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.