Life After High School

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: Nope, not ours! Not in any shape or form!

Summary: Hell come on already! Surely you've read this far!

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(Emma's POV)

The party was just like I thought it would be. Great for most of them, but not for me. I hate parties and people so all I could do was stand back and watch the others enjoying themselves. And most of them were. Boromir, Billee, Legolas, Baz and Elrond's sons were having a drinking contest. Aragorn and Arwen were huddled in one corner and Glorfindel and Amanda were in another. Julia was flirting with Benny who looked as though he didn't know whether to go along with it or get out of there. Looking around, I could see only one other person who looked as miserable as I felt and that was Damon. He was slumped in a corner with a drink in his hand, looking as though the world had ended. Unfortuanately, although Jaime was busy being a great host, every time I moved too close to Damon, she would turn and glare at me. She had been doing it all night and I was getting fed up with it. I only wanted to be with someone who wasn't enjoying themself either, it wasn't like I was stupid enough to jump on him in a room full of our friends. Maybe under different circumstances I would have approached him anyway, but I knew that if Jamie even had reason to suspect that anything was going on, she would give me hell and that was the last thing I needed.

Jake came over then and I spent a few minutes talking to him. When I looked back over, Damon had disappeared. I glanced around the room, but I couldn't see him anywhere. Hardly surprising really, considering that the living room was so crowded that you could barely move. Suddenly I needed to get out. Quickly I worked my way through the crowds towards the hallway door. When I reached it, I looked around to see if Jaime was watching me. She wasn't so, taking advantage of the moment, I opened the door and slipped out.

There were only a few couples in the hall. Since they were all rather tangled, I couldn't really see who they were, but I could vaguely make out Sam and Rosie amongst them. Completely ignoring them all, I made my way into the kitchen. I had barely entered when I felt a pair of arms encircle my waist.

"You've been ignoring me" Damon said, sounding rather hurt. "It's Jaime isn't it?"

"Yeah, it is" I told him, turning to face him. "She's been keeping an eye on me. She says that if I step out of line, she'll tell Boromir about...the other night. I'm sorry"

"Well we're alone now" Damon replied with a smirk. "So let's make the most of it"

Before I could say anything, he bent his head and kissed me hard on the mouth. I kissed him back, grabbing his hair with one hand, pulling him closer. With my free hand I began to unbutton his shirt. He slipped his hand inside my t-shirt.

"Do you know what you do to me?" he whispered in my ear. "You drive me crazy"

"Damon" I grabbed his arm and pulled him to the door. "Not here. Someone is going to come in. Lets go...to your room"

"Are you sure?" he asked. I just nodded. He smiled and followed me to the room he and Benny shared.

Damon shut the door and set Sol-leks on guard. We made love and fell asleep in each others arms. I knew that Boromir would be too drunk to realise that I had gone. I just hoped that Jaime wouldn't notice that we were both gone and put two and two together...