High School…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: You mean you still don't know…(Shakes her head in despair)

Since none of us were used to getting up early, the four of us all slept in late the next morning. If Billee hadn't broken a major rule and come in to wake us, we would have all missed breakfast.

"Wake up" he hissed, tapping my shoulder and going on to shake Jamie. "You're late"

"How late?" Indigo muttered from under her covers. "Is it breakfast time yet?"

"In ten minutes" Billee told us. "Jake, Baz and Legolas are waiting outside. Come on, get up."

"How did we sleep so late?" Jamie mumbled, dragging herself out of bed. "Thank you Billee"

"It's okay," our elf friend said with a nod. "The things I do for you girls…"

"Billee" Baz stuck his head around the door. "Elrond is coming this way"

Billee swore and darted out of the room. Guys aren't supposed to be in our dorm, especially not first thing in the morning. Although Billee regularly comes in anyway. He's friends with all of us, so no one really minds him.

"I hope Elrond doesn't figure him out," I said, quickly pulling my shirt over my head. "I don't want him to get in trouble"

"No, me neither" Jamie agreed. "Good old Billee. What would we do without him?"

"Sleep late nearly every morning" I said with a shrug. "Go mad because we can't do some work. Never get into trouble…"

"Yeah, he's a good friend when it counts" Jamie said quickly. "Are you feeling better after last night?"

"Oh yeah" I muttered, glancing at the floor. "I feel fine now. No problem"

She looked at me and opened her mouth to say something else, but Indigo and Reesa came over and she fell silent.

"Shall we go then?" Reesa asked. We all looked at each other and started to giggle. We looked a complete mess, with our clothes just thrown on and our hair not brushed.

"Oh well" Indigo shrugged. "Let's just go down to breakfast. We can come back up here afterwards and tidy ourselves up"

When we left our dorm, Billee, Jake, Baz and Legolas were still waiting for us. When they saw us, Jake gave a sigh of relief.

"We thought you weren't coming," he said. "You look a right mess"

"Yes, we know" Jamie scowled. "You don't have to tell us"

"Yes we do" Baz said with a grin. "Because it's funny to see you girls get so worked up about it"

"Billee, did Elrond say anything?" I asked, trying to change the subject. "You didn't get into trouble did you?"

"No" he said as we began walking down to the dining hall. "He just walked past and gave me a very strange look. "Then he stopped and said, 'What are you four up to?' I told him that we were just waiting for you then he gave me another of his strange looks and walked off"

"I swear he thinks that that you are some kind of weirdo" Baz said smirking. "I mean last year, how many times did he catch you in their dorm?"

"Too many to count" Indigo said immediately. "But he's our friend. He can come in if he wants to, because we trust him"

"Thank you" Billee opened the dining room door and held it open for us to go through. "Now go tell that to Elrond"

"No way" Indigo shrieked. "Get Emma to do it. She's the one with a major thing for him"

"Not true" I protested. "He's just nice, that's all. Why don't you believe me?"

"Sure. Of course we believe you" Reesa said with a nod and a smirk. "Why shouldn't we?"

"I don't know" Jake muttered from behind me. "Maybe because we all know it's true"

I didn't reply. We got our food and headed over to our table.

"Mind you" Billee sat down and looked at me strangely. "A little bird told me that you and Boromir were getting on well last night"

"We talked for a bit," I admitted, pushing my food around my plate. "He's not bad"

"And Jamie likes Frodo" Jake teased. Jamie glared at her brother and raised her fist.

"Shut up" she warned. "Now"

As we began eating, Gimli walked past us. At his approach, Legolas and Billee looked at each other and clenched their fists.

"If he says on word to me…" Billee began, but Gimli interrupted him.

"Yuk" the dwarf said. "I smell elves"

"And I see an ugly dwarf" Legolas said immediately. "Lets face it Gimli. I'd rather die than be short and hairy like a dwarf"

Gimli looked annoyed, but he turned and began to walk away. As he did, I saw Billee stick his foot out. Gimli flew over it and landed in a heap on the floor. As everyone laughed at the dwarf, Billee whistled and did his best to look innocent. Gimli stood up and pointed at Billee.

"This isn't over yet, elf" he hissed. "I'll get you for this"

Before Billee could reply, Gimli had stormed out. I looked at Billee and gave a sigh. We had hardly even got settled and already I could sense trouble starting.