Hell in Gondor High
[Sunday]
I kick back on the sofa with Elise. Eowyn comes in just then and looks at Rome. It's kinda weird how everyone I know wants Rome's attention now!

"Hey, Rome," Eowyn says. "It's so cool! You're going to be famous!" Eowyn starts babbling on and on, which is really unlike her. I swear, something really weird is going on! "I want some of my friends upstairs to meet you!" she exclaims. What is up with her? She's acting so strange and she's just acting...I don't know...fake?

Upstairs? I don't think she knows anyone upstairs besides LEANNA and some of HER friends. Rome frowns. "Uhhh...ya know what, I think I'll meet them later."

"No, no, I insist!" Eowyn says. "They've been dying to meet you."

Rome gives in and Eowyn and him leave. "Geez, I didn't know Rome was so popular here," Edoran says. "That girl was a babe!"

Elise scowls and elbows him in the ribs. "OW!" Edoran says, grabbing his side. "Not as pretty as you, of course, Elise."

"Actually, he wasn't popular before," I say with a sigh. "Must be because he's in a band now."

Legolas runs in. "Hey Emma," he says. He doesn't even acknowledge that I have my friends over. "Wanna go to the mall?"

I pretend like he invited all of us. "SURE, we'd love to go," I say.

"Hot Topic is having a sale on patches and stickers," Elise says with a quick nod. I can see that Legolas is on the verge of rolling his eyes.

"I wanna go. No offense, Emma, but sitting around your room watching movies has gotten lame," Rollend says.

"I agree," I say.

"Why don't we go get Rome from upstairs?" Yonic asks.

"Oh that's okay!!" Legolas says. "I'm sure Rome is REALLY busy."

My mind starts racing. How was it that Legolas showed up every time Rome left? Was Legolas planning to keep Rome away? But why would he do that?

"No, I'd LIKE Rome to come," I say, flashing Legolas a fiery stare. "If Eowyn wants to come too, she can, but if Rome wants to go, he can go."

He blinks. "Uh...are you sure cause..."

"YES!" I snap.

Everyone is silent for awhile. "Legolas, may I talk with you privately?"

He nods like a kid caught stealing candy. "Yea, sure."



"What is wrong with you? Rome came all the way from Rohan to spend a weekend with my friends and me, like old times! You're not the only one who was worried about me when I was kidnapped. They all came to make sure I was okay when they realized how much they wanted to spend time with me, but YOU tried to get rid of Rome! Your so selfish, Legolas. He is my friend!"

"And what am I?" Legolas snaps back. "Am I not as important? I saved you! I want to spend time with you and I want you to want to spend time with me!"

"I am ALWAYS with you, Legolas and to spend TWO DAYS with friends that I HARDLY SEE...is that wrong? Agh! You're impossible! You're a selfish, rich, spoiled brat!"

"Why don't you just go out with your stupid punk ass boyfriend, Rome, and get out of my life because you certainly don't want me!!!" Legolas says with a growl. "Just hang out with you and your hardcore punk rockers. Whatever."

I'm totally shocked. For a second I just stand there with my mouth hanging open. Did he think I liked Rome? Was THAT what this was about? How could I not have seen it? It was silly, though! There is no way I could have any feelings for Rome. No matter how much fun we had together, he wasn't my type! And he has a girlfriend, Kali, which he really loves!

I stare at Legolas. How could he be so immature? Why was he only thinking about his way and how he wanted things to be?



Legolas POV

Emma goes completely stiff for awhile, then her eyes darken and she speaks to me more hateful then I've ever heard her speak. "Fine, then keep out of my life. Seems like you have trouble keeping out of my business anyways."

Like that wasn't surprising enough, she said something I'd never heard her say before. "We're through! I don't have any feelings for you anymore, Legolas."

I couldn't move. No feelings for me? EVER AGAIN?



[Nobody's POV, Monday [Faramir, Eowyn, Arwen, Aragorn, Talim, and Eomer at lunch]]

Arwen: "Where is Emma?"

Talim: "She's eating in our room today."

Faramir: "Why would she do something like that?"

Eomer: "Her and Leggo broke up pretty bad yesterday. She dumped him."

Arwen: "Didn't Legolas save her life last week? Why would they break up? On Friday they seemed to be doing fine when I saw them."

Aragorn: "Legolas has been trying to get rid of Rome because he thought they liked each other. Well when Emma found out, she was really mad. She wanted to spend time with Rome too and only as a FRIEND."

Eowyn: "It's all really mean of Legolas, I think. It's his fault."

Faramir: "No, it's definitely Emma's fault for spending so much time with Rome and not Legolas. She stopped calling him for days so he has the right to think something when Rome and a few other guys are staying in her room over the weekend."

Aragorn: "Emma would never do anything with Rome with her brother and Elise in there, even if she did like him that way. Legolas hasn't given Emma space to breath all week. I don't hate Legolas, he's tight, but it was his fault."

Talim: "I agree! It was totally Legolas's fault. Poor Emma. After Rome, Elise, Yonic, and Rollend left for the movies, she broke down and started bawling and was telling Edoran and me all about it. I know the whole story."

Eomer: "Just because she's another emotional girl, doesn't mean the guy is wrong."

After that, there is a huge uproar. When Emma comes to sit at a table by herself, the people that agreed with her, go to her table, and the other ones left just talk amongst themselves.



Emma's POV

I sit at my computer, just staring at the screen blankly. I feel like emailing Edoran about this whole mess, but what if Rome found out? The whole thing is ridiculous! I don't know why I would hate for Rome to know about it. I don't understand anything.

I start looking through pix I took with my web cam. I go through all the ones with Talim and me, Arwen and me, Aragorn and me, Rome and his cute little gothic girl, Kali, at the Greenwings concert, and then I find some pictures I didn't know I had.

Legolas and Arwen looking really sad. It was when they went to Rivendell High to do school together, but they kept on emailing telling me how much they missed me and they sent web cam pix. But Legolas and me were apart now, but by the way he didn't acknowledge me when we walked near each other through the halls...he didn't miss me this time. It must be over for good.



Legolas POV

All Monday and Tuesday, I felt horrible, but I tried my best to hide it. I hadn't mentioned Emma's name all through those two days, nor did I look at her. Her words were haunting me. She hated me and she had NO feelings for me.

All of the sudden there is a knock on the door. "Legolas, let me in!!" says Emma. I'm startled by this, but a smile creeps over my face, which I quickly hide. I open the door and she comes in without a word. Funny, I expected her to leap into my arms and beg for forgiveness.

Like some psycho in my house, she opens my drawers and starts going through my stuff. She takes back her pajamas that she left over here one rainy Saturday when we just hung out and watched TV. Then she takes her little stereo that I borrowed and tosses my CD out of it, then she takes one of her pillows, a few of her shirts that I'd seen Talim wearing, and then she takes my keys to her dorm.

I try to ignore her by turning on Eomer's radio.

"Give me back my stuff, I want my secrets, and I want my skin without tattoos. Well, I am not about to be wrecked by the things you did to me! But it's not easy to forget, when I feel like a reject from a freak show, kicking up the white trash, from the sidewalk. Listening to the sad songs on the radio, I wanna go home. Give me back my car keys and the stereo..." the turn off the radio. That song was strangely just like our situation right now.

Emma doesn't even seem to realize how much the song had in common with us. She just stomps out of my room with her arms tightly around her things. I slam the door behind her. "GOOD RIDDENS! I'll come by today to get MY stuff!" I shout.

"They're sitting out of my door for anyone that wants them!" She snaps back.



"Emma!" I bang on her door. "Give me back my stuff!"

"Can't you see that all your stuff is GONE?! I left it all in front of my door and told some girls they could have what they wanted of Prince Legolas's things."

"You didn't!" I say.

"Yes, now goodbye."

"I wanna check in your room!" I say.

She lets me in and I search the place. "The only thing no one took is this," she says, holding up the Avril CD that I bought. I had bought it and memorized every word when I found out that she liked one of the songs.

I take the CD and see if it's scratched. Sure enough, words are scratched into it saying, "I HATE YOU"

"It's your fault, Legolas. You ruined 'us' by your own selfishness. I don't want you back her in my room ever again," she says calmly. I look into those blue eyes of hers, which are dark with hate.

"FIIIIINE, I never had anything important here anyways," I snap as I turn to leave.



Emma POV

"ATTENTION!" says the Principal. "I have a video for you guys to watch, of things that have happened this school year."

We start seeing tons of funny shots of people tripping, part of Aragorn's speech on the night of the Fall Ball, Talim screaming/laughing 'I want my MOMMY!', Arwen giggling, someone sticking their finger up their nose, Rome making faces, some people dancing at the Fall Ball [including me and Aragorn], bits and pieces of the play, clips from field trips, and...a brief shot of Legolas singing on a box with Rome playing the guitar behind him. I gasp. That was when Legolas sang to me under my window!! How did someone get a shot of that?!

The movie continues. We see Aragorn smiling like an idiot. Legolas: "Aragorn, what do you do with extra money?" Aragorn: "...uh...I like to buy tacos." Then we see me in the corner laughing. Me: "Buying tacos?"

We see Leanna laughing really, really hard, and then we hear this "SNORT!!!" Everyone starts laughing.

Then we see Frodo and his friend Sam sitting at their table. "What do you think of the school, Frodo?" says the voice of whoever's holding the camera. "I like this school, so far. The big people kind of scare me though. This girl, Emthiel Goldring, wow, I think she's high. Either that, or she's totally crazy." My friends and me totally crack up.

"I just thought that would be very fun to watch," says the Principal. "That'll be all."

I can tell Legolas is looking at me. It's almost impossible to be mad at anyone at this school. You try to ignore that they exist, but it's impossible. I look over at Legolas and he turns his gaze quickly.