Disclaimer: I don't own anything from LOTR, except 76 posters, 5 calendars, a few figurines and 2 blankets.
A/N: Sorry for the really long wait, I was away for the summer and had no access to a computer. Oh BTW, that song Legolas sings in the last chap, I do not own that, it's by Vanessa Carlton.
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Haldir's heart and soul: I know! I'm making Aragorn really mean in this story, but if you remember, he actually has a reason he can't leave Arwen, although I would leave her anyway lol.
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A/N Ok, who should end up with whom? Gimme your input here! The story is for the readers!
On with the chap!
"Ada, where is Aragorn?" Elrond looked up from his paperwork at his only daughters frowning face.
"I am under the impression he and Legolas went to Lothlorien for a little while," Elrond answered evenly,
casting his gaze downward once again at the pile of papers on his desk. Arwen's frown deepened.
"Why would he leave so soon after proposing?" she asked.
"Well I'm quite sure I don't know, why don't you ask him when he returns, I'm sure he won't be long." Arwen pondered this.
"You know, I do miss grandmother, why don't I go surprise Aragorn with a visit, I'm sure he'd love that." Arwen's face lit up with the prospect as she bent down and kissed her father on the cheek.
"I'm sure he would," Elrond murmured distractedly. Arwen smiled once more and left the room to pack. Elrond sighed after his lovely daughter. "I just hope no one ends up getting hurt."
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"Legolas!" Aragorn called up to Legolas' window, standing outside in the rain. "Legolas let me come up!"
"You are pathetic, do you know that?" Aragorn turned around to see Haldir standing behind him. "You are standing out side his window in the rain calling up to an elf that will never answer your plea."
"I love him!" Aragorn declared feverishly. "I will stay out here as long as it takes to win my elf back!"
"He was never your elf!" Haldir roared. "You used him! You defiled him! You and your fickle human heart, you are convinced you love him, well you do not know what love really is!" Aragorn gaped at him but Haldir was not finished. "If you loved him, you would either take him or leave him, but this limbo you keep him in is not love. This is lust, this is infatuation. Love is putting your partner before everything, everything Aragorn. You probably wouldn't put Legolas before your breakfast. Set him free! Let him be happy. Take him or leave him, just do not continue this game. He is your friend, somewhere between his eyes and his lips, you forgot that." Aragorn stood still, his face frozen in shock. The shock was quickly replaced by a red hot anger.
"I will not leave without him," Aragorn said through clenched teeth.
"Selfish human!" Haldir spat. "I hope he cuts your throat for this." With that, Haldir spun on his heel and went back inside. Aragorn spat a curse after him before turning back to look up at Legolas' window.
"Legolas!" He called desperately. "Legolas come down and talk to me!" There was a shuffle behind the curtain of Legolas' 2nd story window and suddenly, Legolas jumped down, landing nimbly on his feet.
"What do you want?" He hissed into Aragorn's face.
"Why, you, my love," Aragorn answered, reaching for Legolas' hand, but Legolas drew back sharply.
"Stop doing this to me!" Legolas yelled, pushing a stunned Aragorn back roughly.
"Legolas-"
"Don't you get it? I love you! I'd do anything for you but I can't keep letting you stab my heart!"
"I need an heir!" Aragorn shouted back. "Can you provide me with one of those? I don't think so!"
"Oh right, and the fact that you love Arwen has absolutely nothing to do with it." Legolas turned, suddenly desperate. "If that's the only reason you could take me, I could bond with you and she could be your mistress."
"It's not that simple," Aragorn said, looking away.
"Nothing ever is, is it?" Legolas sighed. "Love makes things simple Aragorn, when you love someone, the answers are plain as day. Choose."
"What?" Aragorn asked, looking up at his elf with confused eyes.
"You must choose Aragorn," Legolas said firmly.
"She's given up her immortality for me!" Aragorn exploded, flinging his hands in the air. "How do I reject that?"
"Love makes all answers plain Aragorn, now choose." Aragorn fixed Legolas a look of disbelief.
"I just told you my predicament and you have not a shred of sympathy?"
"Do you have sympathy for my predicament? I think not, why should I feel bad for you when it is I who is dieing inside?" Legolas said coldly.
"Legolas there is nothing I can do," Aragorn sighed. "I wish the circumstances were different, truly I do, but they aren't and my hands are tied." Legolas stilled and fixed Aragorn with a piercing gaze.
"So that is it then, she is your choice?" Aragorn sighed and looked at Legolas through pleading eyes.
"We could still be happy Legolas, even if we are not bonded." Legolas shook hi head sadly.
"It is not that we have not been bonded Aragorn, but that you are bound to another." Legolas turned quickly, shielding his eyes and the tears that threatened to fall from them. Aragorn may have called after him but Legolas did not hear. He ran into the house past Haldir straight up to his room and locked the door. He collapsed half way to the bed, crouching on all fours. Gasping, he forced himself to struggle onto the bed. When finally situated he grasped his chest, breathing heavily.
"What's happening to me?" was the last thought he had before fainting.
A/N I'm sorry for the short chap, there will be more to come very soon!
