DISCLAIMER: Please remember, I'm not in any way associated with any of the cast or crew members, Fox Family Channel, Lion's Gate, or Cliffhanger Productions. I don't own any of the characters except Kerri. I'm just a obsessive HG, and Scott and Shelby fan :)
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Character Name: Kerri Malone
From: Lexington, KY
Looks: Blonde, brown eyes, 5'8, thin. Southern belle type.
Personality: Very, very rude to everyone except Scott. Spoiled.
Reason for being at Horizon: She and her friends got involved with drugs and crime for a thrill in, what they thought was, there dull lives. Despite having recieved everything, from clothing to love from her parents, Kerri never could get enough.
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This is my first Fan Fic, and feedback is appriciated. Please, though, be kind!
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Time: Shelby just returned..she'd been gone from Horizon for almost three months
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Brilliant sunlight poured through the windows of the dorm. When Shelby woke up the next morning, she struggled to open her eyes. They were glued shut from the tears she'd shed the night before. Her rib cage hurt from the intense sobbing, which had continued for hours. When she'd first seen him again...when he hugged her, she thought things would be okay between them


*Flashback*
(Outside on *their* bench)

Scott: "I don't know Shelb...its just..I can't be with you, alright? Its as simple as that. No matter what I tell you, what I say, or what I try, I'm never gonna get it..I'm never going to understand, or accept it. I just can't. You didn't even say goodbye to me. It was too hard for you?. I'll just show you how easy it is, okay? Goodbye...see how easy that was?"

*End of Flashback*

She'd been so wrong. Thinking everything would be okay between the two of them. Thinking they'd go back to the way things were. She'd ran away as quickly as he finished, the tears flowing down her cheeks. She was sobbing by the time she reached the door. Daisy already knew. And she had to tell Shelby something else, that she knew would just about kill her friend.

*Flashback*

Daisy: "He's..he's been with Kerri for a month now...she came a week after you left. She flirted with him the entire time. He was strong at first..but then he told her about you..she acted so understandingly..at least to him. She talked trash about you to us. We tried to tell him, but he wouldn't believe us. Shel..I'm so sorry..so, so sorry"

*End of Flashback*

Daisy had sat there, trying to comfort her the rest of the night, but to no avail. Shelby sobbed for hours, before falling into a restless sleep, her dreams full of horrible images: Scott and Kerri together, taunting her as her stepfather molested her. They'd all stayed up the whole night, trying to calm her. Make her feel better. They'd gotten nothing.

Shelby sat up in bed, glancing over at Daisy, Kat, and Juliette, who were brushing there hair, shooting her concerned, sympathetic glances. Meanwhile, Kerri flounced out of the bathroom, which she'd hogged for the past half hour, locking the other girls out while she did her hair and makeup. As Kerri past by Shelby's bed, she looked down her small, ski jump nose at her with a victorious smirk. Shelby fought back tears, trying to remember what Daisy had told her the night before

*Flashback*

Daisy: "You're so much better than her Shelb. She's nothing more than a rich, spoiled brat. More so than Juliette..no offense Jules"
Juliette: "None taken"
Daisy: "Anyways, the only reason Scott likes her is because she acts totally different than what she really is. He thinks she so sweet, and understanding. And yeah..she is. To him. She treats the rest of us, Peter and Sophie included, like crap. Just not in front of him. If Scott can't realize how great you are. If he can't get over himself..than its his loss. He doesn't deserve you"

*End of Flashback*

"Sorry ladies, I'd love to stay and chat, but *Scott* and I have a breakfast date" I drawled, looking at Shelby as she said his name.

::Knock at the door::

"You..uh..ready to go?" Scott asked, upon seeing Kerri at the door. He couldn't help but glance at Shelby. He still cared so much for her. She turned her head swiftly, but not before Scott saw her swollen, red eyes. She'd been crying. Crying for a long time. It hurt him, in his heart, to see her like that. But he couldn't be with her anymore. He couldn't forget what she did. For some reason, the fact that she sold herself on the streets made him feel dirty. He didn't understand the feeling. And he couldn't be with her till he did. He could feel Daisy, Juliette, and even Kat glaring hard at him. "Lets go Scotty" Kerri purred, grabbing his arm, and pulling him out the door before anyone could say another word

As the door slammed behind them, tears welled up in Shelby's eyes. Scott had stabbed her in the heart over, and over, and over again, and he hadn't even said a word to her. "I wanna die" she whispered over and over again, the tears flowwing like a river down her cheeks. "I just wanna die"


To Be Continued..............