Life After High School - Ten Years Later
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: Uh...err...heh...Oh damn, we don't own them.
Summary: ::yawn:: read and find out.
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(Jamie's POV)
I read the papers a few days later and saw that the South's had brought their son back to life for a fair few thousand gold pieces. I thought that was a bit desperate. Oh well. As long as he didn't bother Emma, or me it was fine by me. But I knew it wouldn't be fine. He would remember everything and just come after us again. And maybe even Adele.
Boromir had been off his rocker for years. It had all started about a year and a half after Damon and Emma had gotten married. Pippin and Merry had been discussing his problems. Six months after they had started worrying about Boromir, the terrible two (Merry and Pippin), invited him to Pippin's buck night, which was taking place at a singles bar. That's where he met Adele. After another six months, we thought he was over Emma when he popped the question to Adele at a Christmas party. He had always been friendly to our family and the kids even knew him as 'Uncle Boromir'.
Frodo sighed and looked at me. I looked back at him and just shook my head. "Maybe we should ask the Darkshields if they would like us to take in the older kids for a while, just until they get to know the new baby and stuff." I said, thinking out loud.
"Good idea. But you know their feelings toward us, J. They'd turn us down flat."
"You're probably right." I said. "And with Mark around, Benny would not be pleased. Where id Mark, by the way?"
"Elladan and Elrohir took him out to see Rivendell again. I don't know what Billee is going to say. Or Legolas. I know that they are still sort of friends with us, but you know that they are closer to Emma and her family. I don't know."
I nodded. "Yes."
The kids came down the stairs then, Kirby, then the twins, Fortuna and Ria. The younger kids ran outside to play with the dogs and in the tree house, but Ria stayed behind. She looked nervously outside then walked into the hall. I looked at Frodo and followed her in. Frodo could tell it was mother- daughter time and went to play with the younger children. I sat beside Ria on the stair.
"Honey? What wrong?"
"Uh...nothing. I'm fine."
"Don't play games, Ria. What's wrong?"
In a whisper, so I couldn't hear her, she told me.
"What?"
"I-I have my period." (A/N: Hey, what? It's a fact of the female life, guys, live with it!)
I smiled at her. "And you're worried?"
"Mum, it's the first time . . ."
"Oh, honey, it happened to everyone. Well, everyone who's female, anyway."
"I know, but I'm embarrassed."
"Don't be. Come on, let's go up to my room and we'll get you sorted out."
"Okay, Mum. Mum?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you mind if I love Kane?"
"Honey, you're twelve. Even if I don't approve, you're going to make me. Besides, Kane is a great kid. Smart too."
"Thanks."
"Hey, no problem."
That afternoon, we got a surprise guest, well, guests. Ria opened the door while I was giving the other kids their afternoon tea.
"Rusty!" I heard her say. I walked out.
"Hi Storm, Hi Swift, Hi Rusty."
"Hello, Jamie. We were just passing through and decided to say hello."
"Well, hello, hold on, we'll bring our afternoon tea and we'll have a picnic."
So we talked and sat outside while the children taught Rusty how to play tag. Rusty's parents had good news too.
They would be parents again soon. And they were going to call her (they already knew it was a girl) Melinita.
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: Uh...err...heh...Oh damn, we don't own them.
Summary: ::yawn:: read and find out.
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(Jamie's POV)
I read the papers a few days later and saw that the South's had brought their son back to life for a fair few thousand gold pieces. I thought that was a bit desperate. Oh well. As long as he didn't bother Emma, or me it was fine by me. But I knew it wouldn't be fine. He would remember everything and just come after us again. And maybe even Adele.
Boromir had been off his rocker for years. It had all started about a year and a half after Damon and Emma had gotten married. Pippin and Merry had been discussing his problems. Six months after they had started worrying about Boromir, the terrible two (Merry and Pippin), invited him to Pippin's buck night, which was taking place at a singles bar. That's where he met Adele. After another six months, we thought he was over Emma when he popped the question to Adele at a Christmas party. He had always been friendly to our family and the kids even knew him as 'Uncle Boromir'.
Frodo sighed and looked at me. I looked back at him and just shook my head. "Maybe we should ask the Darkshields if they would like us to take in the older kids for a while, just until they get to know the new baby and stuff." I said, thinking out loud.
"Good idea. But you know their feelings toward us, J. They'd turn us down flat."
"You're probably right." I said. "And with Mark around, Benny would not be pleased. Where id Mark, by the way?"
"Elladan and Elrohir took him out to see Rivendell again. I don't know what Billee is going to say. Or Legolas. I know that they are still sort of friends with us, but you know that they are closer to Emma and her family. I don't know."
I nodded. "Yes."
The kids came down the stairs then, Kirby, then the twins, Fortuna and Ria. The younger kids ran outside to play with the dogs and in the tree house, but Ria stayed behind. She looked nervously outside then walked into the hall. I looked at Frodo and followed her in. Frodo could tell it was mother- daughter time and went to play with the younger children. I sat beside Ria on the stair.
"Honey? What wrong?"
"Uh...nothing. I'm fine."
"Don't play games, Ria. What's wrong?"
In a whisper, so I couldn't hear her, she told me.
"What?"
"I-I have my period." (A/N: Hey, what? It's a fact of the female life, guys, live with it!)
I smiled at her. "And you're worried?"
"Mum, it's the first time . . ."
"Oh, honey, it happened to everyone. Well, everyone who's female, anyway."
"I know, but I'm embarrassed."
"Don't be. Come on, let's go up to my room and we'll get you sorted out."
"Okay, Mum. Mum?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you mind if I love Kane?"
"Honey, you're twelve. Even if I don't approve, you're going to make me. Besides, Kane is a great kid. Smart too."
"Thanks."
"Hey, no problem."
That afternoon, we got a surprise guest, well, guests. Ria opened the door while I was giving the other kids their afternoon tea.
"Rusty!" I heard her say. I walked out.
"Hi Storm, Hi Swift, Hi Rusty."
"Hello, Jamie. We were just passing through and decided to say hello."
"Well, hello, hold on, we'll bring our afternoon tea and we'll have a picnic."
So we talked and sat outside while the children taught Rusty how to play tag. Rusty's parents had good news too.
They would be parents again soon. And they were going to call her (they already knew it was a girl) Melinita.