Oh how discouraging life can be!! Especially when you come home to find out you have rarely any feedback!! I'm like 20 chapters ahead of ya'll and I soo want to share them with ya!! Please send me feedback reviews whatever! You really don't want to throw my 20 chaps ahead down the drain do ya? I will!! Please!! I'd like at least 10 or more reviews or this story will be nixed and I will only send it to people who really want it!! So come on please!! This is soo not fun begging!!

Also to clear something up someone asked about Sophie retiring, she doesn't council her own group anymore and such, her and Peter are married and she's still really involved in the school helping Peter run it!! But when David came back she decided to give the Cliffhangers to him!!

I also want to clear something else with someone who asked what TRL was lately, Total Request Live on MTV. Don't worry I don't watch it much either if you don't watch it, I just figured it's be something good for her to say to make her look more like a bi*ch! Also to that same person (I think it's you I got a whole bunch of reviews today at the same time!) I want to thank you so much you're great!! You're the reason I'm sending this out today!! Who are you so I can thank you in a better not so public way, not embarassing you or myself!! You're great! Thanx again!

One last note- Imagine Scott & Shelby's daughter I know she's a bi*ch that's exactly who I made her to be!

Backchapters are at my failing and discouraging also site! www.geocities.com/thehgjournal

Kay
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Chapter 7

David walked with her towards a picnic table full of kids a dark haired boy glanced at her giving her a smirk and a wink. Stephanie rolled her eyes at him, David stopped at the table "Hello everybody! How's it going?" he asked.
One blonde guy looked up at him "Can you believe that we actually have to go on quest in two days? You planned this didn't you?" he said blaming David.
David laughed, "No I didn't, but Peter did Troy."
Troy's hands went up in the air "Why do you insist on us getting dirty?" he asked.
A dark haired girl spoke up "Come on Troy it ain't that bad."
David interrupted they're arguing for a moment "I came over to introduce you to a new cliffhanger. This is Stephanie Barringer," he said motioning to her.
Troy stood up holding out his hand "A wonderful pleasure to meet you Stephanie, I am Troy. This right here is Rebecca." He said motioning to the dark haired girl she smiled up at her. Troy continued.
"Over there is Wendy." He pointed to a tiny girl she looked like a geek. "And that's Clyde." He pointed to a sort of dark guy who was joking with Wendy over something. "And right there is Jamal." He pointed to a black guy who was just watching, he waved slightly smiling. He then turned back to her smiling "Welcome to the cliffhangers!"

The dark haired boy walked over to them "Don't I get and introduction?" he asked.
Troy rolled his eyes "Not from me!" then went back to his homework.
The boy ignored him holding out his hand "Hi I'm Ryan, and you are?"
"A screw-up like you guys I guess!" she said turning walking away.

Peter had called Stephanie to his office she walked in "What?"
Peter shrugged "You're into sports right?"
"Used to be, not really my thing anymore." She stated.
Peter rounded up some papers "Well according to your parents, they say that you're your fathers daughter with a different sport."
"Well that's what they say, my parents don't know a thing about me." She sniped.
"Guess they'll have to visit, which I'm sure they'd like to. I need these papers delivered over to the science lab immediately."
Stephanie laughed shaking her head "You think I don't know what you're trying to pull, making me run clear across campus and play your stupid games. Well let me tell you something I'm my own person, and I don't have to do anything I don't want to. No matter what you or my parents say." Stephanie said glaring at Peter, she continued.
"I don't' even care if you saved them or showed them that way to move on from whatever horrible things that went on in their lives, I just think it's all a load of crap."
Peter sighed "Stephanie do you know what went on in your parents lives?"
Stephanie thought a moment "No and I don't care, my parents aren't any to talk. My mother went on and lied to me for the first 6 years of my life until my father walked back into the picture and now they've sent me here."
Peter handed her the papers "Here you have 3 minutes to get this over to the science lab and get back here. Whether you like it or not, you're here now not at home I won't deal with your crap."
Stephanie rolled her eyes "Whatever and if I don't?" Peter gave her a look starting his watch "Then you don't want to know what the consequences are."
Stephanie stormed out of the office running past Sophie.

Sophie entered Peter's office "Stephanie?" He nodded.
"She's looking more like her mother everyday." She sat down across from him.
Peter chuckled "More than I can say for her attitude, she's definitely their daughter. I should have thought twice about their offspring."
"We're talking about a mixture of Scott and Shelby, this one is gonna be tougher than both of them were." Sophie said exasperated.
Peter shook his head "She just has her mothers way of hiding things and not showing any emotion but when you make her mad, watch out because that is definitely Scott's temper" He sighed running his hands down his face "I'm too old for this!"
"You'll get through, you did with them right?" Said trying to cheer him up. He gave her a look.
"Think she'll run?" she asked. He shook his head.
"Hard to tell, Scott ran but Shelby didn't. I put her with the cliffhangers." He said.
Sophie laughed "Runs in the family! You sure that's safe to stick her with David, I mean think about their past because Shelby and Scott wanted to kill him."
"David has changed a lot since he came back, not to mention he'll probably help her in his own way to say he's sorry for all he pulled with them." He suggested.
"We can only hope." She told him.

Stephanie ran through the grass passing the cliffhangers who were at a picnic table, Rebecca called at her "Run! Newbie Run!" The rest laughed.
Stephanie walked over to her "Do you want to say that to my face?"

~*~One the next 'For Dear Life'~*~

Stephanie glared at Rebecca "You better watch your back."
"She has a major problem." Rebecca stated to the group.
Clyde spoke up "I know Stephanie's story guys."

Stephanie has a flashback from her first time at Horizon...

"For a newbie you seem to be happy here now why is that?"
Stephanie hauled of and slapped him whispering to him menacingly "You don't know a thing about me or my parents!" Ryan chuckled rubbing his cheek.

"Okay we're going to talk about careers tonight. What careers do your parent's have and what career are looking towards having?" David said starting group.
"What about you Steph?" Troy asked.
Steph rolled her eyes "...I don't plan to be around by the time I'm supposed to get one, that's my life goal!"
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