"Get up, you can go!" she sighed, pulling the covers off us. I reached out and dragged them back, eyes closed. They were taken again, and I felt the shock of cold water against my skin.
"Unfair..." I grumbled, sitting up and stretching. I turned to Legolas, who had propped his head on his hand, looking at me.
"You look beautiful on a morning." He said, and I flopped back down next to him.
"Do I not always look good?" I teased, kissing his lips quickly. "Where can I go to bathe? I want to get my hair out of these braids." I flicked them in his face.
"I'll show you, grab a cloak and your clothes and I shall get two towels. I need to clean up a little." I snorted.
"No you do not, Legolas. You are always spotless!" Hs sighed, shaking his head before standing. I looked around for my cloak and clothes, finding them on the chair, the cloak with large rips in it. I pulled it over me, and flung my clothes over my arm and followed Legolas.
He led me down a little path outside, and I shivered. "It's cold." I stated, and watched as a few of the leaves on the trees fall.
"The pools are hot; you will not notice the temperature outside until you get out." I looked through my clothes to see if I had my bra and underwear, and they were. I suddenly saw steam rising from one of a vast number of pools, and I knew immediately they would be much better that out here. They were all under their own little gazebos, and some had curtains to draw around. I picked one, and ran over to it, my bare feet on the cool ground. I quickly pulled on my underpants and my bra, testing the water slightly with my toe. It was actually very hot, so I sat on the edge lined with marble, getting used to the heat. I watched as Legolas stripped down to his underwear as I had done, and slide into the water. I swung my legs out and shut the curtains, shivering as my legs became cool again. I was about to sit down on the edge again when Legolas popped up out of the water, grabbing my legs and pulled me in after him.
"GREANLEAF!" I shouted as I surfaced, spluttering. "As your punishment for that, you have to help me with my hair!" I began treading water and untangling the front braids.
He swam behind me and un-plaited the back ones, carefully to stop my hair knotting. It took a while, but soon my hair was free of its bindings, and was sticking out at odd angles. I ducked underneath the water and came back up again, my hair now curling, not frizzing.
"Much better." He whispered to me, wrapping his arms around my healed chest. I relaxed back onto him, covering his arms with my own. Legolas was pouring soft kisses down my neck, making me squirm, I was ticklish there. One of his arms had moved and was unclasping my bra, and I felt a stab of nervousness.
"Do not worry, I have no intention to do anything more than this unless you wish it, melamin." He spoke softly to me, and he pulled my bra free.
The arm not holding me ran over my body, and I sighed loudly as his fingers brushed over my hardened nipples. Carefully I turned around, wrapping one arm round his neck, the other at his waist. I pressed my lips to his, and he pulled me closer still. I wrapped my legs around his waist, tangling my now free hand in his hair. He pushed me to the side, both hands on my hips as he kissed me deeper and deeper. I let my hand trace over his ear, and he groaned, nibbling my lip then sucking at it. Gradually, I felt a heat spread from my lower regions, and my body told me I was ready. I rubbed at his ear more firmly, and he looked at me, pulling away just a little, so he could see my eyes.
"How far do you mean to take this?" I closed the distance between us again, and I put every feeling of need and want into the kiss, and through the golden thread that connected us. He pulled away slightly again.
"Are you sure?" He said, his voice hushed.
"I am, Legolas. With all my heart, I am sure of this." His lips stole mine again, and I smiled into the kiss. I really was ready, and I had saved myself almost twenty years for him.
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Slowly we helped each other dress, and I constantly wore a wide smile. Legolas and I had finally made love, and it was not even half as painful as I had first thought.
"I love you so much, Legolas. Do you know that?" I said quietly as he pulled my tunic over my head. He kissed me softly, his arms around my waist.
"I love you too. You are the most beautiful person in the whole of middle earth." I blushed brightly.
"No I'm not, Legolas, I told you about..." He stopped me, kissing my lips softly again.
"You are to me. Do not compare yourself to others, as others cannot compare to you, melamin." I hugged him, resting my head on his shoulder.
"I do not deserve someone as wonderful as you, Legolas. You care so much for me that I don't know what to do with myself." I sighed.
"Then it is a good job I am here so I can tell you what to do." I snickered, and pulled away.
"I need food. I have not eaten properly for however long we've been around doing this quest. Food, where?" he slicked my damp hair behind my ears, and linked his arm in mine.
"Come, let us go." we walked in silence, sometimes whispering words of love to each other until we got to a spiral staircase around a large, no, HUGE tree.
"Up there?" I asked.
"Up there." He confirmed, pulling me slightly. I walked up with him, and we chatted a little.
"At the end of the quest, where are you going to go? Will you stay with me, or will you return home?" He asked me as we ate the light salad and meat.
"I'd like to show you my home, you would love it, I'm sure." He entwined our fingers, playing with them.
"I would. If your home is anywhere as beautiful as you, I would surely enjoy it." I giggled, kissing his cheek. We ate and talked, asking questions about where we lived. I found out more of Mirkwood, and I decided I wanted to see it.
"Shall we go for a walk?" He asked as we climbed down the spiral staircase, nodding politely at different elves.
"I would love to." He placed a protective arm around my waist, and I placed one around his.
There were some beautiful gardens, but the most stunning was the rose garden, filling me with their wonderful scent. Legolas pulled a white rose carefully of a plant and placed it in my hair, the stem resting behind my ear. We sat on a bench, our hands joined. I leaned over, brushing his lips with mine gently. Legolas pulled me back, one hand on my neck, and I relaxed into the kiss, weaving my hands in his loose hair. I felt something hard hit my arm.
"Ow!" I cried, rubbing the spot, not looking up in time to see the one that hit my head.
He shouted something, and I heard stifled giggled.
The little pellets kept flying at us, and Legolas stood up, and spun in the direction of the missiles. He walked slowly, hiding in the bushes until he found a climbable tree. He quietly climbed, reaching the higher branches above the two small, annoying, seed flicking hobbits, Merry and Pippin. I saw him hand upside down in their faces and the hobbits almost fell down, but he caught them, one in each arm, down into my own wide open ones. They struggled, but I kept a firm grip until Legolas jumped down, grabbing one of them.
"What shall we do with them, Legolas?" I asked sweetly.
"There's an ice cold lake just behind those trees, shall we?" I felt the beginnings of an evil smirk.
"Strip them to their underwear, or even worse, you pick!" I said cheerfully, walking with pippin struggling in my arms.
"Please, don't, we didn't mean it, honest!" Merry pleaded, but I shook my head.
"No, I'm sorry, we have to do this." I said.
"Amin hireatha." And we pulled them to the lake, grinning.
We stripped off all their clothes and threw them head first into the shallowest part of the lake.
"I say we take their clothes and spread them out everywhere." Legolas said waving the clothes at the hobbits.
"Yes...yes I like that." We ran as fast as possible to a wide open area, and threw them in all directions.
"We need to find somewhere to have some privacy." I sighed, looking out into the slowly setting sun.
"The rest of the fellowship has their own talan, we should ask for one too, melanin." He pulled me along slightly towards the hall we had been in last night.
"We have to ask Lady Galadriel?" I said, I had the faintest feeling she didn't like me.
"Yes, now hurry."
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"Our own place to sleep at last, a proper bed!" I exclaimed, jumping on it. A very childish thing to do, but it had to be done.
"And private." He added, lifting me down carefully. I wrapped my arms around his neck, looking into his amazing eyes.
"I love you, Legolas; I do not know what else to say, other than that."
"There is nothing else that can be said, Elanor." He pressed his lips to mine in a soft kiss. "I love you too."
We continued kissing, content in each other's company all night, we didn't even go to dinner. I was really tired, and I hadn't noticed before because of certain activities.
"Legolas, I need to sleep, I am tired." I finally stated as the small fire crackled down. "I'm going to change."
Walking into the bathroom, I found my nightdress, pulling off my old tatty travelling clothes and slipped it over my head, looking at myself in the full length mirror. It was a low cut dress; almost see through except for the glittering swirls that covered my breasts and my centre. It was long, and had a split to the hips up each leg. My hair was a curling mess, and I wet it slightly, pulling a comb through it. The sun had made it lighter, wheat blonde not a light chestnut. I turned out of the room, walking to the huge bed. It had soft white sheets trimmed with gold patterns, and looked beautiful. I pulled back the covers and slid in, curling up and closing my eyes, drifted to sleep.