A new Horizon- Chapter 7- Horizon Homecomings
Disclaimer- I don't own any old HG characters (though I so wish I did) But I do own all my new characters. Oh I do own Paul Becker, Sophie's father.
In this chapter- The meeting between Scott, Shelby, Daisy, and Ezra. Also we are introduced to someone from Sophie's past. And it ain't pretty. Also more between Jamie and Jacob.
Sorry this took so long guys. I was on vacation and then I'm trying to write Aiken's story at the same time. That will be up next.
Everyone I want a lot of reviews and not just 3 or 4 please cause I want to know if everyone likes it and what everyone wants to see happen THANKS :)
RUSTY'S
Shelby looked at Daisy. Both of them knew things weren't the same without the guys here. They could be sharing a coke with them right now. But instead their full glasses stood with only one straw in each.
Ezra and Scott came in the door of Rusty's and were met by Ginger.
"He..." Ginger started to say as the guys shushed her.
"Shhhh Ginger. Are the girls here? We want to surprise them?" Scott Explained.
"Oh. Okay. They're in the way back. Near the kitchen. Both of their backs are turned from you so they'll be surprised." Ginger said pointing them in the right direction.
The two started walking the way ginger had pointed. As they got closer their hearts were pounding fast. They approached and could see the heads of their lovers.
"May we sit down." Was the best Ezra could do to surprise the two.
"What?" Shelby said not noticing the guys at first.
"OH MY GOD!!!" was Daisy's initial reaction.
Ezra came and hugged Daisy tightly. It was a hug of two best friends meeting once again.
"I've missed you Ezra." She whispered.
"I've missed you too." He said kissing her on the forehead, he had grown in 6 years and was a head taller than her now. "I brought you a gift." He whispered handing it to her.
Scott and Shelby looked at each other in shock for a while. Then they hugged and kissed for what seamed like an eternity.
"I love you Shelby." Scott said kissing her and handing her the roses. "I always have and always will." Another kiss.
"Me to Scott." She kissed him. "I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you so much too." He said kissing her and running his fingers through her blond hair. She rubbed his blond waves with hers.
Soon they sat down to see what Ezra had gotten Daisy.
"Oh Ez. It's beautiful." Daisy said picking up a picture of her and Ezra on the top of Dogs Peak from her grauation. It was in a frame with aquamarine glass on it (her favorite color).
"I thought you would want a reminder of me, for when you go to Australia and all." He said shyly.
"Thank you." She said giving him a little kiss the lips and then started eating.
HOSPITAL
Peter and Sophie paced the floor in front of Jamie's room. They had lied to her. Saying that her parents had given them temporary guardianship of her. They hadn't. The truth was that they didn't "have the time in their schedule" to come and see her. In other words they didn't care. But that was just her mom and step-dad. Her father was truly away in business.
"I can't believe we had to lie to her Peter." Sophie said.
"But what else are we going to say Soph. Your parent's are to busy to worry about you even though you tried to kill yourself?" Peter said.
"I know. But what if she finds out?" Sophie asked,.
"I told her parents what to say to her." Peter said, his words cut short by the opening of Jamie's door.
Jacob walked out of the room. His cheeks were tear stained also. Sophie came and put her arm around his shoulders.
"Want to talk about it?" she asked.
Peter and Sophie took care of Jacob a lot. He was the youngest of the Cliffhangers and had a hard time with the suicide thing his sister did.
"Yeah." He said numbly to Sophie as he nodded his head.
"Come on. I'll take you back to horizon and we can talk there okay?" she said as she led the boy down the hall.
"Uh huh." He said still numbly.
Peter watched as Sophie tried to guide Jacob down the hall. He was so out of it he could hardly walk. Peter made a mental note to tell the staff to pay extra attention to Jacobs action's at school. He wasn't to sure about what Jacob might do next.
A FEW HOURS LATER:
Peter hung around the hospitol after hours, Sophie had gone home to take care of Anthony and Anne Marie. But Peter would be stuck here with Jamie.
It was times like this, the only time really, when Peter didn't fully love his job. When he had to put his STUDENTS before his FAMILY. When he lost time with his son and daughter to help one of the kids at the school. But he knew the student's neededhim and Sophie, and Horizon. They were the teen's safe haven and Peter would never have the heart to take that feeling of safety away from them, he couldn't. So he stayed.
"Mr. Scarbrow?" a nurse came up asking.
"Yes?" Peter said awakening from his thoughts.
"You have a phone call." She said politely. "You can pick it up at the nurses station."
"Thank you."
Peter got to the phone and it was Sophie.
"Hello?" peter asked.
"Hey sweetie!" Sophie said warmly.
"Oh Hi Sophie." He said to her.
"Anne Marie just wanted to tell you good night." Sophie said.
"Put her on." Peter said cheering up.
"Dada." Anne Marie said into the phone.
"That's right!" Peter said happily. "Goodnight baby, I love you." He said.
Sophie got back on and the two hung up. Peter knew it would be a long night.
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER.
HOLIDAY INN- ROOM 199
Shelby got up. She looked across the room at the other bed that scott was sleeping on (They didn't want to sleep in same beds yet, mainly the whole step-parent thing remember) She watched his bare chest rise and fall. She got up and walked over.
"I love you," she whispered in his ear. He made a happy sleeping sound and snuggled into his blankets some more.
"Shelby." He said dreaming. "I love you too."
Shelby smiled, even in his dreams he thought of her. She went to make some coffee. As she was putting the coffee filter in Scott woke up.
"Hey Shel." He said sleepily.
"Good morning Scott." She said as she went back to sit on his bed.
"Well this is it isn't it? For the meantime I mean. You're going back to your school and I'm going back to mine." He said sadly.
Shelby was saddened to. Over the last 4 days it had been so wonderful having Scott there, his arms wrapped around her, whispering little things in her ear. She hadn't wanted to think of them leaving each other again. But they had to. Both wanted the same thing, to love each other and to be together, but also different things to, Scott with his sports, and Shelby with her law career. They needed to be separated at the moment to get their careers going.
"Scott, I don't want to leave you..." she said .
"But we have to." He finished her thoughts.
He came over and Hugged shelby. And for the first time in a long time she cried with him. It hurt so bad to leave each other again.
MEANWHILE IN THE INN'S DINER
Daisy and Ezra were sitting down for donuts and hot chocolate.
"Promise to write?" she asked him.
"I promise, and you have to e-mail me when you get there." Ezra said in reply.
"Okay." She said taking a sip of her cocoa. "I wish you and Scott could have visited horizon while you were up here." She said "That was the second reason you came up isn't it?"
"Yeah, but Katherine said that one of the students tried to commit suicide and was in pretty bad shape. So we couldn't go. Peter and Sophie wouldn't have had the time." Ezra said with a very strong hint of disappointment.
"It's so much still the same Ez. It's unbelieveable." Daisy said looking at her watch. "Man we need to go. Plane comes in 2 hours and it takes a half hour to get to the airport. Come on." She said as the two got up quickly.
THE AIRPORT
Scott and Ezra kissed the girls goodbye as they headed onto their plane.
"Bye Shelby, Bye Daisy." They both said as they headed to the enterance way.
"Bye guys." They said waving.
The girls started walking again.
"Flight 234 to Syracuse, New York now boarding." The airport announcer said over the speaker.
"That's me." Shelby said as she and Daisy hugged and gave each other a friendly kiss on the cheek.
"Bye." She said. "Don't forget to write, Call me before you go to Auzzie." She said hurrying towards the gate with her ticket.
"I will. Bye Shelby." Daisy said as she started to walk away. It was time for her to leave to.
BACK AT HORIZON
BOY'S CLIFFHANGERS DORM
Jacob looked in the mirror. He had bags under his eyes from not being able to sleep at all in the last almost 5 days. Jamie had never stayed at the hospitol so long before. And Peter and Sophie had said she would be staying for at least another 2 days because her blood levels weren't up high enough yet. He hated it, and being on shuns made it worse.
He didn't want to be alone. He wanted to be with his sister in the hospital. He had to do something. Peter and Sophie and everyone were watching him like a hawk since he had been acting weird since that day. Jacob looked at the razor blade in his hands, he was going to cut himself to.
But Jacob wasn't like his sister. He stared at the blade for what seamed like forever. Imagining what it would feel like when it hit his skin.
"Man how can she do this to herself?" he asked trying once again to gain up enough courage to cut himself.
Jacob was so busy trying to cut himself that he didn't hear Peter walk in and come towards the bathroom.
"Jacob what are you doing?" Peter asked suddenly fearing for the worst.
Jacob stared at him blankly, words still not registering completely in his brain. It was like a drug that took days to get out of your system, ones that affect your brain so it can only carry out basic life functions like breathing and nothing else.
"Jacob, were you trying to cut?" Peter asked taking the razor blade (one that Jacob just gave to him).
"Yeah." He said then shaked his head. "But I couldn't do it."
Peter looked at Jacob's eyes. Tears were forming in them.
"How can she do it Peter? How? Doesn't it hurt." Jacob asked desperate for answers that no one, not even Jamie could give him.
"I don't know Jacob." Peter said. "I just don't know."
"Doesn't anyone know?" Jacob asked.
"Not really Jacob. It's just human nature I guess." Peter said. 'Pain is something that people think theycan control, and maybe that's why Jamie cuts." Peter said.
Jacob didn't say anything just went to lay on his bed.
"I'm going to call Andy to come and watch you Jacob okay?"
"I don't want to be alone." Was Jacobs only reply as he closed his eyes and started crying.
THE NEXT DAY
A car pulled in the circle driveway of Mt. Horizon high School. It was a dark blue neon. A 67-year-old man stepped out of the car. He was leaning in a cane, and on top of his bald head was a black felt hat. His name was Paul Becker.
Sophie and Jamie were sitting in the lodge, Jamie had been aloud to come back sooner than expected because the doctors had been told about Jacobs reaction, and like Peter and Sophie had feared for him. But Jamie's wrists were still covered with gauze to cover the stitches that were there.
"Sophie," Rylan said coming back with Anne Marie, the two had gone to get a snack.
"Someone's here to see you."
"Who, Where?" Sophie asked curiously.
"He didn't give me his name, but he's right over there." Rylan said pointing towards the staircase to a man taking of a hat.
"Oh my God." Sophie said in a voice that wasn't fully recognized by either of the girls. 'It's....It's my father." She said taking Anne Marie.
There were no happy little running towards each other scene with out stretched arms. Sophie just turned and walked out of the room
TO BE CONTINUED...
In the next chapter: Why is Sophie so cold to her father, Jeff gets hurt on a quest and guess who comes to the rescue.
Also coming soon: Aiken's story. What happened to Aiken before Horizon? Why is he so mad at his father? What did the letter say? All these answers revealed.
Disclaimer- I don't own any old HG characters (though I so wish I did) But I do own all my new characters. Oh I do own Paul Becker, Sophie's father.
In this chapter- The meeting between Scott, Shelby, Daisy, and Ezra. Also we are introduced to someone from Sophie's past. And it ain't pretty. Also more between Jamie and Jacob.
Sorry this took so long guys. I was on vacation and then I'm trying to write Aiken's story at the same time. That will be up next.
Everyone I want a lot of reviews and not just 3 or 4 please cause I want to know if everyone likes it and what everyone wants to see happen THANKS :)
RUSTY'S
Shelby looked at Daisy. Both of them knew things weren't the same without the guys here. They could be sharing a coke with them right now. But instead their full glasses stood with only one straw in each.
Ezra and Scott came in the door of Rusty's and were met by Ginger.
"He..." Ginger started to say as the guys shushed her.
"Shhhh Ginger. Are the girls here? We want to surprise them?" Scott Explained.
"Oh. Okay. They're in the way back. Near the kitchen. Both of their backs are turned from you so they'll be surprised." Ginger said pointing them in the right direction.
The two started walking the way ginger had pointed. As they got closer their hearts were pounding fast. They approached and could see the heads of their lovers.
"May we sit down." Was the best Ezra could do to surprise the two.
"What?" Shelby said not noticing the guys at first.
"OH MY GOD!!!" was Daisy's initial reaction.
Ezra came and hugged Daisy tightly. It was a hug of two best friends meeting once again.
"I've missed you Ezra." She whispered.
"I've missed you too." He said kissing her on the forehead, he had grown in 6 years and was a head taller than her now. "I brought you a gift." He whispered handing it to her.
Scott and Shelby looked at each other in shock for a while. Then they hugged and kissed for what seamed like an eternity.
"I love you Shelby." Scott said kissing her and handing her the roses. "I always have and always will." Another kiss.
"Me to Scott." She kissed him. "I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you so much too." He said kissing her and running his fingers through her blond hair. She rubbed his blond waves with hers.
Soon they sat down to see what Ezra had gotten Daisy.
"Oh Ez. It's beautiful." Daisy said picking up a picture of her and Ezra on the top of Dogs Peak from her grauation. It was in a frame with aquamarine glass on it (her favorite color).
"I thought you would want a reminder of me, for when you go to Australia and all." He said shyly.
"Thank you." She said giving him a little kiss the lips and then started eating.
HOSPITAL
Peter and Sophie paced the floor in front of Jamie's room. They had lied to her. Saying that her parents had given them temporary guardianship of her. They hadn't. The truth was that they didn't "have the time in their schedule" to come and see her. In other words they didn't care. But that was just her mom and step-dad. Her father was truly away in business.
"I can't believe we had to lie to her Peter." Sophie said.
"But what else are we going to say Soph. Your parent's are to busy to worry about you even though you tried to kill yourself?" Peter said.
"I know. But what if she finds out?" Sophie asked,.
"I told her parents what to say to her." Peter said, his words cut short by the opening of Jamie's door.
Jacob walked out of the room. His cheeks were tear stained also. Sophie came and put her arm around his shoulders.
"Want to talk about it?" she asked.
Peter and Sophie took care of Jacob a lot. He was the youngest of the Cliffhangers and had a hard time with the suicide thing his sister did.
"Yeah." He said numbly to Sophie as he nodded his head.
"Come on. I'll take you back to horizon and we can talk there okay?" she said as she led the boy down the hall.
"Uh huh." He said still numbly.
Peter watched as Sophie tried to guide Jacob down the hall. He was so out of it he could hardly walk. Peter made a mental note to tell the staff to pay extra attention to Jacobs action's at school. He wasn't to sure about what Jacob might do next.
A FEW HOURS LATER:
Peter hung around the hospitol after hours, Sophie had gone home to take care of Anthony and Anne Marie. But Peter would be stuck here with Jamie.
It was times like this, the only time really, when Peter didn't fully love his job. When he had to put his STUDENTS before his FAMILY. When he lost time with his son and daughter to help one of the kids at the school. But he knew the student's neededhim and Sophie, and Horizon. They were the teen's safe haven and Peter would never have the heart to take that feeling of safety away from them, he couldn't. So he stayed.
"Mr. Scarbrow?" a nurse came up asking.
"Yes?" Peter said awakening from his thoughts.
"You have a phone call." She said politely. "You can pick it up at the nurses station."
"Thank you."
Peter got to the phone and it was Sophie.
"Hello?" peter asked.
"Hey sweetie!" Sophie said warmly.
"Oh Hi Sophie." He said to her.
"Anne Marie just wanted to tell you good night." Sophie said.
"Put her on." Peter said cheering up.
"Dada." Anne Marie said into the phone.
"That's right!" Peter said happily. "Goodnight baby, I love you." He said.
Sophie got back on and the two hung up. Peter knew it would be a long night.
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER.
HOLIDAY INN- ROOM 199
Shelby got up. She looked across the room at the other bed that scott was sleeping on (They didn't want to sleep in same beds yet, mainly the whole step-parent thing remember) She watched his bare chest rise and fall. She got up and walked over.
"I love you," she whispered in his ear. He made a happy sleeping sound and snuggled into his blankets some more.
"Shelby." He said dreaming. "I love you too."
Shelby smiled, even in his dreams he thought of her. She went to make some coffee. As she was putting the coffee filter in Scott woke up.
"Hey Shel." He said sleepily.
"Good morning Scott." She said as she went back to sit on his bed.
"Well this is it isn't it? For the meantime I mean. You're going back to your school and I'm going back to mine." He said sadly.
Shelby was saddened to. Over the last 4 days it had been so wonderful having Scott there, his arms wrapped around her, whispering little things in her ear. She hadn't wanted to think of them leaving each other again. But they had to. Both wanted the same thing, to love each other and to be together, but also different things to, Scott with his sports, and Shelby with her law career. They needed to be separated at the moment to get their careers going.
"Scott, I don't want to leave you..." she said .
"But we have to." He finished her thoughts.
He came over and Hugged shelby. And for the first time in a long time she cried with him. It hurt so bad to leave each other again.
MEANWHILE IN THE INN'S DINER
Daisy and Ezra were sitting down for donuts and hot chocolate.
"Promise to write?" she asked him.
"I promise, and you have to e-mail me when you get there." Ezra said in reply.
"Okay." She said taking a sip of her cocoa. "I wish you and Scott could have visited horizon while you were up here." She said "That was the second reason you came up isn't it?"
"Yeah, but Katherine said that one of the students tried to commit suicide and was in pretty bad shape. So we couldn't go. Peter and Sophie wouldn't have had the time." Ezra said with a very strong hint of disappointment.
"It's so much still the same Ez. It's unbelieveable." Daisy said looking at her watch. "Man we need to go. Plane comes in 2 hours and it takes a half hour to get to the airport. Come on." She said as the two got up quickly.
THE AIRPORT
Scott and Ezra kissed the girls goodbye as they headed onto their plane.
"Bye Shelby, Bye Daisy." They both said as they headed to the enterance way.
"Bye guys." They said waving.
The girls started walking again.
"Flight 234 to Syracuse, New York now boarding." The airport announcer said over the speaker.
"That's me." Shelby said as she and Daisy hugged and gave each other a friendly kiss on the cheek.
"Bye." She said. "Don't forget to write, Call me before you go to Auzzie." She said hurrying towards the gate with her ticket.
"I will. Bye Shelby." Daisy said as she started to walk away. It was time for her to leave to.
BACK AT HORIZON
BOY'S CLIFFHANGERS DORM
Jacob looked in the mirror. He had bags under his eyes from not being able to sleep at all in the last almost 5 days. Jamie had never stayed at the hospitol so long before. And Peter and Sophie had said she would be staying for at least another 2 days because her blood levels weren't up high enough yet. He hated it, and being on shuns made it worse.
He didn't want to be alone. He wanted to be with his sister in the hospital. He had to do something. Peter and Sophie and everyone were watching him like a hawk since he had been acting weird since that day. Jacob looked at the razor blade in his hands, he was going to cut himself to.
But Jacob wasn't like his sister. He stared at the blade for what seamed like forever. Imagining what it would feel like when it hit his skin.
"Man how can she do this to herself?" he asked trying once again to gain up enough courage to cut himself.
Jacob was so busy trying to cut himself that he didn't hear Peter walk in and come towards the bathroom.
"Jacob what are you doing?" Peter asked suddenly fearing for the worst.
Jacob stared at him blankly, words still not registering completely in his brain. It was like a drug that took days to get out of your system, ones that affect your brain so it can only carry out basic life functions like breathing and nothing else.
"Jacob, were you trying to cut?" Peter asked taking the razor blade (one that Jacob just gave to him).
"Yeah." He said then shaked his head. "But I couldn't do it."
Peter looked at Jacob's eyes. Tears were forming in them.
"How can she do it Peter? How? Doesn't it hurt." Jacob asked desperate for answers that no one, not even Jamie could give him.
"I don't know Jacob." Peter said. "I just don't know."
"Doesn't anyone know?" Jacob asked.
"Not really Jacob. It's just human nature I guess." Peter said. 'Pain is something that people think theycan control, and maybe that's why Jamie cuts." Peter said.
Jacob didn't say anything just went to lay on his bed.
"I'm going to call Andy to come and watch you Jacob okay?"
"I don't want to be alone." Was Jacobs only reply as he closed his eyes and started crying.
THE NEXT DAY
A car pulled in the circle driveway of Mt. Horizon high School. It was a dark blue neon. A 67-year-old man stepped out of the car. He was leaning in a cane, and on top of his bald head was a black felt hat. His name was Paul Becker.
Sophie and Jamie were sitting in the lodge, Jamie had been aloud to come back sooner than expected because the doctors had been told about Jacobs reaction, and like Peter and Sophie had feared for him. But Jamie's wrists were still covered with gauze to cover the stitches that were there.
"Sophie," Rylan said coming back with Anne Marie, the two had gone to get a snack.
"Someone's here to see you."
"Who, Where?" Sophie asked curiously.
"He didn't give me his name, but he's right over there." Rylan said pointing towards the staircase to a man taking of a hat.
"Oh my God." Sophie said in a voice that wasn't fully recognized by either of the girls. 'It's....It's my father." She said taking Anne Marie.
There were no happy little running towards each other scene with out stretched arms. Sophie just turned and walked out of the room
TO BE CONTINUED...
In the next chapter: Why is Sophie so cold to her father, Jeff gets hurt on a quest and guess who comes to the rescue.
Also coming soon: Aiken's story. What happened to Aiken before Horizon? Why is he so mad at his father? What did the letter say? All these answers revealed.