A/N: Yay! I'm back! Okay, this is gonna be hilarious (as always, I hope).
Anyway, I will still work on this fic-even though I'm working on another.
So, have fun! I really don't own anything except for my original
characters, the play script and the cold spaghetti sauce. This is going to
be longer than usual and maybe a bit angsty since the timeline of the
rehearsals coincides with the anniversary of the Battle of the Pelennor
Fields. Enjoy yourself.and review, like always.
The Thespians
"I can't believe we're actually skipping drama class," Elrohir chortled as he plopped down on the bleacher. "Sshh! If you keep on yammering, we're going to get busted!" Merry hissed as he poked the elf in the ribs. Elrohir muttered something about killjoy hobbits as he watched the other boys chat among themselves as they hung out at the bleachers the Monday after Valentine's Day. "What's that you're eating, Eomer?" Pippin asked as he watched his friend gobble up something in a lunch container. "Cold spaghetti sauce" Eomer mumbled from his mouthful of food. "Wasn't that the sauce from the spaghetti that Arwen made for Aragorn last Wednesday?" Elladan asked. "Gross" Sam remarked. "The sauce was good.as of last Saturday" Frodo said. "So that's why half the sauce was gone come Saturday night!" Aragorn exclaimed. "Hey Faramir! Here comes your girlfriend" Legolas called as he caught sight of Eowyn coming towards the bleacher. "By Durin! Does she have to be the only girl who can crash a guy's hang-out?" Gimli exclaimed. "Shut up. It's actually pretty cool you know" Eomer mused. "Well, that means that Arwen and Lothiriel aren't far behind" Aragorn noted. "Hi guys! What's up, dear?" Eowyn said as she joined the group and before Faramir gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "Nothing much. Aren't you supposed to be in Drama Class?" Faramir asked. "How about you? Actually, Diamond sent me to.hey where did everyone go?" Eowyn asked. Faramir looked back only to see that the boys had all run for cover at the mention of "Drama Class". "Oh, that. Listen since you got me, can I have fifteen minutes to catch those runaway thespians?" Faramir replied. "I'll help you. That's why Diamond gave me this" Eowyn said as she pulled a lasso from her backpack.
"Just our luck that she had to show up" Legolas hissed after Niliwen and Irilia had helped Eowyn drag him into the auditorium. "Alright, places all of you!" a female voice bellowed from the front. Legolas looked and to his surprise, realized that the voice came from Diamond the hobbit. "By the Valar! That girl can shout" Greg muttered before Delilah stepped on his toe with her stiletto heels. "Shut up. She's losing her cool" Estella said icily. "Great, like we didn't know that" Niliwen shot back. "Okay people, I'm going to be the director for the New Year's play-and Rose is writing the script, so listen up!" Diamond screeched. "Oh great. She's going to pop a vessel" Arwen said as she rolled her gray eyes. "So, this year's play is called "From Opposite Ends of the Earth", and it so happens that we were picked to do it "Rose began after she went to the front of the group. "By Elbereth, this better not be one of Rose's tirades about the difference between males and females" Lothiriel said. "No, Lothiriel. I heard that. It's a bit of a comedy, to be exact" Rose reassured the group. "About the teachers?" Irilia asked wickedly. 'A bit. So, it's gonna be something where we're going to be doing slapstick. It's about two people named Miridim the scholar and Janiwel the peasant who meet one day on the ridge and Janiwel introduces Miridim to the townspeople, and the people react in many amusing ways to Miridim's ideas. That's the gist of the thing. So, Diamond and I need a guy and a girl to play the leads" Rose said. "How about Aragorn and Arwen?" suggested Eowyn. "How about you and.Faramir?" Pippin said. "I have yet to try acting" Faramir retorted. "Well, it never hurt to try. Let's just get the fricking audition over with" Niliwen suggested.
"Oh you were hilarious back there! Did you see how Eomer and I almost got gas pains laughing?" Eowyn giggled as she and Faramir left the audition. "The fact that I was funny is not good because I got the part of the lead: Miridim the scholar," Faramir said. "Funny thing is that only ten of us get to have a part on stage. Rose and Diamond are doing backstage work," Eowyn said. "So Aragorn, Elrohir, Irilia, Estella, Delilah, Greg, Frodo, Sam, and the two of us are acting?" Faramir clarified. "Of course. I don't want to put off practicing till tomorrow, so do you want to practice together?" she asked. "Well, since we'll be doing a lot of scenes together, considering you got the part of Janiwel the peasant, why not?" he replied.
"I thought you two practiced yesterday! Or did you find a potion for amnesia?" Diamond screamed at Faramir and Eowyn the next day at after- school practice. "Do you expect us to memorize all this in one night?" Eowyn retorted hotly. "Cool it, my love. It's just a mistake. You'll get all the lines right soon" Faramir whispered into Eowyn's ear as he put a firm, but gentle hand on her arm. Eowyn took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. "We have only a month to get this right, and there's a lot of choreography, so can you two get serious?" Rose said sternly. "OUCH!" a sharp cry came from the back of the room. The four of them went to look, only to find Aragorn and Arwen sprawled on the floor in a heap. "We slipped. The snow was too wet" Aragorn said as he helped Arwen get into a sitting position. The elf clenched her teeth tightly as she tried to straighten her leg. "I think my ankle is sprained" Arwen whispered as she pointed to her left foot. "Great, so we have two idiots here who can't remember their lines, an injured cast member and short time! What's next?" Diamond said as she threw her clearbook in the air in frustration. "Keep your hat on. I'll go help Arwen. She'll probably be fine by next week" Aragorn said as he helped Arwen onto a chair and went to get an icebag. Arwen caught the clearbook and handed it to Rose. "Come on, I'll recover. Now, until what scene did you two get to?" Arwen said calmly. "The umm, third scene-the one where Miridim the scholar and Janiwel the peasant meet on the ridge" Eowyn replied sheepishly. "Alright, so can you two repeat the scene, and I'll give my suggestions" Arwen said. "But you're also in this scene!" Faramir protested. "No, do only the first half. I can't act now but I can critique" Arwen said to him nonchalantly. Faramir rolled his eyes and began reading out his lines.
"I don't understand why I can't wear my micro-miniskirt in that scene!" Delilah whined to Irilia and Diamond two weeks later into the rehearsals. Now the costumes were being fitted out, since some of them had to be made from scratch, and the play was to be performed on the 25th of March (and today was Aragorn's birthday, March 1). "It's not matching with the theme, get it?" Irilia said icily as she pulled the costume white robe over a squirming Delilah. "She doesn't look so bad. She actually looks like a virgin!" Diamond joked. "What?!" Delilah screeched as she began throwing her stiletto heels at the two crew members, who promptly crawled towards the door. "What's going on?" Eowyn asked as she and Faramir met Irilia and Diamond outside the door "Just an insane raving from the only red-headed Dunlending in existence" Irilia said. "Oh, okay" Faramir muttered. "I declare the costume room a hazard zone for the next.eight hours" Diamond said as she locked the door. "So what about your costumes?" Irilia asked. "Mine doesn't fit" Eowyn replied as she handed a garment bag to Irilia. "Oops, I think I got it mixed up with Arwen's costume" Irilia said sheepishly. "No wonder why I thought the dress didn't seem to match you, but SHE insisted that it was the right one" Diamond said.
"Happy birthday Estel!" Arwen greeted her fiancé as she presented him with a homemade birthday cake. "Thanks Arwen. So, what do you plan on doing after the rehearsal from Mordor?" Aragorn asked Arwen. "I don't know. I'll treat you out to dinner" Arwen said. "You two! Come on, you're late for your cue!" Eomer yelled from the backstage. The gang was now rehearsing scene number eight today, and they had come this far after a lot of bribery, pleading, and a whole lot of laughter. But so far, the going was good, until now. Aragorn half-dragged Arwen to the wings, where they both made another clumsy entrance stepping on each other's toes and nearly tripping just before they came in sight of the audience. Eowyn at once began to stifle her giggles when she saw them enter in such an undignified manner. Diamond shot a warning look at Eowyn, who promptly put on a straight face. " 'Now it is time that we met. Miridim, what did you have to tell them' " Eowyn said, as she tried to remember the line that was assigned to her. Then there was utter silence. "Faramir! It's your cue!" Rose hissed. "Oops. 'First things first, my friends.' " Faramir began before something furry landed on his head. "Sir Bottlebrush! Get off the set this instant!" Irilia screeched from the backstage as she ran to remove her cat. "AAHHH! Cut! Back to the beginning!" Diamond yelled.
The next day, the group met again to rehearse the latter parts of the play. Now, Eowyn, Faramir, Aragorn, Arwen, and Frodo were on stage, rehearsing the tenth scene out of twelve. It was now their tenth take. "Is it me, or is someone snoring somewhere?" Eowyn asked aloud, interrupting the pause that was supposed to come at this scene. "Aaaggh! Can't any of you keep your mouths shut?" Lothiriel yelled. Suddenly, a CRASH came from the back of the stage. Eowyn turned to see Niliwen, sitting by a prop that had obviously been knocked over. "Oh, sorry" Niliwen said as she straightened up the papier-mache statue. "Hey, what's Elladan doing here?" asked Frodo as he looked towards the wings. "He's sleepwalking again!" Arwen groaned as she caught sight of her brother. "And it looks like Pippin decided to take a catnap on the set" Faramir noted as he caught sight of his hobbit friend dozing on a wooden bench at the back of the stage. "Great. Take eleven!" Rose yelled.
Nearly two weeks later, on March 15, there were only ten days to go before the performance. By now, Diamond and Rose were expected to be thoroughly exasperated with the cast's mess-ups, but on the contrary it heartened the two hobbits to see that the cast was improving on their performance, despite the occasional goof-ups that either Frodo or Sam committed every so often. Today being the anniversary of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, some of the backstage crew namely Niliwen, Irilia, Delilah, Greg, Rose, Estella, Diamond and Lothiriel, wondered if their friends who were actively involved in the previous year's battle would experience anniversary flashbacks. Surprisingly, the rehearsal went along nicely, without any hint of depression to mar the play's hilarious mood. But their perception that anniversary flashbacks are a myth was wrong. Some people did wish that the memories of that day had gone away.
On this day, Eowyn found herself walking alone after rehearsals, thinking about what had passed since that fateful day that had helped her become the girl she was now. She seemed to be a far cry from the desperate, but brave woman who had gone seeking death, but did not find it. "Life is so different now. I still have a lot to live for," Eowyn thought as she walked through the campus. She found Faramir, reading by himself on the low wall where they often hung out. "Hi" she said quietly as she sat down beside him and held his hand. She knew what was on his mind. Just like her, he'd almost died too on this day. "I'm surprised you aren't feeling low on this day" Faramir said. "I don't know why I'm not. But I see that you are. I know you wish your father and your brother were around" Eowyn said. "Don't you ever miss your uncle or your parents?" Faramir asked. "Sometimes. It's unavoidable. If you need me, I'll be here" Eowyn said. "I know. I'm glad you are. Sometimes, I wonder what drove my father to be so desperate" Faramir mused as he closed his book. "Grief, hopelessness and a sense of failure. I know because I also went through that too" Eowyn replied as she pushed some stray hair back from his face. "That's a bit hard to believe, since you're a breath of fresh air in everyone around you" Faramir said, with a bit of a smile on his face as he could feel his troubles vanishing. The grief was natural, but Eowyn was showing him that there was a light beyond the nightmares of anniversary flashbacks. "You and I still have a lot to do. Yes, I also have flashbacks, but I remember what all of it led to. All that led me to you, Faramir!" Eowyn whispered. "Come to think of it, if we hadn't both been in danger on that day, we may never have met" Faramir said. "Well, we still might have, but I seriously think that things would have been.different" Eowyn said. "I've got a lot to be thankful for. But most of all, I'm thankful for you, Eowyn. You have made all the difference in my life" Faramir said. "So have you" Eowyn said before she kissed him.
More practices, threats, bloopers, jokes, explosive outbursts and bouts of insanity later, the day of the play had arrived. And now, the group was busy getting the last minute touches done before the big night. "Review the script!" Arwen said frantically as she searched her bag. "Don't sweat it, dear. You'll just pass out or get sick out of nerves," Aragorn said coolly as he adjusted his costume. "Come on, it's time to get into the wings. Good luck folks" Lothiriel said before she and Eomer hurried to the sound booth. Pippin and Merry were ready with the prop chest, while Estella and Irilia fixed the costumes. The ten thespians hurried to the wings. "Okay, it's show time. You can do it" Eowyn told Faramir just before the curtain was raised. "It's time for the stars to glow tonight. You'll glow the brightest," Faramir said. Eowyn smiled just before the opening bars of the music played. This night would be a nerve-wracking but memorable one.
"We did it!" Lothiriel said enthusiastically as she descended from the sound booth hours later to join the cast party. "That was fun. So, what do you guys think of drama class?" Rose asked. "It's okay. We owe you an apology, Diamond" Pippin said. "It's alright, but now I have to get lozenges" Diamond said. "Come on, so who wants to do a play next year?" Aragorn asked. "Maybe we'll try a dance for once, or a debate," Arwen said. "Did you see how Professor Saruman turned red at that crack about his fingernails?" Eowyn asked. "I heard him whispering about getting a nail cutter" Eomer piped up. "Good, and that means life will be so much easier in Math class" Faramir remarked. "That was awesome chemistry you and Eowyn had on stage!" Irilia noted. "I would have done it better," Delilah said. "Nah, I don't think so," Niliwen said before Greg slipped a rubber worm from the prop box down her back. "Oh, live and let learn. 'Life is a stage' " Arwen said nonchalantly as she poured rootbeer into all the glasses.
A/N: Whew! That quote about life is a stage comes from Shakespeare (I think! I'm not too sure about that though). Okay, I hoped you like the bit about the flashback. Send a review as always. Till the next chapter-the last day of school chapter! Whee!
The Thespians
"I can't believe we're actually skipping drama class," Elrohir chortled as he plopped down on the bleacher. "Sshh! If you keep on yammering, we're going to get busted!" Merry hissed as he poked the elf in the ribs. Elrohir muttered something about killjoy hobbits as he watched the other boys chat among themselves as they hung out at the bleachers the Monday after Valentine's Day. "What's that you're eating, Eomer?" Pippin asked as he watched his friend gobble up something in a lunch container. "Cold spaghetti sauce" Eomer mumbled from his mouthful of food. "Wasn't that the sauce from the spaghetti that Arwen made for Aragorn last Wednesday?" Elladan asked. "Gross" Sam remarked. "The sauce was good.as of last Saturday" Frodo said. "So that's why half the sauce was gone come Saturday night!" Aragorn exclaimed. "Hey Faramir! Here comes your girlfriend" Legolas called as he caught sight of Eowyn coming towards the bleacher. "By Durin! Does she have to be the only girl who can crash a guy's hang-out?" Gimli exclaimed. "Shut up. It's actually pretty cool you know" Eomer mused. "Well, that means that Arwen and Lothiriel aren't far behind" Aragorn noted. "Hi guys! What's up, dear?" Eowyn said as she joined the group and before Faramir gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "Nothing much. Aren't you supposed to be in Drama Class?" Faramir asked. "How about you? Actually, Diamond sent me to.hey where did everyone go?" Eowyn asked. Faramir looked back only to see that the boys had all run for cover at the mention of "Drama Class". "Oh, that. Listen since you got me, can I have fifteen minutes to catch those runaway thespians?" Faramir replied. "I'll help you. That's why Diamond gave me this" Eowyn said as she pulled a lasso from her backpack.
"Just our luck that she had to show up" Legolas hissed after Niliwen and Irilia had helped Eowyn drag him into the auditorium. "Alright, places all of you!" a female voice bellowed from the front. Legolas looked and to his surprise, realized that the voice came from Diamond the hobbit. "By the Valar! That girl can shout" Greg muttered before Delilah stepped on his toe with her stiletto heels. "Shut up. She's losing her cool" Estella said icily. "Great, like we didn't know that" Niliwen shot back. "Okay people, I'm going to be the director for the New Year's play-and Rose is writing the script, so listen up!" Diamond screeched. "Oh great. She's going to pop a vessel" Arwen said as she rolled her gray eyes. "So, this year's play is called "From Opposite Ends of the Earth", and it so happens that we were picked to do it "Rose began after she went to the front of the group. "By Elbereth, this better not be one of Rose's tirades about the difference between males and females" Lothiriel said. "No, Lothiriel. I heard that. It's a bit of a comedy, to be exact" Rose reassured the group. "About the teachers?" Irilia asked wickedly. 'A bit. So, it's gonna be something where we're going to be doing slapstick. It's about two people named Miridim the scholar and Janiwel the peasant who meet one day on the ridge and Janiwel introduces Miridim to the townspeople, and the people react in many amusing ways to Miridim's ideas. That's the gist of the thing. So, Diamond and I need a guy and a girl to play the leads" Rose said. "How about Aragorn and Arwen?" suggested Eowyn. "How about you and.Faramir?" Pippin said. "I have yet to try acting" Faramir retorted. "Well, it never hurt to try. Let's just get the fricking audition over with" Niliwen suggested.
"Oh you were hilarious back there! Did you see how Eomer and I almost got gas pains laughing?" Eowyn giggled as she and Faramir left the audition. "The fact that I was funny is not good because I got the part of the lead: Miridim the scholar," Faramir said. "Funny thing is that only ten of us get to have a part on stage. Rose and Diamond are doing backstage work," Eowyn said. "So Aragorn, Elrohir, Irilia, Estella, Delilah, Greg, Frodo, Sam, and the two of us are acting?" Faramir clarified. "Of course. I don't want to put off practicing till tomorrow, so do you want to practice together?" she asked. "Well, since we'll be doing a lot of scenes together, considering you got the part of Janiwel the peasant, why not?" he replied.
"I thought you two practiced yesterday! Or did you find a potion for amnesia?" Diamond screamed at Faramir and Eowyn the next day at after- school practice. "Do you expect us to memorize all this in one night?" Eowyn retorted hotly. "Cool it, my love. It's just a mistake. You'll get all the lines right soon" Faramir whispered into Eowyn's ear as he put a firm, but gentle hand on her arm. Eowyn took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. "We have only a month to get this right, and there's a lot of choreography, so can you two get serious?" Rose said sternly. "OUCH!" a sharp cry came from the back of the room. The four of them went to look, only to find Aragorn and Arwen sprawled on the floor in a heap. "We slipped. The snow was too wet" Aragorn said as he helped Arwen get into a sitting position. The elf clenched her teeth tightly as she tried to straighten her leg. "I think my ankle is sprained" Arwen whispered as she pointed to her left foot. "Great, so we have two idiots here who can't remember their lines, an injured cast member and short time! What's next?" Diamond said as she threw her clearbook in the air in frustration. "Keep your hat on. I'll go help Arwen. She'll probably be fine by next week" Aragorn said as he helped Arwen onto a chair and went to get an icebag. Arwen caught the clearbook and handed it to Rose. "Come on, I'll recover. Now, until what scene did you two get to?" Arwen said calmly. "The umm, third scene-the one where Miridim the scholar and Janiwel the peasant meet on the ridge" Eowyn replied sheepishly. "Alright, so can you two repeat the scene, and I'll give my suggestions" Arwen said. "But you're also in this scene!" Faramir protested. "No, do only the first half. I can't act now but I can critique" Arwen said to him nonchalantly. Faramir rolled his eyes and began reading out his lines.
"I don't understand why I can't wear my micro-miniskirt in that scene!" Delilah whined to Irilia and Diamond two weeks later into the rehearsals. Now the costumes were being fitted out, since some of them had to be made from scratch, and the play was to be performed on the 25th of March (and today was Aragorn's birthday, March 1). "It's not matching with the theme, get it?" Irilia said icily as she pulled the costume white robe over a squirming Delilah. "She doesn't look so bad. She actually looks like a virgin!" Diamond joked. "What?!" Delilah screeched as she began throwing her stiletto heels at the two crew members, who promptly crawled towards the door. "What's going on?" Eowyn asked as she and Faramir met Irilia and Diamond outside the door "Just an insane raving from the only red-headed Dunlending in existence" Irilia said. "Oh, okay" Faramir muttered. "I declare the costume room a hazard zone for the next.eight hours" Diamond said as she locked the door. "So what about your costumes?" Irilia asked. "Mine doesn't fit" Eowyn replied as she handed a garment bag to Irilia. "Oops, I think I got it mixed up with Arwen's costume" Irilia said sheepishly. "No wonder why I thought the dress didn't seem to match you, but SHE insisted that it was the right one" Diamond said.
"Happy birthday Estel!" Arwen greeted her fiancé as she presented him with a homemade birthday cake. "Thanks Arwen. So, what do you plan on doing after the rehearsal from Mordor?" Aragorn asked Arwen. "I don't know. I'll treat you out to dinner" Arwen said. "You two! Come on, you're late for your cue!" Eomer yelled from the backstage. The gang was now rehearsing scene number eight today, and they had come this far after a lot of bribery, pleading, and a whole lot of laughter. But so far, the going was good, until now. Aragorn half-dragged Arwen to the wings, where they both made another clumsy entrance stepping on each other's toes and nearly tripping just before they came in sight of the audience. Eowyn at once began to stifle her giggles when she saw them enter in such an undignified manner. Diamond shot a warning look at Eowyn, who promptly put on a straight face. " 'Now it is time that we met. Miridim, what did you have to tell them' " Eowyn said, as she tried to remember the line that was assigned to her. Then there was utter silence. "Faramir! It's your cue!" Rose hissed. "Oops. 'First things first, my friends.' " Faramir began before something furry landed on his head. "Sir Bottlebrush! Get off the set this instant!" Irilia screeched from the backstage as she ran to remove her cat. "AAHHH! Cut! Back to the beginning!" Diamond yelled.
The next day, the group met again to rehearse the latter parts of the play. Now, Eowyn, Faramir, Aragorn, Arwen, and Frodo were on stage, rehearsing the tenth scene out of twelve. It was now their tenth take. "Is it me, or is someone snoring somewhere?" Eowyn asked aloud, interrupting the pause that was supposed to come at this scene. "Aaaggh! Can't any of you keep your mouths shut?" Lothiriel yelled. Suddenly, a CRASH came from the back of the stage. Eowyn turned to see Niliwen, sitting by a prop that had obviously been knocked over. "Oh, sorry" Niliwen said as she straightened up the papier-mache statue. "Hey, what's Elladan doing here?" asked Frodo as he looked towards the wings. "He's sleepwalking again!" Arwen groaned as she caught sight of her brother. "And it looks like Pippin decided to take a catnap on the set" Faramir noted as he caught sight of his hobbit friend dozing on a wooden bench at the back of the stage. "Great. Take eleven!" Rose yelled.
Nearly two weeks later, on March 15, there were only ten days to go before the performance. By now, Diamond and Rose were expected to be thoroughly exasperated with the cast's mess-ups, but on the contrary it heartened the two hobbits to see that the cast was improving on their performance, despite the occasional goof-ups that either Frodo or Sam committed every so often. Today being the anniversary of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, some of the backstage crew namely Niliwen, Irilia, Delilah, Greg, Rose, Estella, Diamond and Lothiriel, wondered if their friends who were actively involved in the previous year's battle would experience anniversary flashbacks. Surprisingly, the rehearsal went along nicely, without any hint of depression to mar the play's hilarious mood. But their perception that anniversary flashbacks are a myth was wrong. Some people did wish that the memories of that day had gone away.
On this day, Eowyn found herself walking alone after rehearsals, thinking about what had passed since that fateful day that had helped her become the girl she was now. She seemed to be a far cry from the desperate, but brave woman who had gone seeking death, but did not find it. "Life is so different now. I still have a lot to live for," Eowyn thought as she walked through the campus. She found Faramir, reading by himself on the low wall where they often hung out. "Hi" she said quietly as she sat down beside him and held his hand. She knew what was on his mind. Just like her, he'd almost died too on this day. "I'm surprised you aren't feeling low on this day" Faramir said. "I don't know why I'm not. But I see that you are. I know you wish your father and your brother were around" Eowyn said. "Don't you ever miss your uncle or your parents?" Faramir asked. "Sometimes. It's unavoidable. If you need me, I'll be here" Eowyn said. "I know. I'm glad you are. Sometimes, I wonder what drove my father to be so desperate" Faramir mused as he closed his book. "Grief, hopelessness and a sense of failure. I know because I also went through that too" Eowyn replied as she pushed some stray hair back from his face. "That's a bit hard to believe, since you're a breath of fresh air in everyone around you" Faramir said, with a bit of a smile on his face as he could feel his troubles vanishing. The grief was natural, but Eowyn was showing him that there was a light beyond the nightmares of anniversary flashbacks. "You and I still have a lot to do. Yes, I also have flashbacks, but I remember what all of it led to. All that led me to you, Faramir!" Eowyn whispered. "Come to think of it, if we hadn't both been in danger on that day, we may never have met" Faramir said. "Well, we still might have, but I seriously think that things would have been.different" Eowyn said. "I've got a lot to be thankful for. But most of all, I'm thankful for you, Eowyn. You have made all the difference in my life" Faramir said. "So have you" Eowyn said before she kissed him.
More practices, threats, bloopers, jokes, explosive outbursts and bouts of insanity later, the day of the play had arrived. And now, the group was busy getting the last minute touches done before the big night. "Review the script!" Arwen said frantically as she searched her bag. "Don't sweat it, dear. You'll just pass out or get sick out of nerves," Aragorn said coolly as he adjusted his costume. "Come on, it's time to get into the wings. Good luck folks" Lothiriel said before she and Eomer hurried to the sound booth. Pippin and Merry were ready with the prop chest, while Estella and Irilia fixed the costumes. The ten thespians hurried to the wings. "Okay, it's show time. You can do it" Eowyn told Faramir just before the curtain was raised. "It's time for the stars to glow tonight. You'll glow the brightest," Faramir said. Eowyn smiled just before the opening bars of the music played. This night would be a nerve-wracking but memorable one.
"We did it!" Lothiriel said enthusiastically as she descended from the sound booth hours later to join the cast party. "That was fun. So, what do you guys think of drama class?" Rose asked. "It's okay. We owe you an apology, Diamond" Pippin said. "It's alright, but now I have to get lozenges" Diamond said. "Come on, so who wants to do a play next year?" Aragorn asked. "Maybe we'll try a dance for once, or a debate," Arwen said. "Did you see how Professor Saruman turned red at that crack about his fingernails?" Eowyn asked. "I heard him whispering about getting a nail cutter" Eomer piped up. "Good, and that means life will be so much easier in Math class" Faramir remarked. "That was awesome chemistry you and Eowyn had on stage!" Irilia noted. "I would have done it better," Delilah said. "Nah, I don't think so," Niliwen said before Greg slipped a rubber worm from the prop box down her back. "Oh, live and let learn. 'Life is a stage' " Arwen said nonchalantly as she poured rootbeer into all the glasses.
A/N: Whew! That quote about life is a stage comes from Shakespeare (I think! I'm not too sure about that though). Okay, I hoped you like the bit about the flashback. Send a review as always. Till the next chapter-the last day of school chapter! Whee!
