The exhaustion dominate them. Frodo and Sam were now in the hands of Gollum, following wherever he took the. Not that Sam liked that, he was always against to accept the help of the stinker. But for some reason Frodo decided to trust him, so Sam resolved to listem to his master.

Coming down the Anduin, the trio gave their back to the road and steped down the hills. On the way they catch sight of a lake, and Sam take a deep breath, feeling his heart more light.

Looking at Frodo, Sam was surprised: his master was without the elfic cloak, with part of his shirt open, revealing a white skin and pink nipples. Not noticing that Frodo had noted it, he heard:

"Sam, what is it?"

Blushing, Sam turnd to the lake: " Er...nothing Mr Frodo. I just think that the water might be a little cold."

"Nonsense, Sam! We both know tht we're needing a bath, so come too!"

Sam couldn't deny it, they were really dirty.' Soon we'll be three stinkers!', Sam thought while taked off his clothes, 'Don't think foolishness, Samwisw Gamgee! Mr Frodo would never be like that creature.'

"Sam don't be long, we need to rest more time possible after this bath!"

"I'm going Mr Frodo!"

Sam was more excited, because Frodo was too, even in their situation: they were on the way to Mordor with a creature corrupted by the ring as a guide, with little water, food and tired.

"Mr Frodo you more relieved,"

Frodo that was with his back to Sam in the lake, turned as he heard his voice.

"Oh, Sam! And I am! Because you're always at my side, in all situations!"

"And I always be Mr Frodo! I'll never leave you!"

Frodo's face take a sad expression, and his smile starts to fade:

"Sam, I'm having nightmares! Each time I close my eyes I see what I fear the most in my life: I don't see you at my side!"

Sam gets surprised by that, he would never do that. And if his Frodo was feeling this kind of nightmares he would do the possible to show him that in reality this will never happen.

"Now tell me Mr Frodo, why you'll have dreams like that? Your Sam is here and will always be! At your side! There is no other place I would like to be now!"

Frodo close his eyes and turn his face to the sky: " I don't know Sam! It can be the ring, but I think ins't this time! I'm with a kind of presentiment! I dreamed that in our future were living in different places and that you...you were married...with...Rose!"

Sam gets shocked, but but knows that is how it should be: he married with Rose, like the Gaffer and the Cotton family wanted. But that's not what he wanted.

"Mr Frodo you know that's what our family's want, right? You even saw that we talked in Mr Bilbo party, but I don't want to marry her!"

"Yes I see it, and till now I don't know I made you dance with her! You don't really want to marry her?"

"Of course not, dear Frodo!And you want to know what I think?"

"What?"

"I think you're jealous!"

"What!?" Frodo gets surprised, he don't expect that. Noticing how he was, with wide eyes and open mouthed, he tried to renew:

"Where do you take this idea, Sam?"

"Well Mr Frodo! It's just what it looks to me!"

"I don't know where that came from and don't call me Mr when were naked taking a bath together!"

"All right...Frodo! Want me to wash your back?"

"Yeah, that will be nice,"

Frodo turn around still a little vexed. How could Sam think he was jealous? Here he is, at a lake, naked, telling about his nightmare and Sam say that he was jeaulous? Ha!

While relaxing, thanks to the Sam's talented hands, his thoughts starts to fade, given palce to good feeling of relaxing.

"Oh...I was needing this!"

"I'm seeing...and feeling too! You're tense!"

"It's hard not to be...the ring is a burden, but when I'm at your side the weight gets...torelable,"

"Oh, Frodo," Sam turn Frodo for them get face to face, " I wish I could do more for you!"

"Dear Sam you already did more that I could ever imagine! Without you I would not complete the mission!"

"That's why I'm here! I made a promisse, and I am going to accomplish that! Not because I feel obliged, far from that! But because I want to be here, like I said."

Frodo didn't know if he could resist; looking at the truthful eyes of Sam and hear him tell those words were making him have a incredible wish to hug him, kiss him...but he didn't have the courage.

While he was in that conflict, Frodo gets distracted and didn't realize Sam's moves, and just came back when he felt strong arms on his waist pressioing to a strong and warm chest: " There is something I would like to give you,"

Giveing up to sensations, Frodo returns the hug putting his arms in Sam's neck and the head on his shoulder, " What it is, Sam?"

"This," and lightly kissed his neck, feeling a shiver up his spine, going up to his cheek till his lips. They're soft, warm and pink. And he wanted more and more specially after Frodo starts to correspond. Shy, but Frodo begin to surrender, until he open his lips and Sam put his warm tongue inside,

After a few minutes, they stoped the kiss to recover their breath.

With flushed faces, they loving looked at each other for some time. After that, they heard Gollum's voice coming closer and ended their bath.

Finding a hiding place, they're took a rest and while that Gollum searched for food.

After eat a mouthful of lembas, Frodo start to think about the last events. ' I can't believe Sam did it! Was all I always dreamed! And it was so...perfect! I love him!' And this way fall asleep.

Sam was makeing a soup, and depending of what Gollum bringed he would do a casserole, but his thoughts were in the sleeping hobbit. He was admiring his beauty, his delicate lines, so unusual to hobbits. He looked like a little elf, with a light.

"I love him, He's like that, and sometimes it shines trought, somehow. But I love, wether or not."

Sam whispered and knew that Frodo haven't heard him. He needed to tell him thus he awaked.

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A few hours later, Sam fell asleep. They have eated a casserole of rabbit. Strangedly this time ho have bad dreams was Sam. They were in a cave, following Gollum to a shortcut to Mordor. It was very dark, and was hard to see where they were going but they're were going somewhere. Soon later, a monster came to sight. It was too big for an orc.

Remembering the light of Galadriel, Sam lift up the bottle and see a giant spider above the montionless body of Frodo.



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