Chapter 14
By Crystal Snowflakes
Author's Notes: I know I promised those people that are on my mailing list that I'd be updating on the twenty-sixth of December. I lied =\ I'm extremely sorry for that, but I promise I'll update sooner next time! (Maybe I should just stop making deadlines for myself so I'll stop being late =\) I'm not even going to write excuses for why I updated so late, because it was no excuse to say I'd update and not do it. Anyhow, writer block's gone for now. And I've got new ideas from my boyfriend because of the parents' issue. I found a way to write about it because I'm going through quite the same thing as Jessica is =\ So yup. Anyhow, see you all next chapter! Thanks for the support guys!
Thank you Lady Arianna for correcting this =)
Dedicated for my reviewer Bluesky.
*We all know that anything that has to do with 'Lord of the Rings' belong to J.R.R. Tolkien the genius...*
Seeing that the whole coffee shop was practically empty, Amy joined us for lunch. Lunch was, needless to say, interesting. What was suppose to be a quiet lunch at a coffee shop ended up to be one with arguments thrown over our plates of food. What was suppose to be a four-person lunch ended up being a seven-person lunch when we found Iris and Alan having lunch together. And that was not it at all. As soon as Alan sat down, Amy had started her usual sarcastic replies to him while Iris joined in Bruce and Irene's argument. The only ones that seemed sane at our table seemed to be Legolas and I.
Amy was beside us half the time, having lunch with us as well. Monica was the one who served the people that came most of the time, and once again, I caught her looking at Legolas a few times. Every time I caught her gaze on Legolas, I felt Legolas' hand around mine squeeze reassuringly.
I looked up at him with a small thankful smile on my face. Lunch passed quite quickly and with Bruce and Irene finally calming down, lunch seemed peaceful...Almost.
If there was one more thing I learned today, it was to never put Alan and Amy together in the same room. I have seen Alan and Amy fling sarcastic replies several times, but it was never this bad, and never when both of them were sitting down for lunch. Oh Valar, I've never actually even seen Alan talk to a girl like that before, it was as if he changed or something. He was by no means rude or anything, but he looked like he was highly amused, yet at the same time disliking Amy while all the while being somewhat a gentleman and flinging sarcastic replies. How he managed to do that is beyond my understanding.
I shrugged. It wasn't any of my business anyways. As the bill for lunch came...From Monica's hands too, Legolas surprised me by whipping out his own wallet and paying for both of us. A frown came upon my face and I reminded myself to ask him once again.
We sat and chatted for a while and afterwards, Iris, Irene and Bruce left. Iris and Irene had classes while Bruce decided to give them both a lift. Finally, Alan left while Amy went back to her job and there were only two of us left. I gave Legolas a glance with a raised eyebrow. "So? Where do you want to go?"
Legolas stood up from his seat and gave me his arm, "Let us go for a walk outside."
Smiling, I took his arm. He was always such a gentleman. "Diola lle, melamin."
"Lle creoso." He replied as he led me out the door.
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Contrary to the belief that we would talk during the walk to the park, we ended up lapsing into a comfortable silence between the two of us. Not a single word was uttered and the only thing we did during our walk was have his arms wrapped around my waist protectively.
Instead of sitting down on a bench and enjoying the nature around us, Legolas go me to sit on a swing while he pushed me. The swings squeaked every time it was pushed, and every time he pushed, I felt free. The trees around us were starting to grow back as flowers are beginning to bloom beautifully. The skies were clear, the air was fresh and for the life of me, I couldn't think of a better way to spend my day other than be out here with Legolas.
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Once we got home, I hurriedly packed up and as I check if I had everything I needed, Legolas was once again sitting on the couch, relaxing, and patiently waiting for me to go. Keys, wallet, books, schoolbag, calculator, pencil case, paper, my "agenda". Yeah, that should be it.
After that, I rushed outside to get Legolas. I wasn't late, mind you. Jessica Hanson? Late? Hah! Okay, maybe once or twice... or a couple times... But that's not the point, and it was ages ago! It was when I didn't know any better... In other words, before I fell in Middle-Earth. It was when my hands were still pure and never stained with blood... When my eyes have never seen violence other than on television and when my nose has never smelt the intense smell of blood, death, corpse, agony, fear... war.
I blinked a few times when I saw Legolas' eyes staring straight back at mine quite worriedly, and may I add, quite close as well, "Are you all right?"
I gave him a reassuring smile, "Uma. Just thinking... about the past... About Helm's Deep." (Yes.) Inwardly, I told myself once again to stop dwelling into the past. It's not like my life is horrible right now. It's rather good, actually. I gave Legolas another smile, "Let us go, or else we'll be late for our transportation." And if you were wondering, we're taking the bus there. After all, it takes no more than ten minutes to bus there. And if you were also wondering why I was so much in a hurry, then it's because I wanted to get there early to show him around the school and have enough time to drop him off where Irene would meet him. Maybe even Iris. Forgot Iris had today's class the same time as Irene did. My bad.
Thankfully, the bus stop was near my apartment and I whipped out my bus pass and gave it to Legolas while I took some change out of my wallet. "Show the bus driver, the person driving the bus this pass and just keep walking. Then follow me, I'll find a spot for us to sit." I gave him a smile, and then quietly sneaked my hand into his.
The bus came after a couple of minutes and with my hand still holding onto Legolas', I dropped my bus fare into the hole while it printed a bus ticket for me, then Legolas showed him my bus pass. I said 'thank you' to the bus driver and softly dragged Legolas behind me to find a spot to sit. We sat behind where the bus exit was and I held onto his hand while I rested my head on his shoulder.
The ride to school was a quiet one, peaceful one as well. We were quite a few minutes early, thanks to my rushing and the bus coming right on time, so I took him around and explained what exactly we learned in school. I told him why we had to go to school, and I whined about how many years we had to spend our lives in school, although he just smiled at me. Yes, I am aware that a few decades is nothing for him.
Either way, when it was almost time for me to get to class, I brought Legolas to a little peaceful park near the entrace of the school and I told him to sit on the bench. Iris and Irene were going to come take him somewhere when I had my classes going on.
With one
last kiss and embrace, I left. The
second I got back into the school, I looked back sadly. I miss you already, Legolas...
I would have to say it was one of the worse classes I have ever been to. It was one of the most boring lessons I've
ever had, and it was one of the last I paid the least attention to. My mind kept drifting back to a certain Elf
that I left at the bench, and if not that, then it drifted to my parents. I had absolutely no idea how to tell them of
my boyfriend. I did not know where to
start at all.
After two hours of hellish lesson, trudged out of the classroom, tired and bored, but looking forward to seeing Legolas again. I've missed him so much. After five minutes of weaving through clumps of people in the middle of the hallways chatting up, I finally saw the exit of the school and I sighed in relief. Not long till I see Legolas now. As I approached the exit, I groaned. It was bloody pouring rain and I had no umbrella. Normally, I really wouldn't care all that much, but I had books and if I walked in the rain, they would get soaked and disgusting.
Sighing, I decided to take a run for the bus stop. Once again, I wondered where Legolas, Irene and Iris were. Probably waiting for me at my house. Maybe I should call up someone and tell them to pick me up... Or I can just run into the rain and save everyone but myself some trouble. Sighing once again, I stuffed the books I was carrying into my bag and got ready to make a run for it. I started off quite well, until I felt my shoes about to fall off. "Fuck." I swore. I slowed down and went down to tie my shoe again, hoping I would get out of the rain soon when I felt an umbrella over me.
I felt a smile come to my face when I caught sight of Legolas', or more like Bruce's pair of dark jeans. I stood up slowly and smiled up at him, but when I caught sight of his face, my smile flattered, just slightly. "Hey Chris."
"Jessica." He smiled.
I found not knowing what to say, but managed to say, "so how are you doing?"
Chris shrugged slightly, "Not great, after you rejected my offer." He gave me a wink, "But we can still be friends, no?"
"Sure." I smiled softly.
"And plus, I can still try asking you out. There's always the hope." I kept quiet. "So where do you wanna go?"
"I'm just running to the bus stop. Catching a bus home to meet up with Iris and Irene."
He nodded, "I see. You want a ride home?" I shook my head, "Then can I walk you to the bus stop?"
I nodded as frowned slightly as I saw him fidget. I decided to ignore it.
When we were near the bus stop, he put his hand on my shoulder softly. "Um... Jessica?"
I turned around to look at him, "Yes Chris?"
"Do you... Do you think we can go out for dinner tonight as friends? Just friends. Nothing more, nothing less."
I gulped, "I'm not free tonight, but I'm sure we can figure something out later." I gave him another smile, "Anyhow, I should really go home. Irene and Iris will be getting mad at me if I don't get home soon. I'll see you around some time, Chris. It was great talking to you." Giving him one last smile, I ran into the pouring rain again towards the bus stop when I felt a hand on my shoulder again. I frowned slightly and turned around, "Yes Chris?"
Only to meet the amused blue eyes of my beloved.
I pursed my lips together, "Had fun watching that little display, Legolas?"
"Quite."
I sighed, frustrated, "As much as I'd like to chat with you, I really don't want to stand in the pouring rain, Legolas. If you don't mind, can we please get to the bus stop so my books don't get all wet? Then we can go back to my house, warm up with a cup of hot chocolate while we're all snuggled up in a blanket. What say you?"
He chuckled, "Whatever you wish."
With strength I didn't know I possessed, I grabbed his wrist tightly and pulled him along. He yelped and I felt a grin come to my face.
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Author's Notes: Once again, apologies for the long wait and really short chapter. I'll be sure to make it longer next time. Next chapter is of Jessica's parents meeting Legolas *grins* Hell will break lose, okay, maybe not that bad. Either way, I got 88 reviews for the last chapter! Thank you all for your support!
Monday, February 23, 2004
-Crystal Snowflakes