Scott's Past Arrives at Horizon Part IV
After dinner in the boy's dorm:
Auggie tossed a pillow at Scott's head. "Hey meat, if you knew Samia, how come you didn't say so this morning when she first showed up?"
"I was…surprised." Scott stuttered.
"Surprised?! Why? She used to be ugly?" Auggie laughed and tried to tempt Ezra into to having a pillow fight, but to no avail.
"No..it's just…" Scott didn't want to talk about this now. "I'm tired ok?" Scott huffed his way to the shower.
….As he rubbed shampoo through his wet hair, Scott thought about the day's events. Why was she here? Shelby had seemed a little hostile at dinner. I want her to like Samia. In his mind, she hadn't changed. Sure, she had never dressed that skimpy before, but she never had a drug problem either. Scott closed his eyes and let the hot water rinse his soapy hair and run down his face and chest. I can almost feel her…
FLASHBACK
Samia was at Scott's house, where they were working on a home ec project…a cake.
"Three cups of flour." Scott read from the cookbook.
"Samia raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure that's right? It seems like it should be less."
Scott raised his chin in mock indignation. "Are you sayin' I don't know how to read a cookbook?"
Samia moved towards him with a seductive smile and whispered, "Yes, that's what I'm saying." She then hit him right in the face with a handful of flour. Th war was on. They were on the floor covered in flour and laughing hysterically when they heard Mr. Barringer's car pull up. Scott tried to clean up some of the mess while Samia tried to stop laughing at him and regain her composure. When Mr. Barringer walked in the kitchen, he only raised an eyebrow.
"Er…Kids, I'm going out tonight. There's some popcorn in the cabinet and sodas in the fridge. You two behave yourselves." Mr. Barringer looked uncomfortable.
Scott became very serious. "What's her name this time, Dad?"
"…Elayne."
Later that night, Samia and Scott were curled up on the couch sipping hot cocoa. Samia talked about Tennessee, where she grew up, and Scott listened contently to her rich Southern drawl. Before he could resist, Samia was kissing him passionately.
Scott backed away, grinning. "What are you doing?"
Samia cocked her head to one side and leaned forward again. "Behaving myself…"
The kisses grew more passionate and (in a sudden burst of courage) Scott reached under her skirt…
FLASHBACK ENDS
Scott climbed out of the shower and got dressed. She was my first, he thought. I had forgotten she knew about Elayne…or at least suspected…but Samia was my first…NOT ELAYNE.
Back in the girls' dorm:
Shelby was having trouble getting Samia to notice her hostility towards her. She must be dumber than I thought.
Juliette, however, was delighted that Samia was staying with them. She was determined to be friendly.
"So what was Scott like growing up?" Juliette was like an eager child tasting ice cream for the first time.
Samia smiled and thought for a moment. "Well…he was good at sports and lousy at math." Juliette giggled. Shelby gagged. Samia continued.
"He always had a gatorade at lunch. Scott was always there for his team and he was always there for me."
Shelby scowled. "So, just how close were you two?…"
Samia shifted in her seat. "What is this? The third degree?" She laughed nonchalantly and climbed into bed. What's her problem?. Samia thought as she climbed into bed. You'd think she was dating him or something..
TO BE CONTINUED…
