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"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." – Eleanor Roosevelt
Auggie yawned and looked over at Jules. She was sound
asleep on his shoulder. He looked at the clock on the
wall. Eight thirty. He figured he might as well let
her sleep though. Instead of normal group tonight,
they had a giant group which was really to just talk
about the summer schedule. Jules had been out since
the first 15 minutes.
He looked at her face and couldn't believe how
gorgeous she was. And she was his girl too. His
girl. Auggie didn't have many things in his life that
he was proud of, really proud of, but Jules was
definently one of them. She was so great and she made
him feel so great except sometimes he worried that he
let her down. She made him feel perfect, but he could
never seem tot get her to realize that he thought she
was the perfect human being. Physically and on the
inside. He just thought she was great. Auggie's
greatest wish was that just for a few moments, Jules
could see what she looked like through his eyes.
Maybe then she would stop hurting herself.
Auggie yawned and his whole chest rose. Jules eyelids
fluttered and she opened them an instant later. She
looked around, getting her bearings, and then sat up
quickly when she realized that Peter was up in front
talking.
"You didn't miss much." Auggie whispered in her ear.
Not much at all, he thought to himself as he felt the
weight of his own eyelids becoming too much to keep
them open.
Jules looked at Auggie and wished he could hold her
right at that moment. That was the one thing she
hated about Horizon- no physical signs of love at all.
No kissing, hugging, nothing that resembled a PDA.
Jules was so happy though, falling in love with
Auggie, and she wanted to show everyone.
"What are you thinking about Jules?"
Auggie's breath against her ear was warm and tickled
her down to her toes. But not just a physical tickle.
It was a tingly, sensation, that reminded her of
biting into a cookie straight from the oven.
"You." Jules looked straight into Auggie's eyes as
she spoke low.
"Me too. I mean I was thinking about you." Auggie
grinned in his cute, shy sort of way.
"I know what you meant." Jules put her head back on
his shoulder.
Shelby sat in the back of the room and watched Jules
and Auggie from behind. They are so cute, Shelby
thought. Then she looked at Scott who was sitting
towards the front. Parker was clear across the room.
Shelby knew all along that Scott would never do
anything like cheat on her, but jealousy had gotten
the best of her. And that didn't happen very much.
Shelby's mind kept replaying what happened with Jules
in the equipment room. The way Shelby had acted, the
way Jules had acted, and the way Shelby had stormed
out. She couldn't stand the fact that Jules was
right. She was scared but Shelby didn't get scared
and that was common knowledge. Shelby used to not
even need other people. But now she knew she did and
she was starting to recognize that they needed her
too. The most amazing thing was, there was a part of
her deep inside that was reawakened and it wanted to
take care of other people. Shelby realized that Scott
was staring at her. She looked at his face which had
curiousity written all over it. She smiled at him and
his face lit up, delighted that she wasn't going to
ignore him. She mouthed at him, WE NEED TO TALK. His
smile faded, and a mixed reaction crossed his face.
Shelby mouthed again, DON'T WORRY. He still looked
like he was worried but Shelby turned her attention
back to Peter just as he was finishing up. Good, she
thought.
Sophie watched as Peter finished his spiel about the
summer program. He was a great speaker. He had it
all together and never looked nervous. Never. She
loved the way he moved his hands when he talked and
the sound of his voice and the way he made everyone
feel like he was looking straight at them with his
beautiful warm brown eyes. She loved everything about
him period.
She did a quick check of the Cliffhangers. Auggie and
Jules were a bit too comfy on the couch, but Sophie
thought the looked too sweet to bother. Shelby was in
the way back and Sophie could hardly see her but she
was staring at something intently and it wasn't Peter.
Sophie followed her gaze and her eyes fell on Scott.
David was sitting next to him, and David was glaring
at the back of Daisy's and Ezra's heads. Sophie
searched for Parker and found her away from all the
Cliffhangers. She still hadn't quite merged but she
and the girls all seemed to be getting along. Sophie
stifled a yawn and turned back to the front, realizing
that Peter was no longer standing there and everyone
was starting to leave. She stood up but stayed
behind. Peter would have to wait for everyone to
leave and she wanted to be the last one there.