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Chapter 13: A Sister's Wedding
Lilly pulled her lips away from Eomer's and looked up at him. He smiled at her and ran his fingers lightly down her left cheek. Chills racked her body and she shook gently in his arms. Eomer's grip tightened slightly on her small frame. Lilly felt as if she was drowning in him, but it was a good feeling. "Eomer," Lilly whispered and he smiled at her. "We should go to bed. We both have to be up at dawn for Eowyn and Faramir's wedding." Eomer gave her a smile and ran his hand once again down her cheek. Lilly sighed, closed her eyes, and blushed deeply. "I meant you should retire to your room and me to mine." She opened her eyes and looked at him. He merely nodded and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"Then I shall see you in the morn, little one," he said quietly. Lilly looked at him and nodded with a smile on her face. He kissed her again and made no move to pull himself from her. "I love you, Lillyana, and no one will make me feel any different." Lilly smiled up at him and closed her eyes. She pulled him close to her and embraced him tightly.
"I love you too Eomer." Lilly pulled away and looked up at him. Tears came to her eyes once again and she swallowed hard. "I never thought I could feel like this. I never thought I would fall in love, especially not in a place like this. I mean up until about eight months ago, I thought this place was just in a story." She paused when he wiped away a fallen tear. "I've never felt like this before and it excites and scares me at the same time." He smiled and kissed her lightly.
"I will come for you in the morning." Lilly nodded and he kissed her on the forehead and led her into her bed room. He walked over to her door and turned the handle. He looked back at her and smiled. She smiled back and watched as he exited the room.
Lilly smiled and squealed quietly. She flopped back on her bed with her arms spread wide and her hair fanned across the blankets. Lilly never felt happier in her entire life. He loved her. Eomer loved HER. She sighed and quickly stood. The sleep she had missed over the last few days finally caught up with her and she suddenly felt very tired. She washed and dressed for bed all the while with a huge smile on her face and she finally had a night's sleep without the nightmares of her past or of her dark future without Eomer. That night her dreams were filled with happy visions of her and Eomer together.
When Eomer closed the door he heard her squeal in the bedroom. He laughed quietly and shook his head. He began to make his way over to his room when a voice stopped him. "Eomer!" Eowyn called. He stopped and looked at his sister who looked angry with him. "What were you doing in Lilly's room?" she asked as she made her way to him. Eomer furrowed his brow when she stopped in front of him. "Where is your Lothiriel?" Eomer sighed.
"Lothliriel is a friend, Eowyn, and nothing more," he said. Eowyn crossed her arms over her chest and looked up at her brother. "I have confessed my feelings to Lillyana, Eowyn. She knows how I feel and I know she feels the same for me" Eowyn's arms lowered and a smile made its way across her face. She threw her arms around her brother and laughed heartily. Eomer laughed and hugged his sister back. They had not done that since they were children.
"Eomer that is wonderful! I was so worried about her the night of Aragorn's wedding." She paused and pulled away from her brother. "She was so broken. She said she had lost you." Eomer smiled and shook his head.
"She shall never lose me, and I refuse to loose her." Eowyn smiled up at her brother and nodded.
"Good." She paused and her smile grew when a thought crossed her path. "I knew you loved her since her birthday, when she showed me mother's hair comb." Eomer furrowed his brow. "Lilly was shocked by the gift and showed it to me shortly after you had given it to her. I nearly told her what the gift meant, but I didn't. I knew you had to speak those words to her and not have your sister tell her for you." Eomer smiled and nodded.
"Aye, at that time I did not know how to say it, but now, while I am here, I want to stand on the highest point in Minas Tirith and yell out how much I love her." Eowyn laughed and shook her head.
"All in good time Eomer." Eomer chuckled and nodded. "I shall let you retire, then. There is much to be done in the morn." Eomer smiled and Eowyn turned quickly and made her way down the hall with a new air in her step because her brother had found the love she knew he deserved in a young woman who deserved him just as much as he did her.
"Eowyn, you must stop fidgeting!" Lilly said as she pinned pieces of Eowyn's hair with various pins. Eowyn sighed.
"I am sorry Lilly, but I am so nervous," Eowyn said as she looked at her friend in the mirror. Lilly smiled back at Eowyn's reflection.
"Everything shall go smoothly." Eowyn sighed once more and Lilly laughed and shook her head. "I am nearly finished and you will look amazing. Faramir shall not know what hit him." Eowyn laughed and furrowed her forehead at Lilly. Lilly laughed and shook her head. "It's an expression that means he'll be very surprised at your beauty." Eowyn blushed and sighed.
"I hope so." Lilly smiled as she tucked the last pin into her hair and put her hands on Eowyn's shoulders.
"He will be." Eowyn smiled at Lilly and looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was pinned in various places and flowed freely and seemed to glow. Her cream gown fit her perfectly and Eowyn felt beautiful in it. Lilly looked her over and took a sharp breath. "Wait, I have one more thing for you." Lilly turned quickly and went over to the table with a vase of white and blue flowers. Lilly pulled one white and one blue rose from the vase. She went over and took a small dagger from a drawer and cut all but two inches of each stem. Lilly smiled and walked over to Eowyn. She laced the two flowers in the back of her hair and smiled. "Perfect." Eowyn stood and smiled at Lilly before she embraced her.
"Thank you Lilly." Lilly smiled and hugged her back. There was a knock on the door and Lilly pulled away from Eowyn.
"That is probably your brother." Eowyn nodded but stopped Lilly before she could go to the door.
"Wait. Let me look at you first." Lilly stood there and let Eowyn look her over. The deep violet velvet dress fit her perfectly and Eowyn smiled brightly at her loose hair that flowed freely over her body without restraints, just like a woman of Rohan, the only difference being the color. "You look beautiful." Lilly raised an eyebrow. "Go on, answer the door before Eomer panics and thinks I ran away." Lilly laughed and shook her head before she made her way to the door.
Eomer stood outside the door and waited patiently. He smiled when he heard Lilly's laugh. Her laugh was like music to him and he couldn't wait to see her. The door slowly opened and Eomer's eyes moved from the floor and up to Lilly's fair face. She smiled at him and Eomer drank in her appearance. The violet dress she wore fit her in all the right places and hugged her small frame as well as flowed freely. Eomer swallowed hard and smiled at her. She bowed her head. "Good morning, your majesty. Lady Eowyn is ready and waiting," Lilly said with a smile. Eomer chuckled quietly as Lilly opened the door further so he could see his sister. Eowyn looked beautiful in the cream dress and her hair was unlike anything he had seen before. It was similar to the way Queen Arwen wore her hair but it seemed more . . . . he couldn't find the right word to describe it but it fit his sister perfectly.
Eowyn smiled at her brother. "Do you approve brother?" Eowyn asked. Eomer nodded his head as he stepped into the room.
"You look beautiful Eowyn," he said as he took her hands. Eowyn smiled up at him and nodded her thanks. Lilly smiled and cleared her throat. Eomer and Eowyn looked at her.
"I need to go and take my place before the ceremony begins. I shall see you all very soon," she said with a smile. They nodded their heads and Lilly left the room and quickly made her way down the corridors to the hall. Eomer looked back at his sister who was looking up at him with a large smile on her face. Eomer raised an eyebrow and smiled at her.
"What is it?" he asked.
"When shall it be your turn?" she asked with the most serious look he had ever seen her carry. Eomer just looked at her a little lost for words but he took a deep breath and smiled.
"Soon, someday soon. However, today is your day my sister and we should be on our way." Eowyn smiled and nodded at her brother before she laced her arm with his. Eomer led his sister down the corridors and towards the rest of her life with Faramir.
The ceremony went smoothly and by early afternoon, Eowyn and Faramir were husband and wife. The celebration for the couple was not as large as the one for the King and Queen but it lasted from the early afternoon and into the early evening. Lilly sat at the head table as the evening drew to a close. She had danced with Aragorn, Gimli, but she danced mostly with Eomer and she was taking a rest when she felt more than heard someone take a seat next to her. Lilly looked to her left and smiled at Legolas. Legolas returned her smile and bowed his head. "Good evening Lady Lillyana. I am glad to see that you have left your room and have returned to your once happy self," he said quietly. Lilly nodded.
"Please call me Lilly, Prince Legolas. I prefer that," she said with a smile. Legolas nodded.
"Then I ask the same favor of you, to address me as Legolas." Lilly nodded.
"Thank you for talking to Eomer. I don' t think I would be here right now if he had not come to me yesterday. I probably would still be locked away in my room." Legolas nodded.
"It is more than likely." Lilly laughed but it soon stopped when she saw Eomer standing and talking with Lothiriel. Legolas followed her eyes and shook his head. "He wants to introduce her to you. He shall be over to you in mere moments if you just wait." Lilly looked at him and furrowed her brow but he just smiled at her, and sure enough she heard someone stand in front of the table and she turned to face them. She looked up at Eomer and then at Lothiriel who smiled kindly at Lilly. Lilly stood and walked around the table only to have Eomer taker her hand quickly and pull her close to him. She took a sharp breath but looked up at him.
"Lillyana, this is my friend, Princess Lothiriel. Princess Lothiriel this is my love, Lillyana," Eomer said. At the end of his sentence he said Lilly's name with so much love she couldn't help the smile that spread across her face. She looked at Lothiriel and smiled.
"It is an honor to meet you," Lilly said with a smile. Lothiriel bowed her head and smiled brightly at her.
"Likewise, Lillyana. King Eomer has told me a great deal of you, and he has indeed done you justice in his description of you," she said with a smile. Lilly blushed and was about to speak with there was a commotion and someone burst into the hall. Lilly grasped Eomer tightly and he looked down at her.
"What's going on Eomer?" she asked quietly and quickly. Eomer shook his head.
"I know not," he said, but then a yell was heard. Lilly held Eomer tighter as he looked into the crowd.
"Eomer," she whispered fear taking hold of her heart. Eomer looked down at her and she looked up at him. Suddenly, people began running around them and she heard Aragorn calling out orders. "Something's wrong," she said as people yelled and ran around them. She saw Legolas jump quickly and ran about the hall. Lilly looked back up at Eomer only to have him pull her from the hall. He found a storage room and threw her inside.
"Lillyana, stay here until I come for you," he said quickly. She grasped his arm. He looked back at her and the tears in her eyes. He kissed her hard on the lips and pulled away quickly. "I will return to you little one. Do not leave here until I come for you." All Lilly could to was nod.
"I love you," she whispered. He smiled and kissed her once more.
"And I you." With that he closed the door and Lilly locked it from the inside, and there she would wait for him until he returned to her.
