A/N: I just want everyone to know that what is happening to Cole is all
fictional! Nothing is real!
The main idea in this chapter came from the show, so I give Higher Ground ALL the credit for the main idea in this chapter. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Please review!
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Sophie threw her stuff into Cole's tent and checked her watch.
"Okay everyone time to hit the sack." Sophie called out to the Cliffhangers.
Everyone slowly came out of tents, except Scott and Shelby. Sophie walked over to the tent where she had a suspicion.
She bent down and saw Scott and Shelby, "that means you two too," Sophie said raising her eyebrow and having a hint of anger in her voice, "we will have to talk to Peter about this tomorrow morning." She said as she motioned Scott out of Shelby's tent.
After about 10 minutes, everyone had settled in their tents and they were drifting to sleep. Sophie made her rounds to all the tents to make sure the Cliffhangers were going to sleep.
She came by the tent that Peter and Cole were in and tried to hear what was being said, but all she could here was the rhythm of one the two breathing.
'They must be asleep' she thought to herself as she made her way to her tent.
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Cole couldn't sleep at all, knowing that someone, especially Peter knew his secret. Cole was on his back looking up at the tent ceiling, he thought that Peter was asleep. Peter was on his side with his back towards Cole. He was wide awake and ready if Cole decided to run or pull a stunt along those lines.
"So how long has it been going on?" Peter asked Cole, knowing that he wasn't asleep.
Cole knew that he wasn't fooling Peter so he decided to answer, "All of them are old Peter. I haven't cut since I came back here. I told you that they're all healing or are scars."
"What's happening to you Cole? Why won't you talk to me or Sophie or another counselor?" Peter asked, almost turning over, but realizing that it might be easier for Cole to talk if he didn't have to look at Peter while he was talking.
"You know, it's not like it is the easiest thing to talk about." Cole retorted sarcastically.
"I thought that you were comfortable enough with Sophie and I that you could talk to us." Peter said.
Cole just lied their silently, he did feel comfortable with Sophie and Peter.
"Was this a stunt that you pulled so that you could go home?" Peter asked Cole.
"What? No," Cole defended, "why do you think that?"
"Well your mom was hesitant to let you come back for the detention center. When she finds out about this she will probably send you back there and I don't think I could talk her into letting you come back for a second time." Peter told him with a sigh.
This got Cole's attention and he sat straight up. "NO! Peter please don't tell her. I mean I haven't done this in a long time!" he protested
"Cole," Peter started as he also sat up, "you and I both know that I can't just pretend this didn't happen."
Cole started to panic, he couldn't go home and he couldn't let his mom put him in the Detention Center again, he couldn't leave Horizon. Cole pushed out of his sleeping bag and crawled towards the tent door and started to unzip it frantically.
"Cole stop!" Peter said in his quietest voice but still filled with authority, as he reached for Cole. He didn't want the others to wake up.
"Get off of me!" Cole said as he reached back with one hand and pushed Peter, and with the other he finished unzipping the tent.
Peter was pretty much squatting so he didn't have that good of balance so when Cole pushed him, he fell back.
Cole crawled out of the tent and once he was out then he looked around trying to quickly decide where to run to. So many things were racing through his mind. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that Peter was almost out of the tent.
Tears started to form in Cole's eyes. He saw that the fire was reduced to only a couple of small flames. He looked around at the equipment and thought that those were the best things to take his anger out on.
Cole ran towards the closest item which was a chest that had some of the supplies that were used for cooking. He threw both of his hands at the chest, sending it flying a couple of feet in the air. The chest landed on its side, but the contents didn't spill out.
Cole ran to the next thing he could which were a pile of collapsible buckets that water could be carried in. Right before Cole made it to the pile, but before he could knock it over the strong grasp of Peter's hands came around Cole's stomach and pulled him away from the pile.
"Cole! Calm down!" Peter said as he fought Cole's struggling body.
Tears now started to flow down Cole's cheeks as he continued to flail his body about, trying to get out of Peter's grasp.
"Stop fighting me Cole." Peter grunted as he re-adjusted his hands.
Cole managed to turn around so now he was facing Peter. Cole brought his fists up and started banging on Peter's chest. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he thought that this would make Peter let go.
Peter let Cole hit his chest; he knew that Cole wasn't hitting hard at all because of the state of mind that he was in.
By this time Daisy, Auggie, Juliette, Kristen, Katie, and Scott had unzipped their tents and pocked their head out and were witnessing what was happening. All of them didn't know what to think.
Cole stopped hitting Peter's chest and just stood there, sobbing. Peter's grip changed to an embracing hug around Cole. The hug was to make Cole feel safe and to make sure that he didn't run, but mostly to make Cole feel safe.
"Cole we all want to help you, but you have to trust us." Peter soothed.
After about five minutes, Cole calmed down. Peter led him back into the tent and watched Cole get comfortable in his sleeping bag. Peter watched to make sure that Cole fell asleep peacefully.
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Juliette, Auggie, Kristen, Katie, Daisy, and Scott all looked at each other wondering if Cole was really okay. They all went back into their tents and as they fell asleep, they all tried to think about what Cole was going through.
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Sorry for the long wait, once again. I now have a semi-flow of ideas, so I should be updating more soon. Please review!
The main idea in this chapter came from the show, so I give Higher Ground ALL the credit for the main idea in this chapter. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Please review!
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Sophie threw her stuff into Cole's tent and checked her watch.
"Okay everyone time to hit the sack." Sophie called out to the Cliffhangers.
Everyone slowly came out of tents, except Scott and Shelby. Sophie walked over to the tent where she had a suspicion.
She bent down and saw Scott and Shelby, "that means you two too," Sophie said raising her eyebrow and having a hint of anger in her voice, "we will have to talk to Peter about this tomorrow morning." She said as she motioned Scott out of Shelby's tent.
After about 10 minutes, everyone had settled in their tents and they were drifting to sleep. Sophie made her rounds to all the tents to make sure the Cliffhangers were going to sleep.
She came by the tent that Peter and Cole were in and tried to hear what was being said, but all she could here was the rhythm of one the two breathing.
'They must be asleep' she thought to herself as she made her way to her tent.
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Cole couldn't sleep at all, knowing that someone, especially Peter knew his secret. Cole was on his back looking up at the tent ceiling, he thought that Peter was asleep. Peter was on his side with his back towards Cole. He was wide awake and ready if Cole decided to run or pull a stunt along those lines.
"So how long has it been going on?" Peter asked Cole, knowing that he wasn't asleep.
Cole knew that he wasn't fooling Peter so he decided to answer, "All of them are old Peter. I haven't cut since I came back here. I told you that they're all healing or are scars."
"What's happening to you Cole? Why won't you talk to me or Sophie or another counselor?" Peter asked, almost turning over, but realizing that it might be easier for Cole to talk if he didn't have to look at Peter while he was talking.
"You know, it's not like it is the easiest thing to talk about." Cole retorted sarcastically.
"I thought that you were comfortable enough with Sophie and I that you could talk to us." Peter said.
Cole just lied their silently, he did feel comfortable with Sophie and Peter.
"Was this a stunt that you pulled so that you could go home?" Peter asked Cole.
"What? No," Cole defended, "why do you think that?"
"Well your mom was hesitant to let you come back for the detention center. When she finds out about this she will probably send you back there and I don't think I could talk her into letting you come back for a second time." Peter told him with a sigh.
This got Cole's attention and he sat straight up. "NO! Peter please don't tell her. I mean I haven't done this in a long time!" he protested
"Cole," Peter started as he also sat up, "you and I both know that I can't just pretend this didn't happen."
Cole started to panic, he couldn't go home and he couldn't let his mom put him in the Detention Center again, he couldn't leave Horizon. Cole pushed out of his sleeping bag and crawled towards the tent door and started to unzip it frantically.
"Cole stop!" Peter said in his quietest voice but still filled with authority, as he reached for Cole. He didn't want the others to wake up.
"Get off of me!" Cole said as he reached back with one hand and pushed Peter, and with the other he finished unzipping the tent.
Peter was pretty much squatting so he didn't have that good of balance so when Cole pushed him, he fell back.
Cole crawled out of the tent and once he was out then he looked around trying to quickly decide where to run to. So many things were racing through his mind. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that Peter was almost out of the tent.
Tears started to form in Cole's eyes. He saw that the fire was reduced to only a couple of small flames. He looked around at the equipment and thought that those were the best things to take his anger out on.
Cole ran towards the closest item which was a chest that had some of the supplies that were used for cooking. He threw both of his hands at the chest, sending it flying a couple of feet in the air. The chest landed on its side, but the contents didn't spill out.
Cole ran to the next thing he could which were a pile of collapsible buckets that water could be carried in. Right before Cole made it to the pile, but before he could knock it over the strong grasp of Peter's hands came around Cole's stomach and pulled him away from the pile.
"Cole! Calm down!" Peter said as he fought Cole's struggling body.
Tears now started to flow down Cole's cheeks as he continued to flail his body about, trying to get out of Peter's grasp.
"Stop fighting me Cole." Peter grunted as he re-adjusted his hands.
Cole managed to turn around so now he was facing Peter. Cole brought his fists up and started banging on Peter's chest. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he thought that this would make Peter let go.
Peter let Cole hit his chest; he knew that Cole wasn't hitting hard at all because of the state of mind that he was in.
By this time Daisy, Auggie, Juliette, Kristen, Katie, and Scott had unzipped their tents and pocked their head out and were witnessing what was happening. All of them didn't know what to think.
Cole stopped hitting Peter's chest and just stood there, sobbing. Peter's grip changed to an embracing hug around Cole. The hug was to make Cole feel safe and to make sure that he didn't run, but mostly to make Cole feel safe.
"Cole we all want to help you, but you have to trust us." Peter soothed.
After about five minutes, Cole calmed down. Peter led him back into the tent and watched Cole get comfortable in his sleeping bag. Peter watched to make sure that Cole fell asleep peacefully.
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Juliette, Auggie, Kristen, Katie, Daisy, and Scott all looked at each other wondering if Cole was really okay. They all went back into their tents and as they fell asleep, they all tried to think about what Cole was going through.
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Sorry for the long wait, once again. I now have a semi-flow of ideas, so I should be updating more soon. Please review!