Chapter
5 "The Dinner"
Frodo smiled at Sandy as he walked
out with a handful of food, not paying attention he runs into the
table nearly knocking off some food from the basket. "Ow! I am
sorry, I had, uh a glare in my eye" Frodo said embarrassed. His
cheeks turned red as he looked at Sandy again who thought that was
hilarious. She always admired Frodos humor from the time she met him
until now, just in a short time of getting to know Frodo, her heart
filled with love. "You need to watch where you going Frodo,
instead of staring" Elrond joked. "I wasn't staring at
anything, I had a glare in my eye, thats all" he said as his
voice cracked a little and his face continued to be as red as the
apples. "A glare huh?" Gandalf snickered. "Yes a
glare, oh come now, lets eat" Frodo said wanting to quickly
change the subject. "Oh! Lembas bread, my favorite!" Bilbo
said reaching for a couple pieces. "Oh yuck, I have eaten so
much Lembas bread in the past couple years, that I have grown quite
sick of it." Sandy said making a face. "I know what you
mean Sandy, but hey, its good for you, certainly I have grown to
enjoy it" Frodo said smiling. "Lembas bread is very good
for you, keeps you strong, thats why we elves tend to make it"
Galadrial said. "Why, of course, but Sandy, we cannot force you
to eat it, so eat what you would like to eat" Elrond said. "Try
the apples..hm? they are very delicious" Gandalf said handing
her a fresh apple picked from the Elven Apple Tree. "Thank you
Gandalf" Sandy said taking the apple and taking a bite. The
taste of the apple was pure delicious, she had never tasted something
so delicious in her life. "Oh wow, this apple is delicious!"
Sandy said taking tons of bites of the apple. Frodo giggles at her
and takes a bit of lembas bread and some apples. "Try the ale
from the Shire my dear Sandy, you will find it quite delicious"
Bilbo said handing her a cup full of ale. Frodo made a face,
obviously Bilbo was up to something, maybe having something to do
with the earlier admitting of his feelings towards Sandy that he told
Gandalf and him about.
"Why thank you" Sandy said
taking a sip. The taste of the ale tickled her taste buds and she was
amazed at the wonderful taste of the Shire ale. "Hmmm that is
delicious, and this is from the Shire?" Sandy asked mesmorized
by the wonderful taste. "Yes..from the Shire..." Frodo said
slowly, feeling a sort of sadness come over him. Gandalf looked over
at Bilbo, obviously everytime there is a mention of the Shire, Frodo
gets sort of sad, he misses the Shire, he misses Sam, Merry and
Pippin. There was a silence over the dinner table, as everyone seemed
to just look at eachother lost in what to say at the moment, finally
Elrond broke the silence. "So Frodo, have you seen the amazing
waterfalls near the creeks of Aminyel? Its one of the most gorgous
places ever, its located south of the Undying Lands." Elrond
said with a smile. "Well no, I have not ventured to that part
I'm afraid, there's so much I need to explore" Frodo said. "Oh
Ive been there many times, I go there alone to think" Sandy
said. "Think of what?" Gandalf asked. "Think of my
past, my life before coming here, before ever getting the Ring"
Sandy said sighing and she continued "And I wish to not discuss
my past life with you about the Ring" Sandy said. "I
understand" Gandalf said sighing. "No No, do not be upset,
its not you, its just those are all painful memories, memories I wish
to not bring back" Sandy said reaching over hugging Gandalf.
"No, I understand and do not force you to tell." Gandalf
said.
Frodo searches in his mind to think of something that
would change the subject, but cannot, so he sat silently munching on
Lembas bread, finally he figured out what to change the topic to,
back to food, Frodo grinned and spoke "I must say this Lembas
bread is truly tasty" Frodo said munching on the food. "I
am glad you like it Frodo, its straight from Rivendell, made by the
great Elves." Elrond said reaching to get some apples, Lembas
bread, and some more delicious food. Sandy looked over at Frodo and
mouthed the words "Thank you" Frodo smiled and then winked
at her. Galadrial noticed Frodo winking at Sandy and decided to ask
Frodo about meeting her. "So Frodo, how did you and Sandy meet?"
Galadrial asked. Frodo gave Galadrial a look because she was trying
to get him to admit his feelings for Sandy, he took a deep breath and
spoke, "Well I was exploring some of the land and beautifulness
here when I spotted her playing next to the creek and giggling, I
couldn't keep my eyes off of her, she was beautiful, and so she came
over and introduced herself, we exchanged our stories of our
journeys, and come to find we have alot in common which was amazing
and we became friends and I am crazy about her...." Frodo stops
speaking because he knew he had slipped and spoke too much, he
blushed and looked down taking a bite of some food. Galdadrial
grinned from ear to ear in happiness that Frodo is beginning to tell
his feelings. Sandy blushed and took a bite from a apple while
looking down. "Frodo and I have very much in common, he's been a
great friend so far and a very charming hobbit" Sandy said
blushing. Frodo couldn't take it anymore, whether they were watching
or not, Frodo wanted to hold her hand so bad during dinner, his heart
could not take it, after dinner he was going to tell her how he felt.
"Thank you Sandy, thats so nice of you" Frodo said grabbing
her hand and holding it tight. Sandy looked over at Frodo and
grinned, she was so happy Frodo is holding her hand again to prove he
was not embarrassed to hold her hand in front of Gandalf, Bilbo,
Elrond, and Galadrial, despite their comments to embarrass him in
front of her. Frodo took a piece of Lembas bread and put it in her
mouth, he was feeding her, Frodo was beginning to loosen up around
her and make his feelings more noticeable. "Mmm thank you Frodo,
that was nice of you, may I aquire the reason for this feeding
session?" Sandy asked giggling. Frodo was startled and quickly
searched his mind of what to say, he took a deep breathe and spoke
"Well, I just wanted to be uh..nice, I am sorry if that was
wrong." Sandy giggled at him again, he had no idea that she was
just flirting, but she thought the sorry was rather cute of him. As
Frodo and Sandy were talking and flirting, Elrond, Galadrial, Bilbo,
and Gandalf were silent, quietly eating their dinner letting the two
love birds share their moments, and they were just about finished
eating.
All of a sudden Frodo winces clutching his upper
shoulder where his wound is from Weathertop. Gandalf grown a worry
over it, afraid that it was a sign that Frodo was going to become
ill, and worried that the wound will cause him problems, pain wise,
the pain was unbearable for him. "Whats the matter Frodo?"
Gandalf asked. "The wound from Weathertop Gandalf, its not going
to go away ever is it?" Frodo asked. "No...no, Frodo its
not, it will never really heal" Gandalf said. The tone of
Gandalfs voice when he said that began to worry Frodo, that maybe
there is something Gandalf knows that he doesnt. "Do you need me
to make you medicine Frodo?" Elrond asked. "That would be
great if you did Elrond, I dont think I can bare anymore of the pain"
Frodo said holding his shoulder. "Be brave Frodo, the pain will
pass" Galadrial said. "Frodo are you going to be okay?"
Sandy asked very concerned. She did not want to see Frodo hurting, it
breaks her heart to see him in pain. "I will be fine, once I get
Elrond's medicine, please do not worry Sandy" Frodo said
touching Sandys cheek and smiling slightly.
At that moment
Sandy could hear someone hollar for her, it was Eowucyla, her elf
friend she came to the Undying Lands with and whom is taking care of
her. "I have to go, Eowuclya is calling for me, I have lost the
track of the hour, but it was nice meeting you all and I am sure I
will see you all again later, especially you Frodo." Sandy said
kissing Frodo on the cheek. Frodo was shocked, he couldnt believe
Sandy, the hobbit girl he was in love with kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you, it was a fun day and I promise many more fun days
for us, be careful and I will see you soon." Frodo said. He was
tempted to kiss her back on the cheek, but the pain of the wound
caused him to not do so, and the butterflies in his stomach held him
back. Sandy smiled and walked away, Frodo watched her until she
turned the corner and sighed, he wanted to kick himself for not
kissing her back but vows to kiss her the next time, right now he was
trying to get passed the pain.
"Shes cute, I could kick
you my boy for not kissing her back" Bilbo said laughing a bit.
"I do not know what came over me, I wanted to, but couldn't, I
guess the butterflies in my stomach held me back, I had tons of them"
Frodo said. "You have plently of time to finally kiss her"
Gandalf said. As Elrond went to the other room to make the medicine
for Frodo...Gandalf, Bilbo and Galadrial took dishes back to the
kitchen, the dinner was over, Frodo looked in his other hand to find
he was still clutching the new Red Book in his hand, he sighed and
said "I think it is time to write in my book." And with
that he got up holding unto his shoulder and his book and went to the
other room, collasped on the bed and started to write.
