Ok, it has been like two years since I updated this story and I have definitely grown In many ways since this story was written, but I decided that I might as well finish it. So, I revised the first four chapters so I hope you all enjoy it and the new chapters that will be coming soon.

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Title: Together and Apart.
Summary: Scott leaves Horizon and meets someone from his past and so does Shelby. Will there love survive?
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from Higher Ground.
Spoilers: Up to Because I Love You.
Rating: PG-13.

------ Past.

Chapter 1: Remembering.

"Shelby, you have to get up." yelled Kat as she took the covers off Shelby's bed. Shelby did nothing.
"Just let her sleep, she went through a lot in the last two days." Argued Juliet
"You're right let's go meet the newbie." said Kat. Kat and Juliet left Shelby alone in the dorm.

Alone, Shelby thought. She was always alone. She could never be happy. If she found peace in life, it would always be taken away from her. She could never be happy.

She turned from lying on her stomach to lying on her side. She crunched up to a ball and started to cry. She didn't notice a man standing at the front of the dorm.

The last two days had been awful. Her heart was broken. She closed her eyes and thought about what happened.

Scott came back and told her he loved her. She was on cloud nine that night. Scott and her went to the docks later that night and kissed until they couldn't breathe. They held each other forever. Shelby finally spoke. "Scott?"
"Yeah?" Scott turned and looked at her with love in his eyes.
"You're not leaving, right?" She asked him.

Scott touches her shoulders, turns her to him, and looked her straight in the eye. "I am not going anywhere."
She smiled at him. She loved him. He was her everything. They kissed again, again, again, and many more times.

Later that night, Scott walked her to the girl's dorm. He leaned in and kissed her.

"I love you." She told him.
"And I love you." She believed him. He pulled her in for one last kiss, as they were separating from the kiss he whispered in her ear, "Goodnight." She walked into the dorm and went to sleep. She had no idea that when she woke up it would be the worst day of her life.

As Scott was walking back to his dorm, he heard someone yell his name. He turned around to see that it was Peter.
"Your dad is in my office and wants to talk to you." said Peter
"I don't want to talk to him." yelled Scott
"You have to."
" No,
"You go and see your father or you can't see Shelby for a month," Peter threatened Scott.
"Fine, I will go with you." Scott said angrily.
Peter opened the door for Scott and led him into his office.
"Can you leave my son and me alone for a minute?" asked Martin.
"Sure." Peter walked started to walk out the door of his office but stopped to pat Scott on the back and a look that said I will be here for you. Then walked out the door to leave the boy he thought of as a son with his true father.
"What do you want, dad?"
"I want us to have a relationship; I made mistakes as a father. You were a good son and you still are a good son. I know you have a life out here but I want you to do great things. You can be a Pro football player. You can get into a great school. I love you, Scott. Come home and try it with me. We both have stuff to get over but I want you home."
Martin walks over to Scott and hugs him.
"Please," Martin looks Scott in the eye. Scott turned away from his father and didn't say anything for over five minutes, until he turns back to his father and softly says "I'll come home." Martin gasps in surprise and embarrasses Scott in another hug and cheerfully says "Go get some sleep we will leave tomorrow." Scott walks out of the office and goes to the boy's dorm.

As Shelby is lying on the bed remembering that night, the man moved closer to her. Shelby still has her eyes closed and is crying harder. She remembers when she woke up the next morning.

She was the happiest girl ever. She got dressed as quickly as she could and went to find Scott. She walked into the cafeteria, Scott gets up from his spot at the table and grabs her hand and says follow me. He took her to the docks, she kisses him, and he kisses back. She finally pulled away from him.
"I have to tell you something." said Scott sadly.
"What?" Shelby ask with a scared tone in her voice
Scott puts his head down and can't seem to look Shelby in her eyes. He quietly mumbles "I had a talk with my dad after I walked you to the dorm yesterday. He wants me to come back home. I thought about it and I said I would."

She will never forget the feeling that she felt when he told her that. She wanted to die. She was happy and now she was in pain. Shelby pulled her self into a tighter ball and cried harder. She put her self back into that moment with Scott.

"I love you, Shelby. You are everything I have ever wanted. I know we can make this relationship work. It will take time but we can do it. I want to be with you. I want to do something with my life. I want to play football. I want to be with my dad. I still want to be with you. I love you." His voice rises and he finally looks up at her and takes her face into his. The morning breeze of the lake overtakes and she starts to shiver.


"No." she told him. She breaks the hold he has on her and turns away from his, now greatly shivering but not from the cold but the fear of loosing the man she loves again.

"I want to have all of you." Shelby turns back to face him and looks at a spot on his chest and concentrates on that spot. "I want to see you. You want to play football. I understand. If we meet later in life, then I know that it will be because we are supposed to be together. I don't want you to go. I want you to stay here. I love you. I always will but, we can't have a longer distance relationship." She wipes away a tear that starts to fall down her cheek.

"Shelby, please." Scott begged. He runs over to her and pulls her into a tight embrace but she pulls away from him and turns away.
"No," she responded. She turns away to leave and starts walking away in the way of the dorms. The tears now start poring down her face.


" I love you. I will always love you." He yells to her hoping she will turn around but she doesn't "Bye." He whispers as a tear starts to run down his eyes as he watches her walk away.

Shelby cried harder. She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around.

"Shelby?" the man asked. Shelby was in shock. What was he doing here? He wasn't supposed to be here. The man goes to lie by Shelby. He kisses her. She is still.

"Shelby, what's wrong?' he asked. She gets up from the bed and turns to him.

"Dylan, what are you doing here?" She asked him.

Notes so Please Review tell me what you think of the revised version of this story.