~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, his father and his secretary Connie.~
*From now on, I'm going to put (~) around dreams.
*This chapter should make a lot of people happy. It's not why I wrote it of course, it simply needed to be written. I also make no guarentees that this is a happily ever after story either.
~If you haven't found anything worth dying for, then you have never truly lived.~ Unknown
Shelby kept her voice calm. She refused her emotions to come into the conversation. "I have no problem with it. Last time I had a visitor was....Way too damn long for me to remember." She slid off of the counter and took an apple out of the cupboard. "You can call Jeff at the school tomarrow morning and set something up." She waited a moment. "I have to go. Bye Alex." She hung up the phone and took a bite out of her apple. She felt alive for the first time in months. Alex coming to visit was just what she needed to boost her spirits. After hanging up the phone, she turned to see where Scott had ended up.
"Who you looking for?" David asked annoyed. "Maybe I can help." He was deliberately trying to get Shelby to try to be her old self again. If she took the bait, she was back. "He threw his arm around her shoulder as she went to take another bite of the apple.
"You want to help me?" Shelby put on her innocent face. She knew that David was buying at least part of what she was telling him. "You might want to detach yourself from me," her face changed and she whirled on him. "Before the next thing I cut isn't an arm." She shrugged his arm off of her and shoved the green apple in his face. "Step-off Newbie. You learned once that you didn't want to play with me." She watched as the look of astonishment on David's face turned to a large smile.
"We have a winner!" David shouted at the group. He turned and bowed to the room as if he were reaping in applause. "And for my next trick..." He turned to Shelby and she marched over to Scott. Taking him by the hand, she lead him outside.
Once the door was closed firmly, she whirled on him. "What would you do if I did something completely not me?" She asked giving him very poor warning as to what was to come for him. She grabbed his face in her hands, and without listening to the voice in her head that told her it was wrong, she kissed him with all her being. It took a few minutes for them to seperate. Scott was out of breath and amazed at what had just happened. He thought he was dreaming. Shelby did not just kiss him. "What's the matter Cowboy?"
He didn't know how to respond, so he just went with his instinct. Slowly, and ever so delicately he placed his hands on either side of Shelby's face. He brushed a strand of hair off of her face and pulled her lips up to meet his. With all of his months with Elaine, he had never had this much desire to be with one person. The kiss lasted for what seemed like hours, then he felt Shelby pull away. "Wha-"
He took a step closer, as if to pull her back into the kiss. "Hold it there Cowboy." Shelby didn't want to do what she had conviced herself she had to. It was second nature to her to run away from her problems. The bigger one at the time though, was Scott wasn't a problem. "We need to talk before anything else happens." She saw the look of confusion spread onto Scott's features. "I need to tell you about Alex."
That sombered up the mood real quick. "What's there to tell?"
"He's gonna come visit me when we get back, and I want you to know," She saw him tense. "There was nothing between us. EVER." Shelby got Scott to calm down a little. "He's coming to make sure I'm okay. THAT'S ALL. A few days before Patty died, she made him promise to take care of me if anything happened." Shelby kept replaying the scene in her head. She liked the promise less than Scott must have, but she knew it was for the best. At the time, Alex had everything that Shelby needed to servive. Everything she wanted. "I never thought he would turn up, much less want to see me." Scott looked down at the ground, but Shelby wouldn't let him do it long. "You're not going to pretend you don't have any feelings." She told him sternly, forcing him to look at her. "I know that I didn't do this before you left, but Sophie and Jess have taught me to listen and answer others questions....Ask me anything." She was setting herself for pain, but Scott meant more to her than that.
"Do you really want to answer them?"
"I told you I did." She couldn't believe she was doing this. "Ask away."
*From now on, I'm going to put (~) around dreams.
*This chapter should make a lot of people happy. It's not why I wrote it of course, it simply needed to be written. I also make no guarentees that this is a happily ever after story either.
~If you haven't found anything worth dying for, then you have never truly lived.~ Unknown
Shelby kept her voice calm. She refused her emotions to come into the conversation. "I have no problem with it. Last time I had a visitor was....Way too damn long for me to remember." She slid off of the counter and took an apple out of the cupboard. "You can call Jeff at the school tomarrow morning and set something up." She waited a moment. "I have to go. Bye Alex." She hung up the phone and took a bite out of her apple. She felt alive for the first time in months. Alex coming to visit was just what she needed to boost her spirits. After hanging up the phone, she turned to see where Scott had ended up.
"Who you looking for?" David asked annoyed. "Maybe I can help." He was deliberately trying to get Shelby to try to be her old self again. If she took the bait, she was back. "He threw his arm around her shoulder as she went to take another bite of the apple.
"You want to help me?" Shelby put on her innocent face. She knew that David was buying at least part of what she was telling him. "You might want to detach yourself from me," her face changed and she whirled on him. "Before the next thing I cut isn't an arm." She shrugged his arm off of her and shoved the green apple in his face. "Step-off Newbie. You learned once that you didn't want to play with me." She watched as the look of astonishment on David's face turned to a large smile.
"We have a winner!" David shouted at the group. He turned and bowed to the room as if he were reaping in applause. "And for my next trick..." He turned to Shelby and she marched over to Scott. Taking him by the hand, she lead him outside.
Once the door was closed firmly, she whirled on him. "What would you do if I did something completely not me?" She asked giving him very poor warning as to what was to come for him. She grabbed his face in her hands, and without listening to the voice in her head that told her it was wrong, she kissed him with all her being. It took a few minutes for them to seperate. Scott was out of breath and amazed at what had just happened. He thought he was dreaming. Shelby did not just kiss him. "What's the matter Cowboy?"
He didn't know how to respond, so he just went with his instinct. Slowly, and ever so delicately he placed his hands on either side of Shelby's face. He brushed a strand of hair off of her face and pulled her lips up to meet his. With all of his months with Elaine, he had never had this much desire to be with one person. The kiss lasted for what seemed like hours, then he felt Shelby pull away. "Wha-"
He took a step closer, as if to pull her back into the kiss. "Hold it there Cowboy." Shelby didn't want to do what she had conviced herself she had to. It was second nature to her to run away from her problems. The bigger one at the time though, was Scott wasn't a problem. "We need to talk before anything else happens." She saw the look of confusion spread onto Scott's features. "I need to tell you about Alex."
That sombered up the mood real quick. "What's there to tell?"
"He's gonna come visit me when we get back, and I want you to know," She saw him tense. "There was nothing between us. EVER." Shelby got Scott to calm down a little. "He's coming to make sure I'm okay. THAT'S ALL. A few days before Patty died, she made him promise to take care of me if anything happened." Shelby kept replaying the scene in her head. She liked the promise less than Scott must have, but she knew it was for the best. At the time, Alex had everything that Shelby needed to servive. Everything she wanted. "I never thought he would turn up, much less want to see me." Scott looked down at the ground, but Shelby wouldn't let him do it long. "You're not going to pretend you don't have any feelings." She told him sternly, forcing him to look at her. "I know that I didn't do this before you left, but Sophie and Jess have taught me to listen and answer others questions....Ask me anything." She was setting herself for pain, but Scott meant more to her than that.
"Do you really want to answer them?"
"I told you I did." She couldn't believe she was doing this. "Ask away."