A/N: I hope this chapter is alright. Review and tell me, please? I love you?
Disclaimer: I do not own Buckland, Merry, Estella, Diamond, or the song "The Turtle Dove".
Estella hurried around the hobbit hole cleaning everything in sight.
"You don't take stress well, do you?" her friend Diamond asked. She sat on a couch watching Estella clean out the papers in a desk.
"I miss him! I don't know what to do with myself!" She exclaimed as she threw out a bunch of extremely old parchments.
"So...you clean?" Diamond asked hesitantly. Estella nodded.
"Why don't you help me?" Estella asked her youthful ally. Diamond sighed and sat down on the floor behind a pile of documents. Together they sorted the papers into many piles because of Estella's neat freak nature.
"What about this?" Diamond asked; she had found an envelope under a lamp on top of the desk. She handed it to Estella. Estella slowly opened it and began to read it.
My dearest Estella,
Fare thee well my dear, I must be gone, and leave you for awhile. If I roam away I'll come back again, though I roam ten thousand miles my dear, though I roam ten thousand miles.
So fair thou art thy bonny lass. So deep in love am I. but I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love, till the stars fall from the sky, my dear, till the stars fall from the sky.
The sea will never run dry, my dear, nor the rocks ever melt with the sun. But I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love, till the stars fall from the sky!
Oh yonder sits that little turtle dove. He doth sit on yonder high tree! A making a moan for the lost of his love, as I will do for thee, my dear, as I will do for thee!
Fare thee well my dear, fare thee well my dear, fare well, fare well.
Fare Well
Forever yours,
Meriadoc
By the end of the letter Estella was crying. She missed him so much she couldn't bear it.
"I'm going to take a walk." Estella stood sobbing "Stay here, I'll be right back."
She left her friend in the house and she left for the market. She was very upset. Merry had only left 6 months ago, he will be gone much longer, and why was she already breaking down.
"Because you love him, Estella." She told herself. "He's coming back, he loves you."
She kept telling herself this as she walked to the marketplace. She walked mostly with her head down, not wanting many people to see how troubled she felt. She quietly stepped, not looking where she was going, and she knocked into another hobbit.
She looked up at this hobbit. It was the old man from the jewelry stand! He gave her a soft smile and she tried to smile back.
"Did you find the letter?" he asked
Estella was dumbfounded "The what?"
"The letter- the letter from Meriadoc?"
"Oh, yes, that letter, yes I found it." She was astonished to find that the elderly fellow knew about the letter her lover had left her. He reached to his back pocket and pulled out another envelope. What was in this one?
"Here you go; Meriadoc wanted me to give this to you, only after you found the letter." He handed her the envelope and walked away. She promptly ripped it open and found a beautiful silver chain; on it was an even more beautiful charm. A silver turtle dove! Estella sniffled and gasped in joy. She loved it instantly. As she began to place it in her basket a small piece of paper fell from the envelope. It read:
My dear Estella,
Think of this as a pre-engagement necklace.
I love you, and I miss you.
Forever in love with you,
Meriadoc
She smiled and put the note in the basket and hopped home.
At her home she found Diamond sitting at the front kitchen table with tea all set and still hot. Estella smiled warmly and sat next to her friend, ready to tell her of the necklace.
Disclaimer: I do not own Buckland, Merry, Estella, Diamond, or the song "The Turtle Dove".
Estella hurried around the hobbit hole cleaning everything in sight.
"You don't take stress well, do you?" her friend Diamond asked. She sat on a couch watching Estella clean out the papers in a desk.
"I miss him! I don't know what to do with myself!" She exclaimed as she threw out a bunch of extremely old parchments.
"So...you clean?" Diamond asked hesitantly. Estella nodded.
"Why don't you help me?" Estella asked her youthful ally. Diamond sighed and sat down on the floor behind a pile of documents. Together they sorted the papers into many piles because of Estella's neat freak nature.
"What about this?" Diamond asked; she had found an envelope under a lamp on top of the desk. She handed it to Estella. Estella slowly opened it and began to read it.
My dearest Estella,
Fare thee well my dear, I must be gone, and leave you for awhile. If I roam away I'll come back again, though I roam ten thousand miles my dear, though I roam ten thousand miles.
So fair thou art thy bonny lass. So deep in love am I. but I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love, till the stars fall from the sky, my dear, till the stars fall from the sky.
The sea will never run dry, my dear, nor the rocks ever melt with the sun. But I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love, till the stars fall from the sky!
Oh yonder sits that little turtle dove. He doth sit on yonder high tree! A making a moan for the lost of his love, as I will do for thee, my dear, as I will do for thee!
Fare thee well my dear, fare thee well my dear, fare well, fare well.
Fare Well
Forever yours,
Meriadoc
By the end of the letter Estella was crying. She missed him so much she couldn't bear it.
"I'm going to take a walk." Estella stood sobbing "Stay here, I'll be right back."
She left her friend in the house and she left for the market. She was very upset. Merry had only left 6 months ago, he will be gone much longer, and why was she already breaking down.
"Because you love him, Estella." She told herself. "He's coming back, he loves you."
She kept telling herself this as she walked to the marketplace. She walked mostly with her head down, not wanting many people to see how troubled she felt. She quietly stepped, not looking where she was going, and she knocked into another hobbit.
She looked up at this hobbit. It was the old man from the jewelry stand! He gave her a soft smile and she tried to smile back.
"Did you find the letter?" he asked
Estella was dumbfounded "The what?"
"The letter- the letter from Meriadoc?"
"Oh, yes, that letter, yes I found it." She was astonished to find that the elderly fellow knew about the letter her lover had left her. He reached to his back pocket and pulled out another envelope. What was in this one?
"Here you go; Meriadoc wanted me to give this to you, only after you found the letter." He handed her the envelope and walked away. She promptly ripped it open and found a beautiful silver chain; on it was an even more beautiful charm. A silver turtle dove! Estella sniffled and gasped in joy. She loved it instantly. As she began to place it in her basket a small piece of paper fell from the envelope. It read:
My dear Estella,
Think of this as a pre-engagement necklace.
I love you, and I miss you.
Forever in love with you,
Meriadoc
She smiled and put the note in the basket and hopped home.
At her home she found Diamond sitting at the front kitchen table with tea all set and still hot. Estella smiled warmly and sat next to her friend, ready to tell her of the necklace.