Forgot the Pie
Pippin did not get his chance to talk to Diamond after the wedding reception, nor the next morning. It was in the mid-afternoon when he was finally in her company again. Estella had invited Merry, Pippin, and Diamond on a picnic. They set up the blanket in one of the many fields outside Hobbitton.
"Oh, dear!" Estella suddenly cried, "I forgot my rhubarb pie! I'll go back for it."
"I'm sure we can do without it," Diamond said.
"No, no, I slaved over it all this morning!"
"Yes, go!" Pippin exclaimed, "No picnic should be without pie! Especially not yours, Miss Bolger! Go!"
When Merry moved towards the cart with Estella, Pippin started. "Wait, Merry, where are you going?"
"I'm just accompanying Estella. Her pony might throw a shoe."
Pippin rolled his eyes. "If you just wanted time alone you could have left Diamond and I back at the hole."
Merry ignored the comment and hopped up onto the seat of the cart next to Estella. The lass snapped the reins and the pony started back down the path.
Pippin and Diamond were left alone.
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"Mr. Frodo, I can't thank you enough for lettin' me and Rosie move in with you."
"It is my pleasure, Sam. You know nothing would please me more than to see you two every morning, growing in your love for each other and raising a family. Tell me, where do plan to spend your honeymoon?"
"In Michel Delving. The view from the White Downs is so pretty this time of year, you can also see the Elf Towers from there, Mr. Frodo."
At the mention of "Elf Towers" Frodo reached up and fingered the pendant Arwen had given him.
"Mr. Frodo?"
"Yes, Sam?"
"Are you all right?"
Frodo nodded a bit absently. "Yes, I'm fine."
"I asked May if she would help keep house for you while we were gone. She said she'd be delighted."
Frodo looked up. "Tell her she doesn't have to, I can managed on my own."
"Now, Mr. Frodo, I mean no offence, but you've always had someone around to take care of household things for you an' make supper, I doubt you would be able to handle everything by yourself . . . no offence meant!"
Frodo smiled, "None taken, my dear Sam, none taken."
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"Well . . ." Diamond said in a vain attempted to lift the blanket of silence, which threatened to envelope them.
"Well, what?" Pippin asked.
"Pass me the pitcher, please." Diamond really had wanted to asked Pippin about what he wanted to say to her after the wedding, but her courage failed her at the last minute.
Pippin was about to hand her the pitcher of lemonade, when he stopped and instead, took her glass and poured the drink into it for her.
"Why, thank you, Pippin," Diamond said quietly.
"No problem."
"Diamond?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry for insulting you at Bywater."
"That's all right, Pippin," Diamond replied quietly, "I forgive you."
Soon the two began to eat, but the food kept sticking in their throats. Finally, Diamond could stand it no longer and started to speak when Pippin threw down his sandwich.
"I can't do this anymore!"
"What?" Diamond inquired, slightly startled.
"Ignoring you!"
"You weren't ignoring me."
"I know, but I wasn't IGNORING you, I was ignoring YOU."
Diamond blinked. "What?"
"Every time I'm near you, Diamond I am constantly trying to not notice you presence, but I can't! Diamond, ever since you kissed me----"
Diamond blushed a deep red, "do we really need to talk about that?"
"Yes!" Pippin insisted, "We do!" He then got up from his spot and sat down next to her. "This was what I was going to say to you and Sam and Rosie's wedding, and please don't slap me when I say it, but, I cannot get that kiss off my mind."
"I don't know what I was think," Diamond hastily said, "I suppose I was just happy to see you alive and was also VERY grateful."
"Was that all?"
Diamond hesitated before replying. "Yes, that was all."
Pippin sighed and lowered his gaze and his head from her. The birds' chirping seemed quite loud as they sat there in the uncomfortable silence.
Suddenly, Pippin turned and, gripping her shoulders, pulled her toward him and kissed her. As he kissed her Pippin expected to be slapped, or most likely punched, at any second. He was elated beyond words when he felt Diamonds arms slide around his neck.
When they parted, Diamond had only one thing to say: "I love you, Pippin!"
"You do?" The impossibility of his being made as thrilled as humanly possible by the kiss was dropped, for he became ten times happier.
"Yes!"
"Marry me, Diamond?"
Diamond hesitated. She did love Pippin, but she wasn't sure if she were quite ready yet.
"I will think on it, Pippin," she said softly. The guard of Gondor's heart sank.
"Tha' doesn't sound good."
"Oh, Pippin I DO love you, it's just such a big step, I want to think about it first." Diamond looked into the deep pools of Pippin's green eyes, and saw sorrow there. She suddenly knew that she would do anything to make Pippin happy, even to lay down her own life for the sake of it. Diamond knew then that she was ready to marry Pippin.
"I've thought about it and yes!"
"What?"
"Yes!"
"Really?!" Pippin gathered her in his arms and spun her around. But, then he lost his balance from dizziness and they toppled to the ground. Diamond found herself lying on top of Pippin.
"Well," she murmured with a grin, "this is an interesting turn of events."
Pippin reached up a hand and placed it behind the nape of her neck, then brought her lips to his.
This kissing went on for quite sometime, until finally, they were gasping for breath and gazing at the sun's progress in the sky.
"What is taking them so long?" Pippin wondered aloud.
Diamond shrugged then, gasped from a sudden thought, "do you think
they're--?"
"No! No, no, no, no, no! Merry wouldn't do that, no matter how much he comes off as one to do so.
"Would you like to know what I think?"
"Yes, my love."
"Oh—wait—call me that again!"
Pippin grinned, "'my love.'" Diamond kissed his lips right after he finished say the sweet address, and more such commenced, until Pippin remembered that she had a speculation.
"So, what do you think?"
"Huh?"
"About Merry and Estella."
"Oh, yeah, right . . . I think they set us up."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Why those crafty little lovers . . ." Pippin smiled, he didn't mind. He looked around at the picnic stuff. "Well," he said, "we have plenty of food still left-over and I most certainly do not mind sitting out here with you until it runs out and forces us to walk back."
Diamond giggled and stroked his cheek, which caused Pippin to kiss her again.
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Pippin did not get his chance to talk to Diamond after the wedding reception, nor the next morning. It was in the mid-afternoon when he was finally in her company again. Estella had invited Merry, Pippin, and Diamond on a picnic. They set up the blanket in one of the many fields outside Hobbitton.
"Oh, dear!" Estella suddenly cried, "I forgot my rhubarb pie! I'll go back for it."
"I'm sure we can do without it," Diamond said.
"No, no, I slaved over it all this morning!"
"Yes, go!" Pippin exclaimed, "No picnic should be without pie! Especially not yours, Miss Bolger! Go!"
When Merry moved towards the cart with Estella, Pippin started. "Wait, Merry, where are you going?"
"I'm just accompanying Estella. Her pony might throw a shoe."
Pippin rolled his eyes. "If you just wanted time alone you could have left Diamond and I back at the hole."
Merry ignored the comment and hopped up onto the seat of the cart next to Estella. The lass snapped the reins and the pony started back down the path.
Pippin and Diamond were left alone.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Mr. Frodo, I can't thank you enough for lettin' me and Rosie move in with you."
"It is my pleasure, Sam. You know nothing would please me more than to see you two every morning, growing in your love for each other and raising a family. Tell me, where do plan to spend your honeymoon?"
"In Michel Delving. The view from the White Downs is so pretty this time of year, you can also see the Elf Towers from there, Mr. Frodo."
At the mention of "Elf Towers" Frodo reached up and fingered the pendant Arwen had given him.
"Mr. Frodo?"
"Yes, Sam?"
"Are you all right?"
Frodo nodded a bit absently. "Yes, I'm fine."
"I asked May if she would help keep house for you while we were gone. She said she'd be delighted."
Frodo looked up. "Tell her she doesn't have to, I can managed on my own."
"Now, Mr. Frodo, I mean no offence, but you've always had someone around to take care of household things for you an' make supper, I doubt you would be able to handle everything by yourself . . . no offence meant!"
Frodo smiled, "None taken, my dear Sam, none taken."
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Well . . ." Diamond said in a vain attempted to lift the blanket of silence, which threatened to envelope them.
"Well, what?" Pippin asked.
"Pass me the pitcher, please." Diamond really had wanted to asked Pippin about what he wanted to say to her after the wedding, but her courage failed her at the last minute.
Pippin was about to hand her the pitcher of lemonade, when he stopped and instead, took her glass and poured the drink into it for her.
"Why, thank you, Pippin," Diamond said quietly.
"No problem."
"Diamond?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry for insulting you at Bywater."
"That's all right, Pippin," Diamond replied quietly, "I forgive you."
Soon the two began to eat, but the food kept sticking in their throats. Finally, Diamond could stand it no longer and started to speak when Pippin threw down his sandwich.
"I can't do this anymore!"
"What?" Diamond inquired, slightly startled.
"Ignoring you!"
"You weren't ignoring me."
"I know, but I wasn't IGNORING you, I was ignoring YOU."
Diamond blinked. "What?"
"Every time I'm near you, Diamond I am constantly trying to not notice you presence, but I can't! Diamond, ever since you kissed me----"
Diamond blushed a deep red, "do we really need to talk about that?"
"Yes!" Pippin insisted, "We do!" He then got up from his spot and sat down next to her. "This was what I was going to say to you and Sam and Rosie's wedding, and please don't slap me when I say it, but, I cannot get that kiss off my mind."
"I don't know what I was think," Diamond hastily said, "I suppose I was just happy to see you alive and was also VERY grateful."
"Was that all?"
Diamond hesitated before replying. "Yes, that was all."
Pippin sighed and lowered his gaze and his head from her. The birds' chirping seemed quite loud as they sat there in the uncomfortable silence.
Suddenly, Pippin turned and, gripping her shoulders, pulled her toward him and kissed her. As he kissed her Pippin expected to be slapped, or most likely punched, at any second. He was elated beyond words when he felt Diamonds arms slide around his neck.
When they parted, Diamond had only one thing to say: "I love you, Pippin!"
"You do?" The impossibility of his being made as thrilled as humanly possible by the kiss was dropped, for he became ten times happier.
"Yes!"
"Marry me, Diamond?"
Diamond hesitated. She did love Pippin, but she wasn't sure if she were quite ready yet.
"I will think on it, Pippin," she said softly. The guard of Gondor's heart sank.
"Tha' doesn't sound good."
"Oh, Pippin I DO love you, it's just such a big step, I want to think about it first." Diamond looked into the deep pools of Pippin's green eyes, and saw sorrow there. She suddenly knew that she would do anything to make Pippin happy, even to lay down her own life for the sake of it. Diamond knew then that she was ready to marry Pippin.
"I've thought about it and yes!"
"What?"
"Yes!"
"Really?!" Pippin gathered her in his arms and spun her around. But, then he lost his balance from dizziness and they toppled to the ground. Diamond found herself lying on top of Pippin.
"Well," she murmured with a grin, "this is an interesting turn of events."
Pippin reached up a hand and placed it behind the nape of her neck, then brought her lips to his.
This kissing went on for quite sometime, until finally, they were gasping for breath and gazing at the sun's progress in the sky.
"What is taking them so long?" Pippin wondered aloud.
Diamond shrugged then, gasped from a sudden thought, "do you think
they're--?"
"No! No, no, no, no, no! Merry wouldn't do that, no matter how much he comes off as one to do so.
"Would you like to know what I think?"
"Yes, my love."
"Oh—wait—call me that again!"
Pippin grinned, "'my love.'" Diamond kissed his lips right after he finished say the sweet address, and more such commenced, until Pippin remembered that she had a speculation.
"So, what do you think?"
"Huh?"
"About Merry and Estella."
"Oh, yeah, right . . . I think they set us up."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Why those crafty little lovers . . ." Pippin smiled, he didn't mind. He looked around at the picnic stuff. "Well," he said, "we have plenty of food still left-over and I most certainly do not mind sitting out here with you until it runs out and forces us to walk back."
Diamond giggled and stroked his cheek, which caused Pippin to kiss her again.
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