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Chapter 5
Lexi and her friends sat down near the middle of the table, across from Strider, Merry,
Pippin, Sam, and a dark-haired hobbit they've never seen before. They later found out his name was Frodo, the one who brought the Ring from the Shire.
"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" A voice behind Lexi asked. She look up into the face of the Prince, Legolas.
"No, it's not," She replied, and he sat down next to her, smiling in thanks.
Allie gently nudged her, grinning and winking, but Lexi gave her a look. Louis eyed the elf suspiciously. He hadn't taken to them too kindly after talking to Saelbeth..
Everyone took their seats and started to settle down as Elrond stood up at the front of the table, raising his goblet.
"Thank you all for coming," He said, not needing to raise his voice since everyone had fallen dead silent, eyes focused on him.
He must be really respected, Lexi thought.
"If you haven't heard, we have changed the date of the meeting to tomorrow, since urgent business has come up and we need to have it as soon as possible." He informed them, "So for now, enjoy this feast, and then tomorrow we will have the meeting."
He sat back down, Gandalf and a pretty woman with long dark hair on either side of him.
"Is that Elrond's daughter?" Lexi asked Strider. He looked at the woman, and a strange look came across his face, a happy yet concealed look.
"Yes, that is Arwen," He answered, his voice soft and light. Lexi tried not to smile; clearly this guy had a thing for the girl.
Servants had lifted away the tops to the many dishes on the table, and everyone started to fill their plates with the assorted foods. Louis, of course, being a guy, was eating everything in sight, while Allie picked only what other people around her were picking. Lexi, not wanting to miss out on anything, tried a little bit of everything.
"Mallorn juice!" Legolas said to Lexi, pouring some into his goblet, "In Mirkwood, we rarely are able to drink this. Rivendell is known for it. Try some!"
Lexi poured some for herself and sipped.
"Wow, it's really good," She said, surprised, "SO much better than V8 Splash."
He gave her a confused look.
"It's a drink we have in the U.S.," She explained.
Throughout the rest of the meal, the courtyard was filled with the sound of talking and forks gently hitting plates. Louis was listening to a dwarf ramble on about mines, while Lexi and Legolas were deep in conversation about Middle Earth. Allie was laughing while Merry and Pippin told her stories about the Shire and their trouble-making. As the sun started to go down and stars appeared in the deepening purple sky, the plates were cleared and dessert was served. Once that too was cleared off, Elrond stood up again.
"This is the end of our feast," He spoke, "Now that you are well-fed and presumably tired, I will let you go to your guest houses to get some rest. I will see you all tomorrow at the council."
Everyone stood up, saying goodbye to each other and leaving.
"I will see you tomorrow, then?" Legolas said to Lexi as they stood up.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow," She replied, and he left with his fellow Elves.
"Man, I'm tired," Allie yawned, "I cannot WAIT to get some sleep."
The three of them went up to their room with the hobbits, (Strider had disappeared) and said goodbye to them at the door. Inside their room they found three sets of night robes to sleep in, so they changed into those first. Lexi stood by the window, looking out into the night.
"You miss him already?" Allie teased from her bed.
"No!" She said, "I was just thinking."
"Those guy's had weird hair," Louis noted sleepily, "I mean, seriously, no male should grow their hair THAT long. It's way too girly."
"They're Elves, Louie," Lexi grinned, "Their hair is supposed to be long."
She climbed into her bed, which was a lot softer than it looked. Pulling the blankets up to her chin, she fell asleep almost instantly after saying goodnight.
