hers. Oh well, he was kind of an ass.
I knocked lightly on Brittany's door. When she answered I walked in and sat on the bed. "Brittany, I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but, Éomer doesn't like you."
"Yes he does," she replied. "He just doesn't know it yet!"
"Uh...OK, sure."
Breakfast was quite boring up until the end. Brittany finally decided that Éomer wasn't worth it and instead wanted Guard #47. She sprang from her chair and chased after him.
After 5 minutes of playing with his fork, Éomer too jumped up from his chair. Only difference thought was instead of calling out, "Guard #47!" he cried, "Brittany!" Aww...how cute. *pukes*
.~*~.
"Hey, Christy," I said later that day from the library. "You know, we've been here close to a week and I still have not ridden a horse."
She shared a look with Haldir and returned to her book. "Point?"
"I wanna ride a horse, dammit!"
"So go," Haldir sighed. "Nobody's stopping you."
"It's kinda lame going by yourself though. I mean not to mention dangerous, but you would have no one to share jokes with, or laugh at if they fall off." (That's the only reason she wants me to go with her; Ms. I-ride- practically-everyday wants to laugh at She-who-can-not-remember-the-last- time-she-rode-a-horse! *.* )
"Go ask Heir-boi or someone," Christy said.
"He's doing 'kingly stuff' today."
"Then ask Éomer, or Boromir, or Legolas even! They all know how to ride."
I thought about my choices. "Well, Éomer is trying to win back Brittany, Boromir is kinda pissed about Aragorn telling him off, and Legolas is with the kid."
"Maybe someone in SG-1?" Christy offered. "Or Faramir, or some random person..."
"Ooo! Faramir! Now that sounds like fun. He's so pretty..." I lost myself in my thoughts of the many wonderful men Gondor had to offer. "OK, well I'm off...So you two can make out now!" I added as I fled from the library.
I asked one of the passing handmaidens where 'Lord Faramir' was and headed off in the direction she pointed to. I guessed some of the "natives" would be appalled had I not called him by his title.
Upon knocking on his door, a woman answered his door. Intrigued? You bet I was. "I'm sorry, I didn't know Lord Faramir had any company," I said.
"No, no, miss; I'm only the maid," she replied. "Lord Faramir is bathing at the moment."
Ooo...the dirty thoughts started to arise but I forced them back to the darkness from where they originated. "Would you mind if I waited for him? I have only one question to ask of him." My, my, my! Don't I sound all sophisticated?
I sat upon the couch in his semi-mini-apartment (it was only missing a kitchen). I was in what I presumed was the sitting area. There were two doors on either end which I'm guessing were the bedroom and the bathroom.
A few minutes later Faramir appeared from one of the doors donning only a fluffy, white towel around his waist.
I let out a small 'eep!' of surprise and hid my eyes. I wanted to look oh so badly, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Darn my conscience. "Umm...hiya, Faramir!" I said ass cheerfully as I could.
After receiving no sort of response, I moved my fingers a bit to see what he was doing. He was still standing there in the doorway in only a towel...
"Vanessa, what are you doing in my room?" he asked, quite amused at the position I was in (fetal position).
"I just wanted to know if you would go riding with me seeing as how I don't like going alone and no one else is free," I babbled. "Umm...Faramir, could you please put some clothes on?"
As if realizing for the first time that he was half naked, he hurried into his bedroom. "Hold on, I'll be out in 10 minutes then we'll go riding."
"Thanks," I said meekly. I don't know why, but I was feeling guilty about being in Faramir's room. Why?! I wasn't doing anything. I swear my conscience is out to destroy me.
Faramir emerged from his bedroom all clean and spiffy-looking. And yes, sorry ladies, he was clothed. I know, I know, I'll open up my inbox and I will find nothing but hate letters.
Anyway, moving on, I still had to actually find a horse. Silly me, I though there would be an extra horse or something I could use. When I told this to Faramir he replied, "This isn't Rohan."
Well, excuse me! So I had to find Aragorn and ask, OK, tell him, that I was using his horse.
I made it to the barn after asking/telling Aragorn about his gorse and joined Faramir who was busy taking up his horse. I too set to work (because yes, I do some work) getting the horse ready for myself.
"So where are we going exactly?" I asked once I had gotten on the gigantic horse. He sure was a lot bigger than my horse and that's sayin' something!
"Anywhere you want to."
"I just thought, you know, around."
"Gondor is a large country, milady," he stated.
"Blegh! Let's just go."
.~*~.
It was dark when Faramir and I returned to the stables. All-in-all the ride had been fun, except Faramir was constantly showing me how much better a rider he was. Grr...
"Oh look! A chipmunk!" I laughed while my companion just scowled at our new inside joke.
"Alright then, who am I?" He imitated me hitting a low hanging branch and falling off the back of the horse. He ducked a blow I had aimed at his head.
As we neared the palace I saw that Aragorn was waiting impatiently. "Where have you two been?!" he cried. "Faramir, I've had Éowyn breathing down my neck as to your whereabouts."
"I told her I'd be back!" he sighed.
"Where did you two go?" Aragorn asked as we walked inside.
"You're asking me? I have no idea where I am at the moment. As if I knew where I was earlier..." I scoffed.
.~*~.
"Come on, Danny boy!" Jack begged at breakfast. "I just wanna borrow it for this morning."
Daniel shook his head and continued eating his meal. "Just like how you borrowed my book on Ancient Egypt and used it for a dart target? No."
"Well, it had that picture of the mummy that just screamed, 'hit me!' And anyway, I promise I'll give you a new and better one when we get home. Danny...please?"
Daniel sighed and nodded. "Alright but I better get another one when we get back! I'll just add it to your tab..."
"Thanks Daniel, I owe you one!" the older man shouted as he ran out of the room.
.~*~.
Kitty burst through the doors. She wore an angry scowl on her face that just screamed, "Lemma alone!" She took an empty chair and sat down.
"Uhh...something wrong?" Courtney asked her friend.
"I just finished talking with Legolas."
I thought about this for a moment. "Umm...urg! That would make me mad too! Damn elf."
"No, no, no. We talked about what to do with Jack. I'm still taking him back home but that elf is trying his hardest to keep him here."
"So stay here!" I said. "Be a stay-at-home mom, watch Oprah, get real fat, and be obsessed with soap operas." There was silence. "OK, it was just a suggestion."
"Leave Legolas then," Christy supplied. (Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up! I said WHAT? NO!! I would NEVER suggest doing that!!)
"That's a horrible idea!" Courtney cried. (It IS!!)
"Well, I dunno; I think it could be plan B," I said.
"The kid's coming with me and I don't care what he says," Kitty stated.
A/N~ OK, 'nuff here. Sorry it sucks. I always hate these random chapters that have nothing interesting in them. *bangs head on door with Aragorn poster and drools* Wow, this is my longest chapter in this whole spiral...
A/N2~ And my chapters are always like 5 or 6 pages in the spiral...I should write less. Oh well. Review and tell Nessie what you think!!!!!!
A/N~ I should be working on my Boromir fic, but I'm not. Vanessa, you are such a slacker! Ugh! *hits head* And I'm in mucho pain right now. I have bruises on my arm and my earrings hurt when I touch them. I hope they're not infected. Wait, why am I talking about this?
Me: Do the disclaimer boys.
Aragorn: *Unenthusiastically* They own nothing.
Boromir: *Also unenthusiastically* Well, nothing except themselves and their friends.
Éomer: *Suddenly appears* Whoa, whoa, whoa, boys. Let me show you how it's done. *Enthusiastically* They don't own anything except for themselves and their friends! That, my friends, is how it's done.
"Why are you still here, little one?!" Éomer cried as he opened his door to find a love-sick Brittany.
His only response was more drooling.
I happened to be walking by at the moment though and thought I'd try to be a good person (something I'm not!) "Brittany! Leave the poor man alone!"
"But...he's so pretty!"
"Yes, yes, m'dear, I'm sure he is, but I'm sure he'd appreciate it if you left him alone for a bit."
"But-" she started.
I felt like I was talking to a child! (Tehe, you know I 3 you Brit!) "No. Why don't you got change and we'll go get breakfast together."
She thought about it for a moment. "Éomer too?"
Éomer made wild movements with his arms trying to signal "NO!" but of course I ignored him. "Sure thing."
"Yay!" she squealed and ran away, presumably to change.
Once she was out of sight Éomer turned to me and said, "I hate you." Ouch, that's a blow to the ego. "I was so close to being rid of her, Vanessa, and you ruined it!"
"Uhh...I'm sorry?"
He sighed and retreated back into his room.
I, on the other hand, headed to Brittany's room to deliver some very startling news: Éomer would never be hers. Oh well, he was kind of an ass.
I knocked lightly on Brittany's door. When she answered I walked in and sat on the bed. "Brittany, I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but, Éomer doesn't like you."
"Yes he does," she replied. "He just doesn't know it yet!"
"Uh...OK, sure."
Breakfast was quite boring up until the end. Brittany finally decided that Éomer wasn't worth it and instead wanted Guard #47. She sprang from her chair and chased after him.
After 5 minutes of playing with his fork, Éomer too jumped up from his chair. Only difference thought was instead of calling out, "Guard #47!" he cried, "Brittany!" Aww...how cute. *pukes*
.~*~.
"Hey, Christy," I said later that day from the library. "You know, we've been here close to a week and I still have not ridden a horse."
She shared a look with Haldir and returned to her book. "Point?"
"I wanna ride a horse, dammit!"
"So go," Haldir sighed. "Nobody's stopping you."
"It's kinda lame going by yourself though. I mean not to mention dangerous, but you would have no one to share jokes with, or laugh at if they fall off." (That's the only reason she wants me to go with her; Ms. I-ride- practically-everyday wants to laugh at She-who-can-not-remember-the-last- time-she-rode-a-horse! *.* )
"Go ask Heir-boi or someone," Christy said.
"He's doing 'kingly stuff' today."
"Then ask Éomer, or Boromir, or Legolas even! They all know how to ride."
I thought about my choices. "Well, Éomer is trying to win back Brittany, Boromir is kinda pissed about Aragorn telling him off, and Legolas is with the kid."
"Maybe someone in SG-1?" Christy offered. "Or Faramir, or some random person..."
"Ooo! Faramir! Now that sounds like fun. He's so pretty..." I lost myself in my thoughts of the many wonderful men Gondor had to offer. "OK, well I'm off...So you two can make out now!" I added as I fled from the library.
I asked one of the passing handmaidens where 'Lord Faramir' was and headed off in the direction she pointed to. I guessed some of the "natives" would be appalled had I not called him by his title.
Upon knocking on his door, a woman answered his door. Intrigued? You bet I was. "I'm sorry, I didn't know Lord Faramir had any company," I said.
"No, no, miss; I'm only the maid," she replied. "Lord Faramir is bathing at the moment."
Ooo...the dirty thoughts started to arise but I forced them back to the darkness from where they originated. "Would you mind if I waited for him? I have only one question to ask of him." My, my, my! Don't I sound all sophisticated?
I sat upon the couch in his semi-mini-apartment (it was only missing a kitchen). I was in what I presumed was the sitting area. There were two doors on either end which I'm guessing were the bedroom and the bathroom.
A few minutes later Faramir appeared from one of the doors donning only a fluffy, white towel around his waist.
I let out a small 'eep!' of surprise and hid my eyes. I wanted to look oh so badly, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Darn my conscience. "Umm...hiya, Faramir!" I said ass cheerfully as I could.
After receiving no sort of response, I moved my fingers a bit to see what he was doing. He was still standing there in the doorway in only a towel...
"Vanessa, what are you doing in my room?" he asked, quite amused at the position I was in (fetal position).
"I just wanted to know if you would go riding with me seeing as how I don't like going alone and no one else is free," I babbled. "Umm...Faramir, could you please put some clothes on?"
As if realizing for the first time that he was half naked, he hurried into his bedroom. "Hold on, I'll be out in 10 minutes then we'll go riding."
"Thanks," I said meekly. I don't know why, but I was feeling guilty about being in Faramir's room. Why?! I wasn't doing anything. I swear my conscience is out to destroy me.
Faramir emerged from his bedroom all clean and spiffy-looking. And yes, sorry ladies, he was clothed. I know, I know, I'll open up my inbox and I will find nothing but hate letters.
Anyway, moving on, I still had to actually find a horse. Silly me, I though there would be an extra horse or something I could use. When I told this to Faramir he replied, "This isn't Rohan."
Well, excuse me! So I had to find Aragorn and ask, OK, tell him, that I was using his horse.
I made it to the barn after asking/telling Aragorn about his gorse and joined Faramir who was busy taking up his horse. I too set to work (because yes, I do some work) getting the horse ready for myself.
"So where are we going exactly?" I asked once I had gotten on the gigantic horse. He sure was a lot bigger than my horse and that's sayin' something!
"Anywhere you want to."
"I just thought, you know, around."
"Gondor is a large country, milady," he stated.
"Blegh! Let's just go."
.~*~.
It was dark when Faramir and I returned to the stables. All-in-all the ride had been fun, except Faramir was constantly showing me how much better a rider he was. Grr...
"Oh look! A chipmunk!" I laughed while my companion just scowled at our new inside joke.
"Alright then, who am I?" He imitated me hitting a low hanging branch and falling off the back of the horse. He ducked a blow I had aimed at his head.
As we neared the palace I saw that Aragorn was waiting impatiently. "Where have you two been?!" he cried. "Faramir, I've had Éowyn breathing down my neck as to your whereabouts."
"I told her I'd be back!" he sighed.
"Where did you two go?" Aragorn asked as we walked inside.
"You're asking me? I have no idea where I am at the moment. As if I knew where I was earlier..." I scoffed.
.~*~.
"Come on, Danny boy!" Jack begged at breakfast. "I just wanna borrow it for this morning."
Daniel shook his head and continued eating his meal. "Just like how you borrowed my book on Ancient Egypt and used it for a dart target? No."
"Well, it had that picture of the mummy that just screamed, 'hit me!' And anyway, I promise I'll give you a new and better one when we get home. Danny...please?"
Daniel sighed and nodded. "Alright but I better get another one when we get back! I'll just add it to your tab..."
"Thanks Daniel, I owe you one!" the older man shouted as he ran out of the room.
.~*~.
Kitty burst through the doors. She wore an angry scowl on her face that just screamed, "Lemma alone!" She took an empty chair and sat down.
"Uhh...something wrong?" Courtney asked her friend.
"I just finished talking with Legolas."
I thought about this for a moment. "Umm...urg! That would make me mad too! Damn elf."
"No, no, no. We talked about what to do with Jack. I'm still taking him back home but that elf is trying his hardest to keep him here."
"So stay here!" I said. "Be a stay-at-home mom, watch Oprah, get real fat, and be obsessed with soap operas." There was silence. "OK, it was just a suggestion."
"Leave Legolas then," Christy supplied. (Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up! I said WHAT? NO!! I would NEVER suggest doing that!!)
"That's a horrible idea!" Courtney cried. (It IS!!)
"Well, I dunno; I think it could be plan B," I said.
"The kid's coming with me and I don't care what he says," Kitty stated.
A/N~ OK, 'nuff here. Sorry it sucks. I always hate these random chapters that have nothing interesting in them. *bangs head on door with Aragorn poster and drools* Wow, this is my longest chapter in this whole spiral...
A/N2~ And my chapters are always like 5 or 6 pages in the spiral...I should write less. Oh well. Review and tell Nessie what you think!!!!!!