Thanks to those who reviewed, I will get the third part of the
NEWCOMER/Recurrent Past series once I am finished with this one. Then I
will do a Cole's life pre-Horizon. Please let me know what you think of
this chapter.
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Cole hadn't quite understood why Peter had suggested to his mom that she should take Cole out of Horizon. He knew that this happened with Juliette before he came here. He forgot how, but it was brought up at breakfast one time a while ago.
"She wants you to stay." Peter told Cole.
Cole was more than surprised. He was sure that his mother was going to take him out of here.
"I-I-I don't know what to say." Cole said, cupping his hands and bringing them up to his mouth and warming them up.
"Well, I wouldn't start your celebration just yet," Peter told him, "your mom gave me permission, to check you daily for new cuts until I feel that you are no longer a danger for yourself-"
"But Peter I already told you-" Cole interrupted, but was stopped by Peter raising his hand to stop Cole.
"And, you will start going coming to my office everyday to start talking about and working through your problems with your dad, on top of participating in group." Peter finished.
There were more conditions, but Peter thought that he would ease Cole into those tomorrow. He knew that there was already going to be an argument.
"Oh come on, I'm fine. Am I still on that stupid 24 hour observation?" Cole asked, getting down from the railing of the gazebo so he could focus more on this conversation that was turning into an argument.
"So fine is when you start hurting yourself, or turning to drugs and alcohol to take care of your problems?" Peter asked Cole.
"I already told you I haven't cut myself in a while." Cole argued.
"That may be the case, but how am I to know that something won't happen to you that will cause you to start back up again?" Peter asked Cole.
"Whatever," Cole bitterly replied, bringing his hands up to his mouth so he could warm them again, "Oh, and by the way the reason my mom wants me to stay isn't cuz she wants me to continue to get better, it's cuz she doesn't want me getting in the way if I am taken out of here."
Cole started to walk away, as he started to leave, Peter didn't move out of the way, so Cole bumped shoulders with him.
"Hey, check that attitude right now," Peter instructed Cole.
Cole turned around and acknowledged by saying, "Yeah yeah."
"Where are you going, lights out in 10." Peter reminded Cole.
"Where do you think I'm going to cut myself? I'm going to my dorm to get ready for bed." Cole said with a tough attitude.
"Not the best thing to be saying for someone who wants me to trust them," Peter told Cole, now sick with the attitude he was receiving, "You just got yourself wood chopping for 2 weeks, I told you to loose the attitude."
Cole just rolled his eyes and continued walking he called over his shoulder and said, "I guess your going to follow me to my dorm?" not expecting an answer.
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The two of them reached the dorm Cole walked in and Peter followed. Cole headed towards the bathroom, because everyone was already in bed reading or doing homework. Peter called out for Ezra. Ezra walked over to Peter and the two of them stepped outside.
"What's up Peter?" Ezra asked, shivering from the cold night air.
"Can you stay up a little late to make sure that Cole doesn't try to sneak out or do something to himself?" Peter asked, "He doesn't have anything in the dorm that he can use to cut himself, Jeff and I searched earlier today. That is why we aren't making him stay in the lodge."
"Sure, I can do that. Anything else?" Ezra asked eager to get out of the cold night air.
"No, that's all. But, try not to let him know that you are keeping an eye on him." Peter asked as Ezra started to go back inside the dorm.
Ezra waved his acknowledgment to Peter then shut the door.
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Cole came out of the bathroom as Ezra was coming back in. Cole had changed into his sweats that he normally slept in.
"What was that about Ez?" Auggie asked, looking up from his homework.
Cole had wondered the same thing, so he paid attention to what Ezra was going to say.
"Oh Peter just told me that my mom had called while we were on the hike and wants me to call her tomorrow." Ezra lied, hoping everyone would buy it.
"Awwww...mommy dearest checking up on her baby?" David asked in a mocking tone.
No one including, Ezra acknowledged David's comment. They had all learned that ignoring David usually shut him up quick. But at times, it proved hard to ignore David sometimes.
The guys continued to get ready for bed when David obnoxiously asked, "Hey Cole, what is your tattoo of?" remembering group.
The guys all turned and looked at Cole, for they all wanted to know what Cole's tattoo was of too. Cole couldn't believe how much everyone was interested in his tattoo.
'I bet that Auggie didn't get this much attention when people knew he had a tat. But then again it is on his arm where everyone can see.'
Cole sighed then started to explain, "Well back home, me and my friends had a competition that we would take part in whenever we all were together. Now that I look back on it, it could have killed anyone of us," Cole paused remembering his past and got into his bed and slipped underneath the covers and continued his story, "We would always see who could drink the most shots at one time."
Auggie had put aside his homework and Ezra put down his book; everyone was now in bed, all listening to Cole's story.
"I was the reigning champ seventeen times in row." Cole felt kind of odd baring his past stories to everyone, "so to make a long story short. I musta been too stoned or too wasted, but I got talked into going to get a tattoo."
"So what is it?" Scott asked looking at Cole with his hands behind his head, getting relaxed.
"It is a design that is in between my shoulder blades." Cole explained as he also got comfortable in bed.
David let out a short laugh and said, "That's it?"
"Yeah, I guess it is." Cole said in a voice telling David, and all the guys that he didn't care what they thought of him. "Sorry it's not the big thing you expected." He told David sarcastically.
"Can we see it?" Ezra asked politely, not knowing if Cole was willing to show them.
Cole shrugged his shoulders, he lifted up the front of his shirt, and the back slowly rised. Cole pulled his shirt forward so his shoulder blades were exposed.
"Cool." Ezra said trying to be nice
"I guess." Cole replied as he laid down and shut off his light.
Everyone else shut their lights off and all got settled in their beds.
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Ezra kept an eye on Cole like Peter had asked. It had been about a half an hour and Ezra was becoming tired, he told himself that he was going to give it another fifteen minutes then go to sleep. Cole hadn't moved for twenty minutes and Ezra wanted to make sure that he was really asleep.
There was a rustle in one of the beds and Ezra turned to look to see who it was. He had to squint to make out who it was. It was Scott, 'must be time to meet Shelby' Ezra thought.
Scott slipped into something warm, grabbed his coat, and headed out the door towards the docks to meet Shelby.
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There was a bustle in the trees and Shelby looked up and said "Hey cowboy, bout' time."
"Sorry, we all found out about the history of Cole's tattoo. Plus David was tossing and turning and I had to make sure that he wasn't awake and was going to rat us out." Scott informed.
"Oh so enlighten me." Shelby said.
The two of them talked for awhile, and then did what the two of them liked to do best. Scott brought his hand up to Shelby's cheek, brushed the strands of hair from her face, and leaned in for a kiss. The first one was short and sweet, but the ones that followed were longer and better
Scott glanced at his watch and realized that he and Shelby had been on the docks, talking and kissing for two hours.
"What's wrong?" Shelby asked, concerned that Scott stopped kissing her to look at his watch.
"As much as I hate to, I have to go now." Scott said as he stood up to leave.
"Why? What's wrong?" Shelby asked, hurt that he was ending their time together.
"You know that I would love nothing more than to spend all night here on the docks, especially with you. But I have kitchens in a couple of hours and if Peter or Sophie notices me tired, they'll know that I been out past lights out." Scott explained.
"Fine." Shelby sighed, "But one last thing." She stood up.
"Yeah?" Scott asked.
She grabbed him by the collar and pulled him in for one last, deep, passionate kiss of the night. She pulled away and smirked, then headed off towards the dorms, leaving Scott there with that wonderful feeling.
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Shelby quietly crept back into the girl's dorm hoping not to wake anyone, but she didn't succeed in that.
"Have fun?" Katie asked tiredly.
"Yeah yeah, hush and go back to bed." Shelby instructed.
She slipped back into her pajamas and got back into bed quickly drifted back to sleep.
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Scott walked back into the boy's dorm, not knowing if anyone knew that he was gone.
He slipped of his coat and his shoes as quietly as he could but stopped when he heard the whisper of a voice.
"You know, one of these times, I'm gonna sell you out, just to see what the consequences are."
Scott looked around to see Cole; he could make out a faint smile so he didn't think anything of it. He also got back into bed and quickly fell back asleep, dreading his kitchens duties that were soon to come.
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Hope you enjoyed the Scott and Shelby bit in their, I am trying to add more of the Cliffhangers. Please review.
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Cole hadn't quite understood why Peter had suggested to his mom that she should take Cole out of Horizon. He knew that this happened with Juliette before he came here. He forgot how, but it was brought up at breakfast one time a while ago.
"She wants you to stay." Peter told Cole.
Cole was more than surprised. He was sure that his mother was going to take him out of here.
"I-I-I don't know what to say." Cole said, cupping his hands and bringing them up to his mouth and warming them up.
"Well, I wouldn't start your celebration just yet," Peter told him, "your mom gave me permission, to check you daily for new cuts until I feel that you are no longer a danger for yourself-"
"But Peter I already told you-" Cole interrupted, but was stopped by Peter raising his hand to stop Cole.
"And, you will start going coming to my office everyday to start talking about and working through your problems with your dad, on top of participating in group." Peter finished.
There were more conditions, but Peter thought that he would ease Cole into those tomorrow. He knew that there was already going to be an argument.
"Oh come on, I'm fine. Am I still on that stupid 24 hour observation?" Cole asked, getting down from the railing of the gazebo so he could focus more on this conversation that was turning into an argument.
"So fine is when you start hurting yourself, or turning to drugs and alcohol to take care of your problems?" Peter asked Cole.
"I already told you I haven't cut myself in a while." Cole argued.
"That may be the case, but how am I to know that something won't happen to you that will cause you to start back up again?" Peter asked Cole.
"Whatever," Cole bitterly replied, bringing his hands up to his mouth so he could warm them again, "Oh, and by the way the reason my mom wants me to stay isn't cuz she wants me to continue to get better, it's cuz she doesn't want me getting in the way if I am taken out of here."
Cole started to walk away, as he started to leave, Peter didn't move out of the way, so Cole bumped shoulders with him.
"Hey, check that attitude right now," Peter instructed Cole.
Cole turned around and acknowledged by saying, "Yeah yeah."
"Where are you going, lights out in 10." Peter reminded Cole.
"Where do you think I'm going to cut myself? I'm going to my dorm to get ready for bed." Cole said with a tough attitude.
"Not the best thing to be saying for someone who wants me to trust them," Peter told Cole, now sick with the attitude he was receiving, "You just got yourself wood chopping for 2 weeks, I told you to loose the attitude."
Cole just rolled his eyes and continued walking he called over his shoulder and said, "I guess your going to follow me to my dorm?" not expecting an answer.
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The two of them reached the dorm Cole walked in and Peter followed. Cole headed towards the bathroom, because everyone was already in bed reading or doing homework. Peter called out for Ezra. Ezra walked over to Peter and the two of them stepped outside.
"What's up Peter?" Ezra asked, shivering from the cold night air.
"Can you stay up a little late to make sure that Cole doesn't try to sneak out or do something to himself?" Peter asked, "He doesn't have anything in the dorm that he can use to cut himself, Jeff and I searched earlier today. That is why we aren't making him stay in the lodge."
"Sure, I can do that. Anything else?" Ezra asked eager to get out of the cold night air.
"No, that's all. But, try not to let him know that you are keeping an eye on him." Peter asked as Ezra started to go back inside the dorm.
Ezra waved his acknowledgment to Peter then shut the door.
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Cole came out of the bathroom as Ezra was coming back in. Cole had changed into his sweats that he normally slept in.
"What was that about Ez?" Auggie asked, looking up from his homework.
Cole had wondered the same thing, so he paid attention to what Ezra was going to say.
"Oh Peter just told me that my mom had called while we were on the hike and wants me to call her tomorrow." Ezra lied, hoping everyone would buy it.
"Awwww...mommy dearest checking up on her baby?" David asked in a mocking tone.
No one including, Ezra acknowledged David's comment. They had all learned that ignoring David usually shut him up quick. But at times, it proved hard to ignore David sometimes.
The guys continued to get ready for bed when David obnoxiously asked, "Hey Cole, what is your tattoo of?" remembering group.
The guys all turned and looked at Cole, for they all wanted to know what Cole's tattoo was of too. Cole couldn't believe how much everyone was interested in his tattoo.
'I bet that Auggie didn't get this much attention when people knew he had a tat. But then again it is on his arm where everyone can see.'
Cole sighed then started to explain, "Well back home, me and my friends had a competition that we would take part in whenever we all were together. Now that I look back on it, it could have killed anyone of us," Cole paused remembering his past and got into his bed and slipped underneath the covers and continued his story, "We would always see who could drink the most shots at one time."
Auggie had put aside his homework and Ezra put down his book; everyone was now in bed, all listening to Cole's story.
"I was the reigning champ seventeen times in row." Cole felt kind of odd baring his past stories to everyone, "so to make a long story short. I musta been too stoned or too wasted, but I got talked into going to get a tattoo."
"So what is it?" Scott asked looking at Cole with his hands behind his head, getting relaxed.
"It is a design that is in between my shoulder blades." Cole explained as he also got comfortable in bed.
David let out a short laugh and said, "That's it?"
"Yeah, I guess it is." Cole said in a voice telling David, and all the guys that he didn't care what they thought of him. "Sorry it's not the big thing you expected." He told David sarcastically.
"Can we see it?" Ezra asked politely, not knowing if Cole was willing to show them.
Cole shrugged his shoulders, he lifted up the front of his shirt, and the back slowly rised. Cole pulled his shirt forward so his shoulder blades were exposed.
"Cool." Ezra said trying to be nice
"I guess." Cole replied as he laid down and shut off his light.
Everyone else shut their lights off and all got settled in their beds.
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Ezra kept an eye on Cole like Peter had asked. It had been about a half an hour and Ezra was becoming tired, he told himself that he was going to give it another fifteen minutes then go to sleep. Cole hadn't moved for twenty minutes and Ezra wanted to make sure that he was really asleep.
There was a rustle in one of the beds and Ezra turned to look to see who it was. He had to squint to make out who it was. It was Scott, 'must be time to meet Shelby' Ezra thought.
Scott slipped into something warm, grabbed his coat, and headed out the door towards the docks to meet Shelby.
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There was a bustle in the trees and Shelby looked up and said "Hey cowboy, bout' time."
"Sorry, we all found out about the history of Cole's tattoo. Plus David was tossing and turning and I had to make sure that he wasn't awake and was going to rat us out." Scott informed.
"Oh so enlighten me." Shelby said.
The two of them talked for awhile, and then did what the two of them liked to do best. Scott brought his hand up to Shelby's cheek, brushed the strands of hair from her face, and leaned in for a kiss. The first one was short and sweet, but the ones that followed were longer and better
Scott glanced at his watch and realized that he and Shelby had been on the docks, talking and kissing for two hours.
"What's wrong?" Shelby asked, concerned that Scott stopped kissing her to look at his watch.
"As much as I hate to, I have to go now." Scott said as he stood up to leave.
"Why? What's wrong?" Shelby asked, hurt that he was ending their time together.
"You know that I would love nothing more than to spend all night here on the docks, especially with you. But I have kitchens in a couple of hours and if Peter or Sophie notices me tired, they'll know that I been out past lights out." Scott explained.
"Fine." Shelby sighed, "But one last thing." She stood up.
"Yeah?" Scott asked.
She grabbed him by the collar and pulled him in for one last, deep, passionate kiss of the night. She pulled away and smirked, then headed off towards the dorms, leaving Scott there with that wonderful feeling.
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Shelby quietly crept back into the girl's dorm hoping not to wake anyone, but she didn't succeed in that.
"Have fun?" Katie asked tiredly.
"Yeah yeah, hush and go back to bed." Shelby instructed.
She slipped back into her pajamas and got back into bed quickly drifted back to sleep.
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Scott walked back into the boy's dorm, not knowing if anyone knew that he was gone.
He slipped of his coat and his shoes as quietly as he could but stopped when he heard the whisper of a voice.
"You know, one of these times, I'm gonna sell you out, just to see what the consequences are."
Scott looked around to see Cole; he could make out a faint smile so he didn't think anything of it. He also got back into bed and quickly fell back asleep, dreading his kitchens duties that were soon to come.
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Hope you enjoyed the Scott and Shelby bit in their, I am trying to add more of the Cliffhangers. Please review.