Dear Mother and Father,
Well, Jardic is finally on his way. He's been rather good all week, even helping with the dishes and I didn't find too many crumbs in his room. Rua kept telling me what a fine hobbitlad Jardic is and then winking at me. It was very disturbing.
Jardic left on Friday, after visiting the Green Dragon gathering, which was lovely as usual. I think he has more than one hobbitlass pining after him. Well, he does keep dedicating songs to them! He dedicated one to Miss Acorne and even one to me, though I kept telling myself he doesn't mean anything by it, it was just a thank you for me letting him stay.
There was some interesting news, Miss Yidia has opened a pieshop and has said if we want to buy any, just to send her a mail with our order on it and she will take care of it. I shall have to visit it sometime and maybe get a pie for dinner with Rua. So that Miss Holly Hornblower over in Hobbiton will have some good competition now!
I was rather tired so I left the Green Dragon a little earlier than usual. I'm not sure why Jardic did, but after he had said goodbye to all the lasses, we ended up leaving together and he asked if I would walk with him along the road for a bit. So I did, all the way to Frogmorton, where we saw a very faint rainbow in the east.
Jardic asked me again if I didn't want to join him on his adventure, but I told him no. I didn't have any camping things anyway and I want to stay home for a while. And I also told him plain, I didn't want to go with someone who knew absolutely nothing about camping and travelling. I asked him why he hadn't asked Miss Acorne along, she seems to have a crush on him, but he said she wasn't even in her tweens yet! I had no idea she was so young. She's just a child still, so I can understand why he didn't ask her to go along, though he did go visit her and she made him dinner.
He kept going on about when he came back and how he'd like to stay with Rua and me again, said I was his best friend in this part of the Shire and that he would miss me, so I said he could because I think he is being optimistic. If he leaves the Shire, I don't think we will see him back. Why does that suddenly make me feel sad? I didn't tell him that I will miss him, because I didn't think I would, but he's been gone less than a day and the hobbit hole feels so empty. And I never thanked him for his song. What if something does happen to him? I'll feel bad I never thanked him for the rest of my life.
Your loving Zara
