High School … a teens best friend. Yeah Right.

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

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Believe me, I had never been so scared in my life. But I knew that the best thing I could do was to stay calm. I had no idea that Jamie had asthma but since Billee's younger brother has it, I knew what to do in an emergency. I quickly got her puffer from her drawer and sat next to her as she used it, talking to her softly.

"You're going to be okay," I said over and over again. I knew that I should get someone else, but I didn't want to leave Jamie in case she got worse.

Luckily she didn't. After a few minutes, her breathing was almost back to normal. But she still looked scared. I'm not really surprised, it must have been a horrible experience for her.

"Thanks Em" she said quietly. "That was scary"

"It looked scary" I replied, giving her a quick hug. "How are you feeling now?"

"Nervous" she said, giving me a very faint smile. "Tired"

"Do you think you're going to be alright?" I asked, worried. "Maybe we should go to the infirmary, just in case"

"Emma, I'll be fine now honestly," she told me. "Besides, I don't want to go to the infirmary again. Especially not overnight" I nodded and let it go. Jamie seemed to be okay anyway.

When Billee, Frodo and Legolas came in a few minutes later, we told them what had happened. Frodo looked really worried.

"Are you alright now, Jaime?" he asked, going to sit beside her. Jaime nodded and Frodo kissed her. Sweet.

"You did good, Emma" Billee said seriously. "Asthma attacks can be nasty things. A lot of people would have just panicked"

"Yeah, well I couldn't, could I?" I said with a shrug. "Besides, I've seen you deal with little Colan enough times"

"Is Colan your brother?" Legolas asked. Billee nodded.

"Yeah, my younger brother" he said. "He's only 6 years old. I had an older brother too, but he died three years ago. That was when my dad started drinking…"

He broke off and looked at the floor. I remembered those days, I've known Billee and his family for years and I could remember the accident. But it hurts Billee to even think about it. He covers up, puts on a brave face but it's only an act. Legolas put an arm around his shoulders.

"It's okay Billee," he whispered. "It's alright"

"I'm fine" Billee insisted, just as Elrond walked in. "What can we do for you sir?"

"Ah, Billee Deamae, I had a feeling I'd find you in here" Elrond said slowly. He paused and looked, first at Jamie and Frodo who had pulled apart as soon as they heard him speak, then at Legolas, who still had his arm around Billee's shoulders. "I'm not interrupting anything am I?" he asked. "The door was open"

"It's fine," I said immediately. "We were just talking" I didn't mention Jaime's asthma attack. If she wanted too, then it was her decision, not mine.

"Well then Billee, I wanted to say that I heard about what happened in the dining hall at lunchtime" Elrond smiled at Billee and my elf friend grinned back. "It was good of you to look out for Sam and to see Randy off without a fight. I'm proud of you"

"Thanks sir" Billee blushed and looked at the floor. "But it was no big deal, really. I just wasn't prepared to stand back and watch him hurt someone. Besides, I've been hit by Randy before, and he doesn't hit half as hard as my dad does"

"I figured" Elrond said grimly. "This school needs more people like you and Baz"

"Yeah, well we'll look out for the hobbits at any rate" Billee said with a shrug. "It's no problem"

"Thank you, that's one thing less for me to worry about" Elrond looked around at all of us and suddenly I knew what he was going to say next.

"Who came up with the poster idea?" he said. "Come on, I know that it was your group. Own up, maybe I won't be as mad as you think"

"It was my idea, sir" Billee said immediately. "The others helped, but I…"

"No it was my idea too" Jaime called over. "Don't take all the blame Billee, only most of it"

"Well at least you're honest" Elrond muttered. "Now I know exactly what you were up to this morning. The students have been talking about nothing else and it seems that they have a lot of respect for you guys for daring to do it. So all I'm going to say for now is, don't let it get out of hand"

"That's it?" I asked, completely amazed. "We aren't going to get into any trouble?"

"I don't agree with what you did," Elrond said seriously. "And I think you should all be very careful, but we can't seem to do anything with Randy, so maybe this has helped. For now, I'll turn a blind eye"

"Good old Elrond" Legolas yelled as Elrond shut the door behind him. "Three cheers for the best principal in the world"