~Chapter Six (Holly)~
I walked in the door of my school the next morning, and was immediately surrounded by the fellowship as well as my group of friends. I merited a hug and an 'I missed you' from Frodo, and a huge grin from Becky.
'Happy to see me?' I asked her.
'I can't wait to tell you about last night,' she said.
'Alright then, let's go somewhere we can talk, if you're that excited about it.'
We walked to an empty classroom where Becky proceeded to talk as quickly as humanly possible.
'Hold it,' I said, 'Let's try this again, but slow enough for me to understand you. Like as slow as I'm talking.'
'Okay, sorry. Last night I took the fellowship to Sherrie's. It was a little too loud for Legolas, so the two of us went outside for a walk. It started to rain, so we went into this little garden shed. It was SO cramped. It was awesome,' she assured me. 'Legolas started telling me that I was pretty. I tried to argue back, but he kissed me before I could!'
'He kissed you!?' I couldn't believe it.
'Yup. Then he just kind of looked all sad and said he was sorry.'
'For what? Oh never mind. So then what happened?'
'It stopped raining, so we got the rest of the fellowship and went home. A couple of flamers were totally hitting on Gimli,' she added with a grin.
'Jack and Will, ay?'
Becky and I had seen those two guys at Sherrie's many a time, and had fondly named them Jack and Will. (Our two favorite characters on Will And Grace.)
'Yup,' she grinned. One thing I really loved about Becky was how easy it was to make her smile.
* * *
I had the fellowship set up in the family room, watching Lord Of The Rings (they were amazed to see themselves in a little box), and was on the phone with Faye.
'What do you mean he likes Becky? He's supposed to fall for ME,' said an angry Faye.
'It's not like any of us chose this, and jeez, you should be happy for her.'
'But I'm more his height, she's too short for him.'
'Get over it babe, he's not into you.'
'Oh, we'll just see about that. I'll have him begging me to love him by the time I'm through with him.'
I laughed at this. Faye was always a little too sure of herself when it came to guys, but I always just shrugged it off. Still, she made you laugh sometimes.
'Maybe we could set you up with Aragorn, or Merry, or someone.'
'No, the only other one that I'd accept would be Frodo, but he already likes YOU.'
'Shut up, it's not like I'm into him or anything.'
'That's right, because you're all hung up on that other guy,' she snapped.
'What do y'all have against him? You're the third one this week to complain about him.'
'Frodo likes you. You know that you want to choose him instead. At least he's here.'
Click. I hung up on her at that. As if on cue, Frodo walked into my room. Now what did he want?
'Hey, Holly?'
'Yeah?'
'I was thinking, we can't stay here forever. Gandalf will find a way to get us home. But I don't want to leave you. Would it be so bad to come back with us? You could stay at my home with me. After I get rid of this ring, that is.'
I sighed, 'Frodo, I've told you before, I wouldn't leave my sweetie for the world. As much as I'd love to see Middle Earth. Besides, all my friends and family are here, and I have to finish school.'
'But you don't get to see this other lad, and I'm sure that you could love me, given enough time. And I want you to see Middle Earth, it's beautiful. Your friends could come and see us any time, I'm sure that Gandalf will find a way to make it work. He can do anything once he sets his mind to it.'
'I'm not going with you, I'm sorry. I just can't leave my life behind.'
'We can make a new life together, just me and you. Wouldn't you like that?'
'Frodo, get it through your head: I love someone else, and it's not going to change.'
'Just think about it, for me?'
'Alright.'
I walked in the door of my school the next morning, and was immediately surrounded by the fellowship as well as my group of friends. I merited a hug and an 'I missed you' from Frodo, and a huge grin from Becky.
'Happy to see me?' I asked her.
'I can't wait to tell you about last night,' she said.
'Alright then, let's go somewhere we can talk, if you're that excited about it.'
We walked to an empty classroom where Becky proceeded to talk as quickly as humanly possible.
'Hold it,' I said, 'Let's try this again, but slow enough for me to understand you. Like as slow as I'm talking.'
'Okay, sorry. Last night I took the fellowship to Sherrie's. It was a little too loud for Legolas, so the two of us went outside for a walk. It started to rain, so we went into this little garden shed. It was SO cramped. It was awesome,' she assured me. 'Legolas started telling me that I was pretty. I tried to argue back, but he kissed me before I could!'
'He kissed you!?' I couldn't believe it.
'Yup. Then he just kind of looked all sad and said he was sorry.'
'For what? Oh never mind. So then what happened?'
'It stopped raining, so we got the rest of the fellowship and went home. A couple of flamers were totally hitting on Gimli,' she added with a grin.
'Jack and Will, ay?'
Becky and I had seen those two guys at Sherrie's many a time, and had fondly named them Jack and Will. (Our two favorite characters on Will And Grace.)
'Yup,' she grinned. One thing I really loved about Becky was how easy it was to make her smile.
* * *
I had the fellowship set up in the family room, watching Lord Of The Rings (they were amazed to see themselves in a little box), and was on the phone with Faye.
'What do you mean he likes Becky? He's supposed to fall for ME,' said an angry Faye.
'It's not like any of us chose this, and jeez, you should be happy for her.'
'But I'm more his height, she's too short for him.'
'Get over it babe, he's not into you.'
'Oh, we'll just see about that. I'll have him begging me to love him by the time I'm through with him.'
I laughed at this. Faye was always a little too sure of herself when it came to guys, but I always just shrugged it off. Still, she made you laugh sometimes.
'Maybe we could set you up with Aragorn, or Merry, or someone.'
'No, the only other one that I'd accept would be Frodo, but he already likes YOU.'
'Shut up, it's not like I'm into him or anything.'
'That's right, because you're all hung up on that other guy,' she snapped.
'What do y'all have against him? You're the third one this week to complain about him.'
'Frodo likes you. You know that you want to choose him instead. At least he's here.'
Click. I hung up on her at that. As if on cue, Frodo walked into my room. Now what did he want?
'Hey, Holly?'
'Yeah?'
'I was thinking, we can't stay here forever. Gandalf will find a way to get us home. But I don't want to leave you. Would it be so bad to come back with us? You could stay at my home with me. After I get rid of this ring, that is.'
I sighed, 'Frodo, I've told you before, I wouldn't leave my sweetie for the world. As much as I'd love to see Middle Earth. Besides, all my friends and family are here, and I have to finish school.'
'But you don't get to see this other lad, and I'm sure that you could love me, given enough time. And I want you to see Middle Earth, it's beautiful. Your friends could come and see us any time, I'm sure that Gandalf will find a way to make it work. He can do anything once he sets his mind to it.'
'I'm not going with you, I'm sorry. I just can't leave my life behind.'
'We can make a new life together, just me and you. Wouldn't you like that?'
'Frodo, get it through your head: I love someone else, and it's not going to change.'
'Just think about it, for me?'
'Alright.'
