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Leslie suddenly stopped running and stared at the strangers. Or at least she thought they were strangers. Sadly, stopping was the first mistake she did because she stopped suddenly Alex didn't have time to register that she stopped so he slammed into her knocking both of them to the pool. Leslie's head came out of the water and she swam to the edge of the pool.
"I seem to be falling into the pool a lot lately. " Leslie said bitterly as she spit out some water. She got out of the pool and started to dry her hair with a towel but not before squeezing as much water as possible from it. She blinked when she noticed the strangers staring at her as though she were going to disappear in thin air if they decided to blink. Legolas was smirking and Gimli was inside realizing the wonders of an object that we like to call TV.
"Um, can I help you?" Leslie asked feeling uncomfortable. Leslie didn't have time to react before she started to suffocate under a hug from Aragorn and Hopper and the twins. Leslie was very confused and felt crushed. She was just in the verge to pass out from lack of air when Legolas finally decided to save her from certain death.
"Legless who are they?" Leslie asked and held back a grin from what she called him.
"You've met them befor-HEY! Did you just call me Legless?" Legolas asked.
"No I didn't Legolas? Do you have trouble hearing?" Leslie asked with a calm face.
"I do not, I repeat, NOT have trouble hearing! Elves have excellent hearing and I will swear on my excellent eyesight that you called me Legless!" Legolas exclaimed looking angry.
"Now. You shouldn't swear on things you are unwilling to give up. There is always the chance that you may be wrong." Leslie said 'Tsking' at Legolas. Neither of the two noticed the shocked faces on there friends from Leslie's 'who are they' question.
"Did Legless forget to mention that I lost my memory?" Leslie asked suddenly.
"Don't call me that!" Legolas shouted making Elladan and Elrohir snicker.
"Call you what?" Leslie asked blinking confused.
"Legless!' Legolas exclaimed.
"I wasn't calling you that but since you like being called that so much. I think I shall call you that." Leslie answered.
"Oh yes, since you enjoy being called that so much maybe we should call you that as well." Elladan and Elrohir said grinning.
"Don't. You. Dare." Legolas said with venom in his voice. Leslie, seeing her chance, grabbed Hopper and started to slowly and quietly walk away. Though why she grabbed Hopper she couldn't understand except that it felt right. Once they were in the other side of the house, in easier words they were in the kitchen.
"Hi Mom." Leslie said to Janet who smiled at being called mom.
"Hello, Leslie, would your friend like anything to eat?" Janet asked politely.
"Hot fudge sundae please!" Leslie said with a smile then sat down while gesturing for Hopper to sit next to her.
"You will like that. They taste good." Leslie told Hopper cheerfully. She didn't realize the pain she was causing Hopper. Here she was being nice to him and she couldn't even remember his name, it was driving him crazy inside.
"You know. I write stories about you. I also ask my friend to draw pictures of you once I give them descriptions. To me you were just a figment of my imagination. I never dreamed that you were actually real." Leslie said suddenly making Hopper turn to her and to see her blushing, making him wonder what the stories she wrote were about. (Fk306: Don't look for any of the stories that Leslie wrote about Hopper in my profile cause you won't find them) Leslie smiled at him then without warning got up and ran out of the room leaving a confused Hopper in the kitchen.
Hopper slowly got up and started to look for Leslie after sitting still for a few minutes. The first room that Hopper came by was the living room. It was pretty simple, three couches and a computer, a TV in front of the big couch. The next room was purple, a computer in the corner. A queen size bed in the center, There were three shelves attached to the wall and they all contained lots of stuffed animals. There was a bookcase in another corner and a TV on top of the bookcase. Hopper smiled.
'This must be Leslie's room, she was always fond of the color purple.' Hopper though then noticed a piece of paper on the floor.
Hopper was currently visiting Rohan. Eomer, who was now king, had agreed to let Hopper visit Helm's Deep even though it was empty. As Hopper rode, he stopped where the Wargs had attacked. He looked around as if searching for someone. Nobody was there; he couldn't sense or smell the person he was searching for. He never found what he was searching for so he continued his way to Helm's Deep.
Hopper blinked in surprise. Leslie had said that she wrote about him, was this a part of what she had written of him. It left him shocked at the fact that this was exactly what happened a month ago. He looked at the date and realized it was the same date that he had gone to search in that spot. He looked at the back of the page and found nothing. This was all that she had written in this paper. One of the doors in the room opened to reveal a Leslie with new clothes on.
"Sorry I ran off like that but I needed to get out of those wet clothes." Leslie said smiling.
"It's alright. Next time just give me a warning." Hopper answered. He started to do something he had never done before; he finally took in what she looked like, he searched for every detail of her body, face, and what she was wearing. In her ring finger, she had a dolphin ring. Two dolphins that seemed to be swimming past each other and there fins were attached to make it into a ring. He looked at her neck to find a necklace that had one dolphin that seemed to be swimming in circles so that its head was next to its tail. It had many small diamonds making it shine brightly when hit just right by the sunrays. She had a purple watch on and some weird string like bracelet with only one single bead. She was also wearing a purple shirt and black shorts. She had legs that were obviously meant for running, her hands were small, to him they seemed like baby hands, Leslie thought they were baby hands too, or more the hands that belonged to a ten year old only oh so slightly bigger. She was a foot smaller than him; her hair looked as if she only paid enough attention so that her hair wasn't sticking out all over the place. She was wearing a purple hat; she had a round face, her forehead being covered by the hat. She had chocolate brown eyes, which he knew would turn golden in the future. She was barefooted at the moment. He noticed that Leslie's smile had turned into a smirk while he was observing.
"Enjoying what your seeing?" Leslie asked.
"Very much." Hopper answered with a smirk as well. Leslie blushed, it was clear to Hopper that Leslie was not used to being told that. She smiled slightly then gave a mock scowl.
"You stop that." Leslie said then turned to a book she was reading The Mummy, by Anne Rice, author of Blackwood Farm.
"You like those books don't you?" Hopper asked staring at the author's name.
"Yup, I love her books. Especially when it's written in Lestat's POV. Those make me laugh sometimes, like Blood Canticle, that one was great. I can lend you Blackwood Farm so that you can read it and then once you finish I can lend you Blood Canticle." Leslie said smiling as she remembered the first chapter of Blood Canticle. She went to her bookcase and got a book out then gave it to Hopper.
"Thank you. I will return it to you in a few days." Hopper said reading the summary.
A/N: That's it for this chapter. Sorry it took so long. I had a writers block and started to work on another story that I will probably never post. Hope you all had a Happy Holiday.