Someday, Dom/OFC

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Chapter 1

‘OK’, Amanda thought to herself, ‘this had better be important’, as she rolled herself out of bed at the god awful time of two-fifteen AM. Granted her best friend, Sally, HAD called her, several times in fact. The truth of that being proven by the countless calls, logged on her caller ID.

Amanda hadn’t had time to return her calls because she had worked double shifts at the diner. And she had been too tired to do so when she had arrived home, just a couple hours ago. Now, Amanda heard the pounding on her door and Sally yell whispering her name. She should have known that this was going to happen.

“HOLD ON TO YOUR UNDEROOS”, Amanda yelled as she whipped open the door in a semi angered state.

“AMANDA BRITNEY ANDERSON, where the hell have you been?” Sally screamed as she pushed her way into the house.

“Sally Jane Crawford, I worked overtime and was sleeping. If that is OK with you?” Amanda yelled back.

“Well from now on, check your messages.”

Amanda shut the door and put her hands on her hips. “Why? Did you get a new pair of shoes that you just HAD to tell me about?”

Sally squinted at her. “No, smartass. I just HAD to show you this.” She said shoving a piece of paper in Amanda’s face.

Amanda slapped her hand away. “Sal. This had better be important.” She said as she ran to her room to get her glasses. She was blind as a bat without them.

Entering the living room she had her hand out, “Now give me the damn paper.”

Sally handed it to her and the plopped down on the couch. To wait. To watch with joy and merriment as the inner fan girl that she knew was in Amanda screamed it’s way out.

Amanda read the letter. Paled. Looked at Sally. Then re-read the letter, losing what was left of her coloring. This was not the reaction that Sally had expected and she was a little worried.

Falling to the couch, Amanda let the letter flutter to the floor at her feet. “Sal. Please tell me you are taking Tammy.” She said quietly, almost pleadingly.

Confused even more Sally shook her head. “No. Why would I do that? It’s not Tammy and I who plop ourselves right here every Wednesday night, and lose ourselves in the wonderment that is Dominic and Foxy.”

Amanda closed her eyes briefly and willed herself to calm down. With shaking hands she picked up the letter and handed it back to Sally. “I’m sorry. You had better take Tam. I can’t go.”

“OOOKAY. I’ve missed something here. Why the hell not?”

Amanda looked at her best friend of forever and winced. In all that time there was one thing that she had kept from Sally. And that one thing Amanda thought would never come back to haunt her. “Sally. Please. Just leave it be. It’s not a big deal. I just can’t go.”

Sally cocked an eyebrow. “NO big deal? Pardon me if I disagree. It IS a big deal. I come to surprise you with a contest that I won, and you look like you have seen a ghost. I mean, I know that there is a fan girl inside just waiting to be let loose, but I never thought you had it THAT bad for Mr. Monaghan.”

Amanda’s eyes widened and she looked down at her hands. ‘I am so screwed.’, she thought to herself.

“Manda, what is going on? If I didn’t know better, I would think you are terrified to meet Dom Monaghan. But that would be plain asinine. Fan girls that we might be.”

“Sal, I just..” Amanda couldn’t talk about it. It had been her own personal hell for so many years now. She wasn’t even sure she could share it.

“Spill, Manda. NOW.”

“God, Sal. You are going to kill me. Revive me. And then kill me again.” Amanda said with a sigh, nervous laugh combination.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of Sally, Amanda grabbed her hands. More for her own protection. After she spilled what she had kept from Sally for so long, Amanda was afraid that she would get bitched slapped big time. “Sally. I already know Dom.” She said quietly.

“Yea, Manda. I know. We all ’know’ Dom.” Sally said rolling her eyes. “Hell, we prolly know more about him then he knows about himself. Or we all like to at least pretend that we do. What does that have to do with anything?”

Squeezing her hands Amanda tried again. “Sal, I KNOW Dominic Monaghan.”

Sally still confused most eloquently replied with a “huh?”

“Sal, do you remember that trip I took to New Zealand the summer before collage?” Amanda asked, letting the question settle into the logical part of Sally’s brain.

Amanda smiled, as she could almost see the gears turning in her best friends brain. Sally nodded her head. Amanda waited for the dawn of realization to hit. And hoped that Sally didn’t hit her. Amanda smiled as Sally’s eyes widened in comprehension.

“You’re shitting me?” Sally asked eyes widened in shock.

“I shit you not.”

“And you never told me? You’re right. I should kill you.” Sally said in a hurt tone.

“Sal, I’m so sorry. When I came home from New Zealand, I intended to tell you. But then collage started and you moved on me. And..well Dom and I wanted to keep it under our hats for a little while.”

Sally turned and looked at her mouth open. “IT? There was a freakin’ IT? Like and IT, IT? Not just an OH MY GOD I met the coolest guy it?”

Amanda smiled sadly. “Sally, there was a HUGE it.”

Sally smirked and Amanda swatted her leg. “That will come later in the story.”

Again Sally’s mouth fell to the floor in astonishment. Her best friend had been holding out on her. For year it seems. She leaned back on the couch. “Well, best have at it bitch. Are you going to tell me the story or not?”

“Are you going to make go on that tour and lunch on the set of LOST?” Amanda retorted a little more sharply than she intended. But this was huge.

“Depends on the story.”

Amanda knew she was damned if she didn’t, damned if she did. And maybe it was time for some sort of closure. Things with Dom and had just kinda…..ended. It wasn’t until recently that she might have gotten a little insight as to why.

“This is going to take awhile.”

Sally made a grand show of looking at her watch. “I got all night.”

Closing her eyes, Amanda let her mind drift back to all those years ago. She could almost feel the rain hitting her face. She could almost smell the pub that she had ducked into that day. She most certainly could still see the blue eyes that have haunted her every dream for the last few years.

“OK then. It was my third day in New Zealand...."

[Orli]

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CHAPTER 2

Amanda basically leapt into the pub she had been frequenting for lunch since she had been in New Zealand. Lunch and dinner both had been spent there. ‘Thank God,’ she thought to herself as she entered the building. There wasn’t any part of her that wasn’t soaked.

Shaking her head, she told herself she should have known better than to walk from the bed and breakfast she was staying at. Not that she had any big plans, but wet jeans sucked. And squeaky, squishy, sneakers weren’t any better. She shook her head again, spraying water like a puppy.

“Told ya not to walk.”

Amanda laughed and looked up at Brian. The owner of the pub. Most of her time spent in Wellington had been spent here, so she was getting to know him and some of the other workers well.

“Yea well. Always been told I am hardheaded and stubborn.”

Brian laughed and tossed her towel. “Go and try to get dried off. I’ll have some coffee ready for you.”

Amanda caught it and immediately went to her hair. “Thanks.”

Being preoccupied with her hair and grumbling about the weather, she never noticed anyone in front of her until she had run smack into them.

“Bloody hell.” The man she ran into grunted.

Amanda looked up in wide eyed shock. “Oh my God. I am so sorry. Are you ok?”

The man smiled at her and winked. “No worries, love.”

And then he left her standing there mouth gaping. Hot was the word that came to mind. Then she heard Sally’s voice in her head. ‘hmmm hmmm..doable.’ Not that they had ever discovered of doable was a real word, but it was used frequently amongst the two of them.

Chuckling to herself, she resumed her path to the bathroom, but was stopped again when she kicked something. Looking down she saw a wallet. Assuming it belonged to the man she had just ran into, she picked it up and took it with her. She would give it back as soon as she looked more presentable.

She dried off as best a possible under the circumstances. Her sneakers were still squishy and her jeans were annoying as hell. But at least her hair looked half way decent. That god for Scunci and hair bands. She threw her hair into a ponytail on the top of her head and smiled. ‘Look twelve, much?’ she asked her reflection and then winked at herself.

Making sure she had the wallet she made her way back to the dining area. Looking for the guy she ran into she perused the building. Finding him, sitting with some equally ‘doable’ persons, she walked over and touched his shoulder.

“Excuse me?”

When he turned around, she was again astounded at the hotness of the man before her. “I think you dropped this.” ‘Eloquent, Amanda’ she thought to herself.

“Your kidding me?” The Hotness, as she decided to call him fro lack of a name at the moment, patted all his pockets to see if his wallet was indeed missing. After he had ascertained that it in fact was, he took it from Amanda. “Thank you…

“Amanda. Amanda Anderson.” Rolling her eyes she winced at how James Bond that had sounded. “Your welcome..” she said letting the question hang as to what his name was as he had done with her. Even though she was content with calling him The Hotness.

“I’m Dominic.”, he said smiling.

Amanda smiled back. “Nice to meet you.”

‘Pleasure is all mine,’ Dom thought. “Can I buy your lunch for your honesty?”

Amanda looked at him and then at the other guys. When would she ever have a chance to eat with this many good looking men again? At that moment she wished she was more like her best friend, Sally. Sally would have each and everyone of these guys eating out of the palm of her hand in a matter of seconds. Amanda, on the other hand, looked like a wet dog and had not one flirting bone in her body. Sighing she smiled.

“Sure. Why not.”

Not sure where to sit she looked around. But Dom took care of it for her. He slid in next to another man, possibly a few years older than himself.

“Shove over Bills. Let the lady have a seat.”

The man named ‘Bills’, moved over all the while chuckling under his breath. Amanda had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. Sitting down she glanced at the other guys around the table. Two of them looked vaguely familiar but she couldn’t put her finger on it.

“Let me introduce you to everyone. Across from you is Orlando, Viggo, then Elij…”


“HOLY SHIT…Your Elijah Wood!!” Amanda said and then immediately buried her head on the table. Hearing the laughter she looked up and shrugged. “Sorry.” Looking at the man next to Elijah, she realized who it was. “And you must be Sean Astin.”

Sean laughed. “That would be us.”

“SWEET!!”, she said after recovering from her earlier embarrassment. “Are you filming a movie or something?” The she swung her head to look at The Hotness…”Do you act too?”

“I am. All of us are.”

Amanda smiled. “How cool is that. What movie are you doing?” She asked overwhelmed with curiosity. And a little awe at sitting at the table with Elijah ‘ Flipper ’ Wood and Sean ‘You GOONIE’ Astin.

“Lord of the Rings.” Dom said, smiling at look of awe on Amanda’s face.

“Oh, yea. I heard about them. My best friend and I have actually been waiting for them to come out. Wow. This is so cool.”

The waiter came to get their orders and Amanda smiled looking around. “OK. Let me guess who is going to be who.”

The six guys laughed at her exuberance. “Go ahead, love.”

Amanda looked at him and blushed. The Hotness had the accent to go along with everything else. Breaking eye contact she looked closer at each of the guys.

….end flashback…

Amanda stopped her story at Sally’s laughter. “What’s so funny?”

“The Hotness? Did you like ever call him that to his face?” Sally asked double over in laughter.

Amanda looked down. She was hoping to be able to let some things out of the story.

“YOU DID??!?! Shit Amanda. Ok sorry. Go ahead.”

“Thank you.”

….flashback…

“Hmmm., you know guys. Don’t you think you all are a just a wee bit too good looking for these rolls? I mean I don’t think Tolkien had ‘heartthrob’ on his mind when he wrote Lord of the Rings. Hairy Hobbits, filthy humans. Orcs. Golum. Treebeard. But then, “ she paused thinking a moment, ‘”I have always pictured Legolas as to die for. And Aragorn as well. Ok sorry. Got off track there for a second.”

Dom laughed at how cute she was. He looked at Billy when he elbowed Dom.

“What?” Dom asked quietly.

“She is almost spazzy as you.”

Dom smiled. “I know.”

Billy laughed. “It’s somehow cuter on her.”

Dom scowled. “Bugger off.”

Laughing, Dom unconsciously put his arm around Amanda’s chair and was rubbing her shoulder.

Amanda seemed not to notice, as she was studiously looking at each of the guys, matching them to the descriptions in the books. She turned and smiled at Dom and winked. “I know EXACTLY is going to play Legolas and Aragorn.”

Amanda looked at Orlando and pointed. “You are going to be Legolas. Of course he is blond haired and blue eyed, but that is why God invented wigs and contacts.”

Orlando raised his glass and winked at her. “Guilty as charged.”

Amanda laughed and clapped her hands. “This is fun. Now you,“ she said pointing to Viggo, “ are most certainly Aragorn.”

Viggo bowed his head slightly. “Correct, my lady.”

Amanda smiled. “Hey, speaking of Aragorn, who is playing Arwen?” She asked then taking a sip of coffee.

“Liv Tyler.”

Amanda spit her coffee back out. “No way?”

Dom laughed. “Way.”

“AWESOME!!”

She blushed as the guys all laughed. “Sorry.”

Dom squeezed her shoulder. “No worries. Now what about the other’s in the Fellowship?” He really wanted to know if she could figure the Hobbits out.

“Well, I am going to assume that the four of you are the Hobbits?”

They nodded.

“That might be a little more difficult.” She said looking at each of the guys. She figured either The Hotness or Elijah was Frodo.

“Well?” Her thoughts were interrupted by Orlando.

She shrugged. “I am thinking that either Elijah or The Hotness is going to be Frodo.”

Amanda didn’t realize what she said until Orlando cocked an eyebrow at her. “Oh shit. I didn’t…”

For the second time in less than an hour she buried her head in the table. She shivered when Dom whispered in her ear.

“Thank you.”

Amanda turned her head towards him. “What makes you think that you are The Hotness?” She asked with a wink

He smiled at her. “Because the feeling is mutual.”

Amanda’s eyes widened. He was full of shit. She knew this, but it felt good anyways. “OK enough about that. I think, Elijah. You are Frodo. Sean is Sam. And you two, “ she said pointing to Dom and Billy “ are the trouble makers of the bunch. Merry and Pippin. And dare I say, that art imitates life with you guys?”

All the guys laugh and Orlando raised his glass to her. “You are going to fit right in, love. Fit right it.”

Amanda beamed and turned to see Dom looking at her. They held eye contact for a few seconds and then both were drawn into conversation.

SONG CREDIT : You're The One That I Want ~ Olivia Newton John and John Travolta. (From the movie Grease..and hopefully you have seen it to know the way Amanda is acting)

G=Amanda
B=Dom
Both..well both of them

CHAPTER 3

Amanda, sitting on the edge of her bed, laughed and shook her head at Sally’s message. She had been trying to get a hold of Sally for the last three days, but they had been playing phone tag. Amanda wanted to tell her about meeting Elijah. After all, it was Sally who had an unnatural love for the boy.

Sighing, she hung up her phone. Looking at her watch, Amanda realized that she wouldn’t have time to call back. She was supposed to meet some of the guys for dinner. That was if everything was OK on the set and they got everything done. Although she wondered how any of them had any energy left for eating after fifteen hour days.

Amanda grabbed her keys and headed to the rental car that she had obtained. Once she was outside she looked up. Of course since she had gotten the car it hadn’t rained once. Had been clear as a bell.

This would be the third night in a row that they had eaten dinner together. She hit it off with every guy, which was per usual for her. She might not be able to flirt, but she sure as hell could interact on a guys level. Video games. Sports. Drinking. She had many, many guys friends. And it seemed she added about six more to that list. However, she was starting to form a mild crush on Dom. But she wasn’t stupid enough to believe that he would ever feel anything for her or that it would go anywhere.

Finding a spot to park, she turned off the car and made her way to the pub. Brian had said that he had the night off, so he and his wife Carly, were going to try and make it. Smiling, Amanda was glad that they had indeed made it.

“Brian. Carly.” She said giving each a hug.

“Are the troublemakers going to be here?” Carly asked, linking her arms with Amanda.

It was funny how close you could get to people in just three days. “Well, Elijah, Dom and Orlando have never failed to show up yet. Which is a wonder to me.”

The three of them sit down in the back booth, which had become home to the group for the last three days. Aside EDO, as she liked to call them, a couple of the other guys had been tagging along. She knew Dom was tired. And who wouldn’t be? She wondered why he just didn’t go home and get to sleep while he had the chance. But then she would see his smile and selfishly thing ‘good. I’m glad he stayed up.’

Amanda’s attention was turned to the present, when the MC started talking.

“Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we have for your enjoyment, Maverick Keroke. Who wants to give it the first go-round?”

Amanda laughed as he walked around trying to get people to sing. She loved keroke. She didn’t even mind singing once in a while, even though she sucked.

“I take it from the grin that you enjoy this?” Brian asked.

Amanda nodded while taking a sip of her . “Are you going to sing?”

She shrugged. “Maybe. I’ll see.”

~~~~

“Come on wank, hurry up.” Dom yelled pounding on the bathroom door of the house that he shared with Billy, Elijah and Orlando.

“Easy Dom. We’ll get there.” Billy said coming out of the bathroom. Dom had been like this ever since they had met Amanda three day previously. He knew that Dom was getting a small crush on the girl. He understood that, Billy just hoped that Dom didn’t hurt her. He wasn’t the one woman type of man, and Amanda seemed like a one man type of lassie. Billy was going to keep a close watch on Dom. He didn’t want anyone to get hurt.

“Ok. Let’s go.”

~~~~

Dom opened the door and smiled. Keroke. God he loved keroke.

“OH great,” Billy said rolling his eyes as the door closed behind them.

“What?” Dom asked innocently.

Billy laughed. “I just know you. We are going to be serenaded tonight.”

Dom smacked him in the arm. “Bugger off. You know you are going to sing too.”

Billy smiled. “But see, the difference is that I CAN sing.”

“OH sod off,” Dom said eyeing Amanda in the back singing along to the music.

~~~~

Amanda took a deep breath when she saw Dom and Billy walking towards them. ‘Dear god, he’s too hot for words,’ she thought to herself. She grunted when Dom shoved into her.

“Hey Manders.”

Amanda laughed. “Hiya DOMMERS”

Billy just shook his head. It was almost like he was in high school again. And they were bloody adults. Or they were supposed to be.

“Can I get your drinks?” Brian asked.

Dom took a sip of Amanda’s and effectively finished it off. Amanda cocked an eyebrow at him. He winked at her.

“I need two more of these.”

“Thanks. stealer.” Amanda chided elbowing Dom in the ribs.

“I’m getting you another one. So don’t get all wanky on me.”

Amanda laughed. “Wanky? Is that even a word?”

Dom shrugged, looking at the singers. “In the dictionary of Dom it is.”

Amanda smiled and leaned back in the both. Dom’s arm somehow found it’s way around her and he was rubbing her shoulder absently, which is something she found him doing every night. She never stopped him, because she liked it. And without thinking she laid her hand on his knee while she was talking to Billy.

“How did it go today?” Amanda asked.

Billy shrugged. “Not to bad. Just long. Like always.”

~~~~

Dom was trying to concentrate on the two guys singing “We Will Rock You”, but as soon as Amanda had put her hand on his knee all coherent thought escaped him. As did his hearing and speaking ability which he was unaware went away until Amanda elbowed him.


“Earth to Dom. Come in Dom.”

Blinking Dom looked at her. It was just too easy to get lost in the feel of her hand or in the green of her eyes. “Sorry. I didn’t…”

Amanda rolled her eyes. “Dude, does he EVER pay attention to anything?” She asked laughing and looking to Billy.

Billy just shrugged and mumbled something about he did until recently, for which he got a swift kick under the table from Dom.

“I was engrossed in the guys singing. What did you ask?”

"I wanted to know if you were going to sing?”

Dom shrugged. “If the mood hits me.”

Amanda nodded her understanding. “I know that feeling.”

~~~~

“Hey wanna sing a song with me?” Dom whispered into her ear.

Amanda shivered. ‘Maybe I should not have had that fourth ,’ she thought to herself. “Sure. You pick something.”

Dom gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and scampered off to get a book. Amanda caught Billy looking at her funny. “What?”

“Nothing. Just be careful.”

Amanda wasn’t sure if he meant the drinking or The Dom. But she knew she had to be on both counts. So that meant ixneying the . Very bad things happen when your drunk. Not that she had personally experienced such things, but one didn’t have to, to know what could happen.

Dom came careening back into the both with a grin as wide as the Grand Canyon. “I found us the perfect song, love.”

Amanda eyed him suspiciously. “What?”

Dom shook his head. “Not gonna tell.”

“Bastard.”

Dom winked. “I know. But you love me anyway.”

Amanda got wide eyed and looked down at the table. Billy looked at her, then at Dom. He was afraid. Really afraid.

~~~~

After waiting a few minutes, Dom and Amanda’s name had been called and they both were standing in front of lots of people, and Amanda still didn’t know what she was singing. Then it popped up on the screen and she laughed and looked at Dom.

“I love this song. Hell, Grease is one of my favorite movies.”

“I figured. You ready.”

“You bet.” Amanda was going to have sooooo much fun with this. She removed her red hair from it’s ever present ponytail and shook it around her shoulders. She was facing opposite of Dom. Just for effect for how the song began.

G: Tell me about it stud!

Amanda said in low voice sauntering her way over to Dom. Dom was realizing that he would have no trouble relating to the lyrics as he swallowed and picked the mic up to his mouth to sing.

B: I got chills. They're multiplyin'. And I'm losin' control. 'Cause the power you're supplyin', it's electrifyin'!

Amanda winked at him and stepped a little closer. Dom swallowed.

G: You better shape up, 'cause I need a man and my heart is set on you. You better shape up; you better understand to my heart I must be true.

Dom was wondering if there was some hidden message that she was trying to send him. He took a quick look at the table and saw Billy, Brian and Carly chuckling.

B: Nothin' left, nothin' left for me to do.

Both: You're the one that I want. (you are the one i want), o,o, oo, honey. The one that I want. (you are the one i want want), o,o,oo, honey. The one that I want (you are the one i want want), o,o, ooooo The one I need. Oh, yes indeed.

G: If you're filled with affection you're too shy to convey, meditate in my direction. Feel your way.

Amanda always loved the way Olivia Newton John did this part of the song, so she emulated it as best as possible. To which Dom uttered a low ‘****’ , before he realized that he could be heard and that he had to sing his part.

B: I better shape up, 'cause you need a man

G: i need a man who can keep me satisfied. B: I better shape up if I'm gonna prove

G: you better prove that my faith is justified.

B:Are you sure?

Both:Yes, I'm sure down deep inside. You're the one that I want. (you are the one i want want), o, o, oo, honey. The one that I want. (you are the one i want want), o,o,oo, honey. The one that I want (you are the one i want),o, o, oo The one I need. Oh, yes indeed.

At the end of the song, Amanda grabbed his hand and they bowed to the loud applause of the crowd that was in the pub. Dom didn’t drop her hand as they made it back to their seat.

“You yound lady, are cheeky.”

Amanda’s eyes twinkled. “Takes one to know one.”

Dom squeezed her hand under the table. “Sure does, love. Sure does.”

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CHAPTER 4

“BLOODY HELL”, Amanda yelled for the millionth time, causing Dom and Billy to laugh. It was a rare afternoon off for the Hobbits and her and Elijah were on the floor engrossed in a game of Halo. Dom was sitting on the couch behind her, softly chuckling.

“You are starting to sound like Orli.”

Amanda scowled and elbowed him the shin. “Shut up.”

Laughing, Dom rubbed the top of her head. “Getting a little, angry there love?”

“SHIT!” Amanda yelled as she through down the X-Box controller.

Elijah was grinning from ear to ear. “Don’t worry, Mandy. These two can’t play half as good as you.”

Jumping up on the couch in between Dom and Billy Amanda pouted. “I HATE losing at video games. HATE IT!!”

“We can see that”, Dom said putting an arm around her. “Maybe you can have a rematch later.”

Amanda smiled. “Hell yeah. I will defeat him before I leave next week. I will.”

Elijah smiled and tapped her on the nose. “You can at least try.”

Amanda through a pillow at him as he left, headed towards the kitchen. He laughed and ducked as it went by his head.

“I’m hungry.” Amanda said suddenly. “Lij, bring me some chips and a Pepsi.”, she yelled to him.

“Excuse me?”, he said poking his head around the corner, “you are the one that lost. You should be waiting on me.”

Amanda made a grab for another pillow when Elijah disappeared back into the kitchen.

Dom just shook his head. Amanda was unbelievable. She fit in so well with all of them. It was almost like she had been with them since the beginning. “Want to go to a movie tonight?” Dom asked quietly.

Looking at him, Amanda smiled. “It’s already eight-thirty. You need some sleep Dom.” She was really worried about him. The had been filming fifteen hours a day and he was spending his precious hours off with her. As much as she was loving spending that time with him, she wanted him to get some rest.

“But..”

“No buts. Sleep. We have been out or up late every night since we met.”

Dom moved his hand up to her neck and rubbed. “You are leaving next week. I want to spend as much time with you as I can.”, he said quietly.

She smiled. “I still have a week. If you get sick, then what?”

Leaning his head back, Dom sighed. “You’re right. But you have to promise me to be here when I get home at night. So I can spend a couple hours with you before I beddy bye.”

Amanda giggled. “Beddy bye?”

Dom smiled. “What?”

Shaking her head Amanda smiled. “Nothing. I promise. I will be here. Besides, this is where the X-Box is.”

“I knew it. You are only hanging with us for our toys.” Dom said standing up and stretching. He was getting tired.

“Maybe. But what is your excuse?” She asked looking up at him.

Kissing the top of her head he looked down into her eyes. “Just you.” he replied quietly as he want into his room.

Amanda just stared after him and then shook her head. Dom was just Dom. He said outrageous things like that all the time. But he didn’t mean it. He was just a big flirt and Amanda was not going to get any delusions to the contrary. Turning to say something to Billy, she smiled when she noticed that he was dead asleep. And then she realized that Elijah hadn’t come back yet from the kitchen. Imagining that he had gone to the bathroom, Amanda started waking Billy up.

“Billy.” She said quietly, shaking him a little. “Bills.”

Billy sat up and looked around. “OH God. I am sorry. I am a wee bit more tired than I thought.”

Amanda smiled. “That’s ok. I sent Dom to bed already too. You guys are going to make yourselves sick.”

Billy sighed with his head laying back against the couch. “Well, I canna leave Dom to his own devices”, he said quietly.

Amanda was going to ask what he meant, when she realized he was fast asleep again. Shaking him again, he looked at her.

“Off to bed with you.” Amanda said pulling him up and shoving him towards his bedroom. “Goodnight Billy.”

“G’Night lassie.” Billy said swaying to his room.

Laughing, Amanda sat back down on the couch and grabbed the X-Box controller. “LIJ!! Where is my food?” When she didn’t get a reply she to the kitchen and found Elijah dead asleep, face down on the counter. Ruffling his hair, she nudged him.

“Lij, gotta wake up baby.”

Elijah sat up and rubbed his eyes. “Mandy?” Blinking he looked around. Before Amanda had moved her hand, she felt how warm he was. Moving her hand to his face, she felt him burning up. ‘Damn,’ she thought. She knew this was going to happen. They had been filing so many hours. And it had been wet and cold. And they stayed up trying to keep her entertained. She knew someone was going to get sick.

“Come on Lij. Let’s get you to bed.”

Feeling as sick as he did, Elijah formed no protest. Amanda somehow got him to his room and on his bed. She thanked God that he was already in a state for sleeping. She so didn’t want to go through the whole ordeal of seeing the boy semi naked. Although upon reflection, ordeal was probably not what it would be. Stiffening a small giggle, she pulled a blanket up over him and went in search of some sort of medication.

In the bathroom, she was astounded to find a thermometer and some NYQUIL. Ignoring the boxes of condoms that she had to rifle through, she grabbed the unopened Cherry NYQUIL and headed back into Elijah’s room. Thankfully, it was an ear thermometer so she could take his temp without waking him. She looked at the temp and gasped. Amanda knew he was warm, but 104.4 was a bit too high. She thought a moment. After giving him a dose of NYQUIL she headed back to the bathroom in search of a washcloth.

Opening another cupboard door, she outright laughed at finding another stash of condoms. ‘Whores. The whole lot of the were whores’, she thought to herself. While getting washcloth wet with cold water she briefly wondered how many of those belonged to Dom, and then shook her head. THAT was none of her business. Besides, they were all probably Orlando’s.

Back in Elijah’s room she put the cool cloth on his head and put kissed his forehead. He smiled in his sleep and she went out to the living room. She thought about trying to sleep, but knew that she wanted to check on Elijah in a couple hours. So she opted for practicing Halo. She would use Elijah’s down time against him.

~~~~

Amanda looked at the clock. It was four-thirty AM. She knew Elijah had to be in make-up at five-thirty. There was no way in hell that was going to happen. She had checked on him at four, and his temp was down, but only by a fraction. Somehow, she had to get a hold of someone to tell them about Elijah. There was no way he could work in this condition. Coming out of Elijah’s room, she ran into Orlando.

“Jesus, are you just coming in?” Amanda asked following him to the kitchen.

“Yes. We are filming at night for a few weeks. Helm’s Deep. Rainy. Cold. It’s bloody awful.”

Smiling, Amanda grabbed a glass of water. “Just take care of yourself. Lij is really sick. He has been sporting a 103/104 degree fever all night.”

“Shite! Is he going to go in?” Orlando asked sitting on the couch, plopping his feet in front of him on the coffee table.

“I really don’t think he should. The conditions you guys work in are whacked out.” Amanda said, copying Orlando’s sitting position.

“Let me call Pete, and see what he says.”

Amanda sighed and closed her eyes. From all that she heard, Peter Jackson was a fair man. Elijah would be given the time he needed to recoup.

~~~~~

Orlando hung up the phone and leaned his head back. “Let the boy sleep. Pete wants him at 100%. He is going to be doing some filming, flailing about in the water, and he needs to start out healthy.

“Thank god.” Amanda said, never picking her head up off the back of the couch.

~~~~

Amanda slowly opened her eyes and moved her head. She winced as he felt a pain shoot through her neck. Looking about her she noticed that was laying on Orlando’s lap. ‘How the hell did that happen?’ she asked herself as she sat up.

Orlando stirred next to her and stretched. “Wow, guess I was tired.”

“Ditto for me.” She laughed as she looked down at the drool spot on the thigh of his jeans. “Sorry.” She said pointing down to his leg.

Orlando looked down, laughed and then shrugged. “At least your not my dog.”

She was about to make a snappy comeback when she looked behind her and saw Dom getting his shoes on. Smiling she stood up and went over to him.

“Hey. I wanted to have breakfast with you.”

Dom didn’t even look up at her. “I am going to eat on set.”

“Oh Ok. Well, maybe we can have a late dinner when you get back.”

Dom stood up and threw his coat on. “Sure. Whatever.” And he walked out the door.

Amanda just stood there, mouth opened in shock. ‘What was that about?’, she asked herself and then looked at Orlando. She groaned and shook her head. “DAMN”

Orlando turned to look at her. “What?”

“Dom is pissed at us.”

Orlando looked confused. “Why?”

She looked him like and he then groaned and shook his head as well. “Do you want me to go talk to him?”

“No. I will. Is he always this pigheaded?”

Orlando shrugged and walked by her to his room. “Only when he cares”

Amanda blinked and let that sink in for a second. The she hurried out the door to catch Dom before he left.

~~~~

Dom had just shut the door when he saw Amanda come running out of the house. Closing his eyes he took a deep breath. When Amanda made it up to the car she leaned on the door. “Dom”

“Amanda, I am already running late.”

“I know just hear me out.”

Shrugging he started the car. “What is there to hear? You and Orli…”

Amanda stopped him with a kiss. A kiss that was brief and to the point. Pulling back, she took off Dom’s sunglasses. “There is no Orli and I. He came home and fell asleep on the couch. Elijah had gotten sick in the middle of the night and I didn’t get any sleep. We both fell asleep and well…somehow we ended up like that.”

Dom smiled and pulled her close to him for another kiss. This one deeper and full of promise. “Bloody hell, I don’t want to go to work now.”

Sliding his glasses back on his face, Amanda smiled. “Well, I am going to the movies tonight. If you get out of filming in time, you can meet me there.”

Smiling, Dom grabbed her hand and kissed it. “I’ll try. Now what is this about Lij?”

Amanda sighed and wrinkled up her nose. “He had a 104 fever for most of the night. You guys are wearing yourselves out. I know part of it is because of me. Maybe I should…”

Putting a finger on her lips he shook his head. “Don’t say it. Especially now, love. We have to much to talk about. I am going to spend every second I can with you.”

Inside, Amanda was jumping up and down. On the outside, she was all cool and collected. She smiled. “OK.”

Kissing her one more time he put the car in drive. “I really have to go. I’ll see you tonight Manders.”

She smiled. “Later Dommers.”

CHAPTER 5

…end flashback…

Amanda grinned at the look on Sally’s face. “Ok, Amanda, let me get this straight. You fricken kissed Dominic Monaghan? Full on the lips?”

Amanda nodded.

“You nursed Elijah Wood back to health?”

Again she nodded.

“Have Billy Boyd wanting to protect you and have regular conversations with Orlando Bloom? Does that about cover it?”

Shrugging, Amanda smiled. “If you want the Cliff notes version. Yes that is how it went.”

Sally scowled. “If you were some girl on the net sharing this story, I would so call you a bitch. Hell, I think I am going to call you one anyhow. Bitch.”

Amanda chuckled a little. But was worried about how Sally felt about all of this. “Do you hate me?”

Sally shrugged. “I could never hate you, Mandy.”

“But…”

Sally just looked at her. Amanda could see that she was hurt that she didn’t know anything about this. And she knew that it was going to get worse because the story was no where near done yet. “I really did try calling you from New Zealand several times, Sal. And then when I got back all ready to tell you everything, you had moved to England. And telling you all of this on the phone was not going to work.”

Sally knew then, that Amanda had been hurt as well. “Mandy, I am sorry about moving like that. I just…”

Amanda grabbed her hand. “Hon, I know what you are like.Spur of the moment type of person. That is why I love you. You are so different from me.”

At that Sally laughed. “Not so different it seems.”

“Yea well, the entire time I was thinking, what would Sally do.?” Sighing she looked at Sally. “ Besides I was too preoccupied with what was going on in my life to ever get pissed at you. I was never upset by that. Just…when the shit hit the fan a few years later I sure could have used you then.”

“What do you mean?”

“Sal, I told you it was a long story.”

Shaking her head, Sally sat back on the couch, “Ok so you kissed Dom…”

Amanda laughed. “Yes I kissed Dom…

…flashback…

Amanda was beside herself with joy. And worry. She never that you could feel both emotions at the same time. But here she was. Ecstatic and confused all at once. Grabbing her cell phone, she dialed Sally’s number. She needed to talk to her best friend. Tears came to Amanda’s eyes as she was forwarded to Sally’s voice mail. Again.

…end flashback..

“Shit.” Sally said quietly.

Amanda blinked. “Come again?”

“I’m just really sorry.”

Amanda squeezed her hand. “It’s ok.”

Sally sighed. “Ok continue.”

…flashback…

Ok so her and Dom needed to talk. That much was true. But what was he going to say? What happened when she left next week? Sitting on the couch, Amanda sighed. It was all to much to think about, especially on so little sleep. She looked at the couch and scowled. The boys had the most uncomfortable sofa known to mankind. She had less than zero desire to sleep on it. Looking down the hallway, she knew that there was one empty room.

Smiling, Amanda opened the door to Dom’s room and sighed. She was instantly hit in her senses by his scent. Woodsy. Sexy. It effected her to the point that she almost fell to her knees. She took a few deep breaths and looked around. She had never seen so many t-shirts or sneakers in one place. Unless you counted something like Footlocker.

Looking at the bed she grinned from ear to ear. It was still unmade. Kicking off her flip flops she crawled under the covers. She closed her eyes and hugged the pillow to her. Amanda fell asleep, dreaming that she was holding Dom.

….end flashback…

Sally was staring at her in open-mouthed shock. “You didn’t?!?!”

Amanda looked sheepishly down at the floor. “Yeah, I know.”

Sally shook her head. “I can’t believe that little miss un-romantic did that.”

Amanda looked up at her and sighed. “Yeah. Well. That sure got cured quick enough.”

Frowning at the unshed tears in Amanda’s eyes she grabbed her hand. “You loved him?” She asked almost shocked.

Blinking, Amanda let the tears fall. “I did.” She said quietly. “Hell, I still do.”

At that moment, fan girl or not, Sally wanted to kill Dom. And it pissed her off even more, because she had taken off to England. “What happened, Mandy?”

Amanda shrugged. “Hell if I know.”

…flashback…

Rushing into the house, Dom kicked off his shoes and ran to check on Elijah. He wanted to meet Amanda at the movies even though he would be late. But a little time with her was better than none at all.

He and Billy had been calling the house all day with no answer. Everyone was worried about Elijah. Orlando would have known what was going on, since he was on a night filming schedule, but he was elsewhere so no one saw him. Looking at the clock Dom sighed. It was already eight-o-clock. The movie was half over.

Stepping into Elijah’s room, he smiled. The boy was fast asleep. Touching his forehead, and felt cool to him. Dom was sure that if Lij was still sick, Amanda would have stayed with him.

Going to his room, Dom stopped in his tracks. Amanda was in his bed. Fast asleep. The sight moved him like nothing ever had before. Most of the time, when there was a girl in his bed, they weren’t sleeping. Amanda looked like she belonged there. Quietly, he slipped off his sneakers and his t-shirt. There was no way in hell, he was going to remove his jeans. He was playing with fire as it was, even thinking about climbing in bed with her.

When he sat on the edge of the bed, she stirred and the blanket fell a little, revealing her shoulder. Smiling, Dom laid down on his side, wrapped his arms around her and placed a small kiss on it. Licking his lips he could swear that he tasted vanilla.

~~~~

Amanda’s eyes popped open and she gasped. It only took a few seconds to ascertain that she was in Dom’s room. Then looking down, she saw his hands locked in front of her, laying on her stomach. She smiled. Dom was holding her. She felt a gentle kiss ion her shoulder. It was so sweet and so gentle it made her shiver. Then she almost jumped out of his arms, when he whispered at her ear.

“Cold, love?”

Amanda closed her eyes, and willed her heart and other areas of her body to calm the hell down. “Far from it,” she replied quietly.

Dom nuzzled her neck. “Me either.”

~~~~

Amanda closed her eyes and relished in the feel of his lips on her neck, then behind her ear and back down to her neck again. Even though she knew she should stop him, she allowed him to continue with his torturous investigations. She needed to stop him, but it felt to damn good. His lips felt to damn good.

Suddenly things took on a whole new perspective when she felt his hand move slowly up her shirt. She froze in her spot and grabbed his hands.

“Dom. Stop. Please.” She said quietly. His hands instantly seized their activity, instead, grabbing Amanda’s and holding onto them.

“What’s wrong?,” he asked quietly in her ear.

‘OH God’, she thought to herself.

…end flashback…

“HOLD IT!!!” Sally yelled waving her hands in the air to put a halt to Amanda’s tale.

Amanda swallowed past the lump in her throat. She was dead. Sally was now going to kill her.

“I….How?…Are you…WERE you daft?”

Amanda shrugged. “Sal, you know me.”

Sally sighed. “Yes, I do. And this also helps explain the last few years. Why you never dated anyone. At least not seriously. You never ever would have been with someone unless you loved them. And that someone was Dom.”

Blinking back tears, Amanda just looked at Sally.

“Oh Mandy, I am so sorry.”, Sally said pulling Amanda into her arms. She held on to her best friend and let her cry. Sally was angry. At herself for not being there. Amanda for not telling her everything. And at Dominic Monaghan. Star or not he hurt her best friend and now he was on her shit list.

Sitting up, Amanda grabbed a Kleenex from the coffee table. “I’m sorry.”

Shaking her head, Sally wiped a few tears off of Amanda’s cheek. “Honey. The only thing you should be sorry for is not spilling all of this sooner. What he did to you…”

Amanda smiled. “Sal, that’s just it. I don’t know what he did to me.”

Sally cocked an eyebrow at her. “How is that?”

“Well, if I can finish the story you will know all that I know. We never officially broke up.”

“Were you officially dating?” Sally asked shocked for the hundredth time already,

Amanda nodded. “All his friends knew. My parents. We just never announced it to the world. “

Sally shook her head. “Ok. You had better tell me something that will make me NOT want to rip his head off.”

“I’ll try.”

…flashback..