When Aragorn awoke the next morning he was more than a little confused. This wasn't his room. Suddenly an arm wrapped around his waist. He started to panic, what if it had all be a hallucination, what if he was still in the Orcs clutches." He rolled slightly and let out a breath as he realized it was his brother. He took another look around, and realized it was Elladan's room. Suddenly the events of the night before came rushing back to him and he bit back a groan, damn he must have been pretty bad off to have done something so stupid.

Now, he thought to himself, how am I going to get myself out of this mess? He slowly slid out from Elladan's arms, had a quick bath, and ran downstairs. He overheard his father talking about sending him and Elladan on a patrol for a few days to check out the borders. He stepped into the room, making his presence known.

"Estel," His father said smiling at him, "we were just talking about you, how do you feel about going on a short patrol with Elladan?" Damn, now he was stuck. Say yes and get stuck alone with Elladan for a week, say no and admit there is something wrong. He was saved answering by the entrance of his other brother Elohir. "Come on Ada, Estel just got back from his ranger duties, why don't we give him some more time off and I will go on patrol with Elladan." His father stopped for a second and thought about it. "It's all right with me, if it's okay with you Estel."

Okay with me, on the inside he was jumping for joy. Only Elohir could come up with the perfect solution without even knowing it. Outwardly he said "Elohir's right Ada, I would like to spend as much time here as possible before I leave." Leave, he shuddered at the thought. His Ada unfortunately caught this small shiver.

"You're still cold Estel? You should go put on a sweater; I fear you may be coming down with something. Maybe its better if you don't go on the patrol after all." Trust his father, no his Lord to come up with something like that.

Elladan showed up to breakfast a half hour later and Lord Elrond pitched his patrol idea on Elladan. He looked across the table and saw Elladan looking at him as he answered "But Ada, Estel only visits so rarely now, can't the patrol wait. Besides we have others that can go, they know the borders just as well as we do." Now Elrond suspected something, Damn Elladan. Elrond then asked to speak with Dan in his study. He had to know what they were talking about.

He snuck up to the door and was thankful that they were speaking loud enough for his human ears to detect. "Elladan I want to know what is going on with you and Estel now." "Nothing is going on Ada" "Then why did Estel not want to go on patrol with you, and you refuse to go on patrol without him." "Well, Ada, it's just that well" Elladan gave his word, he couldn't tell Ada… Or would he? He listened closely, whatever was said now could change everything.

AN: Sorry for the cliffhanger. Don't worry though; the next chapter should be up soon. Also I could obviously really use a Beta.