Ok new story so let's just get into it……

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Chapter One: FINALS!!!

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"And swish the hair, stop and pose, gossip with cheerleaders…" Courtney sighed as she and Ashley walked down the hallway. The blonde looked up at her taller, sandy haired friend, who was trying to stifle a laugh. "Why are you laughing? She's been doing the same thing every morning for two years now."

"I just love how you have to commentate on it. I mean let Emma have her fun, at least she's not bugging us as much anymore…" Ashley said with a smile. Courtney returned it while they passed the flock of cheerleaders and their friend Emma. The last thing they needed was to hear who the cutest guy in school was. As they quickened their pace they finally reached the place where their other friends; Kristen, Chelsea, and Bri were at.

"Emma's gossiping again?" Chelsea asked while rolling her eyes since she already knew the answer. The two girls nodded while letting out unanimous sighs. Kristen looked between them all.

"Why are you guys so upset that she's talking to other people? If you actually made an effort you would realize how nice some of these people are." The tall brunette asked, not quite understanding the problem.

"Well, don't you think that she might be leaving us to hang out with people higher up the social scale?" Bri asked quietly, letting her long, black hair fall forward. Kristen looked at her with shock clear on her face.

"Of course not! Now I know Emma doesn't always think before she acts, and she has one of the biggest mouths in school, but that doesn't mean she'd betray all of us just to reach power." She exclaimed quickly. Chelsea looked at her with a faint smile.

"That's the thing Kristen…she doesn't want power. She's working for another goal." Kristen was about to ask what that was but was answered when a tall boy , with brown surfer hair, walked past them; Followed a few seconds later by Emma.

"I'll see you guys later…" was all she said as she walked past them. They all waved simultaneously as she passed before looking toward the clock.

"Wow it's already time to go to first period, I'll see all of you sixth then?" Bri asked as she ran off in one direction. Within ten seconds, good-byes had been said and the group split apart toward their designated classes.

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Emma opened the door to the gym slowly as she watched him play basketball by himself during their study hall. She had done this for a while now, not in a stalker way, but more in a way that she wanted to make sure he was happy. Without notice she pushed the door a little too hard and heard it creak loudly. She grimaced as she looked up to see him looking at her with a questionable expression. "Oh…hi Matt." She said quietly while stepping inside completely.

"Emma…" Matt said with a question rising in his voice. He looked around to see if anyone else was around. "Uh…what are you doing here?" he asked as he began to start dribbling again. Emma sat on one of the bleachers.

"Well I came to play basketball but the court seems to have been taken up." She lied quickly. Luckily he seemed to accept that as an answer seeing as he passed her his basketball.

"Here, I'll play with you." He said with a smile. Emma smiled back as she left her books on her seat and stood up with him. "And I promise I'll go easy on you." Emma smirked at his comment.

"You don't need to go easy on me Matt, I can handle myself." She said while she began running. Within seconds she had fallen flat on her face in front of him.

"Yeah I can see that…" he said laughing. "Here take my hand." He grabbed her arm and pulled her up. They stood like that for a few seconds before Emma coughed and pulled away, her face turning a fierce shade of red. "Here…"he said again as he handed her the basketball. She was about to take it when they heard the far door open. Emma turned and hid behind the bleachers while Matt's friend Zack came walking through the doors.

"Hey here you are Matt!" he said while grabbing the basketball and making a perfect shot. The ball bounced to the other side of the court. "We were looking for you during study hall but you weren't anywhere. Sneaking off with Emma again were you?" he asked jokingly.

"Heh…yeah that's it Zack." Matt said as he watched Emma shrink farther from behind the bleachers. Zack looked over.

"Crap I can't believe you just said that! I mean Emma's nice and all but we both know she's one of the strangest girls in the school." He said while going to retrieve the basketball. Matt stiffened, knowing full well that Emma was listening to this conversation.

"What about when we were trapped on the Titanic. It was Emma's oddity's that saved us from being trapped down below deck." He said as he caught the ball. Zack looked at him with a quizzical look.

"Yeah but then one of our friends got shot saving her life remember? Seriously Matt you should try to get rid of her, she could bring bad karma around her and stuff like that." Zack said happily, completely oblivious to the situation at the moment. Matt decided now would be a good time to make him leave. He took the basketball back from Zack.

"Hey I'll put this away and catch up with you in sixth. See ya…" he said as he turned and walked away. Zack shrugged and Matt sighed with relief when he heard the door open and shut again. He waited two seconds before turning once again toward the bleachers. "Emma…" he said quietly. She walked out, holding her books, and even though she wasn't crying Matt knew she was upset.

"I'm sorry you had to hear that…" he said while casting his eyes toward the ground. He hated to look at Emma when she was like this, it worried him only because she was rarely like this.

"It's ok tall boy, he's actually right." Emma sighed as she walked toward him. "I am strange and different. You shouldn't be seen with me because whenever you are all that happens is more annoying people bothering the both us." She stopped in front of him and looked up. Matt saw that a fire was burning in her eyes and he knew she was replacing everything she was feeling with anger.

"I'll always love you Matt…" Emma said quietly. This took him by surprise since she had never said that to him, and he had no idea that she cared for him that much. She turned to leave.

"Emma!" Matt said quickly, though he had no idea was he was going to say next. She didn't stop but kept walking through the door, leaving him standing there as the bell rang loudly.

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"Finally, my favorite class of the day…STUDY HALL!!!" Courtney exclaimed as she sat down at her desk. Ashley and the others sat down beside her while all the boys sat up front. Emma was the last to sit down with Sam and Nicole, who were new friends of hers from several classes.

"Anyone have a clue what's wrong between those two?" Chelsea asked as she motioned toward Emma and Matt, who weren't even looking at each other.

"I bet you he broke her poor little heart." Came an annoying voice from behind them. They turned to see that all of Matt's friends were now behind them, all with idiotic smiles on their faces.

"What do you want Travis?" Bri asked the boy in the front. He stood straight up before seating himself on a desk. The others mimicked him.

"The same thing you do, we want to know why those two aren't talking to each other." Travis said nodding quickly. Kristen looked at them all.

"Who's the new moron?" she said bitterly motioning to a tan boy who was about her height. He seemed to take fake offense.

"I am not a moron, and my name is Josh by the way." He said with a bit of attitude. Kristen had seen him before but never really talked to him.

"Fascinating, now what do the rest of you want?" Chelsea said looking straight at the boys. Minus Zack, Travis, and Josh there was Dalton, Ryan, TJ, and John.

"We already told you…" the blonde haired TJ said in an annoyed tone.

"Well it's probably your friends fault so why don't one of you ask him what happened?" Ashley said while glaring at her cousin Dalton. He took this as a challenge.

"Fine we will, Zack you're his best friend go talk to him." The other blonde boy said with a sneer. Zack laughed for a second before nodding and getting up. The large group were able to hear parts of the conversation such as "behind the bleachers" and "heard every word". Slowly they watched as Zack went from having a giant smile on his face to having it fall every two words. It was apparent that something had happened that he hadn't meant to happen. Within two minutes he was back to them. "Well?" Dalton asked impatiently.

"I need to talk to Emma later…" Zack said and the girls were surprised when they thought they heard remorse in his voice. What could he have done that had made Emma seem to despise Matt? Just then over the intercom came on with a secretary's voice on it.

"Please excuse this announcement, but just a reminder to all juniors. Your finals for the year will be taken Tomorrow through the rest of the week. Please remember to turn in all of your Lord of the Rings books before the exam. Thank you!" there was a click and then all at once a wave of swearing, with only Kristen and Chelsea not contributing. Still, they were thinking the words probably.

"I haven't had any time to read those stupid books!" Ryan yelled while looking around frantically. All the boys nodded in agreement.

"And I really can't read them plus I don't have the patience!" Courtney shouted loudly, while all the girls agreed with her.

"I can't fail……" Kristen groaned as she continued to hit her head off the desk. They heard a cough behind all of them while Emma stood there holding onto the Lord of the Rings Books and DVD's. Sam, Nicole, and Matt were behind her as she gave them a small smirk.

"You don't have to fail Kristen. We can still understand the story in time can't we?" she said with a daring sound in her voice. (Note: if you haven't read the last chapter of my Titanic story this could get a little weird.) Everyone except Sam and Nicole smiled.

"What are you talking Emma? We can't read all of those books in one night." Nicole said as she watched everyone minus herself and Sam form a circle. Emma placed the items in the middle of them all before joining the circle.

"Do you remember two years ago when you dreamed that you had been on Titanic?" Emma asked while giving everyone a look. Sam and Nicole nodded hesitantly while joining the circle.

"Why does that matter Emma?" Sam asked as she heard the group whispering a wish among themselves.

"Well let's just say we're entering that kind of dream again…" Emma said as a light suddenly consumed the room.

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Ok well there's my first chapter to my Lord of the Rings story. I would like at least five reviews so review PLEASE!!!!! Oh and by the way I do not own Lord of the Rings. Arigatou.

Kyree