Chapter 4
Solitary Confinement
This is a short Chapter but it didn't fit with the next scene well, so I'm letting it stand alone. This is a Scott POV!
Thank God, Shelby was gone. For a brief moment, I thought she was Elaine. What, am I going insane? Why do I keep seeing her? First in my dreams, now while I'm awake and worse yet the stare Shelby gave me, made me…it made me feel she could see the darkest secrets of my soul. I'd rather have the sarcastic Shelby than her understanding gaze. What if she knows? Was I so transparent Shelby could see my guilt from what I'd done? Moreover, would she tell? No! She couldn't possible know, not for sure anyway but still even if she did, I could never look at her again if I thought it was true.
Dropping to the ground, resting back on my elbows, I stared at the cloud- covered sky, trying hard to forget the nightmare and Shelby. Glancing up I could see each cloud appeared as figures, identifying them as they passed by. Remembering a time when my Mom and I laid on the beach near our home and watched the clouds, seeing how many shapes we could make with each that passed. Why had things changed? Dad traveled a lot but divorce, I never saw it coming. Part of me thought it was a nightmare I'd wake up from, but it wasn't, it was real. Worse, my mom remarried then my Dad to Elaine, that's when the real nightmare began. Getting to my feet I turned from my solitude of the lake and headed for the lodge before my morning class began. Working the kinks out of my aching knees as I walked and wondering why they hurt again, weeks after Peter's stupid X-challenge. Rubbing them with my hand, I picked up the pace to avoid Peter or Sophie's consequences.
The Next Chapter is soon to follow; it's a classroom scene.