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

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: Not ours. Unfortunately.

Summary: I can't tell you. I'm brain dead.

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I woke up at around six am to the shrill sound of the phone downstairs. It went silent and I knew someone had answered it. I waited to see if it were for me. Elrond came racing up the stairs.

"Emma has had Kane, she's at the hospital now."

I can tell you, I have never moved that fast before in all my life. I think I shoved Frodo out of bed – entirely by mistake of course. He woke up with a yell.

"Jamie! What are you doing? Trying to kill me?!"

"Emma had her baby, doofus, come on, get dressed!"

It took all of ten minutes to get dressed and race with Elrond to the hospital. Dr. Elliot met us at the door.

"She's right as rain, Jamie, no need to panic." I sighed a breath of relief.



We went in to Emma's room, where Boromir, Benny, Billee, Damon and Legolas were already sitting there, watching her sleep. She looked so peaceful. I glanced at Boromir, who was looking at her with complete adoration.

Emma woke up slightly and saw us all there. She smiled weakly. „Hey," she said. „am I alive?"

„Well, if you're talking to us, then you must be alive." I retorted kindly, sitting by my friends bed and stroking her sweaty forehead. I stayed there all day. It seemed like such a happy moment. What am I saying? It was a happy moment, and the Baby looked absolutely prescious.



By this time, it was almost Christmas. Emma and Baby Kane were allowed home after a three day stay at the hospital, in which they had lots of visitors. Wendy and Colan being two of those.

Wendy was staying over at Bag End on Christmas Eve, so she and Colan could open their presents together. They looked so cute together.

As Christmas Eve drew nearer, Emma, Ria, Kane and I all went shopping for presents. The first day we went shopping, there was the first snow of winter. I began to hum 'I'm Dreaming of a white christmas'. Soon, Emma and I were singing softly, so as not to wake the babies.

I had a lot of fun choosing presents for everyone, I think Emma did too.



Finally, Christmas Eve drew near, surprise surprise, it was a Saturday. Of course, we had to have a christmas film. So for the littlies, we put on Ernest Saves Christmas, which had all of us in gales of laughter. After that, I took the two seven-year-olds up to bed, and sung them a lullaby.

Sleep Tight tonight,

Christmas day is almost here

Morning light is oh so near

Sleep tight tonight

Dream well tonight

Christmas day is almost here

Morning light it oh so near

Dream well tonight

Tired sleepy head

Tucked up in bed

Rest now your prayers

Have all been said

Sleep tight tonight

Just a few short hours more

Till the time you've waited for

Sleep tight tonight.



I left the room, closing the door slightly, so that a chink of light shone through.

'Santa' would be here very soon…