If only
Ezra quietly tried to inch closer to them to hear more of there conversation. He stepped on a branch making a loud noise and startling Shelby.
" What was that?" Shelby said gripping onto Scott.
" I don't know, probably a animal or something" Scott said smiling at her.
" Relax you're shaking" He said and pulled her close to him.
" This is never gonna go away Scott" Shelby sighed. " I can't eat, I definitely can't sleep, it's everywhere"
" I'm sorry, this is all my fault" Scott said holding her close.
" No it's not!" Shelby said looking into his eyes. " You protected me, you saved my life Scott, it's not your fault at all."
***
Shelby rolled over and sighed as the sunlight poured through her curtains. She had gotten home so late from the party last night she didn't even change before she went to sleep. She sat up and looked into the mirror across the room.
" Yuck." She sighed and heard the front door shut. She ran out of her bedroom to see Juliet collapse onto the couch. Juliet pulled off her shoes and sighed." Was I right? Did he do it?"
" No Shelby you were wrong" Juliet sighed putting her hands over her face.
" No way!" Juliet gasped, " I'm telling you Juliet he's going to propose"
" Right Whatever Shelby. Scott will propose to you before Auggie ever does to me" She sighed.
" Me and Scott get engaged? Never" Shelby laughed sitting next to Juliet.
" I don't know Jules something is going on with him, he's been so weird lately, he hasn't come over all week, he left the party last night at like 11 without even saying goodbye, I'm starting to think…" Shelby began
" What?" Jules asked
" I think he's gonna break up with me" Shelby blurted out. " He barely talks to me lately. I don't know, when we graduated from Horizon last spring things were great we had just moved on from that whole… well you know incident, and now its like, the flame its gone, he just doesn't seem to want me any more" Shelby explained to a sympathetic Juliet.
" Maybe theirs just something going on with him that he doesn't want to talk about with you right now or maybe well, I hate to say it maybe he's hiding something from you" Juliet said.
" Yeah maybe. I don't know it just seems like he doesn't want to be with me anymore. You know it used to be when we were together he made me feel like someone finally wanted me to be there, somebody loved me you know and its just not that way with us any more." Shelby said tears in her eyes as she spoke.
" You know what you two need? A nice night alone! I'll go over to Auggies and you can have the apartment to yourself and you can have a nice romantic dinner for two" Juliet suggested.
" That's sounds like a good idea, maybe it will get Scott to wake up a little." Shelby sighed.
" I'll help you! There will be candles and romantic music and the lights dimmed, it will be perfect."
" OK!" Shelby said getting excited. She picked up the phone and dialed Scott's number. She smiled at Jules happily as she waited for him to pick up. " Hey sweetie it's me" Shelby said finally as he picked up.
" I was thinking maybe you could come over tonight, we'll watch some movies or something?" Shelby asked. " Come on Scott Please?!" She said sounding disappointed. " Scott I haven't seen you all week…Ok see you at 9 bye baby" She said and hung up.
" Well…" Jules asked.
" He didn't even want to come I had to talk to him into it" Shelby said sadly.
" Well he will be glad he did when he sees you tonight, come on go get dressed we have some shopping to do." Jules said pushing her into the bathroom.
***
Scott hung up the phone in defeat. The last thing he wanted was to be around Shelby right now. Although he had to admit he did miss her, he hadn't seen her all week. She was beginning to get mad and he could tell especially after he left without even a word to her from David's last night.
" Alright dude I have been trying to mind my own business but what's up with you and Shelby" Auggie asked noticing him stare at the phone. He knew it must have been her on the other end by the look on his face, it was the same look when he saw her at David's last night.
" I don't know man" Scott sighed. " Things are just not what they used to be"
" Wait a minute, don't tell me your thinking of breaking up with her?" Auggie asked. Scott only looked at him " Oh no way man! You do that and I'll kill you, because we both know you'll end up missing her and wanting her back and knowing Shelby there is no way she is gonna trust you again."
Scott looked at him and sighed, he knew Auggie was right but he just couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to tear them apart.
***
NEXT TIME
-Scott and Shelby's romantic night
- Ezra pays Daisy a visit