SCOTT'S WORLD CH.6
Horizon
Not much has changed in the last several weeks since Scott was hijacked out of Horizon against his will. Shelby was trying to put up an "I'm ok" front but wasn't to convincing. She did get some restriction time and added work duty to her day for her little rampage through the kitchen. It actually helped pass the time away instead of dwelling on her loneliness.
Peter and Sofie were running things as usual. There were always going to be dumps in the road at Horizon but this was there job. It was up to them to smooth out the rough spots and help the kids get around the obstacles of life. Today would be different because of a new student that was arriving today.
Peter was in his office going over her file. Natalie Foreman age 16. Mother killed in a car accident one and a half years ago. Close relationship to Father until he remarried 9 months ago. Became hard to handle after that. "How hard to handle," Peter thought. This file doesn't really give me much to go on. There was a knock on his office door.
"Come in," Peter said. In walked a nice looking family. Handsome Father, elegant stepmother and cute looking daughter. She was slender, medium height, long brown hair and big brown eyes. This was the picture of a healthy looking family but Peter knew that looks could be deceiving.
"Hi, I'm Edward Foreman, this is my wife Monica, and my daughter Natalie." They all shook hands but Natalie never said anything or even looked Peter in the eyes.
"Well I'm glad to meet you all. Horizon is a great school and we work real hard in bringing out the best qualities in our students. Natalie is there anything you want to say to your parents before they leave? I'm going to turn you over to one of our staff member for an orientation."
"Parent not parents" she corrected him. Peter made a mental note-doesn't like stepmother.
"OK, Anything you'd like to say?"
"No, I've already said everything I need to say to my Father and he knows how I feel. It obviously didn't make a difference because I was still brought here." She turned on her heels and walked out with Sofie Becker who had just come in to get her.
"She loves to make me feel guilty. She blames all this on me when it was her own fault that she became out of control. Isn't that right Edward?" She continued on without giving him a chance to speak.
"She defiles my authority, she deliberately does things that I ask her not to do and she hangs out with a crowd that parties all the time. I swear she has a drinking problem because she comes home drunk all the time and…"
"She doesn't have a drinking problem and she is not that defiant," Edward was interrupting.
"Oh sweetheart you just don't see it. You are away at work so much and you don't see the way she acts when you aren't around. I'm telling you that she is a problem child and she needs constant supervision that I can't give her that with all the charity guilds that I have to attend. You know that this is the best thing for her right? Admit it Edward." she seemed a little forceful.
"Yes Monica, I guess you are right. This is best. I only want the best for my daughter." Edward seemed to be struggling with this arrangement. He definitely had a close bound with his daughter.
Peter continued to make a mental note of this conversation. He realized that this decision must have been Monica's. She obviously wants Natalie out of the way at home. Probably because the girl didn't fit into her lifestyle.
Peter was walking the Foreman's out to their car when one of the office workers informed him of a phone call that he had. He quickly informed them that Natalie would be taken care of and he'd keep in touch.
He ran into his office and briskly picked up the phone.
"Hello, Peter Scarbrow speaking."
"Mr. Scarbrow, this is Mr. Barringer Scott's father."
"Yes, Mr. Barringer how are you and how is Scott doing?"
There was a long pause and Peter's mind began to shift gears real fast. "Mr. Barringer you sound troubled, how can I help?"
"It's Scott. You were right. Scott was not ready to come home and I let my foolish pride cloud my judgement." He sounded like he might brake down and cry.
"What happened and where's Scott?" Peter became anxious.
"He's here at home but he's gotten himself in trouble with the law and I can't help him any more. I've missed several days of work already and I've got to go out of town on business unless I want to loose my job." Martin thought the less he said the better.
"We'd be more than happy to take him back Mr. Barringer. There's always a place here for him. Do you need assisstance in getting him back here?"
"Yes please, I think Scott has to much hostility built up for me right now."
"Ok, I'll send Roger over since he has been there before. Since it's only a couple of hours drive, than he could be there before night falls. I'll send the necessary paperwork to readmit Scott. Just have his things packed and ready to go.
"Thank you Peter. I hate to admit that I was wrong but in this case I was. Good-bye." He hung up the phone and felt a big weight being lifted off this shoulder.
Well this should add a little spark back into the cliffhanger group Peter thought. He had a go send Roger on his mission and then brake the good news to the group.
Cliffhanger Group session-
They all sat in a circle and introduced themselves to the newbie. David, Auggie and Ezra were all trying hard to keep there hormones in check. They all seemed to be drooling out their mouth as they looked at the new girl. Jules was yippy and all excited about having a new member while Shelby and Daisy couldn't stand the attention she was getting from the guys.
Peter walked in during the session and interrupted.
"I hope everyone here will make our new cliffhanger feel welcome. In with the new and back with the old." Peter said.
Everyone had a confused look on their face when Peter made that last statement.
"I think that Peter has been working to hard or has been sniffing to much white out because isn't the old saying, out with the old and in with the new?" Ezra questioned.
"Right you are Ezra but not in this case. We welcome in Natalie and soon we will welcome back Scott."
The whole room became chaotic. Natalie watched as so much emotion filled the room. Whoever this Scott person is, he must have been someone special. Her next plan of action was to find out about this special someone. He better be more interesting than the three stooges that sat in front of her right now or this was going to be one nightmare of a place to stay.
To be Continued
Horizon
Not much has changed in the last several weeks since Scott was hijacked out of Horizon against his will. Shelby was trying to put up an "I'm ok" front but wasn't to convincing. She did get some restriction time and added work duty to her day for her little rampage through the kitchen. It actually helped pass the time away instead of dwelling on her loneliness.
Peter and Sofie were running things as usual. There were always going to be dumps in the road at Horizon but this was there job. It was up to them to smooth out the rough spots and help the kids get around the obstacles of life. Today would be different because of a new student that was arriving today.
Peter was in his office going over her file. Natalie Foreman age 16. Mother killed in a car accident one and a half years ago. Close relationship to Father until he remarried 9 months ago. Became hard to handle after that. "How hard to handle," Peter thought. This file doesn't really give me much to go on. There was a knock on his office door.
"Come in," Peter said. In walked a nice looking family. Handsome Father, elegant stepmother and cute looking daughter. She was slender, medium height, long brown hair and big brown eyes. This was the picture of a healthy looking family but Peter knew that looks could be deceiving.
"Hi, I'm Edward Foreman, this is my wife Monica, and my daughter Natalie." They all shook hands but Natalie never said anything or even looked Peter in the eyes.
"Well I'm glad to meet you all. Horizon is a great school and we work real hard in bringing out the best qualities in our students. Natalie is there anything you want to say to your parents before they leave? I'm going to turn you over to one of our staff member for an orientation."
"Parent not parents" she corrected him. Peter made a mental note-doesn't like stepmother.
"OK, Anything you'd like to say?"
"No, I've already said everything I need to say to my Father and he knows how I feel. It obviously didn't make a difference because I was still brought here." She turned on her heels and walked out with Sofie Becker who had just come in to get her.
"She loves to make me feel guilty. She blames all this on me when it was her own fault that she became out of control. Isn't that right Edward?" She continued on without giving him a chance to speak.
"She defiles my authority, she deliberately does things that I ask her not to do and she hangs out with a crowd that parties all the time. I swear she has a drinking problem because she comes home drunk all the time and…"
"She doesn't have a drinking problem and she is not that defiant," Edward was interrupting.
"Oh sweetheart you just don't see it. You are away at work so much and you don't see the way she acts when you aren't around. I'm telling you that she is a problem child and she needs constant supervision that I can't give her that with all the charity guilds that I have to attend. You know that this is the best thing for her right? Admit it Edward." she seemed a little forceful.
"Yes Monica, I guess you are right. This is best. I only want the best for my daughter." Edward seemed to be struggling with this arrangement. He definitely had a close bound with his daughter.
Peter continued to make a mental note of this conversation. He realized that this decision must have been Monica's. She obviously wants Natalie out of the way at home. Probably because the girl didn't fit into her lifestyle.
Peter was walking the Foreman's out to their car when one of the office workers informed him of a phone call that he had. He quickly informed them that Natalie would be taken care of and he'd keep in touch.
He ran into his office and briskly picked up the phone.
"Hello, Peter Scarbrow speaking."
"Mr. Scarbrow, this is Mr. Barringer Scott's father."
"Yes, Mr. Barringer how are you and how is Scott doing?"
There was a long pause and Peter's mind began to shift gears real fast. "Mr. Barringer you sound troubled, how can I help?"
"It's Scott. You were right. Scott was not ready to come home and I let my foolish pride cloud my judgement." He sounded like he might brake down and cry.
"What happened and where's Scott?" Peter became anxious.
"He's here at home but he's gotten himself in trouble with the law and I can't help him any more. I've missed several days of work already and I've got to go out of town on business unless I want to loose my job." Martin thought the less he said the better.
"We'd be more than happy to take him back Mr. Barringer. There's always a place here for him. Do you need assisstance in getting him back here?"
"Yes please, I think Scott has to much hostility built up for me right now."
"Ok, I'll send Roger over since he has been there before. Since it's only a couple of hours drive, than he could be there before night falls. I'll send the necessary paperwork to readmit Scott. Just have his things packed and ready to go.
"Thank you Peter. I hate to admit that I was wrong but in this case I was. Good-bye." He hung up the phone and felt a big weight being lifted off this shoulder.
Well this should add a little spark back into the cliffhanger group Peter thought. He had a go send Roger on his mission and then brake the good news to the group.
Cliffhanger Group session-
They all sat in a circle and introduced themselves to the newbie. David, Auggie and Ezra were all trying hard to keep there hormones in check. They all seemed to be drooling out their mouth as they looked at the new girl. Jules was yippy and all excited about having a new member while Shelby and Daisy couldn't stand the attention she was getting from the guys.
Peter walked in during the session and interrupted.
"I hope everyone here will make our new cliffhanger feel welcome. In with the new and back with the old." Peter said.
Everyone had a confused look on their face when Peter made that last statement.
"I think that Peter has been working to hard or has been sniffing to much white out because isn't the old saying, out with the old and in with the new?" Ezra questioned.
"Right you are Ezra but not in this case. We welcome in Natalie and soon we will welcome back Scott."
The whole room became chaotic. Natalie watched as so much emotion filled the room. Whoever this Scott person is, he must have been someone special. Her next plan of action was to find out about this special someone. He better be more interesting than the three stooges that sat in front of her right now or this was going to be one nightmare of a place to stay.
To be Continued