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Shelby spritzed perfume on her chest and wrists and smiled. Tonight was going to be wonderful everything for her and Scott would work out. Juliet walked in and smiled.
" You look awesome Shell" Juliet said.
" I better this dress cost enough" Shelby said looking in the mirror. She had bought a short red dress that flowed in all the right places.
" You look great, he'll be drooling" Juliet smiled as she pulled on her coat. " I'm gonna get out of here I'm late enough as it is, I was supposed to meet Auggie at the coffee shop at 8 and it's already 7:45" She said. Shelby gave her a hug.
" Thanks for all your help Jules." She smiled.
" No problem." Jules said and with that she left to meet Auggie.
Shelby ran out into the living room and left the note for him sitting on the kitchen counter, then went into her room and shut the door.
***
Daisy and David walked down the street hand in hand. They were on their way to another one of their dates at the movies when they saw him walking toward them.
" Damn it" David moaned.
" Just be civil." Daisy sighed. " Hi Ezra"
" Hey guys how's it going?" Ezra said quite nosey.
" Were on our way to the movies. Were on a DATE." David said matter of factly.
" Well Dais its been a while I'll give you a call maybe we can go get some coffee or something. I'm only in town for a couple weeks though." Ezra said.
" Ok that sounds great." Daisy said. " We better be going don't want to miss the movie"
" Yea, later" Ezra said as they walked away. He had finally begun to put the pieces together. There secret was slowly unraveling before his eyes and when it finally did he would make sure they all knew how careful they need be.
***
Shelby looked at the clock ten after nine. She sighed praying she wasn't being stood up. Finally she heard the knock on the door and it open.
" Shelby you here?" Scott asked. He looked around the room and saw the note with his name on it sitting on the counter top. " My bedroom" He read aloud. He set it down a curious but happy look on his face and walked over to Shelby's door. He took a deep breath and opened it. The lights were off but candles all over the room lit it up. Shelby appeared before him in a small red dress making his mouth hang open.
" Hey" He managed to choke out.
" Well Hello" Shelby smiled. She took his jacket and laid it over the back of a chair.
" Sorry I'm late." He sighed not sure what to say.
" That's ok although I have to say I am disappointed that you haven't noticed my dress, I picked it out special for you." Shelby said sadly.
" You look amazing" He smiled as she walked toward him. " I can't believe you did all this."
" Well, we haven't gotten to see each other much these past couple weeks." Shelby began
" Scott what is it, do you not want to be with me anymore because that's what it feels like."
" No Shelby that's not it" Scott sighed looking into her eyes.
" I miss you" Shelby said seductively. She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked up at him. " You just don't seem to want to be with me anymore"
Scott looked down at the beautiful girl before him and realized how stupid he had been. He had been stringing Shelby along while he dealt with his own problems and was making her life miserable. If there was one promise he had made to him self and never thought he would break it was that he would never hurt Shelby.
" I miss you too" Scott said and kissed her gently.
" That's all I needed." Shelby sighed. " You don't have to tell me what's wrong, we don't have to talk about it all I need is to know that you still love me. Do you realize that's the first time we have kissed in two and a half weeks?" Shelby said sweetly.
" God I love you so much" Scott sighed. " That's why this is going to be so hard."
" What?" Shelby said backing away from him. She knew what was coming next.
" Baby I love you" Scott began. " But I can't be with you right now"
Shelby began to shake her head in denial. " NO" She said.
" Shelby." Scott said
" What did I do wrong I'll fix it I promise! Just tell me how to fix it Scott I'll do anything" Shelby began to cry hysterically.
" I understand if you hate me and if your going to move on without me, I can't ask you to wait for me." Scott began.
" But why?" She cried. " I'm sorry Scott I'll fix it I promise" She begged.
" No… Shelby you didn't do anything wrong. It's me." Scott said starting to cry he hated seeing her like this.
" What the hell kind of crap is that?" Shelby yelled. " You don't care about me and you obviously never did. Everything I did it was for you Scott, for the passed two years I have done nothing but be there for you and help you with your problems and love you and all I wanted was for you to love me!" She screamed.
" I do love you" Scott said at that Shelby was enraged. She picked up his jacket and threw it at him.
" How could you do this to me if you loved me. You Promised Scott You Promised!" Shelby yelled. " You promised me you would never hurt me, you're a liar and I hate you! Get out of my apartment! Get out of my life! And don't ever come back"
Scott reached out to touch her but she moved away quickly. He realized by the look on her face that he had hurt her more than he ever had or ever could by working things out on his own. She used to look at him with content and relief, now she looked at him as if she were afraid of him as he tried to touch her she shuddered away from him.
" I just need us to be apart for a little while so I can figure some things out" Scott whispered. " I love you"
" Scott please don't leave me," She said through her tears as she collapsed on the ground at his feet. " Please"
Scott knelt down and scooped her up in his arms. " Shelby everything will be ok I promise."
" Don't promise me anything." Shelby said angrily crying. " You promised me you would never hurt me Scott. Why are you doing this?"
" I'm sorry baby" Scott sighed watching as tears poured down her face.
" Scott you're all I have please" Shelby whispered. Scott shook his head. " Please" she whispered and began to kiss his neck gently.
" No Shelby." He said and pushed her away as hard as it was. He got up quickly and ran out the door leaving Shelby alone on the floor in her room.
" No!" She wailed through her tears. " Scott come back"
***
Jules sat curled up on the couch against Auggie. They had been kissing since she arrived and had no intention of stopping until the door flew open and in walked Scott. Juliet flew off the couch and stood up to see Scott walk in.
" SCOTT!" Juliet squealed as Auggie fell on the floor. " What are you doing here! Your supposed to be with Shelby" Juliet said. She looked at Scott's face, he had been crying. " No you didn't! Scott! What the hell is wrong with you?"
" Yes Scott what the hell is wrong with you?" Auggie said annoyed.
" Just leave it." Scott said and began to walk into his room.
" NO!" Juliet called after him. " I don't know who the hell you think you are Scott Barringer but I hope you know what you're giving up. You just lost the best thing that ever did and ever will happen to you, you think any other girls are going to put up with your crap? No body will ever treat you as well as Shelby did and when you realize how much you miss her I hope like hell that she slams the door in your face." Juliet yelled. She grabbed her jacket off the coat rack and turned to Auggie " I gotta go see if she is ok thanks to that asshole friend of yours, I'll call you tomorrow" She said and ran out the door quickly.
***
NEXT TIME
- Shelby moves on in all the wrong places.
- Daisy and Ezra have coffee and Daisy realizes he has been digging.