Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character except for Jill and anyone related to her. They belong to FFC and Lions Gate.
Author's Note: Thanks to all the great readers for your great advice. I will try to make the chapters longer since that is what it seems like most of you want.
~~~~~ Girls' Dorm ~~~~~~~~~
Shelby spent all day alone in the dorm except for lunch and dinner in which the other girls came to join her in eating. Not that she ate all that much. She had so much on her mind. There was so much to do and everything she was doing was so emotional.
The first thing on Shelby's list of things to do was to put anything that reminded her of him in a box. She searched around the whole. Cabin for anything that might ever remind her of him. It took her a while because it seemed like everything she looked at reminded her of him. He had changed her life, and would be a part of her forever.
After that she had to write a letter to him. She tried to be direct and quick to the point. Ever word and sentence had a meaning behind it. She had to get him to leave her alone forever. He had changed her life forever and now she had to try to get hi out of her life. Writing this letter took quite a while because everything she wrote made her remember something. It was very painful for her to write the final good-bye. She was getting rid of every memory they have had together. But she had to do it for her own good. She put the letter in a yellow envelope and addressed it to him.
After all of this she was physically drained and emotionally drained. She was so tired that she decided to take a nap after lunch.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Girls' Dorm Later that night ~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the girls walked into the dorm after group the saw Shelby sleeping. She looked so peaceful that they didn't want to wake her. But they knew they had to, so that she could eat.
"Shelby, Wake up, Wake up." Daisy said, shaking her.
"Scott wake up, Peter's coming." She said groggily.
"Shelby no you were just taking a nap." Daisy said worriedly.
"That's exactly what I say when I wake up her and Scott on the docks. Scott is a deep sleeper so Shelby always has to wake him up. She's acting crazy. Today must have been tough on her." Daisy whispered to Jill and Juliet.
Shelby went to the bathroom and put water on her face and brushed her hair and teeth. She had a nasty case of morning breath even if it was the afternoon. When she came out she was back to her normal self.
They sat in-between all their beds and ate. No one really talked. They were all to worried about Shelby. But every once in a while someone would say something generic like, "This food is awful," then they would tell Shelby what she missed in all her classes. Shelby wasn't really paying attention o what was going o around her. She had a really hard day and was preparing herself for when she finally would give him the envelope. She tried not to think about it but she couldn't help it. This envelope was going to change her life.
After dinner all the girls except for Shelby got up and said they're got up to take their trays back.
"Bye Shelby, we have to go to group but we'll see you after that ok." Jill said waving good-bye.
~~~~~~~~ Group ~~~~~
"Ok guys, the change project is over so now its back to regular groups ok." Sophie said.
"Yippee" David said sarcastically.
Sophie just ignored this comment. She wanted to use it against him later. "Ok guys, describe how you are feeling right now in one word ok. Juliet, you start."
"Ignored. Auggie"
"Torn. David."
"Horny. Daisy."
"Wrong answer. Anther comment like that and I'm sure I can arrange kitchens for you tomorrow. Go again." Sophie said trying to hold back a smile.
"Bored. Daisy"
"Worried. Jill."
"Included. Ezra."
"Happy. Scott."
"Anxious."
"Ok good. Now explain why you feel how you feel ok."
Juliet turned to Auggie and then said, "Someone has been ignoring me lately and won't tell me why. Auggie."
"I feel torn because I'm having to make a really tough choice right now. David." Auggie said looking at his shoes.
"Why I'm horny or why I'm bored?" He said smartly looking at Sophie.
"You just got yourself a date with an ax tomorrow." She said no longer amused.
Everyone was laughing before but now they were laughing really hard.
"Cut it out guys and continue."
"I felt bored because I had nothing to do, but Sophie sure took care of that for me. Daisy."
"I feel worried because I have a feeling this is the calm before the storm." She said looking at Scott then down at her shoes, "Jill."
"I feel included because for the first time in my life I have friends that want to be around me, for me." She said smiling, "Ezra."
"I'm feeling happy because," he paused for a second to think, "Because nothing is really wrong at the moment. Scott."
"I'm anxious because I can't wait till ton, tomorrow," He said catching himself, " when I get to see Shelby."
"Peter has something to tell you guys." Sophie said turning to peter.
All the cliffhangers turned to Peter expectantly.
"I have a very exciting announcement. Next week we have Annual Community Service Day. Schools from all over this area will be coming together to help out the community. There is an activity for everyone's personality. You guys will get to chose what activity and sign up tomorrow for which ones there are."
Peter looked around at the group. Everyone's faces showed something different. Some were excited like Juliet's and some showed dislike for the activity, like David's, and some faces showed no emotion at all, like Jill's.
"Here are the activities you can choose from. You can paint buildings, fences, trashcans, pretty much anything that needs a painting. You can read to and tutor little kids. You can plant trees and flowers. You can work at the animal Shelter with either the cats or dogs. The last volunteer option is to work at the soup kitchen by preparing and serving the food. You all will get a sheet on it. Any questions?"
"Do we have to do this if we don't want to?" David said knowing the answer.
"Yes, you do." He said frowning at David, "Any other questions?"
No one else had any questions so he called group to an end.
~~~~~~~~~~~ Girls' Dorm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey Shelby we're back and we did everything you told us to do." Juliet said bursting through the door.
"Thanks guys." Shelby said knowing their was no going back now, "How was group?"
"One question. Describe how you feel inn one word." Daisy said.
All the other girls were giggling at the joke but Shelby took it seriously, "Torn."
"Ok, in one sentence tell us why you feel Torn." Juliet said genuinely interested.
"I feel torn because I don't wan to do something even though I am anyway because it's better."
For the next couple of hours the girls tried to keep Shelby's spirits up. The told jokes and laughed and danced until lights out.
"Lights out girls." Sophie said popping her head through the door, "Shelby are you feeling better?"
"Yeah thanks Sophie." Shelby tried to fake a smile.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Docks ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scott was sitting at the end of the docks with his feet dangling above the water waiting for Shelby. "I'm glad things between us are finally getting back to normal," he thought to himself.
Scott waited for about ten minutes when he figured Shelby couldn't get out for some reason. Disappointedly he started walking back to the boy's dorm when behind a tree he saw a little box with a letter on it. The letter said Scott on it and he decided to open it. It read:
Scott,
I have found that lately our relationship is taking too much out of me. It feels more like a job then love. There has been a lot of tension between us and it's getting very uncomfortable. I tried to be subtle by saying I anted you to leave but you couldn't take a hint. You're like a sick puppy. I think its time that we end it.
- Shelby,
Shelby hadn't cried all day but as soon as she saw him reading her letter the floodgates burst open. She stood looking out the window the whole time. All the other girls tried to comfort her but Shelby didn't want anyone touching her.
Scott looked at the box that the letter was sitting on and decided to open it. Inside were pictures of Shelby and him together. He looked through all of them, remembering everything fondly. He then saw a shirt he had put around her one night when she was cold. It still smelled like her. Under the shirt was a bunch of notes surrounded by a rubber band. He looked through them. It was every "meet me after lights out" note they had ever sent each other, and every note he had sent her during class. He didn't realize she had kept all of them. Under that was a wrinkled copy of her "Scott's Changes paper." He reread it, this time it held a different meaning though. Last time it was loving but this time it was the fate of their relationship. Him returning to his perfect path, without her. The rest of the things in the box were a couple of books, three CD's and a box of cigarettes he smuggled in after he left. Scott didn't want to leave Shelby. He never wanted to leave her. He didn't cry, e didn't look angry, he just had o face a pure shock. He couldn't even get up to walk, so he just slept on the docks clutching a picture of them at the MORP and the off white envelope the letter had come in.
Author's Note: I know you hate me, but keep in mind she's doing this for his own good. Everything comes together in the next chapter. Someone suggested that I make it seem like she was writing to Walt and not have the reader find out that it was really to Scott 'til the end. I tried but I don't think it came out very well so I might rewrite it so tell me what y'all think. Again I'm sorry.
