Disclaimer: Again I own nothing. Except I created the old guy at the
market...
Estella POV:
"Oh, and we need more tea." Estella concluded her rather long shopping list. She turned around behind her. Merry was staring at her and grinning.
"You're so pretty."
"Were you listening to me at all?"
Merry grinned larger and shook his head. She giggled and turned to walk to the next stand in the wind swept market. He took her hand and followed her. About a foot away from the stand Merry spun her around. He grabbed her waist and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Ahem." A kind voice quickly pulled their lips apart.
"Are we looking for an engagement ring?" the gentle hobbit at the stand asked looking at the adorable couple. They had accidentally stopped in front of a jewelry stand. Estella, embarrassed, pulled her arms away from Merry as he did the same.
"I'm sorry, for that little...outburst." Estella concluded staring at the ground. Merry blushed.
"No, no it's fine!" the older hobbit chuckled heartily. "So, how long have you two been courting?"
"Well..." Merry answered before Estella opened her mouth "We've been together for three years but living together for a year now already."
"So no wedding yet?"
"No, not quite yet" Merry calmly replied. Estella was always amazed how Merry always kept calm, and could answer even the most awkward questions. Estella smiled. The old hobbit nodded and the couple proceeded to the next stand.
"What else do we need?" Merry asked Estella for the fourth time.
Estella smiled and looked at the list. She really didn't need anything on the list...
"Nothing, we're done." She announced sweetly as she threw the list into their basket. Merry cheered and they headed back to the hobbit hole.
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Merry POV:
Merry closed his eyes. The sun was so strong. He and Estella were sitting outside in the grass. Merry's head in her lap. He stared at her unbelievably beautiful blue eyes and how the sun splattered freckles all over her arms and face. In his eyes she was the epitome of loveliness. He could stay like this forever. They stayed like that for the rest of the afternoon, just sitting there and talking about nothing in particular. Soon the sun was setting.
Merry lay sprawled out on the grass with Estella sitting by his side. They were sitting in comfortable silence.
"Estella" Merry said out of the blue "when was the last time I told you I loved you?" Estella looked at the sky, clearly thinking. "She's so endearing when she does that." Merry thought to himself.
"Why, I think it was last night, right before we fell asleep." Estella informed him softly.
"It's been too long then." He whispered as Estella moved into his arms resting her head on his chest. "I love you." He whispered to her and buried his face in her coiled hair. Merry stared up and saw the first star of the night. He scrunched his eyes and made a wish.
"I wish for Estella to wait for me..." He wished silently. He looked over at his Estella, his precious Stella. She had fallen asleep to the sound of his heartbeat.
"Oh how am I ever going to be able to fall asleep and wake up without her by my side?" He solemnly pondered to himself as he carried Estella inside to their bed.
A/N: OOOOO! Merry is pondering about his "journey, quest...thing". Ok, be honest, how bad is this? I'll be surprised if anyone even read this far!
Estella POV:
"Oh, and we need more tea." Estella concluded her rather long shopping list. She turned around behind her. Merry was staring at her and grinning.
"You're so pretty."
"Were you listening to me at all?"
Merry grinned larger and shook his head. She giggled and turned to walk to the next stand in the wind swept market. He took her hand and followed her. About a foot away from the stand Merry spun her around. He grabbed her waist and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Ahem." A kind voice quickly pulled their lips apart.
"Are we looking for an engagement ring?" the gentle hobbit at the stand asked looking at the adorable couple. They had accidentally stopped in front of a jewelry stand. Estella, embarrassed, pulled her arms away from Merry as he did the same.
"I'm sorry, for that little...outburst." Estella concluded staring at the ground. Merry blushed.
"No, no it's fine!" the older hobbit chuckled heartily. "So, how long have you two been courting?"
"Well..." Merry answered before Estella opened her mouth "We've been together for three years but living together for a year now already."
"So no wedding yet?"
"No, not quite yet" Merry calmly replied. Estella was always amazed how Merry always kept calm, and could answer even the most awkward questions. Estella smiled. The old hobbit nodded and the couple proceeded to the next stand.
"What else do we need?" Merry asked Estella for the fourth time.
Estella smiled and looked at the list. She really didn't need anything on the list...
"Nothing, we're done." She announced sweetly as she threw the list into their basket. Merry cheered and they headed back to the hobbit hole.
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Merry POV:
Merry closed his eyes. The sun was so strong. He and Estella were sitting outside in the grass. Merry's head in her lap. He stared at her unbelievably beautiful blue eyes and how the sun splattered freckles all over her arms and face. In his eyes she was the epitome of loveliness. He could stay like this forever. They stayed like that for the rest of the afternoon, just sitting there and talking about nothing in particular. Soon the sun was setting.
Merry lay sprawled out on the grass with Estella sitting by his side. They were sitting in comfortable silence.
"Estella" Merry said out of the blue "when was the last time I told you I loved you?" Estella looked at the sky, clearly thinking. "She's so endearing when she does that." Merry thought to himself.
"Why, I think it was last night, right before we fell asleep." Estella informed him softly.
"It's been too long then." He whispered as Estella moved into his arms resting her head on his chest. "I love you." He whispered to her and buried his face in her coiled hair. Merry stared up and saw the first star of the night. He scrunched his eyes and made a wish.
"I wish for Estella to wait for me..." He wished silently. He looked over at his Estella, his precious Stella. She had fallen asleep to the sound of his heartbeat.
"Oh how am I ever going to be able to fall asleep and wake up without her by my side?" He solemnly pondered to himself as he carried Estella inside to their bed.
A/N: OOOOO! Merry is pondering about his "journey, quest...thing". Ok, be honest, how bad is this? I'll be surprised if anyone even read this far!