High school is a teen's best friend. Yeah right.

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: If we owned anything to do with LOTR, we'd be in heaven. Unfortunately, we don't so we are still on crappy earth.

Summery: Ahh you guys have read the past four chapters, you know what its about.

A/N: If I'm a bit vague, blame it on my English teacher. I think I failed my exam….wait a minute, what do I care?

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I was still worried about Emma. If she was hurting herself again, I knew I had to tell someone.

I walked into the dining hall. I grabbed a plate of sausages tomatoes and bacon and went an sat with the girls and the guys, who had chosen to sit with us this time. I sat down in between Frodo and Jake.

"Where's Emma?" Blue inquired, looking at the door as if she expected Emma to burst it late or something.

"She's not coming. She went to bed early, I think." I said, starting on my dinner. Someone tapped me on the shoulder.

"Hey girlie." A voice only an idiot wouldn't reconise said. I turned around in my seat and squealed in delight. "Baz!" I hugged my cousin tight. He laughed and ruffled my hair.

"How you doin', Champ?" he asked.

"Good. How you doin', Creep?"

"Alright, had a bit of a run-in with your dad, though." he said, showing off an ugly bruise on his leg. I winced.

"Sorry."

"Not your problem, don't worry 'bout it." I grinned and introduced him to the new guys. Indigo was snickering at a joke Merry had told her. Reesa, who already knew Baz, smiled. Baz shook hands with the new guys and walked back over to his friends, who included Billee, Emma and My good friend.

After dinner was finished, I went in search of Elrond. True to my word, I was going to ask if we could stay at school during the holidays. I dragged Jake behind me.

Elrond was in his study. He looked up as Jake and I walked into the room.

"Jamie, Jake, what can I do for you?"

I explained the situation and showed him Jake's bruise for proof. Elrond sighed. He knew about our father.

"I can't permit you to stay on campus during the holidays, but I might be able to convince someone to take you in instead. How does that sound?"

I nodded. Jake nodded. "That would be great, thank you, Sir." I said. Elrond smiled.

"Not a problem."

Jake hi-tailed back to his room, which he was sharing with Billee, Baz, Aragon, Boromir and Legolas. I walked back to my room.

I opened the door to find Emma under the covers, sobbing. Indigo and Reesa weren't back yet. I hurried over to my best friends bed.

"Emma, what's wrong? Why are you so upset?" I asked frantically.

Emma didn't answer but flung her arms around my neck and sobbed into my shoulder. I gave her a comforting hug. Poor girl. Emotionally deprived. I felt sorry for her.

When all the crying was out of her, Emma fell asleep. I tucked the half-elf in to bed and walked back to my area, changed into my PJ's and hopped into bed. I fell asleep with about a hundred things on my mind. The two biggest issues were Emma and Jake. I was worried about them both. But what could I do? I was but a humble hobbit.

*What to do…?

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