High School. A teen's best friend. Yeah Right

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: We would buy them… but we don't have the money

Summary: almost chapter 40 and you still need a summary? Geez…

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"I can't Jamie," I said immediately. "I want to get rid of them just as much as you do, but I can't tell Elrond"

"Why not, Emma? This is our chance"

"Three reasons" I said quietly. "If Billee hears about this, he'll kick the crap out of Randy and I don't want him to get into any trouble. Secondly, I just want to forget it ever happened. Thirdly, there is no way on earth I am telling Elrond the stuff Randy said to me. I can't do it"

"But…"

"No" I said firmly. I got out of bed and began to get dressed. "I'm really sorry. Jaime…" I hated myself for what I said next, but it had to be said. "If you tell anyone, I'll just deny it. As far as I'm concerned, it didn't happen. That's how I have to think to be able to cope with it"

"It won't work" Jaime looked worried. "If you don't tell Elrond, they'll only get you again"

"It wasn't even Gimli really" I muttered, not really listening to her. "Not this time" I could see that Jaime was upset so I made a compromise.

"Listen" I said. "If you keep quiet about it for now, I promise that I'll consider telling Elrond. I just need time"

"Oh Emma" Jaime stood up and gave me a hug. "You know that I'm here for you, don't you?"

"I know" I hugged her back and just managed a small smile. "Are you coming to breakfast?"

Billee and Legolas met us just outside the infirmary.

"You two missed a great argument last night" Billee told us with a grin. "And Gandalf got really mad at us"

"What happened?" I asked. "Tell us"

"Me and Legolas couldn't sleep last night," Billee explained. "So we went for a walk"

"We went past Elrond's office" Legolas said. "And we could hear raised voices, so we went over to listen"

"You didn't!" Jaime sounded shocked. "Were you caught?"

"Well, Elrond, Gandalf and Glorfindel were all in there" Billee continued. "They were talking about you Emma"

"Me? What were they saying?"

"Old Gandalf was getting really mad at Elrond" Legolas said quietly. "He was saying that you obviously hurt yourself for attention and Elrond said he didn't think that was true. Then Gandalf started asking why nothing had been done about you. What did he say Billee?"

"He said, 'you're being bloody irresponsible Elrond. She's been in there twice already this year. When are you actually going to do something about her?'"

"Glorfindel started arguing with Gandalf, saying that it wasn't easy since you didn't trust teachers" Legolas continued. "Then Gandalf said that he should try harder. Elrond went absolutely mad"

"I'll tell you something, girls" Billee had a slight smile on his face. "I won't repeat what he said word for word, but I didn't think our beloved principal could swear that much. It shocked me, it really did."

"What did he say?" I asked. To be honest, the idea of Elrond actually swearing is quite shocking. It doesn't happen much.

"He basically said that he was trying as hard as he could, but since you won't talk to him, he doesn't see what else he can do," Billee said with a shrug. "Gandalf said something that we couldn't hear and opened the door. We just had time to move back before he came out"

"What happened then?" Jaime asked. "Did you get in trouble?"

"He yelled, 'Legolas Greenleaf, Billee Deamae, have you been eavesdropping?'" Legolas said, breaking into a grin. "Billee said…"

"I said, 'no sir, we're just going to have a piss' then we ran off down the corridor" Billee broke off and cracked up laughing. "Oh his face"

In ten seconds, we were all laughing. Gandalf hates students using 'foul' language around him. Only Billee would dare to say something like that to his face.

"Serves him bloody right" I said, once we had all calmed down. "Having a go at Elrond like that. Elrond's the best principal in the world"

"We know" Billee said, holding the dining hall door open for me and Jaime to go through. "Gandalf is just an idiot"

We got our breakfast and sat at our usual table. I sat between Boromir and Billee. Boromir kissed me on the cheek.

"I was worried," he whispered in my ear. "What happened?"

"I don't want to talk about it," I whispered back. "But I'm fine, thanks for asking"

"I'm glad" he nuzzled against my neck and I was suddenly overcome with the urge to kiss him. At first I hesitated, unsure of how the others would react. But when he kissed me, I didn't pull away. I kissed him back, not noticing the cheers my friends were giving us until we had pulled apart.

"Go for it, Em" Baz cheered. "Nice one"

"Shut up" I blushed and looked at Jaime. She grinned. Billee was the only one not cheering. He was looking down at his place, a scowl on his face. I was about to ask him what was wrong, but then Randy brushed past me and I froze, unable to speak.

"Half-elven whore" he whispered, his voice so low that I could barely hear it. I was sure that Boromir didn't hear anything but he still turned round.

"Get the hell away from her, Randy," he said firmly. "Leave her alone"

"You could do so much better than her Boromir" Randy shook his head and began to walk away. Boromir stood up, but I grabbed his arm.

"Don't," I said slowly. "He isn't worth it"

"What did he say?" Billee asked. "I didn't quite catch it"

"Oh nothing" I said quickly. "Just something stupid. Come on, let's go to class"