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: You mean you still don't know? Well I'm not wasting time telling you, you can just read the previous chapters thank you.

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As Jamie ran out of the room, I wasn't sure what to do. Part of me wanted to go after her, but I figured that she probably needed some time alone. I cursed myself for not putting the knife away. It must have been a horrible way for Jamie to find out.

As I picked the knife up from where she had dropped it on the floor, Billee and Legolas came in.

"Hey, what's up with Jamie?" Legolas asked. "We saw her running past us looking really upset"

I blushed and held out the knife. Billee looked down at the ground and shook his head.

"Oh crap," he muttered. "No wonder she was so upset."

"She made me feel bad, Billee" I said slowly. "But…I can't be strong for her unless I…do you think she'll tell anyone?"

"I hope not," Legolas said quietly. "If she does, you'll probably just have to deny it. Billee tells me that you've done that before"

"That's right," I admitted. "But that will upset Jamie even more. I only kept it from her because I didn't want to hurt her"

"You couldn't win, Em" Billee gave me a hug. "If you had told her, she would have been just as upset as she is now. Give her time and she'll come round. After all, you're still her best friend"

He held out his hand for the knife. I hesitated and he noticed.

"I won't take it off you" he said softly. "It's been on the floor. It needs to be washed with hot water. I'll take it to the kitchen and pour kettle water over it for you"

"No, I'd better do it" Legolas said immediately. "No one will take much notice of me. But if they see you with a knife, they'll probably assume that you are going to use it to stab Gimli"

"Now that's an idea," Billee said with a grin, handing the knife to Legolas. "Go on then, but be quick. Homeroom will be starting in a minute"

"You two go on ahead," Legolas said quickly. "I'll put it back under your pillow when I've done it"

"Thanks" I told him. "I'll see you in a minute"

I headed over to Galadriel's room. There were a few people in there, including Jamie. I sat next to her, but she wouldn't even look at me. That hurt.

"Jamie, look I'm sorry," I said slowly. "I didn't want you to find out like that" There was no response.

"Fine, be like that" I muttered, turning away from her. Legolas came in and looked, first at me then at Jamie.

"Still bad?" he whispered, sitting beside me. I nodded and he put his hand over mine. "It'll be alright," he said gently. "Just give her time"

"She won't even speak to me, Legolas" my voice shook, but I held back the tears. "I want Billee"

"I know, I know" he put his arm around me and held me tightly, not letting go even when Galadriel came into the room. "We'll go and see Billee after this. I'll take you to see him"

"Thank you" I said, wiping away unshed tears with the back of my hand. All through homeroom, I barely heard a word Galadriel was saying. Jamie didn't look like she was listening either, in fact I could swear she was crying, but since she wouldn't look up I couldn't be sure.

I didn't know that it was possible to feel this bad. All I could hope was that she forgave me soon.