A/N: SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY! I really never mean for this to happen, but it always does doesn't it. This not updating for a while. But, if you really want to see some of the reasons why or find out when I actually work on these things, I have a livejournal and a xanga. The livejournal name is larirenshadow and the xanga has in link in my profile. Leave a comment if you friend me.
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Dedication: To lady scribe of avandell, I would just like to thank you for the reviews and comments and that here is a reason why Elphir is so grumpy.
Once Éowyn had left, Éomer was really left with his thoughts. He tried not to think about what Éowyn had said, or about Lothíriel at all. Try as he did, however, she kept coming back into his thoughts. She was a complete mystery to him, how she acted and how she perceived other people. She could talk with a complete stranger and ask them to meet her somewhere, but when she knew the person, all she seemed to do was want to pick a fight. And yet, he thought. He could not help but want to be around her.
Éomer some how found his way back to the room that he was staying in. He sat on the couch and just thought about everything. It was not until he heard a knock at his door that he realized that time had still gone on while he thought. His room had become very dark, only the golden light from the sunset lit a small part. He cursed his absent-mindedness.
When he opened the door and saw a servant looking like he would rather not be facing the King of Rohan. "The Prince would like me to inform you that he would like you to join him and his family for dinner."
Éomer nodded. "I will be down in a bit. Could you light some of the candles in here please?" Éomer asked.
The servant jumped and rushed forward to light some of them. "Thank you." Éomer muttered.
"My Lord." Was all the servant said as he was backing away.
Éomer quickly changed his clothes. After which he went down to the hall that he had been in before and knew that would be used now. He walked into to see Elarinya giving Alphros to his nurse. Alphros was saying how he wanted to spend some more time with "Éown and Fermir" as he called them. Imrahil was the first to notice that Éomer had come in.
"Ah, Éomer, good. We can start now." Everyone gathered around the long table. To the right of the head, where Imrahil sat, were Elphir, Elarinya, Lothíriel and Erchirion. On the other sat Faramir, Éowyn, Éomer, and Amrothos. Lothíriel smiled at Éomer, and was glad that she was sitting directly across from him.
The meal was served and a sense of unease settled over the table. Elphir would look skeptically at Éomer. Lothíriel noticed and decided to keep her head down. Éomer noticed and wondered if he had done something else to anger her. Imrahil watched the table, and marked everything that seemed to be happening between the three of them. Erchirion and Amrothos also took notice and wondered what had happened that day.
The conversation even seemed awkward. There were more comments about how the food was than actual conversations. Amrothos and Erchirion were having none of this and decided to bring up something else.
"Lothíriel, it seemed that today you ran off again." Erchirion said. Lothíriel tried to hide her face more that she was already doing.
Amrothos followed Erchirion's lead. 'Yes, you did. Where ever did you go?"
Keeping her head down, Lothíriel answered. "I went on a picnic with Faramir and Éowyn."
"Come now, was it just them. Why, Lord Éomer was also gone most of the day. Did you not go too?" Erchirion asked Éomer. Éomer nodded, talking in the scowl from Elphir.
"Did you all have a good time then?" Amrothos asked, looking down his side of the table.
"Yes we did. Though I do not think I will ever want to ride anywhere in wet clothes again." Éowyn replied, taking a sip of her drink afterward.
"Why were you riding in wet clothes?" Imrahil asked.
"Oh, we fell in the stream." Éowyn said calmly.
"I do not know if this is appropriate to discuss." Elphir said.
"Elphir, you used to be so light hearted. Could you be that way once more?" Amrothos asked.
"Not with the likes of you around." Elphir replied.
"For once, be your old self again, what made you change?" Erchirion asked.
"This is not the place to discuss this." Elphir said, his anger rising.
"Well, I do think it is. You used to sneak off with us and now you criticize us for doing what you did as well." Erchirion said.
"I have responsibilities, what changed was realizing what they were and that they are important to me." Elphir stood. "Father, I am sorry for this but I believe I am going to retire." With that, he stormed out of the room.
Elarinya, after Elphir left, stood as well. "I believe I should follow him. My apologies for leaving as well." She turned and hurried out of the room as well.
"That was something I did not expect." Amrothos said.
Imrahil looked at his younger sons. "You know better than to do that. This was truly not the place to talk to your brother like that. It would do you well to think about your own responsibilities."
"Yes, but we were just asking about where they left to today and Elphir was the one who started the argument." Erchirion pointed out.
"Because he yelled at me today for not telling anyone where I was going again. And for other things." Lothíriel spoke up, keeping the rest of what they talked about to herself.
"You did not tell anyone that you were leaving?" Faramir asked.
"I thought that, since I was going with you two, that you would have said something to someone." Lothíriel admitted. "Or, I forgot all together."
"Well, that is understandable, since you have a habit of going off without telling anyone, but he would not yell at you about that, at least not as much as your posture would say." Imrahil said. "I should have a talk with you about this as well." He added.
Lothíriel nodded. "There was nothing else that we talked about."
"What was that?" Imrahil asked.
Lothíriel turned her head to her father, trying to keep it from Éomer. "I would rather not discuss it here."
"That seems to be the general consensus about everything said tonight." Amrothos said dryly.
"Yes, but maybe they do not want to say the answers in front of guests." Éomer said.
"That is probably the reason." Erchirion said.
"So, if we should move on from talking about the events of today, may I ask do our guests have anything planned for tomorrow?" Amrothos asked.
"Éowyn wants to see the sea, closer, so I was going to take her to the beach." Faramir said.
"That sounds lovely." Lothíriel said.
"Why do you and your brothers come too, and Éomer as well." Éowyn said.
"I do not see a reason why not." Erchirion said.
It was agreed that all of them, Amrothos, Erchirion, Lothíriel, Faramir, Éowyn and Éomer would all go together to the seashore.
A/N (again): I honestly will try to work on this more often, and after the first two weeks of May I will have two classes where I will be doing nothing. Please review!
Responses:
Wondereye: I think Imrahil will get there with being suppcious. And Elphir is really good at it. Thanks for the review!
Queen Arwen: It really does make it funny. I am sure that that is what the dream meant. The snow is probably all gone by now isn't it? Thanks for the review!
lady scribe of avandell: Elphir is always sort of this grumpy older brother. Maybe its just that he is older or something. Éomer is a little hopeless, but he will do something soon. Thanks for the review!
Blue Eyes At Night: Yes, that is really what they were doing (wink). Thanks for the review!
fundun: Let us all hope that. Thanks for the review!
