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Chapter 4

Tracy was woken from her sleep with a steady beep beep from her watch. She could not believe that she had slept for an hour already. She climbed out of her soft bed and walked over to the wardrobe and opened the doors. She looked at all of the pretty dresses that were hers. She could still not believe that they were made for her. She wanted to look pretty for dinner she found the dress that she wanted to wear; it was a pale-blue Satan dress. She walked over to the vanity that was in the right hand corner of the room next to the desk. She sat down at the vanity and took in her appearance - she still looked tired but she felt much better after her short nap.

She stood up and pulled the shirt that she was wearing off of her head and then bent down to remover her pants. She then very slowly pulled on the blue dress. Once she had the dress on she looked at herself in the mirror. The dress that she was wearing was a floor length gown that came up to just above her feet so she would not trip. The top of the dress had a small V in the top of the neck and it had bell sleeves from the elbow down. The dress was very comfortable but she realized that the only shoes that she had were her cross trainers that she wore when she first arrived in middle earth.

She was about to take the dress off and just put on her jeans and a nice tunic when she hard a soft knock on her door. She walled over to the door and opened it. When she looked out no one was there. She shrugged her shoulders and was about to go back into the room to change when she noticed a white box was sitting on the floor. She reached down to pick it up and noticed that it was rather heavy. She carried the box back into her room and sat it down on the bed. She took the lid off and the first thing that she noticed was a peace of parchment sitting on top it. She soon realized it was a letter from Lord Elrond. It read:

Dear Tracey,

I hope that you had a nice nap. I noticed that when you were looking at the dresses, the shoes that I had ordered for you as well were not there. So I went to find out where they were. They were not done until this morning so I hope that you like them. I will see you in about a half-hour.

Yours truly,
Elrond

Tracey was speechless again she pulled the paper off of the box and noticed all the pretty shoes and for what felt like the hundredth time today she felt speechless. She walked over to the wardrobe and put the shoebox at the bottom and picked out a nice pair of blue flat healed shoes.

Tracey stood up with the shoes in hand and walked back over to the vanity. She picked up the brush and started to brush out her blond hair. After that was accomplished she put the brush down and looked at herself in the mirror again. She knew that she should put

Her hair up but she did not know what to do with her hair. She picked up her brush again and pulled her hair that was now down to almost the small of her back into a high ponytail and then French braided her hair. She secured it with a light blue ribbon at the end. She then next applied a thing layer of makeup on her face. Once that was done she sat back and admired her handy work. She was happy with the way she looked and all she had to do was wait for Elrond to come get her.

While she was waiting for Elrond to arrive she walked over to the veranda so she could get a feel for her new shoes. She was surprised to find that the shoes were very comfortable and that they did not hurt her feet at all. She was looking out to the veranda again when she heard a light knock on the door. She turned and bade whoever was at the door to enter.

Elrond walked into the room and noticed that Tracey was looking out over the scenery again. He was worried for a little bit. He walked over to Tracy and lent against the railing with her.

He looked over to Tracey and just observed her. She looked tired despite the nap and had a slight hunch in her shoulders like she was weighed down by something. He wished that she would talk to him. Elrond knew that they had to get going so he said, "My lady we need to get going or we will be late for dinner." This startled Tracey out of her thoughts again. She really needed to stop letting her mind wander.

She turned to Elrond and said, "Ok, let's go." Elrond extended his arm and Tracey took it. Elrond finally had to opportunity to look at what Tracey was wearing she looked beautiful. He especially liked the way she had her hair. He needed to ask her how she had done that.

He smiled at her and said, "You look very beautiful my lady."

Tracy blushed and said, "Thank you" Elrond smiled back and he lead Tracy out of the room.

They walked down the hall in silence so Elrond decided to tell Tracy what to expect that evening after dinner. "My lady after dinner we will be dancing." At this Tracy tensed up, Elrond was surprised at this. He stopped mid stride. He wondered why Tracy had tensed up so he asked, "My Lady are you all right? What happened?" Tracy wondered how could she tell Elrond that she was afraid to dance because of what happened to her during her Sr. Prom in High School. She knew that that he deserved to know but she kept her mouth shut. Elrond knew that something was wrong when she tensed up but she would not talk so he would give it time. They then started to walk again to the dinning hall. Once they reached their destination Elrond opened the door for Tracey

Once the doors were opened Tracey got a good look inside. The room was spacious with what looked like leaf prints all over the walls. There were three doors in the room, one of which Elrond and Tracy were standing in. Then another, which led to the kitchens and the third, was leading out to the garden. In the middle of the room sat a huge wooden table and sat at that table were three blond elves and three dark hair elves.

Elrond walked Tracy to the table and introduced her to everyone. "The twin elves are my sons Elladan and Elrohir." He said pointing to the twins. "The elf stetting next to him is Prince Legolas of Mirkwood" Tracey locked eyes with Legolas and smiled. Then Elrond continued, "The blond elf sitting across from Legolas is Haldir the March warden of Lothlorien" Haldir bowed his head slightly in greeting, "And the dark headed on sitting next to him is my advisor Erestor. Next to him is sitting Glorfindel the chef of my border patrol." After all the introductions were made Elrond preceded to help Tracy to her seat next to Legolas then took his seat at the head of the table. Then dinner was served.

While they were eating there was much talking going on and it reminded Tracey of the time she and a group of friends were eating before her Sr. Prom in High School.

Flashback

Tracy and her friends Anna, AJ and John were all sitting eating dinner before their Sr. Prom at the high school. Tracy was dressed in an off white sleeveless dress with a white beaded Shaw. While her friend Anna was dressed in a pale pink strapless dress. Anna's date for the night was John, Tracy's friend from school. Tracey's date was AJ, they had been dating for a little over ten months at that time. They were all laughing and having a good time until their food arrived and they dug in. Half way though the meal Anna put down her fork and looked at Tracy saying with her eyes 'come with me' so the girls excused themselves from the table and headed to the restroom. Once there Tracey and Anna did their business but then Anna started talking, " Tracy there is something that you should know." Anna did not wait for Tracy to respond before continuing, "AJ is going to dump you soon. He does not like you. The reason that he is dating you is because he feels sorry for you because of your self-esteem issues." Tracy could not believe what Anna had just said to her. She was speechless. After that nothing more was said and the dinner was finished in silence.

End Flashback

Anna was right, exactly one and a half months later AJ had broken up with Tracy because of the whole puking incident. Elrond looked up from his meal and was going to try to talk to Tracy when he noticed that she had stopped eating and started crying. Elrond was really worried about Tracy now, 'What could be wrong?' He wondered.

Tracey was so lost in her own thoughts that she did not realize that everyone including Elrond was looking at her in concern. She then started to feel eyes on her and noticed that Elrond was looking at her. She locked eyes with him and realized that he was worried about her. For that matter she could see that everyone was worried about her but she couldn't see why they would care about her. She then felt the overwhelming need to run. Tracey hurriedly excused her self from the table and ran to the nearest exit, which happened to be the exit to the garden. She ran straight to the big oak tree in the center.

Meanwhile Elrond and the others watched as Tracey run out of the room. Elladan turned to his father and asked, "Adar what is wrong with Tracey?"

Elrond responded, "I know not Ion nin but I intend to find out." With that said Elrond got up to follow Tracey. He walked out the door and stopped for a minute to see if he could spot her but he could not. However his eleven hearing picked up the faint sounds of sobbing coming from somewhere over to his left. So he followed the sound and found Tracey sitting under the same Oak tree that he found her under when she first arrived there. The only difference now was the fact she was sitting with her knees up to her chest and she had her arms around her knees with her head face down in her knees while she was rocking back and forth.

Elrond walked over to Tracy and bent down so he could be eye level with her. He reached over with a steady hand and slowly lifted her chin off her knees so they could look eye to eye. When she looked at him Elrond noticed that she had tear tracks down her face. His heart instantly went out to her. She looked so distraught and he wanted to help her so bad. He said, "Tracey please tell me what is bothering you. I could help if you just let me." Elrond expected her to shake her head no but he was surprised when Tracey spoke

"I want to tell you so bad but it's too hard for me to say. It just hurts!" She practically screamed. Elrond just sat there stunned. There was so much emotion behind her words that it was almost frightening that someone so young could feel so much.

He then said, "Why don't you tell me what happened at dinner?" After Elrond had said that, Tracey's cheeks had turned a little pink with embarrassment. She felt a little stupid for having run out like that.

"I am so sorry for running out like I did." Whispered Tracey while wiping tears from her eyes. "You all must think I am terrible. I must have ruined your dinner."

Elrond shook his head and responded, "No Tracey you did not ruin our dinner. We are all just worried about you."

Tracey knew then that it was time to talk she at least owed him that much. She looked at Elrond and spoke "I am going to tell you what happened at diner but please don't interrupt me for I feat that I may not continue if I am stopped." Elrond nodded in understanding. And Tracy began her story of what happened at dinner.

Ten minutes later…

"So you see the reason that I ran is because the whole dinner thing reminded me of how prom night felt at dinner and I could not stand it. I was scared, so I ran." Tracy then dropped her head in shame after she was done talking.

Elrond and Tracey just sat there in silence each enjoying the others companies. They sat like that lost in their own thoughts when Elrond began to speak "Tracey thank you for letting me in on what you were feeling." He looked over towards Tracey and noticed that she was rubbing her temple. He asked, "Does your head hurt my lady?"

Tracey responded, "Yeah a little plus the fact that I am starting to feel tired as well this whole thing just wore me out." At that Elrond chuckled a little bit and got up. He then extended a hand to help Tracey up and she took it and stood up herself.

Once they were both on their feet Elrond said, "Come let's get you inside and too your room so I can get you something for you and then you can go to sleep."

So they walked back to the house and to Tracey's room. Elrond then excused himself to get Tracey something for her head. Once Elrond was out of the room she changed out of her dress and into a light purple sleep tunic and leggings and crawled into bed. Moments later Elrond returned with a steaming cup and handed it to Tracey saying, "Drink it all and get some sleep. We will talk more in the morning." Elrond then got up and walked out the door after saying, "Good night" Then Tracey fell into a peaceful slumber wondering what could happen tomorrow.

End of chapter 4

Translations

Adar/Ada- Father/Daddy

Ion nin- My Son