Scott's World-Ch. 8
Horizon was winding down for the day. All activites were done for the day and it was pretty much free time for the students. Some kids got a game of basketball together while others found other leisurely activities like frizbee and football. The group of cliffhangers were just hanging out in the center of campus killing time until the arrival of Scott.
Peter came out of his office and spotted his favorite group of students looking bored and anxious. He immediately knew what they were doing. Wasting time until Roger's car drove up the long and winding mountain road. He couldn't let them see Scott in the condition he was in. They would be devastated and confused with way to many questions to answer. He would have to call a group together to try and explain.
"Alright cliffhangers, I need you to all meet in the main lodge to hold group." Peter announced.
Almost in unison they all said, "Now, we're waiting for Scott to get here."
"Can't we wait until he gets here so he can be apart of group again?" Shelby asked.
"Actually, this has to do with Scott and it needs to be done before . . . ."
Peter never got to finish his sentence because Roger's car was barreling like a bat out of hell up the road.
All excited cliffhangers ran to meet the car. Peter panicked and followed in haste yelling for Sofie. "EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM THE CAR," Peter screamed.
Everyone froze like time just stood still. There eyes became large in awe and their mouths dropped open with disbelief. Roger, Peter and Sofie were all gathered around Scott pulling him up and helping him walk to Peter's home. He was like a huge celebrity being guarded by bodyguards only this celebrity looked like a zombie. They ushered Scott through the crowd as the group was shoved aside and left wondering what had happened to their bold and fierce leader.
"That's Scott who everyone was ranting and raving about?" Natalie asked.
All eyes turned to her and said "shut up."
Shelby looked confused and said "something is wrong, something is definitely wrong."
"Oh my God, did you see how he looked? I don't understand," Jules was divistated.
"What, are we blind princess?, of course we all saw how he looked."
"Step off Shelby, she's just concerned like the rest of us. Nobody here knows what happened but I'm sure Peter will tell us soon." Auggie was getting aggravated.
"Well what are we suppose to do now, stand around and ponder the possibilities?" Daisy questioned.
"Why don't you pull out your tarot cards and give us an answer oh wise one," David said sarcastically.
"Listen bone head, the cards predict the future not the past and if I did get a reading from the cards than I'm sure they would tell me that your brain is about the size of a peanut."
"Yeah but peanuts are loaded with so much protein." Daisy just rolled her eyes at him.
Kat, being the mature individual that she is, suggested that they all go into the lodge and conduct their own little group.
Scott vaguely remembers being brought into Peter's home. His teeth chattered and his chest ached and his hair lay cold and wet across his forehead, at his neck, all around his head. He woke himself up, coughing, then drifted off again. He heard someone come into the room. Scott tried to sit up, but he didn't want to raise his head from the pillow, because then he would feel dizzy, and when he felt dizzy he felt sick.
"Scott, its Peter. I have Dr. Marshall here and she is going to examine you ok?"
"No leave me alone, I don't feel so good." Scott complained.
Dr. Marshall took over to conduct her examination. "I'm sure you don't. You don't look too good either. When was the last time you had any food or drink?"
Scott didn't answer. He just rolled over and groaned. The Dr. listened to his heart, took his pulse and read his blood pressure. "The blood pressure is a little on the high side for his age" she said. "He's suffering from dehydration and he's a little under nourished. She pushed and probed his body to determine the extinct of his injuries. "He has some bruising on his arms and torso but nothing that should require an ex-ray. It appears that he was in a fight because most of the blows came at the face. I should probably close the cut above the eye with a few stitches. The rest will heal in time. I do see track marks on the arm." Dr. Marshall continued to give her diagnoses to Peter.
She rolled Scott over and tried to get his attention. "Scott. Scott. I need you to talk to me. I need to know if you were sharing needles?"
"Leave me alone, I don't know," Scott really just wanted to crawl in a hole and die. He never realized that every joint in his body could arch so bad. He kept rubbing his arms because they ached and itched from the needle punctures.
"Scott, it's important that I know this. How sterile were the needles you were using? Was there anyone else involved?"
"Yeah, I can't remember her name. Amy , I think it was Amy. She took care of me."
"Did you and Amy have sex?"
Scott just stared straight ahead and didn't say anything.
"Did you use any protection?"
Scott just turned his head and looked away this time.
"Ok, I think we need to get an H.I.V. test run and start him on some vitamins. We need to start getting some food and liquids down him and start giving him some protein drinks to start building up the muscle he has lost. You'll go through a couple of days of hell while his body starts to detoxify itself. Once he gets over the craving for the drug than we should start building his immune system back up. A lot of healthy food and exercise to get the body and mind strong again. I'll give him a couple of stitches and then he's all yours. I'll draw some blood and run it into town for lab work."
It took all three, Sofie, Roger and Peter to hold Scott down while Dr. Marshall put the stitches over his busted eye. He fought and struggled so much that when she was finished, Scott fell fast asleep from exhaustion.
After Dr. Marshall left, the three staff members collapsed into the living room. "I just can't seem to wrap my head around this whole situation," Peter said. "I told Mr. Barringer that Scott wasn't ready to leave. He had accomplished so much and now he seems to have lost even more ground than when he first arrived."
Sofie shook her head and said "who is going to explain this to the cliffhangers?"
Roger suddenly got up and said, "Boy I'm beat with all that driving and fighting to maintain Scott. I think I'll turn in early tonight." With that said, he was gone.
Sofie and Peter just started at each other wondering who would be the brave soul to volunteer.
"Alright I'll go" she said. "I really don't know that much about the situation but I'll give it my best shot."
"Sofie, neither one of us knows about the situation. The only one that does is Scott and he not talking right now. I'll go if you want me to but than you need to stay here and watch over him."
Sofie looked into the room and saw Scott tossing and turning. She decided she'd be safer with the cliffhanger questions.
She came over to Peter and gave him a little kiss on his lips and said "I hope you don't loose to much sleep. I'll see you in the morning."
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The cliffhangers were assembled in the lodge when Sofie arrived. They'd gone over every scenario that they could think of. When they saw Sofie come in they all started talking at once bombarding her with questions.
"Alright everyone settle down" she pulled up a chair to join them in their circle. She took a deep breath and tried to think about what she would say.
"As you all know, except for Natalie, that Scott was forced to leave here several weeks ago. Peter and I don't really know what happened after that. All I know is that Peter got a call from Mr. Barringer late last night saying that things weren't working out for Scott and asked if he could come back. Peter sent Roger over to pick him up not knowing what to expect. Evidently Mr. Barringer failed to feel us in on some major details. Scott is in no condition to give us any information right now."
"But what about the bruises? How come he looked so sick. Shit it looked like he was a walking corpse. How can nobody not know anything?" Shelby was getting angry at how vague Sofie was being. "You're hiding something from us."
They all agreed. "yeah, you've never lied to us before." Ezra exclaimed.
"No I've never lied and neither has anyone else who works here. I'm not lying when I say that we don't know the whole story behind Scott's condition. We have to wait until Scott is ready to tell us what happened. Dr. Marshall examined him and reported to there is no serious damage from the beating. Scott will heal in time."
"I'm not stupid, there is more than just a beating involved here. I saw how pale his face was and how he could hardly stand by himself. If all he had was some bruises than why was he taken to Peter's cabin?" Shelby was really trying to get to the bottom line here.
"That's true Shelby, there is a little more than just the bruises. There is the matter of drug usage."
Shelby's heart sank. "Ok, he was a drug user when he first came here. He wasn't sent to Peter's cabin than so why now?" She was praying that she wouldn't hear what she couldn't handle.
"Well it's different this time. Scott became a heroin addict and he's going through withdraws."
Shelby's heart exploded. She bolted and ran out of the room. That was the one fear that she couldn't handle. She'd seen her best friend dye of an heroin overdose and couldn't understand how anyone could be so stupid in consuming such a powerful drug. The worse she'd done is smoke a little joint here and there but never anything so deadly. She could not comprehend this and wondered if her feelings for Scott could ever be the same.
To be continued.
Horizon was winding down for the day. All activites were done for the day and it was pretty much free time for the students. Some kids got a game of basketball together while others found other leisurely activities like frizbee and football. The group of cliffhangers were just hanging out in the center of campus killing time until the arrival of Scott.
Peter came out of his office and spotted his favorite group of students looking bored and anxious. He immediately knew what they were doing. Wasting time until Roger's car drove up the long and winding mountain road. He couldn't let them see Scott in the condition he was in. They would be devastated and confused with way to many questions to answer. He would have to call a group together to try and explain.
"Alright cliffhangers, I need you to all meet in the main lodge to hold group." Peter announced.
Almost in unison they all said, "Now, we're waiting for Scott to get here."
"Can't we wait until he gets here so he can be apart of group again?" Shelby asked.
"Actually, this has to do with Scott and it needs to be done before . . . ."
Peter never got to finish his sentence because Roger's car was barreling like a bat out of hell up the road.
All excited cliffhangers ran to meet the car. Peter panicked and followed in haste yelling for Sofie. "EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM THE CAR," Peter screamed.
Everyone froze like time just stood still. There eyes became large in awe and their mouths dropped open with disbelief. Roger, Peter and Sofie were all gathered around Scott pulling him up and helping him walk to Peter's home. He was like a huge celebrity being guarded by bodyguards only this celebrity looked like a zombie. They ushered Scott through the crowd as the group was shoved aside and left wondering what had happened to their bold and fierce leader.
"That's Scott who everyone was ranting and raving about?" Natalie asked.
All eyes turned to her and said "shut up."
Shelby looked confused and said "something is wrong, something is definitely wrong."
"Oh my God, did you see how he looked? I don't understand," Jules was divistated.
"What, are we blind princess?, of course we all saw how he looked."
"Step off Shelby, she's just concerned like the rest of us. Nobody here knows what happened but I'm sure Peter will tell us soon." Auggie was getting aggravated.
"Well what are we suppose to do now, stand around and ponder the possibilities?" Daisy questioned.
"Why don't you pull out your tarot cards and give us an answer oh wise one," David said sarcastically.
"Listen bone head, the cards predict the future not the past and if I did get a reading from the cards than I'm sure they would tell me that your brain is about the size of a peanut."
"Yeah but peanuts are loaded with so much protein." Daisy just rolled her eyes at him.
Kat, being the mature individual that she is, suggested that they all go into the lodge and conduct their own little group.
Scott vaguely remembers being brought into Peter's home. His teeth chattered and his chest ached and his hair lay cold and wet across his forehead, at his neck, all around his head. He woke himself up, coughing, then drifted off again. He heard someone come into the room. Scott tried to sit up, but he didn't want to raise his head from the pillow, because then he would feel dizzy, and when he felt dizzy he felt sick.
"Scott, its Peter. I have Dr. Marshall here and she is going to examine you ok?"
"No leave me alone, I don't feel so good." Scott complained.
Dr. Marshall took over to conduct her examination. "I'm sure you don't. You don't look too good either. When was the last time you had any food or drink?"
Scott didn't answer. He just rolled over and groaned. The Dr. listened to his heart, took his pulse and read his blood pressure. "The blood pressure is a little on the high side for his age" she said. "He's suffering from dehydration and he's a little under nourished. She pushed and probed his body to determine the extinct of his injuries. "He has some bruising on his arms and torso but nothing that should require an ex-ray. It appears that he was in a fight because most of the blows came at the face. I should probably close the cut above the eye with a few stitches. The rest will heal in time. I do see track marks on the arm." Dr. Marshall continued to give her diagnoses to Peter.
She rolled Scott over and tried to get his attention. "Scott. Scott. I need you to talk to me. I need to know if you were sharing needles?"
"Leave me alone, I don't know," Scott really just wanted to crawl in a hole and die. He never realized that every joint in his body could arch so bad. He kept rubbing his arms because they ached and itched from the needle punctures.
"Scott, it's important that I know this. How sterile were the needles you were using? Was there anyone else involved?"
"Yeah, I can't remember her name. Amy , I think it was Amy. She took care of me."
"Did you and Amy have sex?"
Scott just stared straight ahead and didn't say anything.
"Did you use any protection?"
Scott just turned his head and looked away this time.
"Ok, I think we need to get an H.I.V. test run and start him on some vitamins. We need to start getting some food and liquids down him and start giving him some protein drinks to start building up the muscle he has lost. You'll go through a couple of days of hell while his body starts to detoxify itself. Once he gets over the craving for the drug than we should start building his immune system back up. A lot of healthy food and exercise to get the body and mind strong again. I'll give him a couple of stitches and then he's all yours. I'll draw some blood and run it into town for lab work."
It took all three, Sofie, Roger and Peter to hold Scott down while Dr. Marshall put the stitches over his busted eye. He fought and struggled so much that when she was finished, Scott fell fast asleep from exhaustion.
After Dr. Marshall left, the three staff members collapsed into the living room. "I just can't seem to wrap my head around this whole situation," Peter said. "I told Mr. Barringer that Scott wasn't ready to leave. He had accomplished so much and now he seems to have lost even more ground than when he first arrived."
Sofie shook her head and said "who is going to explain this to the cliffhangers?"
Roger suddenly got up and said, "Boy I'm beat with all that driving and fighting to maintain Scott. I think I'll turn in early tonight." With that said, he was gone.
Sofie and Peter just started at each other wondering who would be the brave soul to volunteer.
"Alright I'll go" she said. "I really don't know that much about the situation but I'll give it my best shot."
"Sofie, neither one of us knows about the situation. The only one that does is Scott and he not talking right now. I'll go if you want me to but than you need to stay here and watch over him."
Sofie looked into the room and saw Scott tossing and turning. She decided she'd be safer with the cliffhanger questions.
She came over to Peter and gave him a little kiss on his lips and said "I hope you don't loose to much sleep. I'll see you in the morning."
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The cliffhangers were assembled in the lodge when Sofie arrived. They'd gone over every scenario that they could think of. When they saw Sofie come in they all started talking at once bombarding her with questions.
"Alright everyone settle down" she pulled up a chair to join them in their circle. She took a deep breath and tried to think about what she would say.
"As you all know, except for Natalie, that Scott was forced to leave here several weeks ago. Peter and I don't really know what happened after that. All I know is that Peter got a call from Mr. Barringer late last night saying that things weren't working out for Scott and asked if he could come back. Peter sent Roger over to pick him up not knowing what to expect. Evidently Mr. Barringer failed to feel us in on some major details. Scott is in no condition to give us any information right now."
"But what about the bruises? How come he looked so sick. Shit it looked like he was a walking corpse. How can nobody not know anything?" Shelby was getting angry at how vague Sofie was being. "You're hiding something from us."
They all agreed. "yeah, you've never lied to us before." Ezra exclaimed.
"No I've never lied and neither has anyone else who works here. I'm not lying when I say that we don't know the whole story behind Scott's condition. We have to wait until Scott is ready to tell us what happened. Dr. Marshall examined him and reported to there is no serious damage from the beating. Scott will heal in time."
"I'm not stupid, there is more than just a beating involved here. I saw how pale his face was and how he could hardly stand by himself. If all he had was some bruises than why was he taken to Peter's cabin?" Shelby was really trying to get to the bottom line here.
"That's true Shelby, there is a little more than just the bruises. There is the matter of drug usage."
Shelby's heart sank. "Ok, he was a drug user when he first came here. He wasn't sent to Peter's cabin than so why now?" She was praying that she wouldn't hear what she couldn't handle.
"Well it's different this time. Scott became a heroin addict and he's going through withdraws."
Shelby's heart exploded. She bolted and ran out of the room. That was the one fear that she couldn't handle. She'd seen her best friend dye of an heroin overdose and couldn't understand how anyone could be so stupid in consuming such a powerful drug. The worse she'd done is smoke a little joint here and there but never anything so deadly. She could not comprehend this and wondered if her feelings for Scott could ever be the same.
To be continued.