Chapter37

I awoke to a nest of dark nut brown curls. I sighed. What had I done? I was just about to move when I noticed how Frodo was laying next to me…curled into me like mother and child, so vulnerable, with his breath warm on my neck.

It made my heart bleed just thinking about him…

I shifted a bit, and looked down at his sleeping face, smooth, and youthful in slumber, and his hand tangled in my hair….oh, what had I done? Then I saw his other hand…clenched tightly around the ring….

I could remember exactly what had happened this time. How sorrowful he had looked, and how he touched me as gentle as he possibly could, as if I were made of the frailest glass. Traced the scar on my palm slowly, placing is lips on it, as if to apologize…

It made me feel horrible. Knowing that I loved both Him, and Pippin; knowing what I had done… A tear slipped from my eyes, and landed on his skin. He flinched as if I had struck him, but did not stir.

Oh Frodo, what have I done?

I kissed the tops of his curls, and pulled our cloaks more tightly around us. Went back to sleep…

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"Merna…" My name sounded in my ears. Something touched my face, and again… I opened my eyes, and met Frodo's blue ones. Another tear rolled down my cheek.

"Are you ok?" he whispered.

I wanted to scream at him, scream at both of them, die, drown, be reborn, cry in his arms, beg Pippin for forgiveness, and tell him everything… tell them that I was being torn in two pieces. That soon, I wouldn't be able to handle it…choosing between them….having to face all of the horrible consequences of my actions……but I couldn't.

And so I cried in silence as he held me, stifling my sobs against his shoulder, letting my tears fall onto his old wound from Weathertop…

Oh…..........what had I done?

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Author: sorry so short, new updates coming soon…. Oh, and I'm kinda sorry about tortuing you with this...but this had to be short, because the story is about to take a DRASTIC turn, completely of my own creation. Any guesses?

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