a/n: finally! once more, i am in class, and now i will be back on the scene....i think. but i will try to at least get another chapter done today. allllllllright. KEEP VOTING FOR YOUR FAVOURITE NON-LEGOLAS CHARACTER. and please please please please!!!!!!!! LEAVE REVIEWS, GOOD OR BAD. i need all the encouragement i can get. in about 2 weeks, i am going to attempt to move out of my house with my friends nicki and claude, and it will be a very very difficult time for me. so i will need any support i can get even if it's on a silly fan fic. i was kind of upset that nobody read the 15th chapter, but since i have nothing better to do, and i can't really do anything about i, then i will just write more and hope that there are still a few people that are reading it. thanks so very much!!!!!! kisses, sarah.

After the trip to SPEC'S LIQUOR and a quick trip to Cigarettes Cheaper for Phil some cigarettes, they got back to the apartment, about forty five minutes later. Rita and Legolas busted in through the ever unlocked door, brandishing the trophies of their trip: two packs of Marlboro Reds, and a 24-pack of Miller Lite. "Tadaaaaa!" Rita cried at the dead silence in the room, throwing the cigarettes at Phil.

They smacked him in the face and fell to the ground. Phil, unfazed, jumped up and ran to Rita. "Rita! What the hell took you guys so long!" He took her face in his hands and then hugged her tightly.

Rita stood with her arms at her side, and allowed herself to be hugged. Legolas looked around the room at Bear, Sandy, Jane, Marie, Gusto, Shawn, and Everlease, all standing or sitting around the living room, looking worried each in their own way. Mostly...the room was thick with cigarette smoke. Rita pulled away from Phil. "What are you talking about? For God's sake, there was a wreck, and-"

"Shit, Rita! Are you all right?" Phil yelped.

Rita stared at him. "Well I was until I got in here and you started freaking out on me," she said, turning the statement around.

Phil put his hands on his hips, and looked down, shaking his head. "Damn, man. Damn." His head snapped up. "Is the car all right?"

Rita rolled her eyes. "Jesus, Phil!" She laughed, and the sound was foreign to the still air. "The car is fine." Phil dashed out the door. Rita watched after him and then walked in the room. "What is wrong with all of you?" she asked, feeling outside herself. Fourteen quiet eyes stared back at her, and seven sealed lips. "WHAT?" she hollered. Marie stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

"Hey, Rita, come in here real quick."

Rita looked around hopelessly, then followed Marie into the kitchen. Legolas felt very out of place, but wanted to sit down. He finally found himself meandering over to the spot where Marie had been sitting, next to Jane, whose face was in her hands. When Legolas sat down, she looked up at him, and he saw that her eyes were puffy from crying. Pretending to cry, Legolas thought, Maybe she wasn't really just pretending. He awkwardly patted her arm, and she took this as a lisense to lean on him, resting her head on his shoulder. Strangely enough, he felt true sorrow from her. I wonder if she is not blamed for more than she does. Again he patted her arm, but with a genuine empathy this time, and Jane sniffed. Legolas felt Everlease's eyes on him, and he realized that she was gaping at this actual sign of comfort towards someone.

"Man-what...what happened?" Bear muttered, finally raising his eyes up.

Legolas gave a small shrug. "There was a wreck right before us, and we were forced to stay there for a while before they," he faltered as he floundered for the words, "took...the cars...that were smashed away. Then we went to the store for the beer, and then to Cigarettes Cheaper for--" he indicated the packs of cigarettes lying on the ground. As if on cue, the door opened and shut, and Phil trudged towards the couch, then sat down. He picked up one of the packs and opened it, then lit one, taking long drags off of it.

After a long, about 5 minute silence besides the murmurings of Rita and Marie in the kitchen, Gusto stretched loudly on the couch, and rested his arms on Shawn and Everlease. Shawn snuggled up to him, and Everlease smiled and rolled her eyes. "GODDAMN!" he screamed at the ceiling. The murmuring in the kitchen stopped and Rita and Marie peeked around the corner. Satisfied that it was 'just Gusto,' they disappeared again. But in the living room, the ice seemed to be broken. Bear laughed loudly and crick-popped open a beer, then wandered away from where he'd been standing since Rita and Legolas had come in. Gusto and Jane, too got themselves beers, and Phil simply lit another cigarette and leaned back on the couch. Sandy, from behind Bear, motioned for Legolas to come talk to her. Legolas gladly squirmed away from Jane and joined her near the door. The noise level in the room had now risen to such a level that they could speak loudly enough to hear each other but not be heard by the others.

"Man, what was that all about?" Sandy half-whispered, wrinkling her nose. "So you guys took a little longer, what's the big deal?"

Legolas shrugged. "I know not. Rita and I are completely unharmed. I do not see what was to fuss about."

Sandy looked disgusted. "Well me neither. After about 15 minutes, Satan disappeared with Bear and then when they came back they spread the worried look to everyone and we'd been sitting that way" she indicated towards the couches "for 10 minutes before you came." Legolas' eyebrows raised. "So do you think this is weird?" She looked at him. "At all?"

Legolas nodded. He didn't know what 'weird' was supposed to imply, but he thought it sounded apt for the description. Sandy squinted away and restated it, "Well, maybe not this, but well I don't know, Rita seems pretty normal. And Gusto didn't really act weird about it." Legolas involuntarily wrinkled his nose at the mention of Gusto, then caught himself and stopped. Sandy smiled. "What, you don't like Gusto?"

Legolas shrugged and smiled. "He seems to be a happy person."

Sandy smiled. "Soooooo...?" she prodded.

"He smells disgusting," Legolas whispered, finding himself confiding in her.

Sandy laughed. "Yeah, anybody who looks that much like Mick Jones would have to smell!" Legolas laughed, even though he didn't really understand what he was laughing at. "He's cute though," she added confidentially. Legolas smiled, then remembered his statement, 'She really seems to like Bear...' His smile wavered. "What?" Sandy asked.

"What do you think about Bear?" Legolas asked, wondering why he was gossiping with this young human girl. It was obviously a waste of his time, and it could only cause trouble later.

Sandy tapped her cheek with her index finger and smiled. "Hmmmm," she thought aloud. "He's really nice." She giggled and covered her face with her little hands. "Eeee! I don't know." She peeked at him through a little crack in her fingers, then put her hands down. "I don't know," she repeated. "I think he's really awesome, and I like that he's really kind of wild. But-" they were then interrupted, oddly enough, by a silence. They turned around.

Wandering out of a bedroom was a slim little man, clean shaven but with somewhat short black shaggy hair. His mouth was bowed into a slim smile, and his eyes were completely hidden behind large black sunglasses. He was in a dress shirt and dress pants like Shawn but without shoes, white shirt and black pants. An unlit cigarette rested between his lips but did not interfere with his immutable smile. Bear, sensing the silence wandered out of the kitchen and spotted him. "Hey, everybody, it's Deedee Ramone!" Shawn clapped and there were a few laughs. The mysterious slim figure held out his arms and stumbled over to the 24-pack, taking a beer. He fished around in his pocket and threw a 5 dollar bill in the case, then wandered out of the apartment.

The noise level resumed, Bear shrugged and started back into the kitchen. Sandy and Legolas looked at each other. "Bear!" Sandy called. He turned, and started towards she and Legolas. He nodded, as if to ask what she needed. "Who was that?" Sandy asked.

Bear knotted his eyebrows and looked confused. "Who was who?" he laughed.

Sandy looked confused now, too. "That," she started, "that...guy who just walked through here that looked like Deedee Ramone." Bear's face melted into an 'oh, that guy' look. "Who is he? Is he your roommate?"

Bear rolled his eyes. "I don't know who the hell he is." Legolas and Sandy stared at him in shock. "Yeah, I know, it's kind of weird, but I found him sleeping in there one day, and he pays me a hundred bucks a month to stay here, and whenever he takes something to eat or drink he leaves the money wherever he finds it. Dude, like I'll freakin open up my fridge and there'll be a few bucks in there, and I'll know he's been there."

Once again Sandy and Legolas stole a glance at each other. "What is his name?" Legolas inquired.

Bear shrugged in his usual overly animated fashion. "Well, hell if I know!" He looked off and laughed. "Damn I don't know who the fuck that kid is. I don't know his name, I don't know where he comes from, hell, all I know is that he doesn't smoke, at least not in here, but he's always got a damn cigarette in his mouth, I've just never seen him smoke it." Bear shook his head, laughing. "I never know whether he's here or not unless I see him. He just stays in the room and sleeps, doesn't watch T.V. or nothin. Doesn't eat much, never heard him talk." Bear shrugged. "Think he works at the Pasta Company, I've seen him wonderin around there before."

"Well has he ever taken anything before?" Sandy cut in, her face frozen in amazement.

"Naw, not that I know of. Like if he's going to bring something back, like one day he came over to me with that Brave New World book, (I didn't know I even owned that), and waved it around, then woke me up later that day while I was sleepin on the couch to show me that he brought it back." Bear laughed loudly, "Actually he's the best kind of kid you could ask for to live with." He looked at the two of them. "Whoever the hell he is." Bear laughed extensively as he wandered away.

Sandy looked at Legolas. Legolas looked at Sandy. "God, that was weird." Legolas nodded. "I mean, who the hell has somebody living with them that they don't even know who they are?" Legolas shrugged.

"I suppose..." Legolas paused. "Just Bear." They smiled, and Sandy shrugged and wandered off. Legolas then looked up to see Everlease walking towards him.

a/n: you know, i usually never do a cliffhanger, (if you want to classify this ending as that....) but just because no one's reading my story anyways, i think i'll leave this chapter just a few cards short of a deck. and with a cliffhanger. and with a goddamn new character. wooo, deal with that, you mothers. i guess now i'm just writing it for myself. awwww, who cares anyways. i only wish someone was reading this. i just wish this thing had a counter, like you could see how many people even went to it. i don't think anyone pays attention to this. oh well. i like writing it anyways. just for the hell of it, i'll tell you what i've been feeling so bad about lately, i am dating that guy eric but on valentines day i went out with the drummer of this band, his name is austin, and i kissed him, and now i feel really really bad. man i'm so horrible. ok well now that that's off my chest, i think i will leave you all alone for a while. well, until the next chapter....... kisses, sarah.