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

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

Middle Earth ... in the middle of the night

Legolas couldn't sleep a wink in that hallway knowing that Lori was in there in pain, without him. Going through surgery, without him. He just couldn't believe she was in there without him (to sum it up). His father was asleep next to him on the bench, Whit was asleep in Haldir's arms, and Haldir was also asleep.

He kept thinking about all those years that Lori had to go through as a lie, and with T. 'It must have been a living nightmare' thought Legolas.

Finally one of the healers came out and let Legolas go in. He found Lori on his bed, still unconscious. She had a bandage wrapped around her head and her arm. There were cuts and scrapes on her face that would heal in time and she had a big gash on her lower lip.

"She is going to recover with time. If she does wake, she will need lots of rest," said one of the healers.

"What do you mean 'if she wakes'?" asked Legolas.

"She has gone into a deep sleep," said the healer.

"From where I come from that is called a coma," said Whit as she yawned. Apparently Whit, Haldir and the king had wakened.

"I must be leaving," said the healer.

"Thank you," said Legolas.

The healer left and everyone came into the room to see Lori. They had stayed for a while then they left to go to bed.

"Legolas," said his father, "She'll wake."

"How can you be certain?" asked Legolas as he stared at Lori's face.

"Just a feeling," said the king as he left the room.

The night went on and morning came. Legolas had fallen asleep on his chair by Lori's bed, or rather, Legolas's bed. He was holding her hand.

Lori woke up to see Legolas by her side holding her hand. She was in pain all over. She looked around and saw that she was in Legolas's room. 'How did I get here?' she thought.

Legolas woke up to see that she was awake.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"I'm pretty sure this is worse than a hangover," said Lori.

"That is something else you are going to have to explain to me later. I'm so happy you are awake," said Legolas as he kissed her head.

"What did they say I wasn't or something like that?" asked Lori.

"Whit said you were in a coma or something like that," said Legolas.

"You're kidding me," said Lori. "What time is it?"

"Probably about and hour after sunrise," said Legolas

"All right Leggy, get me out of this bed," said Lori trying to get up.

"Are you sure that is wise? And why did you call me Leggy?" asked Legolas.

"Well I'm hungry and want some breakfast and I decided that Leggy was going to be your nickname," said Lori sitting on the side of the bed.

"Whatever you say," he said as he picked Lori up and lead her to the breakfast hall.

Lori had to lean on Legolas so she wouldn't fall. It was pretty far to the breakfast hall and they past many pictures of Legolas, his brothers, his father, and all of his grandfathers.

"Wow, you have your whole family tree right on one very, very long wall," said Lori.

"Yes. I remember one time in school we did have to do a report on our family history and my father took me to this wall and described in full detail each one of my grandfathers," said Legolas.

"Must have been a long day," assumed Lori.

"Well yes, when you have to write down every word your father says," said Legolas as they entered the breakfast hall.

There seemed to be a shock on everyone's face when they saw Lori.

"You're supposed to be in bed," said Whit as she came up to Lori.

"You of all people know that I hate staying in bed when I'm injured," reminded Lori.

"I know, but still."

"I know I'm going to regret asking this, but is there a story behind this?" asked Haldir.

"Yeah," said Lori as she sat down.

"Do tell," said the king.

"Well, it started when we saw a fugitive on the lose. Whit and I felt a need to hold up or end of the civic duty thing, and we were bored out of our minds at the time, but that is beside the point. So, we started chasing him. Of coarse he ran we finally caught up with him and Whit just wanted to shoot his brains out, but then we decided that tackling him would be funner." Lori told them, but was interrupted by Aragorn, who said,

"Is that even a word?"

"What?" asked Whit.

"Funner?" said Aragorn.

"Yeah" said Lori and Whit together.

Aragorn shook his head along with a few other people.

"Anyway, so we ran after him and I ended up tackling him because Whit saw a car come and..."

"What is a car?" asked Aragorn.

"You know, it is a lot easier when you nod and pretend like you understand," said Lori. "Now, may I finish the story I started without anymore interruptions?"

"Go ahead," said Aragorn.

"Thank you," said Lori as she resumed her story, "so Whit stopped because she saw a car, but I didn't. I tackled the guy then the car hit the both of us. Him more than me."

"Interesting story," said Aragorn.

"Thank you."

Breakfast resumed and there were still more foods that Lori and Whit didn't know.

"Legolas, I have a question," said Lori.

"Go ahead," he said.

"What the heck is this?" she asked holding up a piece of bread that had something inside of it.

"That is louasic," said Legolas.

"Lou- what?"

"Elfish mini- pie sort of thing," explained Legolas.

"So it's a Hot-Pocket?" asked Lori.

"Sure," said Legolas nodding and pretending like he understood.

"Hey Whit," said Lori. Whit was only across from her, so she wasn't being rude (or at least she tried not to be).

"Yeah."

"I found the mini Hot-Pockets, except they're elfish!" said Lori looking thrilled.

"You are so funny when you are injured," said the king.

Lori looked at him and said,

"You're in a good mood today."

"I did some thinking and I would like to apologize for any inconvenience I might have caused. Forgive me?" asked the king.

Lori was a bit surprised by this, but then she said,

"Sure, why not?"

A/N Hey what is up to all the peps reading this story? You know how much I love reviews, so please review... NOW!! I have got to tell you that it has been a gas writing this story. I hate to tell you this, but I tell you everything so how would this be any different? Well, I'm starting a new camp tomorrow. I will keep writing this, but I don't think I will update as much as I want. I know (tear) but I must go on! (Sorry folks... dramatic moment there. Won't happen again... at least today... evil laugh )