Disclaimer: Same as always. I don't own anything except for my wonderful OC's…If you really need to know more, see chapter one.

"Gooooooooood Morning sunshine!"

"Mom? Go away, it's Saturday." I mumbled, blindly swatting at the hand that was shaking me.

"Mom? That's definitely something I haven't been called before." I heard a distinctly male voice say. My mom didn't talk like that. Not to mention the little fact that I called my mom "mom" everyday…

I whined in protest at the sudden absence of blankets over my body. All of a sudden, I hated this person…whoever he was.

"Come on Noel, get up." Mystery man said, shaking me harder.

"I'm up! Damn it! I'm going to kill you." I sat up and blearily saw Jack lounging there, smirking back at me.

"Welcome back to the world of the living." He said flatly.

"Shut up." I said, stumbling up into a standing position, with Jack's assistance of course.

I sighed. Day five. We had been following these people for five days. In those five days I had learned a whole lot. For instance, these people were on some weird mission to get rid of this freaky ring thingy. Apparently this little mission was really dangerous and chances were high that we were all going to die.

Lovely, right?

Nobody told us anymore about what they were doing. To tell the truth, we didn't even really need to ask what they were doing or where they were going…Pippin was kind enough to inform us. That is, until Merry basically told him to shut up.

All in all though, I had decided about two days ago that Pippin was actually a really kick ass guy. He was actually kind of like me, he had a tendency to say exactly what was on his mind the moment it came to him. As I mentioned, kind of like me.

I looked over at Jack, who seemed to be looking curiously at something.

"What's caught your eye?" I asked him.

Jack shook his head. "Nothing really, just thinking. About home. What's going on, stuff like if time is passing there…shit like that."

I nodded. Being torn from everything we had ever known was weird for all of us.

I knew Jack was having an even harder time with the whole thing than the rest of us. He was one of five siblings (which impressed me to no end, me being the only child I am), he had an older brother, two younger sisters, and a younger brother. He had been raised up until he was eleven with his cousins in Montana, totally surrounded by family. Then of course he moved to San Diego before his second sister was born, but the whole love for his family transferred to California. His family was really close knit, more than my family had ever been, for sure (mind you, not close knit enough for Jack to want to inform his parents of the nipple ring he had gotten a few months ago. His parents will probably go into cardiac arrest when they find out). The rest of the band and I had long ago decided that Jack would be a kick ass dad one day.

"Don't worry, we'll get back." I said to him.

Jack smiled at me. "One of these days." He said with a chuckle.


"When are we going to get to wherever the hell we're going?"

"When we do."

"I wasn't asking you dumb ass." I glared at Zeke, who shrugged.

"I know that. I just was answering to annoy you. Did it work?"

"I'm not answering that." I said, shooting Zeke another scowl before turning to Gandalf.

"When are we going to get to wherever the hell we're going?" I asked making sure I was looking directly at him, in order to avoid another one of the guys answering.

"As quickly as time allows." Stupid wizard. Guy talks in riddles. I sucked at riddles.

I sighed and slouched my shoulders, hanging back so I could talk to Strider, making sure I sent a bright, sunny smile in Legolas's direction, to which he responded by sending me a dark glare.

"What's on your mind Noel?" He asked upon seeing my face.

I shrugged. "Not much. I just want to know when we are going to stop. Or find a river, 'cause a bath sounds really nice right now." I said, silently admitting that I hadn't bathed in roughly six days and I was definitely starting to smell less than great. Not to mention that the absence of soap and acne meds in Middle Earth were definitely taking a toll on my breakout rate…it had risen dramatically. Not for the first time, I wanted to kill the other guys, they had passed the zit phase, save for Jack, who had the occasional breakout.

I saw the beginnings of a smile on Strider's features. "Even if the water was as cold as ice?" He teased.

I nodded. "Even if the water is as cold as ice. I'm pretty desperate right now!"

I'll have you know; walking around with a bunch of guys who haven't bathed in Lord knows how long, is not fun.

"Do you know if there is a river any place nearby?" I asked, silently begging he would say yes.

"Yes," I felt like I had just won a Grammy for Album of the Year. "But we won't reach it for another day or so, and the water will be very, very cold, it's at the base of The Redhorn Pass." I felt like maybe I was runner up to the Grammy for Album of the Year. A few days could change a whole lot, and cold water was really sucky.

I nodded anyways. "Rivers are good." I replied before running up to Zeke and leaping on his back, forcing him to catch me. The move was something often used while on stage, but it was always preplanned there. In this case, he definitely wasn't expecting my sudden bout of hyperness.

"Holy crap Noel! Where did that come from!" Zeke yelled as he hoisted me up higher on his back so he could carry me easier.

"That was a moment of SHS." I said, nodding my head.

"SHS?"

"Sudden Hyper Syndrome! Another wonderful medical thing made up by Noel!" I said, hugging Zeke the best I could from my position.

"So, what's up with you, my suddenly hyper companion?" Zeke asked.

"Not much. You know, even though we are stuck in a place that doesn't really exist at all, there is one good thing about our situation." I said, pausing so Zeke could try to guess what I was getting at. When he didn't answer, I let out and exaggerated sigh. "No school, smart one. Duh!"

I saw Zeke grin. "I agree there. No school is a heaven sent gift. Especially since I originally had my trig final on Tuesday, which I happened to neglect studying for. I know the other guys feel the same, we were all missing a final or two, Jack cheated his way out of Spanish, Erick got out of English, and I scammed out of geometry (which I currently had a C average in, and that's only because Adrian, who went up to advanced calculus in math, tutored me, and brought my F up to a C). Needless to say, we were all pleased by the turn of events.

"You know Noel, you're very heavy." Zeke said out of nowhere.

"So? And I care, why?"

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Zeke roll his eyes.

"Because it is getting harder and harder to carry you."

"Oh. Just for a little longer?" I begged, leaning my head on Zeke's shoulder, I knew it was a gesture that Zeke could hardly resist responding to. Whenever I wanted something from Zeke, I had learned that playing the defenseless little girl worked pretty well.

Zeke sighed.

"Fine." He muttered, walking up to where Erick was.

Erick looked at the two of us, an eyebrow raised in silent question.

"She made me." Zeke said, offering that as his only explanation.

Erick shook his head, and ran his hand through his auburn hair in order to get it out of his face. Erick came from a really, really, really long line of people with red-ish hair, and he wasn't an exception. Said auburn hair was practically in his eyes at this point.

We all have different hair colors, I thought to myself. A weird observation, but very true. I have light brown hair, Zeke originally, supposedly, has blonde hair, Erick has red hair, Jack has black hair, and Adrian has what is described as mahogany brown. An odd observation, I know it.

I was running my hands through Zeke's hair, when a wicked thought came to me. Zeke's hair dye is going to go away eventually, his hair is gonna grow out.

Meaning the top half of his head is going to be blonde, while the bottom half was blue.

All of a sudden, I couldn't wait.


A/N: Major snore chapter, I know, but I'm trying to break my writer's block right now, so, what can ya do? Next chapter will have some action in it, more Legolas annoying, and of course more weirdness!

I'm so sorry for the delay! dodges pitchforks Sorry! I promise I'll update sooner!

But I have a little poll before I respond to the reviews…If you could throw in your opinion…

Q: Should there be romance in the fic?

A. Yes, between Noel and someone (please state who…and I refuse to do Legolas for the record…And don't forget the minor characters!)

B. Yes, between one of the guys and someone (state who here as well…and none of the guys are gay, so slash is out of the question!)

C. Hell no! Keep it simple! Just normal weirdness!

If you could answer that, I would really appreciate it!

Now to respond to my reviews…

cat.1.d- I am back! Hope you liked this update after another long delay…cringes Much Love!

Silverfaielf- Wow, you make me happy! I didn't know my little weird self was that funny...well, that made my day! Noel zones a whole lot, it's part of who she is (along with the hair), and Adrian, who is none to patient, has to snap her out of it sometimes…With the boyfriend, all's good! I'm a-okay! I'm taking a break from dating for a while though, boys are just to complex! Hope you like the new chapter!

EverAfter-01- does an even crazier happy dance I'm so glad you like the chapters! I definitely appreciate your feedback! I think I'm going to do a combo of book and movie verse, so chances are I'm not going to have book verse for Helms Deep, since I adore Haldir as well! And no, I'm nowhere near that part yet ;), but you made me think about what I'm going to do when I get there! And it's ok to have the occasional spaz out!

Ravyn-Spirit- I missed you! grins Glad your back, and I really love your review! I tried to make Noel as much of a normal teenager as possible. First needing to work around school and then being dropped in a non-existent world is probably pretty confusing…I'm also beyond happy to know that none of my characters are Mary-Sueish or Gary-Stuish! And I did have fun in Vegas! makes plans to spend 21st birthday there

YojimbosBlade- Yeah, Noel isn't in a good position right now…but things will improve! And yes, homework is the working of the devil. Hope you like!

Thanks all who reviewed passes out chocolate bars and popsicles, and for those you read but don't review, I love you too! So I hope everybody liked this chapter, and you'll see me in a few weeks (max, I promise!)

Forever Always!

Celebel