Chapter 1-

Julliet walked around the store, picking up various items and placing them in her cart. She looked around the market. She was so glad to be out today. That was something she hadn't been in weeks. Mark had finally decided to allow her to go shopping today, and she intended to savor every moment of it. It wasn't very often that Mark allowed her out by herself. In fact, it wasn't very often Mark allowed her out at all. She looked at her watch, and noted the time. She had to be at Mark's house and have supper made, or at least have the cook have supper made, by the time that he got home. She had lived with Mark for six weeks now. Six weeks of hell. She never thought of Marks home as her home. She wanted to leave, to get out of there, and never look back. To get away from his beatings and harsh words. But she couldn't. She was to afraid. What if she left, and he found her? Then what would happen? He would kill her for sure. But wouldn't it be better to die free, than to live like that? If you could actually call it living. Julliet was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't see the person in front of her until it was to late. She crashed into her with her cart.

"Oh! Excuse me! I am so sor-" Julliet started to say, but stopped when she saw who was there. "Sophie, is that you?"

"Jules! Oh! It's so good to see you!" Sophie said, giving Julliet a big hug, which caused Julliet to flinch. She was still sore from last nights beatings.

"Hey! Wow, I haven't been called Jules in years." Julliet laughed.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Would you rather me call you Julliet?" Sophie asked.

"NO! I miss being called Jules. So, what have you been up to?" Julliet smiled, the first genuine smile she had smile in six weeks.

"Well, Peter and I are-" Sophie started to say, but was cut off by Peter.

"Jules? Is that you? Wow! It's been way to long!" Peter said, giving Julliet a hug, noticing when she flinched under his touch. "Are you ok?" He asked.

Julliet bit her lip, and thought about telling Peter everything, but then decided against it. "Yeah, of course." She lied, trying to smile, though it never quit reached her eyes.

"Hey Jules." Came a very familiar voice from behind her. She turned around and smiled, seeing who it was.

"Hey Scott." Scott smiled when she said his name. He had missed her so much. He had thought about her many times over the years. Shelby was no longer in his life, she hadn't been for over four years. He knew Auggie wasn't in Jules' life, Auggie was the art teacher at Horizon. Maybe, just maybe, if no one else was in Jules' life, he could be with her again. He sure hoped so.