Looking In The Eyes Of Love
A "Higher Ground" Fan Fic
By MissKate

A/N...Again, I am already writing the next chapter!! GO ME!! Three chapters in one day! Oh wait...It's after 12, so two yesterday and one today! Haha!! PLEASE R&R!!!

Chapter 11: Second Chances

The group assembled in the lodge, as they had done the day before for group. They all looked at Peter, as he stood in front of them, with a wide grin bestowed on his face.

"Alright, listen up guys. Graduation is coming up, and I know that everyone is getting excited. In the spirit of that, I want to make last year's morp a yearly tradition."

Juliette nearly fell out of her seat. "Are you serious?! We get another morp?" Exhilaration overtook he face, making the others laugh.

"And this time you will get to see the whole thing," Shelby said, looking up at Scott who was sitting next to her. The previous year, his dad had taken him out of Horizon to take him home the day of the infamous "morp", only to discover that his wounds were not healed. He surprised her, taking her breath away, as he strolled up behind her in his tuxedo. She could not have imagined anything any sweeter.

"Two of the rules from last year still stand. Dresses and tuxes, as well as no dates. Jules, you are doing much better on your calorie count, so that one is eliminated. I'm proud of you." A smile flashed across Juliette's face, pleased at the compliment. "The morp will be on Sunday night. That gives you six days to get decorations ready to put up, as well as your dresses and tuxes picked out. The guys and I will be going into town on Friday, and we will have the dresses brought by on that day as well."

"Oh great...More hand-me-downs," Daisy whispered.

"Precisely," responded Sophie, who was near enough to hear the comment.

Peter took a step back, saying, "That's all for now. You can all get going." Everyone passed by him, and looked to be quite thrilled at the chance to have a second morp.

The girls jubilantly bounded off for their cabin, Juliette leading the pack, explaining the whole thing to Riley on the way. "Kat, she graduated last year, came up with the idea. She felt left out with not having a senior prom like the other high school seniors, and so she proposed the idea to Peter. She called it a morp, which is 'prom' backwards...like us. Oh, it was so magical! Everything was...perfect. The decorations, the people, the meteor shower..."


"Uh oh...She's in 'Juliette World' again," Daisy said, nudging Shelby, who laughed.

"...the music, the guys, even the food, which was odd," she continued.

Meanwhile, the guys headed for their own cabin. David knew that the morp would be his chance to show Daisy how much he cared for her, how much he wanted her to be in his life, as more than friends. Directly, he headed for his CD collection, and pulled it out. "Perfect," he said gently to himself.