Story Summary:
When Legolas meets Aragorn's most unique and
desirable former lover, can he tame her wild heart or will he destroy
her spirit by a simple miscalculation of judgement?
Detailed sex but not too much smut. Sweet smut?
Tolkien purists: Forewarning - Deviated so far from the books it isn't
funny! And LACE? Never heard of it before I wrote this story.
Obviously, neither had Vanelossë or Legolas!
This story
was written a long time ago and posted before I discovered betas so
please forgive the mistakes. I have too many WIPs now to rewrite it.
Chapter 7
Repairing What was Broken
Turning back around, she ran up the hill and down the path towards her
house. He tried to follow her but since she had left sooner , he could
not catch her before she reached her house. When she got to the house,
she slammed the door and locked it. He knocked for twenty minutes
begging her to open the door. Knowing there was no use, he walked sadly
back to his quarters. When he came in, he was almost knocked down by
Arwen as she ran out. She stopped and glared at him and the next thing
he knew, she slapped him hard across the face. When she ran down the
path, he walked into the room and noticed that Aragorn was rubbing his
face as well.
“I guess I do not need to ask you how it went with Arwen. It went just as well as it went with Vanelossë.” Legolas said sadly.
“I have never seen Arwen this angry and I deserve all of it. She is not
even mad about the fact that Vanelossë and I were lovers because she
realizes that was before her and I. But the fact the disgusts her most
is that I made a bet on a former lover especially Vanelossë, who is
like a sister to her. Now that I think about it, I am pretty disgusted
with myself as well. I have no one to blame but myself.” Aragorn said
as he started pacing the room.
“Unfortunately, we are both fools and now we are getting what we
deserve. I cannot stand the fact that we hurt her so bad. And she did
nothing to deserve it.” Legolas said as he fell into a chair. “Aragorn,
I have no idea how to undo the damage we have done. Arwen is madder at
you than I have ever seen, Vanelossë thinks that the four of us think
she is a whore and enjoy humiliating her. Other than turning back time,
what can we do?”
“I am going to take a huge chance and try to talk to Vanelossë. Maybe
she will listen to me: doubtful, but worth a chance. Maybe if I can get
her to forgive us, I can repair the damage with Arwen as well.” Aragorn
said, leaving the house.
As he walked to her house, he was going over all of the things he could
say to her but nothing seemed right. Hoping he could think of something
when he was in front of her, he knocked on her door and told her who it
was. She opened the door and glared at him.
“Let me guess. Arwen is mad at you so you thought you would take a
chance with the local whore to see if she was still willing. Oh wait,
you think I am always willing. Trust me, Estel, I will not allow you to
destroy my relationship with Arwen. You were a good lover but you were
not that good!” She tried to slam the door in his face but he grabbed
the door and walked in.
“Vanelossë, you know I am not here for that. I came to apologize and
try to help resolve this.” Aragorn followed her into the sitting area
where he noticed she had been drinking. And judging from her attitude,
she had been drinking a lot rather quickly since Legolas had only left
her 30 minutes ago.
“You do not need to worry about our relationship Estel. It has been
over for many years. I was a fool to think we could be anything other
than what we are.”
“And what are we?”
“Former lovers who could not make it work as anything then and
obviously cannot make it work as anything now. Now we do not have the
passion between us, there really is nothing left for us to have in
common.” She said as she drained another glass of wine. She quickly
poured another glass. “I guess I thought better of you. You never used
to be so cruel but then again, maybe you were afraid if I saw this side
of you, I would throw you out of my bed. Who knows, I guess I never
have nor will I ever know the real you Estel. You know the funniest
part of this. Lord Elrond warned me that one day, I would regret my
wildness.”
“Vanelossë, none of this was done to hurt you. I would never hurt you
intentionally and neither would Legolas or the twins. It started out as
a joke and it just got carried away. As soon as Legolas got to know
you, he called off the bet and I realized how wrong we were for making
the bet in the first place. We are fools but we do not think badly of
you at all.”
“I know exactly what you think of me, Estel. I was your lover with no
morals then so you decided to pass me on to a friend since you couldn’t
sleep with me yourself anymore. So I guess if you had not been in love
with Arwen, this might not have happened. You would have returned and
assumed I would be your whore again.” She said bitterly.
“I do not think nor have I ever thought you were a whore!”
“You made me feel like one tonight. am tired of this conversation and I
want to go to bed. So unless you plan on joining me, I suggest you
leave.” She said as she threw back another glass of wine.
When she stood up, she almost fell back down. She sat back down and started laughing.
“Now I have become a drunk as well.”
She laughed until there were tears rolling down her face and he knew
the tears were real. Walking carefully over to her, he sat on the table
in front of her.
He took her hands in his own as he said softly “Vanelossë, please
listen to me. I know you are upset and you have every right to be. We
are all fools for doing this but no one ever meant to hurt you and no
one thinks badly of you. You know the twins worship the ground you walk
on. I have nothing but fond memories of our time together. Legolas has
grown to care about you so that it is killing him that you are so hurt
and that he helped cause it. The bet was made because we were all
taking about how irresistible you are not how loose your morals are. I
do not know if I can ever make this up to you but I need you to believe
that no one thinks you are a whore. You are the type of woman that
inspires devotion for hundreds of years, just look at the twins. The
only reason the bet even came up is because the three of us were
telling Legolas how irresistible you are and then one of us said even
he could not resist you. Legolas is known for resisting the charms of
women who practically throw themselves at him. We all knew that all you
had to do was be yourself and he would be unable to resist you. And we
were all right. He broke off that bet the first night after spending
very little time with you. He liked you so much; he did not want any
foolish bet to control his actions or his emotions. He is a good man
with a great heart and he truly cares about you and your feelings. Do
not let our foolishness keep you from finding out what could be with
him. You might find yourself in love.”
He smiled softly and she cried even harder. As he shushed her, he pulled her into his arms and just held her while she cried.
Finally she said, “You know the foolish thing is I was really beginning to care about him.”
“That is not foolish. That is good because he is beginning to care for
you as well. Please Vanelossë, I am begging you; don’t let this stupid
bet come between you and a really wonderful thing. I would never
forgive myself if you walked away from him right now.”
She sat up and he looked at her. He had never see her cry and it was heartbreaking to look at.
She laughed and said, “I bet I am not looking too irresistible right now, huh?”
”You are still beautiful and if I were not already in love, I would not
be able to resist you. I know that for sure.” He smiled. “Of course,
she is terribly angry with me right now but hopefully some day she will
forgive me.”
”Why does she hate you? Did she find out about us?” She asked upset.
“Yes, but she is not angry about that. She is angry because we made the
bet and because we hurt you. She cares about you enough to not even
care about our history because she knows that was a long time ago. She
slapped both Legolas and I across the face. Although, I think she hit
me much harder than him.” He chuckled and made her laugh. “Vanelossë,
is it too much to hope for that we are right with each other? I want us
to be friends. I do not look back at our relationship as a failure of
any kind. I look back on it fondly and I think the world of you.”
“You do?”
“Yes. I would love to see you and Legolas together because I always
thought deep down you were looking for love as is he.” Standing up and
pulling her with him, he hugged her tightly. “So are we all right?”
”Yes. We are fine.”
“And you and Legolas?”
“I am not sure. But I will try not to hate him. That is all I can promise.” She smiled.
“Let me go tell him the good news before he hangs himself and you
should get some sleep. Maybe then I can beg Arwen’s forgiveness.”
Walking over to the door with her arm in arm, he opened the door and
was surprised to find Legolas sitting on the step outside. He jumped up
and Aragorn smiled.
“I guess I will let you tell Legolas the good news.”
As Aragorn walked down the step, he patted Legolas on the back.
