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Aragorn and Arwen sat in silence for quite awhile, each lost in their own memories and thoughts. They didn't notice the person standing behind them, but when they started talking, the two of them jumped at the voice and turned around.
"Well, well, what are you two lovebirds doing?" Elladan was saying.
Elrohir joined him in the garden. "Oh no El, they have that look on their face. I don't think we wan to know what they were doing..." he said, jumping back to avoid being smacked by his sister.
"We weren't doing anything like that!" Arwen protested, trying not to laugh.
Elladan however, didn't have that kind of restraint and burst out laughing at his twins comment. "So what were you two doing then?" he asked, sitting down next to his sister. "Come on, enlighten us."
Arwen looked at Aragorn, silently asking if she should tell. Aragorn shrugged, as if to say Why not? Arwen sighed. "Alright, if you must know we were talking about goodbyes."
Elrohir frowned. "Goodbyes... like when you two had to say goodbye before Aragorn went with the Fellowship or goodbyes that you said before you came here...?"
Aragorn shook his head. "No, like the sad goodbyes you tell someone when you won't see them again."
"The ones that will last a lifetime that you can't take back." Arwen added softly.
"Ah." Elladan and Elrohir said, suddenly understanding what they were talking about. "And what goodbyes were you retelling to each other?" they asked.
"The ones we had to say to Ada." Arwen replied.
Elrohir sat down next to his twin. "Care to share?" he asked. "You tell us yours and we'll tell you ours."
Aragorn and Arwen agreed to this and began retelling their stories. When they were done, the twins quickly told about their goodbyes to their father at the havens.
"Ours wasn't as bad as yours though." Elladan added when they were done. "Because we know that we'll join him one day."
"You know, you've been talking about goodbyes to Elrond, but what about Naneths?" A voice said. The four of them jumped and looked around, trying to find the source of that voice.
With a small laugh, Legolas jumped down from the tree behind them. The four sitting on the bench glared at him. "How long have you been listening up there?" Aragorn asked.
"Since the twins came out." he replied, sitting on the back of the bench.
"Oh good, I don't have to repeat anything then!" Aragorn said, looking extremely relieved. The others laughed and Legolas hit him lightly on the head.
"So, Legolas, what were you saying?" Elladan asked after they had all calmed down.
"I was just wondering why you seemed to be avoiding talking about Celebrian." He said. "Tell us about your goodbyes with her, and I'll tell you about saying goodbye to my Naneth." The twins and Arwen looked at each other, not quite sure if they were ready to share those last, painful goodbyes with them.
Finally, Elladan sighed. "I will tell you about it, if you wish to hear." Legolas and Aragorn nodded, neither of them ever having heard the complete story.
"Well, it all really started months after we brought her back." Elladan explained. "She'd been getting quieter and quieter. Well, she was never really herself since we found her, but we were starting to get worried."
"Ada tried to get her to tell him what was wrong, but she refused to talk to him." Elrohir added.
"Until she told us that she was leaving for the havens tomorrow one day at breakfast." Arwen said softly. "We were of coursed shocked, and tried to talk her out of it. But her mind was set. She wasn't staying in Middle Earth anymore. We left for Mithlond the next day."
None of them talked for a long time. Finally, Arwen spoke again. "Sorry, but it's hard to talk about it still." The twins nodded.
"You don't have to finish if you don't want to." Legolas said, now sorry that he brought it up.
Elrohir shook his head. "No, it's good for us to talk about it." he said. He took a deep breath before continuing. "It took us several weeks to get there. Once we arrived, we found out that the next ship was sailing in a few minutes. Our goodbyes were..." He paused, not sure how to explain it.
"Rushed?" Arwen supplied.
"Painful?" Elladan added.
Elrohir smiled at his siblings. "Both." he said. "I... I honestly do not remember much of what was said. Most of it was wishes that she would finally find peace and promises that one day we would sail and join her. Then, she was gone."
Aragorn and Legolas were silent, not quite sure what to say after hearing the story. They didn't have to talk though, because before long, Elladan broke the silence.
"Didn't you promise us a story Legolas?"
A/N: Ack, I had to end this earlier than I wanted, I didn't want it getting too long. I was ignoring this for too long, it's been –checks story- ACK! Over three weeks since I've updated this! I promise I'll try to be better in updating in the future!
