NEVER LET GO
Disclaimer: I don't take
any credit for the characters of Higher Ground. Sadly, they belong to Fox
Family.
Scott
and Shelby were walking out of the woods right after Scott gave Shelby her
anniversary present. Elaine had
followed them, and was furious at what she had seen.
"Stupid brat," she thought.
"Who does she think she is stealing my Scottie away from me? I will do whatever
I need to make him mine again. She will not get away with this."
"Scott, Shelby," Peter
said, seeing them walk up. "You're late
for group, and you know what that means."
"Yeah, yeah, a week on
shuns," Shelby muttered under her breath.
"I mean it, Shelby," he
continued. "I want you and Scott to
stay away from each other for the rest of the week."
"Whatever you say, boss,"
Scott said, taking Shelby's hand and pulling her away with him.
"Scott! I mean it! Get back
here now!" he yelled to the wind, since Scott didn't pay him any attention.
"What am I going to do with those two?" he said to himself.
"I have an idea."
"Huh? Oh. Hi Mrs.
Barringer," Peter called to Elaine.
"I think that Scott is well
enough to go home. I would like to take
him with me when I leave," she said.
"Um, Mrs. Barringer, I
don't think that is such a good idea. Scott has a long way…." He started.
"No butts Mr. Scarbrow. It
is up to his family, not you," she shot. "And I have decided to take him out of
Horizon."
"Well, obviously I have no
say in this, so I will talk to Scott right away." This was a terrible idea, and
Peter knew it, but he had no choice.
Peter walked into the lodge and interrupted group.
"Scott, I need to talk to
you, immediately," he called, trying to keep his voice from cracking.
"Why? What did I do this
time?" he asked, not interested in what Peter had to say.
"Scott, please."
"Ok, whatever," Scott said,
getting up.
"Oh, and Shelby, you can
come too," Peter said when Scott got to him.
"Wait. I thought that you
said we were on shuns from each other." Shelby said, confused.
"We'll forget about that
for now." The truth was that Peter knew Scott would need her to get through
this.
They followed him into his office, and sat down in front of
his desk.
"Scott, I have some news
for you, and I'm not exactly sure how to tell you this, but… I'll just come out
and say it. Scott, your stepmother has decided that she wants you to come
home," he explained.
"What?! She can't do that,
she has no right!" he yelled, jumping out of his seat and knocking it over.
"I'm sorry, Scott, but yes
she does. She is your legal guardian. It isn't up to me," Peter said, covering
his tears.
"But I don't want to go
home, I want to stay here," he said, pleading with Peter to not let him leave.
"Like I said Scott, I have
no say in this. I'm sorry, I wish I did."
"When am I leaving?" he asked
under his breath.
"Saturday."
"WHAT! Saturday?! I only
have two days to say goodbye to Shelby?!" Peter tried to talk to him, but he
had left.
~~~~~~~Girl's Dorm~~~~~~~
"Um, Shelby. Can I talk to
you for a minute?" Scott asked, walking into the room.
"Sure Scott." He took her
hand and led her out to the docks.
"What's up Scott? What do
you need to talk about?"
"Shelby, please don't get
mad at me."
"Why would I?"
"Well, Elaine's forcing me
to go home with her on Saturday."
"What? Oh. You mean, like,
for a few days, right?"
"No, Shel, for good."
"What? How can you leave me
again? I thought that we would be together now. You can't leave me."
"I'm sorry, Shel. I tried
to talk my way out of it, but it didn't work."
"Well, then I'll talk to Peter,"
she said, standing up. She tried to walk away, but Scott stopped her.
"Trust me, it wont work."
"Well it has to! I am NOT
about to let you walk out of my life! I won't!"
"Shelby, calm down."
"Calm down? How am I
supposed to calm down when the guy I love is walking out of my life? Huh? Tell
me!" she said, and ran away.
That's it guys! Hope ya
liked it! Ok, there was a big messup in the last posting. I meant to post three
chapters, but one of them (chapter 9), got deleted. I know that caused a lot of
confusion and I am sorry that I screwed up, but I got it fixed, so it should be
ok now. Thanx for letting me know that there was a problem guys. Peace!