Scott closed his eyes and sighed, how he had ever gotten himself into this mess was beyond him. He knew he didn't really have feelings for Juliet when they started to mess around but it just seemed nice to have someone. But now here he was regretting ever starting anything with her, sure she was a sweet girl but not at all his type and he had lost total interest. The worst part was that in the process he had realized he was hurting the best friend he had made at Horizon, Auggie. He started to notice the long stares and smiles when she walked into the room and how Auggie had suddenly lost interest in their afternoon basketball games. This was one mess he had to get himself out of.
Later that Afternoon Scott walked into the mess hall to find once again Juliet falling victim to one of
Shelby's attacks.
" Shelby shut up" Juliet whined helplessly
" Please Princess you make me sick go puke somewhere" Shelby said angrily as she watched Scott approach
" Leave her alone skank" Scott said taking Juliet's hand. He led her outside and sat on the steps.
" Thank you for saving me in there" Juliet smiled and kissed him on the cheek sweetly. Scott brushed her away a bit and sighed.
" Jules…. We need to talk" Scott began he looked up at Juliet who waited patiently.
" Go ahead" Juliet smiled.
" You have been so good to me and I will never forget that. When I first got here things were really hard for me and you made them a lot easier." Scott began " But I think that we are just too different, we fight all the time and I just think that we are better off as friends."
" Are you done?" Juliet said suddenly becoming very cold.
" Yeah." Scott whispered.
" Don't you ever fucking talk to me again!" she said and ran down the steps and back to the girls dorms. Scott heard a faint snickering behind him and turned around.
Shelby stood there, Daisy behind her.
" Trouble in paradise?" Daisy asked.
" Mind your own business Morticia" Scott said looking forward. Shelby began to laugh uncontrollably. " Oh my god would you shut the hell up you stupid slut nobody cares what you have to say so just leave me alone!" Scott yelled at her turning around to face her again. Then he saw her face drop and her eyes begin to water, he had never seen her like this before they always fought but she never reacted to his comments like this. Suddenly she ran down the steps past him and into the woods. Daisy growled at him. " Not now Graves." Scott sighed.
" Not now?" Daisy yelled. " Just who the hell do you think you are Scott, you think anyone here gives a shit about you… the only one that did was Jules and now she hates you too! Good job shit head."
Shelby sat on a rock leaning against a tree; she could remember a time when things weren't this hard, when she wasn't being forced to be herself. She felt like she had been trying so hard to prove that she was a worthwhile human being and that she had come such a long way, until Scott had said that and brought it all crashing down on top of her. Who was she kidding, all she was and would ever be was white trash.
Daisy knew the fragile state that Shelby was in and when she saw her reaction she knew that it was best she went to Peter. She sat at the chair across from his waiting for him to enter the office. She looked at the clock impatiently, Shelby could be almost through the woods by now, it had been over an hour. Finally Peter walked in and sat down.
" What's up Dais?" Peter asked.
" Well you know how Shelby has been lately, really sensitive, well Scott said something to her and she ran into the woods that was over an hour ago so who knows how far she could have gone by now." Daisy said looking down at the ground worried about her friend.
" Damn it. " Peter said under his breath he picked up his walky-talky and radioed Sophie.
" Ya Soph, Do me a favor look around the woods for Shelby we think she might have run" Peter said worried now himself. " Daisy go get Scott tell him he has about five minutes to report to my office" Daisy did so quickly.
Sophie walked through the woods calling out Shelby's name. Shelby could hear her but hoped she would go away. Finally Sophie stumbled upon Shelby curled up in a ball against a tree. Shelby looked up at her and laughed.
" Took you long enough." She laughed, not moving.
" Shelby what's going on with you… why are you out here all by yourself? You got Daisy all worried… she went to Peter" Sophie explained.
" Nothing." Shelby said, got up and walked back to the campus.
Scott walked into Peter's office and sat down. He waited for the lecture of what he had done now he wasn't even sure. Peter glared at him and looked down at his desk.
" We need to have a serious talk here Scott." Peter began obviously very angry with him about something. " Whoever the hell you think you are I have had enough of this." Peter said seriously. Scott was in shock he had never really seen Peter this mad before.
" Peter I'm not sure what I did" Scott said innocently.
" What did you say to Shelby today Scott?" Peter demanded. Scott's heart sank realizing what Peter was talking about; he would be so disappointed in him.
" I said that…. She was a slut and nobody cared about her" Scott mumbled under his breath. He looked up at Peter who sighed, he sat back in his chair and covered his face with his hands.
" Let me explain something to you Scott, just because you're having a bad day or your in a bad mood does not give you the right to talk to people that way. The world does not revolve around you, do you even realize the effect your words can have on people especially in a place like this?" Peter said now beginning to yell. " Shelby has been hearing things like that all her life, but the last person she should be hearing it from is you, who the are you to put her down when you have quite a bit of problems of your own?"
" I'm really sorry Peter I was just in a bad mood and I wasn't thinking, I'll apologize to her I promise" Scott said feeling a bit of regret.
" I guess that's all I can ask of you, but Scott don't let me hear about any more of this kind of thing" Peter warned him. Scott nodded his head and walked out of the office, he looked at his watch 8:00pm. It was no use trying to find Shelby now, so he figured he would try tomorrow.
Shelby sat at the docks gazing out at the water thinking about that day and the day before and the day before. Hoping her past would disappear and she would be free to have a present and maybe even a future, when she heard footsteps behind her. She quickly turned around to see Scott walking toward her.
" What are you doing out here its late?" Scott asked
" Couldn't sleep, I had a rough day" Shelby said
" Look about what I said… all that stuff about being a slut… I'm sorry" Scott managed to get out, he looked at her hoping she didn't hate him.
" Hey no problem I'll make sure to tell Peter you did your duty and apologized, now run along" Shelby said in her usual sarcastic tone.
" That's not why I'm apologizing I really mean it" Scott said trying to convince her. Shelby laughed. " Ya know maybe I was wrong to say all that stuff but I'm sitting here trying to tell you I'm sorry and you just laugh at me that's not real nice of you either you know" Scott yelled
" Do you have any idea how much of an idiot you are? Its hard enough that I have to deal with my past every day of my life I don't need you to remind me of how horrible I am!" Shelby yelled back
" Your not horrible" Scott said brushing a piece of hair out or her eyes, as she stood there screaming at her he began to realize why he had always picked on her.
" No you are" Shelby said Harshly stepping away from him. Scott gently grabbed her arm. " You even knew that I liked you and the way you have treated me ever since you got here…it just hurts" Shelby said softening up a little.
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Ok I know its kind of a dead ending but I will put up more as soon as I can, I'd like atleast 10 reviews! Thanks everyone hope you liked it.
-Mandi