Disclaimer: I don't own anything that belongs to Tolken. See, pretty self-explanatory.

Cyberwing: I just wanted to say that there people might be a bit offended for Legolas's thoughts on women. However, I just want to say that he thinks about it due to the fact that he was spoiled most of his life by women. I am not a sexist, in fact, as you have read in a few chapters before, I am a female.

Oh my goodness, it's so hot and it's not as if I live near the Equator or something. I think I am melting but—must—type. Anyhow, here's chapter 7.

"" dialogue &thought (don't ask, the italic doesn't work for some damn reason)

Don't Love Me Too Much-ch7

"Of course I don't know her!" Narie answered quickly, she looked at her hands as if they were the most interesting thing in the world. "I am getting hungry, let's eat." She stretched as she moved toward her pack. She kneeled onto the dry ground, in search of food.

Legolas raised his eyebrows, obviously, she knew Narie, if not personally. She sucked at lying.

Narie looked away from his eyes. She began to question about what she did wrong in her life to deserve this. She never did anything bad in her life, well, besides the time when she almost blew up her house with her experiments. She would have to distract him from this topic, but with what? From the way he looked, he already knew that she was lying.

Think Narie, what could she do so that he won't suspect her as Narie and would make him hate her at the same time? Then it clicked when she saw the scars on her arms.

"Miss?"

Narie bit her lower lip, "I lied." She said honestly.

"Excuse me?" Legolas asked, he was surprised that she would actually admit to him that she wasn't telling the truth. From his experience, he could tell that there was something that she didn't want him to know, and that made him want to find out even more. He never had problems reading women's thoughts. They were like an open book; all you need to do was to put some patience to read the pages. However, in this case, this girl in front of him seemed to change. To what, he did not know, but that only made him more interested.

"So you know her after all."

Alright girl, Narie warned herself, it's all or nothing, here goes. Don't screw this up.

"She--." Narie paused, slowly looking at his blue eyes. Rule number one about lying; look at your victim in the eyes. "She is my mistress. I've known her ever since she was young. Her family took me in after my father left to Undying Land, as he was Narie's father's best friend. They allowed me to say in their house without pay, all I needed to do was to keep the house clean and tidy."

"If you are living with Narie and her family," Legolas questioned, "then why are you their maid?" If she consider him easy to be fooled, she was wrong. Everyone should have known by now that telling him a sad story wouldn't affect him. He had heard those stories long enough to know that most of the women lied about their background just so he would pity them. And what is this? Cinderella? (A/N: again bear with me)

"No!" Narie exclaimed, then lowering her eye to the ground. Just go with the damn story! Why can't you be brainless when you need to be? "I was not her maid! It was just that they happen to need someone to watch over their house when they were away and needed someone to clean and cook after them. They never meant any harm. I was glad that Narie gave me the opportunity to repay their hospitality, that I could actually do something for them."

Legolas watched her as she put her arms behind her back. He moved toward her quickly. Before she could object, he pulled up her sleeves. He couldn't believe what he saw before him. She had dark narrow scars all over her two arms; it looked as if her arms were cut deeply by sharp objects.

Narie began to thank herself for these scars. Don't get her wrong; she wasn't a masochist. Let's just say those scars were caused by her attempts to cook and her scientific experiments. It was part of the reason why she preferred to wear long sleeves instead of short ones. There was a time where she felt disgusted by it, but who would ever thought that she would depend on her scars to scare Legolas away from her for the rest of her life.

"Was she the one who gave you these scars?" Legolas demanded, pulling her close to him to have a closer look. He gently caressed her scars, as if she would feel pain from those ancient scars. Those scars were real, he knew for he had always hurt himself during his training. Some of the scars on her arms were starting to fade as time passed. However, they were still dark due to the fact that her arms were once severely wounded.

He began to rethink the creditability of her story. In his life, all the women he met were the same. They would do everything they can just to look beautiful, even if it meant that someone would be hurt; they spent extravagantly on clothing and cosmetics; and what was worse? One minute, they would be best friends but they would backstab each other on the next. What did he learn out of this? Women had many facet, they cannot be trusted completely.

Throughout his life, he had seen women hurting themselves on purpose so he would look at them. But those wounds were always minor, nothing serious. After all, they do care about the way they look and nobody ever wanted a scar on their bodies. However in this case--

"Yes, but--" Narie said, she tried to pry her arms from his iron grip. Who would have thought that Legolas would overreact like this? But at least Legolas was angry with her. She felt she had taken a great step in Operation: 'Get Rid of Legolas.' Would he just let go of her?! She smelt his scent, the scent of wood and grass, and his hot breath on her arms made her heart--.

STOP! Narie scolded herself, what was she thinking? She was in a middle of a mission, a mission that could get rid of her problem once and for all. She wasn't supposed to be considering about how his touch made her feel. She could almost hear hell's bell ringing in her head. Legolas has to get away from her, now!

"You are hurting me!" she cried. Even so, she wasn't able to stop herself from blushing. Legolas looked surprise before he let go of her gently, as if she would break if he did anything otherwise.

"Are you alright?" Legolas asked as he saw how red her face was. "I am sorry, I got carried away." He began to wonder why he was so nice to this girl. He sighed; it wasn't as if he always had a soft spot for woman, even if those with a sad story. So why was he starting now? It must be her eyes; it looked so pure, like a newborn child who didn't know about anything at all.

"It's fine," Narie lied and dared not to look at him. Yea right…he almost gave her a heart attack! She convinced herself that it was only because she was not used to having men that close to her so it was alright that she felt jumpy.

She continued her story, "Mistress is a nice person. She gave me clothes that she doesn't wear anymore and let me eat warm leftovers. After all, there is no point in wasting money in buying new clothes when I could just wear hers, and waste firewood to cook new foods again. I deserved those since I wasn't able to keep up to her expectations. Mistress would stop once she was able to calm down—"

"Is that what she told you?" Legolas asked, he felt his anger began to grow. He start to wonder if his father knew who Narie really was and forced him to marry her as a punishment for fooling around with different females. He looked at the elf in front of him, how could Narie treat this poor girl like that? That Narie girl probably wouldn't even know what guilty meant even if its definition slapped her across her face.

"Mistress is a nice person." Narie emphasized once more, that's right she thought, hate me. Then cancel the engagement for me!

Operation Status: Proceeding smoothly.

She would've laughed till her stomach hurts if only the situation was different but no matter what, she could make the operation work better. She'll just have to fire it up even more.

Narie licked her lips, not looking at him, she said in the saddest tone she could master, "Mistress is only doing this for my own good. But it no longer matters."

Legolas gave a small smile, "of course, now that you no longer are forced to serve--Narie." He spat her name out as if it was some kind of venom. At least she was no longer tortured by that callous woman.

Narie shook her head, hell who would ever think that tricking Legolas would be this fun? She could almost picture herself playing pranks on him for the rest of her--STOP! You are here to make him hate you, so that he will not hinder you in the future. Once again, you do not want to see his face again! She emphasized the fact once again, as if she was afraid that she would forget her purpose. Besides, it was too late to turn back now, not that she wanted to anyway. She would sacrifice everything if it was the only way to gain her freedom to travel and to do what she wants. How she longed to see the ocean, to meet different people, to see many ancient artifacts. She didn't have time for Legolas, he would only get in her way. After all, no husband ever wanted his wife to wander around across Middle Earth.

She could not afford failure.

Narie turned back to look at him, "No. It no longer mattered because Mistress doesn't want me around anymore. She left me a note saying she would be heading west towards The Shire." She hope by doing so, Legolas would head for The Shire and by the time he realized that she was lying, she would be long gone. Narie felt heartache as she thought about it; Legolas was actually a caring person once people get to know him. On other circumstances, she might be able to be his friend.

But there were no other circumstances. She gave a bitter laugh, "she didn't even bother taking me along."

"She used you and then threw you away like a piece of garbage?" Legolas signed, why was this girl so naive. He couldn't believe that she could be this faithful after hearing what Narie and her family did to her. If she was trying to get him to pity her, well, let's just say that she was the first one who was able succeed.

"Are you stupid?" Legolas felt like shaking some sense into her. "Nice people would call you naïve. Can't you see what her she was doing to you? Hurting you is not a sign of love or friendship."

"Mistress had her reasons." Narie argued, for some unknown reason, she didn't want Legolas to be this disgusted with her. It wouldn't make a difference whether he hates her or not. She would never see him again after this night; at least that is what's going to happen if things went well. If it didn't, then she'll have to make-do. What could she do next if Legolas still was stupid enough to marry her after hearing what she said? She already made herself a spoiled bitch. At least that was what she tried to make him believe she was. That was the only plan she could come up with in such a short notice, not mentioning that she was under pressure too.

"And what would that be?"

"She--" Narie paused, wondering if she should say it, and decided what the hell. "She left because of her fiancé! Because of you!"

She tried to make herself cry. She remembered the feeling she felt when she left Rivendell, how lonely she felt for the past seven months because of him, and how tired she was now due to the fact that she couldn't sleep to protect herself from dangerous creatures. She was frustrated, homesick and plain grouchy. Although, she felt a moment of happiness when she was acting, all her stuff was weighting down on her. But no, it wasn't enough to make her cry. She was not someone who would get worked up easily. Sometimes she was glad that she was calm, but this time, damn.

Maybe it would've been better if they have never met. That way, she wouldn't find him to be a handsome and sexy--. Where did that come from?

She used her last resort; she moved her right hand back and punched her lower leg. Well at least that worked.

Legolas watched as she said those words, as she began to cry, how deeply she was hurt by Narie's action. He can finally understand why she seemed so distant before. It was because he was the reason why she was here right now, but deep in his heart, he was glad that Narie left, and that he was able to meet her. That, he, as Narie's ex-fiancé, would be able to compensate for what Narie did to this poor girl. He felt as if he was punched in the stomach when he saw her crying and how she refused to let herself be weak.

He suddenly realized something, she wasn't naïve or stupid. It was that if she didn't keep on telling herself that Narie and her family were treating her well, she would've gone insane by now. After all, who would want to live with a family that beats her when she did something wrong? Now, her 'mistress' deserted her and fled, leaving her alone, not knowing where to go. She must've been tired both emotionally and physically. That must be it.

He wasn't there when she suffered through life, but he hoped that he would be able to be at her side when she needed help in the future. He would do anything to take her pain away, and he did the only thing he could think of.

He pulled her close to him and kissed her with passions that even surprised himself.

Operation Status: Failure, all thoughts ceased to exist.

Well that's the end of chapter 7. OMG! Did Legolas take advantage of Narie? What will she do? Will she continue her act or will she simply drop the act and kick his butt? The easy or the easier way, decisions; decisions. What will Legolas do when he realized he was tricked? That when he finally pities someone, that somebody happened to be lying to him from the very start? Read the next chapter to find out what's next! But for now, remember to press that bottom left button and review!

Eveningstar: Thz a lot for reviewing! Hehe although I changed Legolas a lot, I hoped that I still made him likeable. After all, he is one of the protagonists in the story, can't have everyone hating him now can we.

Elentari: hehe thz for the compliment. Don't worry, Narie is not looking for those shallow things. Her wish is not to be rich but rather to travel throughout Middle Earth. After all, the knowledge she gain was either from Lord Elrond or by books.

JB: Yea, Legolas does have the feature and the status to be a womanizer. Lol. That was why he has women swooning over him all the time. Lol. I hope you like this chapter also!

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