Melannen gazed out of the taxi window, her mind wandering back to years past. The Ages of the world had zipped by so quickly that she had never really been able to stop and look back, until now. She remembered the day when she received the letter telling her that Glorfindel had been killed at the Alamo, and when she had been informed that Elros had been in a fatal car accident. And Thranduil, she thought sadly, he had gone hiking up in the mountains and never returned, whether from savior by the Valar or from the avalanche that had wiped out most of the area, Melannen was unsure. During those times her thoughts had been only denial and grief, two things she had come to know rather well through the ages, but now the sadness seemed renewed.
It was winter, and the holidays were fast approaching, families were getting together and planning wonderful things for the season, but she was alone. She had long since forgotten of the golden-haired prince who she had loved unrelentingly for so long, now he was only a faint memory. Though, still, she would dream of him, waking up only to find that she was by herself.
The cab slowly came to a stop, paying the driver, she hopped out into the bitter cold. Pulling her coat firmly around her shoulders, Melannen strode over to the coffee shop. When she opened the door, a welcoming rush of warm air greeted her from inside and the chime of a small bell announced her entry. After paying for her latte, Melannen sat down in the corner and pulled out a book from her bag. It was the same one she had been reading for the past millennium, it had been a gift from Legolas, and now her only reminder of him. The Fall of Numenor had certainly seen better days, but it was still in surprisingly good condition for being as old as it was. Glorfindel had offered multiple times to rewrite it for her many times, but on each occasion she had refused, it was the only thing of her past that had survived.
The calm silence of the cafe was suddenly shattered by the shuffling of feet as a group of men pushed each other into the small place. Melannen looked up to see three guys all laughing and breathing heavily. One was tall and handsome with reddish hair, the other was rather short and had shining blue eyes, and the last had his back to her, but he was taller than the others with dark brown hair in the form of a mohawk. Melannen could not help but raise her eyes at their dramatic entrance.
Though, as impressive as their entrance had been, the reaction to everyone at the cafe was even more so. All of the sudden everyone was standing, the women were squealing and the men only sat back, looking somewhat disgusted.
'It's Elijah!'
'Oh my God! It- it-'
'ORLANDO!!!!!'
'The Danish pastry!' a middle-aged woman yelled above the commotion. Only to be corrected by her friend with, 'Its Half-Danish pastry, Maggie."
'VIGGIE!!!' at that, the man who was called Viggo casually walked over and tried to hide behind Elijah, only to find that their hight differences made it nearly impossible.
Melannen chuckled and leaned back to watch the scene unfold. Viggo snuck out of the crowd and came to sit beside her.
"Hey, I'm Viggo." he said, trying to not draw anymore attention to himself.
"The Danish pastry?"
Viggo rolled his eyes, "I'm afraid so . . ." he laughed.
"I'm Rachael." Melannen said, "Nice to meet you, Viggie."
Viggo snorted. Then, as if out of nowhere, Elijah came and sat beside his friend. After making introductions both began to look around nervously.
"Where's Orli?" Viggo asked.
Elijah shrugged, "Fangirls got 'im." the blue eyed actor shuddered visibly.
"Terrible end . . . so gruesome."
Viggo and Melannen began to laugh. "No . . . Vig, I was being serious." Elijah said, looking more jittery by the second.
Viggo gave him a dubious look. "O-kay." then all three were startled by a deep voice behind them.
"You guys looking for me?"
Melannen turned, she knew that voice.
SORRY, I know that was FOREVER between chapters!!! Middle school is SO annoying!!! I just finished up with all my midterms, so updates should be MUCH closer together. THANKS to all of my reviewers!!!
