While she had picked out a new garment for her mother, Amaryllis had heard a commotion outside. She had faollowed the elves who were goig to the throne room. She wanted to know what was going on. when she had witnessed all the judgements, she went on towards her mother's home. She had passed by the group of soldiers practicing and had also seen the new elf girl. Soush was her name? It was something like that. She couldn't understand what Thranduil was saying because she had let her mind wander to look at all the elf men in the room. She was under constant pressure to find a man and be married but she was determined that when the time came it would happen. On this occasion she saw the one person whom she ahd had a crush on for decades. His eyes were brown but his hair was blonde and he was a bit shorter than the others around him. Amaryllis had heard rumors that he liked her but he never acted upon them. She had finally caught his eye and smiled at him in a friendly way because if she had done anyhting to suggest anything more, she was have started to become very nervous. She was blushing as it was. He nodded his head slightly just so much as to acknowledge her then turned back to the prisoners. She felt discouraged becuse he hadn't so much as smiled back at her. Then again, there wer people that had been punished quite severly. She supposed she couldn't blame him. But she was pleasantly surprised when he stepped beside her and walked with her to her mother's dwelling. He apologized for being rude in the throne room but he didn't want to make any attention-drawing gestures. He usually shied away from the attention of anyone he didn't really know. They talked of things of no real importance and Amaryllis realized that she very much enjoyed being around him. She couldn't explain how she felt about him. She'd had crushed before, suer but this, this was a different feeling. This was like she was absolutely positive that this one was for her. She didn't dare speak of anyhting like that to him, though. For fear it might scare him off. Then she wouldn't even have him as a friend. They had reached her mother's door when he informed her that he was going away for a long while. he hugged her politely and walked back towards town. Amaryllis stood on her mother's doorstep and was overwhelmed with a terrible feeling that she had missed her chance for good and that she had lost something that could have been so great. She felt a wave of tears coming on as she opened the door and stepped inside.
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