A/N: Will I finish chapter 3 this time?? Let's hope!
Disclaimer: Don't own any of these characters ... as usual.
Chapter 3
That was the last time Faramir saw Eowyn crying for a while, and he was glad that her heart seemed to have forgotten about Aragorn, at least for the time being. Now, whenever they were together, she would always be laughing and smiling, her eyes glowing. And every day that went by, Faramir felt the love in his heart for her growing, and aching.
One day, after an exciting yet tiring horseback riding adventure, Eowyn and Faramir both returned to Edoras exhausted and sweaty. But Eowyn was still grinning, and Faramir couldn't help but grin along with her. They laughed together as the walked up the steps of Meduseld. They were greeted by two old maids, horrified by the messy state that Eowyn had returned in, not seeming to pay attention to Faramir, or even notice he was there.
"My lady!" one of them exclaimed. "You're covered in dust and soot and goodness knows what!"
"Hurry up, now, and we'll get a proper bath ready," the other one said as she shooed Eowyn into the palace.
Eowyn turned around and gave a sweet smile to Faramir, laughing at how he was left unattended to. Faramir returned a playful grin as he followed them inside. The maid hurried Eowyn down a hall, and Faramir watched her go, wishing not to have lost her company.
"Don't worry, she'll come back to you," Eomer said teasingly as he approached Faramir.
Faramir looked at Eomer and said, "How is it that you know everything?"
"You mean, how do I know that you love my sister?"
Suddenly feeling ashamed and unworthy, Faramir looked down to the ground and meekly replied, "Yes ..."
Eomer nodded to himself and looked at Faramir's sorry face. "Do not feel ashamed, Faramir, but I have recognized her love for her ever since your first visits to Rohan after the War of the Ring."
"Then if you can see it so easily, why can't she?" Faramir asked.
"You know how she feels for Aragorn," Eomer said, waiting for Faramir to nod before he continued. "Her love for him has seemingly blinded her to everything else, to all others."
Faramir began to cry, only small tears though, as the truth of Eomer's words struck his heart.
"She walks in these halls as a shadow," Eomer said. "Her laugh seldom heard, her smile hardly seen. But when you are here, Faramir, she is different. She is alive, and her senses are open. And it puzzles me."
"Why is it something to puzzle about?" Faramir asked.
"Because that effect you have on her I've only ever seen between two people who are in love."
Faramir looked questioningly at Eomer, pondering over his words, and then he said, "But, but she loves Aragorn, not me!"
"That's what she believes, and what we believe, but we do not know what her heart really thinks," Eomer said. "She is so obsessed with loving Aragorn she has not stopped to listen to her heart."
"Then what should I do, if Eowyn does indeed love me?" Faramir asked, and as he said those words, his heart fluttered at the possibility of her returning his love.
"Tell her. Tell her - show her," Eomer said as tears began to form in his eyes. "Too long has my sister been under this darkness. I wish her to be free, and my heart tells me that only you can do this."
A/N: ???? I actually finished this chapter! Yeah! So now, please review! And chapter 4 ... here soon I hope!
Disclaimer: Don't own any of these characters ... as usual.
Chapter 3
That was the last time Faramir saw Eowyn crying for a while, and he was glad that her heart seemed to have forgotten about Aragorn, at least for the time being. Now, whenever they were together, she would always be laughing and smiling, her eyes glowing. And every day that went by, Faramir felt the love in his heart for her growing, and aching.
One day, after an exciting yet tiring horseback riding adventure, Eowyn and Faramir both returned to Edoras exhausted and sweaty. But Eowyn was still grinning, and Faramir couldn't help but grin along with her. They laughed together as the walked up the steps of Meduseld. They were greeted by two old maids, horrified by the messy state that Eowyn had returned in, not seeming to pay attention to Faramir, or even notice he was there.
"My lady!" one of them exclaimed. "You're covered in dust and soot and goodness knows what!"
"Hurry up, now, and we'll get a proper bath ready," the other one said as she shooed Eowyn into the palace.
Eowyn turned around and gave a sweet smile to Faramir, laughing at how he was left unattended to. Faramir returned a playful grin as he followed them inside. The maid hurried Eowyn down a hall, and Faramir watched her go, wishing not to have lost her company.
"Don't worry, she'll come back to you," Eomer said teasingly as he approached Faramir.
Faramir looked at Eomer and said, "How is it that you know everything?"
"You mean, how do I know that you love my sister?"
Suddenly feeling ashamed and unworthy, Faramir looked down to the ground and meekly replied, "Yes ..."
Eomer nodded to himself and looked at Faramir's sorry face. "Do not feel ashamed, Faramir, but I have recognized her love for her ever since your first visits to Rohan after the War of the Ring."
"Then if you can see it so easily, why can't she?" Faramir asked.
"You know how she feels for Aragorn," Eomer said, waiting for Faramir to nod before he continued. "Her love for him has seemingly blinded her to everything else, to all others."
Faramir began to cry, only small tears though, as the truth of Eomer's words struck his heart.
"She walks in these halls as a shadow," Eomer said. "Her laugh seldom heard, her smile hardly seen. But when you are here, Faramir, she is different. She is alive, and her senses are open. And it puzzles me."
"Why is it something to puzzle about?" Faramir asked.
"Because that effect you have on her I've only ever seen between two people who are in love."
Faramir looked questioningly at Eomer, pondering over his words, and then he said, "But, but she loves Aragorn, not me!"
"That's what she believes, and what we believe, but we do not know what her heart really thinks," Eomer said. "She is so obsessed with loving Aragorn she has not stopped to listen to her heart."
"Then what should I do, if Eowyn does indeed love me?" Faramir asked, and as he said those words, his heart fluttered at the possibility of her returning his love.
"Tell her. Tell her - show her," Eomer said as tears began to form in his eyes. "Too long has my sister been under this darkness. I wish her to be free, and my heart tells me that only you can do this."
A/N: ???? I actually finished this chapter! Yeah! So now, please review! And chapter 4 ... here soon I hope!