Disclaimer: Hello…Readers start to throw tomatoes at me I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Its been a long couple of months. Everything from starting my sophomore year to currently being grounded. Thus this is why I haven't been online. I'm not allowed on. But I am risking my life…well…not my life, more like risking being punished longer to bring you the fresh new chapter to this story. -. And as a treat to y'all, I am making this chapter extra extra extra long! Enjoy! Oh and of course please review.

Chapter 3: "Starting over again."

"He's my what!" Reagan exclaimed.

"Your father." Trinity repeated.

"But…wha…. Huh…. Now! I'm not even wearing my favorite dress! I have to fix my hair!" Reagan said.

Legolas finally approached them. Him and Trinity stared at each other for what seemed like forever. Then she grinned and jumped into his arms. His arms encircled her. Reagan raised her eyebrow.

"Um…Hi! I'm Reagan….you know…the daughter you never met…" Reagan said. Trinity and Legolas let go of each other. He smiled as he looked, for the first time, at his daughter.

"Reagan…" he said and then grabber her and twirled her around. She clung onto him for dear life.

"Ok…I'm getting kind of dizzy." She said. He set her down.

"You look beautiful. Just like your mother." He said. Reagan smiled smugly.

" Well what can I say." She said. Legolas chuckled.

"So where on Earth have you been all these years! I'm sorry mister but I need some answers," Reagan said crossing her arms over her chest and tapping her foot.

Trinity laughed. " She's 5 growing on 30." She said.

Legolas squatted down to get to Reagan's level.

"Well, Reagan. I've been far away fighting these evil, evil people with my friends here." Legolas said motioning to the others.

"Hmm…. Well did you win? Because if you were gone all that long, and didn't win then you'd have a lot of explaining to do." Reagan said. Legolas let out a laugh.

"Yes. We won." He said.

"Yay! My dad's a hero! Oh! Mommy! Can I bring daddy to show and tell Friday!" Reagan said excitedly bouncing up and down.

Trinity's eyes widened. "What! You want to bring your father to show and tell Friday!" Trinity said.

"Well, yah." Reagan said simply.

"Honey. Little boys and girls don't bring their daddy's to show and tell." Trinity said squatting down in front of her.

"I did back in Germany. Well, actually, it was my Uncle Vladimir and he brought his goat Yitzchak." Jihan said. Everyone looked at her. "Ok I shut up." She said and looked away.

"Oh come on mom! Aunt Jihan did it!" Reagan said.

"Yes well, your aunt Jihan is going slightly mad." Trinity said.

"Hey!" Jihan said.

"Oh mom please!" Reagan said.

"Actually Trinity. I wouldn't mind going to this show and tell." Legolas said.

"Ohh. You have no idea what you're getting yourself into you poor dear." Trinity said.

"Oh just let her Trin. Can't be that horrible." Marley said. Trinity sighed.

"All right. But I warned you. Once you come home covered in paint while a whole bunch of 5 year olds decided to write all over your face don't tell me I didn't tell you so." She said.

"Well you know I'm happy that you all are happy now. But can you please get out of my house." Jo said after having not talked for awhile.

"Wait…um…where exactly are we going to stay?" Frodo asked.

"Yeah… are we staying here with Jo again?" Merry asked.

Jo laughed. "I don't think so." She said.

"Well they cant go sleep out on the street." Lauren said.

" Are you all going mental or do you not remember that you all have places that you live in." Jo snapped. She didn't know why but she all of a sudden felt very upset.

"Oh how could we have been soo stupid!" Marley said smacking her forehead. "Merry and Pippin can stay at our place with me and Jihan. Frodo with Lauren, Sam with Lizzy, Legolas, of course, with Trinity and Reagan, Aragorn with….with…uh…"

"Aragorn doesn't have a place to stay." Lizzy said.

"Nonsense! He can stay here with Jo and me." Sean said grinning.

"Pardon!" Jo said here eyes widening.

"Yes, why of course! He can stay in the extra room! Until he finds a place of his own." Sean said.

"When did we establish this?" Jo asked turning to Sean.

"Oh come on Jo. You haven't seen him in so long. It'll be nice to spend more time with him." Sean said wrapping his arm around her shoulders.

"No, no. It's fine Sean. It's apparent that Jo doesn't want me around, I'll just find somewhere else to stay." Aragorn said.

"No…it's fine. You can stay here. I….I don't care." Jo said sighing.

"Well then its settled. Aragorn your staying here with us." Sean said.

Aragorn looked at Jo's face. She looked at him but immediately regretted it. A swarm of memories flooded her. She looked down at her feet.

"Well. I guess we better be going. It's getting late." Lauren said.

"Yeah. Let's go. We'll help you guys with your stuff." Marley said. They all started to pick up luggage.

"See you tomorrow Jo." Jihan said helping Pippin with his bag.

"Yeah…Uh…Jo. Can I talk to you?" Trinity asked stepping forward.

"Yah.. sure." Jo said. They went off in a corner.

"Look, I know this is a shock to you. It is to all of us. I mean who knew they'd be coming back today." Trinity said.

"Uh huh. Where are you going with this Trinity?" Jo asked impatiently.

"Look Jo. I know this seems awkward having him around. But he has no place to stay. Try to at least be friends with him. I mean you know how much it must be hurting him to know your in a relationship with someone else?" Trinity said. Jo looked down at the floor.

"We were never friends before this. We were always arguing with each other and calling one another names and that was it. Than that turned to lo….something else." Jo said stopping herself.

"That turned to what Jo? Love? Is that what you were going to say?" Trinity demanded.

"He left me. What the hell was I supposed to do. Wait for him for umpteenth years. I don't think so." Jo said angrily.

"I waited.." Trinity said.

"That's because you have a child with Legolas." Jo said.

"That may be right but what about Marley, Jihan and the others. They don't have any children. At least none that we know about. What's their excuse?" Trinity said.

"A foolish hope." Jo said.

"All right. Ok. Keep lying to yourself, Jo. I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow." Trinity said getting frustrated. She turned around and headed to where the other's were. Jo sighed. She knew she was lying to herself but there wasn't anything she could do without doing it. She walked back to the others.

Jo opened the linen closet and pulled out some sheets and a pillow. She walked down the hall her feet making a light thud sound. She took a breath and slightly opened the door to the guest room where Aragorn was staying in. She immediately regretted it. She was now staring at the bare chested Aragorn beside the bed unpacking. He looked up and his hands stopped in mid air. She, herself, was wearing a light pink nightgown with a white fringe. Not exactly a very flattering outfit, but Aragorn thought she looked good in anything.

Jo snapped out of her state. "Right here's the blankets and pillow. If you need anything….well you know where I'm at." She said. She started to walk away when he gently grabbed her arm. A bolt of electricity shot through her. She turned. His deep soulful eyes were looking back at her.

"Jo…I….don't….I just….why." he said trying to find the right words.

"Why what?" she asked knowing the answer already.

"Why did you just forget what we had." He said.

"I didn't forget." She said.

"Yes, you did. Your with Sean now. And I highly doubt that you think of me whenever you kiss him." He said.

'If you only knew.' Jo thought.

Jo sighed. "Aragorn….I had no idea if you were dead or alive! Did you expect me to wait forever?" she asked.

"Your right…I must look at this logically. I'm sorry. I understand where your coming from." He said letting go of her arm.

"What! That's it! Your just going to leave it at that?" Jo said outraged. She didn't know what in the world had come over her but she all of a sudden was very upset with his calm demeanor. Maybe it was because she instantly missed the feeling of his hand on her arm or just that she wanted to have a proper argument and he wasn't putting out.

He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Yes….what else did you want me to do?" he said turning back to his clothing.

"I don't know! Scream! Shout! Tell me I'm some sort of scarlet woman for betraying you!" she said putting her hands on his hips.

An amused expression crossed his face. "Do you want to be labeled a scarlet woman?" he asked.

"Of course not! I'm just trying to express my point!" she said crossing her arms over chest.

"You know any normal person would love for someone to be acting this understanding." Aragorn said.

"Oh so now I'm not normal!" Jo said tucking a strand of her black hair behind her ear.

His eyes widened in disbelief. "You really want an argument don't you!" he said.

"If your implying that I start arguments, I want to assure you that I don't do anything of the sort!" she said.

He slapped a hand onto his forehead and shook his head in disbelief.

"I didn't say that Jo." He said calmly, as if talking to a four year old.

"Well you meant it!" she said.

"Ok. Whatever. I'm tired and I just want to get to bed. Ok. And no, that doesn't have any double meaning saying that your annoying and that you like to cheat on men, so don't even think about it." He said and started to put the blankets on the bed.

Jo huffed. "Fine! And….by the way! Put a damn shirt on!" she said and walked out of the room.

'My god! He can get her so infuriated! But deep down she had to admit that she missed it.' She thought as she walked into her bedroom that she shared with Sean. He was laying on the bed reading a book. He looked up and smiled.

"Hey honey. Are you all right? I thought I heard some yelling." He said. She stared at him for a second.

'My god sometimes he could be so oblivious to things.'

"I'm fine. Just catching up on some old times." She said sitting on the bed.

"Ah well, that's good. You look tense, let me give you a massage." Sean said and put his book aside. Than knelt behind Jo and started to massage her shoulders.

She closed her eyes and breathed deeply. 'This is definitely what I needed.' She thought and tilted her head to the side.

"So what exactly is your relationship with Aragorn." He asked after awhile.

Jo slowly opened her eyes. Just in time to see Aragorn passing by.

"He's just an…..old friend." She simply stated. They both locked eyes before he continued walking.

"It's so great to be back!" Legolas said getting behind Trinity and wrapping his arms around her waist. Trinity smiled as she unfolded the quilt.

"I'm glad to have you back. And I'm sure Reagan is very happy to see her daddy in person." She said. Legolas smiled.

"I'm happy to see her to." He said.

"It's been a long day, we better get to bed." She said. They both got on either side of the bed and climbed in. She snuggled up to him and rested her head against his chest.

"This feels great. Haven't had this for five years." He said.

She looked up. "You mean there weren't any girls over there you had your eye on?" she asked remembering her dream she had had.

"Of course not! How could I think of anyone else when I had the two of you to think about and keep me company in memory." He said. She smiled up at him.

"I'm happy to hear that." She said and kissed him lightly on the lips.

The door opened and Reagan came in with Pink pajamas on and cards in her hand.

"Reagan sweetie. It's passed your bed time." She said as Reagan climbed onto the bed.

"I know this but I couldn't sleep." She said.

"You have school tomorrow." Trinity said.

"Can't I just play one card game with you guys before I go to sleep!" Reagan asked sticking her bottom lip out.

Trinity sighed. "One game and that's it." She said.

"What game?" Legolas asked as Reagan dealt out cards.

"Go fish." She said.

"I don't want to fish. And I highly doubt that there will be any fish…." Legolas said. Reagan laughed.

"No silly! That's the name of the game!" she said.

"Oh. How do you play?" he asked. Reagan stared at him in disbelief.

"Aiii yai yai. You have a lot to learn." Reagan said putting a hand to her head and shook her head.

Trinity laughed as they started to play. She looked at Reagan showing Legolas how to play. She smiled. 'We're a real family now' she thought.

"MOM! IT'S YOUR TURN!" Reagan said snapping her out of her trance.

"Oh right, of course." She said and looked at her cards.

"Now this is where we live." Marley said walking down the hallway till they got outside of their apartment.

"In this hallway?" Merry asked looking around with a frown on his face.

"No! Right through this door!" Marley said. She started to slip the key through the hole when a voice cried out down the hall.

"Marley! Jihan! How could you do this to me!" Julio said putting a hand to his forehead.

"Oh Jesus!" Marley said trying to shove the key in faster.

" Who is this man?" Pippin asked looking him up and down.

"He's actually a male prostitute that lives around the corner near the dumpster with all the graffiti on it." Marley said opening the door.

"Oh Marley! Why must you lie to these….men. I am Marley's love. Along with Jihan's sometimes." Julio said.

They looked at him then at the girls and then back again.

"What?" Merry asked.

"He's lying he's been harassing us since the day we moved in. Please ignore him." Marley said rolling her eyes.

"Is that what this meant to you. Me harassing you. All those times I whispered those sweet nothings in your ear. Anyone woman would find that romantic." Julio said.

"All those obscene comments you said to me you consider sweet nothings. I would really want to meet the women who considered those things romantic." Marley said.

"Look, Jihan and Marley are with us. So why don't you go away and leave us in peace." Pippin said stepping up to Julio.

Julio shook his long mane of pitch black hair. He let out a loud laugh.

"You think your small little body can defeat this body. This specimen of a perfect man." Julio bellowed.

"Well no…but I can try." Pippin said meekly.

Julio laughed again.

"Come on little one. Try your best shot." He said. Pippin angry that he called him little, rolled up his sleeves, and ran straight for him. Julio held out his hand and it met Pippin's forehead. He held him back like that as Pippin tried to swing. Julio examined his nails and acted as if it were no effort.

"Ugh! I've had enough of you!" Marley said getting frustrated. She moved Pippin out of the way and swung at Julio. Her fist made contact with Julio's eye. Julio let out a painful cry. He fell onto the floor.

"Now! Everyone get inside now." She said and walked in huffing and puffing. Merry stared after Marley grinning.

"That's my girl." He said and walked in after her.

Pippin hovered over Julio who was in a fetal position on the ground.

"Yeah! And don't mess with me again!" Pippin said straightening his shirt and puffing out his chest. Julio let out a groan and Pippin jumped and ran inside the house.

"Um…are you all right…you d…" Jihan said looking at Julio with a concerned expression.

"JIHAN!" Marley yelled.

"Coming!" Jihan said and rushed inside.

"It's not much…but I call it home." Lauren said opening the door to her apartment. It was small little place with a dim light from the lamp lighting up the tiny living room.

"It's perfect." Frodo said and smiled at her. She smiled back. He brought her close and gave her a hug.

"MM. It's been awhile since I've had that from you." She said. She then led him into the bedroom. He hovered outside by the doorway. When she realized he wasn't following she turned around.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Well…erm….this….this is your bedroom." He said stuttering and looking at the floor. He looked like a little boy on his first day of kindergarten clutching his bag in his hands and shuffling his feet.

Lauren laughed. She took his hand.

"You can set your stuff down in here. If you want you can sleep on the couch, until you know, your ready to sleep in my bed." She reassured him. He looked relieved.

"Now, there's a shower through there. I know you must be tired from the trip so you can take a nice relaxing shower while I cook you up something to eat." She said.

"All right." He said. Lauren made her way out of the room and into the kitchen. She started to rummage through the cupboards trying to find something to eat. She had decided on some spaghetti when he heard a yelp from the bathroom. She rushed in and quickly closed her eyes.

"AHHH! I'm naked!" Frodo screamed.

"I know! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! My eyes are closed. Now why did you scream?" she asked calmly.

"It's hot." He said.

"What's hot?" she asked.

"The water!" he said.

"Ok. I'll fix it." She said. She slowly made her way blindly to wear the shower was. Her fingers brushed the cloth of the shower curtain. She then opened her eyes and turned the dial so that the water was slightly cooler.

"There." She said turning around.

"AH! Eyes! Eyes!" Frodo said.

"Right! Right!" she said. She put a hand over her eyes and held out the other to find the door.

"So, Smeagol was Gollum." Lizzy said parallel parking.

"No. Gollum was Smeagol." Sam corrected.

"Ah. Right. And he died right.." Lizzy said putting the car in park.

"Correct." Sam said as she shut off the car.

"Well you sure did have an eventful couple of years." She said chuckling as they got out of the car.

"Well, you could say that. But it was also very dangerous." He said grabbing his bags from the trunk.

"Well of course. Every war, no matter what dimension your in, is going to be dangerous." She said helping him by grabbing another one of the bags. They walked into the building where he studio was in.

As they made their way towards the elevator, Mr. O'Reilly, the Irish man that lived two floors below her, was outside of his apartment.

"Good evening Elizabeth. And who might this gentlemen be?" he asked in his heavy Irish brogue.

"This is Sam, Mr. O'Reilly. He's my friend that I've told you about." She said.

"Pleasure to meet you sir." Sam said shaking Mr. O'Reilly's hand.

"Oh. So you're the infamous Sam. You know she talks about you all the time. And I'm starting to figure out that you might have a bigger place in her heart than just as a friend." He said with a twinkle in his eye.

"Mr. O'Reilly! Now come on!" Lizzy said blushing yet putting her hands on his hips.

Mr. O'Reilly threw back his head in a hearty laugh. His hand slapping his knee.

"Oh come now, Elizabeth. You know I'm just pulling your leg." He smiling.

Lizzy smiled.

"You know. When you smile like that, you remind me of my dear wife, Rachel, may she rest in peace." He said. "And you same, you remind me of myself when I was a young lad about your age."

Lizzy smiled at Sam.

"Well, I don't want to keep you lot from getting home. I'll talk to yah tomorrow." He said and nodded and walked inside his apartment.

"He was a nice fellow." Sam said as Lizzy pressed the up button.

"Yeah, he is. He was the first neighbor to welcome me into the building." Lizzy said.

"Really?" Sam asked as they stepped inside the elevator.

"Yeah, feel bad about his wife though. She died a couple of months before I moved in. I try to visit him, here and there after work, to see how he is." She said.

"That's nice of you." Sam said while the elevator tinged letting them know they had reached her floor.

"I try." She said. They walked down the Pepto-Bismol pink carpeted hallway and stopped at outside her door. She pulled the key out of her back pocket. She took a breath and looked at him.

"Welcome home." She said and opened the door.

AN: Ok. The long awaited chapter is finally posted. Sorry that it took ages…had a bit of….gasp dare I say it….writers block! But I'm slowly overcoming it and will like to thank my reviewers. First to Sunni07, grazie per ressegni il mia storia. Not exactly german but some Italian, basically saying that you for reviewing my story. Lol. Next to Brilover hope you liked this chapter and thank you for saying my story was…well.. awesome b/c I personally don't think so. DreamsUnreal, I didn't exactly update soon but I hope u can forgive me. Next to, Siruis's Crazy Chick. Well I hope you hatred toward me will slowly fizzle out with this chapter done lol. FrickinIdiot. When I got ur review I laughed. I know we haven't talked in awhile its b/c I changed my sn but on my profile here it has it. And im glad ur still enjoying my story ). And last but not least, dude where's my hobbit. You've been a revewer for a long time, its amazing how ur still interested in my story lol. Thanks for reviewing! Well that's it everyone. Hopefully I'll get the next chapter out before I have a ring on my left hand and having a priest announce that I'm married.. Until next time…