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

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: You really want to know? Well I can't tell you.

Summary: Damn it. I am not saying one derogatory word.

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(Emma's POV)

I slowly opened my eyes and looked around me. I was in a hospital room, but I couldn't remember why I was here. In fact I could barely remember anything. My brain seemed like it had shut down or something. I noticed that I had a needle stuck in my arm and a dull ache in my stomach.

The door opened and Damon, Benny, Billee and Legolas came in. Legolas was the first to realise that I was lying there with my eyes open.

"Emma" he said, sounding very glad. "You're awake!"

They all gathered around my bed excitedly, except Damon who hurried from the room and came back with a doctor.

"What happened?" I asked weakly. "How did I get here?"

"You collapsed" Damon said softly. "From not eating properly. And then you started bleeding…"

"You lost your baby" Billee told me. I nodded and turned my head away from them. Billee gently touched my arm. "Emma…" he continued. "I'm…"

"Don't say it" I whispered, more upset than I thought I'd be. "I don't want anyone's sympathy. It's for the best. I don't even want to talk about it any more"

I heard Damon give a sigh. I knew what he was thinking, but he didn't say it. Instead it was Benny who spoke next.

"Are you going to tell her?" he asked. "Or shall I?"

"Tell me what?" I struggled to sit up, but I couldn't quite manage it. I guess I was still too weak. Legolas gently pushed be back down, urging me not to overdo it. Benny looked at Billee. Billee lowered his head.

"Emma, when you first came to hospital" he whispered. "I…I called Jaime and Boromir was there…"

"And" I knew where this was going. "You told him about me losing his child, right?"

"I'm sorry Emma, I really am. It's just that I thought he had a right to know…"

"He doesn't have a right to know anything" I said wearily. "And if you talk to him again, you can tell him from me that I'm glad I lost it because it means that I don't have any ties to him now"

"Emma" Billee was shocked by my sudden outburst. "You don't mean that"

"Doesn't matter now does it?" I said with a shrug. "It doesn't matter what I want and it doesn't matter what he wants. We're over, aren't we?"

I turned away from him and looked at the doctor. "Can I have something to eat before I go back to sleep?" I asked. "And when can I go home?"

"Yes, you can have something to eat" the doctor said with a smile. "And as for going home, well we'll have to wait and see. If you manage to keep some food down and put weight back on, then we'll see" He gave me another smile and turned to the others. "Damon, maybe you'd like to go get your sister something to eat" he said. Damon looked at me and winked. I wasn't sure what was going on, but I trusted Damon and I was happy to go along with whatever game he was playing. "And as for the rest of you" the doctor continued. "Maybe you should go home and let Emma get some rest. She'll be alright now, we just want to monitor her until she puts some weight back on"

"Fair enough" Billee agreed. "Emma, we are going to have to let the others know that you're alright. Is there anyone you want to see? Apart from Elrond of course"

'Boromir' my brain shouted but I blocked it out. "No" I whispered. "No one"

Billee nodded and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. Then he, Legolas and Benny left. After they had gone, I lay there looking up at the ceiling, waiting for Damon to bring me some food.

(Damon's POV)

As I left the room, I overheard Emma saying that there was no one she wanted to see. I felt sorry for Billee then, since he was the one who was going to have to break the bad news to Jaime. I didn't know Jaime well, but I knew that she would be upset too. Imagine hearing that although your best friend has just woken up, she doesn't want to see you. I suppose that it was for the best though, what with Jaime being pregnant and all.

When I took her a tray of food, Billee and the others had left. Benny was waiting for me outside the door and he whispered that he had just called Jaime, but there was no reply so he had just left a message telling her that Emma had woken up. I nodded and told him to go back with the others.

While Emma was eating, the doctor approached me and asked if he could have a word. I agreed and we went to his office where we could talk in private.

"Damon" he said gravely. "I have some very bad news concerning your sister"

"Emma? Why, what's wrong?"

"I have to ask you not to mention this to anyone" the doctor told me. "Since Emma doesn't know yet and I'm not going to tell her until she is stronger. But that miscarriage, it wasn't caused solely by her not eating"

"Then what…?"

"We are currently unsure although there are many possibilities. But Damon, if the baby had been a lot bigger, she probably would have died from the blood loss. There is no guarantee that this won't happen again"

"You mean that if she wants to have kids in the future…"

"Yes Damon. For her to carry a child full term would be very dangerous for both her and the child. I'd strongly recommend to her that she forgets about ever having children"

He went out and left me alone to think. My mind was in complete turmoil. I felt like I should tell Boromir, pretty stupid since I completely hate the guy, but there you go. But I knew that I'd have to wait until Emma had been told. I couldn't help wondering how she would take it…