Title: Somethings Need To Change.
Rating: Pg - May turn into Pg-13 in the future
Pairings: Haldir/OC
Summary: Kelly Bruno has the perfect life..well almost. Her schoollife rocks, she has friends, perfect grades, heck, she even has perfect looks. But her home life is exactly the opposite. What would happen if she gets thrown into ME?
Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings. I own no one and nothing except for Kelly Bruno and a few minor characters.
Chapter One - The Perfect Life
Kelly Bruno walked slowly as she entered her highschool. Everytime she came to school it seemed as if she was entering a whole new world. A world where she, Kelly Bruno, could act like a teenager instead of an adult.
"Kelly!" Kelly looked at her best friend and smiled as if she didnt have a care in the world. A lie she told/displayed everyday. Jaina had been her friend for 4 years. Jaina was a girl of average height, with black hair and blue eyes. She was a very pretty girl, but almost no one in their highschool could even hope to be compared to Kelly. Kelly was a bit taller than Jaina, she had long blonde hair that nearly reached her waist, she was very slim, and had green eyes.
You guessed it, Kelly Bruno was one of the most popular girls in school. In fact, she was THE most popular girl in school. And not just for her looks either. In every subject she got straight A's. She had great manners, she was kind to everyone, not just her friends. She also never wore revealing clothes. Even though Jaina always pushed her to do so. She always said that Kelly should not be ashamed to show off her great figure. But Kelly never liked the idea and thought it was disgusting how the girls in her school wore such revealing clothes. So she never did. She was everyone's role model, both girls and boys.
"Kelly?" Jaina asked, trying to get her friends attention.
Kelly looked over at her. "Yeah?"
"Well I was thinking, you've read those books I lent you right?" She asked as they walked to their homeroom.
"Yeah, the Lord of the Rings ones?"
Jaina nodded. "Yeah those ones. So did you like them? Who was your favourite character?"
Kelly shrugged. "It was alright, a bit difficult to understand though. As for my favourite character.." She glanced at Jaina. "It was not Legolas."
Jainas mouth dropped open. "WHAT?! Are you kidding?! Man, didnt you watch those DVD's I bought you for Christmas?" She exclaimed as she and Kelly entered their homeroom and went to their desks.
Kelly dumped her backpack on the floor, sat down and turned to Jaina. "As a matter of fact I did. And I still dont like Legolas as much as you do. I mean come on, sure, Orlando Bloom is really cute, but I personally think thats it."
Jaina sighed. "Ok, so who IS your favourite character....or do I want to know?"
"Hmm....well I guess I'll tell you, my favourite character is .. Haldir" Kelly raised her hands. "Now just wait. Let me explain. Legolas is to stinking popular, its so not funny anymore!! I think Haldir, is great, and cute as well. Also, I feel like writing Peter Jackson a letter and telling him a thing or two."
Jaina frowned. "Why?"
Kelly rubbed her temples. "Didnt you read the books?" She asked. Jaina shook her head slowly. "You didnt? You practically forced me to read them, and YOU haven't even read them!?"
"Well see..." Jaina shrugged. "I just watched the movies."
Kaelly sighed as she rolled her eyes. "Ok, fine. Lets move on and try and ignore the fact that your just lied to me. And since you havent read the books, let me enlighten you, dear friend of mine." Kelly paused. "Haldir doesnt die in the books. He dies in The Two Towers movie..............but not in the books!!!! Peter Jackson killed him off for no reason!" Kelly slumped in her chair. "I'm sooo mad....."
"Alright class." Mr. Marsh said as he walked into the classroom, interrupting Kelly's ranting. "We have one busy day ahead of us." Everyone but Kelly groaned. She smiled slightly as she sat back in her chair and waited for attendance to start.
Well Mr. Marsh was right, it was a very busy day. Kelly and Jaina didn't get another chance to talk until they were walking on their way home. Their conversation of course, turned to Haldir and Legolas.
"I just don't get it...Haldir." Jaina shook her head. "I mean come on Kelly, He's UGLY!!"
Kelly hit Jaina on the arm. "Oh be quiet. I like him better than Legolas so what?" She asked.
"Oh nothing. Its just strange I guess." They stopped at a fork in the road. Kellys house was on the left fork, while Jainas house was on the right fork. Jaina turned to Kelly. "Well I guess this is where I leave you. Are you sure you don't want me to come with you to your house?"
Kelly shook her head. She never did let Jaina walk her home. She didn't quite understand why, but most of it had to do with her family. She forced a smile. "No Jaina, that's fine. I'll see you tomorrow alright?"
Jaina nodded. "Sure, same place same time. Thank the lord its Friday!!" Jaina yelled as she ran to her house doing an Indian war cry.
Kelly smiled at her friend as she went down her own street. Her life wasn't really that bad. Though she may be a popular gal in school, her homelife wasn't exactly great. her father had died in a car accident over 7 years ago, when she was 9. Her mother, upset and heartbroken, turned to drinking and taking drugs, hardly ever being home. Kellys older sister, Mary, who was 25, had left the house when she turned 20, getting married and having kids of her own. She barely ever visited them. Kelly also had a younger brother, Ryan, who was 12. It was up to Kelly to raise him. She had taken the role of mother when she was 9 years old, and had tried her best to keep the house clean, watch over her younger brother and do good in school at the same time.
She had been doing a good job until now. Her brother was entering the preteen stage, and wanted everything his way. Being only 16, Kelly wasn't sure how to deal with this, so she had begun to ground him and give him more chores than usual. It seems to have been working for now.
Kelly sighed as she entered the house to her mothers shout. She was going to go and look for who she was shouting at when her younger brother ran to her and hid behind her legs.
"What's going on Ryan?" She asked, looking down at him suspiciously.
He looked up at her with wide eyes. "I was cleaning out the fridge and ice box like you told me to do." Kelly nodded. She had given him those extra chores for mouthing off at her the other day. "And I accidentally dropped mum's bottles of ...well whatever she drinks. She came into the kitchen while I was cleaning it up, and got all mad and threatened to beat me black and blue.." He glanced at the kitchen door. "You wont let her...right Kelly?"
Kelly rubbed her temples before she smiled down at Ryan. "Course not. Here's what I want you to do, go and work on your room instead of the chores I gave you, and I'll finish the kitchen and take care of mum alright?" Ryan nodded and ran to his room like a scared rabbit.
Kelly set her backpack down on the floor as she made her way to the kitchen. She was met by her mother who had a broom in her hand.
"Where's that little brat?" She asked as she looked around wildy, Kelly held her breath as the smell of alchohol met her nostrils. Her mother apparently had been drinking again. "Where is he girl? I'll kill him for breaking my bottles!" She screeched.
Kelly stood in front of her mothers path to the stairs, where her brother's room was located. "Mum, listen, your drunk, and not in your right mind. I want you to put that broom down, and go take a nap." Kelly said softly, not wanting to stir her mother up.
Her mother, whose name was Laura, looked at her with squinted eyes. "What did you say to me?"
"Go and take a nap."
"Are you bossing me around girl?" Laura asked.
Kelly shook her head. "No..." She ducked as her mother whirled the broom above her head.
Her mother began to hit her with the broom. "Now your calling me a liar?" She yelled. "How dare you. I raised you, you little brat. I put food in your belly..."
Kelly grabbed the broom and yanked it from her mothers grip. She stared at her for a moment. "No you didn't. You didn't do anything. Father did, he raised and fed me. You didn't raise me. You just spent his money!! Now go take a nap!" She yelled.
Laura looked at her for a moment, almost saying something but stopped, and did as she was told.
Kelly put the broom back in its place and slowly made her way to her brothers room. When she entered, she saw Ryan on his bed..under the covers. She slowly walked up to the bed and took the covers off. "Ryan? Hey, its over, its alright now."
Ryan slowly opened his eyes. He smiled slightly, but it soon vanished as he looked at her forehead. "You're bleeding..."
Kelly's hand flew to her forehead as she tenderly touched a cut she must have gotten from the broom. She brought her hand down to see it had some blood on it. She looked back at her brothers worried face. "Its ok, its just a small cut, nothing serious."
Ryan looked as if he didn't believe her, but nodded anyway as he moved to sit on her lap. Even though he was 12, he still liked to sit on Kelly's lap, he felt safe there. Kelly put her arms around her younger brother and rested her head ontop of his.
"Kelly?"
"Hm?"
"When are we going to move?" He asked.
"Don't you remember?"
He shook his head. "Not really. I keep forgetting."
Kelly chuckled slightly. "In two years, when I turn 18. then we can move away from here. We'll have a big house, a pool and everything. You'll be 14 by then."
Ryan nodded. "that sounds good."
Kelly stood up as she put the covers over Ryan. "Yes, it does sound good huh? Well it's time for bed right now. I'll see you in the morning alright?"
Ryan nodded sleepily as Kelly walked out of her brothers room and shut the door. She sighed as she walked to her room. She hoped they could move at 18. She had been saving for an apartment for a long time, but so far, she only had half the amount she needed. Without a sound Kelly opened her door and layed on her bed. She knew she had homework to do, but decided to do it the next day.
Without another thought she fell into a dreamless sleep.
A/N: Well first of all, thanks for reading my story. This is my first Lotr fanfic, so please just bear with me. Haldir will be introduced in the next chapter, or the one right after ward.
Remember, please read and REVIEW!!!
Naire
