Date: 6/20/01 9:11:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: DeeViNe715
To: DeeViNe715
Disclaimer: Higher Ground cast does not belong to me.
Author's Note: I do own Sam the golden retriever. I also own Destiny, Scott's sister. Also some parts of this fic are based on the book Summer Love.
~*=in the person's mind
Maybe it was because he'd been trapped in the car for way to long with his mother and Sam, his lovable, slobbery golden retriever. Maybe it was because he'd drunk two 2-liter bottles of water and hadnt made one rest stop. or maybe it was that he was only minutes away from the Atlantic surf splashing between his toes, the hot June sun beating down on his head, and Shelby, his best friend, whom he hadn't seen since last summer.
Whatever it was, when Scott Barringer pulled the Jeep Grand Cherokee into the gravel driveway of his family's summer home, he practically bounced off the SUV's walls.
"Looks like Mrs. Merrick has already paid us a visit", Scott commented, looking up at the hanging plant on their porch. "Yes, Mr. Merrick always picks out the most lovely flowers, he is such a wonderful man", answers Scott's sister Destiny.
( Last summer Shelby had told Scott that Walt was sexually abusing her, but nobody else knows)
~*Walt had better not have lay another hand on Shelby or I will kill him, that bastard*~
Scott raced up the sidewalk and juggled the key in the lock. "Hel-lo summer," he said, letting out a slow whistle as he opened the door and stepped inside, the scent of sand and ocean filled his nostrils.
Scott rinsed off two glasses from one of the cupboards and poured his father and him each a glass of water. "I don't suppose you'd let me out of here for a while?" he asked. "If you promise to pick up some food later on, I guess I can go without you for awhile."
Gulping down the rest of his drink, Scott splashed some cold water from the kitchen faucet on his face and then pushed open the screen door. "Give my best to Shelby!" his sister and dad called as the door banged behind him. "That is where your headed, right?"
Scott grinned as he jogged around the corner. ~* Did they have to ask?*~
Shelby Merrick was possibly the coolest person on the planet. And if anyone knew that, it was Scott. Because for every summer for the past 11 years, Scott had spent every single day with her.