The Case of the Conscious Nightmare : Chapter 4
Shirley opened her eyes just in time to watch Bo's shocked face turn away from her and began entering his car. Alicia and Bart looked at each other with sympathetic looks, while Matt watched Shirley's expression change from shock to sadness to depression.
She ran right up to Bo and held his door preventing him from driving away..
"Let go Shirley.."
"No..I.."
"You ...You what?"
"I uhm Im sorry.."
"For what, you dont need permission from ME!"
"Bo please..hear me out...I....we need to talk..."
"NO, no more talking, Im leaving tomorrow at noon, come to say goodbye or dont , I dont care, I thought our friendship could endure anything life threw at it, but I now realize how wrong I was, have a great life
Shirl...goodbye..." Shirley's hand dropped from the car door as Bo closed it shut, and began to drive away, Bart and Alicia stared after him and wished he had nt come at that moment and witnessed what he had... Shirley felt numb she couldnt do anything but watch as her best friend drove out of her life...
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*I was so stupid! how could i have been so stupid! HOW? CAUSE I AM STUPID! It happened again, only this time I feel twice as bad!*
He noticed in the rear view mirror as he drove by that Shirley hadnt moved from her spot, she just stood there lifeless...Bo couldnt understand it, why did she look so hurt? she got what she wanted she got Matt! Why was she so unhappy???
Heather walked the path to her ally's house when she saw Bo drive past her, he looked angry and upset, she then realized that her ally's plan had worked , all Heather wanted was Bo, but she ended up with nothing, she was so full of rage! She was welcomed into her ally's house.
"Heather! We won! Didnt you see Bo drive by he looked like he lost his best friend..no wait he did !" she continued to laugh and celebrate.
"That WASNT the arrangement! We were going to get RID of shirley remember? And BO was suppose to realize that he loved me and stay here in Redington!"
"O...well i was under the impression that you knew the final cut of the plan!"
"Final cut? What are you talking about"
"I made some final adjustments Heather, I needed to ensure the plan's success! Besides why do you need Bo? Hes nothing special, stick with me and you can get 10 Bo s! You ve got the drive Heather, we make a great team" Heather was outraged she reached into her bag and began ranting and raving about everything that was suppose to materialize from the plan's execution...
"DONT YOU GET IT! I DONT WANT 10 BO s I WANT THE ONE I LOVE! BO SAWCHUK I LOVE HIM! HIM ONLY GOT THAT!!!!!!!!!"
"Heather come on, put it down....I can make everything perfect for you really, ive already come up with the perfect plan to execute you just need to....."
"NO ! NO MORE PLANS! IVE HAD IT!!!!!!"
"HEATHER DONT BE STUPID PUT IT DOWN!!!!!!"
"NOT A CHANCE!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly everything went dark for her as some sticky fluid flowed from her body....
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Shirley walked inside her house and sat on the couch, next to Alicia, Bart and Matt. Alicia and Bart said nothing, they just sat there and occationally exchanged glances...
"Matt I need to talk to you..."
*Smooth move Matt, that was HER plan! She just wanted you to make Bo get so hurt that it ends up hurting Shirley, I never should have went along with it* He only buried himself deeper and deeper into his pit of lies..*
*How could Matt do that, he deliberatly kissed me! I KNOW he did! but there was no feeling behind that kiss, it was as if it was an obligation of some kind....he s hidding something..and it's about time i figured it out!*
*Poor Shirley, she s so clueless, Bo loves her! He s practically spelled it out for her, even Bart figured it out before Shirley did.* Alicia was stumped as to how Shirley could have been so blind all those years...
*Poor Bo, to see what he saw today must have tore him up inside, It's all my fault, I never should have convinced him to come here, if i had only let Alicia work her match making skills it would have taken more time and Matt would have left before Bo showed up, at least that way if Bo was to be rejected he wouldnt have been subjected to his best friend being taken away in front of his very own eyes...*
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Shirley dragged Matt into the kitchen, it was about time they had a pause-less conversation stating every fact! And explanations for the whys and hows...
"Matt what's your deal?"
"What do you mean Shirley?"
"Look ever since you came back you ve been hidding this big dark secret and you refuse to tell me, and something tells me you knew exactly what you were doing when you kissed me, you didnt do it out of affection, admit it!"
"Alright Shirley...I owe you the truth....the truth is that it was all her master plan to split you all up!
"Whoes?.."
"The biggest witch of all time, the one person who seeks revenge on you..Molly Hardy...."
Shirley's eyes widened at the sound of Molly's name...she shuddered under her skin..
"Molly?"
"Ya "
"So it was Molly who followed me around the woods, it was all part of her master plan that has yet to unfold...and you..you were part of that plan werent you?
"..yes...you see on my way over here, I ran into her in the park, she had been following me or had me followed by some of her henchmen she knew I d be walking to your place, so she gave me an offer I found hard to refuse...."
"She has something on you doesnt she? She blackmailed you into doing her dirty work! She wanted you to kiss me in front of Bo..."
"Ya, she wanted you to hurt him, and in the process get hurt by using me to make it happen..."
"Well then Im sure you know my next question...what has she got over you? It must be one hell of a story to end up stooping low enough to Molly's level...what has she got Matt...what could be so horrible that you d sell your soul to the devil?"
Matt's face immediately changed color to white, whatever the secret was, it was definetly time for it to be heard..
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Alicia and Bart had a bit of an argument themselves...
"You know Bart it's all your fault!"
"MY FAULT?"
"Glad you see things MY way.."
"What...huh? Alicia you were the one that insisted.."
"YOU were the one with all the theories!"
"You were the one that insisted we stay in the park to hear the full story!"
"YOU WERE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT BO HERE!!!!!!!!!!!"
"YOU WERE THE ONE THAT TOLD ME TO!!!!!!!"
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Heather looked around the room, she was pleased with herself, she had finally stopped Molly Hardy! Her "ally"! The traitor! She had used violence but that was the only way to make her see that Bo was hers and not Shirley's!
*What should I do now? Molly is probably going to die if i dont get her to a hospital...well why should i stop now? Ive already ruined her life, I may as well continue, and then mabye Bo will realize that it's me he loves NOT her!*
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"Matt just tell me, this secret is tearing you up"
"Alright Shirley, your not going to like this so im just going to say it....uhm, after our second encounter I uhm...I met someone, her name was Hally, we went out a lot, and uhm we became a couple, I left her back there for a while, but i told her I d be back, when we met the third time I had chosen you, cause I truly loved you! When I left again Hally and I clicked again, and we got back together, until I found out that I truly did and DO love you Shirley..."
"Let me get this straight, you were two timing both me and Hally?...Matt... I cant bare to look at you...right now....please...just leave before i say things I shouldnt..."
"Shirley I.."
"JUST GO! ...please..."
"Alright, it's getting late anyway....listen i uhm....bye Shirley..."
"Goodbye Matt..."
Matt left the Holmes' residence without a final word, as for Shirley, she didnt know what to make of things...
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Bo finally made it home, he had been driving and making stops all over Redington, thinking, wondering, hoping, that things would magically fix themselves. He didnt want to lose Shirley...He had to leave in less than 12 hours for Ukraine, what was he going to do? If he skipped his flight, how was he to know Shirley would even forgive him, but if he left for the program there would be no way to know for sure how she was doing. He would miss everything, everyone, especially Shirley. Why couldnt he tell her these things as easily as he thought them? Why were things so hard for them? Why?
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*Alicia and I just wasted our day arguing about something we had no control over, we just shouldnt have messed with things...*
* I need a break from matchmaking, Bart is not that great of a partner...*
* Shirley will never forgive me, im such a hypocrite, i was furious after Bo freaked out on Shirley, when the whole time i was doing something just as horrible and just as heartless...together Bo and I made the biggest mistakes we possibly could have made...but mabye in the end she ll forgive Bo...one good thing may come out of all this in the end...I hope...*
*I dont know if i have the strength to forgive and forget both Bo and Matt, i shouldnt hold grudges but what am i suppose to do, my heart aches ...
*I dont want to give up Shirley but what if she's given up on me...*
*I'm going to have Bo, one way or another, he will be mine...no price is too high...I ll do anything...ANYTHING..to get him back...this isn't over Holmes...not by a long shot*
End of Chapter #4
Shirley opened her eyes just in time to watch Bo's shocked face turn away from her and began entering his car. Alicia and Bart looked at each other with sympathetic looks, while Matt watched Shirley's expression change from shock to sadness to depression.
She ran right up to Bo and held his door preventing him from driving away..
"Let go Shirley.."
"No..I.."
"You ...You what?"
"I uhm Im sorry.."
"For what, you dont need permission from ME!"
"Bo please..hear me out...I....we need to talk..."
"NO, no more talking, Im leaving tomorrow at noon, come to say goodbye or dont , I dont care, I thought our friendship could endure anything life threw at it, but I now realize how wrong I was, have a great life
Shirl...goodbye..." Shirley's hand dropped from the car door as Bo closed it shut, and began to drive away, Bart and Alicia stared after him and wished he had nt come at that moment and witnessed what he had... Shirley felt numb she couldnt do anything but watch as her best friend drove out of her life...
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*I was so stupid! how could i have been so stupid! HOW? CAUSE I AM STUPID! It happened again, only this time I feel twice as bad!*
He noticed in the rear view mirror as he drove by that Shirley hadnt moved from her spot, she just stood there lifeless...Bo couldnt understand it, why did she look so hurt? she got what she wanted she got Matt! Why was she so unhappy???
Heather walked the path to her ally's house when she saw Bo drive past her, he looked angry and upset, she then realized that her ally's plan had worked , all Heather wanted was Bo, but she ended up with nothing, she was so full of rage! She was welcomed into her ally's house.
"Heather! We won! Didnt you see Bo drive by he looked like he lost his best friend..no wait he did !" she continued to laugh and celebrate.
"That WASNT the arrangement! We were going to get RID of shirley remember? And BO was suppose to realize that he loved me and stay here in Redington!"
"O...well i was under the impression that you knew the final cut of the plan!"
"Final cut? What are you talking about"
"I made some final adjustments Heather, I needed to ensure the plan's success! Besides why do you need Bo? Hes nothing special, stick with me and you can get 10 Bo s! You ve got the drive Heather, we make a great team" Heather was outraged she reached into her bag and began ranting and raving about everything that was suppose to materialize from the plan's execution...
"DONT YOU GET IT! I DONT WANT 10 BO s I WANT THE ONE I LOVE! BO SAWCHUK I LOVE HIM! HIM ONLY GOT THAT!!!!!!!!!"
"Heather come on, put it down....I can make everything perfect for you really, ive already come up with the perfect plan to execute you just need to....."
"NO ! NO MORE PLANS! IVE HAD IT!!!!!!"
"HEATHER DONT BE STUPID PUT IT DOWN!!!!!!"
"NOT A CHANCE!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly everything went dark for her as some sticky fluid flowed from her body....
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Shirley walked inside her house and sat on the couch, next to Alicia, Bart and Matt. Alicia and Bart said nothing, they just sat there and occationally exchanged glances...
"Matt I need to talk to you..."
*Smooth move Matt, that was HER plan! She just wanted you to make Bo get so hurt that it ends up hurting Shirley, I never should have went along with it* He only buried himself deeper and deeper into his pit of lies..*
*How could Matt do that, he deliberatly kissed me! I KNOW he did! but there was no feeling behind that kiss, it was as if it was an obligation of some kind....he s hidding something..and it's about time i figured it out!*
*Poor Shirley, she s so clueless, Bo loves her! He s practically spelled it out for her, even Bart figured it out before Shirley did.* Alicia was stumped as to how Shirley could have been so blind all those years...
*Poor Bo, to see what he saw today must have tore him up inside, It's all my fault, I never should have convinced him to come here, if i had only let Alicia work her match making skills it would have taken more time and Matt would have left before Bo showed up, at least that way if Bo was to be rejected he wouldnt have been subjected to his best friend being taken away in front of his very own eyes...*
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Shirley dragged Matt into the kitchen, it was about time they had a pause-less conversation stating every fact! And explanations for the whys and hows...
"Matt what's your deal?"
"What do you mean Shirley?"
"Look ever since you came back you ve been hidding this big dark secret and you refuse to tell me, and something tells me you knew exactly what you were doing when you kissed me, you didnt do it out of affection, admit it!"
"Alright Shirley...I owe you the truth....the truth is that it was all her master plan to split you all up!
"Whoes?.."
"The biggest witch of all time, the one person who seeks revenge on you..Molly Hardy...."
Shirley's eyes widened at the sound of Molly's name...she shuddered under her skin..
"Molly?"
"Ya "
"So it was Molly who followed me around the woods, it was all part of her master plan that has yet to unfold...and you..you were part of that plan werent you?
"..yes...you see on my way over here, I ran into her in the park, she had been following me or had me followed by some of her henchmen she knew I d be walking to your place, so she gave me an offer I found hard to refuse...."
"She has something on you doesnt she? She blackmailed you into doing her dirty work! She wanted you to kiss me in front of Bo..."
"Ya, she wanted you to hurt him, and in the process get hurt by using me to make it happen..."
"Well then Im sure you know my next question...what has she got over you? It must be one hell of a story to end up stooping low enough to Molly's level...what has she got Matt...what could be so horrible that you d sell your soul to the devil?"
Matt's face immediately changed color to white, whatever the secret was, it was definetly time for it to be heard..
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Alicia and Bart had a bit of an argument themselves...
"You know Bart it's all your fault!"
"MY FAULT?"
"Glad you see things MY way.."
"What...huh? Alicia you were the one that insisted.."
"YOU were the one with all the theories!"
"You were the one that insisted we stay in the park to hear the full story!"
"YOU WERE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT BO HERE!!!!!!!!!!!"
"YOU WERE THE ONE THAT TOLD ME TO!!!!!!!"
..............
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Heather looked around the room, she was pleased with herself, she had finally stopped Molly Hardy! Her "ally"! The traitor! She had used violence but that was the only way to make her see that Bo was hers and not Shirley's!
*What should I do now? Molly is probably going to die if i dont get her to a hospital...well why should i stop now? Ive already ruined her life, I may as well continue, and then mabye Bo will realize that it's me he loves NOT her!*
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"Matt just tell me, this secret is tearing you up"
"Alright Shirley, your not going to like this so im just going to say it....uhm, after our second encounter I uhm...I met someone, her name was Hally, we went out a lot, and uhm we became a couple, I left her back there for a while, but i told her I d be back, when we met the third time I had chosen you, cause I truly loved you! When I left again Hally and I clicked again, and we got back together, until I found out that I truly did and DO love you Shirley..."
"Let me get this straight, you were two timing both me and Hally?...Matt... I cant bare to look at you...right now....please...just leave before i say things I shouldnt..."
"Shirley I.."
"JUST GO! ...please..."
"Alright, it's getting late anyway....listen i uhm....bye Shirley..."
"Goodbye Matt..."
Matt left the Holmes' residence without a final word, as for Shirley, she didnt know what to make of things...
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Bo finally made it home, he had been driving and making stops all over Redington, thinking, wondering, hoping, that things would magically fix themselves. He didnt want to lose Shirley...He had to leave in less than 12 hours for Ukraine, what was he going to do? If he skipped his flight, how was he to know Shirley would even forgive him, but if he left for the program there would be no way to know for sure how she was doing. He would miss everything, everyone, especially Shirley. Why couldnt he tell her these things as easily as he thought them? Why were things so hard for them? Why?
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*Alicia and I just wasted our day arguing about something we had no control over, we just shouldnt have messed with things...*
* I need a break from matchmaking, Bart is not that great of a partner...*
* Shirley will never forgive me, im such a hypocrite, i was furious after Bo freaked out on Shirley, when the whole time i was doing something just as horrible and just as heartless...together Bo and I made the biggest mistakes we possibly could have made...but mabye in the end she ll forgive Bo...one good thing may come out of all this in the end...I hope...*
*I dont know if i have the strength to forgive and forget both Bo and Matt, i shouldnt hold grudges but what am i suppose to do, my heart aches ...
*I dont want to give up Shirley but what if she's given up on me...*
*I'm going to have Bo, one way or another, he will be mine...no price is too high...I ll do anything...ANYTHING..to get him back...this isn't over Holmes...not by a long shot*
End of Chapter #4