Red String
An Unexpected Gift
"Come on, cousin, the party is in this century you know." Merry called out to Frodo.
They had gone for last minute shopping at the market. Merry was determined to have Frodo buy something wonderful for Miranda, all part of their master plan. Frodo did not answer, and just continued to walk the path in front of the many shops. He stopped a few times, glancing over the windows, and continued on his way. Merry sighed and grabbed Pippin's arm, dragging him after their cousin. Pippin happily munched on an apple as he stumbled in the snow. It was going to snow again soon, and Frodo just calmly made his way down the market, it was starting to bite at Merry's nerves.
Frodo finally stopped in front of a large window. Merry looked at what he was gazing at and nearly fell forward in shock. Pippin choked up some of the apple and coughed, also staring at it. Frodo smiled a little, noticing his cousins recovering from the shock.
"I think she'll like it." He said.
Pippin took in a breath. "Frodo, cousin, isn't it a bit expensive?" Frodo seemed not to hear the question as he casually entered the shop. Merry looked at Pippin and Pippin looked at him. "Merry, when I find a woman, and if I ever buy her something like that, you'll hit me, right?"
"Of course." Merry smiled. "Epically since you don't have that kind of money!"
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Miranda sat on her bed. She looked up at the ceiling, boredom claiming her. The men had gone out, and after she had finished doing the basic house chores she had nothing left to do now. She sighed, letting herself fall back and stare at the ceiling. It was blank and boring, like normal, although it gave her a little comfort, strangely. She closed her eyes, letting the ticking of the clock out in the hall place her in the near-sleep state. The door opened and she sat up, opening the door and heard Merry's voice. She closed the door again and pretended to clean the room, sounding busy.
Her door opened and Frodo stepped into the room. Miranda placed the clothes in a chair and smiled at him. He looked around the room, then at her with a slight confused face, but she just smiled. Frodo nodded. "Well then, I see its time to prepare dinner then?" he asked.
"As long as we can keep Pippin from eating all the food." She answered, and closed the door behind her. The two went to the kitchen.
Merry leaned back into his chair, smiling. The two busied themselves in the kitchen. "Well, I do home this works out well. Seems like we've given him something else to look forward to every day, huh Pippin?"
"Yup." Pippin agreed, stretching. "Now just hopefully Sam won't ruin it when he comes back." Merry shrugged. "Well, you never know, cousin. Sam is very protective of Frodo; he may not be so…willing to let Mira take care of Frodo now. Then again, with his child on the way, who knows? I mean maybe he'll be grateful that there is one less thing on his list to take care of. The poor hobbit is going to be pulling his hair out come the birth time."
"You seem to have been through this yourself?" Merry asked, raising an eyebrow. Pippin shook his head. "Then again, I guess everything is crazy with the Tooks." They both chuckled at this.
Yes their plan was going very well.
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A/n: I'm sorry everyone for such the short chapter, but it didn't really need to be all that long. Just to bring some smaller points back up as the party time came closer. I have to plan the party out in some detail, so that's why it took so long to get this one out (and also the lack of the chapter in this one!). BY they way, if anyone that reads this enjoys Stargate SG-1 I do have a story posted under there, it is available through my user bio page thingie.