"So you are really sure." Galadriel asked.
Her daughter smiled. "Of course I am, nana, just stop asking me! You know I love Elrond…"
Her mother sighed. "Yes, I know, sell-nîn, and I know he loves you too… But 'it's not easy for a mother to give her daughter away, let alone for a father…
You father is really upset, Celebrían. Childish, of course. Or maybe father-ish.
I remember my father… He was so afraid that I would marry the wrong person-and now I am married, and ada hasn't even met my husband…"
For a moment, a sad look came into her eyes, remembering the shores of Aman, which were lost forever for her. But then, she smiled again.
"So Celeborn is pretty lucky. Elrond is one of our best friends, one of the only persons whom we would trust you to…"
Celebrían smiled, and then said passionately "I love him, nana, I love him, I love him."
Galadriel laughed. "I know that, dear. I know. And in a few hours, you will be a married woman. Elrond's wife. And then- your wedding night."
She smiled naughtily.
"Nana!" Celebrían laughed. "But yes, indeed, our wedding night…"
"Have you really waited with-" her mother then asked straight away.
Her daughter nodded indignantly.
"Of course we've waited! Who hasn't?"
Galadriel nodded nervously. "Of course. Who hasn't?"
"Nana?" Celebrían asked. "Nana, do not say you and ada have…"
Her mother sighed. "Yes we have."
As her daughter held her breath, she explained.
"Celebrían, I and your father have had so many troubles- not with each other, or… not always with each other- that we really didn't want to wait until our wedding. There was a time we did not even believe that we would ever be able to marry. And I wanted him so desperately. And I always get what I want, sell-nîn."
Her daughter stared at her mother, and then began to laugh.
"Nana, I thought I knew my parents, but you keep surprising me! And that while Elrond and I waited so decently!"
Galadriel smiled and kissed her daughter's forehead.
"I am proud of you, my child. But don't move now, because I have to braid this beautiful bride's hair!"
Her daughter smiled. "Of course I am, nana, just stop asking me! You know I love Elrond…"
Her mother sighed. "Yes, I know, sell-nîn, and I know he loves you too… But 'it's not easy for a mother to give her daughter away, let alone for a father…
You father is really upset, Celebrían. Childish, of course. Or maybe father-ish.
I remember my father… He was so afraid that I would marry the wrong person-and now I am married, and ada hasn't even met my husband…"
For a moment, a sad look came into her eyes, remembering the shores of Aman, which were lost forever for her. But then, she smiled again.
"So Celeborn is pretty lucky. Elrond is one of our best friends, one of the only persons whom we would trust you to…"
Celebrían smiled, and then said passionately "I love him, nana, I love him, I love him."
Galadriel laughed. "I know that, dear. I know. And in a few hours, you will be a married woman. Elrond's wife. And then- your wedding night."
She smiled naughtily.
"Nana!" Celebrían laughed. "But yes, indeed, our wedding night…"
"Have you really waited with-" her mother then asked straight away.
Her daughter nodded indignantly.
"Of course we've waited! Who hasn't?"
Galadriel nodded nervously. "Of course. Who hasn't?"
"Nana?" Celebrían asked. "Nana, do not say you and ada have…"
Her mother sighed. "Yes we have."
As her daughter held her breath, she explained.
"Celebrían, I and your father have had so many troubles- not with each other, or… not always with each other- that we really didn't want to wait until our wedding. There was a time we did not even believe that we would ever be able to marry. And I wanted him so desperately. And I always get what I want, sell-nîn."
Her daughter stared at her mother, and then began to laugh.
"Nana, I thought I knew my parents, but you keep surprising me! And that while Elrond and I waited so decently!"
Galadriel smiled and kissed her daughter's forehead.
"I am proud of you, my child. But don't move now, because I have to braid this beautiful bride's hair!"