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The Speech That Made Me Cry
Monday
"We're ready to go?" Aragorn asks, packing the last bag in one of the carriages. We're all in front or Arwen's, getting together to leave. We decided to go home because we have to study for an upcoming test, plus Arwen, Eowyn, and me have to do drama practice tomorrow. The play is in two weeks, the weekend after the dance. Anyways...
"Yea...wait, where's Boromir?" says Talim.
"He went to hang with ELISE," I say.
Everyone turns to me. Looks like I'm the only one who knows about Elise. Wonder why that is? "Who's Elise?" asks Faramir.
"A girl he met at the concert...I'm sure he'll he back any moment."
"You spoke just in time, cause there he is," says Arwen. We watch Boromir come up the dirt road. It's the cutest thing I ever saw. He's got this goofy smile on his face and a piece of paper in his hand...Elise's phone number, maybe? He finally gets to us, his goofy smile fading.
"What is everyone doing?" he asks.
"Getting ready to leave...Geography test? Remember?" says Eowyn.
"Right," he sighs. "Let me pack up."
We all groan. Great. We get to wait for him to pack.
"Smoothie break!" Arwen says, running inside with Boromir. I agree. Boromir can pack and we can make smoothies.
"Make one for me!" Boromir cries.
"No way!" Legolas and me say together.
Saturday
Things are great. Boromir and Elise talk everyday and I even got to talk to her. She seems really, really nice. They're so great together. There is one problem though. I'm waiting for Legolas to ask me to the dance. Yea, we are the queen and king and we will be together, but I want it to be an official date.
I walk into my room and smile at the big bouquet on my little table. Aw, how sweet of Legolas. I can't help but notice that it's a strange looking bouquet: lots of daisies with a rose right in the middle. I open the card.
"To a rose among daisies. I love you, Talim. Come to the Fall Ball with me. -Eomer."
I sigh. Okay, so it's not for me and it's not from Legolas. I throw myself on my bed and heave one more sigh. And the dance is tonight! Will Legolas have any time to ask me?
"What are you doing out here?" Talim cries, grabbing my arm and pulling me upstairs. "I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"I know," I sigh. "I just thought if I were hanging at the hotspot, Legolas would see me and ya know...ask me to the dance."
"You mean he hasn't asked you?" Talim gasps.
I shake my head. "Nope."
"That's right. He asked Leanna," she says.
I'm speechless. He asked Leanna? WHAT? And Talim isn't even surprised? "Just play'n," Talim says, seeing my shocked/mad expression.
"Don't EVER do that AGAIN!" I hiss. "That was SO uncalled for."
"Sorry, that wasn't a very friendly thing to do," Talim says. "And come to think of it, I haven't seen Legolas all day."
"Yea," I sigh. "Well, there are still five hours before the dance. I think I'm gonna go watch a movie."
"I'm going to go to the mall and get my makeup done," Talim says. "You wanna come?"
I think about it. I rack my brain for a good movie I have and I can't think of one. "Sure," I finally say. "I DO want to look good tonight." We turn around and head downstairs.
Legolas POV
I pick up the phone and dial Emma's number. Ring...ring...ring..."Hello, this is Talim and Emma. Leave a message and one of us will call you back"...beep!
"Emma? Where are you?" I say to the machine. "I wanna talk to you about something. Call me."
Okay, I'm so lame. I've only left four messages. I've even come to her door with flowers. I wonder where she could be! Girls usually spend forever getting ready in their rooms on days like this. Emma's not really like that, but you'd think she would be when she's the queen of the Fall Ball!
I laugh at myself. She's probably running around having fun and I'M the one ready. I slip off my tux and get a t-shirt and a pair of jeans. But why does she make herself unavailable when I need to talk to her? I just want to know that she'll go with me to the Fall Ball.
"Your such a spazz!" Eomer says.
"Huh?" sometimes I'm really dumb.
"I've been watching TV this whole time and you've called Emma like every five minutes! Chill out. She'll be in her room in about an hour or so. She's got to get ready some time."
"Yea," I say, sliding my hand through my long hair. "It's just I haven't asked her yet...and, yea."
Time flies and I have to get ready again, whether Emma calls me back or not. Some reason I have a feeling she won't get around to checking her messages. "Look on the bright side, man," says Eomer. "Someone is going to give a positive speech about you. It might be great!"
The principal picks one person that the king of the fall ball really knows. Then that person gives a speech on what they think of he king and then comes dancing. The same thing happens with the queen of the fall ball. I wonder who is giving a speech about me!
The knock on the door snaps me out of my thoughts. "Come in."
"Hurry up!" Boromir says, sticking his head in the door. "The food is already out and lots of people are there!"
"Emma?" I ask. "No, I don't think so," says Boromir. I notice that Eomer is already gone. How did he slip away like that?
"Gotta go!" I say, brushing by him and running to Emma's room. I knock. Silence. I knock again. "Yea?"
"Emma?" I say.
She opens the door. She's more beautiful than I've ever seen her! She's in this tight, blue strapless dress with this big bell-shaped part at the bottom.
"Hi," she says.
"Um, h-hi," I stutter. "God, you look sexy...I mean, you look nice." I wince. Whoops. That just came out there. I hope she doesn't mind.
Surprisingly she laughs, but she still doesn't sound too happy. I notice that her hair is in curls, and pulled up in a clip.
"What's wrong?" I ask her, walking in.
"Nothing, I was just, um, watching TV," she says.
"TV?" I ask. "But the Fall Ball is starting!"
"Yea, I know," she says. I've never seen her look so...disappointed. I feel so dumb. I have a feeling she's disappointed in me. She should be. I screwed up.
I trace her jaw line and look in her soft blue eyes. "I'm sorry that I didn't ask you before, Emma. You know I only want to spend tonight with you."
She smiles a little bit so I continue. I fake this 'real-gentleman' voice. "May I escort you to the ball, ma'am?"
She laughs and hugs me, but pulls away quickly. "The pleasure would be all mine, good sir," she says.
We laugh, link arms, and head out together. I'm glad she's not mad at me.
Emma POV
I was so glad that Legolas came to take me. I was starting to think about not going at all! When I got down to the 'Ball Hall' I was astounded. I never knew the school had such a beautiful area! There was the HUGE chandelier that hung high on the ceiling, and these stairs that went down into the dancing area. It looked like something that belonged in a castle or something. We started snacking at one of the tables and then one of the teachers stepped up to the mic. "I'd like to introduce you all to Aragorn. Aragorn, please come up."
What was this about? I'd heard about this, I think. Wasn't he going to do some kind of speech?
Everyone claps for Aragorn, including Legolas and me. He waved a hand as if to say, "settle down."
"My speech is on Emthiel Goldring, queen of the fall ball," he starts.
I gasp. A speech about me?!
"The ones that look at her and don't know her personally would all have different opinions. But I've known her for a long time and when I see her, I see a sweet, thoughtful girl. I'm not saying she's perfect because I've seen her at her worst. I've seen her messy room all that," Aragorn continues. Everyone seems to get a kick out of it, but I'm kind of embarrassed at the messy room part.
"But there is much more to her than some will ever know. When we were dating..."
Uh-oh!
"...I thought she was so considerate. And I thought she was like that to me more than anyone else. But I've got the chance to watch her with other people and I see how wrong I was. She's a great friend to anyone who needs her. She'd even be there for her worst enemy...because that's the kind of person she is. I want to say how much I love Emma and that I'll always be there for her, just as she was for me. Congratulations Emma. You deserve Queen of the Fall Ball!"
Everyone claps. I wipe away the tears. How could I have thought for a moment it was going to be a bad speech?
[How will the rest of the ball be? Find out!
-Lauren
Review, please, please!!! I want to know how many ppls are reading so leave a review if you've read this chapter. Thanx]
The Speech That Made Me Cry
Monday
"We're ready to go?" Aragorn asks, packing the last bag in one of the carriages. We're all in front or Arwen's, getting together to leave. We decided to go home because we have to study for an upcoming test, plus Arwen, Eowyn, and me have to do drama practice tomorrow. The play is in two weeks, the weekend after the dance. Anyways...
"Yea...wait, where's Boromir?" says Talim.
"He went to hang with ELISE," I say.
Everyone turns to me. Looks like I'm the only one who knows about Elise. Wonder why that is? "Who's Elise?" asks Faramir.
"A girl he met at the concert...I'm sure he'll he back any moment."
"You spoke just in time, cause there he is," says Arwen. We watch Boromir come up the dirt road. It's the cutest thing I ever saw. He's got this goofy smile on his face and a piece of paper in his hand...Elise's phone number, maybe? He finally gets to us, his goofy smile fading.
"What is everyone doing?" he asks.
"Getting ready to leave...Geography test? Remember?" says Eowyn.
"Right," he sighs. "Let me pack up."
We all groan. Great. We get to wait for him to pack.
"Smoothie break!" Arwen says, running inside with Boromir. I agree. Boromir can pack and we can make smoothies.
"Make one for me!" Boromir cries.
"No way!" Legolas and me say together.
Saturday
Things are great. Boromir and Elise talk everyday and I even got to talk to her. She seems really, really nice. They're so great together. There is one problem though. I'm waiting for Legolas to ask me to the dance. Yea, we are the queen and king and we will be together, but I want it to be an official date.
I walk into my room and smile at the big bouquet on my little table. Aw, how sweet of Legolas. I can't help but notice that it's a strange looking bouquet: lots of daisies with a rose right in the middle. I open the card.
"To a rose among daisies. I love you, Talim. Come to the Fall Ball with me. -Eomer."
I sigh. Okay, so it's not for me and it's not from Legolas. I throw myself on my bed and heave one more sigh. And the dance is tonight! Will Legolas have any time to ask me?
"What are you doing out here?" Talim cries, grabbing my arm and pulling me upstairs. "I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"I know," I sigh. "I just thought if I were hanging at the hotspot, Legolas would see me and ya know...ask me to the dance."
"You mean he hasn't asked you?" Talim gasps.
I shake my head. "Nope."
"That's right. He asked Leanna," she says.
I'm speechless. He asked Leanna? WHAT? And Talim isn't even surprised? "Just play'n," Talim says, seeing my shocked/mad expression.
"Don't EVER do that AGAIN!" I hiss. "That was SO uncalled for."
"Sorry, that wasn't a very friendly thing to do," Talim says. "And come to think of it, I haven't seen Legolas all day."
"Yea," I sigh. "Well, there are still five hours before the dance. I think I'm gonna go watch a movie."
"I'm going to go to the mall and get my makeup done," Talim says. "You wanna come?"
I think about it. I rack my brain for a good movie I have and I can't think of one. "Sure," I finally say. "I DO want to look good tonight." We turn around and head downstairs.
Legolas POV
I pick up the phone and dial Emma's number. Ring...ring...ring..."Hello, this is Talim and Emma. Leave a message and one of us will call you back"...beep!
"Emma? Where are you?" I say to the machine. "I wanna talk to you about something. Call me."
Okay, I'm so lame. I've only left four messages. I've even come to her door with flowers. I wonder where she could be! Girls usually spend forever getting ready in their rooms on days like this. Emma's not really like that, but you'd think she would be when she's the queen of the Fall Ball!
I laugh at myself. She's probably running around having fun and I'M the one ready. I slip off my tux and get a t-shirt and a pair of jeans. But why does she make herself unavailable when I need to talk to her? I just want to know that she'll go with me to the Fall Ball.
"Your such a spazz!" Eomer says.
"Huh?" sometimes I'm really dumb.
"I've been watching TV this whole time and you've called Emma like every five minutes! Chill out. She'll be in her room in about an hour or so. She's got to get ready some time."
"Yea," I say, sliding my hand through my long hair. "It's just I haven't asked her yet...and, yea."
Time flies and I have to get ready again, whether Emma calls me back or not. Some reason I have a feeling she won't get around to checking her messages. "Look on the bright side, man," says Eomer. "Someone is going to give a positive speech about you. It might be great!"
The principal picks one person that the king of the fall ball really knows. Then that person gives a speech on what they think of he king and then comes dancing. The same thing happens with the queen of the fall ball. I wonder who is giving a speech about me!
The knock on the door snaps me out of my thoughts. "Come in."
"Hurry up!" Boromir says, sticking his head in the door. "The food is already out and lots of people are there!"
"Emma?" I ask. "No, I don't think so," says Boromir. I notice that Eomer is already gone. How did he slip away like that?
"Gotta go!" I say, brushing by him and running to Emma's room. I knock. Silence. I knock again. "Yea?"
"Emma?" I say.
She opens the door. She's more beautiful than I've ever seen her! She's in this tight, blue strapless dress with this big bell-shaped part at the bottom.
"Hi," she says.
"Um, h-hi," I stutter. "God, you look sexy...I mean, you look nice." I wince. Whoops. That just came out there. I hope she doesn't mind.
Surprisingly she laughs, but she still doesn't sound too happy. I notice that her hair is in curls, and pulled up in a clip.
"What's wrong?" I ask her, walking in.
"Nothing, I was just, um, watching TV," she says.
"TV?" I ask. "But the Fall Ball is starting!"
"Yea, I know," she says. I've never seen her look so...disappointed. I feel so dumb. I have a feeling she's disappointed in me. She should be. I screwed up.
I trace her jaw line and look in her soft blue eyes. "I'm sorry that I didn't ask you before, Emma. You know I only want to spend tonight with you."
She smiles a little bit so I continue. I fake this 'real-gentleman' voice. "May I escort you to the ball, ma'am?"
She laughs and hugs me, but pulls away quickly. "The pleasure would be all mine, good sir," she says.
We laugh, link arms, and head out together. I'm glad she's not mad at me.
Emma POV
I was so glad that Legolas came to take me. I was starting to think about not going at all! When I got down to the 'Ball Hall' I was astounded. I never knew the school had such a beautiful area! There was the HUGE chandelier that hung high on the ceiling, and these stairs that went down into the dancing area. It looked like something that belonged in a castle or something. We started snacking at one of the tables and then one of the teachers stepped up to the mic. "I'd like to introduce you all to Aragorn. Aragorn, please come up."
What was this about? I'd heard about this, I think. Wasn't he going to do some kind of speech?
Everyone claps for Aragorn, including Legolas and me. He waved a hand as if to say, "settle down."
"My speech is on Emthiel Goldring, queen of the fall ball," he starts.
I gasp. A speech about me?!
"The ones that look at her and don't know her personally would all have different opinions. But I've known her for a long time and when I see her, I see a sweet, thoughtful girl. I'm not saying she's perfect because I've seen her at her worst. I've seen her messy room all that," Aragorn continues. Everyone seems to get a kick out of it, but I'm kind of embarrassed at the messy room part.
"But there is much more to her than some will ever know. When we were dating..."
Uh-oh!
"...I thought she was so considerate. And I thought she was like that to me more than anyone else. But I've got the chance to watch her with other people and I see how wrong I was. She's a great friend to anyone who needs her. She'd even be there for her worst enemy...because that's the kind of person she is. I want to say how much I love Emma and that I'll always be there for her, just as she was for me. Congratulations Emma. You deserve Queen of the Fall Ball!"
Everyone claps. I wipe away the tears. How could I have thought for a moment it was going to be a bad speech?
[How will the rest of the ball be? Find out!
-Lauren
Review, please, please!!! I want to know how many ppls are reading so leave a review if you've read this chapter. Thanx]
