~Disclaimer: I own none of them, I'm just playing with them, and I'll be returning them when I get through. I also stake no claim to any episodes that I use for the Flashbacks. They belong to the writers and FFC. I do however own Alex Wallace.~
*From now on, I'm going to put (~) around dreams.
*And to the people who keep hyprevenilating every time I add a new twist to Scott and Shelby. I am still NOT PLANNING on them spliting up. They just take a few detours.
*I apologize for making the mistake that Scott's father's name was Mark. I will make sure I have it right in the next fic. Thank you to the person who pointed it out.
~If you haven't found anything worth dying for, then you have never truly lived.~ Unknown
Everyone ate their lunch in silance. With the exception of Shelby, who didn't eat lunch at all. Peter and Sophie both spent ten minutes trying to get her to at least try a bite of the sandwich that Auggie had made her, but she refused. She just sat on a fairly large rock and wrote in her journal. Finally Daisy took the sandwich from Peter nad walked up to Shelby's rock.
"You're eating this one way or the other." She said cautiously, dropping the sandwich onto her journal. "And let me tell you, you don't want to know what way the other is." She watched as Shelby took the a bite out of the sandwich. Everyone sat astonished at the fact that she did it with such ease. "Now, you're gonna tell me what's wrong..."
Peter sat up and looked over at them. "Don't push Daze-"
"How come you can push us, but when we try to push each other it's wrong?" Shelby set her pen in the book to hold her place. It was very rare that she challange Peter, but it had to be done. "It's no wonder you're involving us on this imprompto journey to the cabin. You know that some things are easier said without the threat of CPS, or our parents, being called. We can't trust you with everything." Deep down, Peter knew she was right. He watched as Shelby picked her pen back up and started writing again. She had filled up at least four pages in the past ten minutes, a record in someone's book. If only someone could get a hold of it. "Daisy, I don't want to talk about it."
No matter how hard she tired, Shelby couldn't make Daisy leave her alone. They packed up their lunch a few minutes ago and they were once again on their way. Daisy didn't say a word to Shelby, she just walked next to her, her dark eyes studying Shelby's clouded ones. "I can't live like this." Shelby said after a while. "I can't keep secrets from you." Shelby nodded her head as if making some sort of decision. "I have to tell someone about this, and I don't think Scott wants to hear it." She looked straight ahead, seeing how far Juliet and Scott were in front of them. After lunch the order had changed. Peter and Sophie took the rear, right behind Auggie and Ezra. Jessica and David were being followed by Scott and Juliet. Which left Shelby and Daisy in the middle. Again. She didn't want to chance Scott hearing her, so she slowed down a tad. Careful not to get to close to the two behind her either.
"When the cops found me, I wasn't alone." She prepared herself for some rude comment from Daisy. That comment never came. "I was hanging out with one of Patty's friends. I guess he became my friend after three months hanging out, but you know what I mean." She was almost babbling, and had to try as hard as she could to focus on both the story, and their path. "His name was Alex. Alex Wallace. Whenever Patty and I came up short for rent or something, he would be there to pick up the tab. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't obnoxious or anything, he was just always there." Daisy helped her over a fallen tree and she kept going. "He used to call me Slate. Said I was reinforced concrete on the streets. I could go out at night and do what I had to, then by day I could be a completely different person. He was the one who took care of me after Patty..."
Daisy held onto her friend for a few brief minutes, allowing everyone to pass them. Amazingly, no one stopped and asked them if they needed help. They simply let her cry. "After Patty OD'd." Daisy finished for her. She didn't push Shelby any more. She just let her get it out.
"Yeah." Shelby managed a meek smile when they began walking again. "He got me a new apartment, covered the rent, and paid for my food. I was so alone then, Patty had just died, and I was scared to death that they would find me." Wiping the tears from her eyes, she willed herself to stop crying. "The night before they found me, I had had a bad dream. About Walt. He found me, and I told him everything. About my life, why I ran, Walt. I just had to get it out, and he was the first one I EVER told about it." She started to sob again. Her words being covered by coughs and cries.
Daisy didn't know what to say. She had never seen this side of Shelby before. On some level, she understood. On another, she was absolutely horrified. "Is that why you didn't want to tell Scott?" She asked soothingly. Because of how Alex reacted?"
"No." Alex's reaction came to her mind. He was so calm about it. He even offered to climb into bed with her and hold her until she slept. "He understood."
Juliet turned back and looked at Shelby. "Why don't you go to her?" She asked gently. "She needs you."
Folowing Juliet's gaze over to Shelby and Daisy, his mind willing himself to remain calm. He wanted to be there for her, she just wouldn't let him. He knew what he had to do. He shifted his gaze directly in front of them and never looked back. "She doesn't need me anymore." He said solomnly. "She has Auggie and Daisy to take care of her."
*From now on, I'm going to put (~) around dreams.
*And to the people who keep hyprevenilating every time I add a new twist to Scott and Shelby. I am still NOT PLANNING on them spliting up. They just take a few detours.
*I apologize for making the mistake that Scott's father's name was Mark. I will make sure I have it right in the next fic. Thank you to the person who pointed it out.
~If you haven't found anything worth dying for, then you have never truly lived.~ Unknown
Everyone ate their lunch in silance. With the exception of Shelby, who didn't eat lunch at all. Peter and Sophie both spent ten minutes trying to get her to at least try a bite of the sandwich that Auggie had made her, but she refused. She just sat on a fairly large rock and wrote in her journal. Finally Daisy took the sandwich from Peter nad walked up to Shelby's rock.
"You're eating this one way or the other." She said cautiously, dropping the sandwich onto her journal. "And let me tell you, you don't want to know what way the other is." She watched as Shelby took the a bite out of the sandwich. Everyone sat astonished at the fact that she did it with such ease. "Now, you're gonna tell me what's wrong..."
Peter sat up and looked over at them. "Don't push Daze-"
"How come you can push us, but when we try to push each other it's wrong?" Shelby set her pen in the book to hold her place. It was very rare that she challange Peter, but it had to be done. "It's no wonder you're involving us on this imprompto journey to the cabin. You know that some things are easier said without the threat of CPS, or our parents, being called. We can't trust you with everything." Deep down, Peter knew she was right. He watched as Shelby picked her pen back up and started writing again. She had filled up at least four pages in the past ten minutes, a record in someone's book. If only someone could get a hold of it. "Daisy, I don't want to talk about it."
No matter how hard she tired, Shelby couldn't make Daisy leave her alone. They packed up their lunch a few minutes ago and they were once again on their way. Daisy didn't say a word to Shelby, she just walked next to her, her dark eyes studying Shelby's clouded ones. "I can't live like this." Shelby said after a while. "I can't keep secrets from you." Shelby nodded her head as if making some sort of decision. "I have to tell someone about this, and I don't think Scott wants to hear it." She looked straight ahead, seeing how far Juliet and Scott were in front of them. After lunch the order had changed. Peter and Sophie took the rear, right behind Auggie and Ezra. Jessica and David were being followed by Scott and Juliet. Which left Shelby and Daisy in the middle. Again. She didn't want to chance Scott hearing her, so she slowed down a tad. Careful not to get to close to the two behind her either.
"When the cops found me, I wasn't alone." She prepared herself for some rude comment from Daisy. That comment never came. "I was hanging out with one of Patty's friends. I guess he became my friend after three months hanging out, but you know what I mean." She was almost babbling, and had to try as hard as she could to focus on both the story, and their path. "His name was Alex. Alex Wallace. Whenever Patty and I came up short for rent or something, he would be there to pick up the tab. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't obnoxious or anything, he was just always there." Daisy helped her over a fallen tree and she kept going. "He used to call me Slate. Said I was reinforced concrete on the streets. I could go out at night and do what I had to, then by day I could be a completely different person. He was the one who took care of me after Patty..."
Daisy held onto her friend for a few brief minutes, allowing everyone to pass them. Amazingly, no one stopped and asked them if they needed help. They simply let her cry. "After Patty OD'd." Daisy finished for her. She didn't push Shelby any more. She just let her get it out.
"Yeah." Shelby managed a meek smile when they began walking again. "He got me a new apartment, covered the rent, and paid for my food. I was so alone then, Patty had just died, and I was scared to death that they would find me." Wiping the tears from her eyes, she willed herself to stop crying. "The night before they found me, I had had a bad dream. About Walt. He found me, and I told him everything. About my life, why I ran, Walt. I just had to get it out, and he was the first one I EVER told about it." She started to sob again. Her words being covered by coughs and cries.
Daisy didn't know what to say. She had never seen this side of Shelby before. On some level, she understood. On another, she was absolutely horrified. "Is that why you didn't want to tell Scott?" She asked soothingly. Because of how Alex reacted?"
"No." Alex's reaction came to her mind. He was so calm about it. He even offered to climb into bed with her and hold her until she slept. "He understood."
Juliet turned back and looked at Shelby. "Why don't you go to her?" She asked gently. "She needs you."
Folowing Juliet's gaze over to Shelby and Daisy, his mind willing himself to remain calm. He wanted to be there for her, she just wouldn't let him. He knew what he had to do. He shifted his gaze directly in front of them and never looked back. "She doesn't need me anymore." He said solomnly. "She has Auggie and Daisy to take care of her."