Disclaimer: The only characters in this story I own are Jessica, Alan, Jessica's mom and Jared. Everyone else is not own by me nor do I know him or her or have any connections to them.
CHAPTER SIX
He sat there for awhile. He got up and walked slowly to his tent and went to sleep.
The next day, he woke up early. When he walked out, the ground was wet. He saw a big pile of wood next to where the fire was. He also noticed some berries in a bucket hanging in a tree. Next to the bucket, some fishes were hanging.
Scott was looking at everything when he heard a twig snap behind him. He turned around and saw Jessica walking with more wood.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I couldn't sleep. So I thought I'd go ahead and get some things." Jessica started to loose grip on the wood and Scott ran to help to her before she dropped it all on her feet. They sat down the wood.
"Thanks." Scott said, "You didn't have to."
"I know." She said. She pulled a ponytail out of her pocket and started to pull her hair up.
"What time will Shelby wake up?" Jessica asked. Scott got up and walked to Shelby's tent.
"She's gone." Scott said.
"What?" Jessica got up and walked over to the tent. Shelby wasn't in there. "Where did she go?" Jessica asked.
"I don't know."
"Relax Cowboy, I'm right here." Shelby's voice was behind them. Jessica and Scott turned and looked at her. Scott went to go give her a hug but she moved out of the way.
"What were you Shelby?" Jessica asked. Shelby just shrugged.
"Come, we need to talk." Scott said. He sat down on the log. Jessica sat next to him. Shelby just stood there. "Ok, I think we should try to all get along. All spend time together and work all of this crap out. What do you think Jessica?"
Jessica sat there for a second. "I guess I'm willing to try." She finally said.
"Shelby?" Scott said.
"Forget it. I'm not being her friend and I can't believe you would be either Scott. What about me, what about us?" She said.
"Right now, I don't know. I'm sorry." He said.
"Me too." She walked into her tent. Scott just buried his face in his hand. Jessica rubbed his back and tried to make him feel better but he just pushed her hand away.
Jessica sighed and got up. She walked into her tent and saw her journal. She opened it up and began to write in it.
'I think Scott hates me and will choose Shelby. Figures, just when I need him the most. He asked me what happened with me and Jared. How can I tell him? How can I tell him that my stepbrother, his friend, raped me? It seemed like yesterday, I told Jared no, he kept on. He hit me. Mom and Alan asked me how did new shirt get ribbed and why my cheek was so red. I told them my shirt got caught on the doorknob and I fell and hit the dresser. They believed me but then I told Alan and mom. They didn't believe me. I told them after they caught Jared and me in his room. But I didn't even take the drugs. It was all Jared. They said I was just blaming him because I got caught and he was the one with the supply. He did rape me and he's the one he's sick and needs to be shipped off to this place. The only reason I'm happy I did get to come here is because Scott's here, but now Shelby is taking that away from me. I don't blame her. She didn't even know about me. And I don't blame Scott because I was home and he was here. He probably thought he would never see me again. But not I'm here and I know he's confused. I don't care if chooses Shelby. Just as long as he is happy because I love him with all my heart.'
Jessica wiped the tears that were rolling down her cheeks.
"Jessica? Come out here." She heard Shelby say. Jessica got up and walked out.
"What do you need?" She asked.
"Do you know where Scott is?" Shelby asked.
"No, he's not in his tent?" Jessica asked.
"If he was in his tent I wouldn't need you out here." Shelby said.
"Well you wait here and I'll go look for him." Jessica said and walking into the woods. Shelby sat down and was looking around. Jessica left her tent open and Shelby could see her open journal. Shelby got up and walked to her tent. She picked up the journal and started to read it.
"Oh my gosh." Shelby said.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" She heard Jessica behind her. She turned and saw Jessica and Scott standing there.
"I was just..."
"Reading my journal." Jessica went to grab it from Shelby. Jessica took it and ran into the woods not realizing a page was ripped out. Jessica ran with the journal till she made it to a river. Jessica stopped. She was crying. She just fell to the ground and looked at the journal. She ripped out every page and ripped it to pieces and threw it into the river. When she was done she looked at the remaining blank pages in her hands. She stood up and threw it into the river and watched it float away. She pulled her knees to her chest and buried her head in them and cried.
"Shelby what's that?" Scott said, pointing to a piece of paper in her hand. Shelby didn't even realize it was there. She looked at it.
"What I was reading." She said and handed it to Scott. Scott took it and started to read it. He looked up and turned and ran into the woods. He had to find Jessica so he could hold her and tell her it was ok.
"JESSICA? JESSICA WHERE ARE YOU?" He yelled. Jessica looked up and heard him calling. She could hear his feet coming towards her. She turned when she heard the grass crinkle under his feet.
"This is what he did to you?" Scott held up the paper. Jessica's eyes got wide as she saw it. "Why didn't you tell me."
"Where did you get that?" She asked.
"It was left at the camp." Scott sat down next to her. "How could he do that? He was my friend. He knew you were my girl." Scott said.
"Your girl?" Jessica said.
"You know what I mean." Scott put his arm around and she put her head on his shoulder cried. "It's ok. I'm here now. He's not here to hurt you anymore." Scott said.
"He did it more than once." She whispered.
"What?" Scott said.
"He would get drunk and come in my room." Jessica said.
"How many times has he done it to you?" Scott asked.
"Eleven times." She said.
Scott looked up at the sky then at Jessica. She looked up at him.
"What that all he did?" Scott asked.
"He hit me a lot." Jessica said.
"I'm sorry I left you there alone." Scott laid his head on hers.
"Scott... why are you here?" She asked.
"I already told you" Scott said.
"I know, now I want the truth." Jessica said.
"Uh, you know Elaine. Well she uh, we had sex. She came into my room and get in bed with me and said she was scared and we had sex. She molested me. That's why I started taking drugs." Jessica looked up at him.
"Where we going out when it started or was it when I was at my aunts." Jessica asked.
"It was before you left for your aunts." Scott answered. Jessica looked down at the ground. "I'm sorry." Scott said.
"Forget it. It's over with. It's in the past." Jessica said but Scott knew she was upset.
"Come on, let's go back to the camp." Scott helped Jessica up and they walked to the camp. Shelby was sitting on the log waiting. Jessica walked past her and went into her tent. It was starting to get dark and she had fallen asleep. Scott and Shelby did the same.
CHAPTER SIX
He sat there for awhile. He got up and walked slowly to his tent and went to sleep.
The next day, he woke up early. When he walked out, the ground was wet. He saw a big pile of wood next to where the fire was. He also noticed some berries in a bucket hanging in a tree. Next to the bucket, some fishes were hanging.
Scott was looking at everything when he heard a twig snap behind him. He turned around and saw Jessica walking with more wood.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I couldn't sleep. So I thought I'd go ahead and get some things." Jessica started to loose grip on the wood and Scott ran to help to her before she dropped it all on her feet. They sat down the wood.
"Thanks." Scott said, "You didn't have to."
"I know." She said. She pulled a ponytail out of her pocket and started to pull her hair up.
"What time will Shelby wake up?" Jessica asked. Scott got up and walked to Shelby's tent.
"She's gone." Scott said.
"What?" Jessica got up and walked over to the tent. Shelby wasn't in there. "Where did she go?" Jessica asked.
"I don't know."
"Relax Cowboy, I'm right here." Shelby's voice was behind them. Jessica and Scott turned and looked at her. Scott went to go give her a hug but she moved out of the way.
"What were you Shelby?" Jessica asked. Shelby just shrugged.
"Come, we need to talk." Scott said. He sat down on the log. Jessica sat next to him. Shelby just stood there. "Ok, I think we should try to all get along. All spend time together and work all of this crap out. What do you think Jessica?"
Jessica sat there for a second. "I guess I'm willing to try." She finally said.
"Shelby?" Scott said.
"Forget it. I'm not being her friend and I can't believe you would be either Scott. What about me, what about us?" She said.
"Right now, I don't know. I'm sorry." He said.
"Me too." She walked into her tent. Scott just buried his face in his hand. Jessica rubbed his back and tried to make him feel better but he just pushed her hand away.
Jessica sighed and got up. She walked into her tent and saw her journal. She opened it up and began to write in it.
'I think Scott hates me and will choose Shelby. Figures, just when I need him the most. He asked me what happened with me and Jared. How can I tell him? How can I tell him that my stepbrother, his friend, raped me? It seemed like yesterday, I told Jared no, he kept on. He hit me. Mom and Alan asked me how did new shirt get ribbed and why my cheek was so red. I told them my shirt got caught on the doorknob and I fell and hit the dresser. They believed me but then I told Alan and mom. They didn't believe me. I told them after they caught Jared and me in his room. But I didn't even take the drugs. It was all Jared. They said I was just blaming him because I got caught and he was the one with the supply. He did rape me and he's the one he's sick and needs to be shipped off to this place. The only reason I'm happy I did get to come here is because Scott's here, but now Shelby is taking that away from me. I don't blame her. She didn't even know about me. And I don't blame Scott because I was home and he was here. He probably thought he would never see me again. But not I'm here and I know he's confused. I don't care if chooses Shelby. Just as long as he is happy because I love him with all my heart.'
Jessica wiped the tears that were rolling down her cheeks.
"Jessica? Come out here." She heard Shelby say. Jessica got up and walked out.
"What do you need?" She asked.
"Do you know where Scott is?" Shelby asked.
"No, he's not in his tent?" Jessica asked.
"If he was in his tent I wouldn't need you out here." Shelby said.
"Well you wait here and I'll go look for him." Jessica said and walking into the woods. Shelby sat down and was looking around. Jessica left her tent open and Shelby could see her open journal. Shelby got up and walked to her tent. She picked up the journal and started to read it.
"Oh my gosh." Shelby said.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" She heard Jessica behind her. She turned and saw Jessica and Scott standing there.
"I was just..."
"Reading my journal." Jessica went to grab it from Shelby. Jessica took it and ran into the woods not realizing a page was ripped out. Jessica ran with the journal till she made it to a river. Jessica stopped. She was crying. She just fell to the ground and looked at the journal. She ripped out every page and ripped it to pieces and threw it into the river. When she was done she looked at the remaining blank pages in her hands. She stood up and threw it into the river and watched it float away. She pulled her knees to her chest and buried her head in them and cried.
"Shelby what's that?" Scott said, pointing to a piece of paper in her hand. Shelby didn't even realize it was there. She looked at it.
"What I was reading." She said and handed it to Scott. Scott took it and started to read it. He looked up and turned and ran into the woods. He had to find Jessica so he could hold her and tell her it was ok.
"JESSICA? JESSICA WHERE ARE YOU?" He yelled. Jessica looked up and heard him calling. She could hear his feet coming towards her. She turned when she heard the grass crinkle under his feet.
"This is what he did to you?" Scott held up the paper. Jessica's eyes got wide as she saw it. "Why didn't you tell me."
"Where did you get that?" She asked.
"It was left at the camp." Scott sat down next to her. "How could he do that? He was my friend. He knew you were my girl." Scott said.
"Your girl?" Jessica said.
"You know what I mean." Scott put his arm around and she put her head on his shoulder cried. "It's ok. I'm here now. He's not here to hurt you anymore." Scott said.
"He did it more than once." She whispered.
"What?" Scott said.
"He would get drunk and come in my room." Jessica said.
"How many times has he done it to you?" Scott asked.
"Eleven times." She said.
Scott looked up at the sky then at Jessica. She looked up at him.
"What that all he did?" Scott asked.
"He hit me a lot." Jessica said.
"I'm sorry I left you there alone." Scott laid his head on hers.
"Scott... why are you here?" She asked.
"I already told you" Scott said.
"I know, now I want the truth." Jessica said.
"Uh, you know Elaine. Well she uh, we had sex. She came into my room and get in bed with me and said she was scared and we had sex. She molested me. That's why I started taking drugs." Jessica looked up at him.
"Where we going out when it started or was it when I was at my aunts." Jessica asked.
"It was before you left for your aunts." Scott answered. Jessica looked down at the ground. "I'm sorry." Scott said.
"Forget it. It's over with. It's in the past." Jessica said but Scott knew she was upset.
"Come on, let's go back to the camp." Scott helped Jessica up and they walked to the camp. Shelby was sitting on the log waiting. Jessica walked past her and went into her tent. It was starting to get dark and she had fallen asleep. Scott and Shelby did the same.