Chapter 5:

(Yea!! Another chappie! have fun and oh yeah, WARNING: LEGOLAS IS VERY PERVERTED IN THIS!! his mind has been corrupted lol! enjoy!)

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Frodo sat by himself on a log at the camp they had made for the night. Sam approached him. "Have something to eat, Frodo," he said.

"No, Sam," Frodo said, plainly.

"You haven't been eating or sleeping, don't think I haven't noticed," Sam said.

"I'm alright," Frodo replied.

"But you're not," Sam continued, "I'm here to help you!"

"You can't help me Sam.....not this time," Frodo said, tears forming in his blue eyes.

Sam gave up and started to walk away as Erin approached. "Maybe you can talk to him," Sam said, to her.

"Thanks, Sam," Erin said, as she sat down beside Frodo.

Frodo didn't look at her, but stared blankly ahead of him. "Frodo....I know this is hard for you," Erin started, "You need energy and rest, eat, sleep".

"I can't," Frodo answered.

He looked into Erin's sad eyes. "Oh Frodo..." Erin said, giving Frodo butterfly kisses on his face, "Come and lay down with me".

"Not tonight, Erin," Frodo answered.

Erin showed a very strong look of sadness and disappointment, "ok," she said, sadly.

She got up and started to walk away, but Frodo stopped her, "I'm sorry," he said, without feeling.

Erin just turned away and continued walking. Sam came back over for a minute and said one last thing to Frodo, before leaving him alone, "Don't you know what you just did? Erin cares about you, she loves you, can't you see that?" he said, and walked away.

A pang of guilt ran through Frodo's body and he let out tears full of anguish, wishing it would all just go away.

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It was almost three hours before dawn. A light chill hung in the air while the pale cresent moon sent and eerie glow over the river. Creeping around the sleeping bodies of her friends, Niori crept to where Carla lay, sprawled on her side. Quietly, she reached across her sleeping cousin's form and grabbed onto the backpack that was by Carla's side.

With a smirk, Niori slowly crept away from the others and walked about ten minutes down the river. She took the CD player out of the bag and placed it on a high up rock. She looked quickly through the various Cd cases, picked out "Weathered" (Creed), and put it in the CD player.

As the music played, Niori shed her clothes with a giggle and dove into the water. The music blasted from the stereo, Niori surmurged herself and using the soap Carla had packed in her backpack, started to clean herself off.

A little ways away, the other girls had woken up to the familiar tune of "One Last Breath" and waondering what Niori was doing, Erin, Jane, and Carla wandered down the path to where Niori was. They arrived to find Niori splashing around. "Niori?" Carla asked, making Niori stop moving, "What are you doing?"

"Oh..." Niori spoke, "Having a bath! we're going to get like really icky and all, so I figured we should be clean while we can".

"Hey!" Jane said, "That's not a bad idea!"

The other girls shed their clothes and dove into the water along side Niori. After a few minutes, the four girls had all started a huge waterfight and were splashing around like crazy and listening to the loud music that blasted over the speakers. Back at camp, the fellowship had woken up with quite a start. They heard the music and loud splashing. "Now what are they doing?" Aragorn muttered, as he and the others made their way down the path the girls had taken.

They arrived to where they were and the first thing Aragorn did was shut off the stereo. "Hey!" Niori cried, "Who the hell did that?"

"What are you four doing?" Boromir called out over the river.

The light from the moon covered the shore line, but left the water completely black. The girls could see the fellowship perfectly, but they couldn't see the girls. "Go away!" Jane's voice came from the dark waters.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Pippin asked, taking a step towards the water.

"GO AWAY!" Erin cried loudly and then splashing could be heard.

In the water, the four girls were all about waist deep, with no clothes on, and freaking out because the guys wouldn't leave. "Would you guys go away!" Carla cried angrily.

"Why?" Merry asked.

"You four should come out of the water, it's too dark to see you from the shore!" Aragorn said.

"NO!" all four girls cried in unison.

"What is going on here?" Legolas asked, coming down the path (he stayed behind when the others came).

"We don't know," Gimli said, with a shake of his head, "They won't tell us!"

Legolas stepped forward to the waters edge and squinted his eyes. The girls weren't totally freaking because it was too dark to see from the shore. Suddenly, a giant smirk formed on Legolas' face. He looked from one girl to another, (even though they thought he couldn't see them) and finally, he shook his head and his smirk got even bigger. He stared into the water and everyone was wondering what he was smirking at. "Oh my god!" Niori's eyes widened suddenly, "He has friggin elvish eyes! Legolas you b******, you can see in the dark!"

Erin and Jane let out ear piercing shrieks and dove under the water, Carla swore and dunked herself under, and Niori quickly went until she was chin deep. Legolas' smirk got even bigger, and he turned to walk back to camp, stopping only to say something to the other members of the fellowship. "Too bad you don't have elvish eyes".

Legolas walked away smirking. "I'm going to kill you, Elf-boy!" Carla screamed, angrily.

Legolas gave a little laugh and then walked away. "What's so funny?" Frodo asked the others, "What did Legolas mean?"

No one answered.

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Niori sat at the bow of Legolas' and her small boat with her arms crossed and looking none too pleased. The other boats, who carried the others, pushed off of the shores beside the one Niori sat in. She felt her boat being pushed into the water, and then Legolas leaped lightly into it and took up a paddle.

The elf started paddling down the river, rather amused at the fact that Niori wasn't even looking at him. "You know," he spoke with amusement in his voice, "If anyone else were to see you, they'd think you were mad at me".

Niori gave a loud growl, but didn't turn around. "I'm not talking to you!"

"Oh come on Niori," Legolas laughed, "It's not that big of a deal......."

"It's not?!?!" Niori whirled around sharply, "Well buddy, hate to burst your bubble, but to the others and me it was!"

Niori glared at Legolas, and despite himself, he started to smirk, which only made Niori more angry. "Don't be mad, Niori, I only did what any other guy would have done!"

"Well, I hope you got an eyefull," Niori fumed, "because that's the last time you'll see that!"

With a huff, Niori turned back around and folded her arms. Legolas smirked, leaned forward, and whispered into Niori's ear, "Too bad, I liked what I saw".

Niori's eyes widened and she jumped to her feet. Before Niori and Legolas could brace themselves, the boat (from Niori jumping up so suddenly) tipped to the side, sending both the elf and human into the cold waters of Anduin.

Seconds later, the two resurfaced on the top of the water, Legolas laughing. "Well, that wasn't the reaction I expected," he laughed.

Furious, Niori reared back her hand, and with all her might, brought her hand back up and slapped him across the face. His head jolted to one side, and when he turned back around, a red mark was across his face. "What are you two doing?" Aragorn called from one of the other boats.

Niori swam back to her boat, and failed completely in trying to pull herself back up. Legolas swam up beside her, his face still a little red, and without trying, pulled himself back into the boat. Glaring at him, Niori grabbed onto the side of the boat. "Help me up!" she ordered.

Legolas smirked. "Hurry the hell up! It's cold!"

Legolas grabbed her arm and pulled her back into the boat. "Thanks," Niori mumbled and went back to her place at the front of the boat. With a sigh, Legolas took back up the paddle and again started paddling. "Are you still mad at me?" he asked.

"Yes!" came Niori's reply.

Legolas shook his head and thought, "This is going to be one silent ride".

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Erin sat facing away from Frodo, she wasn't totally happy with him either. Frodo sighed. "Ok, I give up. Talk to me Erin," he said.

Erin didn't reply but started humming one of her favorite songs, "Still Waiting" by Sum41. Sam wasn't talking to Frodo either, he wasn't that mad at Frodo, as soon as he appologized to Erin he'd talk again, but until then, not a sound came from Sam's lips. "Erin," Frodo said again.

Erin started humming louder. "LISTEN!" Frodo screamed.

This startled Erin and she looked at him with wide eyes. "WHAT!?!?" She yelled back.

"You're having my baby, this is important, I'm not going to fight with you!" Frodo said.

"I'm waiting," Erin mumbled.

"....I'm sorry," Frodo said, uneasily.

Erin smiled contently to herself. "Ok," Erin answered, "Just don't jump on me and tip over the boat like LEGOLAS AND NIORI!"

Legolas and Niori looked towards her from another boat. Erin hummed and stifled a laugh.

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Everyone's boats approached the two statues ahead with their hands outstretched in a pose. Erin started to giggle. "What?" Sam asked, smiling.

Erin laughed and shouted extremely loud, "IN YOUR FACE!" and pointed to the statues, signaling with a hand in the air.

There was silence as everyone looked at Erin and stared. A bird far off crowed. "TAKE A PICTURE PEOPLE!" Erin screamed at them.

Frodo smiled a little, "That's my Erin," he thought to himself.

Jane caught on and started giggling also, "Talk to the hand!" she cried.

"So true," Niori said, smiling.

"Those things have always freaked me out, it's like two Gandalf's in kongfu fighting mode!" Erin said, and laughed harder.

Aragorn glared at Erin, but she just continued laughing as they got closer to where they were resting for the night.

(A/N hope you enjoyed this chappie! Please R&R!)