If Only

If Only

Scott sat nervously tapping his foot on the couch, Shelby had been in Peters office with the officer an awful long time. He must suspect something, everyone else had been in there for less than a half hour, now going on forty five minutes they obviously had some interest in Shelby. Auggie patted his back reassuringly.

" There is no way they know right?" He asked Scott as if he knew every thing. Auggie looked at him anxiously.

" Not as long as everyone kept their mouths shut," Scott said stone-faced. Finally the door of Peter's office swung open, Shelby walked out quietly. She looked at Scott and the rest of the group and walked out of the lodge quickly. David looked at Auggie and Scott they all looked the same, wondering what had just happened, wondering if Shelby had broke their pact. The officer shook Peter's hand and walked out the door, got in his squad car and drove away. They all sighed in relief, making Peter suspicious.

" You guys can all go. You have off until Monday, the police are still investigating the campus so classes aren't such a good idea" Peter said obviously rattled. They all shook their heads and walked outside.

" We never mention this again" Scott said sternly and walked toward the girl's dorm. Something had happened in that office and he knew it, the look on Shelby's face, he knew she was scared. When he got there sure enough Shelby lay crunched up in a ball on her bed crying over a pillow and squeezing the bear he had given her for her birthday. He kissed the side of her face gently and she jumped a little startled.

" Sorry." Scott whispered as she began to sit up. He sat down next to her and took her hand. " What happened in there?"

" Scott.." She paused " they think that he came up here to see me one last time and then killed himself"

Scott sighed. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer. She began to cry pressed against him, he could hear her muffled weeping. He knew that she never meant for all of this to happen, that if she could go back and change it she would. That night would haunt the six of them for the rest of their lives, no matter where they went or what they did, it would always be there looming in the distance, a shadow of there past. Horizon was no longer a place they would look back on and smile.

David sat in the bathroom looking in the mirror. Last night had changed his life dramatically. What he had witnessed would forever stand out among all the clouded memories in his mind. Daisy walked into the bathroom and looked at him a worried expression on her face.

" Hey" She said leaning against the door as it closed. " You don't look so good" she said patting him on the back.

David looked at her and shook his head in almost disgust. How could she act like everything was ok, like it was no big deal.

" What?" Daisy said wondering if she should be insulted.

" How can u just act like everything is ok?" David sighed. He turned on the sink and splashed cold water on his face.

" Because it is. There was a problem and we took care of it, everyone is ok and the police have no idea what happened."

" And that's a good thing?" David said trying to resolve all the lingering questions in his mind. After it happened, everyone was so freaked that they vowed never to speak of it again. And here they were the next day, scared of being found out. Daisy shook her head and began to open the door. David grabbed her by her shirt and pulled her back inside. He was so close to her she could feel his breath on her face. " I know your just as scared as I am, you don't have to be strong infront of me".

" David..." She whispered almost unable to finish her sentence. David put a finger against her quivering lip and pulled her tightly against him. She squeezed her eyes shut trying not to cry, unsuccessfully.

Juliet had barely spoken all day. The scratch on her face had healed quickly over night and there was only a little trace of redness left. Her eyes were puffy and pink as she whipped them dry with a piece of tissue she had been using for the last half hour. Locked in the bathroom, she sat there crying thinking about what they had done, about what was goin to happen. Nothing was ever going to be the same and she knew it. Auggie couldn't even look her in the eye.

Ezra had been watching all day as the six of them avoided Peter and the other members of the group. Scott, Shelby, Daisy, Juliet, Auggie, and David were hiding something, and he fully intended to find out what it was.

I will post again as soon as I can, and I'm on spring break so it might just be tomorrow! But not if I don't get some reviews.