This chapter is kinda of boring. I wrote the next chapter before I wrote this and I was in a hurry to get this one done so I could put up the next chapter. The next chapter has a lot more action in it. So please just bear with me on this one. It is also 4:06 am and I wont have enough time on the computer to write again till midnight.
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Elrond knocked on the door. No response came. He waited for a few minutes. He was about to knock again when he felt his daughter lightly tug on one of his braids.
*/ What now Arwen/*
Elrond looked down at his daughter who was at the moment rubbing her eyes while she lay in her father's arms. He couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked when she was sleepy. He had tried to get her to go back asleep but she was to exited to meet Legolas to do so." what Arwen?"
" Oh uh…" Arwen said clearly trying to clear her head. " Oh yeah. You said that Legolas doesn't talk much right?"
" Right" was all Elrond said as he tried to think of where she was going with this. " What about him not talking?"
" Well when the twins come and knock on my door I don't answer cause I don't want them to bother me. So maybe Legolas doesn't want to talk and so he wont answer to your knocks" Arwen said kinda proud of herself for thinking of that before her father did. (A/n- the twins are Elladan and Elrohir if you didn't already know)
*/ Why didn't I think of that/*
" Your right Arwen. I should of thought of that sooner. Thank you for telling me." Elrond said as he knocked one last time before he opened the door and stepped inside Legolas's silver and baby blue colored bedroom. He looked over at Legolas who was looking at him with frightened eyes that he quickly turned into sad, impassive ones. He had his heavy covers pushed aside and his left ankle was lying on a small white pillow. As Elrond walked closer he spied a book in Legolas's hand. It was probably a picture book. Thranduil had told Elrond that Legolas loved picture books to death so Elrond had Arwen bring some of her own that she had brought to Mirkwood with her. Elladan and Elrohir made one of them; it was one of the funniest things Elrond had seen in a long time. Each page was completely and totally different from the other. Arwen loved to take a picture and find something out of place or missing and was darn good at it too. The twins had made a couple of very complex pictures like that. They were so complex that they even made Elrond sit down and think about them for a while. Elrond made sure she brought it because even though Legolas didn't talk much it would be good interaction with him and Arwen since it didn't really require talking, all he had to do was point. By now Elrond had reached Legolas's bed and Arwen was squirming to get down.
" Hello Legolas. How are you this morning?" Elrond said as he gently placed Arwen on the ground. Her legs weren't hurt to badly and she could stand and walk for a little while but quickly got sore. She put her books on the edge of the bed. Elrond looked behind him and saw a chair next to a table on the other side of the room. He walked over and grabbed it. He placed it next to the bed and put Arwen in his lap.
Legolas only nodded at Elrond's greeting.
" I brought some books to look at cause your ada said that you really liked them. I do too," Arwen said. " My older brothers made this one. Its kinda of weird, but really funny to." She pointed to the blue and orange paint covered book. Why the twins had made a cover like that Elrond had no idea and quite frankly didn't really want to know. The twins had wild spurted of energy that came without warning and when they were on that spurt of energy there were no telling what they would not. But there was no telling what they are going to do even when they act 'normal'.
Legolas's eyes brightened at the sight of more books and he also seemed curious about the twins. Arwen looked at Legolas and asked, " Do you want to hear more about the twins?"
" Twins?" Legolas whispered almost to himself. He looked at Arwen with a curious gaze. Elrond gently prodded Arwen not that she needed it. He and Celebrian often had to make Arwen stop talking and slow down because they couldn't understand a word from he mouth.
" Yeah, I got two older brothers. They're twins and really annoying. Elladan is the oldest by… how much older is Elladan to Elrohir ada?" Arwen asked
Elrond smiled to matter how hard Arwen tried she never could remember, " Elladan is about four minutes older than Elrohir."
" I always forget that. Anyways they love to play pranks on people. Like the night before I left to come here they put a bunch of frogs in my bed and shoes. And they dyed Glorfindel hair black and green the morning we left. He was so angry with them. He turned really red. It was so funny." Arwen went on for a few more minutes about the twins and the differences between them and so on and so on. Legolas seemed to absorb everything Arwen said. Even though he tried so hard to keep his guard up he would let it slip in little ways he probably wasn't even aware of. Like he would lose that impassive look in his eyes to a more interested look and then quickly would change back to impassive but those few seconds was all that Elrond needed to see that he was actually very lonely inside. While he held no doubt that Thranduil spent all of his extra time with his son and that Legolas had a great nanny that played with him as much as he would allow himself to play. He needed friends he own age and size or at least someone he could really play and talk to. Sometimes parents weren't enough no matter how hard they tried to fill their children's loneness.
There was a knock at the door. Arwen broke off in mid word and looked up at her father and then to the door, obviously angry at whoever had messed up her story about who the twins had managed to fall though the roof into her bath tub. Legolas looked startled also. Elrond kept a watchful eye on Legolas noting how he was so stiff all of the sudden and his eyes almost held a fearful look and they darted once or twice towards the door and windows.
" Come in" Elrond said unable to get up because of Arwen sitting in his lap. The door slowly opened and a servant walked in balancing three trays of food in her arms. She quickly walked to the table where Elrond had gotten his chair from earlier and carefully set down the trays. She turned and bowed to Elrond and asked, " Is there anything else, my lord?"
" No that is all. Thank you." Elrond replied. She bowed again and left the room. " Legolas is it okay if Arwen sits next to you so I can get up?" Elrond asked.
Legolas looked up and nodded. He looked a whole lot less stiff. He tried to move over but the blankets were in his way and he couldn't move them very far. Elrond placed Arwen on the edge of the bed and helped Legolas move over and get comfortable. He could tell that Legolas didn't really feel comfortable with Elrond helping him but he didn't say or do anything to show his discomfort. " Thank for letting me sit here Legolas." Arwen said as she looked over to where the food was. Elrond smiled and walked over to get the trays. Two of them were obliviously made foe elflings and one for an adult. Elrond handed Legolas his tray and Arwen hers before he sat down and ate his own food. He quickly noticed that Legolas could was very hungry but didn't eat a lot. He ate kind of slowly. Arwen, he knew was devouring her food. She was exactly like the twins never full.
When the last piece of toast had been ate and the last of the juice drank Elrond stacked to trays and dishes on the table in a way that they would be easy to carry back. When he turned around he saw that Arwen had gotten one of her picture books and was showing it to Legolas. Who was looking at it with a great interest?
*/ Well at least there is one thing that he loves and doesn't try to hide it. And even if he is trying to hide it he isn't doing a very good job/*
The day wore on and Legolas and Arwen had looked at picture books almost all day. Legolas helped a little when they tried to find missing things in the pictures. Elrond could tell that Arwen was trying to let Legolas find them before she did since she almost knew where everything was. He could also tell that Legolas knew more than he was showing about the pictures. The slight gleam of glee in his eyes told Elrond so. They toke a break for lunch and Legolas was pretty sad all through it since his father had sent someone to tell him that he couldn't make it. After lunch they colored some pictures. Elrond had brought some coloring sheets but he also gave them some blank paper. He noted that Legolas used a little more red that the rest of the colors but not by much. Baby blue and silver were obliviously his favorite colors.
After a few hours of coloring and stories from Elrond they both drifted of to sleep. Elrond smiled and took out a book that he had brought in case this happened. Glorfindel dropped by to check on them and then leaving to go out riding with some of his old friends that he hadn't seen in a while. He had wanted to stay with Elrond but Elrond convinced him to go riding instead. Some time before dinner Thranduil came back and they talked until the children awoke. They all ate dinner together and talked together for a few hours until Legolas started to get sleepy again. Arwen and Elrond said goodnight and left for their own room.
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I would have gone into more detail but it is now 5:55 am and my mom is going to kill me for staying up so late. My one-year-old niece is going to be up soon and I have to do my schoolwork. This is going to be a bad day I can tell right now.
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Elrond knocked on the door. No response came. He waited for a few minutes. He was about to knock again when he felt his daughter lightly tug on one of his braids.
*/ What now Arwen/*
Elrond looked down at his daughter who was at the moment rubbing her eyes while she lay in her father's arms. He couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked when she was sleepy. He had tried to get her to go back asleep but she was to exited to meet Legolas to do so." what Arwen?"
" Oh uh…" Arwen said clearly trying to clear her head. " Oh yeah. You said that Legolas doesn't talk much right?"
" Right" was all Elrond said as he tried to think of where she was going with this. " What about him not talking?"
" Well when the twins come and knock on my door I don't answer cause I don't want them to bother me. So maybe Legolas doesn't want to talk and so he wont answer to your knocks" Arwen said kinda proud of herself for thinking of that before her father did. (A/n- the twins are Elladan and Elrohir if you didn't already know)
*/ Why didn't I think of that/*
" Your right Arwen. I should of thought of that sooner. Thank you for telling me." Elrond said as he knocked one last time before he opened the door and stepped inside Legolas's silver and baby blue colored bedroom. He looked over at Legolas who was looking at him with frightened eyes that he quickly turned into sad, impassive ones. He had his heavy covers pushed aside and his left ankle was lying on a small white pillow. As Elrond walked closer he spied a book in Legolas's hand. It was probably a picture book. Thranduil had told Elrond that Legolas loved picture books to death so Elrond had Arwen bring some of her own that she had brought to Mirkwood with her. Elladan and Elrohir made one of them; it was one of the funniest things Elrond had seen in a long time. Each page was completely and totally different from the other. Arwen loved to take a picture and find something out of place or missing and was darn good at it too. The twins had made a couple of very complex pictures like that. They were so complex that they even made Elrond sit down and think about them for a while. Elrond made sure she brought it because even though Legolas didn't talk much it would be good interaction with him and Arwen since it didn't really require talking, all he had to do was point. By now Elrond had reached Legolas's bed and Arwen was squirming to get down.
" Hello Legolas. How are you this morning?" Elrond said as he gently placed Arwen on the ground. Her legs weren't hurt to badly and she could stand and walk for a little while but quickly got sore. She put her books on the edge of the bed. Elrond looked behind him and saw a chair next to a table on the other side of the room. He walked over and grabbed it. He placed it next to the bed and put Arwen in his lap.
Legolas only nodded at Elrond's greeting.
" I brought some books to look at cause your ada said that you really liked them. I do too," Arwen said. " My older brothers made this one. Its kinda of weird, but really funny to." She pointed to the blue and orange paint covered book. Why the twins had made a cover like that Elrond had no idea and quite frankly didn't really want to know. The twins had wild spurted of energy that came without warning and when they were on that spurt of energy there were no telling what they would not. But there was no telling what they are going to do even when they act 'normal'.
Legolas's eyes brightened at the sight of more books and he also seemed curious about the twins. Arwen looked at Legolas and asked, " Do you want to hear more about the twins?"
" Twins?" Legolas whispered almost to himself. He looked at Arwen with a curious gaze. Elrond gently prodded Arwen not that she needed it. He and Celebrian often had to make Arwen stop talking and slow down because they couldn't understand a word from he mouth.
" Yeah, I got two older brothers. They're twins and really annoying. Elladan is the oldest by… how much older is Elladan to Elrohir ada?" Arwen asked
Elrond smiled to matter how hard Arwen tried she never could remember, " Elladan is about four minutes older than Elrohir."
" I always forget that. Anyways they love to play pranks on people. Like the night before I left to come here they put a bunch of frogs in my bed and shoes. And they dyed Glorfindel hair black and green the morning we left. He was so angry with them. He turned really red. It was so funny." Arwen went on for a few more minutes about the twins and the differences between them and so on and so on. Legolas seemed to absorb everything Arwen said. Even though he tried so hard to keep his guard up he would let it slip in little ways he probably wasn't even aware of. Like he would lose that impassive look in his eyes to a more interested look and then quickly would change back to impassive but those few seconds was all that Elrond needed to see that he was actually very lonely inside. While he held no doubt that Thranduil spent all of his extra time with his son and that Legolas had a great nanny that played with him as much as he would allow himself to play. He needed friends he own age and size or at least someone he could really play and talk to. Sometimes parents weren't enough no matter how hard they tried to fill their children's loneness.
There was a knock at the door. Arwen broke off in mid word and looked up at her father and then to the door, obviously angry at whoever had messed up her story about who the twins had managed to fall though the roof into her bath tub. Legolas looked startled also. Elrond kept a watchful eye on Legolas noting how he was so stiff all of the sudden and his eyes almost held a fearful look and they darted once or twice towards the door and windows.
" Come in" Elrond said unable to get up because of Arwen sitting in his lap. The door slowly opened and a servant walked in balancing three trays of food in her arms. She quickly walked to the table where Elrond had gotten his chair from earlier and carefully set down the trays. She turned and bowed to Elrond and asked, " Is there anything else, my lord?"
" No that is all. Thank you." Elrond replied. She bowed again and left the room. " Legolas is it okay if Arwen sits next to you so I can get up?" Elrond asked.
Legolas looked up and nodded. He looked a whole lot less stiff. He tried to move over but the blankets were in his way and he couldn't move them very far. Elrond placed Arwen on the edge of the bed and helped Legolas move over and get comfortable. He could tell that Legolas didn't really feel comfortable with Elrond helping him but he didn't say or do anything to show his discomfort. " Thank for letting me sit here Legolas." Arwen said as she looked over to where the food was. Elrond smiled and walked over to get the trays. Two of them were obliviously made foe elflings and one for an adult. Elrond handed Legolas his tray and Arwen hers before he sat down and ate his own food. He quickly noticed that Legolas could was very hungry but didn't eat a lot. He ate kind of slowly. Arwen, he knew was devouring her food. She was exactly like the twins never full.
When the last piece of toast had been ate and the last of the juice drank Elrond stacked to trays and dishes on the table in a way that they would be easy to carry back. When he turned around he saw that Arwen had gotten one of her picture books and was showing it to Legolas. Who was looking at it with a great interest?
*/ Well at least there is one thing that he loves and doesn't try to hide it. And even if he is trying to hide it he isn't doing a very good job/*
The day wore on and Legolas and Arwen had looked at picture books almost all day. Legolas helped a little when they tried to find missing things in the pictures. Elrond could tell that Arwen was trying to let Legolas find them before she did since she almost knew where everything was. He could also tell that Legolas knew more than he was showing about the pictures. The slight gleam of glee in his eyes told Elrond so. They toke a break for lunch and Legolas was pretty sad all through it since his father had sent someone to tell him that he couldn't make it. After lunch they colored some pictures. Elrond had brought some coloring sheets but he also gave them some blank paper. He noted that Legolas used a little more red that the rest of the colors but not by much. Baby blue and silver were obliviously his favorite colors.
After a few hours of coloring and stories from Elrond they both drifted of to sleep. Elrond smiled and took out a book that he had brought in case this happened. Glorfindel dropped by to check on them and then leaving to go out riding with some of his old friends that he hadn't seen in a while. He had wanted to stay with Elrond but Elrond convinced him to go riding instead. Some time before dinner Thranduil came back and they talked until the children awoke. They all ate dinner together and talked together for a few hours until Legolas started to get sleepy again. Arwen and Elrond said goodnight and left for their own room.
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I would have gone into more detail but it is now 5:55 am and my mom is going to kill me for staying up so late. My one-year-old niece is going to be up soon and I have to do my schoolwork. This is going to be a bad day I can tell right now.