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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Two days after I'd spoken to Jaime, the doctor said that I could go home. Of course, I wasn't supposed to do anything for the first few days, just get a lot of rest. But I was glad to be going home. 

I couldn't do any fast riding, so it was a short but slow journey back to Benny and Damon's place. The others had two rooms at 'The Silver Stallion' since both Benny and Damon get discounts on rooms for working there. On the way back, I was thinking about Boromir. It had been great to hear his voice again, but our conversation had been short and kind of tense. He had asked how I was and I had told him that I was fine, but beyond that…nothing. I had got the feeling that there were things we both wanted to say, but neither of us knew how. We just couldn't talk to each other any more.

When we got back, Billee, Legolas, Colan, Elrond and Laddie were waiting outside for me. I knelt down and threw my arms around my dog's neck. I was so glad to be back with him. Then I hugged each of the others in turn. They looked relieved to have me back in one piece. I knew that I'd been very lucky.

We went into the tavern and Bernard, the man who owns it, told me how much everyone had been worrying and how he was glad that I was okay. Then he gave us all a drink to celebrate and we sat in there for a while, until I started to feel tired again.

"Don't overdo it" Billee said when I told him. "Go back to Damon's and get some sleep. You're still in the process of recovering, so if your body says you're tired, don't fight it"

"Okay, lets go home" Damon quickly drank the last of his drink and stood up. "You can see these guys tomorrow. I get the feeling that they won't be going anywhere in a hurry"

"Too damn right" Legolas said with a grin. "Don't worry about anything Em, just concentrate on getting well"

I nodded and Laddie and me went back with Damon. He got me a glass of water and I got into bed. Laddie lay at my feet as I looked at the ceiling, thinking about how great it was to be back home. When I finally drifted of to sleep, I had a dream…

I dreamt that it was the night before graduation. Boromir and me were in the secret spot, holding each other and talking. He was in the middle of telling me how much he loved me, when my dad came and pulled me away. I was trying to get back to Boromir but I couldn't…

When I woke up, I understood immediately what the dream meant. But I didn't know what to do to resolve the situation.