Disclaimer: Lori is mine; Legolas and Haldir are Tolkiens, savvy?

This is my first story. Please tell me if you like

Middle Earth 1236

Well, the next day came and almost went. We have to see the dance, don't we? Well that's where we pick up. Lori and Whit are getting ready for the big dance, ball thing.

"I feel like I'm going to prom," said Whit.

"I thought you didn't want to go to prom?" asked Lori.

"Not that old military prom where all the guys are annoying."

"I didn't think that I would go to prom at all," said Lori.

"I understand, but now that we have dates we are going to be dancing all night long!" said Whit.

"Yeah, to classical elfish music," reminded Lori.

"Actually..." said Whit as she pulled something out of her bag that she had brought with her. It was a radio with a CD player. She pulled out her CD to go along with it.

"You didn't!" said Lori.

"We're going to make this the best ball- thing ever!" cried Whit.

"What CD's did you bring?" Lori asked.

"Lots of Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Dance Party 2000, Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, some burned CD's, Garth Brooks, Top Gun sound track, Coldplay, and Beach Boys," said Whit.

Lori laughed. She knew this was going to be great.

"Are we sure we should do that? I mean, what if they look at us even weirder."

"It'll be fine," said Whit assuring. Lori wasn't convinced.

"I'll tell you what, if the party is that dull then we'll bring it out," suggested Lori.

"Okay," Whit said with disappointment.

"Hey whit, come do my hair," said Lori.

Time flew by. The girls were ready for the ball. Lori and Whit's dresses had been delivered to the room. Lori's dress was dark blue with gold trim. The sleeves flared at the end. It flowed at the end. Whit's dress was similar to Lori's except hers was a lavender color with silver trim. Whit had her hair in two braids and then the braid connected. Lori's hair was a bit different; her hair was just straight and then she had two pieces from the front clipped in the back.

Some one knocked on the door to tell them that the party was starting. They went out into the hall and started walking to the ballroom. On the way there they had saw Haldir and Legolas. They stopped to look at the guys. The guys were just staring at them.

"They clean up pretty good, don't they," whispered Whit to relive some of the tension.

They started walking toward the guys. When they got to them they just stopped and looked at each other.

"You look beautiful," said Legolas to Lori.

"You don't look to bad yourself," said Lori.

Whit and Haldir just looked at each other until Whit broke the ice and said,

"What did I say about staring?"

"I'm sorry, but y-you look wonderful."

The Elves offered their arms and the girls took them. They led them into the ballroom. Everyone was there. Lori saw Arwen and Aragorn talking, Elrond and Thanaduil talking, the Lord and Lady watching everyone (probably getting into people's head). Whit and Haldir went over to the Lord and Lady. Haldir had to introduce Whit to them.

"What would you like to do first?" Legolas asked Lori.

"What can we do?" asked Lori.

"We can sit and talk, dance, or I can introduce you to people."

"No more introductions," said Lori.

"How are you going to meet my friends then?" asked Legolas.

"I'll mime it," said Lori.

"Then do you want to dance?"

"I have to warn you, I'm not that great of a dancer," warned Lori.

"That is fine," said Legolas as he led Lori out onto the dance floor.

Lori was in heaven. She felt like she was floating on air. And to her surprise she didn't step on his foot or anything. She looked around at the other elves and Aragorn. 'He's the only human here' thought Lori. She looked over at the corner and there were a bunch of girly- elves giving Lori an evil look.

"Legolas, why are those girls giving me evil looks?" asked Lori.

Legolas looked at them and said,

"Don't worry about it. Those girls have been head over heels with me ever since I can remember."

"That must be hard to deal with," Lori said sarcastically.

"It is when every time they see you have to run or else they tackle you," said Legolas.

"Have they ever tackled you before?" asked Lori really interested in this matter.

"Once," said Legolas. "And no, I won't tell you."

"Butt- munch," said Lori disappointed.

They kept dancing and the girls kept giving them evil looks.

"So why aren't they attacking us now?" asked Lori.

"The guards are keeping a close eye on them," said Legolas.

"If I wander off, will they kill me?"

"Most likely," said Legolas.

Lori kept looking around and she saw Whit and Haldir dancing. Whit and Lori saw each other and Whit gave her a huge grin, same with Lori. They were both happier than they could ever imagine. The two girls weren't the hopeless romantics, but they knew what they liked, and they sure liked this.

An elf came over by this bell and rang it. It startled just about everyone in the room.

"Manith le ohne," he said.

"What does that mean?" asked Lori.

"Dinner is served," translated Legolas.

They all sat down at a table. Legolas was sitting next to his father and Lori was sitting next to Legolas, on the other side of him. On the other side of the king were the Lord and Lady, Haldir and then Whit. 'How am I going to get through this dinner without Whit?' thought Lori. Legolas saw how nervous Lori was, even though she was real good at hiding it, he could since it. He took her hand to calm her down. The king was speaking, but she tuned him out until she heard that the food was being served.

Food went by that she had never seen before. Finally she saw fruit. She took a lot of fruit. Whit was fine. If she was nervous, it all disappeared when the food came out. 'I wish they had pizza' thought Whit.

'What is this pizza you speak of?' asked a voice inside her head. When Whit heard this her eyes went wide and she slowly turned her head towards Lady Galadriel.

"What do you mean 'what is pizza'?" asked Whit. "I thought it was international."

Celeborn, Haldir, and Galadriel looked at Whit like she was crazy.

"What are you talking about, Whit?" asked Haldir.

"The Lady over there did her voodoo mind reading thing," said Whit. "She asked me what pizza was! I thought they had it here."

"No they don't, I thought you knew that," said Haldir.

"No Pizza! It's a catastrophe," said Whit in shock, a silent shock.

"I thought you knew that," said Haldir trying to calm her down.

"Haldir, remember when we fell from where I come from?" asked Whit.

"Yes," said Haldir.

"Do you really think I'll remember everything from falling on my head?"

"True, now lets eat. They have oranges," bribed Haldir.

"Oh, where?"

Lori was having fun with all of the fruit, since she didn't know what the meat was; she was going to be a vegetarian for the night.

Everyone was done eating when the music starting playing and people were starting to dance again. Lori and Legolas just sat where they were talking to each other. Later Aragorn and Arwen came over to talk to them. Legolas introduced her to everyone and vise- versa.

"I've never seen you around here before. Where do you come from?" asked Arwen.

"Texas," said Lori.

Arwen and Aragorn had on confused looks.

"Far away," said Lori.

It cleared it up a little bit. They resumed talking about different things. Things were getting duller as the nigh went on. Whit and Haldir had joined in the group.

"Whit, do you think we should go get it?" asked Lori.

"Finally!" said Whit.

The two girls had ran back to Whit's room, gotten the CD player and ran back to the ballroom.

"Wait, don't we have to have a plug?" asked Lori as they were running through the hallway.

"No. I put batteries in before we left," said Whit.

They entered the ballroom and set the radio down where no one could see it. They put in a Coldplay CD and put it on pause.

"Where did you two go?" asked Haldir.

"We went to liven up the party," said Whit.

"What?" asked Legolas.

Lori pressed play with the remote and it went:

'One, two, three hit it'

Everyone looked at each other. They didn't exactly like the music at first.

"You didn't!" said Legolas.

"If we're staying here then they better know what they are going up against," said Lori. "Come on Legolas!"

Lori took Legolas out on the dance floor and they started dancing to the music. The song was called 'I Ran Away.' It wasn't long before other elves got into it. Whit and Haldir were the second on the dance floor. Legolas was laughing at the way Lori was dancing. Lori didn't care; she was finally care free, just dancing to the music. Legolas looked at his father. He wasn't a happy camper. Legolas gave him a look that said 'I don't care.' The song was over and Whit had gone to put another CD in. It was the 'Top Gun' sound track. She put the song 'Great Balls of Fire' on.

'You shack my nerves and you rattle my brain,
Too bad your love drives a man insane,
You broke my will, oh what a thrill,
Goodness gracious great balls of fire!'

The song went on and they kept dancing. Lori was laughing when they saw Arwen and Aragorn dancing. It was half way through the song when Legolas lead Lori out to the balcony.

"Lori, you are hysterical," said Legolas.

"Isn't it great?" said Lori. The song had stopped and Whit put it on 'Take My Breath Away.'

"Ever since I met you that day we dropped into your world, I've been crazy over you," admitted Legolas.

"Wow, I thought I was just hallucinating when I saw pointed eared people. It seems I am one!" said Lori.

"Lori... I ... love you," said Legolas.

A/N HA HA HA! CLIFF HANGER!!!! (lots of evil laughs coming from me)! Don't you just hate me? Don't worry... I'll update in a few days! AW, who am I kidding? I couldn't do that to you guys! Much less myself. Slowness... you're an awesome kid! I love you! Insanity-is-my-friend... Where are you? You're supposed to give me ideas? And do not tell me you are out on that boat! Anyway thanks for the reviews!