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 screamed when the explosion rang out. Emma was hysterical. It took Randy and Gimli to hold her back. Adele was unconscious and lying on the ground. Janet, Matthew and Erica were crying and huddled round her, trying to wake her up.
But then, I saw a movement in one of the downstairs windows.
"Look!" I yelled, my voice hoarse. "The window!"
The glass was broken from the force of the explosion and there was movement beyond the smoke of the fire. Out of the window, a small figure crawled out . . .
"KANE!" Emma screamed and ran toward her son, grabbing him in a hug and sobbing madly into his shoulder.
"M-mum . . ." Kane trailed off.
"What's wrong, baby?" Emma asked, worried.
"Boromir and Dad are fighting in there. I got out the window. Dad and I jumped behind the couch before the petrol can exploded. Boromir rolled in the cupboard under the stairs. Then Dad and him began to fight. They're still in there."
Kurt, fortunately who had been staying in Silverwood for a couple of days with his girlfriend. He had heard the commotion and ran toward the Inn. He had his bag with him, well, actually a first aid kit. He tended to Kane, who had a few burns, nothing serious.
I stood by Emma, knowing she was to worried to be in the 'no zone' with me.
There was more movement behind the smoke. If one listened carefully, you could hear faint grunts and moans as the two men fought each other. Suddenly, the door banged open and Damon staggered out, holding his side, which was bleeding.
"DAMON!" Emma hugged him hard, crying hysterically.
I came forward. "Where's Boromir?" I asked.
"He's in there. I think he's dead."
I must have looked relieved, because Damon managed to smile at me. I stuck out a hand. He shook it as firemen began to put out the fire.
When the fire was completely out, and everything had cooled down, Benny and I went into the house, which was blackened to a crisp.
As we looked around the room where the fight had taken place, I doubled over as the putrid smell of charred flesh caught me off guard. Then I saw the burnt and charred corpse of Boromir. Another explosion must have brought him to meet his maker.
Benny gave the corpse a well-aimed kick in the ribs and helped me out. I think he and Damon had forgiven me - for now.
When we got out of the house, we found Damon, Kane, Emma, Adele, Erica, Matthew and Janet all being treated for burns and smoke inhalation. Frodo and I went to the Lake Town hospital with our friends and waited anxiously while they were treated. Kane, and the two younger ones were in the children's ward. Damon and Emma were in the ward next over. I entered the room, after Amy had told me that Emma had been asking for me.
"Emma?" I whispered.
"Jamie?" Emma said softly, opening her eyes.
"Yeah. It's me. How are you feeling?"
"Sore." I smiled.
"Well, you rest up. Benny told me that you guys are renewing your wedding vows on Christmas day."
"Yes. We are." Damon said, looking at me. "Jamie, I - I just wanted to say sorry for the way I've treated you over the last couple of years. I guess I just hated you for what you did to Emma."
"I understand that." I nodded. "And if you don't want to see me ever again, I understand. I'll say good bye."
"On the contrary," Emma said. "We want to know if we can make a Christmas party in Hobbiton with your family."
I grinned slightly. "To make up for the disastrous one that we had when Ria was one?"
"I guess you could say that."
"Well, you guys have talked about this quite a bit. I'll come back in a couple of days with Vince and Ria so they can see Kane and the other two, okay?"
"Okay." Emma said, smiling.
"Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Frodo went back home yesterday while you were being treated and brought this back for you Emma." With that, I handed over the photo album that we had shared so many memories in high school with. I had conveniently taken out every picture of Boromir, and ripped him out of the group photos.
"I've made copies, so you can keep my old photo album."
Emma looked at the photos and began to cry. I hugged her.
~++~++~++~++~++~
A few days later, I brought Vince and Ria back to Lake Town. While they talked to Kane in the Children's Ward, I sat beside Emma and we went through the photo album. We laughed at the old photos. The one of us dressed as hippies, the one of Jake getting out of the shower in a models pose, the one of Billee in his boxers. I told Emma that the time I had had amnesia, I had the photo album to remind me of the good times.
Later, Billee, Legolas, Randy Gimli, and a few others came to visit. They were looking through the photo album and came across the two most popular photos.
It as the photo of Randy 'picking a winner' and the other photo of Gimli picking out a wedgie.
They pretended to grow mad at us when they saw those photos, but it made us all crack up laughing again.
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: Uh...err...heh...Oh damn, we don't own them.
Summary: ::yawn:: read and find out.
************************************************************************
(Jamie's POV)
I screamed when the explosion rang out. Emma was hysterical. It took Randy and Gimli to hold her back. Adele was unconscious and lying on the ground. Janet, Matthew and Erica were crying and huddled round her, trying to wake her up.
But then, I saw a movement in one of the downstairs windows.
"Look!" I yelled, my voice hoarse. "The window!"
The glass was broken from the force of the explosion and there was movement beyond the smoke of the fire. Out of the window, a small figure crawled out . . .
"KANE!" Emma screamed and ran toward her son, grabbing him in a hug and sobbing madly into his shoulder.
"M-mum . . ." Kane trailed off.
"What's wrong, baby?" Emma asked, worried.
"Boromir and Dad are fighting in there. I got out the window. Dad and I jumped behind the couch before the petrol can exploded. Boromir rolled in the cupboard under the stairs. Then Dad and him began to fight. They're still in there."
Kurt, fortunately who had been staying in Silverwood for a couple of days with his girlfriend. He had heard the commotion and ran toward the Inn. He had his bag with him, well, actually a first aid kit. He tended to Kane, who had a few burns, nothing serious.
I stood by Emma, knowing she was to worried to be in the 'no zone' with me.
There was more movement behind the smoke. If one listened carefully, you could hear faint grunts and moans as the two men fought each other. Suddenly, the door banged open and Damon staggered out, holding his side, which was bleeding.
"DAMON!" Emma hugged him hard, crying hysterically.
I came forward. "Where's Boromir?" I asked.
"He's in there. I think he's dead."
I must have looked relieved, because Damon managed to smile at me. I stuck out a hand. He shook it as firemen began to put out the fire.
When the fire was completely out, and everything had cooled down, Benny and I went into the house, which was blackened to a crisp.
As we looked around the room where the fight had taken place, I doubled over as the putrid smell of charred flesh caught me off guard. Then I saw the burnt and charred corpse of Boromir. Another explosion must have brought him to meet his maker.
Benny gave the corpse a well-aimed kick in the ribs and helped me out. I think he and Damon had forgiven me - for now.
When we got out of the house, we found Damon, Kane, Emma, Adele, Erica, Matthew and Janet all being treated for burns and smoke inhalation. Frodo and I went to the Lake Town hospital with our friends and waited anxiously while they were treated. Kane, and the two younger ones were in the children's ward. Damon and Emma were in the ward next over. I entered the room, after Amy had told me that Emma had been asking for me.
"Emma?" I whispered.
"Jamie?" Emma said softly, opening her eyes.
"Yeah. It's me. How are you feeling?"
"Sore." I smiled.
"Well, you rest up. Benny told me that you guys are renewing your wedding vows on Christmas day."
"Yes. We are." Damon said, looking at me. "Jamie, I - I just wanted to say sorry for the way I've treated you over the last couple of years. I guess I just hated you for what you did to Emma."
"I understand that." I nodded. "And if you don't want to see me ever again, I understand. I'll say good bye."
"On the contrary," Emma said. "We want to know if we can make a Christmas party in Hobbiton with your family."
I grinned slightly. "To make up for the disastrous one that we had when Ria was one?"
"I guess you could say that."
"Well, you guys have talked about this quite a bit. I'll come back in a couple of days with Vince and Ria so they can see Kane and the other two, okay?"
"Okay." Emma said, smiling.
"Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Frodo went back home yesterday while you were being treated and brought this back for you Emma." With that, I handed over the photo album that we had shared so many memories in high school with. I had conveniently taken out every picture of Boromir, and ripped him out of the group photos.
"I've made copies, so you can keep my old photo album."
Emma looked at the photos and began to cry. I hugged her.
~++~++~++~++~++~
A few days later, I brought Vince and Ria back to Lake Town. While they talked to Kane in the Children's Ward, I sat beside Emma and we went through the photo album. We laughed at the old photos. The one of us dressed as hippies, the one of Jake getting out of the shower in a models pose, the one of Billee in his boxers. I told Emma that the time I had had amnesia, I had the photo album to remind me of the good times.
Later, Billee, Legolas, Randy Gimli, and a few others came to visit. They were looking through the photo album and came across the two most popular photos.
It as the photo of Randy 'picking a winner' and the other photo of Gimli picking out a wedgie.
They pretended to grow mad at us when they saw those photos, but it made us all crack up laughing again.