Swear It Again
Chapter 9
**Scott**
I got up early to leave I checked the oil in my jeep and threw my bag in the back. I hopped in the car pulling out of the driveway. I adjusted the mirror when something in it caught my eye. I turned my head to see her packing her car glancing in my direction I chuckled driving off in the other direction.
I arrived at Horizon walking in the lobby looking around. I heard my name being called "Scott?" I flipped my head around smiling at whom was walking towards me "Hey Ezra. Long time no see."
He chuckled, giving me a quick hug. "Yeah it is how've you been?"
I sighed, "Good, I've been good. What about you?" He chuckled walking away a bit bringing a woman back over with him she was holding a baby. "Scott, I would like you to meet my wife Celine, and this little guy that she's holding is Richard."
I smiled at him "That's great, I'm happy for you man."
"Come on with us, I found out where the reunion is being held at." I walked along with him.
I walked into the room looking around, noticing a few people I knew. I smiled at Sophie who was walking towards me she gave me a hug. "I'm so glad you came."
I smiled a bit "Where's Peter?" I heard him behind Sophie "Where do you think?"
I chuckled giving him a hug.
Peter chuckled "I'm going to go see who else is here." Peter walked out of the room. I stayed there talking to people Sophie chuckled talking to everyone "Okay I know that this is a reunion thing and all that's why there's going to be a better one tonight in the gym. You don't have to dress formal, but nice please." Everyone chuckled at her.
**Shelby**
I smiled hugging her, "It's good to see you Daisy."
I heard her chuckle backing away looking at me "Look at you! All grown up and everything."
I chuckled "I could say the same for you."
We both chuckled and started talking she smiled "I got your letter, thank you for writing even though it's been a long time. I would've wrote back, but I figured you would've come."
I smiled "Thanks, well Daisy I would like you to meet my daughter Stephanie!" I motioned to Steph who blushed a bit. Daisy held out her hand "It's a pleasure to meet you Stephanie, how old are you?"
She chuckled holding up six fingers. Stephanie went to sit down on the couch I kept an eye on her.
"My god Shell she looks exactly like you." I chuckle "Thanks." I never thought she looked like me she always looked like her father.
We continued to sit there and talk for a moment I smiled when I saw a familiar face stroll towards us. "Hey Peter." I gave him a hug. "Can I talk to you?" he nodded.
Daisy offered to take Stephanie for a moment to let Peter and I talk. Stephanie smiled as Daisy sat down next to her, they started talking about who knows what. Peter chuckled as we walked into his old office "What's up?" I sighed sitting down.
"I almost didn't come." Telling him. He sighed "Why?"
I chuckled "I don't know, I haven't seen some of these people in 10 years, others in 6 years. What do I say to them?"
"The truth would help. I don't know what to tell you Shell you seem to be very happy. Your little girl is beautiful."
"Thanks I was scared to bring her too, wondering how I tell my 6 year old about my past?"
He sat down at the desk "Well it seems like you told her that you were coming to see all of your old friends, isn't that right?"
I nodded "Yeah I guess she can find out details when she's older." I smiled softly.
**Scott**
I had slipped out of the room walking back out in the lobby. I saw Daisy sitting on the couch talking to someone I walked over chuckling "Daisy?" She looked up smiling a bit "Hey Scott."
She stood up giving me a small hug I looked down at whom she was talking to find Stephanie. I smile "Who's your friend?" Daisy chuckled
"Her names Stephanie, she's Shelby's little girl." The little girl looked up at me smiling. "Hey I know you! You're Bob's friend!"
I chuckled "You're right I am, and you're a very good ball player."
I look over at Daisy to see her questioning face I shrugged "I live down the street from her." I held my finger up to her lips for her to be quiet.
"What you mean Shelby doesn't know that you live down the street from her?"
I nodded "Yes and I would prefer if you would keep quiet about it."
Daisy sighed, I asked her a question "Where is she?"
"She's off talking to Peter."
I smile walking off after saying goodbye. It was now or never that I see her.
Walking up to Peter's old office hearing part of their conversation, I sighed listening to it.
I walked back out to the lobby to find Daisy looking around. I chuckle "Lose something?"
"Yeah Stephanie, she was here one minute and gone the next." I chuckled then helped her look around for the little girl. I turned the corner, bumping smack into her, I squat down. "Hi there." She smiled "Hi!"
I chuckle at her "What's your name again?"
She blushed and giggled she was definitely Shelby's little girl. "Stephanie." She said quietly.
"Well Stephanie, you know how I'm a friend of Bob's? I'm also an old friend of your mom's. But we can't tell mommy that I'm a friend of Bob's or that I live by you okay?"
She smiled nodding "Okay!"
I chuckled "Okay I'm going to take you to find your mom now." She grabbed my hand walking with me.
**Shelby**
I smiled feeling better that I got it out in the open, Peter talked to me just like he used to when I was here. I walked out to the lobby with Peter looking for Daisy. She walked up to me I got worried a bit "Where's Stephanie?"
Daisy shook her head "The sneak? We were sitting on the couch and I leaned over to the other side of the couch grabbing a piece of candy for her. When I went back she was gone."
"Oh god. Don't worry Daisy hide and seek is her favorite game." I sighed. Daisy chuckled.
"Well she must've found a good hiding place because I can't find her."
I pinched the bridge of my nose when I heard a voice "Did someone lose this?" I turned around looking at him.
Chapter 9
**Scott**
I got up early to leave I checked the oil in my jeep and threw my bag in the back. I hopped in the car pulling out of the driveway. I adjusted the mirror when something in it caught my eye. I turned my head to see her packing her car glancing in my direction I chuckled driving off in the other direction.
I arrived at Horizon walking in the lobby looking around. I heard my name being called "Scott?" I flipped my head around smiling at whom was walking towards me "Hey Ezra. Long time no see."
He chuckled, giving me a quick hug. "Yeah it is how've you been?"
I sighed, "Good, I've been good. What about you?" He chuckled walking away a bit bringing a woman back over with him she was holding a baby. "Scott, I would like you to meet my wife Celine, and this little guy that she's holding is Richard."
I smiled at him "That's great, I'm happy for you man."
"Come on with us, I found out where the reunion is being held at." I walked along with him.
I walked into the room looking around, noticing a few people I knew. I smiled at Sophie who was walking towards me she gave me a hug. "I'm so glad you came."
I smiled a bit "Where's Peter?" I heard him behind Sophie "Where do you think?"
I chuckled giving him a hug.
Peter chuckled "I'm going to go see who else is here." Peter walked out of the room. I stayed there talking to people Sophie chuckled talking to everyone "Okay I know that this is a reunion thing and all that's why there's going to be a better one tonight in the gym. You don't have to dress formal, but nice please." Everyone chuckled at her.
**Shelby**
I smiled hugging her, "It's good to see you Daisy."
I heard her chuckle backing away looking at me "Look at you! All grown up and everything."
I chuckled "I could say the same for you."
We both chuckled and started talking she smiled "I got your letter, thank you for writing even though it's been a long time. I would've wrote back, but I figured you would've come."
I smiled "Thanks, well Daisy I would like you to meet my daughter Stephanie!" I motioned to Steph who blushed a bit. Daisy held out her hand "It's a pleasure to meet you Stephanie, how old are you?"
She chuckled holding up six fingers. Stephanie went to sit down on the couch I kept an eye on her.
"My god Shell she looks exactly like you." I chuckle "Thanks." I never thought she looked like me she always looked like her father.
We continued to sit there and talk for a moment I smiled when I saw a familiar face stroll towards us. "Hey Peter." I gave him a hug. "Can I talk to you?" he nodded.
Daisy offered to take Stephanie for a moment to let Peter and I talk. Stephanie smiled as Daisy sat down next to her, they started talking about who knows what. Peter chuckled as we walked into his old office "What's up?" I sighed sitting down.
"I almost didn't come." Telling him. He sighed "Why?"
I chuckled "I don't know, I haven't seen some of these people in 10 years, others in 6 years. What do I say to them?"
"The truth would help. I don't know what to tell you Shell you seem to be very happy. Your little girl is beautiful."
"Thanks I was scared to bring her too, wondering how I tell my 6 year old about my past?"
He sat down at the desk "Well it seems like you told her that you were coming to see all of your old friends, isn't that right?"
I nodded "Yeah I guess she can find out details when she's older." I smiled softly.
**Scott**
I had slipped out of the room walking back out in the lobby. I saw Daisy sitting on the couch talking to someone I walked over chuckling "Daisy?" She looked up smiling a bit "Hey Scott."
She stood up giving me a small hug I looked down at whom she was talking to find Stephanie. I smile "Who's your friend?" Daisy chuckled
"Her names Stephanie, she's Shelby's little girl." The little girl looked up at me smiling. "Hey I know you! You're Bob's friend!"
I chuckled "You're right I am, and you're a very good ball player."
I look over at Daisy to see her questioning face I shrugged "I live down the street from her." I held my finger up to her lips for her to be quiet.
"What you mean Shelby doesn't know that you live down the street from her?"
I nodded "Yes and I would prefer if you would keep quiet about it."
Daisy sighed, I asked her a question "Where is she?"
"She's off talking to Peter."
I smile walking off after saying goodbye. It was now or never that I see her.
Walking up to Peter's old office hearing part of their conversation, I sighed listening to it.
I walked back out to the lobby to find Daisy looking around. I chuckle "Lose something?"
"Yeah Stephanie, she was here one minute and gone the next." I chuckled then helped her look around for the little girl. I turned the corner, bumping smack into her, I squat down. "Hi there." She smiled "Hi!"
I chuckle at her "What's your name again?"
She blushed and giggled she was definitely Shelby's little girl. "Stephanie." She said quietly.
"Well Stephanie, you know how I'm a friend of Bob's? I'm also an old friend of your mom's. But we can't tell mommy that I'm a friend of Bob's or that I live by you okay?"
She smiled nodding "Okay!"
I chuckled "Okay I'm going to take you to find your mom now." She grabbed my hand walking with me.
**Shelby**
I smiled feeling better that I got it out in the open, Peter talked to me just like he used to when I was here. I walked out to the lobby with Peter looking for Daisy. She walked up to me I got worried a bit "Where's Stephanie?"
Daisy shook her head "The sneak? We were sitting on the couch and I leaned over to the other side of the couch grabbing a piece of candy for her. When I went back she was gone."
"Oh god. Don't worry Daisy hide and seek is her favorite game." I sighed. Daisy chuckled.
"Well she must've found a good hiding place because I can't find her."
I pinched the bridge of my nose when I heard a voice "Did someone lose this?" I turned around looking at him.