Don't own lotr, probably never will.... *sniffs back tears* Aaah, anyways,
on with the circus!
Chapter 6
After much swimming, sunbathing, kissing and drinking wine, Estel and Arwen decided it was time they left The Place and headed home. They thought they had better leave the wildlife in peace, as any animal or bird around the area would have been scared beyond its tiny mind at the noise and chaos that they had made that day.
When they had packed up and loaded everything onto Raestafel, they took one last look over the enchanted forest. It was dusk, and an orange sun was setting across to the west.
"It's beautiful," Arwen whispered. Her breath had been taken at the power of the sight before her.
"It is," Estel replied. "So many milennia it has stood, watching birds from egg to chick, Elves from birth to Passing, stars from fire to darkness. So long it has lived, harbouring and protecting, threateneing nothing." He sighed and looked at Arwen. "Evil times and dark days are coming, for this forest, for us, for everything that is good in life. I know you sense it too."
She nodded sadly. "I have felt it for a while now. I cannot describe how it feels to have something..... I don't know, it's like my soul is being weighted down slightly at the corners." She laughed and looked up at him. "Sorry, that sounded stupid didn't it?" He smiled in return, which she took as a 'yes'.
They were silent for a time, staring over to the horizon, watching the sun set on one of the best days of both their lives.
"Come on," Estel said finally, "let's not talk of the bad things in life, but the good." He wrapped a strong arm around her slender waist and pulled her to him. "And I can think of nothing better that fits that description than you!"
She laughed and kissed him, just softly at first but neither of them could help getting carried away. When they eventually broke apart breathing heavily, the sun had set and darkness was already beginning to lay its glittering blanket over the world.
"I don't want to leave," Arwen said to his chest. When she looked up from his embrace, a silver tear had traced its way down her cheek. "This has been the happiest day I have ever lived, and yet my heart is saddenned that I have to go."
"Undomiel, we can come back another day."
"Do you promise?"
He kissed away her tear, slowly moving his lips down until they were poised over hers. "I promise."
Then, eyes still lingering on each others until the very last moment, he lowered his mouth onto hers and at once her heart was lifted.
They would come back, she would make sure of it.
************
An hour later and they were home again. After dropping Raestafel in her stable, they approached Arwen's rooms from behind. They had abandoned her dress as it had been ripped beyond repair (but also because Estel preferred her like this!).
Arwen was now considered naked by Elvish standards, though Estel had fun pointing out that she was more covered up than some (very unrespectable) Gondorian women were all the time.
"And how would you know?" Was her reply, but she was smiling.
"Well, I..... Elladan told me." He didn't meet her eyes.
"Oh? And he wouldn't happen to know that from those magazines he reads, would he? Or have you joined him in quiet reading sessions?" She put a hand to her mouth. "Whoops, should I say viewing sessions?"
"No! I mean..... I don't know what you're talking about!" He was an incredibly bad liar.
"Ok." She shrugged and turned away, hiding a smile.
"Arwen, just because your brother reads such things, don't presume that I-"
"Presume?" She looked at him and tsked, mock disapprovement on her face. "Oh Estel, I thought you knew me by now. I don't presume. I know."
His eyebrows were raised so far and he had such a skeptical look on his face that, despite trying to maintain an omnipotent mask, she had to laugh.
"Why does she tease me so?" Estel sang to the sky, getting a giggle from Arwen and an elbow in the ribs. "Ow!"
"Ssh, you'll have the whole house awake!"
"So?"
"So, you wouldn't like it if you were trying to sleep and-"
Her words were cut off suddenly when Estel's lips found hers in a fiery kiss. In a moment she had processed what was happening and answered his tongue with hers.
She vaguely recognised that they were in a courtyard in full view of plenty of windows, but as her mind was being reduced to air, she paid it no attention what-so-ever. He was such a good kisser!
"I love it when you're angry!" He said in a low voice when they finally broke apart to breathe.
She smiled and reached up to kiss him again, even more passionately than before if that was possible. She felt his hands run through her hair and across her back, down her arms to snake round her waist and pull her closer to him. In return she let hers touch whatever part of his face and torso they wanted, which was pretty much every inch.
"But I love it even more when you're innocent, sweet and gentle," he grinned, breathing heavily.
"I do sweet and gentle very well," she smiled, "but I don't know about innocent!"
After a third kiss they realised they were already an hour late for supper.
"Oh Valar, Ada will not be happy with me!" Arwen said, though nothing could hide the happiness in her voice.
"Nor me," Estel replied, "he wanted that little chat, remember?"
Arwen pouted her full red lips. "Does Estel not want to talk to Lord Elrond? Would he rather spend his evening with a beautiful Elf maiden?"
"Yes." Such a simple statement sounded so little and yet meant so much. No more words were needed, they just stood, eyes and hearts locked with each others'.
After a further ten minutes or so Estel took her hands and held them against his chest. "I love you Arwen, more than I have ever loved anyone. If you were ever to leave my life I would not be able to survive very long. I-"
"Don't," she replied after touching his lips with her own to silence his words, like he had done to her. "I will never leave you, my heart will never leave you. To that I swear." She looked down at their hands clasped together on both their hearts now as she was standing so close, and he followed her gaze. When she found his sparkilng blue eyes again they seemed to shine with a new light. "Melo-ara ile." {I love you}
As if to seal the pact of their love, they shared once last soft kiss, before Arwen turned and ran off to her room.
"See you at supper," she whispered from across the courtyard where he could just see her slender outline in the silvery moonlight. Then she was gone into the night, leaving Estel to bemusedly ponder her bizarre actions.
He smiled a small smile as he recalled all the events of the day. The Place, their confessions to each other, the kiss (the first of many, actually), everything that had Arwen in it. The fact that she loved him was almost too surreal to believe, but unless his sharp ears deceived him, he could still hear her Elvish words in the still summer air.
"Melo-ara ile," he murmered, before sprinting to his own room to get changed.
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Aww, nothing happened in this chappie really did it? I won't call it pointless fluff because last time I did you guys bit my head off for daring to call fluff pointless!
Next chapter may be a while, as things will actually happen, I promise!
Hana X
Plz review, it makes my (incredibly insane) day! Yay!
Chapter 6
After much swimming, sunbathing, kissing and drinking wine, Estel and Arwen decided it was time they left The Place and headed home. They thought they had better leave the wildlife in peace, as any animal or bird around the area would have been scared beyond its tiny mind at the noise and chaos that they had made that day.
When they had packed up and loaded everything onto Raestafel, they took one last look over the enchanted forest. It was dusk, and an orange sun was setting across to the west.
"It's beautiful," Arwen whispered. Her breath had been taken at the power of the sight before her.
"It is," Estel replied. "So many milennia it has stood, watching birds from egg to chick, Elves from birth to Passing, stars from fire to darkness. So long it has lived, harbouring and protecting, threateneing nothing." He sighed and looked at Arwen. "Evil times and dark days are coming, for this forest, for us, for everything that is good in life. I know you sense it too."
She nodded sadly. "I have felt it for a while now. I cannot describe how it feels to have something..... I don't know, it's like my soul is being weighted down slightly at the corners." She laughed and looked up at him. "Sorry, that sounded stupid didn't it?" He smiled in return, which she took as a 'yes'.
They were silent for a time, staring over to the horizon, watching the sun set on one of the best days of both their lives.
"Come on," Estel said finally, "let's not talk of the bad things in life, but the good." He wrapped a strong arm around her slender waist and pulled her to him. "And I can think of nothing better that fits that description than you!"
She laughed and kissed him, just softly at first but neither of them could help getting carried away. When they eventually broke apart breathing heavily, the sun had set and darkness was already beginning to lay its glittering blanket over the world.
"I don't want to leave," Arwen said to his chest. When she looked up from his embrace, a silver tear had traced its way down her cheek. "This has been the happiest day I have ever lived, and yet my heart is saddenned that I have to go."
"Undomiel, we can come back another day."
"Do you promise?"
He kissed away her tear, slowly moving his lips down until they were poised over hers. "I promise."
Then, eyes still lingering on each others until the very last moment, he lowered his mouth onto hers and at once her heart was lifted.
They would come back, she would make sure of it.
************
An hour later and they were home again. After dropping Raestafel in her stable, they approached Arwen's rooms from behind. They had abandoned her dress as it had been ripped beyond repair (but also because Estel preferred her like this!).
Arwen was now considered naked by Elvish standards, though Estel had fun pointing out that she was more covered up than some (very unrespectable) Gondorian women were all the time.
"And how would you know?" Was her reply, but she was smiling.
"Well, I..... Elladan told me." He didn't meet her eyes.
"Oh? And he wouldn't happen to know that from those magazines he reads, would he? Or have you joined him in quiet reading sessions?" She put a hand to her mouth. "Whoops, should I say viewing sessions?"
"No! I mean..... I don't know what you're talking about!" He was an incredibly bad liar.
"Ok." She shrugged and turned away, hiding a smile.
"Arwen, just because your brother reads such things, don't presume that I-"
"Presume?" She looked at him and tsked, mock disapprovement on her face. "Oh Estel, I thought you knew me by now. I don't presume. I know."
His eyebrows were raised so far and he had such a skeptical look on his face that, despite trying to maintain an omnipotent mask, she had to laugh.
"Why does she tease me so?" Estel sang to the sky, getting a giggle from Arwen and an elbow in the ribs. "Ow!"
"Ssh, you'll have the whole house awake!"
"So?"
"So, you wouldn't like it if you were trying to sleep and-"
Her words were cut off suddenly when Estel's lips found hers in a fiery kiss. In a moment she had processed what was happening and answered his tongue with hers.
She vaguely recognised that they were in a courtyard in full view of plenty of windows, but as her mind was being reduced to air, she paid it no attention what-so-ever. He was such a good kisser!
"I love it when you're angry!" He said in a low voice when they finally broke apart to breathe.
She smiled and reached up to kiss him again, even more passionately than before if that was possible. She felt his hands run through her hair and across her back, down her arms to snake round her waist and pull her closer to him. In return she let hers touch whatever part of his face and torso they wanted, which was pretty much every inch.
"But I love it even more when you're innocent, sweet and gentle," he grinned, breathing heavily.
"I do sweet and gentle very well," she smiled, "but I don't know about innocent!"
After a third kiss they realised they were already an hour late for supper.
"Oh Valar, Ada will not be happy with me!" Arwen said, though nothing could hide the happiness in her voice.
"Nor me," Estel replied, "he wanted that little chat, remember?"
Arwen pouted her full red lips. "Does Estel not want to talk to Lord Elrond? Would he rather spend his evening with a beautiful Elf maiden?"
"Yes." Such a simple statement sounded so little and yet meant so much. No more words were needed, they just stood, eyes and hearts locked with each others'.
After a further ten minutes or so Estel took her hands and held them against his chest. "I love you Arwen, more than I have ever loved anyone. If you were ever to leave my life I would not be able to survive very long. I-"
"Don't," she replied after touching his lips with her own to silence his words, like he had done to her. "I will never leave you, my heart will never leave you. To that I swear." She looked down at their hands clasped together on both their hearts now as she was standing so close, and he followed her gaze. When she found his sparkilng blue eyes again they seemed to shine with a new light. "Melo-ara ile." {I love you}
As if to seal the pact of their love, they shared once last soft kiss, before Arwen turned and ran off to her room.
"See you at supper," she whispered from across the courtyard where he could just see her slender outline in the silvery moonlight. Then she was gone into the night, leaving Estel to bemusedly ponder her bizarre actions.
He smiled a small smile as he recalled all the events of the day. The Place, their confessions to each other, the kiss (the first of many, actually), everything that had Arwen in it. The fact that she loved him was almost too surreal to believe, but unless his sharp ears deceived him, he could still hear her Elvish words in the still summer air.
"Melo-ara ile," he murmered, before sprinting to his own room to get changed.
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Aww, nothing happened in this chappie really did it? I won't call it pointless fluff because last time I did you guys bit my head off for daring to call fluff pointless!
Next chapter may be a while, as things will actually happen, I promise!
Hana X
Plz review, it makes my (incredibly insane) day! Yay!