Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters except for Jill and John and any of their relatives

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters except for Jill and John and any of their relatives.

Author's note: Thanx for all of your great ideas. If you want to e-mail me to give me ideas, questions, or comments write me at alli1988@hotmail.com.

The day after Jill and Shelby's hike was weird for everyone. They knew something happened because Jill and Shelby were being friendly to each other. They even acted like friends. Jill was a little friendlier to everyone, which all the cliffhangers were glad because she could be pretty rude when she wanted to be. Shelby was also acting different. Instead of her new smiley, cheerful self, Shelby spent all day writing and rewriting and thinking about Scott's changes. She barely spoke to anyone all day especially Scott.

~~~~~~~~~~ Group ~~~~~~~~~~~

When Sophie walked into the lodge, where they held group, she noticed something weird. Everyone was in their normal spot except for Shelby. She wasn't sitting next to Scott like usual; she was sitting by herself outside the circle. Sophie knew something was going to happen and braced herself for what was about to come.

"Ok guys, we didn't read our Scott's Changes papers yesterday so we are going to do them today. And questions?" Sophie asked looking at Shelby.

No one had a question so sophie asked, "Who wants to go first?"

Juliet shouted out with a big perky smile, "I'll go! I'll go!"

"Ok Juliet, you know the drill. Go inside the circle with Scott and read him your paper."

Juliet read her paper. It talked about how he had become like a brother to her. It was very sweet, but Scott wasn't really listening. All he could think about was what could be wrong with Shelby. Was she mad at him? What had happened on the hike yesterday? He really wanted her to read her paper.

It was now Shelby's turn. She walked slowly to the chair across from Scott. She really didn't want to read her paper. She was embarrassed about what she was about to say. She took a deep breath and started.

"When you first got here you were the definition of a jock. You thought you were too good for this place and the people here. Especially me." Scott looked down at his shoes, ashamed of how he had acted towards her. " Then after you told everyone what was going on e all realized that you were a victim. You soon opened up to me and started treating people who are different than you with some respect. Then you became a leader of the cliffhanger group. You used to be the ideal guy. You were athletic, cute, popular, and rich. You had the perfect life. Then because that bitch couldn't keep her hands off of you that was all taken away." You could feel Shelby's anger towards Elaine as she was saying this. " For a while you went down the wrong road, but then after coming here you found your way back. Now you are sweet, understanding, a leader, and everything else you were before. You are my everything and I love you dearly. You were great, but now you are absolutely perfect." Shelby finally looked up into Scott's eyes and saw that he had tears forming in them.

Scott didn't know why he had been so worried all day. That was one of the nicest, sweetest things anyone had ever said to him.

~~~~~~~~~ Docks ~~~~~~~~~

"Hey beautiful." Scott said walking up to his beloved Shelby.

"Don't call me that.'' Shelby said not looking at Scott.

"But you are. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever met." He said sincerely.

Shelby looked away so that Scott couldn't see that she was blushing.

"Did you really mean what you said in your paper today during group?" Scott asked with a curious smile on his face.

"Yes, I meant everything I said and that's what I have to talk to you about." She said seriously.

"I love you." He said looking into her eyes.

"No, don't change the subject. I won't be able to finish what I'm going to say if you act all sweet."

"Ok, I'm sorry. What were you saying."

"Don't interrupt me until I'm finished ok. You promise?"

"I promise." He said now worried about what was going to happen.

"You were perfect, then she ruined you for a while, but now your back to being perfect. You don't belong here anymore. You should be the star of your football team and then go onto a great college. I love you but I shouldn't have held you back from your decision earlier. Go and live with your father. We can still be together but I want you to do this. I'm doing this because4 I love you more then anything." As she said this tears came to her eyes. She didn't want him to leave but knew this would be better for him.

"No, I love you too much to go." He said running to the dorm. As he was heading to the boy's dorm he kicked a chair with all his muscle. The chair hitting the water was the last sound Shelby heard before she dropped to the ground crying.