Sorry about last Friday's update. I was very busy and I completely forgot about it. This week will be a bit shaky since I have 4 tests, some presentations, need to read Othello, write several essays, and Windy-san too is very busy, especially with some Mandarin activities, so we might skip and update or two this week. We'll try our best to stay on time.

I know one of you suggested this chapter, mainly the 'Merry and Pippin giggling behind a tree' but I could not find which of you did it, so for the record, thanks to the one who suggested this! :)

Don't miss tomorrow's update. It will be epic!

26- The hobbits tend to be a little too friendly with each other for my taste.

So yeah, I know hobbits are as about as close as you can get to innocence and purity, but sometimes too much innocence becomes a bit… confusing. For example, I was once trying to pick berries for dinner when I hear giggling behind a tree. I am really confused since I cannot really register the owners of such childlike giggles, so I venture to the tree. The sight that met my eyes was that of Merry and Pippin on the floor, Merry pinning Pippin down and tickling him. Then Pippin manages to shove his cousin off and tries to run, but Merry catches him in his arms and pulls him against his chest and bites his ear. My hand flew to my moth at this sight. Then Pippin manages to once again get free of his cousin's hold, but just as he runs off, Merry tumbles behind him and they both fall, rolling down a small slope. At the bottom they both pant for a moment before Pippin props himself on his elbows and bents to kiss his cousin on the forehead. It was a dang long kiss, and Merry kept his eyes close through it! Then at the end they both said "I love you" to each other and Pippin rested his head on Merry's shoulders and slept a while. Tell me that does not give the wrong impression! I mean, I know that brotherly love is expressed to damn high levels in this world, but man! It's ridiculous! It looked like some really cheesy romantic movie!

Another incident was one cold night. I was set for watch duty and Aragorn came to wake me up for my turn. Grudgingly I made my way to the little rock where I would be sitting for the next two hours. I was bored so I allowed my eyes to roam the campsite. I stopped at the peculiar sight of Frodo snuggled closely with Sam under the same blanket. If one of them had been female then it would have been a cute sight, but seeing two men, hugging one another in their sleep, their bodies impossibly close to one another, Frodo's face buried in Sam's neck… need I say more? The camp could have been invaded by a horde of orcs that night and I would not have noticed until one ran me through with a blade, because my eyes were glued to the two male hobbits sleeping together. I could not process the idea without getting the wrong impression! And I am sure many of you would have the same problem as me, especially when in the middle of his sleep, Frodo muttered "Oh Sam" and snuggled a little bit closer, and Sam responded by holding his "Mister Frodo" closer.

Another time, I was looking for a good place to do my business, when suddenly I catch a glimpse of Merry and Pippin. Their backs are facing me, but I can see that they are both slightly bent and are touching and pointing at something around the groin area. I frown in closer, and that is when I hear their conversation.

"Yes, but mine is pointing up, and yours is down," says Merry.

"Yeah, but yours is a darker color," Pippin replies.

"Maybe if you rub it a bit more it will stand. And yours seems to be slightly thinner but longer."

"Oh you're right, though yours is quite ticker so that is good too."

"Yeah, I bet they would like that a lot too."

I could not take it anymore. I stormed their way and, keeping a safe distance so that I would not see any… little hobbit parts, I began to scold them.

"What are you two doing?! The nerve of you two running along into the woods to do such perverted things! I should drag you both back and wash your mouths with soap… if I had any!"

The two hobbits looked quite confused as they turned around to face me.

"What are you talking about?" Merry asked me.

"You know well what! Having such dirty discussions. I should tell Aragorn of this."

Both hobbits exchanged looks before they both simultaneously lifted their shirts. At first I almost screamed, thinking they wanted to make me part of their conversation, but then I saw that they were pointing at some hair that was sticking out of their bellybutton. It was gross. Turns out, the hobbits have some competitions back at the Shire where they present their, ugh, bellybutton hair, and they get points for how long, how thick, how straight it stands and other disgusting characteristics. Needless to say, I was both greatly disgusted and greatly embarrassed. Then Merry asked me what I thought their conversation was about, but since I could not bring myself to tell them, I darted in the opposite direction and avoided them for the rest of the day.

So yeah, long week ahead of us…

Windy-san: She elf keeps saying that the updates she writes are no good, when in fact they are some of the best! You be the judge, she wrote this one by herself, so please tell her that she is being an idiot and that she can write well! Windy-san out!

This is our longest chapter by a long shot, but we swear, this has to make you laugh at some point.