Life After High School. Is It Scary? You Bet.

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: We don't own them 'cept our characters…damn.

Summary: WooHoo! A sequel! I dunno where it's going, so there's no summary!

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It was late into the night when I heard the rapid clip-clop sounds of horses. I could tell at once it was Emma and Billee, but they had another person with them. I got out of bed, and walked to the front door. I opened it and ushered Billee, Emma and their friend in. We sat by the fire to keep warm, it had grown a little chilly.

"So, did you find your mysterious caller?" I asked, handing around mugs of hot chocolate.

"Jamie, this is Damon, he is a friend of ours and he's been kicked out of home, he needs a place to stay."

"Well, Frodo and I would be glad to let you stay, Damon, but would you mind doing a bit of light work? Just helping around the house?"

"No, I wouldn't mind that, I guess."

I petted Casper and scratched her behind the ears when she put her head in my lap. "Good, because, if Emma and Billee haven't told you, Frodo and I are getting married in two days, we need all the help we can get."

"Well, congratulations, I'll be willing to help."

"Thank you. Come with me Damon, we don't have much room to spare, but I can give you the little room that used to be a gardeners quarters. Will that suit you?"

"It will do just fine, thank you, Miss Jamie."

I smiled. "Jamie, just call me Jamie."



The next morning, I woke up to Frodo bear-hugging me. It made me giggle.

"So you're awake, are you?"

"Now I am, you silly sod. Your fault."

"Well if it's my fault, I should get a punishment, shouldn't I?"

"Well, let's see, what kind of punishment would that be?"

In answer Frodo pulled me on top of him…



Later, when Frodo had received his 'punishment', we went downstairs together, Emma was sitting in Boromir's lap, talking. She looked up when we entered and quirked her eyebrow. So now we were even. I went to one of the many pantries and got out some breakfast for myself and Frodo, even though it was almost lunch time.

I looked out the window as I prepared brunch and saw Colan and Wendy playing with Laddie and Casper. I sighed, thinking. Frodo wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Anything wrong?"

"No… just thinking about Stacey and Tracy, they said they were going to come and stay with some friends they had here. And Jake, Baz and Julia are coming from Midgewood this afternoon. Merry's family said that they'd love to have them stay. After all, A wedding is a big thing in Hobbiton, isn't it?"

"Just like Bilbo's and my party." Frodo chuckled. "As long as there is food and drink and a good dance, anyone will come."

"I still can't believe that Bilbo and Gandalf are friends."

Frodo shook his head in disbelief. "I know, it's actually kind of scary. But that damn wizard does have some good fireworks in the back of that cart."

I stared at him, my sick mind taking over, and I began laughing. He realised what I was laughing at and started laughing to.

"That DID NOT come out right, at all." I gasped, tears of mirth running down my face. Emma came in, possibly to find a drink.

"Oh look at that, you're killing eachother already." She said with a smile. "And even before you're married, too."

At that, Frodo and I began to laugh again. I don't know what was wrong with us, maybe I just hadn't had a good laugh for a very long time, and it was all bottled up, waiting to come out. But it was good to laugh. Very good.