[Crystal Heart]

Crystal clapped at his song. She had never heard it before, but it was a nice song. Most certainly it was much different then the songs of Rohan.

"That was wonderful Mr.Brandybuck. Where did you learn that song?" Crystal asked as she got back up to her stool and motioned for him to join her.

He had blushed wildly at her kiss, she had saw that. She hadn't meant to embarsse him, it was just instinct. Her mother did it all the time. Even though she didn't know Angry Brandybuck all that well, she still had felt compelled to comfort him. Falling upon ones head did hurt, she had fallen on her head as a child and understood that throbbing pain that he was experiencing. Yet he was being very great about it, he didn't say a word about the pain that must be there. And he continued to sing, a thing which is hard to do with throbbing pain in ones head.

A thought struck her mind. Was he blushing because he was beginning to have feelings for her? Crystal asked herself. She disregarded that thought. It just couldn't be. Who would want to fall in love with a lonely wandering woman with no money and no inheritance?

Crystal smiled as she watched him take the stool next to him. She wanted to buy him a drink, or do something for he had already provided shelter. He had also shared his talent, but she just didn't know what to do. She could dance, but she didn't want to chance it with the liquor that she had had. She had never had that type of liquor before and wasn't exactly sure how it would affect her motor skills.

And she knew that she couldn't sing. At least that is what her father had told her. So she never did and wasn't sure if she knew exactly how. Besides she didn't know any songs by heart. She knew tunes and the like, but never the lyrics to these songs.

"I have to admit to you, Mr.Brandybuck, that I don't know any songs," Crystal said quietly, slightly embarssed for even saying so.