Author: Socrgal318
Summary: Three girls and one disaster that lead them to the greatest love they could find.
Disclaimer: The elves are not mine! They belong to Tolkein. But the girls are mine. Yay!
Unafraid Of You
Ch.1: The Accident
"Come on Steph! I don't want to be here any longer than I really have to!" Courtney smiled at her friend, watching her place her books into her clean organized locker.
Stephanie laughed and playfully punched her friend of two years. "Cool it will ya? I'm almost done."
Courtney watched as Stephanie made sure she had the books she needed. "So, what are you doing this weekend?"
"I have church on Sunday and that's pretty much it unless my mom makes me deliver papers. Ick! I hate doing that," Stephanie looks over Courtney's shoulder and waves. "Hey Ali Cat!"
A medium height blond girl bounced up to the two and smiled. "Hey, sorry I'm kinda late. I had to talk to my teacher about something."
"That's okay Ali. Are you doing anything this weekend? Courtney and I might do something and we'd like it if you could tag along. It could be a girls night out," she closed her locker and the three began to walk towards the doors that led out to the buses.
Allison shrugged her shoulders. "Sounds good to me as long as we don't have to invite Devon."
Courtney laughed and slung an arm around Allison's shoulders. "No guys, I promise. They're driving me crazy anyways."
Stephanie waved at Courtney. "I'll call you later and we'll figure out what to do. Then I'll call Allison. Sound good?"
Courtney hugged her. "Alright. I'll try to get my stories to you tonight if we do something. I know how bad you want to read them."
"You better missy!" Steph waved as Courtney stepped onto her bus.
Allison waved to them and walked away with Stephanie, looking forward to their girl's night out.
She heard a car horn honk from outside and quickly grabbed her purse and cell phone. Courtney checked to see that she had her house key and shouted down the stairs into the basement.
"Bye Mom! I'll be back later!"
Mrs. Dennis appeared at the bottom of the steps and waved. "Be careful and call me on your cell phone if you need me."
Courtney blew her a kiss. "Alright Mom. I'll see you later."
"Bye sweetie," Mrs. Dennis watched her daughter disappear out the door and went back to lie down on the couch to finish watching a movie.
Allison pulled her mirror out of her purse and inspected her make-up. "So what is this movie rated you guys. Remember, I'm still sixteen and can't see rated R movies."
"Yeah, we know that you baby," Stephanie laughed at Allison's pretend angry face. "Oh stop it, you know I'm kidding."
Courtney listened to her two friends bicker in a friendly way. She gazed out the window and watched the trees and houses go by. It was times like these that she felt truly loved and cared for. There was nothing else in the world that compared with being with your two best friends.
"Earth to Courtney. Are you with us?" Stephanie took her eyes from the road to briefly look at the brown haired girl sitting in the passenger seat.
"I'm here. I was just thinking," she sat up straight and smiled at Stephanie, not wanting her to worry.
Allison laid a hand on Courtney's shoulder. "Are you okay? What were you thinking about?"
Sighing, Courtney looked out the window again. "I was just thinking about how I feel more at home with you girls than with my own family."
"Well we're always here for you hun, you know that," Stephanie turned into Pizza Hut and parked the car. "Here we are. Who's hungry for pizza?"
Allison and Courtney grinned at each other slyly before shouting together, "I AM!!!"
Stephanie laughed and led the way into the pizza shop. She opened the door for her friends and waited for them to walk in. The wind tousled her black-brown hair. There was something different about this night. It felt normal in the way that she was with her friends like she was every weekend, but then again, something stirred in her heart and made her think otherwise.
"Come on Steph! We're hungry!"
Stephanie shook her head to clear her thoughts and glared playfully at Allison. "I'm coming. Hold your horses!"
"That was amazing! I think I could go without food for the next week," Allison sat back in her chair and laid her hands on her stomach, feeling quite full and happy.
Courtney shook her head and laughed softly. "Allison you couldn't go three says without food and you know it."
Allison stuck her tongue out at Courtney, and then laughed at the childish act. "Okay, you win."
The server brought the check to them and Stephanie looked at it. She pulled out her money and laid a twenty dollar bill on the tray with the bill and handed it back to the server with a smile.
"Once I get my change back, we can go rent movies and go back to my house to watch them," Stephanie thanked the server when he brought back her change and stood up. Allison and Courtney nodded their heads in agreement and stood up as well. The three walked out of Pizza Hut silently.
Feeling odd that they weren't saying anything to each other, Courtney started the conversation. "So what movies are we getting?"
Stephanie turned the car on and put on her seat belt, grinning wickedly. "Something scary."
Courtney felt her heart beat faster. "Again? We watched scary movies last weekend. Can't we just watch something nice this time?"
Allison nodded her head. "I'm with her. I don't feel like peeing my pants tonight Steph so let's get something decent and not scary."
"Alright alright you couple of babies," Stephanie laughed and made to turn out of the Pizza Hut parking lot. Not thinking about where she was looking, she pulled out right away to try and beat the traffic that was coming at her. The last thing she heard was the sound of Courtney and Allison screaming before they were hit by a truck. Then, the whole world went black.
Ch.2: Seeing You
Where was she? She had to be in heaven right? There was no way that she could have survived that accident. But if she was dead she wouldn't be breathing and her heart wouldn't be beating as fast as it was. She forced her eyes to open, as tired as they were.
"Relax, don't try to move. You're hurt badly."
Stephanie squinted her eyes, the sunlight burning her eyes, giving her a headache. "Where am I?"
The voice was soft and soothing. The sound of it relaxed her mind and her body seemed to lose some of its tension. "You're in Rivendell my lady. Please, try to get some rest. There will be plenty of time to talk later when you are better."
She tried so hard to focus her eyes on the speaker but it was impossible. Her eyes were just too tired to want to focus so she laid her head back on the pillow and gave in to a dreamless but fitful sleep.
"Where did she come from ada?"
Elrond shook his head as he took the girl's pulse. It was steady and she was in no danger of dying or getting any worse. "I don't know Elladan. Her clothing is that of another world. I think she might have come to us from somewhere unknown to us."
Elladan turned his gaze to the injured girl on his bed. Her black-brown hair spilled out over the pillow, forming a halo around her head, making her look ethereal and beautiful. She looked like she was in so much pain. He wanted to soothe it away so much.
Elrond laid a cold cloth on the girl's forehead. "She should be awake within a few hours. Then we can question her as to what happened and what might have brought her here."
Elladan saw the tiredness in his father's eyes. "Do you want me to sit with her ada so you can go take some rest? Valar knows you need it."
"Thank you Elladan. I would appreciate that very much. When she wakes up, send someone to come get me, okay?" Elrond watched his son nod his head and gaze at the young girl with curiosity. Satisfied that everything was okay, Elrond walked out of his sons' bedroom and into his own bedroom to take a much needed nap.
He had been reading a book when he first noticed that she was stirring in her sleep. Elladan walked over to his bed and sat on the edge of it. He replaced the old cloth with a new cold one and smiled when she opened her eyes. They were a hazel color. Not a color that he was used to seeing in someone's eyes.
Stephanie stared up at him, wondering who he was. It was then that she noticed his ears were pointed delicately at the tip. "Who are you? What are you? Where am I?"
Elladan laughed at her string of questions. "Calm yourself pen-neth. You are safe here. My name is Elladan and I am an elf. As for where you are, you are in Rivendell, also known as Imladris."
"What? Rivendell? Did you just say Rivendell?" Stephanie sat up and took a good look around. The room was big and had a fireplace at the far side of it. There was a door in sight that led into a bathroom. To the right there was a large balcony that opened itself to her, almost beckoning her to go out onto it for fresh air.
"Is there something wrong my lady? You act as though you don't believe that you are here," Elladan gently grabbed her hand and ran his thumb over her knuckles in a soothing gesture. He hoped he didn't scare her.
Stephanie sighed and shook her head. "This has got to be a dream. I can't be in Rivendell. It doesn't really exist."
Elladan stared at her confused. "But it does exist. You're here. This is it."
"Okay, I think I'm going to wake up any minute now. Yep, I'll wake up in the hospital, where I should be, and everything will be normal again," she tried to stand up but felt her knees buckle underneath her. Elladan caught her just in time and laid her back in the bed.
"Don't try to get up like that. You have a really bad gash across your leg. May I ask what happened to you?" he gently laid her body on his bed and covered her back up with the soft silk sheets and warm wool blankets.
Stephanie frowned, remembering what had happened. "I was in a car accident." It was then that her friends first appeared in her mind since she had woken up. Her eyes got wide and she began to panic. "Where are they? Are they here? Are thy okay?"
He didn't understand any of what she was saying. Who was she talking about? "Who, my lady? Who do you speak of?"
"My friends! Courtney and Allison! Where are they?" Stephanie searched his eyes for anything that might reassure her about her friends. Anything that would tell her that they were okay.
"I know not who you speak of. As far as I know, they are not here. Just you," Elladan hated the sadness that took over her features. The last thing she needed was more pain, physical or emotional.
Stephanie laid back and closed her eyes, picturing her friends and remembering their smiles and their laughter. "I'll never see them again."
Elladan looked down at the floor. "I am sorry about your friends. Maybe you will see them again someday."
"I hope so. They mean everything to me. I don't know what I'll do without them," she snuggled under the covers and stared up at the ceiling.
"What is your name my lady?" Elladan watched her snuggled under the covers and found himself wishing he could join her and just hold her close to him.
Stephanie smiled at him. "My name is Stephanie, but I like to be called Steph."
"I have to go get my father to check on your wounds and to get you something to eat. You need to keep your energy up," Elladan patted her hand and stood up from the bed.
"Elladan?"
He turned to face her, liking the way his name sounded on her lips. "Yes?"
Stephanie smiled at him, hating that he was leaving, even if it was only for a brief moment to get her food. "Thank you so much."
"For what?"
"Just for being here to talk to me and keep me calm," she smiled one last time before rolling over on her side, away from Elladan, to fall asleep, a smile on her face.
Elladan smiled and shook his head. "You are welcome ithil-nin."
