A/N: Here's chapter 12. Everyone go re-read the end of chapter 11. I didn't like it, and I decided to change it. If you don't read it, this chapter won't make sense.
I'd like to re-iterate that this will not be a romance. The things I put in here are merely to create some tension. But don't think sexual tension, because that's not what it is. Really. Thank you to any and all reviewers.
I'm vair vair sorry for the long wait. School's been...well, school. And I've had some writer's block. But now it's summer, so I'll try to be betterer. XD
Disclaimer: Yo poseo nada. (translation- I own nothing. At least, I think that's what it means....I've only taken spanish for a year)
Recap: Boromir has found out about his father's death and the cause of Faramir's injuries, causing him to break a beer bottle in his hand and get shards of glass imbedded in his palm, and a cut above his eye. Jennifer has patched him up. Jack is in the guest room, Legolas is in Jennifer's parents' room, and Boromir and Jennifer are in the girl's bed.
The morning came all to soon for Boromir and Jennifer. She awoke to a rough hand on her waist and a body pressed against her back. For a moment she smiled at the touch. Then she realized that the hand was not connected to her boyfriend, but rather to a large (albeit strikingly handsome) man that was back from the dead and didn't belong in her world. And that the chest she was pressed up against belonged to that same man.
That was at the same time Boromir woke up to find a young girl in his arms. Back in Gondor this was not a new experience, but one glance around the room reminded him that he definitely was NOT in Gondor.
The two parted so quickly that they both went flying off their respective edges of the bed. Jennifer had managed to take the sheets and comforter with her and ended up so tangled she couldn't tell up from down.
Boromir landed on his skull with a loud thump. He rubbed his head as he walked over to Jennifer. The man unraveled the blankets and helped her up. He gave the girl a quick smile, which she returned, before blushing and running a hand through her hair.
"Are you alright?" He asked. She nodded and tossed the covers onto the bed. Legolas came striding in, looking perfectly put together and fully dressed. It was a sharp contrast to Boromir, who was clad only in breeches and had some serious bed-head.
"What was that noise?" the elf asked, raising an eyebrow. Jennifer yawned and walked out.
"Just Boromir's head colliding with the floor. I'm going to the bathroom," she said, and left the room. Legolas gave his friend a curious glance, but the man just shrugged in reply. As Legolas grinned a large blue t-shirt flew into the room, hitting him in the face. Jennifer popped her head into the room.
"Boromir, I suggest you wear that instead of all that heavy armor and stuff that you normally wear. Don't worry, it's clean. Here's one for you, Legolas," she said, tossing in a green one. The elf caught it and raised an eyebrow.
"Thanks, Jennifer," Boromir said, quickly donning the shirt. Jennifer smiled and walked out. "Well then, put it on. Legolas, honestly, we don't have all day!" Boromir said exasperated. Legolas sighed and started to remove his weaponry, then his tunic/shirt/whatever the crap you wanna call it. He quickly put on the shirt, not used to the strange loose fit of it.
"I think we should go wake up our little pirate friend about now, don't you?" Boromir said. An evil grin appeared on his face and he held up his sword. "What do you say, master elf?"
As it turned out, Jack awoke rather unpleasantly as well. Imagine his displeasure at waking up to find a large sword and a white dagger pointed at his face, with his pistol and cutlass just out of reach.
"Bloody 'ell!!" He yelled, sleepy eyes wide. The white blade was pulled away to reveal a haughty looking blonde elf, and the sword revealed its disheveled looking owner with a big smile on his face.
"Good morning, Master Sparrow. Sleep well?" Boromir asked, sheathing his sword. Jack sat up, breathing hard. He put his hand across his heart in an attempt to slow it down.
"Boromir, I believe we've scared the poor man. Perhaps he needs some time to recover?" Legolas said, a smile forming on his fair face. Jack threw the sheets off and stood up.
"I need nothin' of the sort. Yeh just surprised me, that's all," he said, snatching his shirt off the bedside table. He quickly put it on, managing to still glare at the two intruders while he did so.
The other two laughed, and continued to do so until Jack aimed his pistol at Boromir's head. "Do yeh really think it was that funny, mate?" He cocked the gun and the other man gulped. "Is it funny now?"
It was then that Jennifer walked in. "Jack Sparrow!" She yelled, hands on her hips.
Through clenched teeth, he replied, "Captain, CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow." He uncocked his gun and put it away.
"What the hell is wrong with you guys? Can you please just get along, for my sake? Please?" Jennifer said, stepping between the men. Jack gave a small apology, and Boromir nodded his head.
"Now, do you guys want some breakfast or what? Because I'm starving," the girl said, holding her hands to her stomach. Boromir turned to Legolas and raised an eyebrow.
"Any of that Lembas bread left?" he asked. The elf nodded and began removing some of the Elvish waybread from his pack when Jack spoke up.
"Lembas? What the bloody 'ell in Lembas?" He asked. Legolas handed him one of the loaf things, still wrapped in the Elven leaves. Jack unwrapped it and took a tentative bite. He decided it tasted good, and soon had swallowed all of the bread after taking a huge bite that made it look like he jaw had unhinged. Boromir's mouth dropped open and Jennifer winced, but Legolas looked merely curious to see what would happen.
"That's some good food, righ' there," Jack commented, cleaning his teeth with his tounge. He let out an almighty belch and patted his stomach. "Right then. All I need now is a drink..." he winked at Jennifer, who just stared wide-eyed at him. Jack walked out of the room and down the stairs.
Jennifer whipped around to look at the grinning elf. "Wait a minute. I thought that one bite was enough to fill the stomach of a full grown man!"
"It is."
"Then won't his stomach be exploding any minute now?" She asked, getting panicky. Boromir shrugged.
"That seems to be the next logical step in the process." Legolas nodded in agreement. Jennifer stared at them, and was about to say something when a loud yell could be heard coming from downstairs.
Her eyes narrowed to glare at the two before rushing down the stairs. But, to her surprise, Jack wasn't lying on the ground with an bursting stomach, but rather picking at his foot. She sighed and walked over to him.
"What happened?"
"Stepped on a piece of glass. It hurt," he replied, holding up a tiny sliver of colored glass from the bottle last night.
From the top of the stairs, Boromir called out, "So that is your excuse for such a feminine scream? At least 10 pieces were imbedded in my hand last night and I didn't make a sound."
"Come down here and meet my pistol. Then we'll see if you make a sound!" Jack growled in reply. The Gondorian was about to say something when Jennifer stood up.
"That's IT! I've had it with all of your god-damned macho fighting shit! You're driving me insane!" She yelled, looking quickly back from the top of the stairs to Jack. "I'm under a lot of stress right now, and if you guys don't take a FORKING CHILL PILL, I'll give you all a meeting with Jack's pistol! That clear?" She asked, breathing hard.
There was a very empty silence before they muttered "yes". Jennifer, trying to catch her breath, said, "What was that? I didn't hear you!"
"I'm sorry Jennifer," Boromir said, walking down the stairs. Legolas followed him. "As am I. We've been a great burden. We should control ourselves more."
She murmered something along the lines of 'no-shit' before she turned on Jack. "Well? Have you got anything to say for yourself?"
He stood up and nodded. "Sorry. It won't happen again."
Jennifer sighed and massaged her forehead. "Good. Now, everyone over here. C'mon now, quickly." The two men and elf moved toward her cautiously, until they were standing in a small circle. "Put down your weapons. Go on, take them off." They did.
"Group hug," she said, extending her arms. All three of the males raised their eyebrows(Legolas's being the most pronounced, with his super muscle control and everything).
"Pardon?"
Jennifer rolled her eyes. "I thought I said no more macho crap." Boromir shrugged and went in for the hug. Legolas soon followed, and Jack finally consented, lightly wrapping his arms around the three other people.
Jennifer relaxed into the hugs of Boromir and Legolas and closed her eyes. And because of that, she didn't see Boromir looking from her, to Legolas, and to Jack. He raised an eyebrow at them and cocked his head toward the pool. Jack grinned widly, and Legolas nodded his head. Boromir mouthed 'one, two, three' and on three, the men lifted up Jennifer fairly high into the air and started walking.
"Whoa! Hey, what the crap? Put me down," she exclaimed, trying to wriggle out of their grasp.
"No."
"Ok, this isn't funny you guys, now would you just-hey, hey, why are you heading for the pool? Don't touch that door! No! Dammit, Boromir, let me go, you brute! Oh, oh no... I swear to god, if you jump in that pool I'll -- "
SPLASH!
And now all four of them were soaking wet in their clothes, in the deep end of Jennifer's pool. She finally was released and kicked against Jack's thigh, sending her up and him down.
"ARG! Oh my god, I'll kill you all...whose idea was this...grown men...honestly..." she sputtered, pulling herself up onto the edge. Boromir's head popped above the water about 2 feet from her, a wide grin spread across his face. Before Jennifer could say anything, Jack and Legolas had appeared next to him, both grinning in a similar way.
"You stay away from me. I swear, Boromir, you'll be so dead...again...if you pull me in."
"Pull you in? I wouldn't dream of it. I'm hurt that you would think such a thing, milady," the man said with a phony look of hurt. She couldn't help but laugh at the look in his face. But while she was off her guard, Jack took the opportunity to dive under the water and grab her ankles, yank down and send her into the water again.
Unfortunately, she had still been laughing when he pulled her under. Therefore she breathed in water, which as anyone who has ever done that knows, hurts like a monkey on crack. So she was now under the water, sucking water into her lungs, trying to get to the top. Legolas grabbed her arm just as she went limp and pulled her to the shallow end. She was still unconscious and Boromir heaved her out of the pool.
"What have you done, Sparrow?"
"Relax, I can fix it," Jack replied cooly. He laid her on her back and started doing a CPR-style revival, though it wasn't exactly that since he had never gotten official CPR training or anything like that. Anyway.
After a short time with Boromir pacing, Legolas talking quickly in Elvish, and Jack doing his psuedo-CPR, Jennifer started coughing up water. She sat up with the help of Legolas and Jack.
As soon as she regained talking ability, she said, "What the hell, Jack?" and punched him in the chest. The solarplexes, to be exact. The wind was knocked out of him and he fell backwards.
"Sorry."
Ok, so I think I'm going to end it here. I'll try to post most regularly, but I'll be leaving for 3 weeks in june, so....ya know. Anyway, don't forget to review!!!
I'd like to re-iterate that this will not be a romance. The things I put in here are merely to create some tension. But don't think sexual tension, because that's not what it is. Really. Thank you to any and all reviewers.
I'm vair vair sorry for the long wait. School's been...well, school. And I've had some writer's block. But now it's summer, so I'll try to be betterer. XD
Disclaimer: Yo poseo nada. (translation- I own nothing. At least, I think that's what it means....I've only taken spanish for a year)
Recap: Boromir has found out about his father's death and the cause of Faramir's injuries, causing him to break a beer bottle in his hand and get shards of glass imbedded in his palm, and a cut above his eye. Jennifer has patched him up. Jack is in the guest room, Legolas is in Jennifer's parents' room, and Boromir and Jennifer are in the girl's bed.
The morning came all to soon for Boromir and Jennifer. She awoke to a rough hand on her waist and a body pressed against her back. For a moment she smiled at the touch. Then she realized that the hand was not connected to her boyfriend, but rather to a large (albeit strikingly handsome) man that was back from the dead and didn't belong in her world. And that the chest she was pressed up against belonged to that same man.
That was at the same time Boromir woke up to find a young girl in his arms. Back in Gondor this was not a new experience, but one glance around the room reminded him that he definitely was NOT in Gondor.
The two parted so quickly that they both went flying off their respective edges of the bed. Jennifer had managed to take the sheets and comforter with her and ended up so tangled she couldn't tell up from down.
Boromir landed on his skull with a loud thump. He rubbed his head as he walked over to Jennifer. The man unraveled the blankets and helped her up. He gave the girl a quick smile, which she returned, before blushing and running a hand through her hair.
"Are you alright?" He asked. She nodded and tossed the covers onto the bed. Legolas came striding in, looking perfectly put together and fully dressed. It was a sharp contrast to Boromir, who was clad only in breeches and had some serious bed-head.
"What was that noise?" the elf asked, raising an eyebrow. Jennifer yawned and walked out.
"Just Boromir's head colliding with the floor. I'm going to the bathroom," she said, and left the room. Legolas gave his friend a curious glance, but the man just shrugged in reply. As Legolas grinned a large blue t-shirt flew into the room, hitting him in the face. Jennifer popped her head into the room.
"Boromir, I suggest you wear that instead of all that heavy armor and stuff that you normally wear. Don't worry, it's clean. Here's one for you, Legolas," she said, tossing in a green one. The elf caught it and raised an eyebrow.
"Thanks, Jennifer," Boromir said, quickly donning the shirt. Jennifer smiled and walked out. "Well then, put it on. Legolas, honestly, we don't have all day!" Boromir said exasperated. Legolas sighed and started to remove his weaponry, then his tunic/shirt/whatever the crap you wanna call it. He quickly put on the shirt, not used to the strange loose fit of it.
"I think we should go wake up our little pirate friend about now, don't you?" Boromir said. An evil grin appeared on his face and he held up his sword. "What do you say, master elf?"
As it turned out, Jack awoke rather unpleasantly as well. Imagine his displeasure at waking up to find a large sword and a white dagger pointed at his face, with his pistol and cutlass just out of reach.
"Bloody 'ell!!" He yelled, sleepy eyes wide. The white blade was pulled away to reveal a haughty looking blonde elf, and the sword revealed its disheveled looking owner with a big smile on his face.
"Good morning, Master Sparrow. Sleep well?" Boromir asked, sheathing his sword. Jack sat up, breathing hard. He put his hand across his heart in an attempt to slow it down.
"Boromir, I believe we've scared the poor man. Perhaps he needs some time to recover?" Legolas said, a smile forming on his fair face. Jack threw the sheets off and stood up.
"I need nothin' of the sort. Yeh just surprised me, that's all," he said, snatching his shirt off the bedside table. He quickly put it on, managing to still glare at the two intruders while he did so.
The other two laughed, and continued to do so until Jack aimed his pistol at Boromir's head. "Do yeh really think it was that funny, mate?" He cocked the gun and the other man gulped. "Is it funny now?"
It was then that Jennifer walked in. "Jack Sparrow!" She yelled, hands on her hips.
Through clenched teeth, he replied, "Captain, CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow." He uncocked his gun and put it away.
"What the hell is wrong with you guys? Can you please just get along, for my sake? Please?" Jennifer said, stepping between the men. Jack gave a small apology, and Boromir nodded his head.
"Now, do you guys want some breakfast or what? Because I'm starving," the girl said, holding her hands to her stomach. Boromir turned to Legolas and raised an eyebrow.
"Any of that Lembas bread left?" he asked. The elf nodded and began removing some of the Elvish waybread from his pack when Jack spoke up.
"Lembas? What the bloody 'ell in Lembas?" He asked. Legolas handed him one of the loaf things, still wrapped in the Elven leaves. Jack unwrapped it and took a tentative bite. He decided it tasted good, and soon had swallowed all of the bread after taking a huge bite that made it look like he jaw had unhinged. Boromir's mouth dropped open and Jennifer winced, but Legolas looked merely curious to see what would happen.
"That's some good food, righ' there," Jack commented, cleaning his teeth with his tounge. He let out an almighty belch and patted his stomach. "Right then. All I need now is a drink..." he winked at Jennifer, who just stared wide-eyed at him. Jack walked out of the room and down the stairs.
Jennifer whipped around to look at the grinning elf. "Wait a minute. I thought that one bite was enough to fill the stomach of a full grown man!"
"It is."
"Then won't his stomach be exploding any minute now?" She asked, getting panicky. Boromir shrugged.
"That seems to be the next logical step in the process." Legolas nodded in agreement. Jennifer stared at them, and was about to say something when a loud yell could be heard coming from downstairs.
Her eyes narrowed to glare at the two before rushing down the stairs. But, to her surprise, Jack wasn't lying on the ground with an bursting stomach, but rather picking at his foot. She sighed and walked over to him.
"What happened?"
"Stepped on a piece of glass. It hurt," he replied, holding up a tiny sliver of colored glass from the bottle last night.
From the top of the stairs, Boromir called out, "So that is your excuse for such a feminine scream? At least 10 pieces were imbedded in my hand last night and I didn't make a sound."
"Come down here and meet my pistol. Then we'll see if you make a sound!" Jack growled in reply. The Gondorian was about to say something when Jennifer stood up.
"That's IT! I've had it with all of your god-damned macho fighting shit! You're driving me insane!" She yelled, looking quickly back from the top of the stairs to Jack. "I'm under a lot of stress right now, and if you guys don't take a FORKING CHILL PILL, I'll give you all a meeting with Jack's pistol! That clear?" She asked, breathing hard.
There was a very empty silence before they muttered "yes". Jennifer, trying to catch her breath, said, "What was that? I didn't hear you!"
"I'm sorry Jennifer," Boromir said, walking down the stairs. Legolas followed him. "As am I. We've been a great burden. We should control ourselves more."
She murmered something along the lines of 'no-shit' before she turned on Jack. "Well? Have you got anything to say for yourself?"
He stood up and nodded. "Sorry. It won't happen again."
Jennifer sighed and massaged her forehead. "Good. Now, everyone over here. C'mon now, quickly." The two men and elf moved toward her cautiously, until they were standing in a small circle. "Put down your weapons. Go on, take them off." They did.
"Group hug," she said, extending her arms. All three of the males raised their eyebrows(Legolas's being the most pronounced, with his super muscle control and everything).
"Pardon?"
Jennifer rolled her eyes. "I thought I said no more macho crap." Boromir shrugged and went in for the hug. Legolas soon followed, and Jack finally consented, lightly wrapping his arms around the three other people.
Jennifer relaxed into the hugs of Boromir and Legolas and closed her eyes. And because of that, she didn't see Boromir looking from her, to Legolas, and to Jack. He raised an eyebrow at them and cocked his head toward the pool. Jack grinned widly, and Legolas nodded his head. Boromir mouthed 'one, two, three' and on three, the men lifted up Jennifer fairly high into the air and started walking.
"Whoa! Hey, what the crap? Put me down," she exclaimed, trying to wriggle out of their grasp.
"No."
"Ok, this isn't funny you guys, now would you just-hey, hey, why are you heading for the pool? Don't touch that door! No! Dammit, Boromir, let me go, you brute! Oh, oh no... I swear to god, if you jump in that pool I'll -- "
SPLASH!
And now all four of them were soaking wet in their clothes, in the deep end of Jennifer's pool. She finally was released and kicked against Jack's thigh, sending her up and him down.
"ARG! Oh my god, I'll kill you all...whose idea was this...grown men...honestly..." she sputtered, pulling herself up onto the edge. Boromir's head popped above the water about 2 feet from her, a wide grin spread across his face. Before Jennifer could say anything, Jack and Legolas had appeared next to him, both grinning in a similar way.
"You stay away from me. I swear, Boromir, you'll be so dead...again...if you pull me in."
"Pull you in? I wouldn't dream of it. I'm hurt that you would think such a thing, milady," the man said with a phony look of hurt. She couldn't help but laugh at the look in his face. But while she was off her guard, Jack took the opportunity to dive under the water and grab her ankles, yank down and send her into the water again.
Unfortunately, she had still been laughing when he pulled her under. Therefore she breathed in water, which as anyone who has ever done that knows, hurts like a monkey on crack. So she was now under the water, sucking water into her lungs, trying to get to the top. Legolas grabbed her arm just as she went limp and pulled her to the shallow end. She was still unconscious and Boromir heaved her out of the pool.
"What have you done, Sparrow?"
"Relax, I can fix it," Jack replied cooly. He laid her on her back and started doing a CPR-style revival, though it wasn't exactly that since he had never gotten official CPR training or anything like that. Anyway.
After a short time with Boromir pacing, Legolas talking quickly in Elvish, and Jack doing his psuedo-CPR, Jennifer started coughing up water. She sat up with the help of Legolas and Jack.
As soon as she regained talking ability, she said, "What the hell, Jack?" and punched him in the chest. The solarplexes, to be exact. The wind was knocked out of him and he fell backwards.
"Sorry."
Ok, so I think I'm going to end it here. I'll try to post most regularly, but I'll be leaving for 3 weeks in june, so....ya know. Anyway, don't forget to review!!!