Chapter Sixteen: Chocolate

Disc: mmmmmmmmm...chocolate sauce..merry..bondage..hehehe. I'm so malicious.

Merry couldn't sleep. He had woken up in the middle of the night to listen to Aragorn and Legolas talk. Who had Holly been trying to protect by grabbing the ring? At least she could be trusted, he didn't think he'd be able to handle the thought that she would take the ring. He didn't even like thinking about it. He sat up and looked at the girl sleep. She shivered a little and knocked over her bag. Something wrapped in shiny foil fell out. The hobbit picked it up and unwrapped it.

"Do you think that's wise?" Aragorn inquired with a hint of amusement in his vice. Merry just shrugged and looked at the brown bar. He sniffed it then licked it. Then Aragorn laughed when the hobbit took a huge bite out of it with a smile on his face.

"It's delicious! It's called.Chocolate."

"Don't you think she'll be angry?" The man asked.

"I don't suppose she really notice." Merry replied as he finished the rest of the candy bar. Holly Shivered again and scooted closer to Merry.

"Her body is searching for more heat. She gets cold easily." Aragorn noted. Merry looked sympathetically at the girl then grabbed his cloak. He laid it over Holly like a blanket. She stopped shivering and sighed softly in her sleep. Merry smiled and went to go to sleep himself. Aragorn just shook his head.

"Puppy love..." He thought. Though the way Merry looked at her seemed so sincere.



The fellowship awoke to quite an odd scene. Rachel and Tricia were cowering in the high branches of a nearby tree and Holly was screaming with her head in her backpack.

"WHO TOOK IT?" She screeched. Aragorn glanced at Merry who gulped. Holly pulled her head out of the sack and sent a deadly glare at each of the men. When her eyes landed on the chocolate stains on Merry's face she got a kind of animalistic glint in her eyes. She smiled sweetly. "Merry. Did something fall out of my backpack last night when I was asleep?" She asked in an all too sweet tone. Merry nodded slowly. "And was it wrapped in a shiny wrapper?" Again Merry nodded. "I see." Holly said. Then she lunged at Merry and began to tickle him relentlessly. "NEVER touch my chocolate again! You are so lucky that I have more or else you would have had a sword to your throat instead of a mild tickling." Holly explained. Merry grinned and nodded. Holly grabbed her pillow and hit the hobbit with it.

"Holly? Are you okay?" Rachel asked as she slowly climbed out of the tree.

"Yeah.He didn't know any better so I let him off easy." Holly replied. Tricia and Rachel looked at each other and smiled evilly.

"You like him don't you." Tricia whispered to Holly. Holly blushed and tried in vain to keep a straight face.

"No."

"Don't lie. We know you too well." Rae said. She nudged Holly playfully and the girl's giggled. The men just looked at each other and smiled. Gimli punched Merry playfully with a wink to show him that they might arrange a little one on one time for the girl and the hobbit. Merry looked away blushing and got ready to leave. He glanced at Holly who looked at him, then they looked away blushing more.

"This is going to get out of hand. I just know it." Aragorn thought to himself. Yet he still smiled. They really did look like they would be perfect for each other.