University Log:

The end of high school and seven weeks off

AN: Sorry about the awesome crappiness of this chapter but I've been inundated with maths and drama coursework and although this is what I would MUCH rather be doing the fact that my mocks are coming up and I'm probably on the way to failing at least half of my subjects means school keeps coming first at the mo. Thanks to everyone for their brilliant reviews! That's the most I've got in one go so YAY and DUN, DUN, DUN my scanners fixed so those who wanted the pics will be getting them very soon and Manwathiel, you said you wanted them but you didn't leave your e-mail so I may have a few probs there lol -

Chapter 2.4 (aka, day 4, week 2)

Elladan: I don't think anyone would actually believe me if I told them about my day. Now don't get me wrong my friends can do some pretty weird stuff but who would have thought Mel to be that deluded and who would have believed how well Orophin fit in with him and then there's my brother…wow…just…wow.

"He's gone!" Orophin shouted triumphantly as his brother walked out of the gate.

"Then let the games begin!" Mel said pulling a pack of cards out of his back pocket and motioning for everyone to sit around the table.

"Where's Elrohir?" Legolas asked

"Well you're the one who shares a room with him." Elladan said

"So? You're his brother." Haldir answered in Legolas' defense

"How does that make a difference?"

"Duh, your psychic connection." Haldir said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that." Elladan said sarcastically.

Lindir gasped, "Was Elladan just sarcastic."

"Valar, I think he was. Well done." Legolas clapped

"Oh don't be so condescending, is his car outside?"

Orophin jumped up to take a look but soon realized that he didn't know what car Elrohir owned, "umm…"

"It's dark green."

"Oh, then no."

"Right then, Elrohir seems to have disappeared off of the face of the planet so let us play cards." Mel said, "What shall we play, poker?"

"Nah, that pisses me off. How about Rummy." Lindir suggested

"No way, could you get a more boring game"

"Well then Haldir, maybe you could suggest one."

"Oh! 52 pick up!"

"No!"

"Fine, Orophin?"

"The only card game I know how to play is pontoon and let's face it, that game's worse than 52 pick up."

"Nothing is worse than 52 pick up" Elladan said

"So what shall we play then?"

"Dunno."

Elladan: I have got to have some of the most indecisive friends on the face of middle earth

"Have you made your decision Mr. Elrohir?"

"I think so. I'll have that one please."

"Sir…are you sure, it's almost unheard of for elves to have those…I mean…"

"I've made my decision."

"Okay sir."

"Trumps?"

"Nah."

"Blackjack?"

"Oh it's always a disaster playing that with Lindir."

"Hey."

"Well it is!"

"So, you could be a bit more tactful."

"Eh, tactful is boring." Mel laughed.

Elrohir: I can't actually believe I'm doing this!

"I know! Snap!"

"NO HALDIR!"

Elrohir: I mean… I'm not normally this impulsive. I just hope it turns out okay.

"I'm bored!" Haldir whined

"Me too! And we've run out of card games!"

"I don't know, maybe we could make one up?" Orophin suggested before jumping as Mel shouted right in his ear.

"Genius!" Mel stood up, "okay everyone out, Orophin and I will come up with a great and fantastically brand new card game and you can come back in about an hour and we'll teach you."

"Yeah!" Orophin chimed in.

Orophin: I'm really beginning to like Mel!

"Fine, come of Lindir, I wana try and find Rumil's CD collection."

Haldir: ha, they'll have a job.

"Finished…my Lord, you can open your eyes now."

Elrohir: Oh Valar

"WE'RE READY!" Mel shouted and soon the group we're back around the table in the front room and facing a hysterical Mel and Orophin.

"Umm, before we start, I was just wondering. How come we can't find any of Rumil's CD's?"

"Yeah and how come we haven't heard him listening to any music since we got here?"

"Oh, my brother hardly listens to music, and when he does it's on a personal CD player."

"Well that's not right."

"Yeah, it's just not cricket! Add it to the book Lindir! And I'm officially making it my goal to find out what your boring brother listens to."

"I may have to join you with that." Mel said, but first and with that Orophin chimed in and they announced the name of their game in complete unison,

"Mel and 'Phin's wicked cool, discombobulating and nonsensical super dooper card extravaganza!" The two then proceeded to burst into fits of laughter.

When they managed to compose themselves Mel described the rules to one of the most confusing and pointless games ever invented by…well, anyone.

"3's are best. Everyone has 8 cards. They close their eyes and put one card down then spin around three times and puck up one of the cards that was put down. If you pick up the same card as you've put down you have to forfeit three cards and if you can't remember, you have to run around the circle three times shouting the name of the game.

After three rounds everyone picks up a card and puts it down before moving two seats to the left.

You then separate your red and black cards; you put your red cards on your right and the black cards behind you, everyone then takes their black cards gives them to the person on their right who then picks two that they want and gives them back. After this everyone counts up the total of their red card and the one with the lowest total has to take their second highest card's number away from 15 and if they are still the lowest they are out – they may also choose to assist one player. You all pick up one card then put one down; you pick up one, put it down, pick up one and LEAVE it down on the table. Is everyone alright so far?"

"Ummm…"

"Well…"

"I guess…"

"Err, yes?"

"Good, 'phin"

Orophin began where Mel left off, "Right, you then play another two rounds BUT this time you play under the table and if you're not sitting at a table, you have to find one. You then all turn outwards and pick a card at random, if you have an ace, a king, a 5 or a 9 of spades you must swap cards with anyone who has a 2, a 6, a queen or a jack of hearts and if no one has these cards or if anyone can't swap you throw the jokers into the air and the two who catch them get to chose one person each who is out – you skip this if there are then less than four people playing.

You get up from underneath the table and move across one space, picking up the card that was left there, total up all your cards add it to 57 take away 7.9 and add 1,000,000. The person with the lowest number must pick a card and if adding this card gives higher than 1,000,022 the loser wins and the winner loses."

"The end" They both said, to the blank stares of those around them.

Elladan: The sheer intellect of the conversation that followed was utterly astounding beyond belief (oh hey look, I'm being sarcastic again) and went something like this -

Haldir: I think I'm losing the will to live

Legolas: Really, I thought you had already lost that

Haldir: Oh yeah, I lost the will to live on July the sixteenth 1986

Lindir: awwwww that was a good year

Legolas: Yeah, except for when Haldir lost the will to live. Now I lost the will to live during the great storm of '54

Me: Do you guys even know what you talking about?

Haldir, Legolas, Lindir: Nope

Me: Good, nothings changed then

After that we decided to make a pact not to play card games ever again and the others all thought about getting completely drunk which I warned them would not be a good idea with Rumil due back any minute. Then my brother walked in.

"OH.MY.GODS!" are the only words that would have been heard by anyone passing by Haldir, Rumil and Orophin's home that evening…along with a few "OH.YOUR.GODS!" from Melpomaen.

"Elrohir, what have you done?"

Elrohir just grinned stupidly and answered matter of factly, "My hair is short."

TBC

Don't worry peeps, when I say short I mean in a very shoulder length cool, mussed up kinda way. It's all good. And Kudos to Hannah and Holly for helping me with the invention of 'Mel and 'Phin's wicked cool, discombobulating and nonsensical super dooper card extravaganza!' I don't even know if it works, we're yet to attempt playing it but I'll let you know how it turns out.

Shameless Promotion section: I'm think of writing a series of one shots to go with 'Uni-Log' showing important times earlier in the six friends' lives, when they first met, first girlfriends etc… so if anyone has any ideas they'd be more than welcome.

Next up: HIPPY PARTY!

Reviews would be nice. See you soon…probably.