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Worlds Apart
Chapter 2: The portal
"So... you excited about going to college?" Kylie asked, plopping a marshmellow in her mouth.
She was sitting on my bed with her legs crossed, throwing marshmellows in the air and trying to catch them in her mouth.
She looked ridiculous.
It had been two years since Kylie had moved next door.
It was also time for me to go to college too.
I shrugged.
"I don't know. It doesn't really matter. There's nothing to be excited about anyway."I said.
Kylie pouted out her bottom lip.
"You're never excited about anything, Al." She scowled.
I smiled. We always have this conversation where she would ask me if I was excited and I would reply with a shrug.
"I will never feel excited if I have to part with you." I told her.
"Parting is such sweet sorrow." she chuckled softly.
"I see you've finally remembered your Romeo and Juliet text." I said, pushing myself from off the floor and sitting down on the bed next to her.
"All thanks to you, love." Kylie laughed with her Australian accent as she planted a playful kiss on my lips. Her accent would pop up once or twice.
"Farewell, farewell. One kiss and I descend." I quoted.
"That should be my line." Kylie snorted.
"I'm the one who has to climb up your window to get into your house."
"Right, Michael and Phoebe aren't too good with girls in our house, not to mention, my bedroom."
I nodded in agreement.
"What's with your parents anyhow?" she asked as she started picking up all the marshmellows that fell around my bed.
"Over-protective I suppose. They don't want to see my future go down the drain for some girl."
Kylie stopped picking the marshmellows and stared at me.
"And will you? Will you let your future go down for that one girl?" she asked.
I never really thought about it.
My future or girls.
Then I looked back at Kylie.
And I said," Yes."
If that girl were to be you.
Kylie frowned.
" Is there someone you like? In school? Is that why you're choosing to to go to college here? Instead of some prestegious one?" she asked.
The questions filled my head like a flood.
I didn't really considered going to a good college.
I just wanted to be close to home.
My foster parents objected to it entirely but I made it clear to them that I was not going to leave and that they couldn't afford to send me to some well-known school.
I didn't tell them that I had rejected more than 5 scholarships.
The only person who knew was Kylie.
"No. I just don't need to go to a good one and no, there isn't a girl in school whom I like." I told her.
"Unfortunately, not many girls are fond of guys who look like they're stuck in their puberty and have pointy ears."
Kylie burst out into hysterical laughter.
Apparently, she found this extremely amusing.
She laughed so hard that she rolled off the bed and fell onto the floor, still laughing.
"Kylie," I started as I helped her up. "Its wasn't that funny."
Kylie grinned and I could see tears starting to form in her eyes.
Her face was as red as a tomato.
"I hate to say this but you DO look like you're stuck in your puberty. You don't even shave yet. Not to mention, you're already eighteen." she said, stroking my cheek.
I didn't really care about growing up but the way she said it made me feel like I was a freak.
"And yet... you're so wise for your age." she added.
"Ah.. well... at least I don't have to save up for a shaver. I was kind of hoping to get the electronic type. They're so cool." I said with a slight smile.
Kylie laughed again.
"You could save up to get me a shaver. I'm tired of waxing my legs. Its painful too."
"Why do you even do it in the first place?" I asked.
I never understood why she had to shave her legs.
I mean, who cares if she has hair on them, I don't.
"Geez... you sound like my father. Anyway, its not like you have to wear skirts or dresses." Kylie said.
I shrugged. I'm not exactly one who enjoys subjects on appearances.
I'm the one with the abnormal pointy ears.
"Okay. So how IS high school?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
Kylie wrinkled her nose.
"Oh well, you know me, I don't like school. I do badly at everything, except literature, but that's cuz you helped me with my assignments."
I nodded.
"I don't have school tomorrow, you want me to help you with Geography?"
"That's great! You're so lucky your school doesn't make you go back on Saturdays for extra classes."she said.
I met Kylie at her school library the next afternoon.
She already had tons of books on the table she was sitting at.
She told me to look for the world map so she could start research on her assignments.
I nodded and went on my search.
I walked pass the young peoples' fiction then the non-fiction then magazines and I got to the world section.
"Exploring the earth...that should be useful."I said to myself and reached out to take the book from off the shelf but someone else reached for it too.
I looked at he-who-took-my-book and somehow, he looked very familiar.
He seemed just as surprise as I was when he saw me.
"Legolas!" he exclaimed.
I shook my head in confusion. "Do I know you?" I asked.
The man had short black hair and his facial hair was unshaven.
"Legolas, its me. Aragorn, son of Aratorn...blah blah blah...,"he said.
Then I remembered.
I remembered who I was.
And I was lost.
The whole world seemed to be unfamiliar as it was to me when I first arrived.
"Aragorn!" I cried at last.
Aragorn hushed me.
"Shhhhhh.... not so loud! We're in a library."
I shut my mouth.
"Look, I'm looking for a way back to middle-earth."he said.
"How are we going to do that?"
"Apparently, how we got here in the first place was through a portal. When had accidently gone into one while riding. I also discovered that the portal opens every 7 years. We just have to find the right place. I've rounded it down to just 2 places in this state." He informed.
"Where are they?" I asked.
"Well, it seems one of them is here. Right here in the library and the other one is an hour's drive from here to the city. A law firm but its alittle out of reach."
I nodded. I had definitely found something which I was excited about. I was going home. My real home.
But I remembered Kylie.
I had to leave Kylie behind.
The very thought of that just cut right into my heart and stabbed my soul.
I didn't want to leave Kylie.
Kylie was... she was... I loved her.
"Legolas, you don't seem very focused. Is there something wrong?" Aragorn asked.
I looked at him.
"I might die if I go back." I told him.
"What? How? You're an elf!"
I nodded. "That's exactly why I might die. Because of a broken heart."
I stared right across the room at Kylie.
She was talking to the librarian and I could hear her laughter and the librarian trying to get her to quieten down.
She was always laughing.
Always smiling.
I would miss her when I return to Mirkwood.
No one ever is as happy as she is.
No one ever cared about me the way she did.
No one ever made me feel like I was someone special.
Aragorn shook his head.
"You have to leave her behind. You belong with your people and rule them as a king after your father."
"I'm afraid you're right...," I sighed. "I'll have to tell her."
End of chapter 2
Worlds Apart
Chapter 2: The portal
"So... you excited about going to college?" Kylie asked, plopping a marshmellow in her mouth.
She was sitting on my bed with her legs crossed, throwing marshmellows in the air and trying to catch them in her mouth.
She looked ridiculous.
It had been two years since Kylie had moved next door.
It was also time for me to go to college too.
I shrugged.
"I don't know. It doesn't really matter. There's nothing to be excited about anyway."I said.
Kylie pouted out her bottom lip.
"You're never excited about anything, Al." She scowled.
I smiled. We always have this conversation where she would ask me if I was excited and I would reply with a shrug.
"I will never feel excited if I have to part with you." I told her.
"Parting is such sweet sorrow." she chuckled softly.
"I see you've finally remembered your Romeo and Juliet text." I said, pushing myself from off the floor and sitting down on the bed next to her.
"All thanks to you, love." Kylie laughed with her Australian accent as she planted a playful kiss on my lips. Her accent would pop up once or twice.
"Farewell, farewell. One kiss and I descend." I quoted.
"That should be my line." Kylie snorted.
"I'm the one who has to climb up your window to get into your house."
"Right, Michael and Phoebe aren't too good with girls in our house, not to mention, my bedroom."
I nodded in agreement.
"What's with your parents anyhow?" she asked as she started picking up all the marshmellows that fell around my bed.
"Over-protective I suppose. They don't want to see my future go down the drain for some girl."
Kylie stopped picking the marshmellows and stared at me.
"And will you? Will you let your future go down for that one girl?" she asked.
I never really thought about it.
My future or girls.
Then I looked back at Kylie.
And I said," Yes."
If that girl were to be you.
Kylie frowned.
" Is there someone you like? In school? Is that why you're choosing to to go to college here? Instead of some prestegious one?" she asked.
The questions filled my head like a flood.
I didn't really considered going to a good college.
I just wanted to be close to home.
My foster parents objected to it entirely but I made it clear to them that I was not going to leave and that they couldn't afford to send me to some well-known school.
I didn't tell them that I had rejected more than 5 scholarships.
The only person who knew was Kylie.
"No. I just don't need to go to a good one and no, there isn't a girl in school whom I like." I told her.
"Unfortunately, not many girls are fond of guys who look like they're stuck in their puberty and have pointy ears."
Kylie burst out into hysterical laughter.
Apparently, she found this extremely amusing.
She laughed so hard that she rolled off the bed and fell onto the floor, still laughing.
"Kylie," I started as I helped her up. "Its wasn't that funny."
Kylie grinned and I could see tears starting to form in her eyes.
Her face was as red as a tomato.
"I hate to say this but you DO look like you're stuck in your puberty. You don't even shave yet. Not to mention, you're already eighteen." she said, stroking my cheek.
I didn't really care about growing up but the way she said it made me feel like I was a freak.
"And yet... you're so wise for your age." she added.
"Ah.. well... at least I don't have to save up for a shaver. I was kind of hoping to get the electronic type. They're so cool." I said with a slight smile.
Kylie laughed again.
"You could save up to get me a shaver. I'm tired of waxing my legs. Its painful too."
"Why do you even do it in the first place?" I asked.
I never understood why she had to shave her legs.
I mean, who cares if she has hair on them, I don't.
"Geez... you sound like my father. Anyway, its not like you have to wear skirts or dresses." Kylie said.
I shrugged. I'm not exactly one who enjoys subjects on appearances.
I'm the one with the abnormal pointy ears.
"Okay. So how IS high school?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
Kylie wrinkled her nose.
"Oh well, you know me, I don't like school. I do badly at everything, except literature, but that's cuz you helped me with my assignments."
I nodded.
"I don't have school tomorrow, you want me to help you with Geography?"
"That's great! You're so lucky your school doesn't make you go back on Saturdays for extra classes."she said.
I met Kylie at her school library the next afternoon.
She already had tons of books on the table she was sitting at.
She told me to look for the world map so she could start research on her assignments.
I nodded and went on my search.
I walked pass the young peoples' fiction then the non-fiction then magazines and I got to the world section.
"Exploring the earth...that should be useful."I said to myself and reached out to take the book from off the shelf but someone else reached for it too.
I looked at he-who-took-my-book and somehow, he looked very familiar.
He seemed just as surprise as I was when he saw me.
"Legolas!" he exclaimed.
I shook my head in confusion. "Do I know you?" I asked.
The man had short black hair and his facial hair was unshaven.
"Legolas, its me. Aragorn, son of Aratorn...blah blah blah...,"he said.
Then I remembered.
I remembered who I was.
And I was lost.
The whole world seemed to be unfamiliar as it was to me when I first arrived.
"Aragorn!" I cried at last.
Aragorn hushed me.
"Shhhhhh.... not so loud! We're in a library."
I shut my mouth.
"Look, I'm looking for a way back to middle-earth."he said.
"How are we going to do that?"
"Apparently, how we got here in the first place was through a portal. When had accidently gone into one while riding. I also discovered that the portal opens every 7 years. We just have to find the right place. I've rounded it down to just 2 places in this state." He informed.
"Where are they?" I asked.
"Well, it seems one of them is here. Right here in the library and the other one is an hour's drive from here to the city. A law firm but its alittle out of reach."
I nodded. I had definitely found something which I was excited about. I was going home. My real home.
But I remembered Kylie.
I had to leave Kylie behind.
The very thought of that just cut right into my heart and stabbed my soul.
I didn't want to leave Kylie.
Kylie was... she was... I loved her.
"Legolas, you don't seem very focused. Is there something wrong?" Aragorn asked.
I looked at him.
"I might die if I go back." I told him.
"What? How? You're an elf!"
I nodded. "That's exactly why I might die. Because of a broken heart."
I stared right across the room at Kylie.
She was talking to the librarian and I could hear her laughter and the librarian trying to get her to quieten down.
She was always laughing.
Always smiling.
I would miss her when I return to Mirkwood.
No one ever is as happy as she is.
No one ever cared about me the way she did.
No one ever made me feel like I was someone special.
Aragorn shook his head.
"You have to leave her behind. You belong with your people and rule them as a king after your father."
"I'm afraid you're right...," I sighed. "I'll have to tell her."
End of chapter 2