AN: I am soooo sorry it took me so long to get this up but I have had the

week from hell. I had finals all this week and an essay due and some

relationship issues so I didn't really have any time to write it. Then when

I finally did get a chance to type my computer decided to be stupid and it

shutdown so I lost the whole chapter that I had written. OK now that I'm

down letting everyone know my problems I will say that I do not own any of

the cliffhangers or the higher ground characters but i do have a really cool

notebook about things to do to Hayden.lol. I do however own Melanie Stevens

and anyone else that i want to add into any other chapters. OK now on with

my story.






I had been in the infirmary for 2 days since I had that talk with Peter.

Nobody stopped by to see how I was or anything... well except for Peter and

Sophie and they don't really count. Peter had been really nice to me he

tried to talk to me after he got my file and learned all the details he

said something about how it wasn't my fault and that he knew what it felt

like to loose a parent. "Yeah like he knows anything about how I feel" I


thought to myself. I was just glad that I hadn't told the police or Peter

about what that sicko did to Nick and Katie they deserved to live a normal

life wherever they were now. It was at that very moment that I promised

myself they would never have to live through the humiliation of having

everyone know what he did to them. I had gotten a call while I was in the

infirmary. It had been a girl named Ashley that I had been friends with

since Jr. high. She had actually called to tell ME I was a sick person and

that I would burn for all eternity for what I had done. The whole town was

talking about it. I could see the headlines of the papers "hard working man

killed by step-daughter". As soon as I stepped out of the infirmary I shook

all of those thoughts out of my head. I didn't need to think about how that

town viewed me because I was NEVER going to go back there again. The sun was

shining bright that day and I could see all my group mates sitting at picnic

tables doing work well more like attempting to do work while they really

fooled around. "God how I wish I could just laugh like them" I mumbled. "Well

well well looks like the physcho finally decided to grace us with her

presence" David said in a really mean tone of voice. Everyone else just

turned and went back to ignoring me like they had since I had gotten there.

It was then that i had enough " why are you guys all acting like such dicks?

god who are any of you to judge me?" "Well excuse us LANIE but when someone

try's to kill the ONLY person who cares about most of us we usually get a

little upset" Daisy said sarcastically "oh and you guys are all just

saints...and for your information DAIZ I didn't try to kill Peter he just

happened to come in at a bad time" I said using just as much sarcasm as her.

" Yeah but what about your step dad? Did he just happen to come in at a bad

time too?" David said. At this statement everyone turned towards me with

their mouths wide open. "what..how'd.." that was all I got a chance to say

because after that I only remember running right into David and just hitting

him. For someone who was only 5'6 and 115 lbs I could really defend myself.

It was something that I had learned to get rid of my father as well as

people in school who really got me mad and David was just one of those people

who knew how to push all of my buttons. I think that I really shocked all of

the cliffhangers including David because for a few seconds he just sort of

sat there while I hit him in all of the places that I knew could hurt. After

regaining their composure Auggie and Scott managed to get me off of David

but not before I had managed to give him a bloody nose as well as hurting

him "where the sun don't shine" After getting me restrained Juliet came

running back with Peter who looked very disappointed and yet slightly amused

that I had managed to make David bleed. "All right Scott Auggie you guys can

help me take her to my office Jess why dont you take David to get cleaned

up. We're going to have group in 15 minutes and we're going to get rid of

all the hostility you guys have against each other.


Once inside his office Peter yelled at me but I just blocked him out after

he said "and you asked me for a second chance" he snapped me out of it by

saying "do you understand? Melanie" " what?" I said a little embarrassed

that I had managed to miss his whole conversation. " I said that your on

shuns for a week, but I have a very special shuns for you." " Why?" "Oh

you'll see now go get cleaned up you have group in 5 minutes. I'll let you

know there" "yeah sure" I said as I was left wondering what Peter had instore

for me.





AN: next time we hold group and boy do the emotions fly.....also we find out

what Peter's "special shuns" are.

Please review it makes me feel so loved.