((Shine's Note: Yes, I'm still updating for Jen, I wanted to go ahead and put this chapter up too, since I think she mentioned something about putting more than one up since she hasn't updated in a while. On with the story!))
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Chapter Five
As they were looking over toward the entrance, they saw the other three hobbits and Aragorn come up. Jen thought of how the hobbits would be excited to see Bilbo. The girls had met Bilbo on there first night there and talked with him often at meals, but didn't see him very often during the day since he was usually resting in his room or finishing his book. He liked to be alone most of the time. The girls knew that and they respected his privacy. They remember when they were still in their world, being interrupted during private time too many times. Shine and Rebal got up to go make their beds since they didn't have a chance when they woke up.
Jen was sitting and staring at the newcomers with a blank expression and watched as Gandalf goes to greet them and how happy they are to see him. 'I wish we could be that happy. I miss everyone back home too much to be full of happiness.', she thought. One tear, just one tear, rolled down the right side of her face. She just wiped it away. She was still looking at the newcomers when one of the hobbits, that was looking around, spotted her on the balcony. They turned around and started telling the others, but before they could see her, Jen went back into her room. 'It's best if they don't see us until the council', she thought.
Down to the hobbits
"But I promise guys. I saw a girl watching us from right over there.", Pippin said, pointing to where Jen just was. "Sure, whatever you say. I doubt it since it's your aim to joke around all the time when you should be acting more mature.", replied Sam. Pippin insisted, "But I'm serious. If you don't believe me I can tell you what she looked like. She had a sort of light pink dress on and she had really short, light brown hair. You'll see her around and then you'll be saying sorry to me." Aragorn had long gone to look for Arwen since he didn't really want to get into this arguement. As they continued to argue, Gandalf kept staring at the spot Pippin had pointed to. He was pretty sure he knew who was staring at them, he knew for a fact, especially from hearing Pippin's description of the girl. He was thinking to himself, 'What are you up to Jen? You know that no one is allowed to see you or your friends until the council tomorrow.' The hobbits, Gandalf, and Aragorn, who had just been told by Arwen that she had to attend to something, all went to get something to eat.
back to the girls
Arwen, who had told Aragorn that she had business to attend to, came to Shine and Rebal's rooms and told them that they were to have a meeting in Jen's room. After everyone was in there, sitting comfortably on either a chair or the bed, Arwen stood up and started to speak. "You three know as well as I do that no one, besides me, my father, Gandalf, and Bilbo, is allowed to talk to you, or see you until the council. Jen was almost seen by all of the hobbits, but luckily Pippin was the only one that saw her since he got inside the room before the othes could. Also, since Pippin tends to joke around a lot, none of the other hobbits believed that he saw her, which is a very good thing. I have called this meeting to tell you what you need to do in order to stay hidden until the council tomorrow.", she said.
The girls nodded, somewhat following Arwen. Arwen continued, "You will need to stay in your rooms most of the day. If you need anything, like books, food, or other things, just say my name in your mind and I should be able to hear you and come. You will still be able to attend meals, but you must sit as far away from the guests as you can and try not to attract any attention to yourselves. To help that, you might want to hide your ears, so that anyone who sees you, if they do, will think you're Rivendell elves. You will still be able to go in the halls, but not often, and you must wear a cloak and hide your face, and try to walk in the shadows as much as possible. You might have to wear cloaks at meals but that has yet to be decided necessary by my father yet. Ok, that should be all. Do any of you have any questions?"
Shine raised her hand. Arwen pointed to her, "Yes. Shine." Shine let out a big sigh, took and deep breath and said, "Wha?" Rebal snickered, Jen fell off the bed, and Arwen giggled. Arwen explained it again, but a bit slower so Shine could catch everything that was being said. After Arwen was finished, Shine said, "Oh, ok. I got it now."
Throughout the day, the girls were able to stay well hidden from anyone. They wore cloaks everywhere, finally decided by Lord Elrond, and tried to walk in the shadows most of the time. They decided to go to dinner with their cloaks on and were barely noticed except for a few often glances from the hobbits. Frodo still hadn't woken up. Sam barely ever left his side, except for meals of course. Merry and Pippin visited him often but were talking to Bilbo or playing outside whenever they could, trying to be optimistic about Frodo's recovery. Jen was finally allowed to go see him, but only when no one else was around. She hadn't gone to see him yet because she wanted to make something for him first.
That evening, around sunset, Shine and Jen went out to go pick some flowers in a field that Arwen showed them on the tour of Rivendell. Rebal decided to stay in her room, plotting, but made them promise to pick her some flowers. They sat down in the field of flowers, about five feet away from each other, and started picking and making bouquets and crowns out of flowers. Jen and Shine made crowns for each other and they each made one for Rebal. They also made small bouquets for themselves, and they both worked together to make one for Rebal. Shine started running around in the flowers, picking up random ones to give to random people, for a few minutes when she spotted Jen making this giant bouquet of different colored flowers. Shine ran over to her and said, "Hey Jen, that's a big bouquet. All the pretty colors. So pretty. Who's it for?"
"Like you even need to ask who it's for.", replied Jen with a small, but noticeable smile. Shine didn't respond but she thought, 'Hmmm, maybe Rebal and I need to play matchmaker.' Soon after that, Jen finished the bouquet. They were walking back to the rooms to give Rebal their flowers, making sure to stay in the shadows as best as they could, when Arwen came up to them. "Hey, those are pretty bouquets and crowns you guys made." "Thanks.", they replied each handing Arwen a flower. Before they walked away, Arwen spoke again, "Oh Jen, I just want to tell you that Frodo will have no more visitors this evening, so you are free to go see him whenever you like." Jen let out a breath of relief, "That's good. I thought for a minute that I wasn't going to be able to give him this bouquet of flowers I made for him." Arwen smiled and Shine said in her mind what she had said earlier about the matchmaker thing while looking at Arwen.
Arwen smiled nodded towards Shine and said, "Well, I had better get going. I promised to meet Aragorn tonight. Goodbye." With that said, she walked away, Jen and Shine murmured their goodbyes and went on their way to Rebal's room. When they got there, Rebal opened the door and yanked them inside. They gave Rebal her bouquet and crowns. "Finally, it took you guys a while.", she said. Shine replied, "Well, we would've been here a lot sooner if Jen hadn't had the urge to make a certain hobbit a huge bouquet of flowers." Jen held up the bouquet, beaming as if it were her birthday and she had just gotten what she always wanted. "Dang Jen, that is a lot of flower power.", Rebal said, staring wide eyed at the bouquet. Jen just rolled her eyes, fastened her cloak, and walked out the door, bouquet in hand, mumbling something about Rebal talking like a hippy.
Rebal just glared at Jen until the door closed, then she turned to Shine and said, "If looks could kill, Jen would be dead eight feet under." Shine dared to speak, "Uhhhh, don't you mean six feet under, Rebal?" "No, I mean eight feet under.", she said glaring at the door. "But the usual way to say it is six feet under.", Shine whispered. Rebal, who was now looking at Shine, said, "I know, but I won't show any mercy. I'll knock her down two more feet." Shine, who at that point started backing away from Rebal towards the door, said, "Yeah. I'll just go now." Shine then frantically ran towards the door, flung it open, and ran out towards her room as if a flying purple people eater was after her. Rebal came and closed the door soon after. Shine and Rebal, who at that point had nothing to do, both decided to retire for the night.
Jen
Jen closed the door and could hear Rebal and Shine talking but she couldn't hear what they were saying. She sighed, fastened her cloak for the second time, and started walking across Rivendell, bouquet in hand, towards Frodo's room. Luckily, not many people were out, so she didn't have to hide from any people. When she got there, Gandalf was standing outside the door. She walked up to him and said, "Hey! What are you doing here?" He looked at her and said, "Oh. I was waiting for you to arrive. I was making sure that no one else came in here." "Well, thanks. Am I allowed to go inside now?", she asked. "Oh, yes. Go right ahead. I'll stand guard.", he said, stepping to the side to let her in the room. Gandalf took his spot in front of the doorway after she went inside.
When she went inside, she lowered the hood of her cloak with one hand, the bouquet still in the other hand. She looked at him. He looked so peaceful, Jen couldn't help but smile. She slowly walked over, put the bouquet beside him on the bed, and sat down next to him on the edge of the bed. She just sat there and stared at him for a few minutes and finally said, "Well, I'm finally here. I get to see you at last. I made that bouquet of flowers especially for you in hopes that you feel better soon." She couldn't reveal that she already knew he was going to be ok. Even though he's sleeping, he might still be able to hear her. She, who was just overcome by an uncontrollable urge, suddenly reached out and touched the side of his face.
As soon as she touched it, she withdrew back all of the sudden, aware of what she was doing. He stirred and opened his eyes a little. Jen held her breath, knowing that her, Shine, and Rebal's cover could be blown. When his vision cleared and he took in his surroundings, he looked around as if trying to place where he was. His eyes rested on Jen at that point, who was too shocked to speak. 'Oh no. He wasn't supposed to wake up until tomorrow.', she thought. Then, she remembered what Shine said about how them being there could change things that were to happen and make them totally different. Before he could see her anymore, she lifted the hood of her cloak back up over her face, stood up, and proceeded to the door.
She was about to walk out the door when he called to her, "Wait." She turned around, the cloak still hiding her face. "Who are you?", he asked. "You'll find out soon, but right now, the answer is better left unsaid.", Jen replied. She quickly walked over to where he was now sitting up in the bed, and bent down and kissed him quickly on the cheek. She stood there for a few more seconds, studying the light shade of pink that his cheeks were turning, and then walked and fast and quiet as she could toward and out the door. Once she got out, she saw Gandalf. "How did it go?", he asked. "It went fine. He's awake now, you can go see him. I'm going to retire for the night. Goodnight.", Jen replied, walking away. 'That's very odd behavior from Jen. She's usually quite talkative.', he thought.
Jen walked into her room and closed the door. She tossed off the cloak and sat on her bed. She sighed, "I can't believe I did that, I am embarrasing myself." She thought about it for a few more minutes, getting ready for bed at the same time. She finally got all ready and crawled into bed and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Frodo
Gandalf watched Jen walk off until he couldn't see her anymore. He walked back to Frodo's room and went inside. There was Frodo, sitting up in bed just as Jen left him, staring at the floor, his cheeks still a light shade of pink. "Well, has someone taken a liking to a certain guest that just left.", said Gandalf with a bit of a smile. Frodo looked up at Gandalf and made him tell why he had not shown up earlier. After they were finished talking about that, Frodo went to a different subject, "That girl. The one who was in here earlier. Who is she?"
Gandalf chuckled, "It is not my place to say. If she didn't tell you then I won't either. You shall find out tomorrow anyway. There is a council tomorrow. She will be there, no cloak over her. Did you, by any chance, get to see her face?" Frodo thought for a minute and finally said, "Just a glimpse. Not a lot." "Well, that may be for the best. I shall be here to wake you up tomorrow. I suggest you get a good night rest now. Oh, by the way, that bouquet of flowers by your bed, that's from the girl that visited you. Well, I'll leave you so you can get some rest now. Good Night." With that said, Gandalf walked out the door. Frodo looked at the bouquet and smiled, wanting to know about this so-called mystery girl and couldn't wait until he saw her tomorrow. He fell asleep almost immediately. Tomorrow would decide the fate of the Ring.
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