Jealousy Starts

"Hey, Rome!" I say into the phone. "What's up?"

"Um, nothing, just taking a little break from a shoot! What's going on?"

"Nothing, just inviting you guys to a party NEXT weekend. It's going to be HUGE! I think Arwen is even hiring Greenwings!"

"Whoa, that's cool, but I know we won't be able to make it," he says. "We're trying to get enough money to move out of our dump and next weekend we have a little gig."

"Grrr," I say to myself. "But tell everyone I said I love them and I hope to see them sometime soon!"

"Okay, I will. Love ya," he says.

"Love you too," I say and hang up the phone. Then I dial Legolas's number.

"Hello?"

"Legolas, it's Emma," I say.

He laughs. "I know your voice when I hear it. What's up?"

"Well, I'm inviting you to the biggest party EVER! Greenwings is most likely going to be playing and we have a great DJ for the time Greenwings doesn't play. We have one of the best chefs cooking and Edoran has bought all this beer...and even better, it's a parent-free party!"

"Wow!" Legolas says. "Sounds BIG! I'll try to see if I can make it. Can I invite Talim?"

"Yea, and invite your brother and some more people too! We want this to be huge and best of all, we want Meliah's party to suck compared to ours."

"You're excited about this, aren't you?"

"Like you have no idea," I admit. This isn't just about being better than Meliah. This is having the best party ever! Plus, Arwen is paying for it and it hardly breaks her wallet!

"In that case, I'll make sure Talim and I are there...what day?"

"Next Friday night! It starts at six, but you can come early if you want to cause I'd love to spend some time with you."

"You still love me?"

"Of COURSE I do, Legolas," I say a little started at the question. "You're one of my best friends! I'll always love you."

"Yay, good. Well, see you at the party," he says. I can sense a smile in his voice.

"Later, babe."

"Hey, what's up?" I look up to see Aragorn as he comes through my front door with Darien behind him. When we were dating, Aragorn never rang the doorbell. He would just come right in like he was my brother or something.

"Nothing... just made some calls and told everyone to invite their friends. Pandemonium can't come. Heard from Arwen?"

"Yea, Greenwings is definitely coming!" Darien says very excitedly, sitting on my couch.

"Is Legolas coming?" Aragorn asks.

I look at Aragorn and Darien and notice that Darien looks a little uncomfortable all the sudden. "Yea, he's coming," I say.

"Oh," Darien says, but Aragorn smiles and says, "Awesome! I already miss that little fuckwit!"

"Fuckwit!" I laugh. "Anyways, let's figure out our plans," I say, sitting in between Darien and Aragorn. "What should be first...food or dance?"



Legolas POV

The next day, after I was invited, I called Emma.

"Hello?" it was her mom.

"Hello Mrs. Goldring, this is Legolas. May I talk to Emma?"

"I'm sorry, but she's on a date with Darien. Would you like me to take a message?"

I gulped. "Uh...no, I'll just see her later. Thank you."

I quickly hang up the phone. She's already going on dates with this guy? I thought she just thought he was 'cute' or something. Were they going out?!

I run out of my room and thrash down the halls towards the shopping center. The 'house' of my father, Thranduil is more like an Elven underground city, because most of the trees and things in Mirkwood are decayed and ugly.

"Legolas, What are you doing in such a hurry?" Lenion, my brother asks, as he falls in step with me.

"I'm going to the mall!" I exclaim.

"Ha, Legolas hurrying as fast as he can because he can't wait to going on a shopping spree!" he scoffs.

I roll my eyes. "I've got to look good for the party next weekend. I have to win back my ex girlfriend from this Rohanian!"

"And how are you going to do that? Show up and look nice? All the girls think you look nice...but maybe this Rohanian is more than good looking...a real woman magnet."

"Can you stop making this worse? I'm already freaked out as it is!" I say, walking in the mall door, but Lenion tags along behind.

"Maybe I can help you out! Or we could shop together...I'm going to the party too, remember?"

"I don't know what you want from me, but tell me now," I say, turning around to look at Lenion.

"Nothing, bro. I just want to help you out," he says.

I shake my head. "Thanks for wanting to help, but if I need help on fashion advice I'll ask..."

"Legolas! Hey, what're you doing here?"

"Talim," I finish, looking at Talim with a shopping bag in her hand. "Hi, Talim, I was actually hoping I'd find you around here," I say.

"Oh well, I'll go play some video games at the arcade. Later!" My little pesky brother finally takes off.

I sigh with relief. "Well, I need some fashion help," I say.

"YOU want HELP with CLOTHES?" she says as if I told her I wanted to buy a dress. I guess me wanting help is a pretty rare thing. The only time I let her and Emma help me, was obviously hell. They made me try on practically everything in the mall!

"Yea, I just called Emma and she was on a DATE with some dude..."

"Darien!" she squeals. I'm not sure if she's happy or just shocked.

"Yea, that's his name, but how'd you know?"

"I talk to Emma every day! I knew she liked Darien, but I never knew they were dating!"

I make a face. "Um, less reminding me that she likes him is less torture for me," I say.

"Oh, sorry," she says. "What does that have to do with you wanting help?"

"Because...I'm gonna try to get Emma back," I say firmly. "And I want to look my best when I see her...so I need a new outfit."

Talim smiles so wide that I can see dimples on her cheeks. "Legolas, that's so romantic! I hope you can get her back," she says. Then all of the sudden like Jeckel and Hyde or something, she makes an angry face. "I'm gonna have to talk to Emma about why she didn't tell me she was dating Darien!"

"Whatever," I say. "Let's focus on finding me ONE outfit. Okay?"

"Okay," she says, taking my arm. "Me and Legolas! A shopping spree!! WEE!!" she pulls me to one of the nearest Men's wear stores.

"This is not a shopping spree!!" I object. "A buying-one-outfit outing!"



Emma POV

"Mom, I'm home!" I say, dancing in.

"Oh, Legolas called," Mom says, coming from the kitchen. She pulls a few blond hairs from out of her eyes and sighs.

"Did you tell him I'd call him back?" I ask, picking up the phone. "Did he ask to make sure I called back?"

"No, I just told him you were on a date with Darien and he said he'd just see you soon or something along that line..."

I crashed the phone down on it's cradle. "You told Legolas I was on a date with Darien? I wasn't!"

"You ran out the door saying, 'I'm going out to eat with Darien,' so shouldn't I assume that's a date?"

"Mom," I groan. "I told you, 'I'm going out to eat with friends.' Darien wasn't even THERE. It was Arwen and some people from Rivendell High that we were inviting to the party! And we just took them out to eat and asked them about suggestions for the party!"

Mom gasps. "Hun, I'm sorry. I bet Legolas was shocked! I thought he knew you and Darien were dating already. He did sound kind of...strange."

"Mom, we aren't dating at ALL. We're just friends."

"Hmm," she says. "Well, you sure seem more than friends to me. Every time you come back from hanging out with him, you're all giggly and goofy and you say stuff like 'oh, I had a great evening' and 'ah, Darien is so cool.'"

I look at my mom blankly. Whoa, she was right! I had said all those things. I smile to myself. And I meant them too. There was no use trying to lie to myself. I had something for Darien. I just hope Legolas wouldn't take it TOO hard.

"...And the way he looks at you all funny," my mom continued. "It's so obvious that he likes you, especially when he had his arm around your shoulders when he was over yesterday!"

"You think he likes me?" I asked with a smile.

Mom gives me an 'are-you-dumb?' smile. "I know he does, honey."



Legolas POV

Talim has had me try on almost everything...but we both agree that nothing I've tried on yet looked great.

"This is just gonna be a party with most boys just dressing regular..." Talim says.

I sigh. "But I want to wear nothing she's ever seen my wear. Something really cool."

"Legolas, you are cool the way you are. I'm sure she's not dating this Darien guy cause he's hot...though she has mentioned he is..."

"Are you gonna get to the point already?" I say, trying not to snap.

"Oh, yes, the point...she loves you just the way you are. You just have to remind her how special she is to you and how much you miss her...and how much she's missing when you're not around."

I pause to think. TALIM! YOU'RE A GENIOUS!" I cry, hugging her.

"I'll see you later!"

"What, but I've wasted all that time for nothing?!" she cries after me.

"Sorry Talim, but you have just opened my eyes! I'll just wear my green plaid shirt! Emma loves that one!" I yell.

Why did I waste all this time shopping anyways? Emma loves me. She is crazy about me...at least I hope so. I just had to make her realize that I was worth waiting for all through the summer. I would definitely wait for her all summer without a girlfriend...just cause I loved her.

Review! I have great plans for the party =D hehe

Lauren