Chapter 14- Is This Good-Bye?

Favorite Votes:

Ashley- 2

Ben- 9 (Leader)

Brittney- 2

Bryan- 3

Dajotre- 4

Kitt- 2

Lisa- 2 1/2

Peter- 2 1/2

Tippy- 6

Tracy- 6 1/2 (Yes!)

Time passed quickly. Soon, the kids had one day left with the Fellowship. The day before, a shadow hung in the air. No laughter that day. No jokes told. No Dew was drunk. (Gasp!) Nothing. Talking was quieter, as if all knew that they would be leaving each other forever.

The guys all sat in the living room in silence. Then Ben spoke up.

"You know, in my state of boredom and sudden creativeness...if that's a word, I wrote a poem," he declared.

Peter whipped out bongos and played in time to Ben's lament:

"It's called 'The House of Insanity'

It all started with a letter

One insane winter's day

None of us did know

What would come our way

'From Tracy,' it read

'Come right away

To the House of Insanity

This Saturday.'

So off we went

Down the old dusty road

To a house of caffeine

Of young and of old

We were all strangers

But friendships were made

It took a long time

But it finally came

Problems did arise

But we figured it out

Though it took a few battles

And screams and shouts

So the end is near

And our adventure is done

I regret the finale

The curtain is drawn."

The others blankly stared at Ben....that was way to random but the mood called for it....maybe I should've gotten rid of it....Ben would NEVER come up with something like that!

Later, everyone shared one last pizza dinner together in absolute silence. That is, until Pippin spoke.

"So...tomorrow's our last day," he said sadly.

The others slowly nodded.

"I for one will miss all of you," Lisa added.

The others agreed. Merry raised his glass.

"To fellowship...forever," he stated.

Everyone raised their glasses as well and took a drink of the Dew. The rest of the meal had no conversation.

Before bed that night, the girls spoke amongst themselves.

"We'll be leaving each other forever," Brittney said sadly.

Ashley and Tracy were busy sobbing over the loss of their beloved Fellowship members.

Then Brittney broke out into tears. "BUT WHAT ABOUT MY HUSBAND?!"

"Arwen..." Lisa said. "I'm sorry."

*Gasp!*

Arwen looked over at her. "Really?"

"Well, no," Lisa admitted. "But it seemed like the right thing to say."

*Whew! That was close!*

Arwen sighed, "Well I'M sorry. I know you love Aragorn too. But you know what? He has this friend that looks exactly like him. It's so odd! His name's, uhh....Viggo Mortensen!"

"Viggo Mortensen, huh?" Lisa said. "I'll have to look him up..."

"I don't wanna leave Frodo!" Ashley cried.

"And I don't wanna leave Legolas and Pippin!" Tracy sobbed.

"And I don't wanna leave any of you!" Kitt said through her tears.

"Group hug!" Tippy declared.

The girls hugged each other, still crying.

"You guys are our best friends!" Eowyn sobbed.

"Really?" Tippy said.

"No," Eowyn said. "But as Lisa said, it just seemed like the right thing to say at the time."

Kitt's Legolas clone walked by the open door, paused, shrugged and kept walking.

At the same time, the guys were sharing their emotions about leaving...just not as emotional...

"Well...this is bad..." Ben said. "We won't see each other again."

"You'll see me!" Bryan reminded him.

Ben looked over at Bryan. "Lord give me strength."

"Well I will miss all of you," Gandalf told them.

The others nodded.

"You know, I'd appreciate that if it was true," Daj said.

Gandalf shrugged. "Yes, I know."

The next morning, the girls came downstairs, still crying. The guys gave them the what's-your-problem look and continued to pack up. The bus pulled up to the door 2 hours later, and the Fellowship stood at the doorway, bidding the kids good-bye.

Tracy came over to Pippin. "You are the most adorable thing I have ever seen in my life."

She knelt down and hugged Pippin as hard as she could without choking him...well, he kind of WAS choking. Pippin smiled sadly and she came to Legolas.

"I love you," she said. "I know you don't love me, but that's okay."

She hugged the Elf anyways and turned around to hide her crying. Tippy leapt into Faramir's arms.

"Don't leave me with these lunatics!!!!!!!!" she sobbed.

"Umm...I'm sorry," he said more like a question.

Ashley kissed her Frodo good-bye, Kitt stood with her arm around Orlando, and Lisa actually got a hug from Aragorn! The guys shook each other's hands (no hugging with MY guy friends...they aren't the type...believe me!) and they started to leave.

"Brittney!" Merry called. "You can't leave! What about the children?!"

Brittney whirled around. "What children?!"

"Oh yeah...that's right..." Merry mumbled. "Never mind."

"Wait," Aragorn said.

All the kids turned around expectantly. "Yesssssssss?!"

"Do you..." he trailed off. "Do you really have to leave?"

"Well, according to the sad "In Dreams" music in the background that's making me sob uncontrollably, yes," Tracy responded.

"Can you stay?" Aragorn asked.

"You want us to STAY?!" Lisa grinned.

He looked at the others. They nodded.

"Yes," Aragorn smiled.

The kids cheered and ran over to Aragorn, Lisa nearly knocking him over.

Just then, from a helicopter above, someone came down from a rope.

"Stephanie?!" Tippy exclaimed.

"ALL RIGHT?!" Stephanie yelled. "WHERE IS HE?!"

Everyone pointed to a confused Boromir. Stephanie hugged him.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM?!" she demanded.

"Nothing!" Brittney said. "We were just beginning the sequel!"

"What?" Stephanie asked.

(Next STORY: The Lords of the Caffeine: The Two Sodas.)