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Chapter 9

Scott held an ice pack to his lip and winced in pain. Colleen smirked at him and he glared back.

"So," Peter folded his hands and placed them on the desk, "You just don't want to leave this office, do you Colleen?" he said smugly.

"Just give me the punishment and let me get away from him, "she spat out.

Scott rolled his eyes, "Playing little miss tough again?"

"Okay, okay," Peter interrupted, "Colleen, you know that we don't promote physical violence at Horizon. It's supposed to be a place where kids can feel safe and secure," Scott looked triumphant until Peter turned on him, "and Scott you know we don't promote verbal violence either, and because you feel that you can speak that way to your peers you will be punished with 24 hours of silence. No talking, just write down your answers to questions on paper." Peter threw him a note pad.

"That's bullshit!" Scott winced as the pain from his lip shot through his face, he then added more quietly, "I was only trying to be nice, and help her."

Colleen snorted. Peter held up his watch, "You don't help people by kissing them then swearing at them, your punishment begins now. Besides it may help your lip heal a little faster," he smiled.

"What's mine?" Colleen finally gave an exasperated sigh, she wanted to get out of there.

"OK, you both are to do grounds work for this week, helping the landscape tenant. I also want you to both write apology letters to each other, consisting of reasons why and how you anger each other."

Scott kicked the desk in a rage as Peter turned to him, "You're permitted to skip our one on one session.......since you can't talk." This seemed to cheer him and he reluctantly left without complaining. Colleen left just as silently. As soon as the door closed Peter dialled Susan's phone number.

"Hello, may I please speak with Susan Wethers. He paused a moment.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Mrs. Wethers, it's Peter Scarbrow from Horizon. Have you received any further evidence that it actually was Adam who broke into your home and stole Colleen's records?"

"There's no definite proof, but its obvious reason to believe that it was him," her voice faltered, "Does she know?"

Colleen's mother heard about her daughter's reaction to her last phone call. She would've pulled her out of Horizon immediately but the police convinced her that she was safer there. She didn't want to endanger her daughter's emotional state so she asked that no one told Colleen about Adam finding her records.

"No, she doesn't know. I'll have someone always keep an eye on her," Peter could here the fear in Susan's voice. "I wouldn't worry too much Mrs. Wethers, I'm sure Adam will be caught soon."

"But.....he now knows where Colleen is, he could be there already," she shuddered at the thought.

"We'll watch her, she's going on a hike tomorrow, so she'll be far away from the school anyway."

After a while, Peter finally hung up. He rubbed his temples and closed his eyes. Despite the fact that he reassured Colleen's mom, he just couldn't reassure himself. He got up to go arrange a schedule for watching Colleen.

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~Boy's Cabin~

"Holy shit, she did that to you man?" Auggie inspected Scott's lip then laughed.

Scott scowled, "I was just talking to her."

"You not supposed to talk," David reminded him, "Plus, you weren't just talking to her. Everyone knows you tried to kiss her, probably even Shelby."

Scott rolled his eyes and laid back on his pillow. He replayed the fight in his head. ~Ok, I did say some mean things, but all I was trying to do was get her to talk...."

"You coming to supper?" Auggie's question brought Scott back to reality. With a quick nod he rose to go face Colleen and Shelby's accusations.

~Girls' Cabin~

Kat looked at Shelby and rolled her eyes. She disliked the new girl, even though Shelby surprisingly accepted her.

"So you hit Scott because he kissed you?" Kat laughed, "You just love to cause trouble."

Colleen shot her an evil glare, "He deserved it."

"No he didn't, Scott has problems too you know. His dad once hit him, and you aren't helping his progress much."

"Kat?" Shelby gave her a mean look, "He did deserve it, I mean.....he is supposed to be with me."

"Well I'm not here to help him Kat," Colleen felt her temperature rising, "and believe me I'm trying to avoid him."

"Okay, okay, let's go eat before another fight breaks out. I have to have a little talk with my loving boyfriend," they all rose to leave except Daisy. She sat staring at her tarot cards.

Colleen walked up to her, "Read my future," she said sarcastically.

Daisy looked up at her, "I already have," she paused, "You are going to have an expected turn of events and......"

"And what?" Colleen demanded.

"Death," Daisy stated with a straight face. Everyone went silent.