mUsH I'm going to eat you alive for what you said about Darien!! J/K but Darien is so cool! Why do some of you guys hate him? His real name is Daniel Johns, sexiest singer ever [in my opinion]. Yea, ANYWAYS, back to the fic.

Dream Vacation

A get up from the movie after the music video is over and head towards the phone. Maybe I could just talk with Legolas. What had happened before? Why did my life change so much after I left school?

I felt like I was in someone else's life as soon as I got home. I just wanted to talk to Legolas like old times. I grab the phone and dial his number.



Legolas POV [same time]

I come back into my room from a boring outing at the mall. I'd been eating and chilling with nothing to do and Talim hadn't talked to me since we broke up. I knew she just needed some time to think before we talked as friends again.

'I'll call Emma,' I decide. Why not? We were friends, right? I hoped so. I dial her number. "Busy!" I say with disgust. "Damn! Must be talking with DARIEN."



Emma POV

"Aw, crap, it's busy!" I say. "Probably talking to Talim."

I slam the phone down on its cradle. Ugh, so much for that!

"What's up?" I turn to see Rome in the kitchen doorway. He goes to get a cup and pours himself some juice. "You seemed mad."

"Oh, nothing," I say. "So how is it going with you? I've missed you a lot."

"We've been working a lot. Missing you. The press seems very interested in your song and keeps asking who you are. We haven't told them anything though, beside that you're a friend of us all."

I smile. "I'm glad I am friends with you guys," I say. "Though I miss how it was when you came to school. You're an awesome friend, Rome."

Rome nods. "Kali wishes she could be here today. You can email her though...I'll give you her email."

"Okay, cool," I nod.

"Oh, I have a question."

"Okay, shoot."

"I think I'm going to do something else with my hair. I was thinking about hot-pink or maybe blue streaks? I'm getting sick of the spikes, though. Too much work.

"How about you cut your hair, so it's shorter, and then style it into a Mohawk shape? Just fix it up like a Mohawk and then sometimes you can do little spikes?"

"Ahhh, good idea," he says and winks at me.



"Well, time to go," Edoran says, looking at the clock and heading towards the door, followed by the rest of the band. "I'll go to court with you guys tomorrow, so see you then!"

"We'll drop by sometime tomorrow too," Rome says, rubbing his fist in Jake's straight hair.

"Bye, Jake, can I have a hug?" Elise says. He grins like I've never seen him grin before and hugs her.

"Bye guys, you guys are the coolest!" Jake says.

"Hey!!" I exclaim and punch his arm. "What about me?!"

He smiles and leans into my side. "Besides Emma, that is," he adds.

"That's what I thought!" I joke. "Okay, guys, see you tomorrow!"

"Bye, Emma, hope that..." Yonic starts saying something, but Rome shuts the door before he can finish.

"I was talking, bitch!"

Rome laughs. "Duh, cause you always are!" I hear from the other side of the door.

Jake looks at me and frowns. "I'm nervous about tomorrow. What if something goes wrong?"

"Then I run away with you," I say, half-jokingly. I was expecting the court to give him to us, but what if they didn't? What would I sacrifice to keep Jake safe? A lot, I knew that.

"Look, my back is healing!" Jake says and lifts up his shirt. "Yep, and as soon as It does, I can torture you!"

"Torture ME?" Jake says, looking surprised.

"Yes," I say. "I can tickle you and hug you to death like my brother!"

"Uh-oh!" He says with a grin. He then sighs and falls in the couch and lands on his stomach. "I can't believe I met Pandemonium today. How COOL."



Later that day I went into the guestroom, the room Jake was staying in. I saw him on the bed looking closely at something.

"What're you looking at Jake?"

He jumped. "I didn't notice you were there...I'm looking at this."

He held up a framed picture of Edoran and me on the beach, about ten years ago when we both had blond hair. "Oh, that!" I say. "It was a family vacation."

"I've never been on one," he says. "I'd like to some day, if I ever get a family."

"Don't talk like that," I say sadly. "I think very soon you will have a family."

"I hope so," he says. "I'm nervous that something will go wrong."



The next day we had court at one. While my family ate, Jake was running around, stuffing his face, and nervously talking to himself.

"What am I going to do when I see my mom? What if she looks really sad? What if she pretends to love me in front of everyone!"

"Does she love you?" I asked.

"NO!!" he yells. "HELL NO! NO, NO, NO!!"

"Okay, dude, chill!" I say, washing my dish.

"Emma, I'm nervous!! What if I have to go back?"

"You won't have to! Elrond will make sure of THAT!"

He starts biting his nails and shaking like a crazy person. "My future depends on what happens today! TODAY!! AGH!!!" he runs off to get his chucks. At least I hope. Most of the time he's been running around in circles.



[In court]

I couldn't believe Jakes own MOTHER didn't come to court to try and keep her child. Theroy did, only because he had been forced too, especially since he was accused of child-abuse.

Judge: "Jake Benson, will you tell us what happened on last Thrimidge [June] 18th?"

Jake looked nervous. "Uh, I woke up, sir, and went in the living room to watch TV. Well, I had left out a cup and bowl from dinner the night before and I'd forgotten to clean them. My mom never cleans, because she works and the house gets damp and the roaches come, so there was roaches everywhere, sir. I usually do the cleaning..."

I cringed at the thought.

Judge: "Does this have anything to do with why you are here, Jake?"

Jake nodded. "Yes, your honor."

"Than continue."

"Then," he continues. "My step-dad went in the kitchen and stepped on a roach. He saw the bowl and cup and got really angry and disgusted. 'I take no tolerance from you, you filthy, ugly bitch!' he yelled at me."

"I said nothing of that sort!" shouted Jake's stepfather from across the room.

"Silence!!" The judge shouted. "Continue, Jake."

"Well, as I was saying, he got very angry and he threw a chair at me, sir, and it hit me in the chest. It didn't leave more than a red mark, but the wind got knocked out of me. He pulled me upstairs, being the strong man he is, and took this broken stick from I don't know where and started beating and scratching me and I was bleeding really badly, your honor. Then he threw me down the stairs and I don't know if I was knocked out or what, by then, but some time seemed to go by and my step-father wasn't there any longer so that was when I called Emma Goldring, over there, and eventually I got a hold of her and she took me to her house..."

"And you have proof that your stepfather here, did anything to you? Do we have to untie the bandages?"

"No, sir, Mrs. Goldring took a few pictures of my back about a week ago. You can also talk to Doctor Lawrenze if you want to. He was my doctor."

"Let me see the pictures," said the judge. I gave the pictures to the judge and his mouth dropped open. "I cannot believe this. This is...disgusting! Horrible. Now, Your side of the story, Mr. Theroy, though I'm not sure it matters much."

Jake's step dad's theory was basically: he did not hurt his stepson in any way. Jake lied, only because Theroy had spanked Jake for bringing a stranger in the house. And Jake had been beat up in the back by kids and he was just blaming things on Theroy cause he wanted to live with a richer family.

That got things a little more complicated, because Jake and I had to explain about the fight.

Then Elrond came up and talked about how much he trusted the Goldring family with Jake and that Theroy's records were anything but good! "On Thimridge the 18th I was notified that Jake Benson had been severely beaten. That was when the photos were taken and not the day of the fight. Though there is room for that being wrong, Theroy has been accused of many things and HAS been running from the police. The Goldring's are a very respectable family with good children and I say that they would be a perfect family to adopt Jake."

Jake grinned and grabbed my arm excitedly.

The judge nodded. "Theroy is guilty for stealing expensive merchandise, assaulting a police officer a few years ago, and physically abusing his step son! He is sentenced in jail for twenty years. Case dismissed!"

Jake leaped into me and gave me a big hug. "I'm a Goldring!! Jake Goldring!"

Mom combed her hand through his hair. "Not quite yet, but we'll fill out the adoption forms and you WILL be Jake Goldring."

"I believe it is only appropriate for us to go on our first complete-family vacation! We will have to bring Edoran along and we'll even get to celebrate Emma's birthday!" Dad says.

Edoran nods. "I think I can manage a week vacation since the music video is done."

"Settled then! As soon as the adoption papers are signed and it's official, we'll go."

"YAY!!" Jake and me shout.

I look at him. "See, I told you."

"Yea, and you were right," he agrees. "I'm going on a family vacation with my new family!"

"Where should we go?" my dad says.



AUTHOR'S NOTE!!!!!!

Okay, last time I started a sex scene, it came out crazy, but I've done some sex scenes before and am willing to do some more if everyone wants...lol. I'll have to change the fic to R though. SO I need 5 reviews at LEAST saying: "sex scene: yes/no"

Thank you!