Time Transcended

Sanity or Madness?

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING!

Authors note: Umm... I couldn't recall who I replied to or not... so if you didn't get a reply, my profuse apologies! Shall get you this time.

Much to Rebecca's annoyance, she did not see the Elrohir looked alike again for the next week. In fact, she didn't see him again til the last week of October. Rebecca and Liz had been invited to a Halloween party at Liz' friends' house, just outside of Ann Arbor. It was on a Friday night, expected to go quite late, and Rebecca expected to leave at midnight, at latest.

"What's the theme?" Rebecca asked. "Rather, is there one?"

"No there isn't," Liz replied with a grin. "Whatever you can dig up out of your trunk."

Rebecca smiled as costumes began to dance through her head. She wasn't sure just what she wanted, but she had an idea or two.

The night of the party came, and Rebecca found herself excited, though she didn't know why.

She and Liz arrived at the party, Liz dressed up like Queen Elizabeth, Rebecca dressed up as Guenevere, to bad she didn't have her King Arthur.

"Hey come on in!" the hostess said with a loud voice and large smile. Who it was, Rebecca wasn't sure, all she knew is that they were dressed as the Cat Woman of the old Batman television show.

Liz and Rebecca smiled, returned greetings, and walked in. Somewhere about ten at night, Rebecca was sipping on some punch when she was bumped into by someone dressed as Zorro.

"Oh, I am sorry," Zorro said.

"That's okay, nothing spilled," Rebecca grinned.

Zorro looked at her and said, "Let me guess, you are... Guenevere. Right?"

"Right. How'd you guess?" She asked. He was at least a pleasant stranger.

"Well, I admit, it was half luck, half skill. Your dress is an excellent example of Arthurian era dress, but the crown is what gave me my biggest clue," Zorro replied.

"History major?"

"Yeah."

"I'm a history minor."

"That's why your costume is so accurate."

Rebecca grinned. "So, let me guess, you're Zorro?"

He bowed. "Guilty."

"Hey Reb!" Liz said as she walked up. "Who's your friend?"

"Zorro. Queen Elizabeth, this is Zorro; Zorro, this is Queen Elizabeth," Rebecca introduced.

Liz shook hands with him. "My names Liz."

"Hence the costume," Zorro said. "My name's Elmer."

Rebecca looked at him with raised brows. Elmer, Elrohir... was it possible? No, the voices didn't match. Or was this guy the one who had been wandering around Ann Arbor the last few weeks.

"My name's Rebecca," she said.

All three shook hands again.

"Rebecca and I were discussing what our majors are. May I ask yours?" Elmer asked Liz.

"Business. I want to open a flower shop," Liz admitted, blushing a little. "Yours?"

"History," Elmer replied. "I want to teach highschool kids the excitement of the past."

Liz laughed a little at him, then realized he was serious and stopped.

As the night progressed, Rebecca decided she liked this guy. He was fun and entertaining. Since their interests were the same, they were soon off talking about Romans and Anglo-Saxons while Liz was getting bored and gravitating towards some of her other friends.

Both decided to leave a little early, surprisingly, Elmer was of the same mind, leave before everyone gets sauced. Or, if he did not, he was lying for the sake of finding favor in Rebecca's eyes.

When Liz and Rebecca got home they got out of their costumes and into their pajama's, then turned on the classic movie channel and watched the corny old monster movies.

"Wow, Reb, you and Elmer sure hit it off. Do you think that your Elro is Elmer?" Liz asked.

"Maybe we did. And no. Though, he might have been the look alike. It was hard for me to tell through the Zorro mask and everything. His voice wasn't quite right, nor was he speech pattern," Rebecca replied. "And a few physical things were just a little off."

Liz just smiled and nodded. "If your Elro did go for someone else, would you consider Elmer?"

"No. By the time I learn of Elro I'll be dead, and I don't know Elmer very well," Rebecca replied.

Liz just looked at her quizzically. "What do you mean you'll be dead?"

"Long story," Rebecca said. "That's part of the reason why I left after two months."

"You're being cryptic," Liz informed.

"Sorry Liz, I don't know what else I can say," Rebecca said.

"How about the whole story?" she grinned.

"No, at least, not now. It needs to be told at a later time, when we have hours on end to spend talking."

After the end of "The Creature From The Black Lagoon", Liz said, "I think you should date Elmer."

"Huh?"

"Date Elmer. If you're not going to find out about Elro til you're dead, you might as well date a few guys before you die," Liz said.

"Um..."

"Remember 'better to have love and lost then never to have loved at all'," Liz reminded.

"I have covered all the bases. For years I never loved at all, then I loved, then I lost. If I think Elmer is something worth pursuing, then I shall pursue," Rebecca said.

"So you'll think about him?"

"Perhaps. If I feel like it," Rebecca said. Wait! What was she thinking! NO! She couldn't go after Elmer, she had Elrohir!

Liz just smiled, and let the subject drop with her on top.

Over the next four days, Elmer kept meeting with Rebecca, and on the fourth day he asked her out on a date.

"So what do you say?" Elmer asked.

"Um...uh...erm...I...uh...don't...know?" Rebecca replied.

Elmer gave her a funny look.

"I mean, that is to say, that, I well, I..."

"Have a boyfriend already?"

"Well, erm... no. Not really, but I'm not sure," Rebecca said.

"You don't know if you have a boyfriend?" Elmer asked, quite confused.

"No, it's not that, it's just that... well... I had a boyfriend, and then two months after meeting him, I had to leave, and I don't know when, or if I'll ever see him again, and... it's really, really complicated," Rebecca replied.

Elmer was confused, but said, "I'd love to say 'I understand', but I don't. But while you're waiting around for him, I'll keep you company, if you so wish," Elmer said.

Rebecca wasn't sure what she was doing when she said, "Okay."

"Tomorrow at lunch?"

"Sure. Hal's Diner?"

"Yeah, sounds good."

They parted company and Rebecca walked back to her apartment. "What on earth am I doing?" she asked herself. "Elrohir is probably sitting around in Valinor waiting for me, and here I am going on half dates with a guy named after a Looney Tunes character! Well, at least I now know who the mystery Elro look alike is." She spoke a moment to soon, for just across the street was a man walking, that looked just like Elrohir and/or Elmer, but he was not dressed like Elmer. Elmer had been wearing khaki's and a blue polo, this guy was wearing a dark suit.

"LIZ!" Rebecca yelled the minute she entered the apartment. "LIZ! I saw him again!"

"Elmer?" Liz asked confused.

"No, the Elro look alike!" Rebecca said, out of breath.

"I thought we established it was Elmer."

"No, no. Someone else looks like him too! I want to meet this guy, or get a good look at him," Rebecca said.

"Okay, Reb, you are infatuated with Elro look a likes. Are you going to date every guy in the Ann Arbor area that looks remotely like your mysterious Elro?" Liz asked.

Rebecca rolled her eyes. "You don't understand. It's not that I'm infatuated with look alikes, I'm infatuated with Elro. I'm in love with Elro. I want to meet him again! I want to be with him again! If by some miracle Elro is still around, I want to meet up with him again. Surely you can understand that."

Liz looked at her, "Sorry Reb, it's just that, well, you won't tell me the whole story, so I'm trying to figure it all out, and then each piece makes everything more and more confusing."

Rebecca just looked at her and smiled a mischievous smile. "I'm sorry I can't tell you more. If I told you, I'd have to kill you! MWAHAHAHAHA!"

Liz shook her head. "You are so weird."

Authors note: Well, I decided to stop here. I got an epiphany and I want to go with it before I forget. REVIEW!

Oh, and Griffo Bumbleroot, I am SOOO very incredibly glad you pointed that out. Yes, I took your suggestion! Again, THANK YOU!