Peter and Sophie made their rounds of the groups dorms, making sure the lights were out and no one was out of bed.

"What should we do for the hiking trip? Have all the students or just the groups?" Peter asked walking with Sophie back to the administration building.

"I think if we just had the groups it'd be easier to maintain, plus if we sprung a surprise group session on them they may not talk because of the other kids." Sophie said as Peter opened the door for her.

He nodded, "Good idea." He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her cheek.

Sophie smiled grabbing onto Peter hands, "Remember you have some files to work on, Mountain Man." She reminded Peter, who exhaled disappointedly. "If you get it done quickly then we'll have more time." Sophie said and Peter smiled at her.

"I like that thought." He said and quickly went to get his work down.

*******

It was four-thirty and David shot awake and looked around the empty dorm. No one was in there but him. He looked down and rubbed the sleep from his eyes before glancing at Ezra's digital clock across the room. Squinting, David read that it was four-thirty three. He got up and stepping on to the cold floor he walked quickly to the bathroom so the rest of his body wouldn't freeze like his feet were.

He turned on the shower and hopped in letting the hot water hit his chest then his face as he stuck his head in front of the water firing out of the showerhead. After just standing there for a few minutes, David started to wash himself quickly. He figured Daisy would be late but that didn't mean he had to slow down.

After finishing showering and dressing David walked, semi-fast, to the docks. To his surprise Daisy was already sitting at the end of the docks. David smiled and walked over, setting himself next to her and dangling his feet off the edge of the dock.

"Morning." He said looking at her.

"Morning." Daisy replied looking at David then out at the rippling water. "So how long till the sun finishes rising?" she asked, shivering.

"Pretty soon." David said noticing her shiver. "Cold?" he asked giving a low laugh.

"Oh, no. Horizon is never, ever cold." Daisy replied cynically.

"Here." David said scooting behind her, setting each leg on either side of her, and pulled her to him. Daisy leaned back into him, unsurely, but felt the warmth of his body and just sank into him. She rather sacrifice a few minutes of "closeness" then freezing to death. David placed his chin on her shoulder and leaned his head against hers. He closed his eyes and started to enjoy the moment.

"David?" Daisy asked softly and David slowly lifted his head.

"Hm?" he replied looking at Daisy.

"The sun's done rising." She said and David looked in front of them.

"So?" he said and wrapped Daisy up tighter. "What do you want to do today?" David asked.

Daisy thought for a moment, "I don't know. What's there to do?" she asked.

"We could get lost this time." David replied, semi-joking.

"Right, that'll work." Daisy said shaking her head. "Besides, Peter's probably got something up his sleeve." She added and David agreed.

"He always manages to crush any and every good idea we come up with." David said thinking about all the times Peter had ruined a good plan.

"And I'm crushing this one too." A masculine voice responded behind the two. David looked back and groaned.

"Great." He mumbled.

"Up, you know the rules." Peter added as David slowly and begrudgingly stood up, stuffing his hands into his pockets. Daisy stood next to David after he got up.

"She was cold. As you can see I have no jacket to offer, unless you wanted me to take my shirt off." David said giving Peter a look.

"You two shouldn't even be out here right now." Peter said ignoring David's comment. "Why are you out here anyway?" he inquired of them.

"To watch the sun rise." Daisy said and Peter looked at the two. "Seriously." She added.

"You guys make it so hard to enjoy this place. Even though it's the summer, the rules still apply." Peter said watching their expressions.

"Aw come on! It's not like we were having sex, or even kissing. We were just.cuddling." David said trying to find a good word to describe what they were doing. "If you give us chores to do, it doesn't stop us from doing what we did again." David added and Peter knew he was right.

"Maybe you're right but what if I say one of you can't go to Rusty's next Saturday?" Peter asked raising an eyebrow.

"Let Daisy go, I'll stay here." David said staring at Peter defiantly.

"Fine, you picked your punishment." Peter said then looked at Daisy. "What's your's?"

"I don't want to pick." Daisy said not liking how Peter was handling this. She agreed with David, they weren't doing anything seriously bad.

"Breakfast dishes and chopping wood." Peter said, "Now off to breakfast." He said and followed behind them.

*******

Jess woke up by the sound of someone closing the dorm door. She looked at the empty beds and noticed that Daisy was gone. Shelby was still sound asleep, so Jess quickly followed Daisy out of the building, making sure Daisy didn't know she was following her. Jess watched as Daisy settled herself at the end of the dock before scanning the quiet, abandon looking campus. A figure near the Cliffhanger's dorm was walking towards Jess and the docks. Quickly, Jess hid herself in some bushes by the docks and waited for the person to either change direction or pass by her and meet with Daisy.

Jess's jaw dropped when she saw whom the figure was. After David had walked all the way to the end of the dock and sat next to Daisy did Jess move to get a better view of the two. She watched all their actions, trying to make out what they were saying but couldn't understand. When David had sat behind Daisy and brought her close to him Jess shot out of her hiding place and ran as fast as she could back to the dorm. If only she could have seen herself sleeping in her bed when she burst into the dorm room could she convince herself it was only a dream. But she was disappointed.

Shelby, having been awoken by the door hitting the wall, ran over to her sister who looked like she had seen a ghost. Jess was staring intently at her bed, her mind racing.

"Jess, what's wrong? What happened?" Shelby shot questions rapidly, wondering what could have happened to have Jess look like this.

"You're right. I hate you, you were right. I hate him." Jess whispered softly, glaring now at the floor in front of her.

"What happened?" Shelby repeated knowing this had something to do with David.

"He-he was with her. They-they." Jess trailed off unable to say what she saw. If she didn't say it she could convince herself it never happened.

"They? David and who?" Shelby asked looking around the room. "Daisy?" Jess nodded her head furiously. "What were they doing? Kissing?"

"No. He lied to me. I thought he liked me." Jess said trying to keep herself from crying. Shelby pulled her into a hug.

"I told you David is no good. Try finding someone else. David and Daisy have had this thing ever since he came back. There are plenty of other guys out there. Guys better than David." Shelby tried to comfort her distressed sister. "David doesn't deserve you."

"Let me go." Jess said pulling away and running into the bathroom. She decided to take a long, hot shower.

*******

Shelby had left for breakfast ten minutes before Jess finished. Jess crawled back into bed not wanting to see David or Daisy at breakfast. Jess rolled onto her side, facing the wall drilling holes into it with her eyes.

Shelby walked into the mess hall, grabbed some breakfast, and sat down next to Daisy who was sitting in front of David. Shelby looked at the quiet, seemingly into the food more then the company, people sitting at the table with her. David looked up at Shelby then looked at the rest of the table. He put on a confused expression.

"Where's Jess?" he asked counting the people at the table.

"Taking a shower, still, probably." Shelby said glaring at David. "What did you two do this morning?" she asked and Daisy looked at her.

"Nothing." Daisy replied looking down at her fork, which was picking at her scrambled eggs, or rather a rubbery substitute. Shelby then looked over at David, indicating that she wanted him to answer the same question.

"Nothing." David mumbled inaudibly letting his eyes graze over everything but avoiding contact with Shelby's piercing blue eyes.

"I can't believe you'd lie to me Daisy. David I can understand but not you." Shelby said getting up and sitting at a different table. After eating most of everything Shelby got up, threw out her trash then exited to the outside.

"Why'd you have to lead on Jess?" Daisy asked glaring at David.

"How do you know if it's about Jess?" David countered weakly.

"Well obviously it is if Jess isn't here." Daisy said and followed Shelby's route but went to the kitchen instead to do her chores. David threw his fork onto his tray and leaned his chair back on its back legs with his arms crossed. He surveyed the room before getting up and walking to the kitchen.

He walked in and up to Daisy, "Look, sorry okay?" he said leaning on the counter nearest the sink.

"It's not me who you should be apologizing too." Daisy spat dunking a plate in the water-filled sink, scrubbed, then handed it to the girl drying the dishes. "Now go away, I have to finish my chores." She said and David punched the counter with the side of his fist before walking away. Daisy sighed but continued her work.

"Boys." Sighed the dish-drying girl and the two stifled a laugh.

*******

Shelby had walked back to the dorm to see if Jess had finished her shower or not. She hoped her sister didn't do anything to harm herself. Walking into the room, Shelby spotted a lump that was Jess on Jess's bed.

"Hey." Shelby said walking over and sitting on the bed next to Jess's. Jess continued staring at the wall keeping Shelby's eyes on her back. "Jess, talk. Come on, you'll feel better." Shelby coaxed.

Jess turned over and glared at her sister, "Whatever." She shot and laid back down onto her pillow, placing her head right into the indentation she had made.

"Jess it's just a guy. There are tons of them in the world, and in this school. David isn't prince charming. He'll never be a prince charming." Shelby said trying to make Jess realize that David was an ass.

"He's prince charming to Daisy." Jess said softly and Shelby had to lean close to understand her.

"Daisy has had Ezra and David fighting over her every since he got back. I told Daisy to just give one more of a chance then the other. So Daisy, seeing David the only one she could give a chance at the time, gave David that extra chance, and I approved. I didn't know you liked David then. Besides, all he wants right now is sex, so it seems." Shelby explained to Jess's back.

Jess turned over, "You know he wants only sex so you let your best friend give him an extra chance?" she asked staring Shelby in the eyes.

"That's not what I meant." Shelby said realizing the truth in Jess's statement. "Daisy knows more about him then you do. Like about the way he acts, how he is." Shelby said trying to cover her mistake.

"If you say so." Jess said returning to looking at the wall. Shelby sighed and walked over to her bed, laying down and staring at the ceiling, wishing Scott was at Horizon.