Chapter 5

I'm the Woman of Witty Words

"I'm gonna try out for drama!" I say. "Wouldn't that be fun? I really miss doing drama at my other school!"

"That's exciting. I'm glad you decided not to take swimming because Aragorn was doing it. Getting Aragorn off your mind might be good," Talim tells me. "After all, I've got a new guy scoped out. His name is Boromir and he is HOT!"

I'm not so sure that I'm over Aragorn, but I guess it won't kill to meet this Boromir dude. Okay, I'm not at all over Aragorn. I watch him all the time. Drama will keep him off my mind though.

"Tryout is tomorrow," I say. "Will you be there to watch?"

"Course I will!" Talim gives me a punch in the arm. "And I'll bring Pretty- Boy." Pretty boy is Legolas. Talim only calls them that because he hates it. We really are becoming great friends----- just the three of us. And we don't need Aragorn.



(Next day, the day of the drama tryout)

I walk through the halls...or at least try! They are so freak'n crowded!

"I'm gonna try out for drama," I look forward to see Leanna talking. "The first school play is 'The White Waterfall' and everyone says I could be 'Galadriel'! She's the main character!" She flashes her clumpy-mascara eyelashes.

I roll my eyes as her friends agree with her. We'll see about that.

"Leanna!" I say.

She turns. "Oh, well if it isn't Embriella, Aragorn's ex-boyfriend. I knew he would dump you!"

"My name is Emthiel," I correct her. "But I was just wondering, Leanna! Who does your makeup...Helen Keller?" I push my way through the crowd after I get to see her shocked face. I hear some people laugh. I'm just so good with words! She would really look nice if she didn't put gallons of eye shadow on. But I don't mind if she looks bad. Actually, I prefer it.

"You bitch! I'm going to kill you!" she yells. I turn on my heel. "Go to..." I pause. "I was going to say go to hell, but then I remembered: don't all dogs go to heaven?" Again, I admit, I'm so good with words.

More laughs and even cheers. "Thank you, Thank you! I'm here all year!" I say to the crowd, heading towards my homeroom. 'This day is not turning out so bad. Let's just hope it ends this way,' is my only thought.



"Emma!" Legolas catches up to Talim and me as we slap some plates on our trays in the lunch line. "I'm coming to your tryout!"

All of the sudden, Leanna shows up. "Your coming to the drama tryouts?" she says to Legolas.

"To watch EMMA," he says, emphasizing my name. Oof, that was harsh for Legolas.

Leanna's smile goes down a notch. "That's okay," she smirks. "By the end of the tryout, you'll be cheering me on with everyone else."

She walks off and we start laughing our heads off. Harder and harder. "Your holding up the line, people!" Scolds a teacher. We jump to our places and continue laughing. "What a dork," I say. "She shouldn't be so sure. I did drama for three years!"

We sit down and start eating. Some boys come by. "Can we sit here?" one says. Oh, hottie alert!

"Hey Guys!" Legolas does this little handshake with one of the guys. "Emma, Talim, this is Boromir, his brother Faramir, and Eomer!"

"Hi," Talim and me say at the same time. Talim is smiling like an idiot at Eomer. They sit down and we start talking.

"We saw you talking to Leanna in the hall, Emma. You have the school all up in an uproar!" Eomer says. "No one has said anything like that to Leanna!"

"Yea," Talim says. "I've had to fight boys off of her all day! Serves Leanna right!"

Legolas laughs. "Yea, I actually heard the story from one of the kids in my class named Frodo," he says.

"You certainly have a way with words, woman!" Faramir says. "Do you know pick-up lines too? I could use one for my girlfriend!"

"Oh, this should be good," says Boromir.

I stop for a moment. "Tell her: 'you must be tired, baby, because you've been running through my head all day!'"

"Oh that was good," says Eomer. Boromir nods.

"Yes, I'll use that one!" says Faramir.

Oh, god, I'm loving all this attention! Keep it coming!



I sit in the crowded auditorium surrounded by Legolas, Talim, Boromir, Faramir, and Eomer. Leanna is first. She wobbles on her heels up to the stage after her name is called and she looks at her paper. "R-Relenor," she begins with a stammer. "Thou lips are sweet like honey. Would thou not let me drink of th-them.?" She starts looking like she's going to barf. Uh-huh. Legolas give me a playful punch. "She can't act for crap," he whispers.

She gets booed. I'm feeling actually sorry for her. She does a little more and runs off with her hand covering her mouth. A teacher runs after her to make sure she's all-right.

I take my paper and go up as my name is called. I get up on the stage and Legolas and Talim start cheering, "Emma! Emma! Emma!"

The other boys from lunch chime in including a few others. I smile.

The teachers hush the students and now I have to act.

I make myself look dramatic and in love towards the crowd. "Relenor, oh Relenor, thou lips are sweet as honey! Would thou not let me drink of them, so tender and so sweet?" I go on till the paragraph is over and I do a few other lines written on the page with different expressions. I get cheered a whole bunch by one certain crowd...my friends. And other people even cheer me on! Hooray! I hope I get the part.

"You did awesome!" says Talim, giving me a squeeze.

Another girl comes up. She does the same lines with passion. She's pretty with dirty-blond hair and blue eyes. Eomer leans over between Talim and me. I can almost feel Talim getting nervous as he comes between us. She so likes him.

"That girl up there is Eowyn, my sister!" he whispers. Clap for her when she exits, okay?"

"All right," I say.

She ends. "YAY!" Talim and I clap.

"Give us a few minutes to talk this over!" says the drama teacher in the mic and starts talking to her assistants. I shift in my seat for a very long five minutes.

"The charming actress who has earned the honor to play the role of Galadriel is..."





Oh, when are they just going to say?





"Emthiel Goldring!"

I sigh with relief. My friends jump up and pat me on the back. "Good job, Emthiel!" I look so see Eowyn smiling at me.

"And Galadriel's beautiful daughter, Celebrian will be played by...our lovely lady, Eowyn!" We give a cheer for Eowyn.



Legolas's POV _ _ _ (when Emma goes up to the stage)

Emma walks on the stage. She looks so damn beautiful that she just leaves me speechless sometimes! "Relenor, oh Relenor," she says with passion unlike I've ever seen in her.

Her face seems to glow and her eyes glitter. "Thou lips are sweet as honey! Would thou not let me drink of them, so tender and so sweet?" she says.

"She's doing wonderful!" Talim whispers to me.

"She looks beautiful too," I answer.

Talim glances at me. "Huh?"

"As a friend, I say she looks great," I say.



Till next time. When will Aragorn come back into the picture? How will Leanna get her payback on Emma? And best of all: will Emma and Legolas ever be? Wait and see.