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The New Kids on The Block

That night, the group comes in while I'm just flipping through channels on TV. They come in, laughing and talking. "This is gonna be great, Emma! We'll have singles out by tomorrow of our song 'Emma'!" Elise says. "Now all of middle Earth will know about the bestest friend in the world!" she hugs me tight.

I laugh. "I'm glad you guys are getting what you wanted," I say.

"Oh we sure are!" Edoran says.



That night when every one is asleep, I continue to flip through channels. Edoran comes in and sits on the couch next to me.

"Hey, can we talk?"

I turn off the TV. "Sure, what about?"

"I don't know. Anything, I guess. I never see get to talk to you when I'm around. It feels like the really important years of your life, I was never there. I'm sorry things happened the way they did," he says, lowering his head.

I nod. "Yea, me too. Why did you write a song about how dad hates you? He doesn't really hate you..."

"The songs that come out great are usually the ones that you've experienced and feel. I feel like he hates me. He never looked at you with such emptiness as he did me. He just looked at me so blank as if he didn't know his own son. They told me to never come back, Emma, therefore they must hate me."

I sigh. I remember my old friend Katie saying, "your family is perfect. Your family is beautiful, rich, and you all get along so well."

Ha! That was a joke. My family couldn't get along at all. "I don't see why it would hurt you to try to talk to them. What could you lose? If you go there and they tell you to go away, then oh well, life goes back to normal. But if they want you back as their son, wouldn't it be worth it?"

He scowls. "I've got no time for family. You know I hardly have enough time to see you in Gondor. I'm not making any trips to Rivendell."

I sigh again. So I guess it is impossible.



Talim's POV

On Thursday morning, I go to my locker to grab my books, just like every school day, mumbling about detention as I go along. That's when I notice a new girl, decorating her locker, the locker that's been empty all year. She smiles a beautiful smile at me and I smile back a little.

"Hi, I'm Rimonna," says the girl, tossing her long straight, brown hair behind her shoulder. She's really pretty. "I'm new here. What's your name?"

"Hi, I'm Talim," I say with a nod. "I thought you were new."

"How'd you know?" she asks. "Oh, I know. I dress a little different."

"No, that's not it," I say, though she IS dressed very different. While most people at our school wear expensive frilly clothes, she's just wearing sort of baggy pants and old chucks [you know, those tennis shoes that skaters wear?]. Legolas had a pair of them, but not a lot of girls I knew here wore them. She was wearing a green T-shirt and a black chocker around her neck. "It's just that that locker has been empty all year."

She nods and then looks over my shoulder with interest. "Is THAT who I think it is?"

I turn around to see Prince Legolas walking by. "Hey Talim, what's up?" He slaps hands with me. Meanwhile, Rimonna is practically drooling.

"Hey Leg-man," I say. "This is Rimonna. Rimonna, Legolas."

"Hey," he says, smiling at her.

"Hi," she says shyly, grinning like an idiot.

"Well, I gotta go. Talk to you later, Talim. You gonna be at the club showing off your moves on Saturday?"

"Wouldn't miss it," I tell Legolas as he disappears into the crowds.

"Wow, he is so hot," Rimonna says.

I wince. "You probably shouldn't go for him, Rimonna. He's got a girlfriend named Emma and...."

"Where is she? I wanna see what's she's like so I'll know what kinda types he likes."

I try not to roll my eyes. "She's visiting her brother in Gondor. She'll be back on Saturday."

She gives me a look as if she thinks I'm lying. What does she think? That I like Legolas? "Well," she says slowly. "That gives me some time to meet Legolas. He's not taken unless he's married," she says. Before I can object and say that Emma is MY friend, she starts walking off. "Maybe I'll see you later, Tulla!"

"TALIM!!!" I say back.

"Oh, sorry," she says.

"This is not good," I mumble to myself. "Not good at all." All Emma needs it another girl trying to steal her boyfriend away. That's how it always was. Some guy either wanted to go out with Emma, or some girl wanted to go out with Legolas. "Glad that doesn't happen to me and Eomer," I whisper.

I run up to Eomer, and then notice that freak'n blond from Chemistry is talking to him AGAIN. I grin evilly. "Hey, baby, I haven't seen you in awhile!" I say to Eomer. He gives me a weird look, probably cause I saw him this morning.

Then he gets where I'm getting at and grins. "Yea, Talim, I've been looking for you everywhere," he says.

I giggle. "Aww, how sweet of you to be thinking of ME."

"I'm always thinking of you," he says. The blond girl rolls her eyes and walks away. "FINALLY!" he says. "I couldn't get away from that witch. All she talks about is herself."

I nod. "Whatever happened, lets just get to class now. This hasn't been a good day already."

He puts his arm around me as we walk towards Homeroom. "I'm sorry, baby."



Legolas POV

I sigh and look towards the clock during second period. When will this day finish so I can finally see Emma? I can't wait for Saturday so I can go see Cutting-Edge Goodness with her. We'd both be dressed nice and we would dance together to music we both liked. I'm sure she'd like this band. Everything would be perfect.

The bell rings as I'm in the middle of my daydream of being with Emma. The kids rush out as the teacher tries to explain to us something about an upcoming quiz.

I hurry out with the rest of the students. Well, at least it's lunchtime now!

"Hey Legolas," this girl with long brown hair comes up. I notice that she has stunning blue eyes.

"Hi," I say, racking through my brain, trying to remember her name. "Sorry, I forgot your name." I frown.

"Rimonna," she says.

"Sorry," I say again.

She smiles. "It's all right. It's a hard name to memorize anyways. So, do you wanna have lunch with me?"

I pause. That wouldn't look right, me sitting at a table alone with a pretty girl when I HAD a girlfriend, right? I didn't want to be alone with this girl anyways. If she wanted to be friends that was cool, but I didn't want it being spread that I had like a special girl-buddy. "You wanna sit with me and my friends?" I ask.

She's quiet for a minute. "Sure, that'd be fine, I guess."

I nod. "You'll like them."

"So, what's this girl named Emma like?"

I'm a little startled at the question. How did she know about Emma and me already? "We're like best friends," I say, smiling. "She's got blond hair and blue eyes..."

"Ditzy blond," she says.

I shake my head, feeling hurt. "No, not at all. She's not dumb, nor stuck to herself."

"Oh," she says. I watch her roll her eyes.

All of the sudden I see a guy with kind of wavy/curly brown hair and blue eyes just as surprisingly blue as Rimonna's. He stops. "Hey Rimo," he says. I'm guessing that's short for Rimonna. "Bothering this poor guy?"

"Legolas, this is my dumbass TWIN brother, Ryson," she says.

Ryson frowns. "God, your never doing anything but bitchin everybody," he says. "Nice to meet you, Legolas. Beware of my sister, she's evil." I try not to look annoyed with this Rimonna girl. I'm sorry, but she's acting like a dumb-slut already.

She puts her arm around mine and squeezes my hand. "Legolas, this is so cool. I get to meet all of your friends and stuff."

I nod, and try not to sneer. I slip my hand away when she's looking at something on the News Board. "Why are you pulling your arm away?" she asks.

"Because, Rimonna, I HAVE a girlfriend," I say.

She laughs. "Don't be silly! She's not around. Besides, what does she have that I don't have?"

I didn't have to think long. Sure, Rimonna had a cute-as-a-button face, silky hair, and bright blue eyes, but she was also snotty, stuck up, and not reliable. Did I need any other reasons not to like her?

"Legolas?" Rimonna presses. "What does she have that I don't?"

I don't want to hurt her feelings. I don't want to make enemies. "I don't know you all that much, Rimonna."

"Well, we'll GET to know each other," she says. Why was she so SURE she could have me? Was she like that with every guy? This was one of the girls I'd heard about...the ones that think they can never be turned down. Well, she was going to be turned down if she kept this up.



Talim's POV

"So, yea, this girl Rimonna really thinks she can GET Legolas. I mean, yea right," I say at lunch. "Even when I told her he was going out with Emma, she was like 'so what!'"

"She'll see how much Legolas is crazy about Emma and give up. This sort of thing happens a lot," Arwen says.

"How about when we see her, we brag about Emma like she's the best thing in the world! She'll be all freaked out."

"I'm not going to say anything," Eomer says. "You girls are on your own."

"Look, there they are!" Aragorn says.

"Hey everyone, did I miss anything?" Legolas asks, setting down his tray. Rimonna sits down next to him.

"Oh, nothing really, we wee just talking about Emma," I saw with a devilish smile.

"You were?" Legolas asks.

"Yes!" Arwen says. "Emma is so lucky. She gets to hang out with famous people like Gondor Do Theory tomorrow. She's always with Pandemonium."

"Oh, I've heard of them!" Rimonna says. "I hear they're good!"

"Yes, they are. Her brother is in the band and she's so close to all of them that they all got the same tattoo!" Eowyn says.

"She also made the lead for an awesome play. Even Queen Galadriel was there to watch it!" I say. "And she made Queen of the Fall Ball."

Legolas just looks around like 'what's going on?'

"Oh yea, and remember that Pandemonium is naming their first album after Emma?" Luin says.

"Oh YEA!" I say. "Emma is really cool."

"Yea," Legolas says, still looking confused. "She's awesome." We all look over at Rimonna who is looking down at her carrots.

"You should meet her," Arwen says. "She's really nice."



Rimonna's POV

I look across the table to look at Talim. The way how everyone's talking about Emma makes me wonder...would Legolas EVER choose me over someone like Emma?

'Of course he would,' I told myself. 'I get who I want and I want Legolas. Not even a preppy blond can stand in my way. I was gonna start shopping a little different. Sure, I can catch just about any guy if I wore a paper bag, but this might take some extra work to get a PRINCE and to take him away from Miss-Perfect. All I have to do is buy some clothes like people HERE wear and go to that club on Saturday. I just had to find out which club.

"So, what are you guys doing this weekend?"

"Clubbing," Talim says quickly.

"Where?" I press.

"White City Night Club," Legolas says.

"I don't think I will be able to go" I lie. "Oh well." All I have to do is do some major shopping with some saved up money and then show up to this club.

"Oh, I'm sorry you cant come," Talim says. She looks really sorry. "But we're gonna have so much fun!"

I frown. There's something kinda weird about this group. I can't quite figure out what it is, but there's something wrong. I knit my hands with Legolas's, lean on his shoulder, and smile. They all cant help but sneer. I just know all these girls are jealous of me. Who knows if this Emma chick is real or not?



Legolas POV

"Hey," I say as I walk by Rimonna's brother, Ryson.

"Hey man," he says. "How's my sister treating you?"

I stop in my tracks and shrug. "She's treating me really well."

"Too well?" he asks. "She acts like a bitch to me when she's around a lot of people... people that she's trying to impress. If she gets on your nerves, just tell her to back off."

"I don't know if I could do that," I say honestly.

"Then she really doesn't deserve you, if you're that nice to deal with her. If you want me to tell her to keep off, I can do that."

"I might need you to do something if she acts this way when my girlfriend comes back from Gondor, but for now I'm fine. I'll talk to you later, but I have to go," I say.

"All right. Yea, later," he says.

"Legolas!" I hear Rimonna call out while I'm walking through the hall. "Where are you going?"

"To the detention class," I say.

"Ooh, bad boy, eh? I love bad boys."

"Actually, I'm just grabbing some stuff from the class so my girlfriend do some of her work over the weekend."

She rolls her eyes as if she hears something about my girlfriend one more time, she's gonna kill someone.