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Nienna woke up to find that a blanket was draped over her. She stood up and noticed that Legolas was still in the room. The Elf did not look at her and Nienna knew he wanted to talk about what had happened between them. She wasn't too sure either.
"If you are dressed, can we speak?" Legolas softly asked without turning around.
Nienna nodded against his back and then shot in the bathroom, where she came out 5 minutes later fully dressed. She sat down on the bed and tried hard not to think about everything that had happened mere hours ago. Legolas sat down next to her and said. "What did it mean to you?"
"I don't know, Legolas, I really don't. All I know is that you have offered me comfort in a way that not many people would do but I don't know where this is going to lead. Is it common for the Elves to offer comfort in such a way?"
"Yes, sometimes it is. But it would only be for the lust and desire and nothing more that is all. An elf joins their souls but only with their soulmates and that is once in a lifetime. I just wanted to know where we stand, Nienna."
Nienna nodded and said. "Well, we are friends, aren't we?"
"When you said you loved me, did you mean it?" Legolas asked looking straight at her for the first time. His eyes held something venerable.
"Of course, I did. I would never say it to you when I would not mean it." Nienna answered shocked that he would think that.
"Many have said that they loved me, only to break my heart later. Did you mean to say it, Nienna?" Legolas answered grim.
"I don't think I meant to say it, Legolas. It just seemed like the right thing to say. What do you say we do?"
"Let just take it slow. We are in a war and there is so much that you need to learn, I don't want to push you away by putting things on you that you are not ready for. Maybe we should pretend it never happened, last night."
Nienna bowed her head. "Can you be so coldhearted to think that it meant nothing to me, nothing at all?"
Legolas put his hand underneath her chin so that she had to meet his eyes. "I could never be, my lady, never ever. I swore to protect you; I swore it upon my heart and upon us. So if I swore it, I could never be so coldhearted to think that I meant nothing for you or for me. I do not bed somebody just for comfort or lust. I am just saying that we should not put too much though into it since everything can happen."
Nienna nodded and said. "That is alright, Legolas. I think you from the bottom of my heart."
Legolas smiled and kissed her lightly on the lips. Before Nienna could answer the kiss, a knock on the door interrupted them.
Legolas broke away from her before he called. "Enter."
Gandalf entered the room followed closely by Gimli. The Dwarf smiled at Nienna and Nienna gave him a ghost of a smile back.
Gandalf's eyes twinkled when he looked at the both of them, already he could see the bond forming between them, even if they did not yet know it themselves.
"How are you feeling, Nienna?" He asked.
"I am alright, Gandalf, thank you." She answered, having the feeling Gandalf looked right through her.
"I hope Legolas took good care of you."
Nienna nodded and said. "Yes, he did. You don't have to worry."
Legolas walked to the door and while turning to Gandalf said. "Do you still need me, or can I leave? I wish to dress my own wounds."
Gandalf nodded and pushed Gimli after him.
When Gandalf had finished dressing Nienna's wounds, the girl had asked to go outside and the wizard had nodded. When she had left, Aragorn had entered the room and while looking at the wizard he asked. "Gandalf, look me straight in the eye and tell me that you have absolutely nothing to do with Nienna and Legolas uneasiness."
"I don't have anything to do with it, Aragorn, if you must know." Gandalf answered while cleaning up the room.
Gandalf felt Aragorn's piercing gaze upon him and flinched slightly when he heard the next words. "I do not believe you. What did you do?"
"I did not do anything, alright, I might off helped things along with a potion that makes it easier to say what is on the mind." Gandalf answered.
"And you forgot to tell that to Legolas and Nienna. Gandalf, what you have done is wrong. If Nienna finds out, she will not trust you any longer." Aragorn began but Gandalf interrupted.
"They cannot see what they are becoming, Ellesar. Neither can you. You have seen that kind of love before and it makes somebody blind. You own that kind of love and it will lead to a great future, I just helped things along and I saved Nienna's life so stop you worrying unless they say something about it nobody has to know, to be honest I don't where this is leading too."
Aragorn nodded but decided to keep an eye out for the White Wizard next time.
This is for now. Please review. And no this is not to put Gandalf as a bad person down, you will see what is going to become.