Okay I would like to thank everyone for all of the wonderful feedback on the last chapter!! It really means alot! Okay well this story is still on the brinking point of picking up the pace but it's getting there!! Please let me know what you think!
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Kay
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For Dear Life
Chapter 4
A month later
Scott and Shelby had tightened their grasp on Stephanie they watched her like a hawk to make sure she took her shot. Scott even found her everyday at Lunch taking her to the nurse's office to take it. She took it at least that's what they thought she would pretend to take it but never filled the syringe. She had gone to some parties and drank a couple of times. Smoking became a habit she liked.
Mrs. Rose walked over to her in her dance class as Stephanie was sitting down like she had when she decided to show up for class. "Stephanie, you need to get up and dance. I'm not going to let you just sit through this class."
Stephanie laughed rolling her eyes "Okay I'll dance." Her leg had been fully healed by now. She stood up walking to the floor and started doing stupid moves that weren't even dance. Everyone was laughing at her in class and Mrs. Rose was not happy.
Stephanie never showed up to softball practice but kept coming home drunk. She wasn't afraid to show her parents either.
She had kept getting wasted at parties her grades dropping and getting very sick she didn't care. It was any moment now that she would be with Billy dancing up in the clouds. She coughed being on her 5th beer, someone handed her a joint she inhaled it passing it off to someone else. She laid her head back whispering to her self "I'm coming Billy." She then felt herself blackout
A girl walking through the party sat down by Stephanie to wake her up because it was ending. The girl didn't get any response in waking her up, finally noticing how sick Steph looked she felt Steph's pulse and screamed "Oh my god there's a dead girl here!"
Scott and Shelby rushed into the hospital they were getting sick of all the hospital visits they had to make in that past months. Someone directed them to Steph's room, Shelby cried to Scott "Oh god she looks so pale! Why is she doing this?"
He hugged her "I don't know." His hands then went to his face "We watched her! She has been lying to us and tricking us for four months now! How could we both be so blind?" He said. Shelby shook her head "She won't let us in she's barely said a word to me and if she does it's like a threat saying sooner or later we wouldn't have to deal with her." Scott sighed, "What are we going to do? She wants to die, our daughter is on a death mission." Shelby sighed, "She just wants to be with her best friend! Ever since Billy died she has just wanted to go and join him." Scott blew up and through a chair across the hallway. Shelby grabbed him calming him down holding him. "We have to think of something to save her." He cried.
"She's gone into diabetic coma from not taking her shots and not taking care of herself. We caught it early enough that we only had to stabilize her and level her blood sugar. She had a tremendous amount of alcohol in her system, which worried us also. She seems to be doing okay now. We're getting her through this, I'm sure she could use her parents though." The doctor said to them they nodded walking into Stephanie's room. Shelby cried seeing her daughter looking paler than ever Stephanie opened her eyes looking at them. Shelby looked down at her "Hey sweetie."
Stephanie spoke up hoarsely "Mom…do me a favor please?" she asked.
Shelby nodded "What?"
"Pull some plug and get me out of here, I have nothing left down here anymore." She cried softly.
Scott spoke up "Don't say that Stephanie, you have everything down here…" Stephanie cut him off.
She shook her head the best she could "No not without Billy, he was the only thing keeping me alive and now that he's gone I only want to be with him. Please just let me die!" she begged.
Shelby got stern now "We're not going to let you die, not when you have your whole life to live still."
Stephanie sat and sobbed, Scott sighed looking over at Shelby "I'm going to go make a phone call."
Scott left the room walking over to a payphone paying the money and dialing the number, he heard someone pick up.
"Hello?" A woman bellowed through the phone.
"Yeah can I speak to Peter Scarbrow please?" he asked into the phone.
**On The Next 'For Dear Life'**
Scott then explained all that was happening to Peter over the phone and Peter gave him advice.
She nodded "Yes I am, I'm supposed to be with you-" he cut her off.
"No you're not! You're supposed to be back with your family and living your life."
Stephanie slips into depression...
"It's the only way hun. She'll get help." Scott said.
"How can you say that? You want to send her away?" she got out of bed quickly pacing the room.
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Kay
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For Dear Life
Chapter 4
A month later
Scott and Shelby had tightened their grasp on Stephanie they watched her like a hawk to make sure she took her shot. Scott even found her everyday at Lunch taking her to the nurse's office to take it. She took it at least that's what they thought she would pretend to take it but never filled the syringe. She had gone to some parties and drank a couple of times. Smoking became a habit she liked.
Mrs. Rose walked over to her in her dance class as Stephanie was sitting down like she had when she decided to show up for class. "Stephanie, you need to get up and dance. I'm not going to let you just sit through this class."
Stephanie laughed rolling her eyes "Okay I'll dance." Her leg had been fully healed by now. She stood up walking to the floor and started doing stupid moves that weren't even dance. Everyone was laughing at her in class and Mrs. Rose was not happy.
Stephanie never showed up to softball practice but kept coming home drunk. She wasn't afraid to show her parents either.
She had kept getting wasted at parties her grades dropping and getting very sick she didn't care. It was any moment now that she would be with Billy dancing up in the clouds. She coughed being on her 5th beer, someone handed her a joint she inhaled it passing it off to someone else. She laid her head back whispering to her self "I'm coming Billy." She then felt herself blackout
A girl walking through the party sat down by Stephanie to wake her up because it was ending. The girl didn't get any response in waking her up, finally noticing how sick Steph looked she felt Steph's pulse and screamed "Oh my god there's a dead girl here!"
Scott and Shelby rushed into the hospital they were getting sick of all the hospital visits they had to make in that past months. Someone directed them to Steph's room, Shelby cried to Scott "Oh god she looks so pale! Why is she doing this?"
He hugged her "I don't know." His hands then went to his face "We watched her! She has been lying to us and tricking us for four months now! How could we both be so blind?" He said. Shelby shook her head "She won't let us in she's barely said a word to me and if she does it's like a threat saying sooner or later we wouldn't have to deal with her." Scott sighed, "What are we going to do? She wants to die, our daughter is on a death mission." Shelby sighed, "She just wants to be with her best friend! Ever since Billy died she has just wanted to go and join him." Scott blew up and through a chair across the hallway. Shelby grabbed him calming him down holding him. "We have to think of something to save her." He cried.
"She's gone into diabetic coma from not taking her shots and not taking care of herself. We caught it early enough that we only had to stabilize her and level her blood sugar. She had a tremendous amount of alcohol in her system, which worried us also. She seems to be doing okay now. We're getting her through this, I'm sure she could use her parents though." The doctor said to them they nodded walking into Stephanie's room. Shelby cried seeing her daughter looking paler than ever Stephanie opened her eyes looking at them. Shelby looked down at her "Hey sweetie."
Stephanie spoke up hoarsely "Mom…do me a favor please?" she asked.
Shelby nodded "What?"
"Pull some plug and get me out of here, I have nothing left down here anymore." She cried softly.
Scott spoke up "Don't say that Stephanie, you have everything down here…" Stephanie cut him off.
She shook her head the best she could "No not without Billy, he was the only thing keeping me alive and now that he's gone I only want to be with him. Please just let me die!" she begged.
Shelby got stern now "We're not going to let you die, not when you have your whole life to live still."
Stephanie sat and sobbed, Scott sighed looking over at Shelby "I'm going to go make a phone call."
Scott left the room walking over to a payphone paying the money and dialing the number, he heard someone pick up.
"Hello?" A woman bellowed through the phone.
"Yeah can I speak to Peter Scarbrow please?" he asked into the phone.
**On The Next 'For Dear Life'**
Scott then explained all that was happening to Peter over the phone and Peter gave him advice.
She nodded "Yes I am, I'm supposed to be with you-" he cut her off.
"No you're not! You're supposed to be back with your family and living your life."
Stephanie slips into depression...
"It's the only way hun. She'll get help." Scott said.
"How can you say that? You want to send her away?" she got out of bed quickly pacing the room.