Hope you all had fantastic Christmasses, and have a great New Year!

Sorry, update's a bit behind... I lost inspiration for this story, though don't be too mad cause I did start another fluffy A/A fic... keep your eyes open for it...

Everything's still Tokien's, this whole story is still dedicated to Sunshine!

Individual thanks are a the bottom... enjoy!

Chapter 2

Aragorn lay there silently, watching his wife as she slept. It was something he did often, and he knew she sometimes observed him too. He had risen with the sun that morning, visiting the market, shops, friends, organising everything for the day ahead. He'd even been to see the chief palace decorator about a certain white-berried plant.

He smiled as Arwen moaned softly in her sleep. All he had to do was look upon her and he knew she was worth it. He also knew she had him wrapped around her little finger, but that he wouldn't be any where else in the whole of Arda.

"You're watching me again, aren't you?"

Aragorn grinned as Arwen opened her eyes. "No," he said innocently, and she smiled.

"You've always been a bad liar," she murmured, tracing circles on his bare chest. "And what were you doing up so early this morning?"

He stared at her. "How did you know- ?"

"I don't have Elven blood and pointed ears for the sheer joy of it, you know." She moved closer to him. "Along with my incredible beauty and vast wisdom, they also symbolise my keen hearing."

Aragorn laughed, reaching out to brush his thumb across the pointed tip of her ear. "So that's what these are for?" He whispered, feeling her shiver at his touch. He replaced his thumb with his tongue. "And there was me thinking they were just another excuse for me to torture you..." He trailed off, pressing kisses along her ear, moving down towards her jaw and neck. She arched her hips into him as waves of desire began to spread through her body, a breathless sigh escaping her lips.

She closed her eyes as she felt her husband's hands sneak around her shoulders, pulling her head forwards to meet her lips in a burning kiss that scorched her very soul. Just when she thought this blissful torture would never end, he pulled away and treated her to a smile which, had she been standing, would have made her legs give way beneath her.

"What's the matter?" She asked, looking at him through long eyelashes. She reached out to touch his cheek but he took her hand in his.

"Right now?" He kissed the palm of her hand. "Right now, absolutely everything in the world is just perfect. But," he added as she tried to move closer, "we have a ball to attend in less than five hours." He swung his legs out of bed and sat up.

Arwen sighed and rolled over. "Five hours? That's plenty of time. We could- " She was silenced by a kiss that drew the breath from her lungs.

When they broke apart, Aragorn grinned at her and stroked the back of his hand across her cheek. "I don't want to be late for our first Mid-Winter Ball. We have a lot to do in five hours - I need to check everything's been organised, and I need you to go to the market to collect a few things for me..." He paused, but she didn't seem to have reacted to his statement. "After all that's sorted, we should have some time to..." He trailed off with a glint in his eye - he didn't need to finish his sentence.

She sighed again, though she was smiling. "Do you promise?" She held his hand, refusing to let go until he assented.

"I promise," he told her with a quick kiss, before moving to get dressed. On his way across the room he opened the curtains, and white sunlight streaked into the room. It was an hour past mid-day. Perfect timing, he thought to himself as he pulled on a shirt.

When he was ready to leave, he sat on the bed next to his wife and gave her a piece of parchment. "You'll find this man on a market stand opposite the library in the lower citadel. He knows you're coming." He leaned in and kissed her sweet lips. "I'll see you back here in an hour or two."

Arwen held the collar of his shirt as he turned to go and pulled him back for another kiss. "I love you," she said, smiling.

He kissed her once more and stood up. "I love you too."

"Estel?"

"Hmm?"

"You never did tell me why you got up so early this morning."

The look of innocence on her face melted his heart. He nodded at the piece of parchment in her hand. "You'll see."

He opened the door when she spoke again. "Estel?"

"Yes?"

"What I said last night about you losing your sense of romance - you wouldn't do anything... stupid to try and prove otherwise, would you?"

He just winked and closed the door behind him.

Ok, so maybe it's gonna be more that 2/3 chapters... probably 5/6 now.... never mind!

Meine 'honorary' Schwester: :::hugs back::: (won't let me do little star things!) well, maybe Arwen's persuaded the sexy one to her way of thinking on the mistletoe front... hehehe! oh you are special!! ;D

Valia-Elf: Oh. My. Frog. You are SUCH a biscuit! lol! But what sort of socks would those be, hey?!? I bet they're not as cool as mine... they have "mistle-toads" on with googly eyes.... HEY, IVE JUST REALISED, THAT IS SO WEIRD... I'M WEARING MISTLETOE THEMED SOCKS AND UPDATING THIS STORY... FREAKY! aaanyways.... :)

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viviana: thank you! I didn't get any email though, if you sent one.... my otheraddress is my penname 'at' hotmail 'dot' com (stupid fanfic won't let me put addresses in), if you want to try that...

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Aragorn waits for Arwen: well, you'll soon be about to find out! thanks!