When You Say Nothing At All
A "Higher Ground" Fan Fic
By MissKate
Chapter 16: Revelations
Time crept slowly, as Shelby continued to ponder alone in her room after Peter left. He told her to get some sleep, but she felt she needed to think. Her life had taken a turn for the worst, but she knew that she had to get back on the right track. Staring out the window, she saw the world bustling about beneath her, with people running to their appointments and shopping with their friends. Shelby longed to do those things as she had before, but it was herself that put an end to that so abruptly.
Daisy quietly knocked on Shelby's door and walked in, holding a lunch tray. "Perfect timing," said Shelby as she turned to face her friend.
"How are you doing today?" asked Daisy, trying to sound bright and cheery like Juliette often did. It was not working.
"Oh, just peachy!" a sarcastic Shelby replied. Daisy laughed softly as she walked towards her bed to set the tray down. She was glad to see that Shelby was beginning to return to her fairly normal self, as compared to how she had first seen her the day before.
"It's lunch time! Ready for some of this absolutely delicious...ummm...cold mashed potatoes...hard roll...and green jell-o?"
"But of course!" responded Shelby, maintaining the same satirical tone. She picked up the fork and began poking at the potatoes. "You wanna know what I was thinking?"
Daisy nodded. She did not want to sit in silence, and thought that Shelby opening up to her would be best for her right now, anyway.
"All those people out there," she said pointing to the window. "They don't know what it is like to be here. Well, I am sure some do, but many don't. They have never felt the kind of pain like I have, and they have never tried to cure it themselves. They sit out there, drinking their smoothies with the little...umbrellas, wondering how life could get any better. And then I look here. I look at this bleak little room, where I have this IV tube stuck in me, and I am eating green jell-o, and I just wish I were back out there, living their lives."
Shelby looked up from the tray at Daisy, who gave her a comforting look. Daisy had always been the one she turned to, and she always knew what to say, or what not to say. This was such a time.
"I don't want to be like this for the rest of my life, feeling sorry for myself because the one guy I have ever loved...the one guy I have ever loved gave me up. Dais, if he doesn't want to come back to me, we can't make him. It's his choice."
Daisy could see the hurt in her friend's eyes, and saw how hard it was for her to be making this speech. "I know, Shel," she said as she leaned over to give Shelby a hug. Somehow, all her hurt was going to have to go away, and she knew that Scott could do that, whether Shelby wanted to admit it or not. Now Daisy was going to have to do it all alone, as she was sure that everybody else had given up all of their former hope for the two.
A "Higher Ground" Fan Fic
By MissKate
Chapter 16: Revelations
Time crept slowly, as Shelby continued to ponder alone in her room after Peter left. He told her to get some sleep, but she felt she needed to think. Her life had taken a turn for the worst, but she knew that she had to get back on the right track. Staring out the window, she saw the world bustling about beneath her, with people running to their appointments and shopping with their friends. Shelby longed to do those things as she had before, but it was herself that put an end to that so abruptly.
Daisy quietly knocked on Shelby's door and walked in, holding a lunch tray. "Perfect timing," said Shelby as she turned to face her friend.
"How are you doing today?" asked Daisy, trying to sound bright and cheery like Juliette often did. It was not working.
"Oh, just peachy!" a sarcastic Shelby replied. Daisy laughed softly as she walked towards her bed to set the tray down. She was glad to see that Shelby was beginning to return to her fairly normal self, as compared to how she had first seen her the day before.
"It's lunch time! Ready for some of this absolutely delicious...ummm...cold mashed potatoes...hard roll...and green jell-o?"
"But of course!" responded Shelby, maintaining the same satirical tone. She picked up the fork and began poking at the potatoes. "You wanna know what I was thinking?"
Daisy nodded. She did not want to sit in silence, and thought that Shelby opening up to her would be best for her right now, anyway.
"All those people out there," she said pointing to the window. "They don't know what it is like to be here. Well, I am sure some do, but many don't. They have never felt the kind of pain like I have, and they have never tried to cure it themselves. They sit out there, drinking their smoothies with the little...umbrellas, wondering how life could get any better. And then I look here. I look at this bleak little room, where I have this IV tube stuck in me, and I am eating green jell-o, and I just wish I were back out there, living their lives."
Shelby looked up from the tray at Daisy, who gave her a comforting look. Daisy had always been the one she turned to, and she always knew what to say, or what not to say. This was such a time.
"I don't want to be like this for the rest of my life, feeling sorry for myself because the one guy I have ever loved...the one guy I have ever loved gave me up. Dais, if he doesn't want to come back to me, we can't make him. It's his choice."
Daisy could see the hurt in her friend's eyes, and saw how hard it was for her to be making this speech. "I know, Shel," she said as she leaned over to give Shelby a hug. Somehow, all her hurt was going to have to go away, and she knew that Scott could do that, whether Shelby wanted to admit it or not. Now Daisy was going to have to do it all alone, as she was sure that everybody else had given up all of their former hope for the two.