Mae tolen! Le annon narn hen na veleth aestel. Ae ú-dhambeth tôl o le, ú-narn tôl o nin; teitho enni. I narn heria!
(Welcome! I present to you this tale of love and hope. If no review comes from you, no story comes from me; write to me. May the tale begin!)
Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings or any characters, they belong to Tolkien, but he's dead so maybe they don't actually. Whatever! I only own Laura and the other non-Tolkien characters.
Chapter 1: Beginnings
Laura Bradford was a girl of 19 and went to University of Illinois. Her hair was a golden-brown and her eyes an emerald green. She had many friends and a loving family; but, unfortunately, she recently found her boyfriend, Chip, had been cheating on her, so she broke up.
Her best friend was Riley O'Malley. They had been best friends since high school and did everything together. They loved Lord of the Rings and practically memorized the movie, but it had been a while since Laura had read the books.
Laura owned an apartment by school, but also owned a little log cabin, nearby, if she needed to get away. It was a small place, by the woods; and was very isolated, so if she wanted to go some where she would have to jump into her 98' Celica and drive there. She had a job at a restaurant as a waitress in the nearest town. It took about 15 minutes to reach from her cabin. She had been working there for about a year and her pay was $3.50 plus tip. So, she had a fairly good life. Now it was only boyfriend troubles, or should I say ex-boyfriend troubles.
Chip was such a sweet guy, that was, until Ashley came into the picture. Ashley McDowell was the girl that Chip had cheated on Laura for. She was a real drama queen and a big flirt, but Laura couldn't deny it, she was pretty. Laura and Chip had met Ashley at a party a few months ago, and Laura immediately noticed a change in Chip's persona. He just started eyeing Ashley and completely ignored Laura. After that night, Laura hadn't seen or heard much of Chip. It had been a few weeks ago, that she saw Chip with Ashley making out at the theater. Laura just left crying and sobbing. She had gone back to her place and called Riley. Riley understood what Laura was going through and agreed to stay with her that night. Now, it was 3 weeks later, and Laura was still miserable. Chip, on many occasions, had tried to talk to Laura, but in her depression and anger, she wouldn't listen. She would just have to deal with it.
Right now it was summer and Laura was staying inher cabin with her dog, Skippy. She was about to let Skippy out, for he was pawing at the door, when the phone rang.
"Hello."
"Hey, Lo! What's up?" Riley asked.
"Nothing much. I was just watching a movie and was going to let Skippy out."
"Watching Lord of the Rings again? Looking at MY ranger and that Elf. What was his name? Lenny, Legless, Loser?
Laura remembered the time when they had been watching Lord of the Rings and she said Aragorn should just be cut out of the movie and focus on Legolas. Ever since, Riley had disliked the Elf and would call him 'Legless' or such.
Laura sighed and replied, "It's Legolas, Ri."
"Yeah…still, he should be named 'Legless'".
"What do you want, Ri?" Laura said with annoyance sounding in her voice .
"Oh yeah! There's supposed to be an awesome party tonight at Mitch's, but Chip will be there. Still…wanna come?"
"Well, I'll have to face him sometime. Sure I'll come. See ya tonight, Ri. Bye."
"See ya later, Lo."
With that, Laura put down the phone, sighing, and went to let Skippy out.
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