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AN: AH! You guys thank you for reviewing the first chapter! I really appreciate it. Sorry that this chapter took me so long finals were a killer and all I found myself doing was studying. Then there was a hacker then went into my computer and it was huge mess! But I am here to bring you the chapter so everything is ok. I won't update for a month. Which shouldn't be too surprising b/c it seems that's when I update. Once a month. LOL. But this time is because I'm going to Texas and then NY so I won't be able to type up a new chapter. But I'll write it down and then type it up when I get home. SO I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 2: "Surprises for everyone!"
Trinity stared at the man I front of her. He stared back. She couldn't believe it. After so long he was finally standing in front of her again.
"I....I'm speechless." She said. He smiled.
"I shall take that as a good sign." He said. She chuckled. She breathed deeply.
"It's great that Reagan gets to see her father finally...." She said.
"I feel the same way about seeing Reagan. All the while I was gone... all I could think about is how you were going to deal with this...how will the child deal without seeing a father around. I just wanted to make sure I came back for both of you." he said taking her hands in his.
"Every night I would pray you would come back safely. For both of us." She said. He then looked down.
"What is it?" she asked noticing his sad expression.
"There's something I have to tell you. During war, I got injured." He said.
"Are you ok!" Trinity asked worried.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just, there was a woman who treated me and she was very nice..." he said. Trinity's heart stopped.
"R...Really." She said.
"Trin...I fell in love with her." he said. Trinity's eyes stung with tears. She looked away.
"Well, why are you telling me this." She asked.
"I thought you should know." He said trying to explain.
"I should know what?! That you met some nurse and she healed you and while you were in recovery she was by your side and pretty soon you fell in love and you knew she was the one. That you now want to be with her instead of being with me? You want to run off into the sunset with her but before you did you wanted to make sure that me and your daughter knew first!" Trinity said outraged.
"Trinity, you're throwing things way out of proportion! I love you and Reagan still, it's just when I met her I felt something and I didn't want you to be left in the dark about this." He said. "But I knew that it would, even though I didn't want it to."
"My gosh Legolas! Why did you even come back here then! What? To break my heart along with your daughter's! 5 years she's been waiting to see you Legolas! 5, God damn years! She thought you were some hero. Now what do I tell her. That the father she's wanted to meet so badly has fallen in love with some other woman!" Trinity yelled.
"Trinity...." He started.
"No! I don't want to hear it. All of your lies were worthless pieces of crap. 'Oh I shall come back for you Trinity. For the both of you.' My ass you did. Legolas just leave. I'll just tell Reagan that you got called out on another mission." Trinity said turning her back on him.
"I didn't want it to end this way Trinity." He said.
"Well it's too late now." She said. He hesitated then slowly turned to leave. He stopped at the door.
"I still love the both of you." he said and then opened the door and left. Trinity then let the tears flow.
Trinity woke up to a hand touching her shoulder. She jumped back. She blinked. She saw that she was still in her office. She turned to see who had woken her. It was Keith. A guy she worked with. She sighed.
"Jesus Keith you scared the hell out of me." She said.
"Ah...well maybe you shouldn't sleep on the job." He said amused. Trinity smirked.
"When you have a 5 year old getting up from 8 to 11 at night telling you 101 reasons why she just cant go to sleep yet, then you'll know why falling asleep on the job is a perfectly normal thing." Trinity said. He laughed.
"Ah, yes. Well I don't have to worry about that since I wont be having any kids unless they come up with a way to make men have children." He said. She shook her head smiling.
"So have you finished those Peterson papers?" Keith asked sitting down on the edge of her desk.
"Yup. I finished just before I fell asleep." Trinity said turning around to get the papers.
"Wow. You are phenomenal Trinity." Keith said reaching out his hand to receive the papers.
"I know. It's amazing." Trinity said smiling.
"A little cocky too but phenomenal all the same." He said. She laughed. Her phone rang.
"Excuse me for a minute." She said. She picked it up. "Johnson and Ryet law firm, Trinity speaking, how may I help you."
"Mom. When are you going to pick me up! This is torture being here! Aunt Su- Ling is yelling at Uncle Jared again and I don't know how much of this I can take! Jim and Tim keep pulling my hair and saying that girls have cooties so then I wont be able to ever get married because guys will think I'm disgusting." Reagan said on the other line.
"Reagan, I have a half hour to go still till I can get off. Your just going to have to wait..." Trinity said.
"Go." Keith said.
Trinity turned to him.
"What?" she said.
"I said go. I'll cover for you." he said. She stared at him. He looked at her. His light brown hair looked as if he had ran his hands through it one too many times. His boyish grin replaced by a determined face. Trinity had to admit he was good looking. Too bad he was gay.
"Keith, I..." she said.
"Go!" he said.
She smiled. "Sweetheart, I'll be there in a few minutes." She said and hung up.
"Keith. Thank you so much!" she said and hugged him.
"Ah. No problem." He said. She smiled and grabbed her things and left.
"About time!" Reagan said answering the door. Trinity rolled her eyes. She looked past her daughter and stare wide-eyed. The whole place was a pigsty. Toys and clothes everywhere.
"That is exactly how I looked when Uncle Jared picked me up." Reagan said. Trinity walked in. the two twins were lying in front of the couch watching Sponge-Bob Square pants. (AN: by the way I hate that show.)
"Jim. Where are your parents?" Trinity asked.
"I don't know." The one with the black and red striped shirt said.
"Ok. Tim do you know where your parents are?" she asked trying the one with the green and blue striped shirt.
"No." he replied. Trinity rolled her eyes. She then heard noises coming from the room.
"Come on Reagan." Trinity said. Her daughter followed her down the messy hallway. Then she opened the door. She immediately regretted it. Su-Ling was bouncing up and down on Jared. Both of them naked.
"OH MY GOD!" Trinity screamed.
"What!" Reagan asked excitedly trying to look past her mom.
"No! No! Don't look! Out! We're going out!" Trinity said ushering her daughter to the front door quickly.
"Mom! What happened! What did you see! Mom!" Reagan demanded. They were almost to the door when Jared came out tying a robe around him.
"Trinity! You're early!" he said. Trinity stared at him.
"Yeah! I am! So you decide to have a little rendezvous before I get here! Are you insane! What if one of the children saw!" Trinity said outraged.
"Oh tay has seen everyting before." Su-Ling said in her broken English. She now had a long shirt on.
"Oh so that makes everything better! My daughter hasn't. And I don't want her ever seeing it until she's at least 30!" Trinity said.
"To not yell at me you...." Su-Ling said and started to rant on in Chinese.
"Oh ching chong my ass! Come on Reagan." Trinity said. Reagan and her walked out.
"Ok. What was that all about?" Reagan asked trying to keep up with her mother.
"Reagan if a boy ever asks to kiss you either say no or run away!" Trinity said.
"Please mom. Boys are disgusting. I mean they burp and fart. Come on now!" Reagan said.
Trinity smirked. "I remember when I used to think that." She said wrapping a arm around her daughter's shoulder. "By the way don't repeat anything I said to your aunt Su-Ling ever. Ok."
"Oh you mean like ching-chong my ass?" Reagan asked slyly. Trinity gave her a look.
"Ok.OK." she said. 10 minutes later they made it to their small but cozy apartment. The answering machine was blinking.
"Hey shorty. What do you want for dinner?" Trinity asked walking into the kitchen and getting all the menus. She walked into the living room to the table were the answering machine was. She pressed the blinking button.
Message one: "Hey Trinity. It's Sean. Sorry to miss you. But we have some guests over here at Jo's that I think you want to come see. Hold on. One of them is telling me something." There were voices in the background. "Oh. He says that he kept his promise. That he's back." Sean said. "So if you get a chance stop on by Jo's place. Ok. Bye." Trinity stared wide eyed at the machine.
"Hey mom how about we...mom?" Reagan said waking to the living room. Her mother stood there shocked. The menus fell to the floor and pretty soon Trinity had joined them as she fainted.
"No!" Marley said walking down the hallway where her and Jihan's apartment was located as she carried a basket of her clothing.
"Oh come on, Marley. You know yous want to try this...this amazing body." Julio said in his thick accent. Marley snorted.
"Gross! Not really!" Marley said then fumbled for her key to the apartment.
"Marley. I been asking you for some time now. Why won't you just say yes?" Julio asked leaning against the wall.
"Because I don't want to go out with someone as conceited and completely arrogant as yourself." Marley said.
"Arrogant? What is this arrogant?" he asked.
"Figure it out." Marley said.
"Ai! Pero Marley! Te quiero mucho. Porque tu no me quieres?!" Julio said in Spanish. ( AN: ok I shall translate it: "Oh Marley! I want you so much. Why don't you want me?" But I know you could have figured that out.)
"Yo no intienda espanol! Speak English! Gosh! Goodbye Julio!" Marley said opening the door.
"But Marl....Oh hellooo Jihan." Julio said then noticed Jihan coming down the hall from work. Jihan looked at Julio not surprised to see him there bugging Marley.
"Hello Julio." She said then smiled nicely.
"AH. What a beautiful smile, Jihan. And also a beautiful name. By the way do I pronounce it right?" he asked trying his charm on her.
"Its pronounced gee-hawn." She said trying to get passed him to the door. Marley was standing there rolling her eyes.
"Ah, yes. By the way where are you from again? Someone as beautiful and exotic looking as yourself surely could not be here from the states." He said flashing her a smile.
"I am from Germany. Now if you'd excuse me I must be getting inside." She said trying to get passed.
"Of course. That accent is very strong. Now... you know I am from a Spain so I am from Europe meself. A...." he said.
"Yes, yes that is very nice for you. Now come on Jihan you have to be helping me fold the clothes." Marley said grabbing her and pulling her inside.
"Well it was nice talking to you Jihan. I hope to see you soon. By the way what is your number?" Julio asked.
"Oh well...um..." Jihan said but was quickly cut off as Marley closed the door.
"Why do you provoke him?" Marley asked sighing as she set down the basket.
"I don't provoke anybody. I just thought that it would be rude to not talk to him. Even if he is...eh...what did you call him...a rico suave wannabe. Whoever that is." Jihan said taking off her beige leather jacket. Her red hair falling onto her green sweater which matched her eyes perfectly.
"Yea but I think Julio was an exception." Marley said loosening her hair out of its clip.
Then there was a heavy knocking on the door. It was hurried and fast. It kept on going.
"I swear if that's Julio!" Marley groaned walking toward the door. She opened the door and stepped back as Lauren rushed in looking flushed.
"Has Sean called you?" she asked urgently. She was out of breath. As if she had ran all the way to their apartment on the 7th floor from her apartment on the 3rd.
"No. I thought he was with Jo. Why would he call us?" Marley said. Lauren shook her head. Her blonde hair was longer. Her freckles had disappeared. She didn't look like a 12 year old anymore. Her hazel eyes looked at them, wide.
"Lauren...you're scaring me. What's wrong?" Marley said.
"You know it's a really long run from the third floor to here." She said panting.
"Of course it is! Why didn't you take the elevators?" Marley said leading her inside. Jihan went into the kitchen to get her a glass of water.
"They took too long." Lauren said. Jihan came back with a glass of water. "Thanks." She said and started to drink it.
"True. Those things are ancient." Marley said. Then the phone rang.
"You better answer that." Lauren said. Marley picked up the receiver slowly looking at Lauren.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hi Marley, its Sean. Um I don't know if Lauren told you yet but some guys are over here at the house. They say that they know you guys and that their back from uh I think they said Middle Earth...but I think they mean the Middle East. But anyway I think that you should stop by to say hello to them and...Marley are you still there?" Sean said. All of a sudden Marley let out a scream.
"Oh My Gosh!" she screamed.
"I know!" Lauren yelled.
"Sean we'll see you there!" Marley said then hung up. She then ran to Lauren and hugged her. They both started to jump up and down like two 13 year old girls who had just talked to a cute guy on the phone.
Jihan looked confused but joined in the jumping.
"Why are we excited!" she asked jumping next to them grinning.
"They're back!" Lauren said.
"Who's back?" Jihan asked.
"Them!" Marley said.
"What? The movie you made me see?" Jihan asked confused.
"No! The guys are back!" Marley said.
"Oh." Jihan said. Then it dawned on her. "Oh my goodness! They're back!" She said excited and started to jump again now knowing why.
"No! No! No! It's all wrong!" Lizzy groaned as she stared at the painting in front of her. The mixtures of red and purple didn't go well.
Her studio was dark except for the corner where her easel was with the paint scattered on the floor. For some reason she usually worked better in the dark. But tonight was a different story.
"I'll go get a drink and clear my mind." Lizzy said. She got up and walked to the kitchen. She flipped on the switch. A pale yellow light lit up the small space. She reached into the fridge and pulled out a coke. She closed the fridge. She looked at the picture on the fridge of her and Sam. She smiled. He was hugging her. The phone rang. She walked into the living room and turned on the light.
"Hello." She said.
"Oh my gosh! Lizzy! We have some great news!" Marley said on the phone.
"What?" she asked.
"I'll give you a clue. We've been waiting 5 years for it." she said. Lizzy thought a moment. Then her eyes widened.
"No!" she said.
"Yes!" she said.
"When! Where!" Lizzy said sitting down on the couch.
"Right now at Jo's apartment. We're on our way there." Marley said.
"At Jo's place...isn't Sean there?" Lizzy said frowning.
"Oh wow. Your right! Oh no. Poor Aragorn." Marley said.
"Yeah. He must be so heart broken." Lizzy said sad.
"I told Jo this. I told her what if he comes back. 'Ooh I'll just deal with it when it happens.' God she gets me so infuriated!" Marley ranted.
"Ok. Ok, Marley. Calm down. Just get your things and head over there. I'll meet you there in about 20 minutes." Lizzy said trying to calm her down.
"Ok. All right. I'm better now. See you there." She said and hung up. She smiled to herself. She let out a squeal and ran into her room to change.
"Mom. Can you please tell me where we're going?" Reagan said trying to keep up with her mother's feet.
"We're going to Aunt Jo's house. She has some friends over who are very important." Trinity said. She groaned as she felt the bump on the back of her head. "Ouch."
"Yeah well you did knock yourself out pretty good there." Reagan said following her mom out of the elevator. Trinity rolled her eyes. Then she turned the corner that led them to the hallway where Jo's apartment was. She immediately got butterflies. She turned to Reagan who had started to skip to the door and pulled her back.
"Honey. I have to hell you something very important and I want you to listen to mommy." Trinity said squatting down so she could be at level with her daughter. She held her head in her hands to make her face her. Reagan looked at her mother with a worried look.
"Mom. You're scaring me. What's wrong?" Reagan asked. Trinity took a deep breath.
"Sweetheart tonight your going to meet someone very special to me and especially to you." Trinity said. Reagan nodded.
"Ok." She said.
"When you walk through that door they're going to be very happy to see you." she continued.
"Who wouldn't be!" Reagan joked. Trinity frowned.
"Honey, this isn't a time to fool around. This is serious." Trinity said. Reagan looked taken aback.
"This is someone who has been away for a long time and he's returned with some friends who were friends of mine and you Aunt Jo, Lizzy and the others." Trinity said.
"Gosh mom. Your making it seem as though I'm going to meet my dad or something." Reagan cracked. Trinity opened her mouth to say something when the elevator doors opened and out popped Marley, Jihan and Lauren.
"Hey!" Marley said happily.
"Aunt Marley, Jihan and Lauren!" Reagan said running to them. Trinity frowned and stood up.
"You could be happier to see us you know." Lauren said.
"Actually you should be happier period! Since they're back!" Marley gushed.
"Well I was just telling her who THEY were but you lot came out of the elevator and distracted her." Trinity said.
"Oh..." they all said. Then a door down the hall opened.
"Jihan!" "Marley!" "Lauren!" three voices called. They looked to see Pippin, Merry and Frodo poking their heads out the door with identical grins on their faces. The girls squealed with delight and ran toward them. They jumped into their arms.
"Oh! I missed you soo much!" Jihan said and started to kiss Pippin all over the face. He stood there holding her grinning. (AN: sorry to interrupt but by any chance do any of you reading this story know any German? Because I want Jihan to say a few words in German throughout this whole story and all I know how to say in the language is: Go to sleep my dear little child. I learned it in chorus when we had to sing it LOL. Though that line is not going to help me much in the story. So if any of you know....PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN TALK TO YOU!!!!! Ok I'm done back to the story)
"Who are they?" Reagan asked.
"Those are some of the friends I told you about." Trinity said.
"Oh...." Reagan said.
"Come on." Trinity said and started to walk her towards Jo's door. She stepped in front of the doorway. She took a sharp intake of breath. She saw him. His hair was to his shoulders and was still that dark brown. (AN: Imagine how he looks like now.) He turned around and saw her. He looked taken aback and then smiled. His focus then drifted to the blonde next to her. He grinned. He looked at her as if asking: "Is that her." She nodded. He started to walk toward them.
"Who is that guy?" Reagan asked. Trinity took a deep breath and said:
"That's your father."
AN: I know. I know. You guys hate me for doing that but I thought I could drag out the whole Reagan meeting her dad thing one more chapter. So as you know I will be away from a month but I will be writing down the new chappie! So here are my thank yous: jen- I'm glad you liked the story before this one. I had a fun time writing it. I hope you liked this chapter! Next to, Wandering Prophet- is that a good thing that you weren't expecting that in the first chapter? LOL. Thanx for reviewing! Next to, Dude wheres my hobbit- I'm glad you weren't disappointed! I'm happy that you think Jihan rocks she sure is a fun character to write about! Next, DreamsUnreal- I started to smile when you seemed so excited about my story. LOL I'm glad that you like it so much. I'm not sure I'm the best but thank you for thinking that =). Next, faeirieoftheflame- I'm glad that you are hooked on my writing. I hope you didn't have to wait too long for this chapter! And last but not least to Brilover- I'm glad you liked me beginning. I'm glad to hear that you're into my story! It makes me very happy! So that's it hope you guys enjoyed!
AN: AH! You guys thank you for reviewing the first chapter! I really appreciate it. Sorry that this chapter took me so long finals were a killer and all I found myself doing was studying. Then there was a hacker then went into my computer and it was huge mess! But I am here to bring you the chapter so everything is ok. I won't update for a month. Which shouldn't be too surprising b/c it seems that's when I update. Once a month. LOL. But this time is because I'm going to Texas and then NY so I won't be able to type up a new chapter. But I'll write it down and then type it up when I get home. SO I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 2: "Surprises for everyone!"
Trinity stared at the man I front of her. He stared back. She couldn't believe it. After so long he was finally standing in front of her again.
"I....I'm speechless." She said. He smiled.
"I shall take that as a good sign." He said. She chuckled. She breathed deeply.
"It's great that Reagan gets to see her father finally...." She said.
"I feel the same way about seeing Reagan. All the while I was gone... all I could think about is how you were going to deal with this...how will the child deal without seeing a father around. I just wanted to make sure I came back for both of you." he said taking her hands in his.
"Every night I would pray you would come back safely. For both of us." She said. He then looked down.
"What is it?" she asked noticing his sad expression.
"There's something I have to tell you. During war, I got injured." He said.
"Are you ok!" Trinity asked worried.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just, there was a woman who treated me and she was very nice..." he said. Trinity's heart stopped.
"R...Really." She said.
"Trin...I fell in love with her." he said. Trinity's eyes stung with tears. She looked away.
"Well, why are you telling me this." She asked.
"I thought you should know." He said trying to explain.
"I should know what?! That you met some nurse and she healed you and while you were in recovery she was by your side and pretty soon you fell in love and you knew she was the one. That you now want to be with her instead of being with me? You want to run off into the sunset with her but before you did you wanted to make sure that me and your daughter knew first!" Trinity said outraged.
"Trinity, you're throwing things way out of proportion! I love you and Reagan still, it's just when I met her I felt something and I didn't want you to be left in the dark about this." He said. "But I knew that it would, even though I didn't want it to."
"My gosh Legolas! Why did you even come back here then! What? To break my heart along with your daughter's! 5 years she's been waiting to see you Legolas! 5, God damn years! She thought you were some hero. Now what do I tell her. That the father she's wanted to meet so badly has fallen in love with some other woman!" Trinity yelled.
"Trinity...." He started.
"No! I don't want to hear it. All of your lies were worthless pieces of crap. 'Oh I shall come back for you Trinity. For the both of you.' My ass you did. Legolas just leave. I'll just tell Reagan that you got called out on another mission." Trinity said turning her back on him.
"I didn't want it to end this way Trinity." He said.
"Well it's too late now." She said. He hesitated then slowly turned to leave. He stopped at the door.
"I still love the both of you." he said and then opened the door and left. Trinity then let the tears flow.
Trinity woke up to a hand touching her shoulder. She jumped back. She blinked. She saw that she was still in her office. She turned to see who had woken her. It was Keith. A guy she worked with. She sighed.
"Jesus Keith you scared the hell out of me." She said.
"Ah...well maybe you shouldn't sleep on the job." He said amused. Trinity smirked.
"When you have a 5 year old getting up from 8 to 11 at night telling you 101 reasons why she just cant go to sleep yet, then you'll know why falling asleep on the job is a perfectly normal thing." Trinity said. He laughed.
"Ah, yes. Well I don't have to worry about that since I wont be having any kids unless they come up with a way to make men have children." He said. She shook her head smiling.
"So have you finished those Peterson papers?" Keith asked sitting down on the edge of her desk.
"Yup. I finished just before I fell asleep." Trinity said turning around to get the papers.
"Wow. You are phenomenal Trinity." Keith said reaching out his hand to receive the papers.
"I know. It's amazing." Trinity said smiling.
"A little cocky too but phenomenal all the same." He said. She laughed. Her phone rang.
"Excuse me for a minute." She said. She picked it up. "Johnson and Ryet law firm, Trinity speaking, how may I help you."
"Mom. When are you going to pick me up! This is torture being here! Aunt Su- Ling is yelling at Uncle Jared again and I don't know how much of this I can take! Jim and Tim keep pulling my hair and saying that girls have cooties so then I wont be able to ever get married because guys will think I'm disgusting." Reagan said on the other line.
"Reagan, I have a half hour to go still till I can get off. Your just going to have to wait..." Trinity said.
"Go." Keith said.
Trinity turned to him.
"What?" she said.
"I said go. I'll cover for you." he said. She stared at him. He looked at her. His light brown hair looked as if he had ran his hands through it one too many times. His boyish grin replaced by a determined face. Trinity had to admit he was good looking. Too bad he was gay.
"Keith, I..." she said.
"Go!" he said.
She smiled. "Sweetheart, I'll be there in a few minutes." She said and hung up.
"Keith. Thank you so much!" she said and hugged him.
"Ah. No problem." He said. She smiled and grabbed her things and left.
"About time!" Reagan said answering the door. Trinity rolled her eyes. She looked past her daughter and stare wide-eyed. The whole place was a pigsty. Toys and clothes everywhere.
"That is exactly how I looked when Uncle Jared picked me up." Reagan said. Trinity walked in. the two twins were lying in front of the couch watching Sponge-Bob Square pants. (AN: by the way I hate that show.)
"Jim. Where are your parents?" Trinity asked.
"I don't know." The one with the black and red striped shirt said.
"Ok. Tim do you know where your parents are?" she asked trying the one with the green and blue striped shirt.
"No." he replied. Trinity rolled her eyes. She then heard noises coming from the room.
"Come on Reagan." Trinity said. Her daughter followed her down the messy hallway. Then she opened the door. She immediately regretted it. Su-Ling was bouncing up and down on Jared. Both of them naked.
"OH MY GOD!" Trinity screamed.
"What!" Reagan asked excitedly trying to look past her mom.
"No! No! Don't look! Out! We're going out!" Trinity said ushering her daughter to the front door quickly.
"Mom! What happened! What did you see! Mom!" Reagan demanded. They were almost to the door when Jared came out tying a robe around him.
"Trinity! You're early!" he said. Trinity stared at him.
"Yeah! I am! So you decide to have a little rendezvous before I get here! Are you insane! What if one of the children saw!" Trinity said outraged.
"Oh tay has seen everyting before." Su-Ling said in her broken English. She now had a long shirt on.
"Oh so that makes everything better! My daughter hasn't. And I don't want her ever seeing it until she's at least 30!" Trinity said.
"To not yell at me you...." Su-Ling said and started to rant on in Chinese.
"Oh ching chong my ass! Come on Reagan." Trinity said. Reagan and her walked out.
"Ok. What was that all about?" Reagan asked trying to keep up with her mother.
"Reagan if a boy ever asks to kiss you either say no or run away!" Trinity said.
"Please mom. Boys are disgusting. I mean they burp and fart. Come on now!" Reagan said.
Trinity smirked. "I remember when I used to think that." She said wrapping a arm around her daughter's shoulder. "By the way don't repeat anything I said to your aunt Su-Ling ever. Ok."
"Oh you mean like ching-chong my ass?" Reagan asked slyly. Trinity gave her a look.
"Ok.OK." she said. 10 minutes later they made it to their small but cozy apartment. The answering machine was blinking.
"Hey shorty. What do you want for dinner?" Trinity asked walking into the kitchen and getting all the menus. She walked into the living room to the table were the answering machine was. She pressed the blinking button.
Message one: "Hey Trinity. It's Sean. Sorry to miss you. But we have some guests over here at Jo's that I think you want to come see. Hold on. One of them is telling me something." There were voices in the background. "Oh. He says that he kept his promise. That he's back." Sean said. "So if you get a chance stop on by Jo's place. Ok. Bye." Trinity stared wide eyed at the machine.
"Hey mom how about we...mom?" Reagan said waking to the living room. Her mother stood there shocked. The menus fell to the floor and pretty soon Trinity had joined them as she fainted.
"No!" Marley said walking down the hallway where her and Jihan's apartment was located as she carried a basket of her clothing.
"Oh come on, Marley. You know yous want to try this...this amazing body." Julio said in his thick accent. Marley snorted.
"Gross! Not really!" Marley said then fumbled for her key to the apartment.
"Marley. I been asking you for some time now. Why won't you just say yes?" Julio asked leaning against the wall.
"Because I don't want to go out with someone as conceited and completely arrogant as yourself." Marley said.
"Arrogant? What is this arrogant?" he asked.
"Figure it out." Marley said.
"Ai! Pero Marley! Te quiero mucho. Porque tu no me quieres?!" Julio said in Spanish. ( AN: ok I shall translate it: "Oh Marley! I want you so much. Why don't you want me?" But I know you could have figured that out.)
"Yo no intienda espanol! Speak English! Gosh! Goodbye Julio!" Marley said opening the door.
"But Marl....Oh hellooo Jihan." Julio said then noticed Jihan coming down the hall from work. Jihan looked at Julio not surprised to see him there bugging Marley.
"Hello Julio." She said then smiled nicely.
"AH. What a beautiful smile, Jihan. And also a beautiful name. By the way do I pronounce it right?" he asked trying his charm on her.
"Its pronounced gee-hawn." She said trying to get passed him to the door. Marley was standing there rolling her eyes.
"Ah, yes. By the way where are you from again? Someone as beautiful and exotic looking as yourself surely could not be here from the states." He said flashing her a smile.
"I am from Germany. Now if you'd excuse me I must be getting inside." She said trying to get passed.
"Of course. That accent is very strong. Now... you know I am from a Spain so I am from Europe meself. A...." he said.
"Yes, yes that is very nice for you. Now come on Jihan you have to be helping me fold the clothes." Marley said grabbing her and pulling her inside.
"Well it was nice talking to you Jihan. I hope to see you soon. By the way what is your number?" Julio asked.
"Oh well...um..." Jihan said but was quickly cut off as Marley closed the door.
"Why do you provoke him?" Marley asked sighing as she set down the basket.
"I don't provoke anybody. I just thought that it would be rude to not talk to him. Even if he is...eh...what did you call him...a rico suave wannabe. Whoever that is." Jihan said taking off her beige leather jacket. Her red hair falling onto her green sweater which matched her eyes perfectly.
"Yea but I think Julio was an exception." Marley said loosening her hair out of its clip.
Then there was a heavy knocking on the door. It was hurried and fast. It kept on going.
"I swear if that's Julio!" Marley groaned walking toward the door. She opened the door and stepped back as Lauren rushed in looking flushed.
"Has Sean called you?" she asked urgently. She was out of breath. As if she had ran all the way to their apartment on the 7th floor from her apartment on the 3rd.
"No. I thought he was with Jo. Why would he call us?" Marley said. Lauren shook her head. Her blonde hair was longer. Her freckles had disappeared. She didn't look like a 12 year old anymore. Her hazel eyes looked at them, wide.
"Lauren...you're scaring me. What's wrong?" Marley said.
"You know it's a really long run from the third floor to here." She said panting.
"Of course it is! Why didn't you take the elevators?" Marley said leading her inside. Jihan went into the kitchen to get her a glass of water.
"They took too long." Lauren said. Jihan came back with a glass of water. "Thanks." She said and started to drink it.
"True. Those things are ancient." Marley said. Then the phone rang.
"You better answer that." Lauren said. Marley picked up the receiver slowly looking at Lauren.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hi Marley, its Sean. Um I don't know if Lauren told you yet but some guys are over here at the house. They say that they know you guys and that their back from uh I think they said Middle Earth...but I think they mean the Middle East. But anyway I think that you should stop by to say hello to them and...Marley are you still there?" Sean said. All of a sudden Marley let out a scream.
"Oh My Gosh!" she screamed.
"I know!" Lauren yelled.
"Sean we'll see you there!" Marley said then hung up. She then ran to Lauren and hugged her. They both started to jump up and down like two 13 year old girls who had just talked to a cute guy on the phone.
Jihan looked confused but joined in the jumping.
"Why are we excited!" she asked jumping next to them grinning.
"They're back!" Lauren said.
"Who's back?" Jihan asked.
"Them!" Marley said.
"What? The movie you made me see?" Jihan asked confused.
"No! The guys are back!" Marley said.
"Oh." Jihan said. Then it dawned on her. "Oh my goodness! They're back!" She said excited and started to jump again now knowing why.
"No! No! No! It's all wrong!" Lizzy groaned as she stared at the painting in front of her. The mixtures of red and purple didn't go well.
Her studio was dark except for the corner where her easel was with the paint scattered on the floor. For some reason she usually worked better in the dark. But tonight was a different story.
"I'll go get a drink and clear my mind." Lizzy said. She got up and walked to the kitchen. She flipped on the switch. A pale yellow light lit up the small space. She reached into the fridge and pulled out a coke. She closed the fridge. She looked at the picture on the fridge of her and Sam. She smiled. He was hugging her. The phone rang. She walked into the living room and turned on the light.
"Hello." She said.
"Oh my gosh! Lizzy! We have some great news!" Marley said on the phone.
"What?" she asked.
"I'll give you a clue. We've been waiting 5 years for it." she said. Lizzy thought a moment. Then her eyes widened.
"No!" she said.
"Yes!" she said.
"When! Where!" Lizzy said sitting down on the couch.
"Right now at Jo's apartment. We're on our way there." Marley said.
"At Jo's place...isn't Sean there?" Lizzy said frowning.
"Oh wow. Your right! Oh no. Poor Aragorn." Marley said.
"Yeah. He must be so heart broken." Lizzy said sad.
"I told Jo this. I told her what if he comes back. 'Ooh I'll just deal with it when it happens.' God she gets me so infuriated!" Marley ranted.
"Ok. Ok, Marley. Calm down. Just get your things and head over there. I'll meet you there in about 20 minutes." Lizzy said trying to calm her down.
"Ok. All right. I'm better now. See you there." She said and hung up. She smiled to herself. She let out a squeal and ran into her room to change.
"Mom. Can you please tell me where we're going?" Reagan said trying to keep up with her mother's feet.
"We're going to Aunt Jo's house. She has some friends over who are very important." Trinity said. She groaned as she felt the bump on the back of her head. "Ouch."
"Yeah well you did knock yourself out pretty good there." Reagan said following her mom out of the elevator. Trinity rolled her eyes. Then she turned the corner that led them to the hallway where Jo's apartment was. She immediately got butterflies. She turned to Reagan who had started to skip to the door and pulled her back.
"Honey. I have to hell you something very important and I want you to listen to mommy." Trinity said squatting down so she could be at level with her daughter. She held her head in her hands to make her face her. Reagan looked at her mother with a worried look.
"Mom. You're scaring me. What's wrong?" Reagan asked. Trinity took a deep breath.
"Sweetheart tonight your going to meet someone very special to me and especially to you." Trinity said. Reagan nodded.
"Ok." She said.
"When you walk through that door they're going to be very happy to see you." she continued.
"Who wouldn't be!" Reagan joked. Trinity frowned.
"Honey, this isn't a time to fool around. This is serious." Trinity said. Reagan looked taken aback.
"This is someone who has been away for a long time and he's returned with some friends who were friends of mine and you Aunt Jo, Lizzy and the others." Trinity said.
"Gosh mom. Your making it seem as though I'm going to meet my dad or something." Reagan cracked. Trinity opened her mouth to say something when the elevator doors opened and out popped Marley, Jihan and Lauren.
"Hey!" Marley said happily.
"Aunt Marley, Jihan and Lauren!" Reagan said running to them. Trinity frowned and stood up.
"You could be happier to see us you know." Lauren said.
"Actually you should be happier period! Since they're back!" Marley gushed.
"Well I was just telling her who THEY were but you lot came out of the elevator and distracted her." Trinity said.
"Oh..." they all said. Then a door down the hall opened.
"Jihan!" "Marley!" "Lauren!" three voices called. They looked to see Pippin, Merry and Frodo poking their heads out the door with identical grins on their faces. The girls squealed with delight and ran toward them. They jumped into their arms.
"Oh! I missed you soo much!" Jihan said and started to kiss Pippin all over the face. He stood there holding her grinning. (AN: sorry to interrupt but by any chance do any of you reading this story know any German? Because I want Jihan to say a few words in German throughout this whole story and all I know how to say in the language is: Go to sleep my dear little child. I learned it in chorus when we had to sing it LOL. Though that line is not going to help me much in the story. So if any of you know....PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN TALK TO YOU!!!!! Ok I'm done back to the story)
"Who are they?" Reagan asked.
"Those are some of the friends I told you about." Trinity said.
"Oh...." Reagan said.
"Come on." Trinity said and started to walk her towards Jo's door. She stepped in front of the doorway. She took a sharp intake of breath. She saw him. His hair was to his shoulders and was still that dark brown. (AN: Imagine how he looks like now.) He turned around and saw her. He looked taken aback and then smiled. His focus then drifted to the blonde next to her. He grinned. He looked at her as if asking: "Is that her." She nodded. He started to walk toward them.
"Who is that guy?" Reagan asked. Trinity took a deep breath and said:
"That's your father."
AN: I know. I know. You guys hate me for doing that but I thought I could drag out the whole Reagan meeting her dad thing one more chapter. So as you know I will be away from a month but I will be writing down the new chappie! So here are my thank yous: jen- I'm glad you liked the story before this one. I had a fun time writing it. I hope you liked this chapter! Next to, Wandering Prophet- is that a good thing that you weren't expecting that in the first chapter? LOL. Thanx for reviewing! Next to, Dude wheres my hobbit- I'm glad you weren't disappointed! I'm happy that you think Jihan rocks she sure is a fun character to write about! Next, DreamsUnreal- I started to smile when you seemed so excited about my story. LOL I'm glad that you like it so much. I'm not sure I'm the best but thank you for thinking that =). Next, faeirieoftheflame- I'm glad that you are hooked on my writing. I hope you didn't have to wait too long for this chapter! And last but not least to Brilover- I'm glad you liked me beginning. I'm glad to hear that you're into my story! It makes me very happy! So that's it hope you guys enjoyed!
