An- So, did you know that we didn't decide until around Rohan that Niori and Legolas were going to get together? We were totally going to just kind a make it they flirt every once and awhile, but then you reviewers kept saying that you'd like to see it happen, so we ran with it (to a very good ending if I do say myself). In fact, in the original ending she was going to kiss him for the first time in one of those 'what the hell, I'm never going to see you again' kind of way. So that should tell you all why during the first story anything that involved them 'flirting' was rather, tame for lack of a better word. So like the dance, I had to go and rewrite this little part.

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Yawning, Niori rolled out of her bed. Jane was sleeping calmly in the bed next to her, showing no signs of waking up anytime soon.

Niori stretched and then got to her feet, careful to make as little noise as possible so she wouldn't disturb Jane. God she hated sharing a room with the girl; not only was she used to having her own room, but Jane was a morning person and Niori a night owl. Clearly putting them together had not been a well thought out plan.

As she slipped out the door Niori considered putting on a robe (like most nights she slept only in underwear and a tank top) but then dismissed it; it was two thirty in the morning and the chances of anyone else being up was slim. Besides, she was only running up to the kitchen for a quick drink.

Niori yawned again as she walked into the kitchen, and jumped a mile when she realized that there was someone else in there with her.

There was someone rummaging through the fridge, and that someone was Legolas.

"Legolas?" Niori asked in surprise.

Legolas turned around quickly at the sound of her voice, just as surprised as she had been. Then Niori got a real good look at him, and felt her face get hot.

Legolas was wearing silk smiley face boxers…only silk smiley face boxers.

She looked him up and down, taking in every very good looking aspect of his pretty much naked body. When she was finally able to look back up into his face, Niori saw that he was giving her the same look over.

At that moment Niori really wished that she had put on that robe. Or that she had chosen to wear something with a little more material.

Look at his face, Niori ordered herself, just keep looking at his face.

Then Legolas looked back into her eyes and wished that she could look away.

"I…umm…" Niori managed to stammer out, "want glass of…water."

"Oh…" Legolas replied as he grabbed hold of the pitcher of water in the fridge and handed it to her.

"Thanks," Niori grabbed onto it and whirled around abruptly.

Good lord was she ever turned on.

She had to physically stop herself from turning back around and seeing if he was as turned on as she was. It would be so easy to tell…

Pour the water, Niori commanded herself as she got a glass, drink it and then get to bed…your own bed!

"So," she spoke, thinking that that might stop any inappropriate thoughts, "where did you get the boxers?"

"When we were in the building with all the shops," he sounded embarrassed, "I came across them and they amused me. So I took them."

Niori couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"You stole silk smiley face boxers! What would you have done if you had been caught shoplifting!" though from his silence he obviously had no idea what shoplifting was, "Great, now I'll have to go find a way to leave some money for the store to save your karma. It'll have to be money, because now that you've already put them on…"

Her sentence trailed off because talking about putting them on made her think of taking them off. More precisely, how she would take them off.

Don't think about it, this time she was begging herself, please don't think about it.

But of course in her mind she had already moved past her taking off his boxers to him taking off hers.

Niori almost groaned at her inability to stop her imagination; if she didn't get out of there fast was going to do something –someone- that she would later regret.

Of course while she had been telling her mind to stop, she had been pouring her glass of water. Niori didn't even realize that it had over flowed until she felt it dripping onto her bare feet.

"Shit!" she cursed, backing up and managing to tip her cup over and drop the pitcher.

Now there was a giant puddle on the floor and counter.

"Here," Legolas spoke, "let me help."

He knelt down and handed her one of the two dish towels he was holding. Now Niori did turn to face him as she too went down to the floor and started to mop up.

Okay, now all this water was only upping the ante of her unwanted fantasy.

"Okay," she spoke abruptly as she practically jumped to her feet, "you can handle it from here."

"What!" Legolas protested, "you're the one who caused it!"

"Just let me go," Niori could have added 'because being in this room with you while both of us are practically naked is pure torture and I'm about two seconds away from jumping you and ripping the rest of your clothes –which is barely any- off', but she kept that to herself.

Niori made to walk away, but because of the pool of water they had abandoned and her bare feet, she slipped. With a cry Niori went backwards and grabbed onto Legolas's arm to try and catch herself. All this ended up doing was bringing him down with her. They both hit the floor with a dull thud, Legolas landing on top of her.

After the stars had cleared from hitting the floor, another flush went through her entire body. If she had thought she had been turned on before, it was nothing like this.

And the question of whether or he was as turned on as she was was answered for her…and it was very much so.

"Are you," Niori tried to put out in an even voice, but it came out as a moan, "going to get off of me?"

"I…" Legolas's unsure voice trailed off.

Okay, screw regret. She'd worry about that later because right now all she wanted to do was-

"Niori!"

Jane's shrill voice broke through the air. Both Legolas and Niori turned their heads to look at her; Jane (who had gotten up for a late night snack) was standing in the doorway, looking down at them in horror.

Legolas leapt to his feet, dragging Niori up with him. He also managed to discreetly position her in front of him, and Niori couldn't blame him; this looked bad enough as it is.

"Oh Niori!" Jane was almost shrieking, "How could you, after Erin said she was pregnant Not even three days ago! For once you said that you wouldn't let your sex drive control you! Seriously, for once couldn't you just not have sex!"

"Jane," Niori tried to reason, "for once this is not what it looks like!"

"We've done nothing!" Legolas protested.

"Jeez Niori," Jane continued, "and in Carla's house! What are you thinking!"

"I AM NOT SLEEPING WITH LEGOLAS!" Niori screamed in frustration, sending it through the quiet house like an echo.

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There is a random part here where Erin wakes up, which I am too lazy to rewrite.

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Apparently in Middle Earth when you wake up to the sound of an angry scream it was a bad thing, because not even a full minute later everyone was standing in the kitchen, most with weapons ready.

Every single mouth dropped open at the sight of Legolas and Niori barely dressed and now wet from landing in the puddle.

Carla was the first to break the stunned silence.

"I am going to kill the both of you from having sex on my kitchen floor!"

"We are not lovers!" Legolas cried in frustration.

"I slipped on water and brought him down with me," Niori explained to their sceptical faces, "and yes, we are both almost naked, but I always wear pretty much nothing to bed," the three girls did nod to that, "and if we were, those boxers would have been off five minutes ago."

To say Legolas looked mortified would have been an understatement.

"Besides," she finished, "I don't have a death wish, thus I would never screw around on Carla's property let alone in her kitchen. Besides, I have a car parked outside for that."

So that wasn't completely true; had Jane not walked in when she did Niori totally would have had her way with him. But none of them needed to know that.

"Um, speaking of boxers," Erin finally spoke, "Legolas, where exactly did you get silk ones with smiley faces on them?"

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An- Now isn't that more like the Niori and Legolas we have come to know (and hopefully love lol)? See you next peice!