Howdy ya'll. This is the next chapter, obviously. Took me a while to put it up. Stupid internet connections. Darn those Canadians!

Haldir- I thought they were just tapping your phone?

They are, but it effects my internet as well.

Haldir- People say I'm paranoid. It's not like I think I have Canadians tapping my phone.

Do you even have a phone?

Haldir- Shut up and get to the story.

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The young woman stifled a groan as she buried her face into the pillow. It had been the same routine for weeks now, and she was tired of it. Wake up, eat, lessons, hang out with Anfarawen and maybe Rumil and Orophin, pester Haldir, eat some more, then more sleep. She was so incredibly bored of it.

And it wasn't as if Lothlorien was boring. That was far from the truth. Akira could spend hours simply admiring the beauty of the woods which she had somehow ended up in. It was only that she was feeling restless. And she really knew only one to help end that.

Being as quite as possible so as not to alert anyone of her presence, the red head watched as Haldir spoke to an elven woman. Much like him, she had flawless pale skin, long blond hair which was pulled back, and wore a light blue dress, which hung nicely to her and accentuated her curves. She was beautiful. And for some reason, the young woman found herself not particularly caring for the she elf.

When the elf walked away, Akira stepped out. Haldir noticed her, and wondered if she had been watching his exchange with the elven woman. If she had she said nothing as she came up to him.

"Hi ya," she said with a smile. The march warden eyed her suspiciously.

"What do you want?" he questioned.

Blinking once or twice, the young woman simply stared at the elf. "Want something? Why, pretty boy, whatever do you mean?"

The captain raised an eyebrow. "You must want something, for it is obvious that you were seeking me out, and since we have no sparring lessons today, there must be another reason you came to find me," he stated.

Akira sighed. "Um..." she began, unsure of what she wanted to say. She looked up at him, their eyes meeting then looking back down. "I was wondering, is that offer for the hike around Lothlorien still standing?"

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Haldir had been slightly surprised when the young red head had come to him, asking for a tour of the Lothlorien wood. Though he had brought it up, he did not think she yet trusted him enough to be alone in the woods with him. Maybe she did. Maybe, despite walking in on her and that unfortunate game of Twister, despite him with holding food and acting so incredibly arrogant, she had seen passed that, and learned that when he had promised to keep her safe, he had meant it. Or, of course, she had been so incredibly bored she'd had to result in 'hanging out' with him again.

Akira could not get over how beautiful the Golden Wood truly was. Unimaginably tall trees seemed to stretch for miles above them. The name 'Golden Wood' suddenly made sense as she saw all of the yellow leaves lying on the ground. Even though it was winter, it still appeared so beautiful. It was like something out of a fairy tale. Standing out there, the young woman felt as if a magic spell were being cast upon the forest, trapping it's beauty in that moment of time. She thought that if she simply left, she could return in a life time and nothing would have changed, that the forest would have looked exactly the same.

The young woman's legs were beginning to ache as she and the march warden trudged up a golden leaf covered hill. Haldir tossed a glance back towards her. She appeared to be quite tired. He wondered why she had not asked them for a rest.

The elf stopped at the top of the hill and watched as Akira made her way towards him. When she reached to top of the hill, she looked up at him, confused as to why he had stopped.

"You seem tired," he stated. "I thought we may take a rest for a few moments."

Dark brown eyes studied the elf as he made his way and took a seat near a tree. He seemed to look completely at peace simply sitting there, starring out into nothingness, waiting for her to join him. Akira trudged towards the march warden and took a seat next to him.

The red head shoved her hand into one of the pockets in her baggy dark pants. When removing her hand, she produced a yellow war head and popped into her mouth. "Want one?" the teen asked Haldir, smirking a bit as he glared at the candy wrapper. She shoved it back into her pocket and sighed.

A soft breeze ruffled the golden leaves of the forest. Her deep brown eyes starred up at the mallorn trees which seemed to loom above them. Living in a big city like Seattle, Akira never got to go out into the woods. So even though she wasn't sure, the young red head could only assume that Lorien was thousands of times more beautiful then those in her world.

"I often came here," the captain said, gaining the young woman's attention as he suddenly began to speak. "When I was a child, I would wander away to this spot exactly to escape the troubles of home."

She glanced at him, and wondered why he was telling her this. It wasn't that the information was all that significant or guarded; it was simply that he had told her something about his past, and she had not even asked. Was he...opening up? The thought nearly made the red head laugh as she shook it away. The march warden did not seem like the type to open up.

"I used to hide in the attic," Akira found herself saying softly. "When we used to have our old house, lived in the 'berbs. I would go upstairs and look at all the old family photo albums. I'd stay up there for like, hours, until someone finally yelled at me to come down. I liked being up there. Never had anything else to do."

Haldir wondered as to what the 'berbs' were. He could only assume it was a place where people lived in her time. He wanted to inquire as to whom she meant when she said 'we', but he decided not to press the issue, remembering the mood she had taken when he had questioned if she had any siblings of her own.

Akira looked over at him. Her legs were feeling a bit better. She was not used to walking around so much. Well, at least through the forest anyway. Give her the crowded city streets and a transit and she was a Hell's Angel, but put her in the woods, and Akira was like a toddler with legs made of jelly as she tried to move around, avoiding everything while being completely distracted by the beauty of the place.

"Who was that woman I saw you talking to?" the young woman questioned while brushing a way a loose hair. She furrowed her brow, wondering if she had brought a scrunchie or something with her. Out of the corner of her dark eyes, the red head glared at the elf sitting next to her. His hair always seemed to stay so perfect, while hers seemed to go all over the place. There truly was no justice in the world.

Haldir gazed over the teenager sitting beside him. Woman? "Ah," he said after a few moments of thinking the question over. "You must mean Lady Lathline."

"Yeah," she agreed softly after some moments. "Is she like your...girlfriend or something? I mean, the two of you looked awfully friendly..."

The march warden raised an eyebrow, and then cut her off as he interjected with his own statement. "Girlfriend?" he questioned. Before being able to elaborate, the captain had continued. "She is not my lover, is that is what you mean. In fact, my brother Rumil happens to be courting her."

Akira processed the information. It didn't seem to surprise her much, the fact that Haldir did not have a girlfriend. That was, she was sure that there had probably been some elf out there who had set her sights on him, only to find a cold arrogant march warden underneath. The sound of Haldir's slightly amused voice caused the young woman to turn her head and face him. "Why so interested? Are you perhaps jealous?" the march warden asked, a smirk playing on his lips as she glared at him.

Her? Jealous? Of him? All right, so, he may have been joking, but Akira could *not* miss a chance to take him and his might ego down a peg or two. So, instead of simply screaming in his face that she was just asking a freaking question, the young woman edged closer to the elf.

Haldir regarded the woman who was nearing closer to him. The smirk had disappeared from his face as she did. A few loose strands of dark auburn hair, which had been neatly tucked behind the teen's ear, fell onto his shoulder. "Well," she breathed into his ear. "I guess you caught me."

She could barely hide her smirk. This was going to be fun. Just wait until she saw the look on his face.

The march warden wondered what in the name of Valar she was doing, getting so close to him, and then whispering into his ear. He had only been jesting when he'd asked if she was jealous. For the most part any way, letting his ego and the drawings he had found in her room get the best of him for only a few moments.

Trying her hardest to keep a straight face, Akira leaned into him, her dark eyes meeting his light ones, filled with confusion. Recalling the exact words, she had to bite the inside of her lips not to laugh.

"I want you," she whispered, causing the elf's eyes to nearly pop out from their sockets. "I need you. Oh baby, oh baby."

He simply regarded her for some moments. Looking into her brown depths, Haldir could have sworn that she was serious.

Akira smirked inwardly. That would teach him to call her jealous. Yep, she had definitely brought him down a bit. All right, she had probably watched 10 Things I Hate About You way too many times, but it was still funny. She tried not to laugh in his face as he starred at her in complete confusion and disbelief. Just as Akira was about ready to let out her evil laughter of triumph and yell psych in his face, Haldir did something that he never thought he would do. Never even really wanted to do, well at least until that moment.

He pressed his lips to hers.

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The young woman's eyes widened in shock. Haldir was kissing her. Haldir was kissing her! It took a few moments for the words to register in her brain. It took even longer for the feeling of the elf's lips moving softly against her own to bring reality crashing down on her. The thought of returning or responding to the kiss briefly ran through her mind, but she quickly dismissed the thought, wondering where in the hell that had come from. Instead she put her hands to his chest, and a bit more unsurely then she would have liked, shoved him away from her. The move was unexpected, and caused Haldir to fall onto his back.

Pushing himself up onto his elbows, the elf and the woman regarded each other before they finally spoke.

"What in the *hell* is the matter with you?!" she shrieked at him.

Blinking with annoyance and confusion, the march warden began smoothing leaves out of his blond locks. "What do you mean what is the matter with me?" he questioned. "You were the one who began...pressing flesh...and *you*," he said narrowing his eyes, "were the one who said..."

Akira's eyes widened with anger as she stood up, a bit more flustered then she would have liked to have been because of the march warden's kiss. "*I*, was joking! You know like ha ha...funny..." the young woman said. The elf glared at her coldly. Obviously, he was not amused. "I was only messing with you," Akira informed him. "I didn't mean for you take it literally." The elf stood up as well, but stayed a far distance from her.

"Then you should not have said it," he retorted, keeping his voice calm and smooth.

"Why is it I'm the one always getting blamed for everything?" she questioned, recalling the 'jaw breaker incident'. "And besides, I didn't think you were gonna get happy hands or go all Chester Molester on me!"

He starred in disbelief at the red head. "What...who? I'm Haldir. Not this Chester...who's Chester? What are you talking about?" She narrowed her eyes at him. "And I most certainly did not have these so called happy hands," he added indignantly. In order to prove this, he held out his hands in front of him. "See? They are just as...unhappy as they were a few moments ago."

"Whatever!" she argued. "Your hands were traveling southwards and you know it!"

"How dare you accuse me of having so called happy hands when only moments ago you were attempting to seduce me," he said rather irritably.

Her anger flared. "One, I was just messing around! It's what you get for assuming that everyone is just so madly in freaking love with you. Two, you did so have happy hands and don't deny it. I *saw* you getting ready to try and do something. And three, you weren't exactly fighting me off now were you there pretty boy?" Akira questioned.

The march warden could feel his own cheeks begin to flush. She had appeared sincere in her advances. Had he really gotten a case of the so-called happy hands? Haldir had not thought so, though the movements of his own hands were rather hazy at the moment. And, as to her last statement, no, he had not resisted in the least. In fact, he had technically made the first move, though it had been *her* who'd come on to him.

Before he could retort, or say anything in defense, an arrow flew past the now almost closed distance between the two. Their argument forgotten, Akira looked to the arrow which was now embedded in one of the trees. Haldir looked passed the young woman's shoulder. Their eyes met, the red heads wide with confusion and a bit of fear. The elf grabbed her shoulders, beginning to shove her off into the opposite direction.

"Run."

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A cliffy! La la la la la!

Haldir- I did inappropriate things in this chapter! Where did you come up with Chester Molester? You have issues!

I know.

Johnnydeppsgirl7- Well, I suppose this chapter answers your question.

Gothic Flame- Apparently the jawbreaker left Hal's teeth just fine! And, as to your question, I can not tell you if Hal is going to come to our world, but thank you for thinking that I could do it goodishly. I used that word at school today. ^_^

pippin-luva99- You love my story? It was in capitals too! Wicked. I will ask Haldir if he will go over and sing to you.

Haldir- Ahem.

Here I go, scream my lungs out

And try to get to you

You are my only one

I let go, cause there's just no one

Who get's me like you do

You are my only, my only one

Wow...you sing REALLY good. (He...I got him to sing a Yellowcard song. It's called 'Only One'. It is sooo good. Go get thier CD Ocean Avenue.)

fanfictiongeek- She says that you are way way to sexy for your bow. And that you have no fluff. And that Sesshy and Sephy are hotter then you. (You are way to cruel Jen.)

Haldir- I do have a fluff. *holds up purple pen with a fluffy feather on the end* And my thrown has fluffy things on it. So there! *sticks out tounge*

Sweet A.K- My whole LIFE is a blond moment.

Gothic Angel of Death- Haldir, if you could choose one person to see naked, who would it be and why?

Haldir- Have you ever seen that movie Pat? With that person, and no one knows if they are a guy or a girl?

Yeah.

Haldir- I'd pick that person, just to see if it was a guy or a girl.

Jade- The best Haldir romance fic you've read so far? *falls over* Thank you!

Haldir- You know, Jade could have only read about two other stories.

Why do you always have to bring me down? Also, Jade's sis wants to marry you.

Commodores R Ppl 2- Asks if you won't marry, will you go out with her?

Haldir- Well...no one else did ask me out this chapter...but what if someone else asks me out next chapter...I'm so confused. Umm...ok...I'll go out with her until the A/N of your next chapter, and see where our relationship is.

*blinks* You'll actually go out with her?

Haldir- It's not like I have anything better to do then to hang around your A/N's.

Fluffy- But...what about us...I thought we had something together!

Haldir- It's not you...it's me...I have needs!

All righty then. *backs away* Review please. Hey you guy's, got an issue, grab a tissue.

Fluffy- *sniffle* Thank you.