CHAPTER FIVE
That night Evan slowly made his way out of his dorm. He had his things packed and ready to go. Cautiously, he walked to Jessica's dorm to get her. He waited outside for a few seconds before quietly walking into the dorm. Everyone was sleeping and from the looks of it, Jessica was still in her bed. His blood started boiling as he made his way to the bed and pulled back the cover.
"A pillow." He whispered to himself. He thought for a moment, thinking she was in the bathroom pulling up her hair.
He looked down at the bed. There was a note on the pillow. He picked up the note and read it to himself.
'Evan I told you I didn't want to run that I couldn't leave Scott but you didn't listen. You hurt me. You're not going to hurt me anymore. So go ahead and run and don't come back because no one will be waiting for you. Jessica'
He crumbled the note and slowly walked out of the dorm. When he was out he picked up his bags and walked away.
"Jessica, we've been here for 30 minutes. What do you want to talk about?" Scott asked.
"I have something to show you. But you can't tell anyone ok?" Jessica said.
"Ok I promise." Scott said. Jessica turned her back to him. Her throat tightened as she felt the tears coming on. She slowly started to lift the back of her shirt.
"Hey Jessi, what are you do… ing? Jessica what happened to you back? You have a huge bruise on it." He walked close to her as she lowered her shirt and lifted the sleeve to show the bruise on her arm. "What happened?" Scott asked.
"Evan hit me." She said quietly.
"What?" Scott asked.
"Evan hit me and threw a shoe at my back." She said as her voice trembled.
"When did he do this?" Scott asked.
"Earlier, it doesn't matter he did this to me." She said. Scott wanted to hug her but he couldn't. He knew it would hurt her.
"You just wait, when I get him for this I'm going-"
"Scott you're not going to do anything, he's leaving tonight. He asked me to go with him. He's not here anymore; we don't have to worry about him. All we have to worry about is Jared." She lowered her head. She was so ashamed of what happened. Scott walked to her and raised her chin.
"Jessica you have to tell Peter." Scott said.
"No I can't tell anyone, not yet. I don't want to be hurt anymore." Jessica said sadly.
"No one is going to hurt you ever again. I won't let anyone else hurt you." He said.
"Scott you're with Shelby now. You wont there for me. You won't be able to protect me." She said. He stood there silently looking at her. She slowly leaned towards him and kissed his lips. She expected her would pull away but instead he took his hands into hers and kissed her back.
"I'm sorry." Jessica said when they pulled away. "You're with Shelby and we're just friends and-"
"I'm not sorry." He said. A smile spread across her face as she hugged him. He put his hand on the part of her back that wasn't hurt. When the pulled apart, Jessica realized Evan was probably gone by now. Hand in hand, Jessica and Scott walked out of the closet and into the moonlight.
Evan was about to walk into the woods when he heard the door to the janitor's closet shut. He saw Scott and Jessica holding hands and lean in for a kiss before going their separate ways.
"So Jessica, you think you want to hide behind Scott huh?" Evan said to himself. "Well you do just that."
"Where were you?" Shelby asked when Jessica walked quietly back into the dorm.
"Don't worry about it." Jessica said.
"With your lover boy?" Shelby asked, think of Evan.
"Yeah." Jessica answered, thinking of Scott.
The next morning Jessica got dressed and went to get breakfast. She saw an empty seat between Scott and Juliette and sat down. Shelby was on the other side of him.
"Good morning." He said with a smile.
"Good morning." Jessica replied and took a bite of her food.
Peter was watching them from across the room. He was so happy to see Jessica smiling and laughing again. Jessica felt his eyes on her and smiled sweetly to Peter. But just as soon as her smile appeared, it went away. Jessica dropped her fork and her eyes were wide.
"Jessica what's wrong?" Scott asked. She didn't answer. "Jessica? What is it?" He looked in the direction she was looking and saw it. Evan had just walked in with his plate. He looked over at Jessica and walked over to her.
"Hey there." He said.
"Hey Evan." Juliette said with a smile. "You can sit her next to Jessica if you want, I'll go sit next to Ezra." Juliette offered and got up. Evan plopped down and looked at Jessica. Her head was down, starring at her plate. Evan gave her a note under the table. She looked up at him with fear in her eyes; slowly she opened the note.
'I warned you!'
She folded the note and passed it to Scott before getting up and leaving. She put up her plate and started running to her dorm. She was half way there when someone grabbed her arm. She turned and looked.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Why weren't you ready?" Evan asked. Jessica was trembling in fear.
"I… well it's just that…" She started.
"LET HER GO!" Scott said while walking towards them. Evan let go of her arm.
"Hey man, what's up?" Evan asked while grinning and walking towards Scott.
"Don't hey man me." Scott said.
"Scott-" Jessica began to tell him something.
"Jessi don't worry, you won't get hurt." Scott said while starring directly at Evan.
"Get hurt? Why would she get hurt?" Evan asked acting all confused. Scott pushed him. He stumbled back a little before catching his balance. "Hey what's your problem man?" Evan said walking up to Scott and getting in his face.
"You hit her. You hurt her." Scott said.
"What? I didn't do anything to her, why would I want to hurt her." Evan said. "You need to get your stories straight." Evan walked away from Scott and back to Jessica. He took her hand. "Come on lets go."
"But I want to talk Scott." Jessica said and pulled her hand away. She started walking towards Scott when Evan grabbed her hand again. He started squeezing it tightly.
"You can talk later, I need to talk to you right now." Evan pulled her towards him.
"What's going on out here guys?" Jessica sighed with relief when she saw Peter walking towards them.
"Nothing Peter, we're just talking." Evan said.
"Peter, can Jessica and I talk to you?" Scott asked.
"Uh sure, is everything ok?" Peter asked.
"You be the judge of that." Scott said. He took Jessica's hand and walked with her to Peter's office. Evan shook his head as the walked away, he had to get both of them for this. Shelby watched from the window. She saw them together and she knew she was losing Scott. The anger built up inside her. She lost him once, but was she strong enough to lose him again?
"You guys have a seat." Peter said. "What's the problem." Jessica looked at Scott. She couldn't tell Peter what happened, not yet.
"We want to know what Evan's records say." Scott said.
"Scott I already told you I cant show you that." Peter said.
"I know but I really think Jessica should see them." Scott said. "It would really help her with a problem she's having." Scott said.
"What kind of problem? Scott I can't show you those files." Peter said.
"Then I'll…. Then I'll just have to tell her what they say." Scott said. "Jessica Evan is crazy and you have to stay away from him. He will hurt you even more and-" "Even more hurt? Scott what is going on?" Peter asked with an expression nether of them had seen before.
"Nothing is going on, I don't think she should be around Evan." Scott said.
"Jessica look at me, what is he doing to you?" Peter asked.
"Nothing. He hasn't hurt me or anything." Jessica got up and walked out of his office. Scott ran out and followed her.
"He's back here, he will hurt you." Scott said to her. "Tell Peter and it'll all be over."
"Tell Peter? Scott he's going ask me questions the same questions over and over again, then he'll call mom and Alan and they'll ask the same question. There will be this big ordeal that I'm not ready to deal with. I'm not strong anymore. I can't fight." Jessica said.
"Jessica we need to talk." Jessica turned around and saw Shelby standing right there.
"Ok." Jessica walked with Shelby to the gazebos. "What do you need?" Jessica asked.
"What's going on with you and Scott?" Shelby asked.
"Nothing, he's just helping me with a problem." Jessica said.
"You two have been acting differently when you're together. Something is going on, what is it?" Shelby said.
"We're just friends. He loves you." Jessica said.
"He loves you too." Shelby said.
"Yeah but it's different." Jessica said and walked away.
She went to her dorm and lied down on her bed. The tears slowly came down. She loved Scott and she wanted to be with him but she couldn't do that to Shelby. It wouldn't be the same.
Shelby sat at the gazebos trying to figure everything out when someone walked up to her.
"Hey there, what's your name?" Shelby looked up.
"Who are you?" Shelby said.
"My name is Jared and I couldn't help but realize that you have to be the prettiest girl here." Jared said. A grin slowly made its way across her face.
*Author's Note* ~ First I want to say I don't own any of the Higher Ground characters, I only own the ones that I made up. I sorta forgot to add that to the beginning of the story, second, thank you everyone for all the good reviews, they make me want to write like there's no tomorrow. I don't know how I'm going to end the story or when I'm going to end it but I already got another idea for a story that includes Jessica. Last but not least, I love getting and reading reviews but please only review if you have a good idea to make the story better or if you like the story. Please don't review telling me my story sucks because I don't have enough Shelby in it or Shelby and Scott need to be together and Jessica needs to leave. Those reviews don't change anything about the story and honestly make want to just totally leave Shelby out of all of it. Please be kind.
That night Evan slowly made his way out of his dorm. He had his things packed and ready to go. Cautiously, he walked to Jessica's dorm to get her. He waited outside for a few seconds before quietly walking into the dorm. Everyone was sleeping and from the looks of it, Jessica was still in her bed. His blood started boiling as he made his way to the bed and pulled back the cover.
"A pillow." He whispered to himself. He thought for a moment, thinking she was in the bathroom pulling up her hair.
He looked down at the bed. There was a note on the pillow. He picked up the note and read it to himself.
'Evan I told you I didn't want to run that I couldn't leave Scott but you didn't listen. You hurt me. You're not going to hurt me anymore. So go ahead and run and don't come back because no one will be waiting for you. Jessica'
He crumbled the note and slowly walked out of the dorm. When he was out he picked up his bags and walked away.
"Jessica, we've been here for 30 minutes. What do you want to talk about?" Scott asked.
"I have something to show you. But you can't tell anyone ok?" Jessica said.
"Ok I promise." Scott said. Jessica turned her back to him. Her throat tightened as she felt the tears coming on. She slowly started to lift the back of her shirt.
"Hey Jessi, what are you do… ing? Jessica what happened to you back? You have a huge bruise on it." He walked close to her as she lowered her shirt and lifted the sleeve to show the bruise on her arm. "What happened?" Scott asked.
"Evan hit me." She said quietly.
"What?" Scott asked.
"Evan hit me and threw a shoe at my back." She said as her voice trembled.
"When did he do this?" Scott asked.
"Earlier, it doesn't matter he did this to me." She said. Scott wanted to hug her but he couldn't. He knew it would hurt her.
"You just wait, when I get him for this I'm going-"
"Scott you're not going to do anything, he's leaving tonight. He asked me to go with him. He's not here anymore; we don't have to worry about him. All we have to worry about is Jared." She lowered her head. She was so ashamed of what happened. Scott walked to her and raised her chin.
"Jessica you have to tell Peter." Scott said.
"No I can't tell anyone, not yet. I don't want to be hurt anymore." Jessica said sadly.
"No one is going to hurt you ever again. I won't let anyone else hurt you." He said.
"Scott you're with Shelby now. You wont there for me. You won't be able to protect me." She said. He stood there silently looking at her. She slowly leaned towards him and kissed his lips. She expected her would pull away but instead he took his hands into hers and kissed her back.
"I'm sorry." Jessica said when they pulled away. "You're with Shelby and we're just friends and-"
"I'm not sorry." He said. A smile spread across her face as she hugged him. He put his hand on the part of her back that wasn't hurt. When the pulled apart, Jessica realized Evan was probably gone by now. Hand in hand, Jessica and Scott walked out of the closet and into the moonlight.
Evan was about to walk into the woods when he heard the door to the janitor's closet shut. He saw Scott and Jessica holding hands and lean in for a kiss before going their separate ways.
"So Jessica, you think you want to hide behind Scott huh?" Evan said to himself. "Well you do just that."
"Where were you?" Shelby asked when Jessica walked quietly back into the dorm.
"Don't worry about it." Jessica said.
"With your lover boy?" Shelby asked, think of Evan.
"Yeah." Jessica answered, thinking of Scott.
The next morning Jessica got dressed and went to get breakfast. She saw an empty seat between Scott and Juliette and sat down. Shelby was on the other side of him.
"Good morning." He said with a smile.
"Good morning." Jessica replied and took a bite of her food.
Peter was watching them from across the room. He was so happy to see Jessica smiling and laughing again. Jessica felt his eyes on her and smiled sweetly to Peter. But just as soon as her smile appeared, it went away. Jessica dropped her fork and her eyes were wide.
"Jessica what's wrong?" Scott asked. She didn't answer. "Jessica? What is it?" He looked in the direction she was looking and saw it. Evan had just walked in with his plate. He looked over at Jessica and walked over to her.
"Hey there." He said.
"Hey Evan." Juliette said with a smile. "You can sit her next to Jessica if you want, I'll go sit next to Ezra." Juliette offered and got up. Evan plopped down and looked at Jessica. Her head was down, starring at her plate. Evan gave her a note under the table. She looked up at him with fear in her eyes; slowly she opened the note.
'I warned you!'
She folded the note and passed it to Scott before getting up and leaving. She put up her plate and started running to her dorm. She was half way there when someone grabbed her arm. She turned and looked.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Why weren't you ready?" Evan asked. Jessica was trembling in fear.
"I… well it's just that…" She started.
"LET HER GO!" Scott said while walking towards them. Evan let go of her arm.
"Hey man, what's up?" Evan asked while grinning and walking towards Scott.
"Don't hey man me." Scott said.
"Scott-" Jessica began to tell him something.
"Jessi don't worry, you won't get hurt." Scott said while starring directly at Evan.
"Get hurt? Why would she get hurt?" Evan asked acting all confused. Scott pushed him. He stumbled back a little before catching his balance. "Hey what's your problem man?" Evan said walking up to Scott and getting in his face.
"You hit her. You hurt her." Scott said.
"What? I didn't do anything to her, why would I want to hurt her." Evan said. "You need to get your stories straight." Evan walked away from Scott and back to Jessica. He took her hand. "Come on lets go."
"But I want to talk Scott." Jessica said and pulled her hand away. She started walking towards Scott when Evan grabbed her hand again. He started squeezing it tightly.
"You can talk later, I need to talk to you right now." Evan pulled her towards him.
"What's going on out here guys?" Jessica sighed with relief when she saw Peter walking towards them.
"Nothing Peter, we're just talking." Evan said.
"Peter, can Jessica and I talk to you?" Scott asked.
"Uh sure, is everything ok?" Peter asked.
"You be the judge of that." Scott said. He took Jessica's hand and walked with her to Peter's office. Evan shook his head as the walked away, he had to get both of them for this. Shelby watched from the window. She saw them together and she knew she was losing Scott. The anger built up inside her. She lost him once, but was she strong enough to lose him again?
"You guys have a seat." Peter said. "What's the problem." Jessica looked at Scott. She couldn't tell Peter what happened, not yet.
"We want to know what Evan's records say." Scott said.
"Scott I already told you I cant show you that." Peter said.
"I know but I really think Jessica should see them." Scott said. "It would really help her with a problem she's having." Scott said.
"What kind of problem? Scott I can't show you those files." Peter said.
"Then I'll…. Then I'll just have to tell her what they say." Scott said. "Jessica Evan is crazy and you have to stay away from him. He will hurt you even more and-" "Even more hurt? Scott what is going on?" Peter asked with an expression nether of them had seen before.
"Nothing is going on, I don't think she should be around Evan." Scott said.
"Jessica look at me, what is he doing to you?" Peter asked.
"Nothing. He hasn't hurt me or anything." Jessica got up and walked out of his office. Scott ran out and followed her.
"He's back here, he will hurt you." Scott said to her. "Tell Peter and it'll all be over."
"Tell Peter? Scott he's going ask me questions the same questions over and over again, then he'll call mom and Alan and they'll ask the same question. There will be this big ordeal that I'm not ready to deal with. I'm not strong anymore. I can't fight." Jessica said.
"Jessica we need to talk." Jessica turned around and saw Shelby standing right there.
"Ok." Jessica walked with Shelby to the gazebos. "What do you need?" Jessica asked.
"What's going on with you and Scott?" Shelby asked.
"Nothing, he's just helping me with a problem." Jessica said.
"You two have been acting differently when you're together. Something is going on, what is it?" Shelby said.
"We're just friends. He loves you." Jessica said.
"He loves you too." Shelby said.
"Yeah but it's different." Jessica said and walked away.
She went to her dorm and lied down on her bed. The tears slowly came down. She loved Scott and she wanted to be with him but she couldn't do that to Shelby. It wouldn't be the same.
Shelby sat at the gazebos trying to figure everything out when someone walked up to her.
"Hey there, what's your name?" Shelby looked up.
"Who are you?" Shelby said.
"My name is Jared and I couldn't help but realize that you have to be the prettiest girl here." Jared said. A grin slowly made its way across her face.
*Author's Note* ~ First I want to say I don't own any of the Higher Ground characters, I only own the ones that I made up. I sorta forgot to add that to the beginning of the story, second, thank you everyone for all the good reviews, they make me want to write like there's no tomorrow. I don't know how I'm going to end the story or when I'm going to end it but I already got another idea for a story that includes Jessica. Last but not least, I love getting and reading reviews but please only review if you have a good idea to make the story better or if you like the story. Please don't review telling me my story sucks because I don't have enough Shelby in it or Shelby and Scott need to be together and Jessica needs to leave. Those reviews don't change anything about the story and honestly make want to just totally leave Shelby out of all of it. Please be kind.
