High School. A Teens Best Friend. Yeah Right.

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: Nope, not ours.

Summary: Oh come on…

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I was up getting a cup of hot chocolate when Billee came in. I almost dropped my mug in shock. His nose was bleeding and he has a massive bruise on his jaw. He was hobbling too. That could only mean one thing. Who ever he got into a fight with had kicked him in the groin. I raced to him.

"Billee, what happened to you?"

"I was walking in the grounds and your dad took me by surprise." I groaned.

"Not again…was he drunk as a sailor?"

"A little, not as much as this afternoon though." I gave him a hug.

"Poor Billee. You look really tired you know. Have you been getting much sleep, lately?"

He shook his head. "No, I've been worrying about Emma."

"Oh Billee, you got to have sleep. Come and have a cup of cocoa with me."

So we sat at the table, mostly in silence, drinking our cocoa. Finally it was me who spoke.

"D'you think Emma's parents will let her out for graduation?"

Billee shrugged. "Who knows? I really hope so. But my hopes are very low to the ground."

Graduation was five weeks away. Some how, we had to make sure Emma didn't hurt herself during that time. But how?

We both looked up from staring at our mugs as Elrond came in.

"What are you two doing up?" he asked, quirking an eyebrow.

"Oh thinking of ways to sabotage Graduation and then run off laughing with our diplomas." I said, smiling. Elrond laughed.

"I suppose even though a certain mischievous hobbit is getting married, that doesn't make her less mischievous, now does it?"

It was my turn to laugh. "Not in the slightest, Elrond. Not in the slightest."

Elrond's gaze turned to Billee's bloody nose. "What happened to you?"

"I met up with Mr. Shadow in the grounds. He decide to give me present. An operation to the lower part of the male elf anatomy."

Elrond winced. "Ouch, Jamie, how did you put up with it?"

"I have absolutely know idea. I'm just lucky I guess."



After school on Friday, I walked back to the dorm with Frodo. We were giggling about something. I can't remember what. We walked past Elrond's office. He called us in.

"Good news." He said, smiling.

"Good news? What's good news?" I asked in a funny sarcastic way. We hadn't heard any good news in a long time.

"Emma's parents have decided only to leave her in the hospital for a few weeks. Three at most. She'll be back for Graduation." He held up the letter he had been reading.

I squealed with happiness and bounced around like Tigger. Making Frodo and Elrond laugh very hard.

This most certainly was good news.