Disclaimer: I do not own any higher Ground characters or the consept. I only own Talula and Celia and Stephen Parker.
Quote: "It is only in dreams, When we are alone, That the terror behind life, Rises from the depths"
~ Elizabeth Brewster ~
Setting\Time\Status: It's in Seattle now and will change in the chapter. Time night around 1:00.
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In the city. You see a young girl wearing a blue miniskirt and a pink tube top that shows her stomache. She walks into a dark alley and meets a fat man in a trench coat and pays him. He in return gives her a ziplock bag with a white powder and another bag with what looks to be pencil shavings. She walks out of the alley and heads toward an old crummy building. She walks in and heads toward the stairs stopping to alert the person she is visiting. She walks up 5 stair cases and enters a room with a man who seems to be in his late 30's.
Man: Are you ready?
girl: Yea, I just need to go to the bathroom to freshen up.
The girl walks toward a musty bathroom with the walls cracking. You can alomost see the smell and heat. She falls to the floor and loads her needle with a mixture of herione and Meth. she let's the tears fall and she injects her "pain-killer". She talks to herslef to relieve her fear....silence and it's best friend, the memories.
Girl: Talula you have done this a bunch of times before now is no different. Come on just give him what he wants and you'll get your pay. You have to do this remember; or you can go back to the parental units.
Man's voice: Come on! I don't have all day!! I'm paying you remember!
Talula: Just a sec. you old fart she says under her breath
Talula wipes the tears and walks out with what she called her robot smile.
Talula: What do you want?
Man: Depends on how much.
Talula: Depends on what you want and for how long.
There is deathly silence and then the man whispers his reply
Man: I can't do this. he stuttered
Talula: I can leave if you want.
Man: No you can't.
A policmen walks out of the bedroom. Talula tries to run for the door, but she is caught by the "old fart".
man: I'm Detective Harry Drivers and you are under arrest for illegal useage and prostitution.
Talula: Thanks for clearing that up. sarcastic
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Police station examining room. Drivers and another man is in there. The other man is good looking and seems to bein his late 20's. Talula is in there on the other side of the table.
Man: Talula I'm Detective Becker and I want to help you.
Talula: I'm sure. sarcastic
Driver's had had enough of her crap.
Drivers: Perky isn't she. sarcastic
Becker: Talula, I need to know where you are from and your real last name.
Talula: I think you can look it up.
Becker: You can get out of here faster if you would corporate.
Talula: yea, uh-uh and I'm Madonna.
Becker: Good, I would love to have your autograph.
Drivers: I'm going to very angry if you don't tell us what I want to know.
Talula: That would be something worth seeing.
Becker: Talula, do you want to go to a cell.
It was a threat and Tulula knew she could take it.
Talula: Yes, I'm very tired and you are boring the shit out of me.
Becker: Cell 12, Driver.
Talula got up and was walking out of the room with Driver when he was called back.
Becker: Watch that spitfire will ya?
Driver: Sure boss.
It bugged the crap out of him that a younger guy was his boss. Sure, Becker was a good guy, but the age bothered Driver.
Talula walked into her cell. She layed down on the bed and let the illusional world welcome her and take her away from the nightmare.
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Later on. Becker walked to Talula's cell and let himself in and sat next to the sleeping teenager. He thought to himself that this was probably the only time the girl was peaceful and safe. He was wrong. Talula began to shake and sweat. She started to scream.
The music fades in.
Is it okay for me to believe
is it okay for to scream
Is it okay for me to wanna hold you
in my arms
and never let go.
is it okay for me to dream
Is it okay for me to live
my life the way that I want
Is it okay for me to be kind
and patient.
Is it okay for me
Is it okay for me
Is it okay meee mee mmmeeeee
is it okay for me to live
Is it okay for to dream
is it okay for me to
love you.
Is it okay for me to hate
is it okay for me to be angry
Or am I not
Or am I not supposed
to be here
in your arms.
He let the girl cry herself to sleep agian and just watched her and he thought of his sister. Talula reminded him so much of Sophie. The last time he talked to that energetic sister of his she was working at a school for at risk teens. Horizon........
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Early Morning
Becker was in her cell when she woke-up.
Becker: Talula Parker would you like some coffee.
Talula was still out of it and knew that the hang-over would come soon and by the looks of it so would the withdraw. Niether was she looking forward to.
Talula: Do you have a life? sarcastic and yes i would like some coffee.
Becker: Good. You have a decision to make, your wonderful adoptive parents are extremely anger with you and do not want you to come home. So, that leaves juvie, Betty Ford and then juvie, or a school for at risk teens.
Talula: you couldn't find the parental units could you?
Becker knew he was defeated and didn't want to argue with the girl. He was afriad she might win
Becker: Only thier publists.
Talula: Thought so. School it is.
Becker: Good, because I already called them and told them you were coming.
Talula: How considerate of you.sarcastic
Becker: I thought so too.
Talula: So when are they coming to get this reject?
Becker: In about 2 hours. The guy who's coming is a guy named Curtis and he said that you will probably need new clothes.
Talula: Goodie. sarcastic
Becker smiled and just left her alone with her thoughts.
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Later that day at Horizon. In Peter's office. Sophie and Peter are in there disscussing the newbie.
Peter: Her name is Talula Vennessa Parker. Her adoptive parents are Celia and Stephen Parker the director/actress couple. She was 6 when she was adopted and started running when she was 13. She got caught a couple of times. This time she wasn't caught until 6 monthes after she left. She's 16 and is going to go through withdraw on herion and Meth. Her parents were filming during her running away. thier publicist handeled everything.
Sophie: Peter. hesterical
Peter: Soph, we're gonna take care of her. I want to put her in with the Cliffhangers. I thought that maybe Shelby and Daisy could open her up.
Sophie: Are her parents coming to drop her off?
Peter didn't want to tell Sophie the answer to that. It made him upset, but Sophie would fly off her handel.
Peter: They have a press confrence.
Sophie saw red.
Sophie: Peter, our kids have horrible parents. These parents should be grateful for thier gift and cherish every moment they get to spend with them.
Peter: I know Soph.
Sophie: Peter, I just want one. One. Sophie let the tears roll off her face and Peter pulled her into his loving arms.
Peter:She'll be here in an hour and so will the Cliffhangers from thier trip with Jeff. Imagine Jules and Jeff mud up to thier eyes and Jeff being carried back.
Sophie had been told about thier last escirtion and had been looking foward to seeing Jeff and HER kids come home.
Peter: Let's go to Rusty's and then we can go home for a few minutes to be alone.
Sophie: Alone sounds good.
They had been up to thier necks in paper work over the last 3 days and Peter's other kids had thier problems.
Peter: let's go.
Sophie: Can you just hold me for a minute?
Peter: You could have asked for something a little more complicated.
Sophie chuckled and returned her hear to his warm comforting shoulder.
Sophie: I love you Mountian Man. she wisphered.
Peter: I love you too, Becker.
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Jail
Curtis entered the jail and picked-up a disoriented Talula. He walked her to the truck and they headed toward the small strip mall.
Curtis let her out and walked her to the entrance.
Curtis: Your mother had on request that we take you to Gap.
Talula: Isn't that so motherly of her to not care of 10 years except where I shop.sarcastic
Curtis couldn't argue with her.
Talula: I guess, you're going to have to come with me?
Cutis: You're pretty smart.
Talula: No just intution.
Curtis: Let's just get this over with.
Talula went into the store and was out in an hour with 5 bags. She told Curtis to charge it to her mother's account and said that she would need the clothes for awhile anyway.
Curtis took her to a sports store and bought her the needed equitment.
They got in the car and headed toward her future amd her nightmare.
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Horizon. The Cliffhangers were walking towards the campus muddy, sweating, and just hot.
Scott: Great navigational skills Jeff. sarcastic
They had gotten lost and were stuck in a mud hole for about an hour.
Shelby: You'd think a teacher would know how to read a map amd know the weather signs.
Daisy: Maybe the real Jeff was abducted and this came in his place. On second thoughts the real Jeff is lost too. sarcastic
Jeff: Can we just stop complaining and be thankful that we are home.
Juliette: Showers.
Peter: Good to have you back.
Auggie: It's good to back even if the food is hard and.....
Sophie: We get it. What did you learn?
David: Never trust Jeff with a map or a compass.
Sophie: Maxi?
maxi: Need water, can't breath, must take shower.
Sophie and Peter looked at thier muddy group and laughed at the thought of Juliette in 2 feet of mud.
Sophie: Shower-up and then we have group in an hour.
Shelby: Great group. Just what I was looking forward to. sarcasic
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Group
Sophie: We're getting a newbie. Any comments?
Shelby: Agian wasn't David enough.
Sophie: She'll be here any minute and I want Maxi to give her the tour.
Maxi: Ohh, joy.sarcastic
Shelby:What do you know Daisy we still aren't guide worthy.
The old rusty truck pulls up.
Peter: She's here.
Scott: Does she have a name or do we just call her girl.sarcastic
Shelby just smirked the others laughed.
Talula steps out and had heard the comment
Talula: Talula Parker. If any one of you freaks asks for Celia or Stephen Parker's autograph they're dead.
Ezra: Damn. I actually liked his movies. sarcastic
Talula smiled. It had been a first without the help of "pain killers".
Peter: I'm Peter Scarebrough, Headmaster of Horizon and this is Sophie Becker.
Sophie: I'm your counselor and your now part of the Cliffhanger group.
Talula: What a thrill. This is just too much excitment for 2 days. sarcastic
Sophie: My brother said you were pretty exciting.
Talula: Who's your brother?
Sophie: Detective Beckler.
Talula: Ohh. I thought you were married.
sophie: No, I'm engaged to Peter.
Talula: How romantic. sarcastic
Peter: Let's get you checked in.
Talula: Ok. I mean there seems to be nothin better to do around here.
Peter: Come on. At least give it a shot before you judge it.
Talula salutes and follows Peter to the Adminastration Building. Sophie: Ok you guys kitchens.
Shelby: You really do love us don't ya. sarcastic
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Adminastration Building. In Peter's office
Peter: Talula, why do you tink you are here?
Talula: You're the one with the files. So, you tell me.
Peter: The files always leave out the way you feel or about something that happened.
Talula just sat in silence. She didn't want to answer that question.
Peter: Ok. I think you are here, because you felt rejected, abandoned, maybe even scared. So you ran away to see if they would care and when they didn't come after you; you didn't see the piont it staying.
Talula: Gosh you know me so well. sarcastic
Peter: No, but when you're ready to talk I'll be here to listen and try and understand.
Talula: I'll keep that in mind. Now, I would like you to keep this in mind, I'm not going to open up to you. I am just here,because Juvie is my idea of a living hell. Betty Ford isn't for me. So, here I am.
Peter: That's why MOST of my kids are here. Now, you need to go get your stuff checked by Sophie.
Talula got up and followed Peter to the room where he left her with Sophie.
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Kitchens
Auggie: What do you think of newbie?
Jules: Why do they all have to be so mean?
Auggie: We were all like that when we first came. Maybe she'll change.
He seriously doubted that.
Maxi: She's diffrent and I don't mean good diffrent.
David: She's cute once she gets out of withdraw. Right now she looks like hell frozen over.
Shelby: Than you and her will get along great.
David just smirked the others laughed.
Maxi: Cute. I get to give a tour to miss wonderful. sarcastic
Daisy: Maybe the aliens will come and get her before she has to be welcomed to our convent for delinquents.
Shelby: Yea Max you can always wish.
Maxi: That's gonna take more than wishing it's going to take a miracle.
Ezra: I'm sick of KITCHENS!!!!
Scott: Okay. wierd
Ezra: I'm soaked again!!!
Ezra had poured the pot on himself on accident. He had soap suds on his shirt and all over the front of his pants.
Shelby: You couldn't hold it in agian Freakin.
Ezra: I appreciate your love and support it's very nice of you. sarcastic
Auggie: Man, you look as if you hadn't gone in days.
Juliette: Auggie! Ezra it's not THAT bad.
Ezra: Thanks. sarcastic
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Evaluation Room. Sophie had already pulled out needles,herione, Meth, acid, 3 packs og ciggeretes, and 4 bottles of beer.
Sophie: You won't be needing these. she was refeering to the Latexs she had just pulled out.
Talula: Yes, a pregnant teenager would kill the parental units. (pause)On second thoughts keep them.
Sophie: No, I mean we have rules here no sex, no inappropriate touching, no drugs, and no violence. With that being said you feel what you feel and you find a productive way of dealing with it. Such as talking about it in group, with counselors, or with friends. If you tell us anything the counselor never says anything unless we fear harm towards yourself or others. Then we have to report it to the right athorities.
Talula: Thanks for the pep-talk. sarcastic
Sophie: I'll be here when you really want to talk.
Talula: Thanks.
Sophie: I really want to help you, but you have to tell me what the problem is in order for me to help.
Talula softened. Sophie reminded her of her nanny when she was little. Anna....
Talula: I'm still not ready, but when I am I'll find you.
Sophie: Day or night.
Talula nodded.
Sophie: We need to get you setled in so I have Maxi one of your group members to give you the tour.
Talula: Let's go.
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In the woodshed. Scott was already in there. He was pacing.
Shelby walks in.
Shelby: You asked for me.
Scott: Yea, I wanna talk to you about talking to CPS.
Shelby: Scott, I can't do that.
Scott: Jess,is here now and he's in jail, but only for now.
Shelby: I can't do that!!!
Scott: Shel, I think it would be good for you.
Shelby: Yea, just like it was good for you.
Scott: Yea it was.
Shelby: No it wasn't.
Scott: I got it out.
Shelby: I've already talked about it.
Scott: No you've told people it happened. It's not the same as talking about it.
Shelby: That should be enough for you, but it's not. You want to know all the gory details. Why does everything have to be about you. I thought we have already been through this. angry
Scott: I want you to get better.
Shelby: Whatever.
She tries to leve, but Scott pulls her arm back and says.
Scott: If you don't want to talk about this now I understand. Meet me at the bench after lights out.
Shelby: We'll see.
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Maxi is giving her the tour of the campus.They were in the girl's dorm
Talula: So this is my new humble home.
Maxi: Yea.
Talula: Where do I crash?
Maxi: In that bed over there. She was pionting to the one next to Jules.
Talula: Thanks.
Maxi smiled the girl was becoming human. It was a nice thought.
Maxi: Hey it's my duty.
Talula: No, I mean for not being mean.
Maxi: I know what it's like to be new. I knew Shelby from my past, but everyone else had to get to know me. They're pretty cool once they know that you're a reject like them.
Talula: Ya'll aren't so bad. i just don't want to be here.
Maxi: I know.
Talula: If you can't say my name my friends back in LA called me Lulu.
Maxi: Okay. Talula is pretty, but it might be a motuhful.
Talula: My mother was high when she picked it. She's high pretty much all the time.
Maxi: My mother, well, I don't even know her.
Talula: Lucky you. They aren't what they're cracked up to be.
Maxi: It figures.
Talula: Yea.
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Later that night after lights out.The girls were all asleep except for one. She walks out into the night and ends up seeing someone. She walks towards him and sits down in front the bench.
Girl:the stars are pretty. Don't ya think.
Scott: Yea. You're not Shelby are you?
girl: No the last time I checked I wasn't and you're not Ezra are you?
scott: Nope.
Girl: Can we just sit here anyway?
Scott: Sure why not.
Girl: Why does everything have to be so hard?
Scott: That's life for ya.
Gilr: You've given me real hope. sarcastic
Scott: Welcome.
Girl chuckled
Scott: What?
Girl: A week ago if someone would have told me that I was going to be looking at the stars with some guy I would have told them to get a life.
Scott: I was supposed to be with my girlfriend right now.
Girl: Shelby?
Scott: Yea.
Girl: So you're Scott.
Scott: Uh-uh and you're Talula
Girl: Yea.
Scott: So maybe you are human.
Talula: Maybe.
They sat in silence for a while until they decided it was too late to stay.
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Next morning in Girl's dorm.
Sophie: Get up.
Shelby: Go away.
Maxi: I'm sleepy and cranky and I wanna see darkness and my dreams.
Juliette: That's a real change for ya Max. sarcastic
Shelby: Nice Jules.
Jules: Thank you. I learn from the best.
Daisy: Darkness come and take me from this nightmare.
Sophie: Get up before you live in one.
Talula: I need beauty rest now leave me alone.
Sophie: Now before you are all on shuns and can't see the oppisite sex.
Jules: I'm up.
Daisy: Knew princess would be.
Talula: She has a piont.
Shelby: A nice cup of coffee would be a good bribe.
Sophie: Not gonna happen.
Daisy: Nice try.
Shelby: Can't blame a girl.
Sophie: You all better get up before I go get the boys and they can see your wonderful faces without make-up.
All: You win. We're up.
sophie: Good go to breakfast, then the wall.
Shelby: No!!
Sophie: You're gonna have to do it sooner or later.
Shelby: Later it is.
Sophie: Essay.
Shelby: Wall here I come.
Sophie: Thought so.
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Wall. Shelby is climbing. Really slow about 3 inches every minute.
Talula walked over to Scott.
Music starts as we see Shelby climbing and then the camera moves on Scott.
Seven million years of progress handed down on silver wings.
Of gossmar and protien still we haven't learned a thing
Are we caught up in our anger, locked up in our rage
In an opera of selection on this our earthly stage
And Charlies spinning laughing, laughing in his rage
Laughing at the prophecy, the prophecy he gave
can we spread our wings like angels, can we break out of the grind
Are we destined to be Darwin's children this time
The ribbons of our ciggerettes vanish in the air
In the glow of our great teacher we sit and blankly stare
And the sky could open up and what would we have to say
Somehting cute about burning out , better than fading away
Chorus
On the wings of invention now we hurdle forward our fate
As sure as the sunset burns
Collective resignation, evalutionary fate
When will we ever learn
Chorus fades in the volume
Talula: Thanks.
Scott: No problem
Talula: She'll come around.
Scott: Thanks.
Talula mocking him.
Talula: No problem.
Scott laughed and Talula smiled.
Scott: Maybe you and Ezra can hang out sometime.
Talula: Maybe.
Talula walked away, but Scott called her back.
Scott: Talula.
Talula: Yea?
Scott: You can talk to me whenever.
Talula: You and the rest of them here. My friends call me Lulu.
Scott: Does that mean we're friends?
Talula: Maybe.
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Later that day in the gazebo. Scott and Shelby are in there.
Shelby: Are you and newbie getting close?
Scott: We're friends.
Maybe he thought to himself.
Shelby: Ohh.
Scott: Shel, can you please just talk to me?
Shelby: No.
Scott: Fine. I'm sick of trying.
Scott stalked off leaving her in tears.
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My intent of the story does not have Scott and Talula dating. I promise that; that won't happen. Give me some feedback. I want at least 23 for the next chapter to come out. If you don't want a new one then don't review.
Quote: "It is only in dreams, When we are alone, That the terror behind life, Rises from the depths"
~ Elizabeth Brewster ~
Setting\Time\Status: It's in Seattle now and will change in the chapter. Time night around 1:00.
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In the city. You see a young girl wearing a blue miniskirt and a pink tube top that shows her stomache. She walks into a dark alley and meets a fat man in a trench coat and pays him. He in return gives her a ziplock bag with a white powder and another bag with what looks to be pencil shavings. She walks out of the alley and heads toward an old crummy building. She walks in and heads toward the stairs stopping to alert the person she is visiting. She walks up 5 stair cases and enters a room with a man who seems to be in his late 30's.
Man: Are you ready?
girl: Yea, I just need to go to the bathroom to freshen up.
The girl walks toward a musty bathroom with the walls cracking. You can alomost see the smell and heat. She falls to the floor and loads her needle with a mixture of herione and Meth. she let's the tears fall and she injects her "pain-killer". She talks to herslef to relieve her fear....silence and it's best friend, the memories.
Girl: Talula you have done this a bunch of times before now is no different. Come on just give him what he wants and you'll get your pay. You have to do this remember; or you can go back to the parental units.
Man's voice: Come on! I don't have all day!! I'm paying you remember!
Talula: Just a sec. you old fart she says under her breath
Talula wipes the tears and walks out with what she called her robot smile.
Talula: What do you want?
Man: Depends on how much.
Talula: Depends on what you want and for how long.
There is deathly silence and then the man whispers his reply
Man: I can't do this. he stuttered
Talula: I can leave if you want.
Man: No you can't.
A policmen walks out of the bedroom. Talula tries to run for the door, but she is caught by the "old fart".
man: I'm Detective Harry Drivers and you are under arrest for illegal useage and prostitution.
Talula: Thanks for clearing that up. sarcastic
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Police station examining room. Drivers and another man is in there. The other man is good looking and seems to bein his late 20's. Talula is in there on the other side of the table.
Man: Talula I'm Detective Becker and I want to help you.
Talula: I'm sure. sarcastic
Driver's had had enough of her crap.
Drivers: Perky isn't she. sarcastic
Becker: Talula, I need to know where you are from and your real last name.
Talula: I think you can look it up.
Becker: You can get out of here faster if you would corporate.
Talula: yea, uh-uh and I'm Madonna.
Becker: Good, I would love to have your autograph.
Drivers: I'm going to very angry if you don't tell us what I want to know.
Talula: That would be something worth seeing.
Becker: Talula, do you want to go to a cell.
It was a threat and Tulula knew she could take it.
Talula: Yes, I'm very tired and you are boring the shit out of me.
Becker: Cell 12, Driver.
Talula got up and was walking out of the room with Driver when he was called back.
Becker: Watch that spitfire will ya?
Driver: Sure boss.
It bugged the crap out of him that a younger guy was his boss. Sure, Becker was a good guy, but the age bothered Driver.
Talula walked into her cell. She layed down on the bed and let the illusional world welcome her and take her away from the nightmare.
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Later on. Becker walked to Talula's cell and let himself in and sat next to the sleeping teenager. He thought to himself that this was probably the only time the girl was peaceful and safe. He was wrong. Talula began to shake and sweat. She started to scream.
The music fades in.
Is it okay for me to believe
is it okay for to scream
Is it okay for me to wanna hold you
in my arms
and never let go.
is it okay for me to dream
Is it okay for me to live
my life the way that I want
Is it okay for me to be kind
and patient.
Is it okay for me
Is it okay for me
Is it okay meee mee mmmeeeee
is it okay for me to live
Is it okay for to dream
is it okay for me to
love you.
Is it okay for me to hate
is it okay for me to be angry
Or am I not
Or am I not supposed
to be here
in your arms.
He let the girl cry herself to sleep agian and just watched her and he thought of his sister. Talula reminded him so much of Sophie. The last time he talked to that energetic sister of his she was working at a school for at risk teens. Horizon........
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Early Morning
Becker was in her cell when she woke-up.
Becker: Talula Parker would you like some coffee.
Talula was still out of it and knew that the hang-over would come soon and by the looks of it so would the withdraw. Niether was she looking forward to.
Talula: Do you have a life? sarcastic and yes i would like some coffee.
Becker: Good. You have a decision to make, your wonderful adoptive parents are extremely anger with you and do not want you to come home. So, that leaves juvie, Betty Ford and then juvie, or a school for at risk teens.
Talula: you couldn't find the parental units could you?
Becker knew he was defeated and didn't want to argue with the girl. He was afriad she might win
Becker: Only thier publists.
Talula: Thought so. School it is.
Becker: Good, because I already called them and told them you were coming.
Talula: How considerate of you.sarcastic
Becker: I thought so too.
Talula: So when are they coming to get this reject?
Becker: In about 2 hours. The guy who's coming is a guy named Curtis and he said that you will probably need new clothes.
Talula: Goodie. sarcastic
Becker smiled and just left her alone with her thoughts.
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Later that day at Horizon. In Peter's office. Sophie and Peter are in there disscussing the newbie.
Peter: Her name is Talula Vennessa Parker. Her adoptive parents are Celia and Stephen Parker the director/actress couple. She was 6 when she was adopted and started running when she was 13. She got caught a couple of times. This time she wasn't caught until 6 monthes after she left. She's 16 and is going to go through withdraw on herion and Meth. Her parents were filming during her running away. thier publicist handeled everything.
Sophie: Peter. hesterical
Peter: Soph, we're gonna take care of her. I want to put her in with the Cliffhangers. I thought that maybe Shelby and Daisy could open her up.
Sophie: Are her parents coming to drop her off?
Peter didn't want to tell Sophie the answer to that. It made him upset, but Sophie would fly off her handel.
Peter: They have a press confrence.
Sophie saw red.
Sophie: Peter, our kids have horrible parents. These parents should be grateful for thier gift and cherish every moment they get to spend with them.
Peter: I know Soph.
Sophie: Peter, I just want one. One. Sophie let the tears roll off her face and Peter pulled her into his loving arms.
Peter:She'll be here in an hour and so will the Cliffhangers from thier trip with Jeff. Imagine Jules and Jeff mud up to thier eyes and Jeff being carried back.
Sophie had been told about thier last escirtion and had been looking foward to seeing Jeff and HER kids come home.
Peter: Let's go to Rusty's and then we can go home for a few minutes to be alone.
Sophie: Alone sounds good.
They had been up to thier necks in paper work over the last 3 days and Peter's other kids had thier problems.
Peter: let's go.
Sophie: Can you just hold me for a minute?
Peter: You could have asked for something a little more complicated.
Sophie chuckled and returned her hear to his warm comforting shoulder.
Sophie: I love you Mountian Man. she wisphered.
Peter: I love you too, Becker.
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Jail
Curtis entered the jail and picked-up a disoriented Talula. He walked her to the truck and they headed toward the small strip mall.
Curtis let her out and walked her to the entrance.
Curtis: Your mother had on request that we take you to Gap.
Talula: Isn't that so motherly of her to not care of 10 years except where I shop.sarcastic
Curtis couldn't argue with her.
Talula: I guess, you're going to have to come with me?
Cutis: You're pretty smart.
Talula: No just intution.
Curtis: Let's just get this over with.
Talula went into the store and was out in an hour with 5 bags. She told Curtis to charge it to her mother's account and said that she would need the clothes for awhile anyway.
Curtis took her to a sports store and bought her the needed equitment.
They got in the car and headed toward her future amd her nightmare.
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Horizon. The Cliffhangers were walking towards the campus muddy, sweating, and just hot.
Scott: Great navigational skills Jeff. sarcastic
They had gotten lost and were stuck in a mud hole for about an hour.
Shelby: You'd think a teacher would know how to read a map amd know the weather signs.
Daisy: Maybe the real Jeff was abducted and this came in his place. On second thoughts the real Jeff is lost too. sarcastic
Jeff: Can we just stop complaining and be thankful that we are home.
Juliette: Showers.
Peter: Good to have you back.
Auggie: It's good to back even if the food is hard and.....
Sophie: We get it. What did you learn?
David: Never trust Jeff with a map or a compass.
Sophie: Maxi?
maxi: Need water, can't breath, must take shower.
Sophie and Peter looked at thier muddy group and laughed at the thought of Juliette in 2 feet of mud.
Sophie: Shower-up and then we have group in an hour.
Shelby: Great group. Just what I was looking forward to. sarcasic
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Group
Sophie: We're getting a newbie. Any comments?
Shelby: Agian wasn't David enough.
Sophie: She'll be here any minute and I want Maxi to give her the tour.
Maxi: Ohh, joy.sarcastic
Shelby:What do you know Daisy we still aren't guide worthy.
The old rusty truck pulls up.
Peter: She's here.
Scott: Does she have a name or do we just call her girl.sarcastic
Shelby just smirked the others laughed.
Talula steps out and had heard the comment
Talula: Talula Parker. If any one of you freaks asks for Celia or Stephen Parker's autograph they're dead.
Ezra: Damn. I actually liked his movies. sarcastic
Talula smiled. It had been a first without the help of "pain killers".
Peter: I'm Peter Scarebrough, Headmaster of Horizon and this is Sophie Becker.
Sophie: I'm your counselor and your now part of the Cliffhanger group.
Talula: What a thrill. This is just too much excitment for 2 days. sarcastic
Sophie: My brother said you were pretty exciting.
Talula: Who's your brother?
Sophie: Detective Beckler.
Talula: Ohh. I thought you were married.
sophie: No, I'm engaged to Peter.
Talula: How romantic. sarcastic
Peter: Let's get you checked in.
Talula: Ok. I mean there seems to be nothin better to do around here.
Peter: Come on. At least give it a shot before you judge it.
Talula salutes and follows Peter to the Adminastration Building. Sophie: Ok you guys kitchens.
Shelby: You really do love us don't ya. sarcastic
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Adminastration Building. In Peter's office
Peter: Talula, why do you tink you are here?
Talula: You're the one with the files. So, you tell me.
Peter: The files always leave out the way you feel or about something that happened.
Talula just sat in silence. She didn't want to answer that question.
Peter: Ok. I think you are here, because you felt rejected, abandoned, maybe even scared. So you ran away to see if they would care and when they didn't come after you; you didn't see the piont it staying.
Talula: Gosh you know me so well. sarcastic
Peter: No, but when you're ready to talk I'll be here to listen and try and understand.
Talula: I'll keep that in mind. Now, I would like you to keep this in mind, I'm not going to open up to you. I am just here,because Juvie is my idea of a living hell. Betty Ford isn't for me. So, here I am.
Peter: That's why MOST of my kids are here. Now, you need to go get your stuff checked by Sophie.
Talula got up and followed Peter to the room where he left her with Sophie.
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Kitchens
Auggie: What do you think of newbie?
Jules: Why do they all have to be so mean?
Auggie: We were all like that when we first came. Maybe she'll change.
He seriously doubted that.
Maxi: She's diffrent and I don't mean good diffrent.
David: She's cute once she gets out of withdraw. Right now she looks like hell frozen over.
Shelby: Than you and her will get along great.
David just smirked the others laughed.
Maxi: Cute. I get to give a tour to miss wonderful. sarcastic
Daisy: Maybe the aliens will come and get her before she has to be welcomed to our convent for delinquents.
Shelby: Yea Max you can always wish.
Maxi: That's gonna take more than wishing it's going to take a miracle.
Ezra: I'm sick of KITCHENS!!!!
Scott: Okay. wierd
Ezra: I'm soaked again!!!
Ezra had poured the pot on himself on accident. He had soap suds on his shirt and all over the front of his pants.
Shelby: You couldn't hold it in agian Freakin.
Ezra: I appreciate your love and support it's very nice of you. sarcastic
Auggie: Man, you look as if you hadn't gone in days.
Juliette: Auggie! Ezra it's not THAT bad.
Ezra: Thanks. sarcastic
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Evaluation Room. Sophie had already pulled out needles,herione, Meth, acid, 3 packs og ciggeretes, and 4 bottles of beer.
Sophie: You won't be needing these. she was refeering to the Latexs she had just pulled out.
Talula: Yes, a pregnant teenager would kill the parental units. (pause)On second thoughts keep them.
Sophie: No, I mean we have rules here no sex, no inappropriate touching, no drugs, and no violence. With that being said you feel what you feel and you find a productive way of dealing with it. Such as talking about it in group, with counselors, or with friends. If you tell us anything the counselor never says anything unless we fear harm towards yourself or others. Then we have to report it to the right athorities.
Talula: Thanks for the pep-talk. sarcastic
Sophie: I'll be here when you really want to talk.
Talula: Thanks.
Sophie: I really want to help you, but you have to tell me what the problem is in order for me to help.
Talula softened. Sophie reminded her of her nanny when she was little. Anna....
Talula: I'm still not ready, but when I am I'll find you.
Sophie: Day or night.
Talula nodded.
Sophie: We need to get you setled in so I have Maxi one of your group members to give you the tour.
Talula: Let's go.
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In the woodshed. Scott was already in there. He was pacing.
Shelby walks in.
Shelby: You asked for me.
Scott: Yea, I wanna talk to you about talking to CPS.
Shelby: Scott, I can't do that.
Scott: Jess,is here now and he's in jail, but only for now.
Shelby: I can't do that!!!
Scott: Shel, I think it would be good for you.
Shelby: Yea, just like it was good for you.
Scott: Yea it was.
Shelby: No it wasn't.
Scott: I got it out.
Shelby: I've already talked about it.
Scott: No you've told people it happened. It's not the same as talking about it.
Shelby: That should be enough for you, but it's not. You want to know all the gory details. Why does everything have to be about you. I thought we have already been through this. angry
Scott: I want you to get better.
Shelby: Whatever.
She tries to leve, but Scott pulls her arm back and says.
Scott: If you don't want to talk about this now I understand. Meet me at the bench after lights out.
Shelby: We'll see.
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Maxi is giving her the tour of the campus.They were in the girl's dorm
Talula: So this is my new humble home.
Maxi: Yea.
Talula: Where do I crash?
Maxi: In that bed over there. She was pionting to the one next to Jules.
Talula: Thanks.
Maxi smiled the girl was becoming human. It was a nice thought.
Maxi: Hey it's my duty.
Talula: No, I mean for not being mean.
Maxi: I know what it's like to be new. I knew Shelby from my past, but everyone else had to get to know me. They're pretty cool once they know that you're a reject like them.
Talula: Ya'll aren't so bad. i just don't want to be here.
Maxi: I know.
Talula: If you can't say my name my friends back in LA called me Lulu.
Maxi: Okay. Talula is pretty, but it might be a motuhful.
Talula: My mother was high when she picked it. She's high pretty much all the time.
Maxi: My mother, well, I don't even know her.
Talula: Lucky you. They aren't what they're cracked up to be.
Maxi: It figures.
Talula: Yea.
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Later that night after lights out.The girls were all asleep except for one. She walks out into the night and ends up seeing someone. She walks towards him and sits down in front the bench.
Girl:the stars are pretty. Don't ya think.
Scott: Yea. You're not Shelby are you?
girl: No the last time I checked I wasn't and you're not Ezra are you?
scott: Nope.
Girl: Can we just sit here anyway?
Scott: Sure why not.
Girl: Why does everything have to be so hard?
Scott: That's life for ya.
Gilr: You've given me real hope. sarcastic
Scott: Welcome.
Girl chuckled
Scott: What?
Girl: A week ago if someone would have told me that I was going to be looking at the stars with some guy I would have told them to get a life.
Scott: I was supposed to be with my girlfriend right now.
Girl: Shelby?
Scott: Yea.
Girl: So you're Scott.
Scott: Uh-uh and you're Talula
Girl: Yea.
Scott: So maybe you are human.
Talula: Maybe.
They sat in silence for a while until they decided it was too late to stay.
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Next morning in Girl's dorm.
Sophie: Get up.
Shelby: Go away.
Maxi: I'm sleepy and cranky and I wanna see darkness and my dreams.
Juliette: That's a real change for ya Max. sarcastic
Shelby: Nice Jules.
Jules: Thank you. I learn from the best.
Daisy: Darkness come and take me from this nightmare.
Sophie: Get up before you live in one.
Talula: I need beauty rest now leave me alone.
Sophie: Now before you are all on shuns and can't see the oppisite sex.
Jules: I'm up.
Daisy: Knew princess would be.
Talula: She has a piont.
Shelby: A nice cup of coffee would be a good bribe.
Sophie: Not gonna happen.
Daisy: Nice try.
Shelby: Can't blame a girl.
Sophie: You all better get up before I go get the boys and they can see your wonderful faces without make-up.
All: You win. We're up.
sophie: Good go to breakfast, then the wall.
Shelby: No!!
Sophie: You're gonna have to do it sooner or later.
Shelby: Later it is.
Sophie: Essay.
Shelby: Wall here I come.
Sophie: Thought so.
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Wall. Shelby is climbing. Really slow about 3 inches every minute.
Talula walked over to Scott.
Music starts as we see Shelby climbing and then the camera moves on Scott.
Seven million years of progress handed down on silver wings.
Of gossmar and protien still we haven't learned a thing
Are we caught up in our anger, locked up in our rage
In an opera of selection on this our earthly stage
And Charlies spinning laughing, laughing in his rage
Laughing at the prophecy, the prophecy he gave
can we spread our wings like angels, can we break out of the grind
Are we destined to be Darwin's children this time
The ribbons of our ciggerettes vanish in the air
In the glow of our great teacher we sit and blankly stare
And the sky could open up and what would we have to say
Somehting cute about burning out , better than fading away
Chorus
On the wings of invention now we hurdle forward our fate
As sure as the sunset burns
Collective resignation, evalutionary fate
When will we ever learn
Chorus fades in the volume
Talula: Thanks.
Scott: No problem
Talula: She'll come around.
Scott: Thanks.
Talula mocking him.
Talula: No problem.
Scott laughed and Talula smiled.
Scott: Maybe you and Ezra can hang out sometime.
Talula: Maybe.
Talula walked away, but Scott called her back.
Scott: Talula.
Talula: Yea?
Scott: You can talk to me whenever.
Talula: You and the rest of them here. My friends call me Lulu.
Scott: Does that mean we're friends?
Talula: Maybe.
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Later that day in the gazebo. Scott and Shelby are in there.
Shelby: Are you and newbie getting close?
Scott: We're friends.
Maybe he thought to himself.
Shelby: Ohh.
Scott: Shel, can you please just talk to me?
Shelby: No.
Scott: Fine. I'm sick of trying.
Scott stalked off leaving her in tears.
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My intent of the story does not have Scott and Talula dating. I promise that; that won't happen. Give me some feedback. I want at least 23 for the next chapter to come out. If you don't want a new one then don't review.