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

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: We own nothing ::sob::

Summary: pshh I dunno.

A/N: Don't worry Risty. I have exams in about four weeks and my teachers are giving us a lot of work (and I mean a lot!) so I don't have that much time to update either. Hopefully things will get back to normal after the exams, at least for me anyway.

(Emma's POV)

A week later was Colan's birthday party. Before all the kids showed up, Billee and Jaime were rushing around getting prepared. Colan and Wendy were constantly getting under their feet. Damon and Benny had gone out riding that morning so they weren't around. They had done the sensible thing if you ask me. I couldn't help much since I was under strict orders to take it easy, so Boromir and I tried our best to keep the kids occupied in the living room while the others finished the preparations.

The little kids finally turned up and the party got underway. Colan got some good presents, I must say. Jaime and Frodo got him a Polaroid camera. He really loved it, even though he kept forgetting how to use it. Billee and Legolas got him a fake gold necklace that looked exactly like Billee's. And me and Boromir got him a pack of easy to read children's books, so that Billee could help him learn to read. He also got various other clothes and toys, and a kiss from Wendy. He looked so surprised when she kissed him, that we couldn't help but laugh.

All afternoon, they ran around giggling and shouting. They were so cute, and I couldn't wait until mine came along. Then Jaime called them inside for some food and they set to work making a complete mess of the kitchen. Jaime didn't care, her and Frodo just laughed. Colan managed to get ice cream over, not just himself, but all the other kids too. But I was glad that Colan was happy. I knew that he had never had a real birthday party before, not one that he could remember at any rate. The little kid deserved a bit of fun.

Finally all the kids, apart from Wendy, were collected by their parents. Me and Elrond had done our best to clean them up, but none of their parents minded the fact that they were a little grubby and sticky. Then Damon and Benny came back, just in time to help us clean up. After everything was tidy, we all settled down to watch 'The Lion King' which is Colan's favourite video. Colan was sitting on Billee's lap and Wendy was on Legolas. They both looked worn out by the excitement of the day. When the film had finished, Billee stood up.

"Come on Colan, Wendy" he said softly. "Time to go to sleepy-bye land"

Colan got up, with Billee's help and smiled at us. "Goodnight everyone" he said sleepily. "Today was the best day in the world"

"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, Colan" Elrond said with a smile. "Go to sleep now, okay?"

"Yeah" he ran over and gave Elrond a hug "Goodnight daddy"

I couldn't help smiling at that. Colan was so cute. And the day had been a complete success. Things finally seemed to be going alright for us all…