Life After High School. Is It Scary? You Bet.
By Risty Maskell and Silver15
Disclaimer: Don't own anything.
Summary: Geez.what ever you reckon.
I was telling Frodo about the phone call I had gotten from Damon. "He's just so annoying. I don't know what to do." "Maybe you should just let him see Emma. What could happen?" I gave my husband that 'You-know-perfectly-well-what-would-happen' look. He sighed. I heard a small noise outside in the hall. So I crept out just in time to see Emma's slippered foot going up the stairs. I groaned. She must have heard every word I said.
I went into the lounge where Billee, Boromir, Legolas and Elrond were sitting, watching 'Back to the Future'. I quietly told them that Emma was upset and I needed help. They got up without so much as a complaint, turned off the movie and walked upstairs. I knocked on the door. "Emma? Are you in there?" "Go Away!!" "Emma, please, let me explain." "What is there to explain?! You lied to me. Again!" The four guys looked at me in ursion and I shook my head and opened the door. Emma sat there with a kitchen knife. I gasped. She hadn't cut herself in ages and yet, here she was getting ready to cut her whole arm off. "Emma! Put the knife down, please!" "Why?" she asked coldly. "Because if you cut yourself again, you are going to have to go to hospital. And I know you don't like that." "You lied to me, Jamie. I think you need to go to the hospital." "I know you heard, Emma, so, let me or one of the guys talk to you. At least come downstairs. Besides," I said, closing the doors with a nod of my head as the guys waited outside. "I think you need to tell Boromir. You can't keep this secret forever." Emma paled. "He will stop loving me." "He won't. He will understand. Tink about it. Tell me on one occasion that Boromir has left your side, without you asking him to, since you met him last year." Emma thought. "I can't. But that doesn't mean there will be a time." "And you really think that he will. It was a simple mistake. We all make them." With that, Emma dropped the knife and walked slowly out of the room with me.
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About two days later, (three days before the wedding), there was a knock at the door. When I opened it, I got the shock of my life. "Jandimara! Is that really you?" I exclaimed, as I hugged my friend hard. She smiled and the faint scars around her face stretched a little. Her arms and legs were wrinkled with scar tissue. But that didn't stop her wearing shorts and a short sleeved top. "Everybody, except Elrond, of course, this is Jandimara. She was one of my good friends in grade eight." Elrond got up, smiling and hugged Jandi. "Hello Jandimara. It's been a long time." "Yes. It has, Elrond. It's nice to see you again." Emma smiled at her. "I'm sorry, I don't remember you." I groaned inwardly. I had forgotten that Emma or Billee didn't know that I had been kept down a year. I had told Baz and Jake not to tell anyone because it made me feel like a dunce. When I finally explained the situation, Emma and Billee looked quite surprised. By the look Emma was giving Jandimara, I could tell she wanted to ask where she had gotten the scars. "If you don't mind me asking, where did you get the scars from?" asked Billee, jumping in ahead of Emma. Jandi scrunched up her nose, thinking. "When I was in year eight, about half way through the year, I was playing tiggy with my friends, the bell rang and that's when the man poured petrol on me and set me alight. I had to run and Elrond came and tried to put me out. That's when the ambulance came." She said, holding back tears. "They gave me a gas and I went to sleep, and that's all I remember. The first thing I do remember was when Jaime here came in and read her card to me and that's when I first opened up my eyes." I could tell everyone had gone silent in shock. Even Elladan and Elrohir, being the rowdy kids they are. Jandimara had buried her head in her hands and began to cry. I put an arm around the human and comforted her. Through my entire life, people have called me a hot-headed hobbit girl. Just goes to show if you look beneath the surface once in a while, that you'll find a lot more than you bargained for.
I was telling Frodo about the phone call I had gotten from Damon. "He's just so annoying. I don't know what to do." "Maybe you should just let him see Emma. What could happen?" I gave my husband that 'You-know-perfectly-well-what-would-happen' look. He sighed. I heard a small noise outside in the hall. So I crept out just in time to see Emma's slippered foot going up the stairs. I groaned. She must have heard every word I said.
I went into the lounge where Billee, Boromir, Legolas and Elrond were sitting, watching 'Back to the Future'. I quietly told them that Emma was upset and I needed help. They got up without so much as a complaint, turned off the movie and walked upstairs. I knocked on the door. "Emma? Are you in there?" "Go Away!!" "Emma, please, let me explain." "What is there to explain?! You lied to me. Again!" The four guys looked at me in ursion and I shook my head and opened the door. Emma sat there with a kitchen knife. I gasped. She hadn't cut herself in ages and yet, here she was getting ready to cut her whole arm off. "Emma! Put the knife down, please!" "Why?" she asked coldly. "Because if you cut yourself again, you are going to have to go to hospital. And I know you don't like that." "You lied to me, Jamie. I think you need to go to the hospital." "I know you heard, Emma, so, let me or one of the guys talk to you. At least come downstairs. Besides," I said, closing the doors with a nod of my head as the guys waited outside. "I think you need to tell Boromir. You can't keep this secret forever." Emma paled. "He will stop loving me." "He won't. He will understand. Tink about it. Tell me on one occasion that Boromir has left your side, without you asking him to, since you met him last year." Emma thought. "I can't. But that doesn't mean there will be a time." "And you really think that he will. It was a simple mistake. We all make them." With that, Emma dropped the knife and walked slowly out of the room with me.
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About two days later, (three days before the wedding), there was a knock at the door. When I opened it, I got the shock of my life. "Jandimara! Is that really you?" I exclaimed, as I hugged my friend hard. She smiled and the faint scars around her face stretched a little. Her arms and legs were wrinkled with scar tissue. But that didn't stop her wearing shorts and a short sleeved top. "Everybody, except Elrond, of course, this is Jandimara. She was one of my good friends in grade eight." Elrond got up, smiling and hugged Jandi. "Hello Jandimara. It's been a long time." "Yes. It has, Elrond. It's nice to see you again." Emma smiled at her. "I'm sorry, I don't remember you." I groaned inwardly. I had forgotten that Emma or Billee didn't know that I had been kept down a year. I had told Baz and Jake not to tell anyone because it made me feel like a dunce. When I finally explained the situation, Emma and Billee looked quite surprised. By the look Emma was giving Jandimara, I could tell she wanted to ask where she had gotten the scars. "If you don't mind me asking, where did you get the scars from?" asked Billee, jumping in ahead of Emma. Jandi scrunched up her nose, thinking. "When I was in year eight, about half way through the year, I was playing tiggy with my friends, the bell rang and that's when the man poured petrol on me and set me alight. I had to run and Elrond came and tried to put me out. That's when the ambulance came." She said, holding back tears. "They gave me a gas and I went to sleep, and that's all I remember. The first thing I do remember was when Jaime here came in and read her card to me and that's when I first opened up my eyes." I could tell everyone had gone silent in shock. Even Elladan and Elrohir, being the rowdy kids they are. Jandimara had buried her head in her hands and began to cry. I put an arm around the human and comforted her. Through my entire life, people have called me a hot-headed hobbit girl. Just goes to show if you look beneath the surface once in a while, that you'll find a lot more than you bargained for.
