Hello, reviewers! What's up? Can't believe school just got out! I don't know about the rest of you, but I cried when we got out at 12:00. Anyway, reviewers--

BlackRoseOrchid: . . . LOL!

JustMe: Updating!

Grishnakh: Bye, Grishnakh! We'll miss you, but that's your problem, and I have no idea what you're talking about. (This is Nickel, so be afraid) (Kelsey: I know exactly what he's talking about...Still, be afraid...Be very afraid...)(Mandy: (crying)I MISS YOU GRISHNAKH! Have fun at Brook with Kelsey!)

Princess Shadowcat: Yeah, well, we thought we were crazy until we read Lady Laswen. Good author, but she stopped writing about a year or 2 ago and now one of her stories has ended in the middle of it. Whatever. Thanks and keep reading!

IheartKelsey-TD: (Mandy) Oh, Machezininny! I miss you! I cried all the way home! I can't believe it's ending like this! (Nickel) I didn't get to say goodbye to you either! Agh! (Kelsey) My fellow loo-suh, Moo-fah-sah friend! I miss you so much! I'm almost crying as I'm writing this! Gosh! I hate this school changing thing! Hopefully, I'll get to see you this summer...Nickel was in the hysterics on the way to Mandy's house, but Mandy and I sobered up...WE MISS YOU! Oh...I just now got the whole "TD" thing! You are soooooooooooooo sneaky! Hehehe! I still have to deal with him and JB and SK and ZC (he's quiet, though) and Tomato and lots of the other losers...!

Darling reviewers get gifts! gifts! All of you get free . . . Hugs cuz we love y'all! People from school, we are going to miss you so much! I can't believe this is happening! Anyway, miss you all and I know we'll meet again!

Disclaimer: (loads gun) okay people, hold up the copyright to LotR and hand it over and nobody gets hurt. (sirens) Dang it! Still don't own it!


Yammer Yammer


Kelsey's PoV

"You guys are such idiots! But . . . hehe! That's kind of funny!" Amanda giggled.

"Yeah, yeah. Shut up," Nicole said, flicking Amanda's cast.

"Ow!"

"Would you two stop it?" Lisa groaned, leaning back in her seat. I snickered, playing with the skirt of my dress.

"Fine." Nicole went back to braiding her hair. She was going to braid a zillion separate braids, but she was only on five.

"Thank you," Amanda snapped, flipping her hair back. "So, what are we going to do now?" I shrugged.

"Dunno." Nicole pulled out her "magical" three-in-one LotR book. "We're leaving in about 3 days. May as well cause some havoc now."

"Or we could go flirt," I muttered dreamily, imagining Haldir. Amanda sighed.

"Yeah . . ." she whispered, smiling broadly.

"Shut up, lovesick puppies." Nicole wrinkled her nose in disgust. I hit her upside the head. "Ow! What was that for?" I stuck my tongue out at her.

"If you don't straighten up, Nicole, I'm going to drop-kick you!" I threatened.

"You know," Lisa interrupted, "we're about this far away from getting thrown out of Lothlorien." She put her index finger and thumb about a millimeter apart up in the air to demonstrate her point. "So, why don't we just chill?"

" 'Chill' means 'flirt' to half of us," Nicole muttered, ignoring Amanda's narrowed eyes. "Let's cause more havoc! I want chaos, people, chaos!"

"Take a chill pill," I advised.

"Chaos!"

"Chill pill!"

"Chaos!"

"You know," Amanda butted in loudly, "I'm not going to be doing much of anything until we leave, so you can just visit me."

"That's a little boring," Lisa interjected. "We can have a little fun without getting thrown out."

"I wanna chill!" I whimpered.

"I wanna have lots of fun!" Nicole snapped. We all stared at each other.

"Let's just go get ready for Valentine's Day," Lisa suggested, breaking the silence. "I mean, there's a lot to be done, isn't there?" Nicole and I nodded slowly.

"All right then," Mandy said decidedly. "You guys go get ready and I'll see you later, kay?"

"Let's go!" Nicole yelped. "I'll go talk to Haldir!"


We're giving you one more chapter--that was just a "bridge" chappie!

another one? as in Now? why not combine them? Yah! Reviwers, be gratful. Nickel has gotten the story to progress! MwaHAhaHA!


Preparations

Nicole's PoV

"So, here's a bouquet of flowers. Remember to give them to Kelsey tonight," I finished, handing a bundle of flowers over to Haldir. I looked at him pointedly as he looked at the flowers uncertainly. "What now?"

"Are you sure these will make her like me?" he asked nervously. I rolled my eyes.

"Dude, she already likes you. Now you gotta let her know that you like her." I grabbed his arm and began to pull him down his talan. "Remember what I told you yesterday. Valentine's Day's about girls and guys, hearts and flowers and chubby baby angels. Mention any of these romantically and she'll love you to death." Haldir frowned.

"Lady Nicole, I do not understand how chubby baby . . . what did you call them?"

"Angels."

"Yes, well . . . I don't see how that can be romantic." I rolled my eyes.

"You've got to trust me on this," I told him. "I know no one else, except for Kelsey and Mandy, who trusts me, which puts a downside on my part, but trust me."

"Well, all right."


Kelsey's PoV

"Don't forget. Hand her the flowers, tell her how much you love her, then ask her to accompany you to the dance we set up."

"But-"

"OH! And tell her how much you love her!"

"What about-"

"And that you think she's so sweet, and-"

"Lady Kelsey-"

"WHAT!"

"But you know my wife can be a little stubborn sometimes, so she may refuse-"

"Celeborn," I interrupted. "No girl can resist a guy who thinks she's the sweetest thing in the world and loves her enough to die for her. So mention those sort of things and immediately she'll agree to go."

"But-"

"Do it! NOW!"


Lisa's PoV

"Okay Legolas." I handed the paper over to him. "Do your stuff." Legolas walked away, somewhat uncertain. I snickered. Maybe the guy could look good in a tux.

I walked down to a large room, where I found lots of people hanging around, doing almost nothing.

"People!" I ordered. They all stared at me. "Yes, you. Can you help me with something?"

"Uh..."

"Perfect!" I exclaimed. "Now, can you move this table over there and bring in a chandelier..."

LATER . . .

"What do you mean, 'there are no roses?' I need roses, people! I planned this dance to be tonight and. . .what are you doing with that ribbon? I said put it on the bouquet, not your booty! (pronounced boot-a) Let's get it together people! WAIT! Where are you taking that statue! I don't care if it's one that looks like the Valar's baby, I need it to represent Cupid!"I frowned. "And that table is a little too far to the left . . ."


Nicole's PoV

Panting, I raced down a set of stairs to find Lisa and Kelsey sitting on a bench and waiting for me.

"Did it!" I announced. "Haldir's good to go."

"Celeborn wasn't…too…bad." Kelsey replied.

"Legolas got the gist immediately and after that, the ballroom or whatever wasn't too hard to decorate," Lisa drawled, bored. "Mandy's going to die when she sees I put him in a tux . . ."

"You put an elf in a tux?" I asked, impressed.

"Yeah, it wasn't hard to convince him. All I had to do was tell him that Mandy would totally go for him once she saw him."

"And little do either of you know that Mandy hates tuxes," Kelsey snickered, amused. "So cue Mandy-"Suddenly, a scream erupted somewhere to our left. Lisa looked at Kelsey.

"You're good."

"I know Mandy too well." Kelsey shrugged and stood up from the bench. "Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to go dress up for tonight. Galadriel said something about leaving us some dresses . . . probably because she was so thankful that I got Celeborn to say something romantic to her when he hadn't for 3000 or so years . . ."

"Ditto." Lisa stood up and followed Kelsey. I watched them for a minute, then walked away, softly chanting.

"Tonight we're gonna party! We're gonna party!"


I peeked over the windowsill, watching Mandy.

"It's about 8:00 and Legolas still hasn't shown up," I muttered, somewhat disappointed. His Valentine's gift from me was getting soaked with a Super Soaker that moment he walked up to Mandy. Of course, Mandy was probably going to get hit too, but sacrifices had to be made.


Cliffhanger! Bwahaha! I love these cliffhangers! Yes, I know the chapter's a little short, but it was such a great cliffie! I'll get more up later!

yes, many sacrifices. goodbye, Mandy . . .