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Merry
So, Pip's getting married. Who woulda thought? Not me, that's for sure! But then again, after he met that Diamond of Long Cleeve girl... he's been completely smitten. Actually, I think it's funny. After all, I still think of him as a kid... and Diamond's only just had her coming of age at thirty-three! But they love each other and that's all that really matters. Besides, we're all still friends. And I do have Essie.
Ah, yes... Estella. We met because of Pippin and Diamond getting together, and have become great friends because of it. I happen to like her quite a bit. Well, more than just friends would, though I don't think she knows it. I may even go as far as to say that I love her. And I wish I could tell her, but I don't know the way she feels about ME. Oh well. I'll find out somehow... Maybe Diamond could tell me.
Oh! Sam's been elected mayor! A very good position for him, in my opinion... just as long as he doesn't think he can order us around! He and Rosie are doing very well. They have three kids so far... actually, with little Merry, they have four. Why they named him after me, I don't know... but I'll tell them now, it's their fault if he becomes a mischievous little rascal! After all, they don't expect me to just sit around and let a kid NAMED AFTER ME be just a normal well-behaved little boy! Seriously, they should know better. Next thing you know they'll name a kid of theirs Pippin. That would be funny... and fun. I only hope they don't have to many more kids... they'll be overrun! I mean, I like children, I really do! BUT... I wouldn't want to have ten kids running around everywhere. Besides, I terrorize the Shire enough as it is. No need to have little copies of me to REALLY scare people out of their wits! Well, a couple'd be nice. But any more than that and we wouldn't have enough fireworks! And after Gandalf left... but he taught Pip and me how to make them. So all's well. I'm not entirely sure why he did that... maybe a brick fell on his head or something... but I'm not complaining!
I must go help Pippin now. All these wedding preparations are driving him mad. I'm so very glad it isn't me getting married... Though maybe if it were Estella... I'll ask Diamond. See if she knows. Hope so.
Author Note I'm gonna stop using 1st person now. It's too hard for the later chapters. Now that we have the basic viewpoints of Merry and Estella, I won't be using that format anymore. Well, I might. But mostly I won't. I'll just have the people's thoughts. Ehh, enough of this! On with the story! ...Sorry about that! End of Author Note
Pippin opened the door.
"Merry!" he said. "Thanks for coming! I'm bloody sick of all this work!" He hung Merry's coat on a peg.
"You sounded just like Essie just then!" Merry remarked, laughing a little. Estella was known to use the word "Bloody" a lot.
"Yeah. She's in the living room with Diamond. They're working on the guest list."
"I hope I'm invited." Merry said with mock sadness.
"No... because of course I wouldn't invite my best friend to my own wedding!" Pippin said. "Yes, yes you're invited. Pretty much everyone is."
"Oh really... who isn't?"
"You know, I'm not sure. Ask Diamond. She IS doing the invitations over there!" They entered the living room. Inside, Diamond and Estella were sitting on a couch addressing the invitations. Letters and envalopes were spread all over the table in the middle of the room that they were working at.
"Can we be of any use?" Merry said, sitting at the couch next to Estella.
"Yeah," Estella said motioning with her hand to all the unsealed envelopes, "you can seal these."
"The stamp's over there, on the mantelpiece." Diamond pointed.
"Are you having fun there?" Pippin said."
"Not exactly," Diamond said, "This is rather boring. Could you manage to get us something to eat and drink? We would really appreciate it!"
"Sure. Want some cakes or something?"
"That'd be nice. Oh! And some of that tea, the Brown's gave us."
Merry snorted. "You're already ordering him around, Diamond!"
"Yes, well it's fun." She responded. "Pippin, do be a dear and hurry up about it! And try not to break anything!" They all laughed. Diamond WAS having fun ordering Pippin around. But they all knew she was just teasing him. After all, Diamond was not one to act the part of an old hobbit-wife. They talked as they worked, telling each other of recent happenings and goings on. Never were such good friends as these four. After a couple of hours Pippin yawned and glanced outside. It was starting to get dark.
"Hey Merry, Estella, It's almost night. Do you want to have dinner with us?" he said, looking at Diamond for approval.
"It's alright with me! We're having chicken-pot pie." Diamond said.
"Ooo! I love chicken-pot pie!" Estella exclaimed. "Can I help you make it?"
"Sure! Pippin, Merry, you can make some iced-tea. We have some more of the tea we drank earlier, or there's strawberry/orange in the pantry."
"Strawberry/orange?" Merry said, "That's an odd flavor."
"Sam was experimenting with different plants to see if he could make any new kinds of tea." Pippin explained.
"Yeah, Rosie gave me some lavender tea the other day. It was really good!" Estella put in.
"Oh, he gave me some too. Vanilla/fig, I think." Merry said.
"Was it any good?" Diamond asked.
"It was... interesting." He said, looking a little embarrassed. "I kinda forgot about it and I lost it somewhere in my house."
"How can you loose tea?" Said Estella, looking at him funny.
"Err..."
"If you'd keep you house neat and put it in a pantry, you wouldn't loose things!" She said exasperatedly. Merry blushed a little.
"Now you two sound like you're getting married, not us!" Diamond laughed. Estella and Merry looked at each other and blushed(Merry, right up to his ears). "Come on! We need to get dinner ready so you can leave before it gets too late!" they set about to their appointed tasks and soon were waiting in the dinning room, chatting away. Diamond stood up.
"I'm gonna go check on the pie."
"Yeah, I've got to go use the restroom. Be right back." Merry said. 'This would be a good time to talk to Diamond about Estella' he thought as he walked to the kitchen, instead of the bathroom. "Diamond?"
"Is there something you wanted, Merry?"
He blushed a bit. "Actually, I wanted to ask you about Essie. I mean, you two are good friends and I thought that maybe you would know-"
She shushed him. "You want to know if Estella likes you, right?" she said with a smile. Merry's blush deepened. "I was wondering when you would ask me about her."
"Well..." Merry said, looking down. He lifted his head and looked at her questioningly. "Does she like me?"
Diamond sighed. "That's not exactly for me to tell you, Merry."
"But! But you said-"
"Yeah, I know." She paused for a moment, then a smile crept onto her face. "Actually, I do know... and I could tell you..."
"Yes?" he said eagerly.
"Maybe she does and maybe she doesn't!" she giggled.
"Diamond! I want to know!"
"Fine, fine! Yes, she does like you. But don't go telling her I said that, mind you! She'd have a fit!"
"Okay!" Merry said, grinning happily. "I wont!'
"It looks like the food is ready." Diamond said, checking the oven. "Could you get some plates?"
"Sure! Anything! THANKYOU!!!" he said.
Diamond laughed. "Go on, lover boy! Sheesh, I've never seen him so happy!" she said, watching him half-skip out the door. "Don't break anything!"
Ok, ok! I'm gonna stop now. Yey, for sort-of cliffhangers! Except not really.
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Merry
So, Pip's getting married. Who woulda thought? Not me, that's for sure! But then again, after he met that Diamond of Long Cleeve girl... he's been completely smitten. Actually, I think it's funny. After all, I still think of him as a kid... and Diamond's only just had her coming of age at thirty-three! But they love each other and that's all that really matters. Besides, we're all still friends. And I do have Essie.
Ah, yes... Estella. We met because of Pippin and Diamond getting together, and have become great friends because of it. I happen to like her quite a bit. Well, more than just friends would, though I don't think she knows it. I may even go as far as to say that I love her. And I wish I could tell her, but I don't know the way she feels about ME. Oh well. I'll find out somehow... Maybe Diamond could tell me.
Oh! Sam's been elected mayor! A very good position for him, in my opinion... just as long as he doesn't think he can order us around! He and Rosie are doing very well. They have three kids so far... actually, with little Merry, they have four. Why they named him after me, I don't know... but I'll tell them now, it's their fault if he becomes a mischievous little rascal! After all, they don't expect me to just sit around and let a kid NAMED AFTER ME be just a normal well-behaved little boy! Seriously, they should know better. Next thing you know they'll name a kid of theirs Pippin. That would be funny... and fun. I only hope they don't have to many more kids... they'll be overrun! I mean, I like children, I really do! BUT... I wouldn't want to have ten kids running around everywhere. Besides, I terrorize the Shire enough as it is. No need to have little copies of me to REALLY scare people out of their wits! Well, a couple'd be nice. But any more than that and we wouldn't have enough fireworks! And after Gandalf left... but he taught Pip and me how to make them. So all's well. I'm not entirely sure why he did that... maybe a brick fell on his head or something... but I'm not complaining!
I must go help Pippin now. All these wedding preparations are driving him mad. I'm so very glad it isn't me getting married... Though maybe if it were Estella... I'll ask Diamond. See if she knows. Hope so.
Author Note I'm gonna stop using 1st person now. It's too hard for the later chapters. Now that we have the basic viewpoints of Merry and Estella, I won't be using that format anymore. Well, I might. But mostly I won't. I'll just have the people's thoughts. Ehh, enough of this! On with the story! ...Sorry about that! End of Author Note
Pippin opened the door.
"Merry!" he said. "Thanks for coming! I'm bloody sick of all this work!" He hung Merry's coat on a peg.
"You sounded just like Essie just then!" Merry remarked, laughing a little. Estella was known to use the word "Bloody" a lot.
"Yeah. She's in the living room with Diamond. They're working on the guest list."
"I hope I'm invited." Merry said with mock sadness.
"No... because of course I wouldn't invite my best friend to my own wedding!" Pippin said. "Yes, yes you're invited. Pretty much everyone is."
"Oh really... who isn't?"
"You know, I'm not sure. Ask Diamond. She IS doing the invitations over there!" They entered the living room. Inside, Diamond and Estella were sitting on a couch addressing the invitations. Letters and envalopes were spread all over the table in the middle of the room that they were working at.
"Can we be of any use?" Merry said, sitting at the couch next to Estella.
"Yeah," Estella said motioning with her hand to all the unsealed envelopes, "you can seal these."
"The stamp's over there, on the mantelpiece." Diamond pointed.
"Are you having fun there?" Pippin said."
"Not exactly," Diamond said, "This is rather boring. Could you manage to get us something to eat and drink? We would really appreciate it!"
"Sure. Want some cakes or something?"
"That'd be nice. Oh! And some of that tea, the Brown's gave us."
Merry snorted. "You're already ordering him around, Diamond!"
"Yes, well it's fun." She responded. "Pippin, do be a dear and hurry up about it! And try not to break anything!" They all laughed. Diamond WAS having fun ordering Pippin around. But they all knew she was just teasing him. After all, Diamond was not one to act the part of an old hobbit-wife. They talked as they worked, telling each other of recent happenings and goings on. Never were such good friends as these four. After a couple of hours Pippin yawned and glanced outside. It was starting to get dark.
"Hey Merry, Estella, It's almost night. Do you want to have dinner with us?" he said, looking at Diamond for approval.
"It's alright with me! We're having chicken-pot pie." Diamond said.
"Ooo! I love chicken-pot pie!" Estella exclaimed. "Can I help you make it?"
"Sure! Pippin, Merry, you can make some iced-tea. We have some more of the tea we drank earlier, or there's strawberry/orange in the pantry."
"Strawberry/orange?" Merry said, "That's an odd flavor."
"Sam was experimenting with different plants to see if he could make any new kinds of tea." Pippin explained.
"Yeah, Rosie gave me some lavender tea the other day. It was really good!" Estella put in.
"Oh, he gave me some too. Vanilla/fig, I think." Merry said.
"Was it any good?" Diamond asked.
"It was... interesting." He said, looking a little embarrassed. "I kinda forgot about it and I lost it somewhere in my house."
"How can you loose tea?" Said Estella, looking at him funny.
"Err..."
"If you'd keep you house neat and put it in a pantry, you wouldn't loose things!" She said exasperatedly. Merry blushed a little.
"Now you two sound like you're getting married, not us!" Diamond laughed. Estella and Merry looked at each other and blushed(Merry, right up to his ears). "Come on! We need to get dinner ready so you can leave before it gets too late!" they set about to their appointed tasks and soon were waiting in the dinning room, chatting away. Diamond stood up.
"I'm gonna go check on the pie."
"Yeah, I've got to go use the restroom. Be right back." Merry said. 'This would be a good time to talk to Diamond about Estella' he thought as he walked to the kitchen, instead of the bathroom. "Diamond?"
"Is there something you wanted, Merry?"
He blushed a bit. "Actually, I wanted to ask you about Essie. I mean, you two are good friends and I thought that maybe you would know-"
She shushed him. "You want to know if Estella likes you, right?" she said with a smile. Merry's blush deepened. "I was wondering when you would ask me about her."
"Well..." Merry said, looking down. He lifted his head and looked at her questioningly. "Does she like me?"
Diamond sighed. "That's not exactly for me to tell you, Merry."
"But! But you said-"
"Yeah, I know." She paused for a moment, then a smile crept onto her face. "Actually, I do know... and I could tell you..."
"Yes?" he said eagerly.
"Maybe she does and maybe she doesn't!" she giggled.
"Diamond! I want to know!"
"Fine, fine! Yes, she does like you. But don't go telling her I said that, mind you! She'd have a fit!"
"Okay!" Merry said, grinning happily. "I wont!'
"It looks like the food is ready." Diamond said, checking the oven. "Could you get some plates?"
"Sure! Anything! THANKYOU!!!" he said.
Diamond laughed. "Go on, lover boy! Sheesh, I've never seen him so happy!" she said, watching him half-skip out the door. "Don't break anything!"
Ok, ok! I'm gonna stop now. Yey, for sort-of cliffhangers! Except not really.
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