Disclaimer: I do not own any of the cliffhangers or peter or Sophie. They belong to FFC and Lions Gate. I do own the character Jill and any character related to her.
~~~~~~~~ Middle of woods ~~~~~~~~~
"You two ready?" Peter said looking at the two girls.
Neither of the girls answered. They were both really unhappy about the hike.
"Ok, this is a different kind of buddy hike back. Instead of tying you two up with string, I'm going to do something else. I am giving you both a survey of one hundred questions you have to answer about the other person. If they are not done by the time you two get back then you will have to stay outside the school until they are finished. I suggest you don't stop asking each other these questions."
"What, its one thing to have to be tied to a person but quite another thing to have to talk to them" Jill said, not happy about the upcoming hike.
"That's your opinion Jill but if you don't want to be left outside the school grounds without food or drink or toilets, I suggest you finish the surveys." He handed them they survey; they're hiking gear, and a pack of pens for them to share, "Good-bye. See you in a few hours. He then drove off leaving them in the middle of the woods.
Shelby was not happy about the surveys and neither was Jill but neither of them wanted to give the other girl a reason to tell Peter anything. They just went along asking each other question.
"What's your favorite color?"
"Blue" said Shelby unenthusiastically.
"What's your favorite color?"
"Green" Jill, said in the same tone as Shelby.
"Father's profession?''
"Do you have any pets or animals?"
"What is your favorite season?"
"Do you have any siblings?" Shelby asked already writing down that she had one brother.
"No" Jill replied in the same tone she answered all the other questions in.
"But peter said you had a brother in the trailblazers and that's why he moved you to our group" Shelby said now worried she had been lying about all her answers.
"I don't consider him my brother. I hate him," Jill said starting to show a little emotion.
"Why do you hate him?" Shelby asked finally starting to get interested in what Jill had to say.
"He's perfect. He does everything he's expected. He's smart, handsome, athletic, great at everything but I know the real John." She said, glad to finally get it off her chest. She didn't even realize whom she was telling. She was in her own world. "I know the real John. The one who used to abuse my mom and me. John was so tired of mom telling him what to do, what time to come home, whom to hang out with, so he killed her. He killed her," she said starting to cry.
Shelby felt terrible about how she had treated Jill. She rapped her arms around Jill's body. "Have you told anyone? How did he kill her?"
Jill was glad that Shelby was being so nice to her. No one had ever believed her over her brother John. "No one would believe me. He's the perfect boy in our town. He says he found our mom with an empty bottle of pills in her hand. I saw him though, he didn't know I was home, but I was, and I saw him. He gave her the pills and told her they were different pills and vitamins to help her feel better. She had a cold. I saw him kill her. I should have stopped him, but I was scared he would hurt me. It's all my fault she's dead."
"It wasn't your fault. You were scared. You didn't know what to do. You're much smaller then him. All you can do now is turn him in. Peter would believe you. I believe you. You just have to tell someone."
"No one will believe me."
"Why wouldn't they believe you? What did you do to get into Horizon?"
"After my mom's death, my step-dad didn't want to take care of my brother and me so he sent us up here and said that I had drug problems and that my brother was self-destructive because of his mother's death."
For about thirty minutes after that they didn't talk. They just walked. Then they realized they had to finish the surveys so they finished them. This time with an actual interest in what the other girl was saying. Once they got back to Horizon they turned in their surveys and went to sleep. They both had an emotionally draining day and slept all night.
~~~~~~~~ Group ~~~~~~~~~
"Because the two other girls are not here we will save Scott's changes until tomorrow." Sophie said knowing the group would be happy.
Everyone was relieved except for Scott. Scott was now getting worried. "Where are they? I thought they were supposed to be back by now? Is Shelby ok?"
"Don't worry Scott. They are fine. They are just tired and decided to sleep." Sophie said reassuringly.
"Aww, I was hoping the killed each other on the way back." David said laughing at his own joke.
"Men" Daisy said in a sarcastic voice.
"Monsters" David replied.
"Shut up David" Ezra yelled. He was mad he was messing with daisy….again.
"What you gonna do about it Freakin" David said back.
"Boys stop it." Sophie was too tired to punish them. She had to shadow the girls on their hike. She needed to shower and sleep, "Group is over. See you tomorrow."
Next time:
-Scott's changes
-Scott and Shelby talk
-Jill talks to Peter
Author's note: thanx for all the reviews. I appreciate them. I will stay with the story format since I got the most replies for keeping it that way but I you like the script format then just tell me and I'll change it. I know there was no s&s in this one but the next one is all about them. I just had to set things up.
