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"To thine own self be true." ~William Shakespear
The words hit Shelby like a ton of bricks. Neither of them spoke for what seemed like ages. Shelby was sure she hadn't heard him right. He hadn't just told her..."This is the part where you start laughing histerically and and let me in on the joke, right?" She laughed nervously, searching his eyes with her own for some sign of a smirk. "Auggie. TELL me it's a joke! Please?" She pleaded with him to change his mind. "This HAS to be a joke, Auggusto! You have Jules, and Scott just got back. Damn it Auggie! Tell me you are NOT serious."
Auggie noted the emotional turmoil that Shelby was going through. He didn't want to say that, but she had asked for the truth. That's what he gave her. The Truth. He hung his head, not wanting her to see his struggle. He was in love with Juliet, that was true enough, but he couldn't deny what he was feeling for her either. What he felt for Shelby was different. He didn't want to replace one with the other, but there was no denying what he felt for either. "Shell, calm down." He reached for her, and for once she let him touch her. "I don't mean I love you like that....God Shell, you shouldn't have asked for the truth."
Shelby saw what he meant in his eyes. Over the course of their stay at Horizon, Shelby had begun to learn how to read Auggie, and vice versa. They had grown togeather as a friends, and something in them wanted to make it more than that, but Shelby wasn't ready for that. "Tell me I'm wrong, Aug. Admit to me that you belong with Queenie, and I'll forget that you ever even thought that." She waited. The rebuttle never came. "Auggie, please, don't do this."
He wasn't sure he knew where the desire to kiss her came from, but it came...and he was too weak to deny the urge. He kissed her so slowly, so attentively, and it took a few moments before they could part. Both were resonably shaken from the expirence. "Well....That was...."
"Weird?" Shelby finished for him. "Uh, Auggie?"
"Yeah, Shell?" Auggie understood know that what he was feeling for her was now only a want to keep her safe, a desire to protect her. It was definately NOT physical. He felt for her as a brother would a sister. At least that was what he kept telling himself.
Shelby waited until her head stopped spinning. "If you value your life at all...you will NEVER do that again." She tried to laugh it off, but the kiss effected her more than she wanted to admit.
"Sure thing, boss." Looking at the clip board, Auggie pulled a pen out and began to write something down. When he finished he looked back up at her. "I still need to know what candy you want to bring with you to the cabin." He tried to play it off as if the kiss never happened, but he knew he couldn't.
"Ask him for a couple bags of Skittles or something. No chocolate though, I want him to think I care about his opinion. Ask for enough that he thinks I haven't been taken over by aliens." The dinner bell sounded throughout the campus. "Wait a sec. I thought the Cliffhangers were on kitchens tonight?"
"We do. I just got out of it so I could help get you packed." He stood and tucked her journal under his right arm. "I better get going, if I want to get you packed and eat before Group." He turned to leave then stopped. "Uh.....Shell?"
Shelby looked up at him through her eyelashes. "Yeah?"
"The kiss..........."
Shelby nodded in agreement. "Never happened." She smiled at his back as he walked out of the room. Once the door clicked shut, Shelby feel back onto her pillows. "Pull yourself togeather, girl." She scolded herself calmly. "It doesn't matte. The kiss meant nothing to you." It only took a few seconds before Shelby fell into a light sleep.
"To thine own self be true." ~William Shakespear
The words hit Shelby like a ton of bricks. Neither of them spoke for what seemed like ages. Shelby was sure she hadn't heard him right. He hadn't just told her..."This is the part where you start laughing histerically and and let me in on the joke, right?" She laughed nervously, searching his eyes with her own for some sign of a smirk. "Auggie. TELL me it's a joke! Please?" She pleaded with him to change his mind. "This HAS to be a joke, Auggusto! You have Jules, and Scott just got back. Damn it Auggie! Tell me you are NOT serious."
Auggie noted the emotional turmoil that Shelby was going through. He didn't want to say that, but she had asked for the truth. That's what he gave her. The Truth. He hung his head, not wanting her to see his struggle. He was in love with Juliet, that was true enough, but he couldn't deny what he was feeling for her either. What he felt for Shelby was different. He didn't want to replace one with the other, but there was no denying what he felt for either. "Shell, calm down." He reached for her, and for once she let him touch her. "I don't mean I love you like that....God Shell, you shouldn't have asked for the truth."
Shelby saw what he meant in his eyes. Over the course of their stay at Horizon, Shelby had begun to learn how to read Auggie, and vice versa. They had grown togeather as a friends, and something in them wanted to make it more than that, but Shelby wasn't ready for that. "Tell me I'm wrong, Aug. Admit to me that you belong with Queenie, and I'll forget that you ever even thought that." She waited. The rebuttle never came. "Auggie, please, don't do this."
He wasn't sure he knew where the desire to kiss her came from, but it came...and he was too weak to deny the urge. He kissed her so slowly, so attentively, and it took a few moments before they could part. Both were resonably shaken from the expirence. "Well....That was...."
"Weird?" Shelby finished for him. "Uh, Auggie?"
"Yeah, Shell?" Auggie understood know that what he was feeling for her was now only a want to keep her safe, a desire to protect her. It was definately NOT physical. He felt for her as a brother would a sister. At least that was what he kept telling himself.
Shelby waited until her head stopped spinning. "If you value your life at all...you will NEVER do that again." She tried to laugh it off, but the kiss effected her more than she wanted to admit.
"Sure thing, boss." Looking at the clip board, Auggie pulled a pen out and began to write something down. When he finished he looked back up at her. "I still need to know what candy you want to bring with you to the cabin." He tried to play it off as if the kiss never happened, but he knew he couldn't.
"Ask him for a couple bags of Skittles or something. No chocolate though, I want him to think I care about his opinion. Ask for enough that he thinks I haven't been taken over by aliens." The dinner bell sounded throughout the campus. "Wait a sec. I thought the Cliffhangers were on kitchens tonight?"
"We do. I just got out of it so I could help get you packed." He stood and tucked her journal under his right arm. "I better get going, if I want to get you packed and eat before Group." He turned to leave then stopped. "Uh.....Shell?"
Shelby looked up at him through her eyelashes. "Yeah?"
"The kiss..........."
Shelby nodded in agreement. "Never happened." She smiled at his back as he walked out of the room. Once the door clicked shut, Shelby feel back onto her pillows. "Pull yourself togeather, girl." She scolded herself calmly. "It doesn't matte. The kiss meant nothing to you." It only took a few seconds before Shelby fell into a light sleep.