(4 months later)
• Talia's POV •
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"Talia, may I have a moment?" asked Thranduil.
"Well ofcourse" I said smiling.
He took me to his room and went to get something out of his desk. I noticed a ring in in a small box. It had a beautiful jewel on it. Did it belong to his wife.. Or was it... For someone else? My heart skipped a beat. Thranduil and i had grown very close in the past months. Could the ring be for me?
Thranduil pulled me out of my thoughts when he pulled out a neclace and showed it to me. It matched the ring!
"Here, this is for you" he said.
"F-for me? Really?" I asked.
"Yes. Turn around and I will put it on you" he replied.
I turned around to let him put it on me.
"Thank you, I-it's beautiful" I said looking at it.
He didn't answer.
Finally he said, "Well i must go now. I have business to attend to."
"Umm.. Ok" I said, but he was already gone.
I left the room and I heard Legolas call my name.
"What is it?" I asked.
"You should be getting ready. Tonight is the Feast of Starlight!" legolas replied.
"Oh! I forgot. I have been kind of distracted today.... Well I will go get ready! See you tonight" I said.
"See you tonight" Legolas replied.
On my way to my room I ran into Thranduil, literally.
"Ah. Oh.. I-I'm sorry" I apologized. "It's ok, Talia" he replied. I suddenly blushed thinking about the rings. I am sure i am just overthinkg it. I am sure it is just his last wife's ring.
He noticed and asked "What?" "Nothing" I lied.
"Sure..." he said acting suspicious. He smiled and kissed my cheeck.
"If you say so" he said and then left. Aeren came and helped me get ready. I wore a beautiful white dress with long sleeves, and in the back on the bottom it went down lower than the front. It dragged behind me. I decided to just leave my hair down.
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The feast was amazing, everyone dancing and having fun.
I was just walking around watching everyone until Thranduil grabbed my hand and pulled me to him. "Dance with me" he said.
"You know I don't dance" I replied.
"Why not? You would be great at it. Come on lets dance" Thranduil insisted.
I sighed.
"fine" I said.
We danced for a little while, even though I kept stepping on his feet. He would just laugh, trying to ignore the pain. Finally we stopped and we both went to talk to other people.
I went to talk to Legolas.
"You should ask Tauriel to dance" I said smiling.
"Oh no, I can't" he said, frowning.
"Come on you know you want to" I said. Then I pulled him over to Tauriel and said, "Legolas would like to dance with you, Tauriel"
She blushed and said "O-ok."
Legolas awkwardly held out his hand. She took it and they walked towards the middle of the room. Then they started to dance.
I laughed. Legolas was worse than me.
I watched them for a while then walked out onto the balcony.
"Excuse me" I heard someone behind me say. I slightly jumped and turned around.
"Oh Thranduil, Hi." I said. He seemed a little nervous about something. He walked over to me.
"Um... Listen, I have really enjoyed your stay here and I-I really love you. I was just wondering, if you could go back to the time when I proposed to you, would you have stayed and married me?" he asked.
"Why don't you find out?" I smirked. Thranduil got down on one knee and pulled out one of the rings I had seen in his drawer.
"Talia, will you marry me?" he asked.
I cupped his cheeks in my hands and said "There is only one ellon I would ever marry..and that is you. Even if I have to deal with your short temper" I said, smiling.
"um.. So that's a yes?" he asked. I gigled. "Yes. It's a yes" I said, happily.He picked me up and held me up in the air. Then he pulled me into a kiss. We soon noticed everyone staring at us. Then they all began to cheer.
I looked smiled at Thranduil and he hugged me tightly.
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