Alex leaned into the room, allowing her head only far enough into the room to see what was going on.
Looking around all she saw was a small bed, wooden floor, and a chest of drawers. The bed was against the wall closest to her so she couldn't see what was on the other side of it unless she risked going further into the room, which could mean getting caught.
She thought that the laughter she & Mark heard must've been coming from another room until she heard it again, a muffled burst of laughter followed by "Shhh ! Hahahashhhh!".
Alex turned around to Mark who was raising his eyebrows with question. She decided to open the door and risk looking into the room to see what all the laughing was about. She tiptoed over to the bed, with Mark close at her side. Both being as quiet as possible, they looked over the edge of the bed and saw two kids pouring a jar of some sticky looking substance onto the floor.
Alex looked at Mark and he put his finger to his lips, then tiptoed around to the other side of the bed and just as one of the two was looking up at him, Mark coughed to let them know he was standing right there. They both Jumped to their feet with surprise& quickly moved so that the now empty jar was concealed behind them. Alex gasped in recognition of the pair and exlaimed "You're Merry and Pippin !!". The one she recognized to be Merry looked up at her with defiance and replied "Yea? And just how do you know that,eh?".
Alex loved their accents and almost squealed at enjoyment with hearing it, but as she could see Merry was in no mood for squealing girls. Mark rolled his eyes,never known for being one to enjoy the company of children and their sometimes rediculus questions, mumbled "Magic.." Merry's eyes grew wide and he took a step back from Alex. Alex quickly understood that to them, magic was very real and not something to be lightly mentioned as her speciality.
She quickly knelt down to their size to try not to be so intimidating and said "No no..I don't really do magic. He's just teasing.". Merry shot a seething look in Mark's direction, who just shrugged and Alex continued.
She was trying to think of a realistic way that she could've known their names before they were introduced. 'You were two of my favourite characters in Lord Of The Rings? Oh yea, they'd really go for that one. You're a genius Alex..' She found herself stalling a bit as she continued "Actually, I know your names..because..well we arrived here yesterday and I happened to noticed you two..walking..Going into your bedroom ! Yes thats it. Then I overheard some elves mention your names...or something like that" she mumbled the last bit more to herself than to her audience.
She continued by saying "Anyway, what is it that you're up to here?". Pippin quickly stamered "It was his idea !! All his idea! But you'll have to agree, it was a bit on the brilliant side. Pouring honey on the floor so when Sam gets back here, he'll be getting into bed and - well you get the idea. Quite brilliant you think? Merry's idea !!".
At that, Merry elbowed Pippin in the side and glared at him saying "Thanks alot, Pip". Mark knelt by the honey, dipping his forefinger into it "This is incredibly sticky stuff...But you know, if you added a bit here on the table where he'll naturally put his hand once he discovers his foot covered in the sticky stuff, I think you'll end up with a much stickier Sam"
With that Mark got up and licked the overly-sweet honey from his finger. Merry eyed Alex & Mark, then said "So...you're not telling on us then?". Alex walked over to the window to hide her smile and replied "Well I guess theres not really any reason..". She was cut off mid-sentace by Merry almost shouting "Brilliant! Then here, hold this"
He picked up a bag that had been stuffed under the bed, that was full of clanking glass jars and handed it to her while he busied himself by pouring the remainder of the honey onto the table sitting by Sam's bed. Mark opened the bag and couldn't help chuckling. It was full of honey jars. He picked one up and said "Where did you get all this stuff? Isn't someone going to notice that its gone missing?". Pippin said "Oh we've quite taken care of that. We collected them lastnight, and we're sure no one saw us"
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