~What now?~
***Disclaimer: I own everythineg! Just don't tell the guys in the tuxes!
Chapter 50: Hyperness and sadness doesn't mix!
When Stephanie and Legolas got into the car, Stephanie looked down at what she was wearing.
"You know what. I am still in my bathing suit, or what's left of it atleast." She was correct, she never did have a chance to change out of her torn bathing suit when they had gotten back from the pool. She reached into the backseat and grabbed a shirt and a skirt. She didn't have to worry about shoes because she put those on before she left the house.
They drove into the town that lit up in the night, Leoglas found it interesting and noticed that the town was busy with people. They headed up a hill and Legolas was entranced by a single tree, it had blue lights on it as if the tree had a magic of its own. They parked across from the tree and Stephanie got out, Legolas just ignored her.
He heard a loud yelp and he turned toward the sound, he saw that someone had a hand over Stephanie's mouth and was tring to drag her away. He quickly got out of the car and yelled at the man. The man was slightly shocked that someone was in the car, it was enough for Stephanie to bite the mans hand, twist his arm and to kick him in a place that made Legolas wince in pain. She started to get away, but the man grabbed her dispite his pain and pulled her to the ground. This shook Legolas out of his shock but by the time he reached them, Stephanie had kicked him in the gut then his head, knocking him out, or atleast they thought so.
Legolas came over to Stephanie and took her in his arms, she was shaking from shock and was glad for the safety of his arms. They both heard a sound near the man, Stephanie knew what the sound was and pushed Legolas away. Legolas fell backwards as he heard a loud sound, Stephanie cried out in pain and knelt to the ground. The man put something to his head and Legolas heard the sound again, he saw the blood coming from the man's head and knew that he was dead.
"Go to a pay phone and call 9-1-1," said Stephanie as she pointed to a lit little building like thing that said 'phone', "Tell them that we are at the bank parking lot and that someone shot himself."
Legolas nodded, knowing that Stephanie was in major shock. It is one thing to find someone dead, it's another to see them die. It took him a few moments to figure out how to use it, as he did he noticed that someone was watching them across the street. He blinked and the person was gone, but he didn't have time to worry about it.
"9-1-1 emergancy."
"Hello, we are at the bank parking lot and someone just shot themself." he was going to hang up but he heard the person on the other line.
"Where did he shoot himself?"
"In the head."
"Do you know the person?"
"No, but my friend might."
"There is someone else with the person in question?"
"Yes."
"Tell them to put pressure on the injury until medical personel can get there. You are at the bank am I correct?"
"Yes."
"Medical personel will be there shortly, just stay with the person until help arrives."
"Yes ma' am, thank you." he hung up the phone and went back to Stephanie who hadn't moved, "She said to put pressure on the wound."
Stephanie nodded and ripped her shirt and used it to apply pressure. Legolas noticed that she couldn't use her left arm, he hoped that she didn't get hit with the first shot. They heard cars coming, but Legolas didn't look up until he noticed the lights. Some men got out of the white car and Stephanie quickly got out of the way, They got to the man on the ground and knew instently that he was dead. A man in a uniform walk toward them, Legolas started to move between him and Stephanie but Stephanie put a hand on his shoulder.
"What happened?" he asked, Stephanie explained what happened, leaving out the fact that she was shot. He nodded, got thier names and let them go. As they walked away, Stephanie made sure that they wouldn't notice the bullet hole in her arm. She put a coat over her shoulders before they drove off.
"Why didn't you tell them about your arm?" asked Legolas as they stopped in a parking lot at the other end of town.
"I don't need my parents knowing that I was shot, besides how would I explain the fact that it disappeared over-night? I'm going to have James fix it when we get back, until then you are going to have to help." she explained as she got out of the car, he got out as well and pulled her into his arms.
"I would help you, with or without the injury." he smiled down at her as she blushed slightly, she looked radiant in the moonlight. She backed out of his grasp and walked into the building.
"You can have half a sub, a cheeseburger and a few tacos." Stephanie explained as she started to tell the guy behind the counter how to make the sandwich, " Well put your input in this, you are having half."
He did and they walked out with what they needed from this place. The other two places they went through drive-thrus, in which Legolas was fasenated by it. They stopped by the store and grabbed soda as well as what Stephanie called as strawberries. She told him that he would like them as she grabbed them.
At each place they stopped, Legolas thought he saw someone watching them. Whenever he tried to get a better look, the person was no longer there.
Besides that, nothing else happened as they went back to Stephanie's house. Stephanie tried to carry everything in, but Legolas let her only carry the soda and strawberries.
James met them at the door and quickly took the things from Stephanie and some of the things from Legolas. Legolas was going to explain what happened when James put a finger to his own lips and gestured to the living room.
"They are asleep, we will wake them up once I take care of Stephanie." Stephanie and Legolas nodded, Legolas started to lay the food out while James healed her arm, "I know what happened, the police called and I told them that you where home but had gone to bed."
When she was healed, Stephanie went over and grabbed the strawberries and something else out of the fridge, "I have plans for these, you wake them up."
She handed Legolas a cd and showed him how to put it in the player and how to set it up. She walked into the kitchen and started the stove. James didn't wait and started eating, Legolas started the music and Cassandra started to wake up. Legolas walked over to Stephanie and wrapped his arms around her, she lightly hugged his arms and got back to work. Well worked the best that she could with a pair of arms around her waist.
She started to dip the strawberries in the brown stuff that she had on the stove and put it on a sheet of clouded paper. Legolas just watched in wonder, after she finished all but a few she turned around grabbed one that had cooled and put it to Legolas's mouth. He took a bite and she finished the rest. He enjoyed these items, she gave him one that wasn't dipped and he still liked them.
She hid them in the oven as Draco and Cassandra joined them in the kitchen. Everyone grabbed something to eat and went back into the living room and watched a movie. They finished eating and just watched the movie the best that they could, but Stephanie was too hyper.
She some how got out of Legolas's grasp and went into the kitchen, she came back with the chocolate covered strawberries. These didn't last very long, Draco and Cassandra twisted thier arms together and ate thiers. James just ate them, but he put a few in a bag for Anglina, Legolas and Stephanie did a combination of what Draco and Cassandra did as well as what they had done earlier, with roles switching everytime.
With the combination of chocolate and Mountain dews Stephanie and Legolas got really hyper and started to tickle each other. It was then that Cassandra noticed something.
"What happened to your shirt, Stephanie?" she asked as she noticed that the bottom was ripped. She sighed and layed against Legolas, not caring about what it looked like.
"Someone shot themself, and I had to use the shirt to apply pressure to the wound, but he didn't make it." she said simply as she hugged Legolas, he hugged her back. He could feel the sadness start to well up inside her again. He wanted to take that feeling away, even if it was for a short time.
"We are going to go to bed, night Steph, night Legolas, night James." said Cassandra as her and Draco stood up, they could tell that Legolas and Stephanie needed some time, James took the hint.
"Well I better get back before Anglina starts to worry." and with that he disappeared. Stephanie sighed and started to get up, but Leoglas wouldn't let her.
"You better go upstairs to bed as well, I will sleep..." she didn't finish because a finger was on her lips. She looked at him with sad eyes, "I am going to have to get used to being alone again."
He shook his head and brought her up to his level, she shook her head.
"You are going to go home soon...," again a finger on her lips.
"Allow us to enjoy that time that we have." he knew that he said this before, but she needed him, like he needed her.
"I cannot grow attached," she shook her head as tears started to flow down her cheeks, he put his fingers under her chin.
"But you already have, you cannot deny that. I am attached to you as well." she shook her head, trying to hide the hope that was in her eyes.
After she shook her head, she held onto Legolas slightly tighter. He looked into her eyes and noticed that they where slightly unfoucused, he started to worry.
"Stephanie?" her head rocked slightly before he looked at him again.
"It's alright Legoals, just a little tired." Legolas could tell there was more, but he didn't want to push her too much.
"Well you should rest, you have had an eventful day." he replied, she nodded and started to get up, but once again Legolas wouldn't let her. He wanted that she wouldn't leave his side, too many bad things had happened near her for comfort.
"Could we at least go to the bigger couch so that we both had more room?" he nodded and let her up, he got up as well and carried her to the other couch. He could tell she was having a hard time standing, let alone walking.
Stephanie wouldn't allow herself to lay down, she just sat and looked at one of the walls. Legolas wrapped his arms around her and she leaned into them.
"I don't want this weekend to end." she said with a sigh, Legolas kissed her on the forehead. She looked down, trying to hide her sadness.
"Days must come and go, we never know what the next day will bring but..." he started when she put a finger to his lips.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." she smiled, but Legolas could still the sadness behind it. She stood up and walked out of his grasp, she leaned against one of the walls of the room, "Everything is going to go back to normal after tomorrow, and I don't want it to."
"You do not know that me and Draco will be gone by then, we may be here for weeks maybe hours. We cannot be sure, but I will stay with you for as long as I can." he said as he stood up and wrapped his arms around her again. She shook her head and looked up at him.
"You are not the only ones that will be gone from my life. When Monday comes, I will never see Cassandra again."
"What do you mean, where is she going?" he asked, as far as he could tell she wasn't going anywhere.
"She is not going anywhere, but everything will go back to the way that they have been. Normally she spends her time with another person, I am just pushed aside." Stephanie looked down and chuckled, "That's how it has been my whole life, I have given up everything for my friend. In return, I ask for friendship and approval, something that I do not get any longer. I guess that is too much to ask."
Legolas could hear her hold back the tears that she had been holding for who knows how long. He hugged her, telling her that he was there. She hugged back, as if she was afraid to loose it, like she had lost her friend.
"I am no longer a friend to her, just someone to talk to if that other person is not around." he could feel the tears finally fall, he could tell that she was trying to stop them, "We no longer exchange notes at anytime, we no longer call for hours on end, we no longer talk."
"You talk during lunch..."
"Like I said, the person she normally talks to was gone the last two days. Notice I was the only one who wrote the notes, if she wasn't here she would be writing a 20 page note as well as drawing three pictures that this person will recieve Monday. Whenever I call her, the longest we talk is for three minutes, tops. They call and she will stay up until two in the morning talking to them. During sixth hour, we used to write notes back and forth, now she just writes a note to this other person." Stephanie looks at Legolas with a tearstreaked face, "It sounds like I am jelious and I am not, I know Cassandra has to make new friends because I am leaving. I guess I have grown too used to someone being around, someone being there for me."
She started to walk out of Legolas's grasp, but he wouldn't let her. She needed contact with someone, no matter how small the gesture. With every word that she said, the harder and harder it was for her to control the tears. They still came, but she was able to control them to the point it was just a few drops and only lasting a few seconds.
"As I had said before, I will always be alone and I should get used to it again. This will be the last time that she will be able to stay the night, her mom no longer wants her to. I am just being a baby, expecting her to stay with me." She looked toward the stairs then back at Legolas, "I remeber once, it was late at night, she called me in tears. I drove the 15 miles in a storm, not caring that I could have been struck by lightening, not caring how much gas I had left, I was worried about her. I try to be there for her, I guess I should ask for nothing in return. Not friendship, not approval, not even company, always alone." Legolas dicided to carry her back to the couch, she was shaking from her tears.
"I worry everyday that I will come home and find my pets dead, or something on the machine saying that my parents are dead. Cassandra was the only sure thing that I had left, and I no longer have that. I don't want this to end, I don't want to be alone. I know that I will be for the rest of my life, but I just want this to last for a little longer." she no longer had control, they fell unchecked and unnoticed.
"Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies even closer is what they say. Who is they, nothing but someone that I have never met. Your worst enemies may end up your best friends in the end. Friendship is something I give to everyone, even if they don't ask for it or want it. I will always be Cassandra's friend, I will try to be there for her. I know that people grow up and they find new friends, but one hopes that they keep the old. I can never be mad at Cassandra or anyone else. I am never mad, but if I am never mad then where can the anger go? Where can the hurt, the pain, the lose of it all go?"
"It looks like it goes in tears, tears that you have held back for the sake of others. You don't let yourself cry to make sure you are not someone's worry." she chuckled and looked up at Legolas.
"Am I really that predictable? I do what you say and more. I don't cry to make sure no one is annoyed or mad at me. Whenever I cry, I see the look that Cassandra gives me. She hates me for it, that I am allowed to cry and she is not. She was raised like a boy, not allowed to cry, not able to express her feelings except in hate, anger, and any other means of males to show emotions. I am not the one who needs support, it's her. She wants to be able to cry and she can't, she has been taught not to."
"Just as you where taught not to love someone of opposite gender as yourself?" Stephanie shakes her head and leans against the couch.
"She won't be able to be untaught such a thing, if someone is going to it is going to be a close friend. I was hoping that I would be able to help some how. I can see now that I can't, she deserves a better friend than I. Maybe that friend will come around, maybe they already have, I just know that that friend won't be me."
Legolas didn't know what to say or do. It looked to him that Stephanie's and Cassandra's friendship was the strongest he had seen, this included the one between the Hobbits. It didn't seem like there was anything between them, the only thing that could have challanged the strength of that kind of bond was marriage. He couldn't see what could have done this to make Stephanie think like this.
"Friendship can be made of the strongest stuff, but one rip and it is easily broken." Stephanie chuckled to herself, not sure of what she just said. She sits up and laughs, laughing at everything that had happened, everything she thought, and just everything.
"What am I thinking? Cassandra values our friendship more than that! I know I do! No matter what she does or what happens, I won't stop being her friend! I will annoy her til the end of her days, or mine which ever comes first!" she looks at Legolas and smiles, then pulls him into a hug. He hugs her back, not sure if she is over her depression, or just finally cracked. "I am sorry about being so depressed, I guess I needed to take it out on something and you where the only one who would listen without getting mad at me."
Legolas wondered why Stephanie would think that Cassandra would get mad by telling her how she felt. He didn't want to think of it now, Stephanie was happy and he found it catching. She stood up and went into the kitchen, she reached into the fridge and grabbed a bottle out of it.
"Grape-apple cider! Cassi dosen't like it much because it has bubbles, but I think I have something that Cassi and Draco will like!" she reached in and grabbed another bottle, then she looked at it, "You know, I don't think Cass will like it, but Draco will."
She put the grape-apple cider and the other bottle on the counter and continued to look in the fridge. She pulled a number of random foods, chocolate, a strange green stuff, mushrooms, cherries, small brown furry things, yogurt, coconut and other items. She pulled out a bottle of chocolate milk for Cassandra and started to take some of the things upstairs.
"Hey lovebirds! Are you willing enough to stop whatever you are doing and join us for a snack?" she yelled as she climbed the stairs, Legolas took a few items from her as they made thier way up.
"What makes you think that we are doing something?" asked Cassandra as she stepped out of the room, Draco followed not looking happy.
"Aw, why the long face Draco?" asked Stephanie as she handed him the bottle with the drink for him, he took it and looked at it.
"She just beat me three times in chess." he grumbled as he took a drink, he perked up as he took a sip, "Pumpkin juice, how did you get some?"
"Pumpkin juice?" said Cassandra as she took her milk, Stephanie just smiled.
"I would have given you some too Cass, but you don't like pumpkin pie, so I figured you wouldn't like it." she replied as she showed Cassi the mushrooms. Cassandra grabbed for them, but Stephanie moved them out of her reach and started to head downstairs.
"If you want em, you have to come and get em'!" called Stephanie as she ran down the stairs, with Cassi in close persuit. The males looked at each other confused, but followed the ladies downstairs.
Cassandra sat on the couch, enjoying the mushrooms to her heart's content. Draco decided to join her as Stephanie started brining in some of the other foods that she had.
Cassandra nearly lunged at Stephanie when she brought out the fuzzy brown fruit called "kiwi." as well as the chocolate. Draco ate as many of the cherries as he could before Cassi noticed them. Stephanie started to pour the cider when she turned to Legolas.
"What would you like to drink and eat?" she asked, he pulled her into his arms and smiled at the slight red hint that was appearing.
"Whatever you are having." she shook her head, but poured the drink. He found that he enjoyed the drink, but not the bubbles that it contained. One tended to foucus on that and not the taste of it.
"I am not sure if you would want any of this, it's cole slaw and I am the only person who likes it as much as I do." replied Stephanie as she grabbed the container with the green stuff, she handed him a fork and guestured for him to try it. He tried it and found that it could have tasted better but he still liked it.
Cassandra was explaining yogurt to Draco, who after tring it started to go after Cassandra's. They started fighting over it until they heard a crash in the kitchen. They went into the kitchen to see what broke when they saw Stephanie tring to open the coconut. They noticed that Legolas was in a courner in slight fear at the sight of Stephanie being so violent.
"Open you stupid..." she said as the shell finally gave way, she looked around and saw the commotion that she caused, grabbed a piece of coconut and went into the living room. Legolas did the same and followed her, nether of them noticed that Draco and Cassandra started to put some of the food back into the fridge.
After words, they snuck back upstairs, with Draco swearing that he was going to beat Cassandra this time. Stephanie just layed in Legolas's arms, all of the energy and hyperness drained. Legolas thought that this was odd, if one was as hyper as she was, they wouldn't be tired that quickly. The sadness had came back and just stayed, draining her energy. They remained in each other's arms as they drifted to sleep, each of them longing for the other to stay with them.
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Well is that good enough, I can't help but end a little depressed.
Ravage Blue: I am good at confusing ppl! I think that should be my job so that I can get paid to do it! Save the anime characters!!! You need to drink MD sparingly, so that you have more in the future to be hypper and happy with!
LotR-PotC-HP-Number1Fan: Wow, long name! I am glad that you like it so far! Good luck with reading the rest, this may take a while to read. I hope that you will like the rest as well!
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***Disclaimer: I own everythineg! Just don't tell the guys in the tuxes!
Chapter 50: Hyperness and sadness doesn't mix!
When Stephanie and Legolas got into the car, Stephanie looked down at what she was wearing.
"You know what. I am still in my bathing suit, or what's left of it atleast." She was correct, she never did have a chance to change out of her torn bathing suit when they had gotten back from the pool. She reached into the backseat and grabbed a shirt and a skirt. She didn't have to worry about shoes because she put those on before she left the house.
They drove into the town that lit up in the night, Leoglas found it interesting and noticed that the town was busy with people. They headed up a hill and Legolas was entranced by a single tree, it had blue lights on it as if the tree had a magic of its own. They parked across from the tree and Stephanie got out, Legolas just ignored her.
He heard a loud yelp and he turned toward the sound, he saw that someone had a hand over Stephanie's mouth and was tring to drag her away. He quickly got out of the car and yelled at the man. The man was slightly shocked that someone was in the car, it was enough for Stephanie to bite the mans hand, twist his arm and to kick him in a place that made Legolas wince in pain. She started to get away, but the man grabbed her dispite his pain and pulled her to the ground. This shook Legolas out of his shock but by the time he reached them, Stephanie had kicked him in the gut then his head, knocking him out, or atleast they thought so.
Legolas came over to Stephanie and took her in his arms, she was shaking from shock and was glad for the safety of his arms. They both heard a sound near the man, Stephanie knew what the sound was and pushed Legolas away. Legolas fell backwards as he heard a loud sound, Stephanie cried out in pain and knelt to the ground. The man put something to his head and Legolas heard the sound again, he saw the blood coming from the man's head and knew that he was dead.
"Go to a pay phone and call 9-1-1," said Stephanie as she pointed to a lit little building like thing that said 'phone', "Tell them that we are at the bank parking lot and that someone shot himself."
Legolas nodded, knowing that Stephanie was in major shock. It is one thing to find someone dead, it's another to see them die. It took him a few moments to figure out how to use it, as he did he noticed that someone was watching them across the street. He blinked and the person was gone, but he didn't have time to worry about it.
"9-1-1 emergancy."
"Hello, we are at the bank parking lot and someone just shot themself." he was going to hang up but he heard the person on the other line.
"Where did he shoot himself?"
"In the head."
"Do you know the person?"
"No, but my friend might."
"There is someone else with the person in question?"
"Yes."
"Tell them to put pressure on the injury until medical personel can get there. You are at the bank am I correct?"
"Yes."
"Medical personel will be there shortly, just stay with the person until help arrives."
"Yes ma' am, thank you." he hung up the phone and went back to Stephanie who hadn't moved, "She said to put pressure on the wound."
Stephanie nodded and ripped her shirt and used it to apply pressure. Legolas noticed that she couldn't use her left arm, he hoped that she didn't get hit with the first shot. They heard cars coming, but Legolas didn't look up until he noticed the lights. Some men got out of the white car and Stephanie quickly got out of the way, They got to the man on the ground and knew instently that he was dead. A man in a uniform walk toward them, Legolas started to move between him and Stephanie but Stephanie put a hand on his shoulder.
"What happened?" he asked, Stephanie explained what happened, leaving out the fact that she was shot. He nodded, got thier names and let them go. As they walked away, Stephanie made sure that they wouldn't notice the bullet hole in her arm. She put a coat over her shoulders before they drove off.
"Why didn't you tell them about your arm?" asked Legolas as they stopped in a parking lot at the other end of town.
"I don't need my parents knowing that I was shot, besides how would I explain the fact that it disappeared over-night? I'm going to have James fix it when we get back, until then you are going to have to help." she explained as she got out of the car, he got out as well and pulled her into his arms.
"I would help you, with or without the injury." he smiled down at her as she blushed slightly, she looked radiant in the moonlight. She backed out of his grasp and walked into the building.
"You can have half a sub, a cheeseburger and a few tacos." Stephanie explained as she started to tell the guy behind the counter how to make the sandwich, " Well put your input in this, you are having half."
He did and they walked out with what they needed from this place. The other two places they went through drive-thrus, in which Legolas was fasenated by it. They stopped by the store and grabbed soda as well as what Stephanie called as strawberries. She told him that he would like them as she grabbed them.
At each place they stopped, Legolas thought he saw someone watching them. Whenever he tried to get a better look, the person was no longer there.
Besides that, nothing else happened as they went back to Stephanie's house. Stephanie tried to carry everything in, but Legolas let her only carry the soda and strawberries.
James met them at the door and quickly took the things from Stephanie and some of the things from Legolas. Legolas was going to explain what happened when James put a finger to his own lips and gestured to the living room.
"They are asleep, we will wake them up once I take care of Stephanie." Stephanie and Legolas nodded, Legolas started to lay the food out while James healed her arm, "I know what happened, the police called and I told them that you where home but had gone to bed."
When she was healed, Stephanie went over and grabbed the strawberries and something else out of the fridge, "I have plans for these, you wake them up."
She handed Legolas a cd and showed him how to put it in the player and how to set it up. She walked into the kitchen and started the stove. James didn't wait and started eating, Legolas started the music and Cassandra started to wake up. Legolas walked over to Stephanie and wrapped his arms around her, she lightly hugged his arms and got back to work. Well worked the best that she could with a pair of arms around her waist.
She started to dip the strawberries in the brown stuff that she had on the stove and put it on a sheet of clouded paper. Legolas just watched in wonder, after she finished all but a few she turned around grabbed one that had cooled and put it to Legolas's mouth. He took a bite and she finished the rest. He enjoyed these items, she gave him one that wasn't dipped and he still liked them.
She hid them in the oven as Draco and Cassandra joined them in the kitchen. Everyone grabbed something to eat and went back into the living room and watched a movie. They finished eating and just watched the movie the best that they could, but Stephanie was too hyper.
She some how got out of Legolas's grasp and went into the kitchen, she came back with the chocolate covered strawberries. These didn't last very long, Draco and Cassandra twisted thier arms together and ate thiers. James just ate them, but he put a few in a bag for Anglina, Legolas and Stephanie did a combination of what Draco and Cassandra did as well as what they had done earlier, with roles switching everytime.
With the combination of chocolate and Mountain dews Stephanie and Legolas got really hyper and started to tickle each other. It was then that Cassandra noticed something.
"What happened to your shirt, Stephanie?" she asked as she noticed that the bottom was ripped. She sighed and layed against Legolas, not caring about what it looked like.
"Someone shot themself, and I had to use the shirt to apply pressure to the wound, but he didn't make it." she said simply as she hugged Legolas, he hugged her back. He could feel the sadness start to well up inside her again. He wanted to take that feeling away, even if it was for a short time.
"We are going to go to bed, night Steph, night Legolas, night James." said Cassandra as her and Draco stood up, they could tell that Legolas and Stephanie needed some time, James took the hint.
"Well I better get back before Anglina starts to worry." and with that he disappeared. Stephanie sighed and started to get up, but Leoglas wouldn't let her.
"You better go upstairs to bed as well, I will sleep..." she didn't finish because a finger was on her lips. She looked at him with sad eyes, "I am going to have to get used to being alone again."
He shook his head and brought her up to his level, she shook her head.
"You are going to go home soon...," again a finger on her lips.
"Allow us to enjoy that time that we have." he knew that he said this before, but she needed him, like he needed her.
"I cannot grow attached," she shook her head as tears started to flow down her cheeks, he put his fingers under her chin.
"But you already have, you cannot deny that. I am attached to you as well." she shook her head, trying to hide the hope that was in her eyes.
After she shook her head, she held onto Legolas slightly tighter. He looked into her eyes and noticed that they where slightly unfoucused, he started to worry.
"Stephanie?" her head rocked slightly before he looked at him again.
"It's alright Legoals, just a little tired." Legolas could tell there was more, but he didn't want to push her too much.
"Well you should rest, you have had an eventful day." he replied, she nodded and started to get up, but once again Legolas wouldn't let her. He wanted that she wouldn't leave his side, too many bad things had happened near her for comfort.
"Could we at least go to the bigger couch so that we both had more room?" he nodded and let her up, he got up as well and carried her to the other couch. He could tell she was having a hard time standing, let alone walking.
Stephanie wouldn't allow herself to lay down, she just sat and looked at one of the walls. Legolas wrapped his arms around her and she leaned into them.
"I don't want this weekend to end." she said with a sigh, Legolas kissed her on the forehead. She looked down, trying to hide her sadness.
"Days must come and go, we never know what the next day will bring but..." he started when she put a finger to his lips.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." she smiled, but Legolas could still the sadness behind it. She stood up and walked out of his grasp, she leaned against one of the walls of the room, "Everything is going to go back to normal after tomorrow, and I don't want it to."
"You do not know that me and Draco will be gone by then, we may be here for weeks maybe hours. We cannot be sure, but I will stay with you for as long as I can." he said as he stood up and wrapped his arms around her again. She shook her head and looked up at him.
"You are not the only ones that will be gone from my life. When Monday comes, I will never see Cassandra again."
"What do you mean, where is she going?" he asked, as far as he could tell she wasn't going anywhere.
"She is not going anywhere, but everything will go back to the way that they have been. Normally she spends her time with another person, I am just pushed aside." Stephanie looked down and chuckled, "That's how it has been my whole life, I have given up everything for my friend. In return, I ask for friendship and approval, something that I do not get any longer. I guess that is too much to ask."
Legolas could hear her hold back the tears that she had been holding for who knows how long. He hugged her, telling her that he was there. She hugged back, as if she was afraid to loose it, like she had lost her friend.
"I am no longer a friend to her, just someone to talk to if that other person is not around." he could feel the tears finally fall, he could tell that she was trying to stop them, "We no longer exchange notes at anytime, we no longer call for hours on end, we no longer talk."
"You talk during lunch..."
"Like I said, the person she normally talks to was gone the last two days. Notice I was the only one who wrote the notes, if she wasn't here she would be writing a 20 page note as well as drawing three pictures that this person will recieve Monday. Whenever I call her, the longest we talk is for three minutes, tops. They call and she will stay up until two in the morning talking to them. During sixth hour, we used to write notes back and forth, now she just writes a note to this other person." Stephanie looks at Legolas with a tearstreaked face, "It sounds like I am jelious and I am not, I know Cassandra has to make new friends because I am leaving. I guess I have grown too used to someone being around, someone being there for me."
She started to walk out of Legolas's grasp, but he wouldn't let her. She needed contact with someone, no matter how small the gesture. With every word that she said, the harder and harder it was for her to control the tears. They still came, but she was able to control them to the point it was just a few drops and only lasting a few seconds.
"As I had said before, I will always be alone and I should get used to it again. This will be the last time that she will be able to stay the night, her mom no longer wants her to. I am just being a baby, expecting her to stay with me." She looked toward the stairs then back at Legolas, "I remeber once, it was late at night, she called me in tears. I drove the 15 miles in a storm, not caring that I could have been struck by lightening, not caring how much gas I had left, I was worried about her. I try to be there for her, I guess I should ask for nothing in return. Not friendship, not approval, not even company, always alone." Legolas dicided to carry her back to the couch, she was shaking from her tears.
"I worry everyday that I will come home and find my pets dead, or something on the machine saying that my parents are dead. Cassandra was the only sure thing that I had left, and I no longer have that. I don't want this to end, I don't want to be alone. I know that I will be for the rest of my life, but I just want this to last for a little longer." she no longer had control, they fell unchecked and unnoticed.
"Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies even closer is what they say. Who is they, nothing but someone that I have never met. Your worst enemies may end up your best friends in the end. Friendship is something I give to everyone, even if they don't ask for it or want it. I will always be Cassandra's friend, I will try to be there for her. I know that people grow up and they find new friends, but one hopes that they keep the old. I can never be mad at Cassandra or anyone else. I am never mad, but if I am never mad then where can the anger go? Where can the hurt, the pain, the lose of it all go?"
"It looks like it goes in tears, tears that you have held back for the sake of others. You don't let yourself cry to make sure you are not someone's worry." she chuckled and looked up at Legolas.
"Am I really that predictable? I do what you say and more. I don't cry to make sure no one is annoyed or mad at me. Whenever I cry, I see the look that Cassandra gives me. She hates me for it, that I am allowed to cry and she is not. She was raised like a boy, not allowed to cry, not able to express her feelings except in hate, anger, and any other means of males to show emotions. I am not the one who needs support, it's her. She wants to be able to cry and she can't, she has been taught not to."
"Just as you where taught not to love someone of opposite gender as yourself?" Stephanie shakes her head and leans against the couch.
"She won't be able to be untaught such a thing, if someone is going to it is going to be a close friend. I was hoping that I would be able to help some how. I can see now that I can't, she deserves a better friend than I. Maybe that friend will come around, maybe they already have, I just know that that friend won't be me."
Legolas didn't know what to say or do. It looked to him that Stephanie's and Cassandra's friendship was the strongest he had seen, this included the one between the Hobbits. It didn't seem like there was anything between them, the only thing that could have challanged the strength of that kind of bond was marriage. He couldn't see what could have done this to make Stephanie think like this.
"Friendship can be made of the strongest stuff, but one rip and it is easily broken." Stephanie chuckled to herself, not sure of what she just said. She sits up and laughs, laughing at everything that had happened, everything she thought, and just everything.
"What am I thinking? Cassandra values our friendship more than that! I know I do! No matter what she does or what happens, I won't stop being her friend! I will annoy her til the end of her days, or mine which ever comes first!" she looks at Legolas and smiles, then pulls him into a hug. He hugs her back, not sure if she is over her depression, or just finally cracked. "I am sorry about being so depressed, I guess I needed to take it out on something and you where the only one who would listen without getting mad at me."
Legolas wondered why Stephanie would think that Cassandra would get mad by telling her how she felt. He didn't want to think of it now, Stephanie was happy and he found it catching. She stood up and went into the kitchen, she reached into the fridge and grabbed a bottle out of it.
"Grape-apple cider! Cassi dosen't like it much because it has bubbles, but I think I have something that Cassi and Draco will like!" she reached in and grabbed another bottle, then she looked at it, "You know, I don't think Cass will like it, but Draco will."
She put the grape-apple cider and the other bottle on the counter and continued to look in the fridge. She pulled a number of random foods, chocolate, a strange green stuff, mushrooms, cherries, small brown furry things, yogurt, coconut and other items. She pulled out a bottle of chocolate milk for Cassandra and started to take some of the things upstairs.
"Hey lovebirds! Are you willing enough to stop whatever you are doing and join us for a snack?" she yelled as she climbed the stairs, Legolas took a few items from her as they made thier way up.
"What makes you think that we are doing something?" asked Cassandra as she stepped out of the room, Draco followed not looking happy.
"Aw, why the long face Draco?" asked Stephanie as she handed him the bottle with the drink for him, he took it and looked at it.
"She just beat me three times in chess." he grumbled as he took a drink, he perked up as he took a sip, "Pumpkin juice, how did you get some?"
"Pumpkin juice?" said Cassandra as she took her milk, Stephanie just smiled.
"I would have given you some too Cass, but you don't like pumpkin pie, so I figured you wouldn't like it." she replied as she showed Cassi the mushrooms. Cassandra grabbed for them, but Stephanie moved them out of her reach and started to head downstairs.
"If you want em, you have to come and get em'!" called Stephanie as she ran down the stairs, with Cassi in close persuit. The males looked at each other confused, but followed the ladies downstairs.
Cassandra sat on the couch, enjoying the mushrooms to her heart's content. Draco decided to join her as Stephanie started brining in some of the other foods that she had.
Cassandra nearly lunged at Stephanie when she brought out the fuzzy brown fruit called "kiwi." as well as the chocolate. Draco ate as many of the cherries as he could before Cassi noticed them. Stephanie started to pour the cider when she turned to Legolas.
"What would you like to drink and eat?" she asked, he pulled her into his arms and smiled at the slight red hint that was appearing.
"Whatever you are having." she shook her head, but poured the drink. He found that he enjoyed the drink, but not the bubbles that it contained. One tended to foucus on that and not the taste of it.
"I am not sure if you would want any of this, it's cole slaw and I am the only person who likes it as much as I do." replied Stephanie as she grabbed the container with the green stuff, she handed him a fork and guestured for him to try it. He tried it and found that it could have tasted better but he still liked it.
Cassandra was explaining yogurt to Draco, who after tring it started to go after Cassandra's. They started fighting over it until they heard a crash in the kitchen. They went into the kitchen to see what broke when they saw Stephanie tring to open the coconut. They noticed that Legolas was in a courner in slight fear at the sight of Stephanie being so violent.
"Open you stupid..." she said as the shell finally gave way, she looked around and saw the commotion that she caused, grabbed a piece of coconut and went into the living room. Legolas did the same and followed her, nether of them noticed that Draco and Cassandra started to put some of the food back into the fridge.
After words, they snuck back upstairs, with Draco swearing that he was going to beat Cassandra this time. Stephanie just layed in Legolas's arms, all of the energy and hyperness drained. Legolas thought that this was odd, if one was as hyper as she was, they wouldn't be tired that quickly. The sadness had came back and just stayed, draining her energy. They remained in each other's arms as they drifted to sleep, each of them longing for the other to stay with them.
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Well is that good enough, I can't help but end a little depressed.
Ravage Blue: I am good at confusing ppl! I think that should be my job so that I can get paid to do it! Save the anime characters!!! You need to drink MD sparingly, so that you have more in the future to be hypper and happy with!
LotR-PotC-HP-Number1Fan: Wow, long name! I am glad that you like it so far! Good luck with reading the rest, this may take a while to read. I hope that you will like the rest as well!
Miss Cassi: well I thank you for the corrections. I always get Authos and Luthos mixed up, but at least I spelled his name right! and with Micall, I had no what of knowing, so I had to guess. But thanks for the help!
