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Chapter: 22: Good Byes

Eomer pulled away from her and ran his hand down her face and rested it on her neck. Lilly looked up into his dark brown eyes and smiled at him. Eomer leaned in and kissed her lips softly. Lilly sighed against his lips as hers met every one of his movements. Eomer moved so he was kneeling on the bed, and he pulled her up along with him, never breaking the contact of their lips. They sat there both on their knees on the bed lost to the world for several more minutes. Eomer's right hand cupped the side of her face and his left rested on her back keeping her body as close as possible to his. Lily's right hand was buried in his hair and the other rested on his neck. Lilly slowly pulled her lips from his and looked at him. His eyes were even darker than they were moments ago and just the look in her eyes made her heartbeat faster. Eomer kissed her forehead and then rested his forehead against hers.

"I should go," he whispered hoarsely. Lilly sighed and closed her eyes.

"Why?" she asked as her hands rested on his shoulders. Eomer sighed and pulled away from her and looked down at her. Lilly looked up at him.

"Because I will not last much longer," he whispered as he ran his fingers across her cheek and down her jaw line. Lilly blushed and nodded. Eomer kissed her lips lightly and then quickly got up from the bed. Lilly sat back down and looked at him as he stood by the bed. "Good night little one." Lilly smiled at him.

"Good night Eomer." Eomer bowed his head and left the room, but not without one last look back at Lilly. Once the door was closed, Lilly sighed and laid down against the soft pillows of her bed. She could still feel her cheeks burning from Eomer's words and his kiss. Lilly closed her eyes and smiled as sleep soon found her.


Once Eomer closed her door, he rested against it for a moment and let out a heavy breath before he walked over to his door and went inside. He removed his boots and outer tunic and laid down on the bed. He put his hands behind his head and looked out the window. "In two days we will travel back to Edoras and in a week I will make her my wife," Eomer thought as he looked up into the star lit sky. He smiled and covered himself with a thin blanket before he closed his eyes to dream of the dark haired maiden that slept across the hall.


As those two days passed, Lilly learned as much as she could about elves from Legolas, Aragorn, and Arwen. She also learned a lot about the dwarves from Gimli. The evening of her final day in Minas Tirith approached and she sat one of the many gardens with Arwen and Eowyn. Lilly was dressed in a maroon dress, Eowyn in a dark blue and Arwen was dressed in a light lavender and she wore her circlet in her dark locks. "I wish we could travel to Edoras with you, Lilly," Eowyn said as she turned to face Lilly. "Faramir and I are traveling to Ithilen the day after tomorrow. It pains me that I will not be able to attend your wedding to my brother." Lilly smiled and shook her head.

"It is alright Eowyn. You and Faramir have much that needs taking care of in Ithilen and I will not delay that any longer than I already have," Lilly said. Eowyn smiled at her and turned to look out over the fields. Lilly looked at Arwen and smiled. Arwen returned her smile.

"I am sorry that Aragorn and I are not riding with you as well, Lilly," Arwen said kindly. Lilly had become close to her, nearly as close as she was with Eowyn but on a different level.

"It is fine, really. If you like I shall write to you both with every little detail imaginable!" Lilly said as she stood and twirled around like a school girl that was excited. "You have no idea how happy I am!" She paused and gave them both a knowing look before the three of them laughed together. "Alright, maybe you do! But, I've never felt like this before. I've never felt like I've belonged anywhere." She sat back down and looked at her friends with new life in her eyes. "I've never had friends like all of you and I've certainly never been in love before." Lilly stopped and looked at the flower bushes blooming beautifully under the Spring sun. "I guess it was meant to be."

"What was Lilly?" Eowyn asked. Lilly looked at Eowyn and smiled.

"I guess I was meant to come here. To meet all of you and to be in a place where I belonged and I'm finally able to see that I don't have to have a definite answer as to why I am here, but just to be happy and live my life." Arwen smiled and nodded her head and Eowyn just smiled.

"The Valar works in ways that we would never think of Lilly. We just have to know that they know what they are doing, most of the time," Arwen said. The three laughed once more and continued talking as the sun disappeared.

Lilly stood and sighed. "I suppose I should retire. I must be up at the dawn and I don't want to get up in a bad mood," she said as she smoothed the skirt. The others nodded and walked inside with her, each retiring to their own chambers. Eowyn to wait for Faramir and Arwen to wait for Aragorn to return from council and Lilly returned to her room and washed for bed. Once she crawled into bed she was lost to the world of dreams.


Eomer walked to his chambers after attending the final trade agreement council between Gondor and Rohan. The sun had set hours ago and he had hoped to rest that night before their ride to Edoras in the morning, but he would at least get five hours of rest before the dawn. He stepped up to his door but stopped before he entered. He turned and walked over to Lilly's door. He stepped inside and smiled when he saw her laying on her bed asleep with a wistful smile on her face. Eomer quietly made his way over to the bed and just watched her sleep with her dark hair spread across the white pillows for a few minutes until he saw her move and face his direction. "Eomer?" she asked quietly with sleep still evident in her voice. Eomer smiled.

"Aye. I was just checking on you. Go back to sleep," he whispered as he tucked a piece of dark hair behind her ear.

"Is everything alright?"

"Everything is fine. Sleep, little one. We have a journey ahead of us at the dawn." Lilly smiled up at him and nodded.

"Good night Eomer," she said before she turned her head away and fell back asleep. Eomer smiled and leaned into her and kissed her forehead.

"Good night Lillyana," he whispered before he stood and quietly left her room for his own.


Lilly woke and dressed in the riding dress Eowyn had given her. It was a dark green and Eowyn promised her it was much easier to ride in. Lilly sighed and braided her hair in one long braid. It had gotten so much longer since she arrived in Middle Earth it now rested just above her butt. She pulled on her boots when there was a knock on the door. "Come in!" she called as she lowered her skirt. Eowyn stepped inside and rushed over to Lilly and hugged her tightly.

"Oh I'm going to miss you so!" Eowyn said. Lilly laughed and embraced her back.

"I'm going to miss you too, but we'll see each other again." Eowyn laughed and pulled away from Lilly. She nodded and Lilly picked up her bag. They walked out of her room and into the dinning hall. Aragorn, Arwen, Gimli, Faramir, Legolas and Eomer were already waiting. They ate breakfast in silence and then walked from the palace to the stables. Eomer had taken Lilly's bag and was putting it on Firefoot while she said her goodbyes. Lilly hugged Gimli and stood. "Thank you for everything Gimli." Gimli smiled and nodded his head.

"Have a safe trip, lass. We'll be seeing you soon," he said. Lilly smiled and nodded. She turned to Eowyn who stood next to Gimli. They said nothing to each other, just hugged. Next was Faramir. She smiled up at the Gondorian and embraced him.

"Take care Faramir. Have a safe journey home," she said as she pulled away.

"You too," he said. Lilly nodded and moved onto Arwen. Lilly looked up at her and she smiled at her. Arwen bowed her head but Lilly embraced her anyway. Arwen laughed and hugged her back.

"I will see you soon, Lilly, and next I do, you shall be Queen of Rohan," Arwen whispered. Lily pulled away and blushed but smiled.

"Good bye Arwen," Lilly said. Arwen smiled and nodded. Lilly stepped up to Aragorn and looked to her left to see Eomer saying his good byes. She turned back to Aragorn and smiled. "Good bye, your majesty." Aragorn smiled and hugged her gently.

"Safe journey, Lilly, we shall see each other again," he said and then pulled away. Lilly smiled up at him and nodded. The last person she had to say good bye to was Legolas. She smiled as she stepped before him.

"May your path be green and the wind on your back," Legolas said with a bow of his head. Lilly smiled at him when he straightened. She hugged him and he hugged her back.

"Take care Legolas," she said. She pulled back and smiled at him. "You will come visit on your travels right?" Legolas nodded.

"Aye, I shall." Lilly nodded and walked over to Firefoot to wait for Eomer. Once Eomer said his good byes he walked over to Lilly and smiled at her. Eomer mounted Firefoot and pulled Lilly up with him. Rabryn sat atop his horse waiting for Eomer and Lilly.

The others waived and before they turned around Lilly and Eomer waived and took off down the stone path.