Torn
"Guess what?" Arwen says, taking a bite out of her taco. "You'll never guess who was at my house last night trying to mess with Edoran!"
"Who?" I ask, looking up from my burrito.
"Meliah Revadka, Leanna's cousin! It seems that I've almost forgotten her while we were in Gondor."
"Oh great," Aragorn mutters, rolling his eyes. "First night I met her, that little ho was drunk and topless!"
"Will we have to see her often?" Darien asks.
"I'm afraid so," Arwen says. "We have this war thing between us. She thinks she can have any guy she wants, so she tries to steal whomever I'm going out with. Unfortunately, it usually works."
"But not for me!" Aragorn says, wrapping his arm around her. "I could never like her...I love you."
Arwen smiles goofily and looks up at Aragorn.
"Well, I hope she stays clear away from me," Darien says, then takes a bite of his taco.
"I doubt it," I say. "But we'll see. Let's just stay clear of Barthimen Burmutas, that lingerie store here. She works there."
"Not like I'd want to go there anyways!" Darien says.
"DAMN! I so wanted to go visit the lingerie store! I want to get myself some bras...yea, right, Emma," Aragorn jokes. We all laugh.
"I just meant stay clear of that place!" I say in my defense. "Let's not go NEAR it."
"Anyways," Arwen says. "I feel like going home. We've been here for awhile."
"I'll take you home, Arwen," Aragorn says. "You guys wanna go home too?"
"I don't," Darien says. "I kinda want to look around more, since I'll be living here for awhile. What about you Emma?"
I smile that he thought of asking me. "I'd like to stay too. I have some money to blow."
"Great," Darien says.
"Okay, well, I'll see you two later," Arwen says. "Lovebirds," she whispers to me.
I roll my eyes. "Bye guys."
So Darien and me throw our trash away and walk back into the mall. "I was hoping you wouldn't go," he says. "You're really nice. I thought as soon as I moved here, it would be hell and that it'd be hard to meet people."
I nod. "Well, you're cool and I'm glad you came around. My summer will be less boring with you around, I bet," I say. I look towards him and he has this big grin, revealing his straight, white teeth. "So, let's get to know each other more. I'll ask a question, then you can ask a question."
"Okay!" he says. "You first."
"All right," I say, taking a moment to think. "Do you play any instruments?"
"I've been playing the guitar ever since I was a kid. I've had voice lessons and guitar lessons for since I was eleven...though, since I moved here, I don't have them anymore."
"Wow, I bet your amazing! Have you ever thought of being in a band?"
"Um, thought about it, but really, I don't want to. I'd like to make a CD of my own some day, but I don't know...I just love music."
"That is so cool," I say. "I wish I had an awesome talent like that."
"I bet you do. So, what do you like to do in your spare time?" he asks.
"I like to go to concerts...Um, I like to act. I did a play last school year actually and Queen Galadriel was there. That was amazing."
"There you go!" he says. "THAT'S talent...but I have another question."
"Shoot," I say.
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
My heart beats so hard that I can hear it pounding in my ears. "Uhh...well, I broke up with my boyfriend Legolas because we live far away now that we don't live in Gondor. It was hard and we broke up just about two days ago. We still have feelings for each other though."
"Oh," he says sadly.
I can't help but feeling that Darien likes me. I look over at him and smile. His ratty, sandy blond hair is cute. He looks like on of those surfboard models that live right by the bay of Belfalas, and they are hot. His soft blue eyes look at me a little sad. He's opposite of Legolas in so many ways, but he's just about as hot! Maybe just as hot! I could see his chest mussels even through his shirt. "I was just wondering, cause, well...I already think your amazing. Last night was amazing," he says.
I smile even more. Wow, I'm so into this guy. "Darien...I think YOU'RE the amazing one. I hope we can spend lots of time together this summer."
His replaces the frown with a smile. "You really mean that?" he asks as if it were too good to be true.
I laugh. "Of course I do!"
"Well, here we are," I say as I walk onto my porch. I look back at Darien who is smiling. Seems that I just noticed that he has really nice lips, not too full, not to little...perfect.
"Um, so...well, you want to hang out tomorrow? There is a lake behind my house, you know..."
"Yes, I know," I say. "I'd love too...and maybe we can go swimming in it?"
He nods. "Yea, that'd be cool. Bring Arwen if she wants to come cause I bet Aragorn will want to come. One o' clock would be good for me."
"That would me good for me too...well, I better go in, it's getting late." And it had gotten late. We had wandered around the mall for hours.
"All right..." he says. I notice that he is really close to me. He leans forward. Will he kiss me?
'Kiss me!' I plead in my head, wishing he could here me and just KISS ME. Then he shakes his head as if reading my mind or maybe clearing some thought. "Uh...I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Okay, bye," I say. I run inside and lean against the door. Wow, whether he kissed me or not, he was amazing. I would do almost anything to hear him sing and play to me on his guitar. OH, I knew he liked me! And I liked him!
After a few minutes of just leaning and daydreaming against the door, the phone rings. I grab it excitedly, thinking it was Darien.
"HI!" I say, not bothering to hide the enthusiasm I felt.
"Hey, Emma. You sound excited. What's up?" Legolas says.
I sigh. "Oh, nothing's up. Things are going good here. Aragorn, Arwen, Darien, and me have all been hanging out. It's been great."
"Whose Darien?" he asks.
"Oh, the dude that Aragorn is living with. He's pretty cool."
"Sweet. Well, I missed you and felt like calling," he says earnestly.
"Oh," I say, feeling extremely guilty. I'm not really sure why! It's not like we're going out anymore.
"Is everything okay?" Legolas asks. "You're not mad at me, are you?"
"No, I was just thinking...mind wandering and stuff..." I say nervously.
"Want to talk about it?" he asks.
"You wouldn't want to hear about it, Legolas," I say.
He pauses. "Did you meet someone else?"
"Well," I say slowly. "That guy that Aragorn is staying with...um, I think I'm starting to like him..."
Darien's POV
"Dude, where have you been all this time?" Aragorn asks, grabbing the milk from the fridge as I come in the door. "You've been out with Emma all this time, haven't you?"
I grin. "Oh, yes, I have," I say 'as-a-matter-of-fact'ly, leaping onto the couch. "Man, she's amazing."
"Yes, she was my girlfriend before," Aragorn says. "She's a great girl. Still, one of my best friends!"
"If I knew I was going to meet her, I would have left Rohan much happier," I say with a sigh. "We just have this clique where we can talk so openly!"
"Well, be careful. Her last boyfriend and her JUST broke up and the only reason why was because they live far apart for the summer. They still talk to each other, will be going to school together again, and I'm guessing they still have feelings for each other. Prince Legolas and her have been going out for a school year too."
"PRINCE Legolas?!" I practically yell. "I don't believe it! She's the sister of a guy in Pandemonium, she's great friends with Princess Arwen, and she's ex-girlfriend of Prince Legolas?"
"You got it. Her father is a wealthy, well-thought-of man. I'm just telling you...she's hard to get."
I sigh and lay back down on the couch. "But, man, I think she kind of likes me. If she does I think I'll die happy and if not...I'll accept that she's hard to get...then try my best to get her!"
Aragorn laughs. "You sound like a love-sick seventh grader."
I laugh too. "I can't help it. That's how I feel."
"Darien Jothes, what have you been doing all day long?" Mom snaps, coming in the living room. "What is this, just running off while Aragorn stays home?"
"It's okay, Mrs. Jothes. I wanted to stay here," Aragorn says.
"Where were you, Darien?" mom repeats. "Off with some druggies, I suppose?
"At the mall with this girl I met, mom," I say. "She lives across the street and nothing happened!"
"Okay," mom says. "Just, please tell me if your going to be gone all day so I don't get worried that something happened."
She leaves the room and Aragorn and I just laugh. "She always seems to mention 'doing drugs' every time you do something bad, man!" Aragorn laughs.
"Yea," I snicker. "She thinks I'm going to be as wild as she was when she was seventeen."
"It's funny," Aragorn says. "Now, let's watch a movie."
"Oh, but thinking of Emma is so much better," I say dreamily, but half jokingly to get on Aragorn's nerves like an obsessed seventh grader.
Aragorn punches my shoulder. "Stop playing around and let's see your movies!"
Emma's POV
"Legolas, are you there?" I ask frantically. Did he hang up on me?
"I'm here," Legolas says. "I was just a little shocked."
"Legolas, I love you. Don't hang up on me, please!"
"I'm not hanging up on you," Legolas laughs halfheartedly. "Though, this is a hard thing to swallow. Don't you remember the memories we had together?"
"Yes, I do, Legolas, but even you said it might not last forever. What am I supposed to do...just wait and have NO relationships till school starts again?"
"You're right, I guess. I can't believe I said that though. I hope you change your mind, honestly. I'm not liking this Darien guy already."
"I know," I say. "But he might not like me and Legolas, maybe things will go back to normal when we go back to Gondor."
There's a silence. "A sane guy not liking you? Yea, right...look, I think I should go. My father is having a small dinner party and Talim and I are supposed to go."
"Oh, well, okay. Talk to you later," I say. "Still love you."
"Yea, bye," he says shortly then I hear him hang up.
My shoulders sink and I hang up the phone. Damn, what a mess! Now Legolas is mad at me and this will screw up lots of stuff. If I didn't patch things up quick, he'd be mad at me for a long time and seeing him in school would be...weird, right?
I wasn't sure of anything.
"Emma, you should head to bed now," mom said from upstairs. "You didn't have much sleep last night!"
"Okay mom, I'm coming!" I say.
And I come right away. The sooner I can sleep, the sooner I won't be thinking about my Legolas/Darien problem. Why should I have to feel torn between them? This was pretty sad.
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"Guess what?" Arwen says, taking a bite out of her taco. "You'll never guess who was at my house last night trying to mess with Edoran!"
"Who?" I ask, looking up from my burrito.
"Meliah Revadka, Leanna's cousin! It seems that I've almost forgotten her while we were in Gondor."
"Oh great," Aragorn mutters, rolling his eyes. "First night I met her, that little ho was drunk and topless!"
"Will we have to see her often?" Darien asks.
"I'm afraid so," Arwen says. "We have this war thing between us. She thinks she can have any guy she wants, so she tries to steal whomever I'm going out with. Unfortunately, it usually works."
"But not for me!" Aragorn says, wrapping his arm around her. "I could never like her...I love you."
Arwen smiles goofily and looks up at Aragorn.
"Well, I hope she stays clear away from me," Darien says, then takes a bite of his taco.
"I doubt it," I say. "But we'll see. Let's just stay clear of Barthimen Burmutas, that lingerie store here. She works there."
"Not like I'd want to go there anyways!" Darien says.
"DAMN! I so wanted to go visit the lingerie store! I want to get myself some bras...yea, right, Emma," Aragorn jokes. We all laugh.
"I just meant stay clear of that place!" I say in my defense. "Let's not go NEAR it."
"Anyways," Arwen says. "I feel like going home. We've been here for awhile."
"I'll take you home, Arwen," Aragorn says. "You guys wanna go home too?"
"I don't," Darien says. "I kinda want to look around more, since I'll be living here for awhile. What about you Emma?"
I smile that he thought of asking me. "I'd like to stay too. I have some money to blow."
"Great," Darien says.
"Okay, well, I'll see you two later," Arwen says. "Lovebirds," she whispers to me.
I roll my eyes. "Bye guys."
So Darien and me throw our trash away and walk back into the mall. "I was hoping you wouldn't go," he says. "You're really nice. I thought as soon as I moved here, it would be hell and that it'd be hard to meet people."
I nod. "Well, you're cool and I'm glad you came around. My summer will be less boring with you around, I bet," I say. I look towards him and he has this big grin, revealing his straight, white teeth. "So, let's get to know each other more. I'll ask a question, then you can ask a question."
"Okay!" he says. "You first."
"All right," I say, taking a moment to think. "Do you play any instruments?"
"I've been playing the guitar ever since I was a kid. I've had voice lessons and guitar lessons for since I was eleven...though, since I moved here, I don't have them anymore."
"Wow, I bet your amazing! Have you ever thought of being in a band?"
"Um, thought about it, but really, I don't want to. I'd like to make a CD of my own some day, but I don't know...I just love music."
"That is so cool," I say. "I wish I had an awesome talent like that."
"I bet you do. So, what do you like to do in your spare time?" he asks.
"I like to go to concerts...Um, I like to act. I did a play last school year actually and Queen Galadriel was there. That was amazing."
"There you go!" he says. "THAT'S talent...but I have another question."
"Shoot," I say.
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
My heart beats so hard that I can hear it pounding in my ears. "Uhh...well, I broke up with my boyfriend Legolas because we live far away now that we don't live in Gondor. It was hard and we broke up just about two days ago. We still have feelings for each other though."
"Oh," he says sadly.
I can't help but feeling that Darien likes me. I look over at him and smile. His ratty, sandy blond hair is cute. He looks like on of those surfboard models that live right by the bay of Belfalas, and they are hot. His soft blue eyes look at me a little sad. He's opposite of Legolas in so many ways, but he's just about as hot! Maybe just as hot! I could see his chest mussels even through his shirt. "I was just wondering, cause, well...I already think your amazing. Last night was amazing," he says.
I smile even more. Wow, I'm so into this guy. "Darien...I think YOU'RE the amazing one. I hope we can spend lots of time together this summer."
His replaces the frown with a smile. "You really mean that?" he asks as if it were too good to be true.
I laugh. "Of course I do!"
"Well, here we are," I say as I walk onto my porch. I look back at Darien who is smiling. Seems that I just noticed that he has really nice lips, not too full, not to little...perfect.
"Um, so...well, you want to hang out tomorrow? There is a lake behind my house, you know..."
"Yes, I know," I say. "I'd love too...and maybe we can go swimming in it?"
He nods. "Yea, that'd be cool. Bring Arwen if she wants to come cause I bet Aragorn will want to come. One o' clock would be good for me."
"That would me good for me too...well, I better go in, it's getting late." And it had gotten late. We had wandered around the mall for hours.
"All right..." he says. I notice that he is really close to me. He leans forward. Will he kiss me?
'Kiss me!' I plead in my head, wishing he could here me and just KISS ME. Then he shakes his head as if reading my mind or maybe clearing some thought. "Uh...I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Okay, bye," I say. I run inside and lean against the door. Wow, whether he kissed me or not, he was amazing. I would do almost anything to hear him sing and play to me on his guitar. OH, I knew he liked me! And I liked him!
After a few minutes of just leaning and daydreaming against the door, the phone rings. I grab it excitedly, thinking it was Darien.
"HI!" I say, not bothering to hide the enthusiasm I felt.
"Hey, Emma. You sound excited. What's up?" Legolas says.
I sigh. "Oh, nothing's up. Things are going good here. Aragorn, Arwen, Darien, and me have all been hanging out. It's been great."
"Whose Darien?" he asks.
"Oh, the dude that Aragorn is living with. He's pretty cool."
"Sweet. Well, I missed you and felt like calling," he says earnestly.
"Oh," I say, feeling extremely guilty. I'm not really sure why! It's not like we're going out anymore.
"Is everything okay?" Legolas asks. "You're not mad at me, are you?"
"No, I was just thinking...mind wandering and stuff..." I say nervously.
"Want to talk about it?" he asks.
"You wouldn't want to hear about it, Legolas," I say.
He pauses. "Did you meet someone else?"
"Well," I say slowly. "That guy that Aragorn is staying with...um, I think I'm starting to like him..."
Darien's POV
"Dude, where have you been all this time?" Aragorn asks, grabbing the milk from the fridge as I come in the door. "You've been out with Emma all this time, haven't you?"
I grin. "Oh, yes, I have," I say 'as-a-matter-of-fact'ly, leaping onto the couch. "Man, she's amazing."
"Yes, she was my girlfriend before," Aragorn says. "She's a great girl. Still, one of my best friends!"
"If I knew I was going to meet her, I would have left Rohan much happier," I say with a sigh. "We just have this clique where we can talk so openly!"
"Well, be careful. Her last boyfriend and her JUST broke up and the only reason why was because they live far apart for the summer. They still talk to each other, will be going to school together again, and I'm guessing they still have feelings for each other. Prince Legolas and her have been going out for a school year too."
"PRINCE Legolas?!" I practically yell. "I don't believe it! She's the sister of a guy in Pandemonium, she's great friends with Princess Arwen, and she's ex-girlfriend of Prince Legolas?"
"You got it. Her father is a wealthy, well-thought-of man. I'm just telling you...she's hard to get."
I sigh and lay back down on the couch. "But, man, I think she kind of likes me. If she does I think I'll die happy and if not...I'll accept that she's hard to get...then try my best to get her!"
Aragorn laughs. "You sound like a love-sick seventh grader."
I laugh too. "I can't help it. That's how I feel."
"Darien Jothes, what have you been doing all day long?" Mom snaps, coming in the living room. "What is this, just running off while Aragorn stays home?"
"It's okay, Mrs. Jothes. I wanted to stay here," Aragorn says.
"Where were you, Darien?" mom repeats. "Off with some druggies, I suppose?
"At the mall with this girl I met, mom," I say. "She lives across the street and nothing happened!"
"Okay," mom says. "Just, please tell me if your going to be gone all day so I don't get worried that something happened."
She leaves the room and Aragorn and I just laugh. "She always seems to mention 'doing drugs' every time you do something bad, man!" Aragorn laughs.
"Yea," I snicker. "She thinks I'm going to be as wild as she was when she was seventeen."
"It's funny," Aragorn says. "Now, let's watch a movie."
"Oh, but thinking of Emma is so much better," I say dreamily, but half jokingly to get on Aragorn's nerves like an obsessed seventh grader.
Aragorn punches my shoulder. "Stop playing around and let's see your movies!"
Emma's POV
"Legolas, are you there?" I ask frantically. Did he hang up on me?
"I'm here," Legolas says. "I was just a little shocked."
"Legolas, I love you. Don't hang up on me, please!"
"I'm not hanging up on you," Legolas laughs halfheartedly. "Though, this is a hard thing to swallow. Don't you remember the memories we had together?"
"Yes, I do, Legolas, but even you said it might not last forever. What am I supposed to do...just wait and have NO relationships till school starts again?"
"You're right, I guess. I can't believe I said that though. I hope you change your mind, honestly. I'm not liking this Darien guy already."
"I know," I say. "But he might not like me and Legolas, maybe things will go back to normal when we go back to Gondor."
There's a silence. "A sane guy not liking you? Yea, right...look, I think I should go. My father is having a small dinner party and Talim and I are supposed to go."
"Oh, well, okay. Talk to you later," I say. "Still love you."
"Yea, bye," he says shortly then I hear him hang up.
My shoulders sink and I hang up the phone. Damn, what a mess! Now Legolas is mad at me and this will screw up lots of stuff. If I didn't patch things up quick, he'd be mad at me for a long time and seeing him in school would be...weird, right?
I wasn't sure of anything.
"Emma, you should head to bed now," mom said from upstairs. "You didn't have much sleep last night!"
"Okay mom, I'm coming!" I say.
And I come right away. The sooner I can sleep, the sooner I won't be thinking about my Legolas/Darien problem. Why should I have to feel torn between them? This was pretty sad.
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