Disclaimer: Darien, Blake, and Connor are my characters, though they were inspired by the band silverchair.

This is what I picture Darien and his band looking like [this is the band silverchair which inspired me to put Darien in here in the first place though Darien is not his real name]. Copy and paste the links to the pictures to see em. This is Silverchair when they were young and had long hair. Lol.

From right to left: "Darien", "Blake", and "Connor".

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From right to left: "Connor", "Darien", "Blake".

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Okay, I just wanted to show you those so you could see what they looked like...cause I could and I think they are adorable. K, on w/ the fic!

School Again

[I've had lots of other ppl lately, but don't worry, there's gonna be a lot of focusing on Emma again.]

Emma POV

We walked out of the hospital, Jake right next to me with his left hand all bandaged up.

"Well, I'm left handed...so I guess I'll just go to school without any work!"

"No, I don't think so!" mom said. "You'll figure out a way! Even if you have to use your mouth! Besides, I think you can handle it without bending your wrist."

"Aww, man," Jake grumbles.



The next day we're actually on schedule, despite Jake's little accident. I put Jakes bags in the car. "How is it that you seem to be a walking disaster and we always have to take care of you?"

"Well, before it was my great looks that made the guys jealous...so they had to beat me up," smirks Jake. "This time, it was because every amazing skater has to have an amazing fall."

I roll my eyes and try not to laugh. "You have a way with words, don't you?"

"And I got it from my big sister!" he says and winks.

I smile. "Oh yea, my witty genes MUST be rubbing off on you," I say with a hint or sarcasm.

"Yes!" he exclaims. "You are the woman of witty words!"

"And that she is," mom says, suddenly appearing. She puts the last bag in and then I meet her face to face. "Oh, do we have to do this all over again?" she whines.

I hug her. "Yes, but I'll call you all the time just like before."

Then she looks at Jake. It's funny. My mom is smaller than me so her and Jake are eye-to-eye. "My new big son...already off to school. You do what Emma says and don't cause any trouble. She's like your mom for a while, okay? Don't forget to call me."

I don't think she expected a hug, but he gave her one anyways. Mom smiled real bright.

"All right, kids, come back to visit as soon as you get the chance!" she says.

We jump in the car and head to Gondor. Jake waves till she's out of sight. "Well, the good thing is I have a decent car to drive around this year so I don't have to hitch rides from my friends...and I have you!" I rub my hand through Jake's sandy blond hair. "Now, you be good!"

"I will, I will," he sighs.



Darien POV

"Child's face well painted, Smile like warm summer, Heart tattered and tainted, Pain under a black cover,

Cries unheard and concealed. Decisions decided. Fresh sores so unhealed. Agony abided.

In the shadow of a tombstone, You'll hear her soft whispers, "Come back, I'm all alone" Muffled sounds like whimpers," Blake reads. I always feel a little weird when people read my lyrics cause even though some of them have hidden meaning, they really are deep and mean a lot about me. And just because some don't make much sense to most people, I'm afraid they wont like them.

"I love it!" Connor says, looking over Blake's shoulder. "It's really deep and meaningful. I like those kind of songs, but I think we should have a few happy or angry songs, but still deep, you know? So we're not just the hard-core sad band...ya know?"

"Yea, I agree," Blake says. "We need to have variety."

"Um, I guess I can think up of some more songs, but we'll have to finish the sad ones first, cause that's all I have," I say.

"Great, we'll do a lot of practicing on the ones we have for now until we get some more going!" Blake says.

"Okay, well we need a band name," Connor says.

I never though about that! I've always just dreamed of it being "Darien Jothes."

"How about Stereo phat?" Blake asks.

"Dude, that's gay," Connor says. "Why don't we call us the 'pink phat barbies' while we're at picking ridiculous names!"

"Or we could call ourselves 'the ugliest phat threesome'," I joke.

Blake looks a little mad while we make fun of his name, but he finally gets into the joking and says his own even more ridiculous names.

After a long time, we get nowhere with a name. "How about we pick two random words?" I ask.

"Uh..." Blake looks around. "Radio?"

"Chic!" Connor says in a high-pitched voice and makes a model pose. I know he's joking, but I take it anyways. "Radiochic?" I ask.

"I guess it's okay," Blake nods. "Better than the ugly threesome or whatever you faggots said."

"I like it," Connor says. "I doubt anyone's taken THAT name."

"Settled!" I exclaim. "Now, let's go get something to eat."



Arleen POV

As I walk by and glance at the three boys laughing and talking together. They really are a meant to be friends... which just reminded me how friendless I was. I frowned and walked away into the nearest room. Why was I so alone? I wasn't a bad or mean person, it was just that I was home schooled ad didn't even KNOW many kids my age. It wasn't fair. Why wouldn't dad let me go to school? Probably cause he had been home schooled...

I could hear Darien laugh where I sat. I just wanted to be liked by someone! A few girlfriends would be nice and a boyfriend would also be cool...but I didn't have any of that. I wanted to breakdown and cry again, as I had been doing every night for the past week at least. But I held it all in this time...I was in the studio and didn't want to be seen running out, crying.

I scurried around for my purse, which had my razors in it. I didn't know why I had gotten into cutting myself, but it just seemed to release my hurt, or something. I didn't really know; I just did it.

I looked under my father's desk and found my purse. Before I could get a razor out, someone knocked on the door. "Who is it?" I asked, my voice shaky for some reason.

"It's Darien. Us three guys wanted to know if you wanted to go to the Taco Shell with us!"

I put my purse around my shoulder and hopped up. I smiled to myself and then opened the door. "You guys want ME to come?" I asked, unsure of all this.

"No, we were just kidding," Blake says and acts like he's gonna leave, then stops and winks at me.

"Of course we want you to come!" Darien says.

I look up at him and see his bright smile. He's so cute when he smiles like that...it gives me the chills.

"All right..." I say slowly. "I'll go."



Emma POV

I'd requested Talim as my roommate, but they don't always give you who you pick. "I just arrived," I say to the lady at the counter. "I need slips for Emma and Jake Goldring."

"Ooh, the Goldring's. Here's your slips," she hands me and Jake a few papers with our schedules and random info pages.

"YES!" I exclaim. "Talim is my room mate!"

"And I got Lance Goldleaf...weird, his last name sounds like mine..."

"You got WHO?" I say and grab his paper. "Uh oh," I say. "I think that might be Leanna's brother!"

Jake gasps. "You mean that really evil girl?"

"Yea, she's evil...hopefully he won't be so bad."

"Hope not!" he says.



*First day of school*

Jake POV

So, Lance hadn't showed up yet, so I never got to meet HIM, but I will tonight. When I come into my first class, I'm a little late. "Jake Goldring, I'm guessing? You're tardy, young man!"

"Sorry Mrs. Hote," I say, sitting at a seat in the back. "Oh my god, Jake?!" I hear from a few seats away.

My elf ears perk up suddenly and I look over to where I heard someone yell for me. I clap my hand over my open mouth and just stare. I could recognize that silky blond hair and cute little face in a crowd of pretty blonds...she was different from everyone...and not just that, SHE WAS IN MY CLASS!!

"Iliana!" I cry. "I thought you couldn't come to this school!"

"Well, I couldn't, till my parents decided..."

"This is not talk-time!" Mrs. Hote slapped a book on her desk. "This conversation can wait till Lunch time!"

Mrs. Hote turns to her board and when she does, I whisper to Iliana. "I've missed you."



Emma POV

I walked in school remembering that Aragorn was gone. For how long? When would I get the chance to see him again?

"Hey Emma!" Ryson waves as he walks by. A girl is linked onto his arm, so I wont bother him. "Hey Ryson!" I shyly wave. I walk to my new locker and open it. When I do, a letter falls out. "Love you, Em. See you at lunch..." I mutter. It strangely looks like Aragorn's handwriting.

"Hey."

I whip around on my heel. I gasp. "Aragorn?" I jump into his arms. "Oh my god, what are you doing here?"

He hugs me and then pulls away. "Now that doesn't look too right, if you get what I mean. My mom decided to let me go as long as I stay with her every other weekend or something!"

"Oh my god, that's great!" I exclaim. "Well, I'm so glad you're here!"

"Hey, Emma," I hear my name hissed as if it were an insult by itself. I glance over at Leanna, her arm linked around Earfalas. I laugh, noticing that they were both really tan, but Earfalas's face was a lot whiter than the rest of him! Wonder how THAT happened?

"Earfalas is now coming here," Leanna snaps. "He's hotter than Legolas, so you can keep on dreaming for a better boyfriend, but you wont get one."

I laugh. "Earfalas lives in a plain, boring house in Mirkwood, whereas Legolas owns the whole underground KINGDOM of Mirkwood. If you want to end up marrying a okay-looking guy who lives..."

"Shut up, Emma!" snaps Earfalas, getting in my face. It probably would be best if I didn't sink to Leanna's level anyways.

"Screw this," I say and look over to Aragorn. "Let's go to class. We're late as it is."



Jake POV

Lunch came around and I sat by myself. Iliana wouldn't get out of her class for another five minutes, so I would just wait for her. Oh I knew it was against the rules to kiss her on school grounds, but I just wanted to kiss her over and over again!

All of the sudden, waking me up from my daydream, three girls sit down around me. One brunette girl goes, "Aww, what happened to your arm?"

"I broke my wrist skateboarding," I say, smiling. If I ever wanted to break a bone, it would be skateboarding! It just sounded so cool.

"Aww, you poor thing," says the blond. "Can we sign your arm?"

"Sure!" I say. The other brunette grabs a sharpie and starts writing. "What's your name?"

"Jake," I say.

"Aw, cute name to match his face," says the blond.

"Move out of the way, people!" Iliana practically yells. "Jake's mine!"

She squeezes between the brunette girl and me and then wraps her arms around my waste. I hug her really tight. "I've missed you so much!" I say and sneak a little kiss on her forehead.

The other girls roll their eyes and walk away. Good riddens! I have my beautiful babe, right here!



You should expect the next chapter on July 4th cause I'm going to Mexico. Does anyone still read this? *frown* I miss a good bit of reviews. 3 Well, maybe I'm being selfish. Sorry. Hope you liked this chapter!