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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(Billee's POV)

When I woke up, early again, Elrond had already left. I prayed that Emma would talk to him. If she was back here, with the people who cared about her, maybe we could help her. I knew that Elrond would do everything in his power to help. He wouldn't let us down.

I glanced out of the window and saw Jaime and Laddie down in the grounds. I quickly threw on some clothes and went down to join them. Jaime told me about the dream she had had and I had to smile, if only briefly. Mr Silverblade as a bat…

"Have you told Boromir and Legolas yet?" Jaime asked. I hesitated.

"I told Legolas last night when everyone else was asleep," I said after a minute. "He was shocked and horrified. Emma's father had better not show his face around here"

"What about Boromir?"

"No, I haven't told him yet" I admitted. "I'm not sure how to, and Emma did ask me not to tell anyone except you and Legolas. I am not sure what to do for the best"

"Billee…"

"I know, I know," I muttered. "He has to know, right? I'll catch him later or maybe you could tell him if you see him before me."

"Have you told Elrond?"

"I have," I told her. "He's gone to the hospital now in the hope that she will talk to him. After that it's just a matter of seeing what he can do"

"I hope he succeeds" Jaime whispered. I put a comforting arm around her.

"He will" I said softly. "I have faith in our principal" I just hoped that I was right…

(Emma's POV)

As I opened my eyes, I could see a blurry figure sitting on the end of my bed. At first I panicked, thinking that it was a doctor, or even worse my parents. But as my vision cleared, I could see that it was Elrond. He wasn't looking at me, but when I shifted slightly, he turned his head my way. He looked upset and worried. And I could tell from his expression that he knew…

I threw myself at him and hugged him as hard as I could. He held me and rubbed my back as I cried into his shoulder.

"I'm sorry," I said between sobs. "I'm sorry for everything"

"It's okay," he whispered. "I understand now. We all do. Do you want to talk about it?"

I did, although it was hard. Elrond sat there for three hours, just holding me and listening as I told him everything, what my dad had done, the stuff that Randy and Gimli had said to trigger the memories off and how I'd been made to feel that it was all my fault.

"When I told my mum," I said with a sob. "She just shouted at me. She did make him stop in the end, but she told me never to tell anyone again. That was 11 years ago. So I tried to block it out. Was it my fault, sir? Did I make it happen?"

"No, no it wasn't your fault" Elrond said gently. "But now we've just got to decide what to do"

"I don't want to stay here," I said immediately. "I want to come back to school"

"I know" Elrond patted my shoulder and stood up. "I have to go and speak to some people. Don't worry, I'll be back"

He went out and shut the door behind him. After a minute I heard his voice although I couldn't hear what he was saying. I gathered that he was arguing with someone. Finally, he came back in, this time accompanied by my doctor.

"Your principal tells me that he believes you will be better off back at school," he said kindly. "Do you think that will be the case Emma?" I nodded.

"Fine then" he said, turning to Elrond. "If you just sign one or two papers for us, she can come home in a couple of days. In the meantime we'll keep her parents away from her"

"I'll sign" Elrond agreed. "But if her parents disagree with this, can they get her back?"

"Only if she winds up in here again" the doctor said with a shrug. "One of the papers you'll need to sign will give you full responsibility for her well being until she reaches eighteen"

"A month after graduation" Elrond said thoughtfully. "Let's see these papers then"

"Come with me then sir," my doctor said. "It's time for Emma to sleep now anyway"

Elrond tucked me in and gave me a kiss on the cheek, before leaving with the doctor. He promised me that he would be back in two days to take me home. I believed him and I was glad. I could only hope that my parents wouldn't try to interfere in all this.