Hey. I'm back with the next installment of Love Springs Eternal. In this installment Lavendella will have some time to get to know Lord Elrond. And Boromir will make some new friends. And we find out how Denethor reacts to Lavendella being missing. Poor Faramir. I would like to thank Guest one, LadyOfRivendell, AmayaLuthien, and Guest two for their reviews. So now on with the show.

"Why should I not tell them?" came the calm reply from Elrond. "If you were my daughter I would wish you to be returned to me in one piece."

Lavendella groaned. Why did all the people she ever met say things like that? Just because she was a woman didn't mean anything. She was getting angry enough to give this pompous elf lord a piece of her mind. And she hoped he choked on it.

"I will have you know, Lord Elrond," she said, "that I am quite capable of taking care of myself. The fact that I am wounded now means absolutely nothing. And doesn't attest to my skills at all."

Elrond looked at her in confusion. He didn't mean to upset the girl. That was the last thing he had in mind. In fact it was getting him farther from what he wanted to do. He held up his hands in a sign of surrender.

"Let's us both agree to disagree then," said Elrond. "But for now I need to attend to your wounds young one. Or the both of us will be in trouble. Now if you don't mind."

Lavendella gave a snort. "Of course my lord," she said. She let out a huff of air as she sat down.

Elrond walked over and looked at the wound.

"You are lucky that the arrow hasn't hit any vital organs. This may hurt a bit."

Lavendella rolled her eyes. "Why do men always say that?" she asked. "If you men tried half of the stuff us women have to go through you be curled up on the floor in fetal position for months."

Elrond sighed as he yanked the arrow out of her and stitched her up.

Lavendella glared at him. "You could have at least warned a girl before you yank arrows out of her torso."

"I thought you would think that to condescending."

"Are we done here?"

"Yes."

"I've got to find my brother."

With that Lavendella stormed off to find Boromir. It would be better if he found out from her instead of finding out from this Lord Elrond guy.

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Elrond watched as the girl posing as a man walked off. He found her intriguing. Especially after learning what he had about her so far. He would give her a few minutes before he went off in search of her older brother. Maybe the girl would surprise them both and tell the brother she was here herself.

"My Lord Elrond," said a voice from behind him, "your sons haven't been to their lessons yet.

"Where could those two be?" he wondered aloud to himself.

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Boromir looked up as someone approached him. He was shocked to see Lavendella walking up to him in the uniform of his wounded officer.

"Lavendella?" he asked.

"No the boogie man," she countered. "Of course it's me."

"You have been Godric this whole time and you haven't told me."

Lavendella sighed. Then looked over as she heard a pair of twin laughs coming from the bushes beside them. She stormed over and found two young elves hiding in there.

"Have you been spying on us?" she screamed. "Elf men are such pigs."

She then stomped off.

Boromir couldn't help but laugh. He knew there was nothing to merit his sister's statement.

"Don't listen to her," he told the two. "She's just upset. Your father probably threatened to send her back to Gondor."

"I'm Elladan," said the one elf. He pointed over to his brother. "This is my brother Elrohir."

"It's nice to meet you," said Boromir. "I'm Boromir and the lovely young woman who stomped away from us was my younger sister Lavendella."

Elrohir groaned and said something elvish to Elladan. He pointed to a point behind Boromir. The man turned around to see what was going on. To find Lord Elrond and one of his advisors standing there looking at the twins in disapproval.

"We have to go," said Elladan. "We have lessons to attend to."

With that the two elfs trudged off to their lessons.

Boromir walked over to Elrond and his advisor. He looked at the elf lord as if trying to size him up. He didn't know what this elf lord did but it had made his sister upset.

"I see the lady has been here," said Elrond. He pointed to towards where Lavendella had made her exit.

"Yes," Boromir said. "Lavendella found me."

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Elrond played her name around in his head a few times. Lavendella. The name seemed to suit. Yet it did not suit her. He found himself relieved that the girl had sought out her brother. She had indeed surprised him. Hopefully she would surprise him again by being civil at dinner.

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Faramir sighed. His father had gone on and on for over an hour. Talking about how protecting Lavendella fell to Faramir when Boromir was away.

"I did not know she was gone until the same time you found out," Faramir informed his father. "How could I have stopped her from leaving if I didn't know she was going to leave."

That was not the answer Denethor seemed to want. He growled. Looking around him at the gathered people he glared.

"I demand someone tell me where she is now," screamed Denethor. "No one will eat or sleep until she is found."

Denethor stormed out of the room.

"My lord Faramir," said one of the servants, "we found this outside by gate to the city." He held up Lavendella's dressing gown.

"It would seem she has joined Boromir on his quest," said Lavendella's lady in waiting.

"Now whose going to tell my father?" asked Faramir.

At this all the servants walked off in different directions not looking at Faramir. He sighed in defeat. He wasn't looking forward to the conversation that was to come.

There you have the next chapter is finished. I hope you all enjoyed it. Next we'll find out if Lavendella can be civil for a night. The twins and Boromir will play a prank on the others. And we will find out how Denethor reacts to the news of where Lavendella is. And there might even be a kiss. Dragons love gold. Reviews are like gold. So drop so gold in this dragon's inbox.