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Author's Note: This takes place after One Of Those Days'. Shelby has just left Horizon, and Scott misses her. It's told from Scott's point of view.
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Turned Blue
Not too many people know much about me. That's cause I don't trust too many people. But I think you're different. So let me tell you something about myself. Why am I telling you, you ask? Because, deep down inside, I know you're listening.
If there's one thing I've learned since I came to Horizon, it's that everyone needs someone to talk to, someone that will listen to them. I used to have someone like that. Her name was Shelby. She was really the only reason why I could stand it here. But she's not here anymore. She left last week, and I didn't even go see her off.
I think about her every night. She and I used to sneak away, when everyone else was asleep and we'd go look at the stars, and they didn't care that we were breaking the rules. We would talk for hours about anything. I told her everything about me. Everything that I had never told anyone else. She was the only one I could turn to, and I'll never turn to anyone else.
You see, I'm really just a simple guy with simple dreams. I dream about having everything that anyone has ever said I don't deserve, and that's it. That sounds simple enough, but, I'm telling you, things aren't always what they seem. Why am I telling you this, you ask? Because, deep down inside, I know you're listening.
I told Shelby that I didn't want anything except to make her feel that a life with me could be completely surreal. She told me that her mom was taking her out of Horizon so that the two of them could go take care of her sick step dad. The step dad that abused her. The step dad that she hated. I didn't know what to say, so I gave her a hug. She hugged me back and told me not to let go until she turned blue.
I didn't think she'd actually do it. I didn't think that she'd actually leave. She wasn't supposed to go away. I almost felt betrayed. I mean, I would have done anything to make her stay, anything at all. I know she would laugh, to hear me say that, but it's true. That's how much I cared about her. She was the one and only, and you alone know just how much I love her.
So now you know something about me; something that I haven't told anybody else. Why did I tell you, you ask? Because, deep down inside, I know you're listening. But I don't expect you to understand. I don't expect anyone to. She's the only one that could make you understand. But I'm talking and you're listening, and everyone needs someone that will listen to them.