I like this chapter :)
sorry for not updating in ages. i got fed up with fanf. again...and very lazy.
Chapter nineteen
Elemiriel looked out at the pouring rain somewhat reluctantly from where she stood in the doorway with Celeglin. The colours of the surroundings seemed to blur with the water falling across them and the sky was a mass of greys and dull blues.
"Can we not wait until the rain has ceased?" she asked Celeglin, drawing her cloak around herself,
"No, I am still paying off my 'debt' and I choose to spend some time walking together now," he said smirking, as he pulled his hood up over his black hair; stepping out into the rain he looked at Elemiriel and waited for her to come out. Eventually, after much persuading on Celeglin's part, Elemiriel stepped outside and they set out into the trees.
Celeglin watched his friend as she held her cloak tightly about her and kept pushing strands of her blonde hair back under the hood and out of the rain. Celeglin walked quickly beside her as she hurried to reach the foaming waters of the Bruinen and then return back to Imladris and the dry. Looking across at her face, withdrawn into her cloak's hood, Celeglin smiled to himself. Falling behind slightly, he reached forwards with his hand and pulled the hood from her head. Her blonde braid fell from the protection of the hood and the rain fell heavily upon her face.
Spinning around to find Celeglin already running and laughing through the trees, Elemiriel gave chase. Mud splattered up onto her pale dress and cloak as she dashed between trees after Celeglin's fleeing figure. The brown of the trunks loomed ahead of her and the new spring greenery upon the branches passed in a mixed slur of colour as she ran.
"Brave warrior indeed" she called after him "fleeing from a mere maiden!" As he turned, his wet hair was caught in the breeze and blown across his face and he seemed as if a Noldor Lord of old– Elemiriel could not help but stare…and wish.
Suddenly she was aware of him running towards her, and laughing; she turned and ran back the way she had came. No matter how many times she twisted amongst the tree trunks or how often she doubled back on herself, Elemiriel could not loose Celeglin in the trees. Tired of running, Elemiriel resorted to hiding behind the broad trunk of a tree. There was a quietness amongst the trees, the splattering of rain drops was accompanied only by the faint sound of presumably Celeglin, creeping up upon her.
Within moments Celeglin had silently appeared in front of her and blocked her routes of escape by standing only inches apart from her, his arms either side of her. Elemiriel was afraid her racing heart would betray her at that moment, but they both stood. The rain was now forgotten, and water dripped from strands of loose hair that had fallen from Elemiriel's braid. With great care, Celeglin lifted her hood back up and pulled it down so it almost covered her eyes. Celeglin smiled fondly as he let his hand trail down the edge of the wet fabric.
Elemiriel felt his hand brush lightly against her cheek as he finished replacing her hood, why only friends? From underneath her lowly pulled hood, she looked at his steely grey eyes and couldn't stop herself from leaning forward a few inches and brushing her lips against his own. As his hand reached back up to the side of her face, Elemiriel could not help from smiling through the kiss. Slipping an arm around his neck, Elemiriel leaned into Celeglin but suddenly he stiffened. The warm touch of his hand upon her face was lost. Her arms fell back to her side as he pulled away. What was wrong?
Slowly backing away, Celeglin's shocked face was turned from her and he stalked swiftly off into the trees.
The rain was easing off and the sun starting to appear through the gaps between new leaves. With her sodden clothes clinging to her and her hood still pulled down low, Elemiriel stood against the tree unmoving.
