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Boromir was still standing, with his hands clenched behind his back. Finally, a loud rumble in Alex's stomach interrupted the silence. She put her hand over her stomach and her face turned red as Boromir turned to her with lifted eyebrows.

She looked up at him and said "I'm sorry...I haven't eaten since early this morning."

He took a step towards her and laughed a bit, then said "My lady, there is no reason for an apology. If you would care to go back to your chamber and finish changing, I will wait for you. Even now the elves are preparing a glorious feast for us."

Alex was enchanted with the way he spoke. She just sat there, looking at him. He bent towards her slightly, wondering if she'd heard what he just said.

Boromir cleared his throat, waiting for a response, and then said "Lady Alexandria?"

Alex realized that there had been silence now for more than an appropriate amount of time. She seemed to have snapped out of a daze. "OH yes, well...um, sorry I was just...looking at that bird over there..." she said, pointing over his shoulder.

He turned to see where she was pointing

'Oh crap!' she thought to herself. 'The bird thing is always a dead give away. I'm so majorly crushing!'

 Boromir stood straight again, and at not seeing any birds whatsoever, he turned back to her and smiled.

"Ah, I see."

 Alex stood up, and said "Well, I'm going to go finish getting dressed now. Where will I meet you after I'm done?"

Boromir started walking away, then turned back to her and said "You will find me by the fountain, in the central courtyard." With that he was gone.

Alex turned to go back to her room, too delighted even to think straight (which she noticed was happening more and more often lately!). Once she reached her room she remembered why she was going there in the first place.

'Maaannn...what am I going to wear?!'

She looked around her chambers. There was a bed, a closet, and a large overstuffed looking couch. Alex eyed the closet and thought she'd try her luck.

It was a large wooden closet, with beautiful hand sculpted ivy twisting around the edges. She carefully opened one door, and gasped when she saw what was inside. There were exquisitely made dresses, long silky cloaks, sleeping gowns, slippers, trousers, velvet vests, under clothes and a few pieces of jewelry.

Alex assumed, by the varied clothing, that the rooms were designed to accommodate male or female guests. After admiring and looking at every piece of clothing, she finally chose one very expensive looking gown. It was light blue, made of the softest silk she had ever felt.

She quickly took her own clothes off (which she felt like spitting at in comparison to the fineness that surrounded her) and slipped on the dress. It was a bit long, but hey, Alex was no elf! She chose a pair of cream colored slippers, but they pinched and were too small.

She stood in them uncomfortably and thought 'You would think elves would've put something in here for EVERYONE'S sizes!'

She sighed and started throwing her own clothes on the bed when she heard a knock on the door. Her heart practically stopped. In her mind she visualized Boromir. She couldn't wait to open the door and find him standing there waiting for her. After looking in the mirror and being thoroughly happy with herself, she ran over to the door and opened it with a huge smile.

Mark saw her smile fading as he said "Wow, what a dress! From the look on your face, I'm going to guess you were expecting someone else?"

Alex felt a twinge of guilt about how she acted towards him earlier today, so she was determined to be pleasant.

"Oh no, no...I was just getting into something more suitable for the company we're in. They think I'm running around naked, you know!"

Mark walked into her room, and closed the door behind him. He was still in the outfit he had changed into before, which Alex thought made him appear a bit pirate like, but she liked the look.

Mark walked over to the couch and plopped himself down on it. Alex took off her shoes, as she could tell by the look on Mark's face that he was going to be in her room for at least 5 minutes, and she didn't want to stay in them any more than was necessary.

Mark watched her slip them off and said "Yeah, I know it. Are you as starved as I am by the way?"

She sat on her bed and replied "Goodness, yes!"

Mark stood up and started pacing, which Alex knew meant that he was thinking intently about something.

She played with the sheets on her bed and finally said, "Listen, Mark, I'm sorry about earlier today. I just don't want them to know that we're so totally out of place here in this world."

Mark turned to her and said "I could've handled it, you know."

She looked down at the floor thinking 'Psh, boys and their ego.''

Mark said "Anyway, I've been thinking. If we can figure out how we got here, maybe we can do the same thing to get OUT of here!"

Alex stood up, went over to the door and said "Well, I am definitely not going to help you there."