Thank you, to all my reviewers.

AN: In the other chapter, the thing with the lube really did happen. A boy and I found it in our teacher's desk one year and the boy took it. You will find out what he did with it later in the story.

Chapter 8

"We need something to do!" Boromir said jumping on the couch.

"Alright but what?" Aragorn asked taking a seat across from the T.V.

"The schools having a game tonight, we could go crash it." Legolas said.

"What time does it begin?' Boromir asked perking up at the thought.

"5:00."

"So we have 30 minutes. Let's go now but first we need some stuff."

When they got into the car, they had a fog horn, two cartons of eggs, rope and very loud music that would make most people cover their ears.

"Ready?" Aragorn asked.

Legolas and Boromir just grinned.

So they went to the football game. When they there people were all in the stands. There was a line cheerleaders on the field. And the football players were coming out.

"Eggs at players or eggs at cheerleaders?" Boromir asked.

"Both." Legolas said.

They got out and walked to the bleachers with the stuff in pockets and underneath jackets. They took seats at the very back where no on sat. When one of the cheerleaders tried to do something they would suddenly get egg somewhere on them.

When the game was about to end Boromir pressed the fog horn and everyone in the stands got egg all over them.

The three boys ran back to the truck with five coaches chasing them.

When Aragorn set the truck in drive there was one coach in front of them that wouldn't move.

"Go! If he gets hit, it's his own fucking fault!" Legolas glared at the coach.

Aragorn stepped on the gas and at the last second the man jumped out of the way.

"That was so sweet!" Aragorn said looking into the rear-view mirror to make sure no one was following them.

They drove back to Aragorn's where they stayed the night

"Tomorrow after school, we'll cash all this change in and go to TJ's." Aragorn said, patting a bag of money when they walked into his room.

"They have good onion rings." Boromir said.

"I'll second that. But for now I need sleep." Legolas said and walked into his room.

"Are you okay out here, man?" Aragorn asked Boromir as they set pillows and blankets on the couch.

"Yeah, Legolas needs the bed more than me anyway. I'm kinda surprised he did so well today." Boromir said as he thought about the day.

"I hope that today was like a step in his recovery. Anyway, I better go make sure everything is alright in there." Aragorn got up and walked into the bedroom, Legolas was using.

Legolas was laying on his side writing in a notebook. When he saw Aragorn he closed it and sat up.

"Hey."

"Hi." Aragorn felt that Legolas should make the first move when it comes to physical contact because he didn't know if Legolas would be alright with someone touching him after what happened.

"I love you." Legolas leaned over and took his hand.

"Let's never go to Applebee's again. I hate it when people stare at me because the way I look." He continued, while he let go of Aragorn's hand.

"I was going to suggest it also but I didn't want to seem possessive." Aragorn admitted.

"I'm going to sleep so don't mess with me."

"Alright but what if I fucked with you instead." Aragorn smiled and left.

Legolas sighed and opened his notebook again.

~I do love him~ He wrote. ~But I'm not ready to touch him. I force myself to kiss him because he looks so disappointed if I don't. I cringe when people touch me or brushes against me. He doesn't need someone who will cling to everything. I only went to school today because I needed something to do that wouldn't let me remember. In a few weeks he will get tired of me and leave then I'll have to go back to Thranduil.~

Legolas looked at the clock it was only 8:30 but he was still dead tired. His wounds were healing well. No more blood though the cuts were still tender. He closed the notebook and put it under his pillow and turned off the light.

At 3:30 AM, Aragorn was jostled awake by screams coming from Legolas' bedroom. Aragorn jumped out of bed, tripping over the cover and ran into the room. On the bed Legolas was tossing and turning while yelling.

"No! Please! I'll be good! I swear! Please, Dad,. No!"

"Legolas calm down. Shh... He's not here." Aragorn put a hand on Legolas' face and rubbed his hair back.

Legolas woke with a start.

"Aragorn!"

"I'm here! You're safe." Aragorn took Legolas in his arms. At first he was tense then after a few minutes he calmed.

" you want to talk about it?" Aragorn asked.

"Maybe in a little bit. Right now I just want to be held." Legolas soft voice came.

"That I can do." Aragorn and Legolas sat there for a few minutes then Legolas started speaking.

"Before, when my mother and sister were still alive it wasn't like this. Father would never even raise his voice. My sister was four years younger then me. My dad loved her so much. She could light up a room. My mom had the softest voice and was so beautiful. She was a very loving mom. Read to me, played with us. I loved her so much.

Eight years ago my sister had gotten sick so my mom took her to the doctor. On the way home they were in a wreak. A car had rammed them on the Interstate and because of how fast the car was going she couldn't stop. They drove into a 18-wheeler. They were killed instantly. My Father and me didn't know they died until the next morning.

After that father's temper was really short. He didn't start to hit until I was ten, but for two years, he would scream and threaten me. A few weeks after I turned ten he found out that one of his friends was getting laid off. Later that day I brought home a 'C' on a report card. I couldn't sit with my back against anything for a week. The welts were so painful. From there on pain became just another thing in my life both physical and mental.

Then six weeks before we moved out here, he had been in a drunken rage. I don't know exactly know what set him off but that was the only other time I have had to go to the hospitable. My dream was about what made me go to the hospitable. I was in pain again because of him. Remembering what he did, how he looked. He was sorry after it happened but it doesn't change the fact that he's my father and he causes me pain. Something which is illegal. Right now my deepest fear is for him to find where I am and demand I come back with him and that when I go back, I'll have it even worse. I'm so scared of my own Father. I hate the fact that he's my only family. All I have now is abuse. I just wish that I was dead that-" Legolas was cut off.

"Hey! Don't say that. Don't ever say that. I love you! Boromir, the twins, all the others love you. We don't ever want to see you hurt. You mean too much to us for you to just go and off yourself. Don't hurt yourself, Legolas. If you feel the need to cut because you think you deserve it come to me, please."

"I can't cut so don't worry. I don't have the strength to tear into my flesh." Legolas was getting tired again. His eyes were dropping. Aragorn looked at the clock, it was already 5:00am.

"Legolas, do you want to go to school tomorrow?" Aragorn quietly asked as he let Legolas lay down on the bed.

"I need to." He muttered. "I don't wanna remember."

He then fell asleep. When Aragorn walked out of the room he saw Boromir a few feet away.

"I need a smoke." Aragorn said. They walked outside and just stood there for a minute.

"How much did you hear?"

"All." Boromir sighed.

"I can't believe that the Asshole did that to a ten year old child." Boromir continued.

"I won't let him come near Legolas ever again. Not if I can help it." Aragorn threw his cig.

"We should get what little sleep we still can. I'll see you in a hour. Night." Aragorn walked in with Boromir following a few minutes later.

An hour later the alarm clock went off and no one moved. Two hours after, Boromir woke up.

"Holy fuck! Shit! Hell! Damn! Aragorn wake up. We missed school." Boromir stopped for a minute and thought about what he was saying.

"Never mind. Go back to sleep." With that Boromir fell asleep again.

At noon Legolas woke up.

"You son of a bitch." Legolas said to what he thought was a empty house.

"Why am I the son of a bitch?" Aragorn walked into Legolas' room.

"Oh I thought you left me here." Legolas was abashed.

"No, we all slept through the alarm."

"Gee, how sad. You know what I still haven't seen your parents. Where are they? Wouldn't they have woken us up?"

"Their in Europe." Aragorn smiled. "They won't be here until January.

"But it's October."- Legolas exclaimed.

"I know."

"Sure yeah anyway. What are we doing today?" Snatching one of Aragorn's smokes. He lit it up and took a deep drag. "I'm sorry about last night. It was childish of me. I shouldn't have made you listen to all that."

"No. I'm glad you told me. Do you feel better that someone besides yourself knows what happened?"

"Don't you mean two people know?" Legolas lips turned upward for a moment.

"You knew Boromir was out there?"

"Saw his shadow. And to answer your question: I do feel better. Thank you."

Boromir walked into the room and sat in a chair.

"Anyone hungry?"

"I am." Legolas said.

"I'm not. I can't eat when I first get up. You two go and get something alright? My keys are on my dresser." Aragorn yawned.

"Legolas you want too?" Boromir asked as he got up and walked to the hall.

"Sure. You okay?" Legolas also got up and started walking but he looked back at Aragorn for a minute.

"Be gone with you!" Aragorn said smiling.

"Bye, where do you want to go?" Was the last thing Aragorn heard before the front door closed.

Aragorn went and took a five minute shower. Then he sat on Legolas' bed for a while thinking about last night. When he was getting up to find a drink, he noticed something sticking in his ass.

"What the hell?" He lifted up the pillow he was sitting on and saw Legolas' notebook. His drink forgotten, he could only stare at the notebook.

*It would help me understand what happened to him better. But I would be breaking his trust so much* Aragorn decided and opened the book. *For the greater good...I hope*

~I couldn't sleep last night. It was one thirty and I went downstairs to watch T.V. for a while. Daddy was down there. He started screaming and yelling. 'Why wasn't I in bed' was what he was saying. I was scared of him. Mommy and sis died 4 months ago. I can't stand this. I don't like him yelling at me. It hurts too much. I'm afraid. He wasn't like this before. Do all parents yell at their children like this? Because Daddy didn't do this before. I wish Mommy and sissy were here. I miss them so.~ Aragorn flipped to a page in the middle.

~Father is at it again. And I'm saying lies like I have been doing it all my like. I have never been so confused. He would change from being a loving Father to one that loved to hurt me. I don't know what to do anymore.~

Aragorn flipped to another page.

~We just moved to a town in Tennessee. It's small to say the least. I think that moving here might help get over mom and Natalie. For Thranduil. The arm is healing fine. I'm still having breathing problems. But the doctor said the lung will be alright. Thranduil said that when we are settled in he would buy a car for me and get my permit.~

Aragorn closed the book quickly and put it back under the pillow. Legolas and Boromir had just walked in.

"Hey."

"Hello. We went to Wang garden." Legolas said snacking on a cookie.

A couple hours later they went over to Boromir's house and watched a movie until Faramir and a few others came to the house.

The twins, Legolas, Faramir, Aragorn, Eowyn, Eomer, Boromir, and Gimli were all talking in the kitchen.

"Crazy boy." Gimli muttered.

"Stupid Boy." Legolas said in return.

They were disagreeing on who was a better writer. When the doorbell rang. Aragorn went to answer it.

"Okay enough." Elladan said. "If we don't stop one of us id going to hit another." A pointed look at Legolas and Gimli.

^Thud^ There was a noise but it was too quite to hear from the kitchen.

"Are you saying That I would actually hit Legolas?" Gimli looked shocked that people thought he would hurt the blonde who he had come to respect after the lake.

"I never." Gimli put his hands on his hips in mock-anger.

"Yeah I would never hit Gimli...too hard." Legolas smiled at Gimli to let him know he was joking.

"Well, well, well what is going on?" Gimli turned around and saw a man who was beautiful and frightening at the same time.

Thranduil stood in the doorway with a angered expression.

Behind Gimli, Boromir swore, seeing the relation between Legolas and the man.

"Where's Aragorn?" Legolas asked determined not to be scared of his father.

~~Father's a name you haven't earned yet You're just a child with a temper Kickin' your ass would be a pleasure~~

"Oh just taking a little nap. Come Legolas, we are leaving." Thranduil had in his hand a cane that was held loosely next to his side.

"He's not going anywhere." Gimli moved in front of Legolas.

"Yes he will! Won't you, Legolas?" He growled.

"No! I'm tired of this shit. I'm not going to be your punching bag anymore."

It was then that everyone in the room understood what was going on. They formed a semi-circle around Legolas.

"Leave or we'll call the cops." Elrohir said.

"Not without my son!" Thranduil yelled.

"Leave." A shout behind Thranduil made him turn around.

Aragorn was behind him with a handgun.

"This isn't over legolas. When I get my hands on you, your going to wish I had killed you last time." Thranduil stormed out of the house.

The group heard the squeal of tires and knew he was gone.

Aragorn put the gun on the counter and rushed to take Legolas in his arms.

"Are you okay?" He asked quietly.

Legolas could only shake his head 'no'.

"Was the gun full?" Legolas asked a few minutes later.

"No"

"You could have gotten hurt! What if he hadn't left-"

"Legolas, stop being so fucking selfless! I wasn't in danger. You were."

Legolas looked up from Aragorn's shoulder wiping tears from his eyes. "Where is everyone."

"In the living room. You want to talk to them?"

"They have a right to know, considering they stood up for me. No questions asked."

The two walked into the living room hand in hand. And sat on the couch.

"I'm sorry about that you guys." Legolas started. "That was my dad if you couldn't tell. He has physically and verbally abused me since my mom and sister died. A few nights ago he kicked me out of the house and I went to Boromir's and Aragorn's house and they are letting me stay at their places until I get enough money for my own place." Legolas stared at his hands, not wanting to see disgust in his friends eyes.

Elladan came up and tilled Legolas' chin until Legolas was able to see him. There was no disgust in their eyes. Only sadness, pity and in one understanding. "You are one of us. Don't think we would hate you for something like that."

"Does anyone want to go the movies or something?" Boromir asked feeling that they should all do something to make everyone feel better.

"How about the mall then go get some dinner?" Legolas suggested.

A bunch of 'sures' answered that. On the way out the door, Gimli stopped Legolas and waved to the others that he needed a minute.

"Back at the lake you were right. I was hiding something. I understand." Gimli then walked to the car that he and the twins came in. Legolas put his arm around Aragorn slowly.

"What was that about?" The dark-haired man asked.

"I don't know. I didn't understand it myself." Legolas climbed into the truck.

On the way to the mall, everyone in the three cars was smoking.

"We're all going to be dead at the age of 25." Legolas commented.

"Only a few more years!" Boromir chuckled.

Boromir's cell phone started ringing after they parked.

"Hello? Hey... At the mall. Sure the more the merrier, I think! Bye."

"The rest of the gang is coming." Boromir said to the others.

And so they walked around the mall after the rest got there. For dinner they went to Popeye's, where Aragorn told everyone to go to his house afterwards. There Legolas told the others what happened.