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One more thing: I'm changing this fic to Gondor High
Remembering the Past
"We're here," Aragorn says, shaking my arm.
I moan sleepily and rub my eyes. "We're where?"
"At your house," he says with a laugh. I look up. Everyone's out of the cart already and at my front door...everyone staying at my house, I mean. [Legolas, Talim, Eowyn, and Eomer]
I stumble out of the cart and knock on my front door. "Mom, dad, anyone?"
The door opens and my mom stands in the doorway.
"Emma! You finally came!" she cries. I hug her. Being away from your mom is a big deal when you're only in high school. Plus my mom and me are so close. "Mom, I missed you!" I say. I really mean it too.
She kisses my cheek and then looks at my friends. She smiles at Aragorn. "Are you staying with us, Aragorn?"
"No ma'am. I'm staying at the palace of Elrond."
"Ooh, wow! I hope to see you soon then," she says.
Aragorn nods and then rides the cart away. "Well, come in, come in! You'll have to tell me all of your names and more than once, I'm afraid. I'm not very good with names," my mom says, letting my friends in. They all study my house. It's a really big, fancy house.
"Your house is so neat! What does your husband do, Mrs. Goldring?" Eowyn asks, inspecting a painting in the hall.
"We used to live the palace actually. My husband, Rolath, is Elrond's right hand man. Emma used to play with Elrohir and Elladan, long time ago. Princess Arwen lived with some family in Lothlorien so we didn't know her when we lived there. But my husband finally decided to have a side job...selling some old antiques that had belonged to our family for ages and we made good money. And we finally moved out of the palace. That's a little of out surprising history!" said my mother.
"Surprising, huh?" I ask.
Eowyn nods. "I didn't know all of that! That's pretty neat."
"So...what are all of your names?" my mom asks.
"Mom, this is Talim, Legolas, Eomer, and Eowyn," I say.
"Nice to meet all of you! Now Emma will show you to your bedrooms. Get cleaned up for dinner within half an hour. I invited the Revadka family to come for dinner also."
"Revadka?!" Talim cries. "As in Meliah Revadka?"
"Yes, of course!" says my mom. "Now get cleaned up."
Talim looks at me. We're all frowning. It seems like we'll get stuck with Leanna. We all march upstairs. "Will the curse ever leave us?" Legolas sighs.
"I'm afraid not," Eomer says. "She's unstoppable."
"And with Meliah here also, we're going to suffer some most agonizing deaths," I say.
We all take our seats at the formal table. It's decorated nicely with the wine glasses and the pretty white tablecloth. It's so nice to be home. Before I know it, Meliah and Leanna are here. They sit down across Legolas and me, Meliah across from me, Leanna across from Legolas.
"Who is this pretty boy, Emma? You never told me you had a cousin!" Meliah says.
"He's not my cousin," I say sharply. "He's my *boyfriend*."
She laughs. "YOU? Going out with someone even the slightest bit handsome? No way. Could never happen."
"Funny, you were never reluctant to take any of my boyfriends last year," I snap. "Were you desperate?"
"You're a dumbass with a smart mouth! That was LAST year. If you don't shut the hell up..."
Legolas raises an eyebrow. "I find you very rude, miss. This is EMMA'S house and not yours. You didn't have to come." Why do I sense politeness in his voice? I guess if he's a prince he has to be at least a little polite.
"So you are going out?" she asks, ignoring his comment.
"Yea, didn't you hear it the first time? Does your bitchiness affect your hearing?"
Meliah looks angry now, but she quickly replaces her angriness with a smile. She's just so pretty. Her brown hair is long and straight and her eyes are this wild green. Everything about her is perfect. She looks at Legolas lustfully. How dare her! This is NOT how I expected this night to be...The night when I come home! 'I'm going to die.'
"Legolas, do something," I mutter.
Legolas looks at her as if she's growing horns and then he looks at me. "I love you, Emma," he says.
I'm quite confused. What is happening? I imagine that Meliah is pretty confused also, but I'm not going to take my gaze away from Legolas when he looks at me this way. Desire burns in his eyes. Before I know it, my arms are wrapped around him and his arms are touching my face. He's kissing me very gently. All of the sudden I feel excruciating pain in my ribs. Someone's elbow just dug into my side. "Your mom is coming!" hisses Talim. I almost forgot Talim was right there beside me.
I jerk away from Legolas and see all the eyes of my friends on Legolas and me. My mom comes in, completely clueless.
"Good! Everyone is here. I trust everyone is getting along?"
I glance over at Meliah and Leanna. They both are staring at me as if they could just transform into Wargs tear me into pieces!! "Bite me," I whisper across the table, just loud enough for them to hear.
"Yes, Mrs. Goldring...we're all getting along," Legolas says with a fake laugh.
Dinner is especially good. I can't believe how hungry I am! I've eaten more than Legolas. Before I know it I'm so sleepy. Meliah and Leanna have been smart enough to keep their mouths shut for the rest of the night. Finally they leave!
"I'm going to bed," I say. "Anyone coming?"
Legolas yawns. "I am."
Talim and Eowyn are in one room, Eomer and Legolas are in another, and I'm in my own bed. We all slowly stumble to our rooms. I look around my room. Aww, at last!
Everything looks just the same too. I leap onto my bed and cuddle up. Beds at Gondor High weren't near this comfy. I'm too tired to even change clothes.
Hmm...I start waking up, mumbling sleepily as I feel someone resting right behind me. I glance over my shoulder to see Legolas sleeping soundly, cuddled next to me. I smile and start drifting back to sleep.
"Wake up, sleepy head!" Talim shakes my shoulders. Ugh, that's the second time someone's woken me up in two days!
"What?" I groan.
"You've been sleeping all morning! It's going to be afternoon in a few minutes. The traveling must have worn you out yesterday."
I turn around, thinking Legolas is right there, but he's not. He must have left earlier, or maybe it had been just a dream. "Okay, I'll get up," I grumble. "What day is it?" I ask stupidly.
"Saturday," Talim says. "And you and me are going to the mall to shop for an outfit tomorrow! Everyone will be dressing good at the concert. We're not going to dress good. We'll dress the BEST! Arwen and Eowyn are coming for sure. We'll have to see about the boys."
"Okay," I say, grabbing a dress from my closet. "This will be fun!"
When we're both ready, we head downstairs. "Anyone want to go to the mall?" I call out.
"Not me!" Eomer and Aragorn say at the same time.
"Legolas?"
"Nah, I think I'm going to look around your house if that's cool...hang with the guys and stuff."
"Okay," I say.
"We want to come!" Arwen says, leaping downstairs gracefully with Eowyn lagging behind.
"Arwen! You're here!" I say, a little surprised. "...at my house."
"Yea," she says. The others went out to the swimming hole and I need some clothes. So I dropped by when you were asleep...now that you're awake, let's go!"
Legolas POV
"That girl Meliah is a total sexy babe," Eomer says.
"Yea, whatever," Aragorn says.
"No, she IS! The only thing is, she's a bitch," he says.
"Talim would be a much better choice, Eomer. Don't mess around with Meliah. When she's done with you, she'll leave you."
"Talim?" squeaks Eomer.
"Yea, you both should go out," I say. This ends up being a long conversation, that I really wish I wasn't involved in. Hanging with the guys turned out to be lame. Eomer and Aragorn are kind of just sitting around, watching TV and talking about Talim. I already hear about Talim ENOUGH from Eomer since he's my roommate.
"Let's go to Arwen's palace!" Aragorn says.
"No, if you want to go that's fine, but we're going to meet with them tonight anyways," Eomer says.
I look through the pantry. "I'm kind of hungry," I announce. "I'm craving tacos."
"Mmm...That sounds good," Aragorn says.
"I think I'll drop by the mall and go to Benito's Burritos. That's the only restaurant I know of down here," he says. "It's at the mall right?"
"Yea," says Aragorn. "Get me a fajita!"
"And bring me back some nachos," Eomer says, flipping through the channels.
"Lazy bums," I say, too quiet for HUMANS to hear.
"What was that?" Aragorn asks.
"I said 'no prob,'" I lie. "I'll go saddle up my horse and go there, but don't expect me back right away. I think I'm going to eat there."
Legolas POV Continued
"I'd like to order one nacho, a fajita, and a taco, please," I say, pulling out my wallet.
"Legolas!" Leanna runs up with Meliah tagging along.
"Oh, hi girls," I say a little far-minded. That taco smell is making me melt. Yum. I'm starving.
"What's up? Can we sit with you?"
"Um..." What should I say? It's unlike me to be rude, but again this is Leanna! "Yea, if you want," I say, pretending to be distracted. I hope they notice that I don't want to pay any attention to them. I grab the food and sit down.
"Is this for us, Legolas?" Meliah asks, grabbing the fajita.
"No," I say, taking the fajita away. "For Aragorn and Eomer." So much for being nice. I'm going to have to try harder. I'm a prince. I HAVE to be nice.
"Oh," she says. They both are quiet for a minute. My taco starts to kind of break in my hand as I eat. All of the sudden, to my surprise, Leanna leaps up and goes to the counter to get me some napkins.
"Legolas, your necklace is so pretty," Meliah says, leaning forward. She touches my green gem necklace and I notice that her face is very close to mine. Uncomfortably close.
My mouth is full of taco, so I kinda just mumble: "thanks."
Emma POV
"Man, I'm starving!" I say, as the cashier starts ringing up my clothes. "The nearest restaurant is Benito's Burrito. Wanna go there?"
"Not really," Eowyn says. "I was thinking about Kick'n Chick'n."
I stick out my tongue. "Ew, gross. Their food is gross and COLD."
"We can go to both," Talim says.
"I kind of want a burger, myself," Arwen says, grabbing her bags as we grab ours. We head out of the store. Ooh, yummy. I can already smell taco!
We walk into the Mexican restaurant first. Instantly, I notice Legolas...and Meliah...VERY close to Legolas. "Thanks," Legolas says.
I feel like running. This all seems too familiar. In the mall. My boyfriend. With another girl. That little unwanted memory of seeing Aragorn and Arwen at the mall flashed in my mind. I started to back away as Legolas looked up at me. NO! This was a nightmare! He said he didn't want to come and then he shows with someone ELSE. Not just anyone else...Meliah!
Talim seems to know what I'm about to do. "There might be something to this you don't know," she whispers to me, grabbing my arm. Now this REALLY sounds familiar!
"Legolas, what are you doing here?" Arwen says.
"I came to get some food and to pick up some for Aragorn and Eomer, when...
"He decided to hang with ME!" says Meliah. Leanna walks up with napkins. Okay? Where did she come from? She hands Legolas the napkins.
"WHEN I decided to sit and take a BREAK. WHEN I ran into Leanna and Maria," he continues.
"Meliah!" Meliah corrects him, looking very annoyed. "Not MARIA!" Okay, this is better. Legolas does not seem to be attracted to Meliah at all. He's the first.
'I think Legolas is a keeper.' I smile. "Move over, PLEASE, I want to sit across from my man," I say, making Meliah scoot over. But she doesn't just scoot over. She gets up and leaves. My friends pull up chairs. I should have known Legolas would never cheat on me. How could I ever doubt him?
"You SAVED me," he says, shaking his head and taking another bite of his taco.
Good? What's going to happen at the concert? Will Meliah and Leanna cause anymore trouble? What will the group do when they all get back together to hang? What about the dance? What about the play? I didn't forget THAT! FIND out!
Remembering the Past
"We're here," Aragorn says, shaking my arm.
I moan sleepily and rub my eyes. "We're where?"
"At your house," he says with a laugh. I look up. Everyone's out of the cart already and at my front door...everyone staying at my house, I mean. [Legolas, Talim, Eowyn, and Eomer]
I stumble out of the cart and knock on my front door. "Mom, dad, anyone?"
The door opens and my mom stands in the doorway.
"Emma! You finally came!" she cries. I hug her. Being away from your mom is a big deal when you're only in high school. Plus my mom and me are so close. "Mom, I missed you!" I say. I really mean it too.
She kisses my cheek and then looks at my friends. She smiles at Aragorn. "Are you staying with us, Aragorn?"
"No ma'am. I'm staying at the palace of Elrond."
"Ooh, wow! I hope to see you soon then," she says.
Aragorn nods and then rides the cart away. "Well, come in, come in! You'll have to tell me all of your names and more than once, I'm afraid. I'm not very good with names," my mom says, letting my friends in. They all study my house. It's a really big, fancy house.
"Your house is so neat! What does your husband do, Mrs. Goldring?" Eowyn asks, inspecting a painting in the hall.
"We used to live the palace actually. My husband, Rolath, is Elrond's right hand man. Emma used to play with Elrohir and Elladan, long time ago. Princess Arwen lived with some family in Lothlorien so we didn't know her when we lived there. But my husband finally decided to have a side job...selling some old antiques that had belonged to our family for ages and we made good money. And we finally moved out of the palace. That's a little of out surprising history!" said my mother.
"Surprising, huh?" I ask.
Eowyn nods. "I didn't know all of that! That's pretty neat."
"So...what are all of your names?" my mom asks.
"Mom, this is Talim, Legolas, Eomer, and Eowyn," I say.
"Nice to meet all of you! Now Emma will show you to your bedrooms. Get cleaned up for dinner within half an hour. I invited the Revadka family to come for dinner also."
"Revadka?!" Talim cries. "As in Meliah Revadka?"
"Yes, of course!" says my mom. "Now get cleaned up."
Talim looks at me. We're all frowning. It seems like we'll get stuck with Leanna. We all march upstairs. "Will the curse ever leave us?" Legolas sighs.
"I'm afraid not," Eomer says. "She's unstoppable."
"And with Meliah here also, we're going to suffer some most agonizing deaths," I say.
We all take our seats at the formal table. It's decorated nicely with the wine glasses and the pretty white tablecloth. It's so nice to be home. Before I know it, Meliah and Leanna are here. They sit down across Legolas and me, Meliah across from me, Leanna across from Legolas.
"Who is this pretty boy, Emma? You never told me you had a cousin!" Meliah says.
"He's not my cousin," I say sharply. "He's my *boyfriend*."
She laughs. "YOU? Going out with someone even the slightest bit handsome? No way. Could never happen."
"Funny, you were never reluctant to take any of my boyfriends last year," I snap. "Were you desperate?"
"You're a dumbass with a smart mouth! That was LAST year. If you don't shut the hell up..."
Legolas raises an eyebrow. "I find you very rude, miss. This is EMMA'S house and not yours. You didn't have to come." Why do I sense politeness in his voice? I guess if he's a prince he has to be at least a little polite.
"So you are going out?" she asks, ignoring his comment.
"Yea, didn't you hear it the first time? Does your bitchiness affect your hearing?"
Meliah looks angry now, but she quickly replaces her angriness with a smile. She's just so pretty. Her brown hair is long and straight and her eyes are this wild green. Everything about her is perfect. She looks at Legolas lustfully. How dare her! This is NOT how I expected this night to be...The night when I come home! 'I'm going to die.'
"Legolas, do something," I mutter.
Legolas looks at her as if she's growing horns and then he looks at me. "I love you, Emma," he says.
I'm quite confused. What is happening? I imagine that Meliah is pretty confused also, but I'm not going to take my gaze away from Legolas when he looks at me this way. Desire burns in his eyes. Before I know it, my arms are wrapped around him and his arms are touching my face. He's kissing me very gently. All of the sudden I feel excruciating pain in my ribs. Someone's elbow just dug into my side. "Your mom is coming!" hisses Talim. I almost forgot Talim was right there beside me.
I jerk away from Legolas and see all the eyes of my friends on Legolas and me. My mom comes in, completely clueless.
"Good! Everyone is here. I trust everyone is getting along?"
I glance over at Meliah and Leanna. They both are staring at me as if they could just transform into Wargs tear me into pieces!! "Bite me," I whisper across the table, just loud enough for them to hear.
"Yes, Mrs. Goldring...we're all getting along," Legolas says with a fake laugh.
Dinner is especially good. I can't believe how hungry I am! I've eaten more than Legolas. Before I know it I'm so sleepy. Meliah and Leanna have been smart enough to keep their mouths shut for the rest of the night. Finally they leave!
"I'm going to bed," I say. "Anyone coming?"
Legolas yawns. "I am."
Talim and Eowyn are in one room, Eomer and Legolas are in another, and I'm in my own bed. We all slowly stumble to our rooms. I look around my room. Aww, at last!
Everything looks just the same too. I leap onto my bed and cuddle up. Beds at Gondor High weren't near this comfy. I'm too tired to even change clothes.
Hmm...I start waking up, mumbling sleepily as I feel someone resting right behind me. I glance over my shoulder to see Legolas sleeping soundly, cuddled next to me. I smile and start drifting back to sleep.
"Wake up, sleepy head!" Talim shakes my shoulders. Ugh, that's the second time someone's woken me up in two days!
"What?" I groan.
"You've been sleeping all morning! It's going to be afternoon in a few minutes. The traveling must have worn you out yesterday."
I turn around, thinking Legolas is right there, but he's not. He must have left earlier, or maybe it had been just a dream. "Okay, I'll get up," I grumble. "What day is it?" I ask stupidly.
"Saturday," Talim says. "And you and me are going to the mall to shop for an outfit tomorrow! Everyone will be dressing good at the concert. We're not going to dress good. We'll dress the BEST! Arwen and Eowyn are coming for sure. We'll have to see about the boys."
"Okay," I say, grabbing a dress from my closet. "This will be fun!"
When we're both ready, we head downstairs. "Anyone want to go to the mall?" I call out.
"Not me!" Eomer and Aragorn say at the same time.
"Legolas?"
"Nah, I think I'm going to look around your house if that's cool...hang with the guys and stuff."
"Okay," I say.
"We want to come!" Arwen says, leaping downstairs gracefully with Eowyn lagging behind.
"Arwen! You're here!" I say, a little surprised. "...at my house."
"Yea," she says. The others went out to the swimming hole and I need some clothes. So I dropped by when you were asleep...now that you're awake, let's go!"
Legolas POV
"That girl Meliah is a total sexy babe," Eomer says.
"Yea, whatever," Aragorn says.
"No, she IS! The only thing is, she's a bitch," he says.
"Talim would be a much better choice, Eomer. Don't mess around with Meliah. When she's done with you, she'll leave you."
"Talim?" squeaks Eomer.
"Yea, you both should go out," I say. This ends up being a long conversation, that I really wish I wasn't involved in. Hanging with the guys turned out to be lame. Eomer and Aragorn are kind of just sitting around, watching TV and talking about Talim. I already hear about Talim ENOUGH from Eomer since he's my roommate.
"Let's go to Arwen's palace!" Aragorn says.
"No, if you want to go that's fine, but we're going to meet with them tonight anyways," Eomer says.
I look through the pantry. "I'm kind of hungry," I announce. "I'm craving tacos."
"Mmm...That sounds good," Aragorn says.
"I think I'll drop by the mall and go to Benito's Burritos. That's the only restaurant I know of down here," he says. "It's at the mall right?"
"Yea," says Aragorn. "Get me a fajita!"
"And bring me back some nachos," Eomer says, flipping through the channels.
"Lazy bums," I say, too quiet for HUMANS to hear.
"What was that?" Aragorn asks.
"I said 'no prob,'" I lie. "I'll go saddle up my horse and go there, but don't expect me back right away. I think I'm going to eat there."
Legolas POV Continued
"I'd like to order one nacho, a fajita, and a taco, please," I say, pulling out my wallet.
"Legolas!" Leanna runs up with Meliah tagging along.
"Oh, hi girls," I say a little far-minded. That taco smell is making me melt. Yum. I'm starving.
"What's up? Can we sit with you?"
"Um..." What should I say? It's unlike me to be rude, but again this is Leanna! "Yea, if you want," I say, pretending to be distracted. I hope they notice that I don't want to pay any attention to them. I grab the food and sit down.
"Is this for us, Legolas?" Meliah asks, grabbing the fajita.
"No," I say, taking the fajita away. "For Aragorn and Eomer." So much for being nice. I'm going to have to try harder. I'm a prince. I HAVE to be nice.
"Oh," she says. They both are quiet for a minute. My taco starts to kind of break in my hand as I eat. All of the sudden, to my surprise, Leanna leaps up and goes to the counter to get me some napkins.
"Legolas, your necklace is so pretty," Meliah says, leaning forward. She touches my green gem necklace and I notice that her face is very close to mine. Uncomfortably close.
My mouth is full of taco, so I kinda just mumble: "thanks."
Emma POV
"Man, I'm starving!" I say, as the cashier starts ringing up my clothes. "The nearest restaurant is Benito's Burrito. Wanna go there?"
"Not really," Eowyn says. "I was thinking about Kick'n Chick'n."
I stick out my tongue. "Ew, gross. Their food is gross and COLD."
"We can go to both," Talim says.
"I kind of want a burger, myself," Arwen says, grabbing her bags as we grab ours. We head out of the store. Ooh, yummy. I can already smell taco!
We walk into the Mexican restaurant first. Instantly, I notice Legolas...and Meliah...VERY close to Legolas. "Thanks," Legolas says.
I feel like running. This all seems too familiar. In the mall. My boyfriend. With another girl. That little unwanted memory of seeing Aragorn and Arwen at the mall flashed in my mind. I started to back away as Legolas looked up at me. NO! This was a nightmare! He said he didn't want to come and then he shows with someone ELSE. Not just anyone else...Meliah!
Talim seems to know what I'm about to do. "There might be something to this you don't know," she whispers to me, grabbing my arm. Now this REALLY sounds familiar!
"Legolas, what are you doing here?" Arwen says.
"I came to get some food and to pick up some for Aragorn and Eomer, when...
"He decided to hang with ME!" says Meliah. Leanna walks up with napkins. Okay? Where did she come from? She hands Legolas the napkins.
"WHEN I decided to sit and take a BREAK. WHEN I ran into Leanna and Maria," he continues.
"Meliah!" Meliah corrects him, looking very annoyed. "Not MARIA!" Okay, this is better. Legolas does not seem to be attracted to Meliah at all. He's the first.
'I think Legolas is a keeper.' I smile. "Move over, PLEASE, I want to sit across from my man," I say, making Meliah scoot over. But she doesn't just scoot over. She gets up and leaves. My friends pull up chairs. I should have known Legolas would never cheat on me. How could I ever doubt him?
"You SAVED me," he says, shaking his head and taking another bite of his taco.
Good? What's going to happen at the concert? Will Meliah and Leanna cause anymore trouble? What will the group do when they all get back together to hang? What about the dance? What about the play? I didn't forget THAT! FIND out!
