CHAPTER 17
Scott was sweating big time because the alcohol was wearing off and reality had set in. How could he have been so stupid to get all caught up in lust that he wasn't thinking straight? Would he be able to be in the same room as Jess and not feel uncomfortable? He was determined to forget the whole thing ever happened as long as Shelby never found out. He was lying in bed and Shelby was doing her best to try and bring forth some sexual stimulation but Scott's mind was zoned out dealing with the guilt that he was experiencing.
"Scott are you alright? You seem like you're in another world right now. I know it's been a long time since we've made love and I thought that you'd be dying for it."
"I am, I mean I do but I'm just really tired right now. Can I give you a rain check?" Scott really wanted to please Shelby but it was just to soon after what happened earlier.
"I've never none a guy to be too tired for sex. I thought guys always wanted it."
"I didn't with Elaine."
"Yeah well I'm not Elaine."
"I didn't say you were. I'm just really too tired to get focused right now."
"Are you just saying that or are you just mad at me?"
"Of course I'm not mad to you. I thought that you were the one losing feeling for me. You are always putting your friends before me and you seem to be talking negative about this pregnancy lately. What's up with that?"
"I know but my head is in a really weird place right now. I'm afraid I'm loosing my freedom and it scares me."
"I'll help you through this if you let me. Stop shutting me out."
"I'm not shutting you out now." She rubbed her hands across his chest and planted a kiss on his lips. "Are you sure that I can't change your mind?"
Scott wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. "Shut up and go to sleep. I'll be full of energy in the morning. By the way, I love you."
"I know. Good night."
The next morning Scott was still asleep but Shelby had to get up. Being with child put a lot of pressure on the bladder so it caused the need for frequent bathroom breaks. She decided to get an early start on some chores. She got the laundry basket and walked around picking up clothes to go into the wash machine. Jess was already up and was in the kitchen eating a bowel of cereal. Shelby came walking out and Jess had a tense look on her face. She was waiting for something bad to happen but Shelby was actually in a good mood for once.
"Morning Jess how's it going?"
Jess stuttered with her response. "F-f-fine." She watched Shelby waiting for any indication that her knew something but it never came. Shelby walked over to the wash machine and started to put a load of white clothes in. Jess let out a sigh of relief when she realized that Shelby didn't suspect anything. The next worse part of her morning was going to be when she became face to face with Scott. She didn't know how she was going to handle that stressful moment.
"Jess I'm doing some laundry. Do you have any dirty clothes in your room?"
"Yeah I'll go get them."
"No that's ok. You just finish your breakfast and I'll get them."
Shelby walked down the hall into Jess room. Jess wasn't known to be a very neat person and she had clothes lying around on the floor. Shelby was bending over picking up the clothes and putting them in the basket when she saw more dirty clothes under the bed. She reached under there and grabbed some clothes. She pulled it out and looked dumbfounded at the article of clothing that she retrieved. It was Scott's under shirt. It took a minute for it to register but she still held it up and stared at it. What would Scott's under shirt be doing in Jess bedroom? Her heart started beating faster as things started to click inside her mind. Scott was not in the living room when she came in last night, he didn't have a tee shirt on when he went to bed last night, and he couldn't make love to her. Shelby thought that she was going to be sick with what was running through her mind. She stormed out into the hallway.
"Jess can you come here for a minute."
Jess left the kitchen and headed down the hall towards Shelby. Shelby walked into her bedroom and turned around making sure that Jess had followed her in.
"SCOTT. Wake up." Scott jumped at the sound of his named being yelled. He rolled over and saw Shelby and Jess standing at the foot of his bed.
"What's wrong Shel, what's going on?"
Shelby stood with her arms folded across her body and took a strong foot stance on the floor. "You want to try and explain to me again where you were when I came in last night?"
Scott's mind was still hazy and he was trying to wake up. "What? What are you talking about Shel? You found me in the living room remember?"
"First of all, when I came in I turned the lights on in the living room and you weren't there. You could not have been outside because your body was too warm. Second, I find your tee shirt under my sister's bed this morning and you wouldn't have sex with me last night. It's not because you were too sleepy but because you were too tired to get it up after previously having sex. Am I right?"
"No." Scott felt like he had been slapped in the face. All this was circumstantial evidence and it didn't prove anything. Scott decided that he was going to stand his ground because Shelby was just fishing for information. Scott might have gotten away with it but Jess couldn't stand the pressure and she broke down and began to cry.
"I'm sorry Shelby. We didn't mean too. It's all my fault. Don't blame Scott. I wanted it to happen."
Scott thought that shit was going to hit the fan now. Jess became out of control and started blabbing on and on.
"You wanted what to happen Jess? Are you telling me that you two had sex?" Jess shook her head and placed her trebling hands on her face.
Shelby turned and threw a pillow at Scott. "How could you. My God Scott. How could you have sex with my little sister? She's just a kid." Shelby was now getting out of control and started screaming and yelling. Scott went over to her so that he could try and get her to calm down but she lashed out at him.
"DON'T TOUCH ME. YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME."
Scott was in a panic now and wanted to get control of her but she wouldn't let him. Jess was crying and yelling and the whole room was in chaos.
"Shelby please let me just talk to you." Scott kept trying to approach her but she would back away trying to stay as far away from him as possible. Scott knew that he needed to keep his distance but he still pleaded for her cooperation.
"Shelby come on please let's just talk about this. You need to calm down. It's not good for you to get all stressed like this."
"What the hell do you care. You don't give a shit about me or else you wouldn't have slept with my sister. You are low life scum. I thought that you only liked fucking older women not little girls too." Shelby was saying anything that she could think of to hurt him because it was helping her to release some of the pain she was feeling now.
Jess, "I'm not a little girl so stop treating me like one. Please Shelby don't be mad at him. It's my fault. Scott really does love you. I'm so sorry. I only wanted to be like you."
"Jess just go to your room right now. This isn't your fault." Jess just stood there trying to plead for Shelby's forgiveness. "JESS I SAID TO GO TO YOUR ROOM." Jess finally turned and ran to her room crying all the way.
Shelby turned towards Scott with so much hate in her eyes. "I hate you. I hate you so much. You know that I can make your life so miserable right now. All I have to do is call the police and say that you raped my little sister."
Scott was in so much pain that he felt like dying. He cried out to Shelby for her pity and understanding. "Please Shelby I'm sorry. I know that you don't believe me and you have every right to doubt me but I really do love you. You can do whatever you want but calling the police is just going to put a lot of pressure on Jess. I don't care if I get locked up but think about what it will do to her. It didn't mean anything to me it just happened. You walked out on me and I started drinking too much. Jess was telling me that she wanted me and one thing just led to another. It was over before I realized what happened."
"Scott I don't want to hear your lies anymore. I just want you to pack your things and get out."
"Shelby please no. You need me. You can't have our baby alone."
"I won't be alone. I may be able to forgive Jess in time but I'll never be able to forgive you. NOW GET OUT."
Scott realized that he had lost this battle this time but he wasn't going to give up. He went over to the closet and pulled out a suitcase and began throwing his things into it. On his way out he turned to Shelby. "Shelby I love you more than anything. Yes I did something very stupid and I'm sorry. I'm not going to give up on you." He turned and walked out the door.
It took all of her energy to hold it together as long as she had. Once the door shut behind Scott, Shelby dropped down on the floor and began to cry. She was in so much pain from all the hurt that was caused that she didn't realize that the pain in her stomach was real. She cried out in pain and held her stomach and rocked back and forth on the floor. Jess had heard her cries and came running. She saw Shelby on the floor grabbing her stomach and started to panic.
"Shelby what's wrong? Are you ok? Is it the baby? What do I do?" She ran to the front door and started yelling for help. She saw Scott getting into his car and she screamed at him. "SCOTT. DON'T GO. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH SHELBY. "
Scott had heard Jess yelling and took off running back up to the condo. "What'd you say Jess?"
"Something is wrong with Shelby. I think it's the baby."
Scott ran into the apartment as fast as he could and found Shelby lying on the floor crying. He bent down and picked her up while she continued to kick and scream for him to leave her alone. "Shelby is something wrong with the baby?"
"Scott I told you to leave. I can take care of myself." Just than another sharp pain came across her stomach as she winced in pain. She had grabbed onto Scott's arm and squeezed until the pain subsided. Scott knew that something was wrong and called the ambulance.
The paramedics arrived and took Shelby to the hospital. She wouldn't let Scott ride in the ambulance with her and so Jess rode while he drove his car. When Scott had arrived at the hospital he found Shelby hooked up to machines monitoring the baby heart beat. They were doing blood work and trying to figure out why she was having premature labor. They hooked her up to I.V.'s that would give her medication to help stop the contractions. Scott was sent out to the lobby to fill out all the necessary paper work. Once he was done he went up to the room that they had assigned Shelby. They needed to keep her in the hospital until they made sure that the labor had stopped. Shelby slept while Scott stayed by her side. Since Shelby was going to be there all night, Scott called his mother to come and take Jess home. Scott and Jess talked for the first time since the incident.
"Jess I'm sorry that I took advantage of you. I'll understand if you want to press charges. Shelby wants you to."
"NO. Scott this was all my fault. I've had a crush on you for some time. I just couldn't believe that Shelby was treating you so bad and I felt sorry for you. I shouldn't have told you that I wanted you and I shouldn't have kissed you like that."
"But still I should have had better control over the situation. I was just being weak. I'm not saying that you aren't attractive or anything but you just aren't meant for me. There is only one person meant for me and she hates my guts now. I don't think she'll ever forgive me and if she doesn't than I don't think I'll have a purpose to live anymore."
"Don't say that. You're going to have a child that needs to grow up with a father."
"Why'd you do it Jess? Why did you let me have my way with you? You said earlier that you wanted to be like Shelby. What did you mean by that?"
"When Shelby left home long time ago I was so envious of her. She was brave enough to escape the torment from Walt. I would lay awake at night and I wished that I could be strong like her. When you two got married I noticed how happy she was and just wanted to be that happy too. I wanted someone like you to come take me away from all the pain like you did Shelby. I guess that I got so greedy that I thought if I had you than I could be as happy as Shelby."
"Jess, you're still young and there is still time. There will be someone to take away the pain but it can't be me. You'll meet someone and he better be good to you or I'll kick his ass." That brought a smile to her face.
"I've ruined everything for you just to satisfy my own needs. Maybe I should just pack up and go back home. Shelby will never forgive you as long as I am here."
"I don't think that 's the problem. I just don't think that she can ever forgive me because she's lost her trust in me and I don't know how to get it back."
Just then the Dr. came in so he could give Scott the situation at hand. "The baby is doing fine right now. We're not sure what caused the pre-mature labor maybe stress but her body seems to be fighting the pregnancy. If her body chooses to abort than the baby wouldn't survive right now because the vital organs aren't fully developed yet. She needs to be on complete bed rest for the duration of this pregnancy and just keep giving her medication to stop any contractions that may occur. We'll let her go home tomorrow but she will be on mandatory bed rest. We'll send her home with a monitor and we'll teach you how to give the injections if she needs them. She has got to stay completely off her feet if she doesn't want to lose this baby." After making sure Scott fully understood the instruction, the Dr. left.
"Jess you can't go home now. Shelby needs you more than ever now. She's not going to let me get near her so you have to help me out."
"Ok I'll stay but only on one condition."
"What's that?"
"You have to move back in because I'll be too scared to do this all alone."
Scott ran his hand through his hair. "It's Shelby you have to convince not me."
Just then Susan walked in. "Oh Scott honey, how is she. Is she going to be alright?"
"Yeah, the Dr. says that she has to be restricted to complete bed rest for the duration of the pregnancy. She'll go crazy being in bed for three month."
"Don't worry we can all help out. I can stay with her in the day while you're at school. You look exhausted Scott. Why don't you go home and get some rest."
"No I'm not leaving her. I want you to take Jess home."
The whole time Shelby had appeared to be asleep but she had heard everything that was said between Scott and Jess. She cringed when she heard the Dr. say that she had to stay in bed for the rest of the term. She wanted to talk to Jess before she was taken home so she rolled over and opened her eyes.
Susan, "Hey Shelby, how are you feeling? Everything is going to be ok. You have a lot of people here that is going to take good care of you."
"Thanks, I just want to talk to my sister alone right now." She gave a small smile to Susan and a deadly glare to Scott, which his mother seemed to take notice of.
Both Scott and Susan walked out of the room as Jess walked closer to the bed with her head hanging low. "Jess its not all your fault. I heard what you and Scott were talking about and I actually understand what you are saying. I had those same feelings when Scott was with Juliette. I would do anything just to feel the same happiness that she did when she was with him."
"It's not the same because he is married to you and I shouldn't have used him."
"Jess you didn't use him. If anything he used you because it had been awhile since he has had any sex. Guys get like that. If they haven't had to in awhile they just get all stressed out and feel the need for release. No matter what, he still needed to exercise some self-discipline and self-control. He did say something right though. Things will get better for you and someday will find someone special to share your life with and I hope that someone doesn't hurt you like Scott did me."
"I hurt you too Shelby."
"I forgive you Jess."
"Thanks but I can't accept your apology unless you can forgive Scott as well. We both were guilty here."
"It's not as easy to forgive him because I expect more from him."
"He's only human. We all make mistakes. No one's perfect and he really loves you."
"Yes but its different when it affects other people's lives. So you think I have good taste in guys?" Shelby said with a grin on her face. Jess shyly smiled and shook her head yes.
"Well just between you and me. I'll forgive him one of these days but until I do, I want to make his life a living hell. I want him to remember this so he doesn't ever make the same mistake again." Shelby smiled and gave Jess an evil wink.
Scott was sweating big time because the alcohol was wearing off and reality had set in. How could he have been so stupid to get all caught up in lust that he wasn't thinking straight? Would he be able to be in the same room as Jess and not feel uncomfortable? He was determined to forget the whole thing ever happened as long as Shelby never found out. He was lying in bed and Shelby was doing her best to try and bring forth some sexual stimulation but Scott's mind was zoned out dealing with the guilt that he was experiencing.
"Scott are you alright? You seem like you're in another world right now. I know it's been a long time since we've made love and I thought that you'd be dying for it."
"I am, I mean I do but I'm just really tired right now. Can I give you a rain check?" Scott really wanted to please Shelby but it was just to soon after what happened earlier.
"I've never none a guy to be too tired for sex. I thought guys always wanted it."
"I didn't with Elaine."
"Yeah well I'm not Elaine."
"I didn't say you were. I'm just really too tired to get focused right now."
"Are you just saying that or are you just mad at me?"
"Of course I'm not mad to you. I thought that you were the one losing feeling for me. You are always putting your friends before me and you seem to be talking negative about this pregnancy lately. What's up with that?"
"I know but my head is in a really weird place right now. I'm afraid I'm loosing my freedom and it scares me."
"I'll help you through this if you let me. Stop shutting me out."
"I'm not shutting you out now." She rubbed her hands across his chest and planted a kiss on his lips. "Are you sure that I can't change your mind?"
Scott wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. "Shut up and go to sleep. I'll be full of energy in the morning. By the way, I love you."
"I know. Good night."
The next morning Scott was still asleep but Shelby had to get up. Being with child put a lot of pressure on the bladder so it caused the need for frequent bathroom breaks. She decided to get an early start on some chores. She got the laundry basket and walked around picking up clothes to go into the wash machine. Jess was already up and was in the kitchen eating a bowel of cereal. Shelby came walking out and Jess had a tense look on her face. She was waiting for something bad to happen but Shelby was actually in a good mood for once.
"Morning Jess how's it going?"
Jess stuttered with her response. "F-f-fine." She watched Shelby waiting for any indication that her knew something but it never came. Shelby walked over to the wash machine and started to put a load of white clothes in. Jess let out a sigh of relief when she realized that Shelby didn't suspect anything. The next worse part of her morning was going to be when she became face to face with Scott. She didn't know how she was going to handle that stressful moment.
"Jess I'm doing some laundry. Do you have any dirty clothes in your room?"
"Yeah I'll go get them."
"No that's ok. You just finish your breakfast and I'll get them."
Shelby walked down the hall into Jess room. Jess wasn't known to be a very neat person and she had clothes lying around on the floor. Shelby was bending over picking up the clothes and putting them in the basket when she saw more dirty clothes under the bed. She reached under there and grabbed some clothes. She pulled it out and looked dumbfounded at the article of clothing that she retrieved. It was Scott's under shirt. It took a minute for it to register but she still held it up and stared at it. What would Scott's under shirt be doing in Jess bedroom? Her heart started beating faster as things started to click inside her mind. Scott was not in the living room when she came in last night, he didn't have a tee shirt on when he went to bed last night, and he couldn't make love to her. Shelby thought that she was going to be sick with what was running through her mind. She stormed out into the hallway.
"Jess can you come here for a minute."
Jess left the kitchen and headed down the hall towards Shelby. Shelby walked into her bedroom and turned around making sure that Jess had followed her in.
"SCOTT. Wake up." Scott jumped at the sound of his named being yelled. He rolled over and saw Shelby and Jess standing at the foot of his bed.
"What's wrong Shel, what's going on?"
Shelby stood with her arms folded across her body and took a strong foot stance on the floor. "You want to try and explain to me again where you were when I came in last night?"
Scott's mind was still hazy and he was trying to wake up. "What? What are you talking about Shel? You found me in the living room remember?"
"First of all, when I came in I turned the lights on in the living room and you weren't there. You could not have been outside because your body was too warm. Second, I find your tee shirt under my sister's bed this morning and you wouldn't have sex with me last night. It's not because you were too sleepy but because you were too tired to get it up after previously having sex. Am I right?"
"No." Scott felt like he had been slapped in the face. All this was circumstantial evidence and it didn't prove anything. Scott decided that he was going to stand his ground because Shelby was just fishing for information. Scott might have gotten away with it but Jess couldn't stand the pressure and she broke down and began to cry.
"I'm sorry Shelby. We didn't mean too. It's all my fault. Don't blame Scott. I wanted it to happen."
Scott thought that shit was going to hit the fan now. Jess became out of control and started blabbing on and on.
"You wanted what to happen Jess? Are you telling me that you two had sex?" Jess shook her head and placed her trebling hands on her face.
Shelby turned and threw a pillow at Scott. "How could you. My God Scott. How could you have sex with my little sister? She's just a kid." Shelby was now getting out of control and started screaming and yelling. Scott went over to her so that he could try and get her to calm down but she lashed out at him.
"DON'T TOUCH ME. YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME."
Scott was in a panic now and wanted to get control of her but she wouldn't let him. Jess was crying and yelling and the whole room was in chaos.
"Shelby please let me just talk to you." Scott kept trying to approach her but she would back away trying to stay as far away from him as possible. Scott knew that he needed to keep his distance but he still pleaded for her cooperation.
"Shelby come on please let's just talk about this. You need to calm down. It's not good for you to get all stressed like this."
"What the hell do you care. You don't give a shit about me or else you wouldn't have slept with my sister. You are low life scum. I thought that you only liked fucking older women not little girls too." Shelby was saying anything that she could think of to hurt him because it was helping her to release some of the pain she was feeling now.
Jess, "I'm not a little girl so stop treating me like one. Please Shelby don't be mad at him. It's my fault. Scott really does love you. I'm so sorry. I only wanted to be like you."
"Jess just go to your room right now. This isn't your fault." Jess just stood there trying to plead for Shelby's forgiveness. "JESS I SAID TO GO TO YOUR ROOM." Jess finally turned and ran to her room crying all the way.
Shelby turned towards Scott with so much hate in her eyes. "I hate you. I hate you so much. You know that I can make your life so miserable right now. All I have to do is call the police and say that you raped my little sister."
Scott was in so much pain that he felt like dying. He cried out to Shelby for her pity and understanding. "Please Shelby I'm sorry. I know that you don't believe me and you have every right to doubt me but I really do love you. You can do whatever you want but calling the police is just going to put a lot of pressure on Jess. I don't care if I get locked up but think about what it will do to her. It didn't mean anything to me it just happened. You walked out on me and I started drinking too much. Jess was telling me that she wanted me and one thing just led to another. It was over before I realized what happened."
"Scott I don't want to hear your lies anymore. I just want you to pack your things and get out."
"Shelby please no. You need me. You can't have our baby alone."
"I won't be alone. I may be able to forgive Jess in time but I'll never be able to forgive you. NOW GET OUT."
Scott realized that he had lost this battle this time but he wasn't going to give up. He went over to the closet and pulled out a suitcase and began throwing his things into it. On his way out he turned to Shelby. "Shelby I love you more than anything. Yes I did something very stupid and I'm sorry. I'm not going to give up on you." He turned and walked out the door.
It took all of her energy to hold it together as long as she had. Once the door shut behind Scott, Shelby dropped down on the floor and began to cry. She was in so much pain from all the hurt that was caused that she didn't realize that the pain in her stomach was real. She cried out in pain and held her stomach and rocked back and forth on the floor. Jess had heard her cries and came running. She saw Shelby on the floor grabbing her stomach and started to panic.
"Shelby what's wrong? Are you ok? Is it the baby? What do I do?" She ran to the front door and started yelling for help. She saw Scott getting into his car and she screamed at him. "SCOTT. DON'T GO. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH SHELBY. "
Scott had heard Jess yelling and took off running back up to the condo. "What'd you say Jess?"
"Something is wrong with Shelby. I think it's the baby."
Scott ran into the apartment as fast as he could and found Shelby lying on the floor crying. He bent down and picked her up while she continued to kick and scream for him to leave her alone. "Shelby is something wrong with the baby?"
"Scott I told you to leave. I can take care of myself." Just than another sharp pain came across her stomach as she winced in pain. She had grabbed onto Scott's arm and squeezed until the pain subsided. Scott knew that something was wrong and called the ambulance.
The paramedics arrived and took Shelby to the hospital. She wouldn't let Scott ride in the ambulance with her and so Jess rode while he drove his car. When Scott had arrived at the hospital he found Shelby hooked up to machines monitoring the baby heart beat. They were doing blood work and trying to figure out why she was having premature labor. They hooked her up to I.V.'s that would give her medication to help stop the contractions. Scott was sent out to the lobby to fill out all the necessary paper work. Once he was done he went up to the room that they had assigned Shelby. They needed to keep her in the hospital until they made sure that the labor had stopped. Shelby slept while Scott stayed by her side. Since Shelby was going to be there all night, Scott called his mother to come and take Jess home. Scott and Jess talked for the first time since the incident.
"Jess I'm sorry that I took advantage of you. I'll understand if you want to press charges. Shelby wants you to."
"NO. Scott this was all my fault. I've had a crush on you for some time. I just couldn't believe that Shelby was treating you so bad and I felt sorry for you. I shouldn't have told you that I wanted you and I shouldn't have kissed you like that."
"But still I should have had better control over the situation. I was just being weak. I'm not saying that you aren't attractive or anything but you just aren't meant for me. There is only one person meant for me and she hates my guts now. I don't think she'll ever forgive me and if she doesn't than I don't think I'll have a purpose to live anymore."
"Don't say that. You're going to have a child that needs to grow up with a father."
"Why'd you do it Jess? Why did you let me have my way with you? You said earlier that you wanted to be like Shelby. What did you mean by that?"
"When Shelby left home long time ago I was so envious of her. She was brave enough to escape the torment from Walt. I would lay awake at night and I wished that I could be strong like her. When you two got married I noticed how happy she was and just wanted to be that happy too. I wanted someone like you to come take me away from all the pain like you did Shelby. I guess that I got so greedy that I thought if I had you than I could be as happy as Shelby."
"Jess, you're still young and there is still time. There will be someone to take away the pain but it can't be me. You'll meet someone and he better be good to you or I'll kick his ass." That brought a smile to her face.
"I've ruined everything for you just to satisfy my own needs. Maybe I should just pack up and go back home. Shelby will never forgive you as long as I am here."
"I don't think that 's the problem. I just don't think that she can ever forgive me because she's lost her trust in me and I don't know how to get it back."
Just then the Dr. came in so he could give Scott the situation at hand. "The baby is doing fine right now. We're not sure what caused the pre-mature labor maybe stress but her body seems to be fighting the pregnancy. If her body chooses to abort than the baby wouldn't survive right now because the vital organs aren't fully developed yet. She needs to be on complete bed rest for the duration of this pregnancy and just keep giving her medication to stop any contractions that may occur. We'll let her go home tomorrow but she will be on mandatory bed rest. We'll send her home with a monitor and we'll teach you how to give the injections if she needs them. She has got to stay completely off her feet if she doesn't want to lose this baby." After making sure Scott fully understood the instruction, the Dr. left.
"Jess you can't go home now. Shelby needs you more than ever now. She's not going to let me get near her so you have to help me out."
"Ok I'll stay but only on one condition."
"What's that?"
"You have to move back in because I'll be too scared to do this all alone."
Scott ran his hand through his hair. "It's Shelby you have to convince not me."
Just then Susan walked in. "Oh Scott honey, how is she. Is she going to be alright?"
"Yeah, the Dr. says that she has to be restricted to complete bed rest for the duration of the pregnancy. She'll go crazy being in bed for three month."
"Don't worry we can all help out. I can stay with her in the day while you're at school. You look exhausted Scott. Why don't you go home and get some rest."
"No I'm not leaving her. I want you to take Jess home."
The whole time Shelby had appeared to be asleep but she had heard everything that was said between Scott and Jess. She cringed when she heard the Dr. say that she had to stay in bed for the rest of the term. She wanted to talk to Jess before she was taken home so she rolled over and opened her eyes.
Susan, "Hey Shelby, how are you feeling? Everything is going to be ok. You have a lot of people here that is going to take good care of you."
"Thanks, I just want to talk to my sister alone right now." She gave a small smile to Susan and a deadly glare to Scott, which his mother seemed to take notice of.
Both Scott and Susan walked out of the room as Jess walked closer to the bed with her head hanging low. "Jess its not all your fault. I heard what you and Scott were talking about and I actually understand what you are saying. I had those same feelings when Scott was with Juliette. I would do anything just to feel the same happiness that she did when she was with him."
"It's not the same because he is married to you and I shouldn't have used him."
"Jess you didn't use him. If anything he used you because it had been awhile since he has had any sex. Guys get like that. If they haven't had to in awhile they just get all stressed out and feel the need for release. No matter what, he still needed to exercise some self-discipline and self-control. He did say something right though. Things will get better for you and someday will find someone special to share your life with and I hope that someone doesn't hurt you like Scott did me."
"I hurt you too Shelby."
"I forgive you Jess."
"Thanks but I can't accept your apology unless you can forgive Scott as well. We both were guilty here."
"It's not as easy to forgive him because I expect more from him."
"He's only human. We all make mistakes. No one's perfect and he really loves you."
"Yes but its different when it affects other people's lives. So you think I have good taste in guys?" Shelby said with a grin on her face. Jess shyly smiled and shook her head yes.
"Well just between you and me. I'll forgive him one of these days but until I do, I want to make his life a living hell. I want him to remember this so he doesn't ever make the same mistake again." Shelby smiled and gave Jess an evil wink.