Chapter 3:

A/N: Stupid bois; keep leaving! And my shoe broke! Arg! BTW, Nessa and I started companion fics to go with these, written by us, Brittany, Kitty, and Courtney. Penname for those is 'Eored of Fangirls'. Go check 'em out. This in Christy's POV.

Disclaimer: Not owned by us… any of it.

"…or they're having an affair with each other."

"Eww…"

"What?!" Boromir yelped. "The King of Gondor would never do that!"

"Nor, I'm sure, the King of Rohan," Gandalf commented dryly.

"Then where did they go!?" Vanessa demanded.

"Merry, do you know where Pippin went" Court asked, using all of her 'good girl charm.'

"I might," he answered. "But I'm sworn to secrecy if I do."

"Arg!" she growled and viciously bit into an apple.

"Eek!" I heard Frodo squeal at her display of violence.

"I can't believe they don't have caffeine here!" I moaned, oblivious to the other conversations as I was sure that the reason Haldir was gone was because he was on duty. "How can they not? Poor deprived elves!"

"Christy? Christy?!" Brittany broke into my mope.

"Huh?" I asked.

"We were going to play charades again; wanna join?" Kitty explained.

"Oh boy!" I rolled my eyes. "Why not? Nessie, go ahead."

"OK, since you didn't realize what it was last night, we'll try again," Vanessa announced. "OK, who/what am I? Rrroooaaarrr!"

"Christy!" Kitty guessed. I glared at her. "When she wakes up," she amended.

"That's right; she's usually an agreeable person," Haldir agreed as he wrapped his arms around me from behind.

"Where'd you come from?" Brittany asked, hoping that his return would signal the return of Éomer.

"Off of duty," he replied, then guessed Vanessa's charade. "A Balrog."

"No," came the reply. "Rrroooaaarrr!"

"Godzilla?" I asked, still mourning my caffeine.

"Yes!" Vanessa exclaimed, scaring everyone. "Finally! Someone got it. OK, your turn."

"Ugh!" I grumbled and staggered up. "I have no clue what to do." Haldir whispered a suggestion in my ear. "After my turn we will," I replied. I thought for a few moments and started my charade. I hopped around, feeling like a complete idiot, waiting for someone to guess. I twitched my nose.

"Ooo! A bunny!" Brittany yelped.

"Close," I answered.

"A purple bunny," Vanessa corrected.

"Yeah, but Britt was close enough. Go Britt," I replied and left with Haldir to go to our talan, as he suggested.

I stepped into the talan before Haldir and stopped in my tracks. I gasped at the appearance of the flet. There were roses of all colors in bouquets around the room, with rose petals on the floor and on the bed. A platter of chocolate was set in the middle of the table. "Happy Valentines day," he muttered in my ear.

"Wha… what happened?!"

"Rúmil decorated; do you like it?"

"I… uh, yeah, I guess. Are you trying to seduce me, Mr. Marchwarden? Because all those rose petals are a little creepy. I like the chocolate, but way too many flowers!"

"I'll remember that next time," he replied. "And yes, I am trying to seduce you. Is it working?" He kissed me.

When we came up for air I giggled. "Yes, it is."

A/N: OK, yes! Finito! Fin! giggle It's not as long as most of my stuff, but that's OK. A little more racy than most, but, meh, deal with it! Go Nessie! What are the guys doing now?

A/N2 (Vanessa): Have you no shame, woman?! I'm not bumping this rating up to R, FYI! Maybe I should put a warning or something up at the top. Meh, review por favor and make me giggle and squirm.