This is Me Pretending
Title: This is Me Pretending Author: Cheryl (AKA Natalie) Rating: R Pairings: Aragorn/Legolas, Frodo/Sam, Boromir/Arwen, Eowyn/Faramir, and maybe Thranduil/Elrond Author notes: AU. The fellowship in our time. Slash. No ring. "Speak", *Thoughts*, ~notebook writing~, ~~songs~~ Warnings: This story deals with child abuse. And male/male relationships. Angst. And some humor in it. Drug use, and swearing. Rape Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Chapter 1:
Today was the first day of school for kids at Longfellow High. Kids could be seen talking to their friends or looking for their home room. Some kids who were with groups of people were curled up on the floor asleep. Outside teachers and students were driving up in their cars. The bus was dropping kids off. And so were parents. In one of these cars, Frodo Baggins got out.
"Bye, mom" He said as he shut the door. He looked around seeing a group of popular kids gathered around a car start a fight with a boy who they called a 'freak'. But Frodo didn't pay attention to that nor did he care. The only thing he wanted to do was get to his class as soon as possible. When he walked into the building he was in a lobby with a huge ceiling and halls branching off from the room. In here he saw about four different groups of people. One was in the middle of the room praying. Another was a group who were all over each other. One that had the girls putting on make-up while the boys looked down their shirts and the last a group of five stern looking adults. He cringed when he saw the adults walk over to the touchy/feely group and roughly pull apart two boys who had their arms around each others waist. Some how he had a feeling he wouldn't get along with the important people around here. So Frodo started walking down a hall looking for a teacher's room that was in classroom number 217. He walked up a staircase, not finding it on the first level and ran into a boy.
"Oh sorry!" Frodo said as he looked at the boy in front of him.
"It's Okay." Samwise said while blushing. "I'm Samwise but call me Sam."
"I'm Frodo. Where were you heading?"
"Outside to meet my friends and lead them to our home room." Sam said glad he could keep talking to Frodo.
"Who do you have?"
"A Wood person."
"Oh, I have her to! Mind if I just follow you?"
"No, come on I'm meeting them out back." And with that Sam and Frodo walked out a side exit.
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It was constant screaming that woke Legolas up that morning. Though the alarm clock might have had something to do with it. Rolling out of bed and onto the floor, Legolas groaned as he remembered today he was starting his 11th year at Longfellow High.
"Legolas!" His father stormed into the room, grabbed his son by his long, blonde hair and slapped him across the face.
"Just because you get up this early doesn't mean I will!" And with one final slap he left the room. "This day is going to be so wonderful." Legolas said as he rolled his eyes and started getting ready for school.
******** At Gimli's house it was a lot like Legolas'. Gimli's father had just found out that he lost a gambling deal was taking it out on his son. When his father left he had a bloody nose and a black eye. Thankfully after he got his nose to stop all that would be visible is his eye and he could always tell his friends that he had gotten into another fight with Wellington, him of course being the winner. They would never question him unless they wanted some bruises themselves.
************** In a small little house a boy walked out.
"Bye, mother." Yelled Aragorn as he walked to his pick-up truck. He got in the car, cranked up Linkin Park's "Somewhere I belong" and went to get his close friend Boromir. When he up to Boromir's, he was waiting outside.
"Hey." He said as he climbed into the truck.
"Hey, can you believe we are finally juniors?" Aragorn asked pulling out of the driveway.
"I know it seems not that long ago that I was putting my juice down the back of Arwen's shirt in preschool." Boromir laughed.
Aragorn started laughing "And to think you are now going out with her."
Boromir looked out the window.
"Hey, look at the hot chick!" He then whistled as they drove past. While looking in the rear-view mirror Aragorn said.
"Um... Boromir that was a guy."
"What." Boromir stuck his head out the window and saw that the person was indeed a guy and he was flicking him off. "Oops."
Aragorn by then was choking on his laughter.
"You want me to turn back and see if he wants a ride, Oh smooth one?"
"Shut up and keep driving." Boromir said with a sour expression on his face and his arms crossed.
********** Legolas was walking to his school. During the summer his and dad and he moved here from San Diego, California. Now he was here in a town outside of Memphis, Tennessee. Legolas had some teacher first period named Gandalf for Science.
When he got to the class his only hope was that he didn't see the boy that whistled and that the day would go by fast. Just as the bell rang the students came in. Legolas had taken a seat in the back corner were people weren't really going.
"Hello, class. My name is Mr. Gandalf and I shall be teaching you science. On the board is a listed of things you will need for my class. When I call your name please say 'here'. Okay... Aragorn Strider?"
"Here."
"Arwen Evenstar?"
"Here."
"Boromir Gondor?"
"Here." Legolas cringed when he saw Boromir and realized who the guy was.
*The gods hate me!" He thought sadly.
"Eomer Rohan?" "Here."
"Eoywn Rohan?'
"Here."
"Faramir Gondor?"
"Here."
"Haldir Marchwaden?"
"Legolas Greenleaf?"
"Here." Legolas then ignored everything else until the teacher was done taking roll.
"Okay. I'm sure you are tired of going over school rules and proper behavior, I'm afraid we are going to have to. Incase anybody is new here. Number 1 do what the school handbook says. Okay now we that we are done with the rules. I'm going to let you talk for a while and get to know one another." And with that Mr. Gandalf sat behind his desk and started to read a science book that the kids would be getting the next day.
"Hello, I'm Benny Wellington." A boy with black hair turned around in his seat and introduced himself.
"Legolas. What's up with the girly necklace?" He asked, eyeing the flower necklace around Benny's neck.
"Nothing much."
"Um.. OK" Legolas didn't know why but he thought the Benny person was screaming "homosexual", not that he cared considering he was bi.
"See those two?" Benny asked pointing to two other guys into row next to him.
"That's Michael and Brett. They are my friends. Michael I known since 9th and Brett since last year. Your new right?"
"Yeah, moved here from San Diego."
"Cool, why don't you hang with me today. I can show you the ropes and how to survive this place. Cool?" He asked
"Alright." The bell rang then.
"You're a junior right? Then just follow me. We will have the same schedule. Next we have Wood for English." Benny said while shoving a very preppie girl into a football player.
"Do you know Wood?" Legolas asked.
"Yeah, she's funny. Last years I heard that no one was able to fall asleep in her class."
"Will the rest of the day be like the first period?" they walked into a plain looking classroom that showed nothing of what kind of person Wood was.
"Yeah, so you can sleep a lot more. This school is real big on the rules thing. The only people who I have ever seen break the rules are the people I hang with. Or as the preps would call us: Freaks. Not that I mind but I hate the fact that we could be doing nothing wrong and the assistant principle will give us ISS for holding hands or kissing our boyfriends." Ben said taking a seat on a corner.
"So you're gay." Legolas asked not at all surprised.
"Yeah. In the middle of four period we have lunch. I'll let you meet the others then." Benny said and Legolas didn't know if he should wonder what Ben said by 'let him meet the others'
After second, Legolas had Art were he fell asleep within the first five minutes. When Ben and Legolas walked into their 4th period, Legolas could see this class would be easy: It was Math.
"Class, get in a seat and shut your mouth." An aged woman with blonde hair yelled. "I'm passing out the rules for the class. And when I call your name from the roll call, you will read the list back to me. Aragorn Strider?"
"No talking. No gum chewing. No laughing. No sleeping. NO undressing. No waded up paper. No questions. No smiling. No getting up for anything."
And so the roll call went on. It was then that Legolas realized he got the teacher from hell. The bell rang for lunch and Ben leaded Legolas to a table mostly filled with kids from his class and seven others he hadn't seen before.
"Okay, Legolas. That's Elladan and Elrohir. Their twins obviously. That's Gimli, careful he has a temper. And I don't know the other four." Ben said looking curiosity at the four others.
At that time one of the twins took over and said.
"That's Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry. And I'm Elladan, incase you can't tell us apart and I have blue eyes while Elrohir has green eyes."
"Hello, everyone, I'm Legolas." He then sat down at one end of the table and didn't listen to a thing anyone said. Sure there was a lot of people to talk to but Legolas couldn't stand the crowds but when he felt a person sit next to him he had to look up.
"Hi, I'm Aragorn."
"I know considering all our names were said 4 times today, already. Sorry. Today hasn't been a good day for me." Legolas said when he saw a slightly hurt look on Aragorn's face.
"No problem. Anyway, I saw you walking to school, do you live in Lothlorien."
"Yeah, on Greenwood street." Legolas said not minding the conversation for once.
"Hey I live just down the street on Rivendell. Maybe after school we could do something?" Aragorn asked as the bell rang to go to the next class.
"Perhaps."
The next class was Legolas' study hall, but the teacher wouldn't let them talk so he couldn't finish the conversation. And after that hour of boredom came Spanish. Which he didn't mind too much, except for the fact that the teacher treated it as a honor's class.
When the bell rang for everyone to go home the group of friends that could stay late all met outside and Legolas got to finish his talk with Aragorn.
"So do you want to go to Wendy's with Boromir and me? It's a tradition we have since we could drive. A few others are also meeting us there. Haldir and the twins and Eomer, I think." Aragorn knew he was babbling but he really wanted to get to know the boy in front of him more.
"Well... um I guess I could." Legolas wasn't to sure on how his dad would take to him being late.
"Great! Do you mind if you sit in between me and Boromir on the way there though, you're the smallest and-"
"That's fine but please!" Legolas threw his hands up as though waiting for an attack.
"Don't worry you get used to him talking. Hi, I'm Boromir. Oh, yeah, sorry about this morning you kind of look like a girl from the back, your hair and all." Boromir said as they got in the truck and lit a cigarette.
"I will be your sex slave forever if you give me a smoke." Legolas said looking long ly at the said item.
"Here. But yeah, you don't have to be my sex slave." Boromir said laughing and handing over the pack to him.
"Thanks, it has been two days since I had one. My dad doesn't know I smoke." Legolas said lighting up and taking a drag.
"I know how that is. My dad didn't know til last year." After about ten minutes of silence they pulled up and got out.
"Looks like everyone's here." Commented Aragorn, walking through the door. When they got their food, they sat at the table the others were at. The twins started talking nonstop.
"Who the fuck does she think, she is?"
"I know. No laughing, no smiling. Well, shit. I think I'm going to have fun being kicked out of her class this year." They said.
"Did anyone happen to find out her name?" Boromir asked while eating some fries.
"I think it was Walker." Legolas said quietly from where he was eating his salad.
And so went their conversation, talking about the teachers and everyone they had met. Around 4:00, (school got out at 2:30) Legolas got home. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the note from his father saying he would be home at nine and to clean the kitchen.
"Probably out with some hooker." He muttered going to his room to put down his notebook. When he came back, he popped a T.V. dinner into the microwave and turned on the stereo. About 8:30 Thranduil walked in. "Hey, son." As he loosened his tie and sat in one of the chairs that were in living room. Legolas' mother and sister had died when he was nine, so it was just him and his dad.
Usually Thranduil was a fair man but sometimes and at any given point he would go off and because of his temper, Legolas once had to go to the ER. for internal bleeding. Every time he has regretted it, but it still hasn't made Legolas' life any easier to hear 'sorry' and then Thranduil go off on Legolas not a week later. When Legolas nodded in return, Thranduil said.
"Look son, I'm sorry about this morning. I hadn't gotten any sleep the night before, and I had a lot on my mind."
"It's okay dad." With that Legolas walked upstairs and to his only haven, his room and own bathroom. He locked the door and turned up his music. There he just laid on his bed listening.
~~All the world has closed her eyes tired faith all worn and thin for all we could have done and all that could have been
ocean pulls me close and whispers in my ear the destiny I've chose all becoming clear
The currents have their say and time is drawing near washes me away makes me disappear
And I descend from grace in arms of under tow I will take my place in the great below I can still feel you even so far away~~
He turned off the stereo not being able to listen to a song that just got him even more depressed. And with that Legolas shut off the light and went to bed.
Title: This is Me Pretending Author: Cheryl (AKA Natalie) Rating: R Pairings: Aragorn/Legolas, Frodo/Sam, Boromir/Arwen, Eowyn/Faramir, and maybe Thranduil/Elrond Author notes: AU. The fellowship in our time. Slash. No ring. "Speak", *Thoughts*, ~notebook writing~, ~~songs~~ Warnings: This story deals with child abuse. And male/male relationships. Angst. And some humor in it. Drug use, and swearing. Rape Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Chapter 1:
Today was the first day of school for kids at Longfellow High. Kids could be seen talking to their friends or looking for their home room. Some kids who were with groups of people were curled up on the floor asleep. Outside teachers and students were driving up in their cars. The bus was dropping kids off. And so were parents. In one of these cars, Frodo Baggins got out.
"Bye, mom" He said as he shut the door. He looked around seeing a group of popular kids gathered around a car start a fight with a boy who they called a 'freak'. But Frodo didn't pay attention to that nor did he care. The only thing he wanted to do was get to his class as soon as possible. When he walked into the building he was in a lobby with a huge ceiling and halls branching off from the room. In here he saw about four different groups of people. One was in the middle of the room praying. Another was a group who were all over each other. One that had the girls putting on make-up while the boys looked down their shirts and the last a group of five stern looking adults. He cringed when he saw the adults walk over to the touchy/feely group and roughly pull apart two boys who had their arms around each others waist. Some how he had a feeling he wouldn't get along with the important people around here. So Frodo started walking down a hall looking for a teacher's room that was in classroom number 217. He walked up a staircase, not finding it on the first level and ran into a boy.
"Oh sorry!" Frodo said as he looked at the boy in front of him.
"It's Okay." Samwise said while blushing. "I'm Samwise but call me Sam."
"I'm Frodo. Where were you heading?"
"Outside to meet my friends and lead them to our home room." Sam said glad he could keep talking to Frodo.
"Who do you have?"
"A Wood person."
"Oh, I have her to! Mind if I just follow you?"
"No, come on I'm meeting them out back." And with that Sam and Frodo walked out a side exit.
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It was constant screaming that woke Legolas up that morning. Though the alarm clock might have had something to do with it. Rolling out of bed and onto the floor, Legolas groaned as he remembered today he was starting his 11th year at Longfellow High.
"Legolas!" His father stormed into the room, grabbed his son by his long, blonde hair and slapped him across the face.
"Just because you get up this early doesn't mean I will!" And with one final slap he left the room. "This day is going to be so wonderful." Legolas said as he rolled his eyes and started getting ready for school.
******** At Gimli's house it was a lot like Legolas'. Gimli's father had just found out that he lost a gambling deal was taking it out on his son. When his father left he had a bloody nose and a black eye. Thankfully after he got his nose to stop all that would be visible is his eye and he could always tell his friends that he had gotten into another fight with Wellington, him of course being the winner. They would never question him unless they wanted some bruises themselves.
************** In a small little house a boy walked out.
"Bye, mother." Yelled Aragorn as he walked to his pick-up truck. He got in the car, cranked up Linkin Park's "Somewhere I belong" and went to get his close friend Boromir. When he up to Boromir's, he was waiting outside.
"Hey." He said as he climbed into the truck.
"Hey, can you believe we are finally juniors?" Aragorn asked pulling out of the driveway.
"I know it seems not that long ago that I was putting my juice down the back of Arwen's shirt in preschool." Boromir laughed.
Aragorn started laughing "And to think you are now going out with her."
Boromir looked out the window.
"Hey, look at the hot chick!" He then whistled as they drove past. While looking in the rear-view mirror Aragorn said.
"Um... Boromir that was a guy."
"What." Boromir stuck his head out the window and saw that the person was indeed a guy and he was flicking him off. "Oops."
Aragorn by then was choking on his laughter.
"You want me to turn back and see if he wants a ride, Oh smooth one?"
"Shut up and keep driving." Boromir said with a sour expression on his face and his arms crossed.
********** Legolas was walking to his school. During the summer his and dad and he moved here from San Diego, California. Now he was here in a town outside of Memphis, Tennessee. Legolas had some teacher first period named Gandalf for Science.
When he got to the class his only hope was that he didn't see the boy that whistled and that the day would go by fast. Just as the bell rang the students came in. Legolas had taken a seat in the back corner were people weren't really going.
"Hello, class. My name is Mr. Gandalf and I shall be teaching you science. On the board is a listed of things you will need for my class. When I call your name please say 'here'. Okay... Aragorn Strider?"
"Here."
"Arwen Evenstar?"
"Here."
"Boromir Gondor?"
"Here." Legolas cringed when he saw Boromir and realized who the guy was.
*The gods hate me!" He thought sadly.
"Eomer Rohan?" "Here."
"Eoywn Rohan?'
"Here."
"Faramir Gondor?"
"Here."
"Haldir Marchwaden?"
"Legolas Greenleaf?"
"Here." Legolas then ignored everything else until the teacher was done taking roll.
"Okay. I'm sure you are tired of going over school rules and proper behavior, I'm afraid we are going to have to. Incase anybody is new here. Number 1 do what the school handbook says. Okay now we that we are done with the rules. I'm going to let you talk for a while and get to know one another." And with that Mr. Gandalf sat behind his desk and started to read a science book that the kids would be getting the next day.
"Hello, I'm Benny Wellington." A boy with black hair turned around in his seat and introduced himself.
"Legolas. What's up with the girly necklace?" He asked, eyeing the flower necklace around Benny's neck.
"Nothing much."
"Um.. OK" Legolas didn't know why but he thought the Benny person was screaming "homosexual", not that he cared considering he was bi.
"See those two?" Benny asked pointing to two other guys into row next to him.
"That's Michael and Brett. They are my friends. Michael I known since 9th and Brett since last year. Your new right?"
"Yeah, moved here from San Diego."
"Cool, why don't you hang with me today. I can show you the ropes and how to survive this place. Cool?" He asked
"Alright." The bell rang then.
"You're a junior right? Then just follow me. We will have the same schedule. Next we have Wood for English." Benny said while shoving a very preppie girl into a football player.
"Do you know Wood?" Legolas asked.
"Yeah, she's funny. Last years I heard that no one was able to fall asleep in her class."
"Will the rest of the day be like the first period?" they walked into a plain looking classroom that showed nothing of what kind of person Wood was.
"Yeah, so you can sleep a lot more. This school is real big on the rules thing. The only people who I have ever seen break the rules are the people I hang with. Or as the preps would call us: Freaks. Not that I mind but I hate the fact that we could be doing nothing wrong and the assistant principle will give us ISS for holding hands or kissing our boyfriends." Ben said taking a seat on a corner.
"So you're gay." Legolas asked not at all surprised.
"Yeah. In the middle of four period we have lunch. I'll let you meet the others then." Benny said and Legolas didn't know if he should wonder what Ben said by 'let him meet the others'
After second, Legolas had Art were he fell asleep within the first five minutes. When Ben and Legolas walked into their 4th period, Legolas could see this class would be easy: It was Math.
"Class, get in a seat and shut your mouth." An aged woman with blonde hair yelled. "I'm passing out the rules for the class. And when I call your name from the roll call, you will read the list back to me. Aragorn Strider?"
"No talking. No gum chewing. No laughing. No sleeping. NO undressing. No waded up paper. No questions. No smiling. No getting up for anything."
And so the roll call went on. It was then that Legolas realized he got the teacher from hell. The bell rang for lunch and Ben leaded Legolas to a table mostly filled with kids from his class and seven others he hadn't seen before.
"Okay, Legolas. That's Elladan and Elrohir. Their twins obviously. That's Gimli, careful he has a temper. And I don't know the other four." Ben said looking curiosity at the four others.
At that time one of the twins took over and said.
"That's Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry. And I'm Elladan, incase you can't tell us apart and I have blue eyes while Elrohir has green eyes."
"Hello, everyone, I'm Legolas." He then sat down at one end of the table and didn't listen to a thing anyone said. Sure there was a lot of people to talk to but Legolas couldn't stand the crowds but when he felt a person sit next to him he had to look up.
"Hi, I'm Aragorn."
"I know considering all our names were said 4 times today, already. Sorry. Today hasn't been a good day for me." Legolas said when he saw a slightly hurt look on Aragorn's face.
"No problem. Anyway, I saw you walking to school, do you live in Lothlorien."
"Yeah, on Greenwood street." Legolas said not minding the conversation for once.
"Hey I live just down the street on Rivendell. Maybe after school we could do something?" Aragorn asked as the bell rang to go to the next class.
"Perhaps."
The next class was Legolas' study hall, but the teacher wouldn't let them talk so he couldn't finish the conversation. And after that hour of boredom came Spanish. Which he didn't mind too much, except for the fact that the teacher treated it as a honor's class.
When the bell rang for everyone to go home the group of friends that could stay late all met outside and Legolas got to finish his talk with Aragorn.
"So do you want to go to Wendy's with Boromir and me? It's a tradition we have since we could drive. A few others are also meeting us there. Haldir and the twins and Eomer, I think." Aragorn knew he was babbling but he really wanted to get to know the boy in front of him more.
"Well... um I guess I could." Legolas wasn't to sure on how his dad would take to him being late.
"Great! Do you mind if you sit in between me and Boromir on the way there though, you're the smallest and-"
"That's fine but please!" Legolas threw his hands up as though waiting for an attack.
"Don't worry you get used to him talking. Hi, I'm Boromir. Oh, yeah, sorry about this morning you kind of look like a girl from the back, your hair and all." Boromir said as they got in the truck and lit a cigarette.
"I will be your sex slave forever if you give me a smoke." Legolas said looking long ly at the said item.
"Here. But yeah, you don't have to be my sex slave." Boromir said laughing and handing over the pack to him.
"Thanks, it has been two days since I had one. My dad doesn't know I smoke." Legolas said lighting up and taking a drag.
"I know how that is. My dad didn't know til last year." After about ten minutes of silence they pulled up and got out.
"Looks like everyone's here." Commented Aragorn, walking through the door. When they got their food, they sat at the table the others were at. The twins started talking nonstop.
"Who the fuck does she think, she is?"
"I know. No laughing, no smiling. Well, shit. I think I'm going to have fun being kicked out of her class this year." They said.
"Did anyone happen to find out her name?" Boromir asked while eating some fries.
"I think it was Walker." Legolas said quietly from where he was eating his salad.
And so went their conversation, talking about the teachers and everyone they had met. Around 4:00, (school got out at 2:30) Legolas got home. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the note from his father saying he would be home at nine and to clean the kitchen.
"Probably out with some hooker." He muttered going to his room to put down his notebook. When he came back, he popped a T.V. dinner into the microwave and turned on the stereo. About 8:30 Thranduil walked in. "Hey, son." As he loosened his tie and sat in one of the chairs that were in living room. Legolas' mother and sister had died when he was nine, so it was just him and his dad.
Usually Thranduil was a fair man but sometimes and at any given point he would go off and because of his temper, Legolas once had to go to the ER. for internal bleeding. Every time he has regretted it, but it still hasn't made Legolas' life any easier to hear 'sorry' and then Thranduil go off on Legolas not a week later. When Legolas nodded in return, Thranduil said.
"Look son, I'm sorry about this morning. I hadn't gotten any sleep the night before, and I had a lot on my mind."
"It's okay dad." With that Legolas walked upstairs and to his only haven, his room and own bathroom. He locked the door and turned up his music. There he just laid on his bed listening.
~~All the world has closed her eyes tired faith all worn and thin for all we could have done and all that could have been
ocean pulls me close and whispers in my ear the destiny I've chose all becoming clear
The currents have their say and time is drawing near washes me away makes me disappear
And I descend from grace in arms of under tow I will take my place in the great below I can still feel you even so far away~~
He turned off the stereo not being able to listen to a song that just got him even more depressed. And with that Legolas shut off the light and went to bed.