SPASTICNESS!!! I don't know if that's a word... but I don't really care, either. Sooo... updating.... I've been needing to do that. You know, I just realized that I keep putting things into this story that have already happened to me... well, sort of. Diamond's frustration with Merry and Estella is something I can relate too. A couple of my friends are like that, and it really annoys me. (I hope they don't kill me for putting that here, both of them read my stories. ) HERE WE GOOOOOOOO!!!!!

As they ate their elevensies, Diamond glanced at her Merry and Estella. She couldn't understand why they weren't doing anything. They liked each other, they both KNEW they liked each other, and yet they hadn't done anything about it. WHY?!?!

All of a sudden, she remembered an event that had happened about a year and a half ago when they were all at the Green Dragon. They had been chatting about this and that when Pippin randomly turned to Estella.

"So, do you fancy anyone, Essie?" She had looked at him in surprise.

"What?"

"Oh, you know what I mean. Do you like anyone... well, as more than just... a person?"

"Umm... not really," Estella said, blushing slightly. She went back to drinking her ale. Diamond remembered looking at Pippin curiously. Right after Estella had made her reply, he had glanced at Merry, then looked towards her and back again. Merry had just nodded. At the time, Diamond had just thought it was those two being silly again, but now she realized what had really happened.

"Hullooooo! Anyone home?" Pippin called, waving his hand in front of her face.

"What?"

"I said, do you want to help me clear the table?"

"Wha- oh, sure." Diamond caught the look in his eyes and that swift glance at Estella and Merry. They collected everyone's dishes and walked into the kitchen.

"We need to do something about those two," Pippin said, glaring frustratingly back at the dinning room.

"Yes, I know. It's driving me mad! You should get Merry to ask her."

"Riiiiiight. Have you ever tried to get Merry to do anything? He'd probably just shrug me off and not do it anyway."

"Come on, Pip! Nothing will happen if we don't do anything."

"Nothing will happen if they don't do anything, you mean. We can't MAKE them court each other." Diamond rolled her eyes at him. "Hey, if they don't want to, they don't have to!"

"But they DO want to! I'm sure of it."

"I don't know, Diamond. I'd have thought they'd have done something by now if they were going to do anything."

"Hah!" she spat at him. "You don't know anything, do you? Typical boy..."

"What?! I do too!"

"Apparently not. They like each other, they're just too shy to do anything about it!"

"Okay, then. YOU make Merry ask her out! YOU get them courting! You're the matchmaker!"

"Well, if you won't, then I guess I'll have too!"

"Fine!"

"Yes, FINE!" She turned to go.

"Wait," Pippin called out to her, "Diamond, I'm sorry."

She sighed. "It's okay, I do tend to get into matchmaker mode sometimes." She smiled. "But I can't help it, it's fun!"

"Suuuuure. Anyway... let's get back out there."

"I was just about to do that."

When Diamond and Pippin left, Estella didn't know what to do. She was sitting there, alone, with Merry, and she didn't know what to say to him. But there was so much she COULD say to him. WHY did she have to be so bloody shy around him? She never was before. This stupid crush was getting in the way of their friendship!

"Essie?" Merry said to her. She looked up. "Do you want to- would you like to go back to that little... clearing place? You know, the garden where we met Wandlimb?"

"Uhh..." she said, taken slightly by surprise. "Sure, I guess." 'Was he... did he really just... ask me out?' she thought to herself.

"Well, I mean... if you don't have anything else to do today-"

"Nooo... Well, actually," she smiled at him, "we might have to stop at my house for a bit."

"Okay..." He looked at her, confused.

"Well, depending on how long we're going to spend out there, we might want to pack something for a picnic luncheon."

A/N Okay, I realize I keep making them eat a lot... but they're hobbits! They LIKE food! They have six meals a day, for crying out loud! Six! Breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, supper, and dinner. And then, of course, there's afternoon tea... but that's just afternoon tea. Yeah... Just so ye know.

"I suppose we better be off, then!"

"But what about Pippin and Diamond?"

"Eh, they'll probably need to go over all the wedding stuff. You know..."

"Are we even going to say goodbye to them?"

"I won't really matter. Besides, the meal's over." Merry grinned. "They'll expect us to leave anyway." Ooo... how she loved that crooked grin of his! Estella smiled back at him. She was glad they weren't being shy around each other any more... or at least, for the moment. Merry stood up. "Coming?"

"Yeah, half a sec'." She grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder.

Diamond and Pippin walked back into the dining room. "What? Where are they?" Diamond exclaimed.

"I guess they left."

"Hmmm.... Well, I bet I know where they're off to."

"What? Where? HOW?"

"Oh, it isn't really any of your business. And I know because... well, I can guess."

"And it's yours?"

"Well, no, not really."

"Where did they go?"

"I'm not going to tell you."

"Why not?"

"Because if I do, you'll follow them."

"I will not!" Pippin looked indignant.

"Pip, I know you. You're curious. You would follow them and see what they're up to."

"Oh, and you AREN'T curious?"

"Yes, but I know when to act on it. You don't. You're too impulsive... and you're a boy."

"There you go again, I'm a boy. What's that supposed to mean?"

"Boys just don't understand."

"About what?"

"Oh, I don't know... EVERYTHING! They don't know when not to do things. They don't understand about that way girls think-"

"And you think you know how guys think?"

"No, not really. But I do know that it would be really nice if we just finished up some of the wedding plans before the actual wedding."

"But Diamond, I want to know!"

"Too bad. Come help me. Let's just leave Merry and Essie alone."

"But where are they?!?!?!" Pippin trudged off after her.

Yeah, that was fun. And another chapter is completed!!! Woot. Now review!

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