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Claimer: I own Chelsea, Abby, Jason and Lindsay.

Sorry guys but my computer is doing some strange screwed up stuff and I lost chapter 13. So its taking me extra long time to get up. Sorry if the spelling is off but I'm typing this up fast and just use the best fit word. lol. Sorry again for taking so long..

Previous Chapter: The Cliffhangers come to visit Shelby.

Chapter 13

*Next morning*

The group is outside piling into the reanted airport van. There were 5 rows of seat. n teh very front is Peter and Mike, the driver, the next seat back is Sophie and Ezra. in the next seat is Auggie, Jules, and David. Teh 4th row is Scott and Chelsea. Then in the very back seat is Shelby and Diasy. As they were pulling out a green Jeep pulls up in th drive. and out pops 2 heads.

Mike: (yelling out the drifers window) cutting it close aren't ya? where are those notes?

Lindsay: (walking up to the van) You wouldn't leave without us! (sarcastic) here you go. (handing him her note along with Jason.)

Mike: (looking them over) looks good, I'll keep them in the glovecompartment. (the two hop into the van and sit in the two seats in the very back with shelby adn Daisy.) Where's Chris?

Jason: His mother is a bit ticked that he would even ask her to go.

Mike: Why?

Shelby: (not wanting her father to find out why) Let;s get going.

Mike: (finding it a bt strange for her to change the subject nbut ignoring it) Everyone buckled? (looking back they all nod.) Let's go.

He pulls out of the driveway and onto teh freeway heading north from their Monterey home to San Fransico.

*the car*

Everyone was talking amoungst themselves. The four in the back are looking at pictures, from Halloween and joking around.

Shelby: (laughing) OMG lok at this (showing it everyone else.)

Scott: (turning around to find out what it was) What's going on back there?

Shelby: Does he look familiar to you? (handing him the pic)

Scott: (looks at it and eyes get really big as he looks at the pic of him using the restroom outside in the bushes on the side of the house, embarrassed) I had to go and the bathroom was full.

Chelsea: (now wanting to see it) Let me see. (trying to grab it)

Shelby: (taking it before dhe could) I don't think so. (ans puts it back in the stack.)

Jason: (yelling up to the front) Mr. M turn up the radio.

Mike turns the nob up adn the music blasts in te van. Shelby catching onto the Blink 182 song What's my age again quickly adn her and Lindsay join Jason in the song while the other just stare at them like their crazy Even Sophie and Peter.

"I took her out it was afriday night
I wore cologne to get the feeling right
We started making out and she took off my pants
But thein I turned on the tv
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when you're 23"

Shelby: (noticing all of them looking at them) Come on join in its fun. (slowly they join in except Peter, Sophie and Chelsea. She just watched with a discusting look on her face.)

"And are still amused by tv
What the hell is ADD?
My friends say I should act my age
What's my age again
What's my age again?
Then later on, on the drive home
I called her mom frim a pay phone
I said i was the cops
and your husband's in jail
This state looks down on sodomy
And that's about the time that bitch hung up on me
Nobody likes you when your 23
And still more amused by prank calls
What's the hell is caller ID?
My friends say I should act my age
What's myy age again?
What's my age again?
Ands that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when your 23
And stilll act like your in freshmen year
What the hell is wrong with me?
My friends say I should act my age
Wjat's my age again?
What's my age again?
And that's about the time she broke up with me
No one should take themselves so seriously
With many years to fall in line
Why would you wish that on me?
I never want to act my age
What's my age again?
What's my age again?"

Teh rest of the ride went by quicky and soon enough they were close to their destination. Mike drives by the entrance to Disney land and aprks in the parking lot. ( i don't know where Disneyland in CA so don't be mad me)

Jules: (wide eyed) we're going to disney land. (Shelby just nodded while getting out of the van and joining everyone else.)

Shelby: Last one to there sits with the squealer (with that they all run to the entrnce except Jules who tries to act offended. Auggie purposely lost to ride nest to Jules the entire time.

Mike payed for the tickets and they entered the park and went straight to tommorrow land to ride Spcae mountain. They rode that 3 times then on the ay out.

Auggie: That's was great. (walking hand in hand with Jules)

Jules: Yeah right that was the freakiest thing on earth!

Shelby: Aww little Princess scaried, well you better suck it up cuz next is Alein encounter.

David: Daisy right up your alley huh?

Daisy: no that would be your death. (raising her eyebrows and walking awa leaving david confused.)

Shelby: come on there's the line.

Tehy waited in line for 30 minutes adn finally got inside. After that they went on (sorry I've never been to Disny in CA so I have no idea what's there and where they are.) Its a small world, Dumbo, Tea cup, Splash mountain, Haunted mansion, Big thunder mountain Railroad, Soaring over California, Magic Carpet Aladdin, Peter Pan's flight, Tom Sawyer Island, adn legend of Lion King.

Chelsea: (coming out of the Loin King ride, she had been complaining all day long and by now everyone was sick of it.) That was the stupidest thing, I can't believe you made us ride it. (turning around and looking at Shelby.)

Shelby: (sick of her and really mad) I don't know what your problem is but, I've been nice to you, even though you don't deserve it, but now I'm tired of being nice. (lunging at Chelsea and knocking her to the ground, Mike was the first person to them)

Mike: (grabbing Shelby off Chelsea) Shelby that's enough.

Shelby: no its not, she thinks she can come here and diss on my friends and then be a huge bitch. (trying to get out of his grib, but Mike was to strong.)

Mike: I think its time ot go. (looking at Chelsea's eye, which is black) some one get her some ice!

Sophie walks over to the soda stand and comes back with a bag of ice and hands it to Chelsea. they walk back to the van in silent and head home.

On the way home they're all in the same spots except Ezra and Chelsea switch places. Peter, Chelsea, Mike, and David are the only ones awake.

Peter: (turning around to face Chelsea right behind him.) when we get back to horizon you are on shuns for 2 weeks and kitchens.

Chelsea: (holding the ice to her eye) why?

Peter: We'll talk about it later. (he turned back around to face the front. while Chelseajust rolled her eyes and couldn't wait ot get away from Shelby. that way Shelby and couldn't be so friendly any more.)

*Merrick House*

they van had just pulled into the driveway and everyone but peter and Mike were sleeping.

Mike: (turning around and speaking) we're back (slowly everyone starts waking up and walking inside to go to bed.)

Lindsay and Chris decided it was to late to go home and stayed in the den with Shelby, because she wasn't going to sleep in the same room as Chelsea.

*Morning*

It is around 7 and some one knocks at the door. Mike the only one up walks ot the door and opens it.

Mike: (noticing who was there) hello Brad, You could have just dropped her off later. (abby jumps onto Mike the second she sees him.)

Brad: She couldn't wait til later.

Mike: Come in.

Brad: (shaking his head) no thanks I gotta get to work, We all don't have today off. (joking)

Mike: oh well thanks for watching Abby for us.

Brad: (waking away and turning around) Your welcome. ( he gets in his car and goes away)

Mike: (putting Abby down and going into the kitchen when Peter comes in already for the day ahead.) I'm going to go get some Doughnuts for breakfast, make sure Shelby and Chelsea don't talk. (Peter nods and goes to wake up the group.)

*Den*

Jason adn Lindsay are up getting ready to leave. Jason walks over to Shelby.

Jason: (shaking her) Shel, Shel (she opens her eyes) we gotta get home and ready for school. C~ya tommorrow.

By now she is sitting up and he bends down to give her a hug and Lindsay does the same.

Lindsay: I give the permission to jump that girl if she starts bitching again.

Shelby: You know I will. (standing up and walking with them to the door: )Have fun at School! (sarcastic)

Lindsa and Jason: Ha, ha, ha (getting in the car and drivin g away.)

Peter: (appearing behind her) your friends leaving?

Shelby: yeah they're kewl aren't they, hey where's my dad?

Peter: He went to get some doughnuts. DO they know about your past?

Shelby: Yeah and they accepted it. They don't care what I did on the street, just that I'm survived and got that jerk locked up.

Peter: That's good Shelby, so your happy here?

Shelby: (giving hima duh look) yeah, I mean I have great friends and me and my dad are really close now.

Peter: Good for you, shel, good for you.

Shelby: (smiling) thanks, I'm gonna take a shower. (walking into her room for some clothes then to her dad's bathroom cuz someone was in hers.)

About an hour later everyone was dressed adn packing to go back to Horizon when Mike returns with 5 boxes of doughnuts.

Mike: (walking into the kitchen and puting down the boxes) Doughnuts! (that's all he had to say, cuz they all came running and basically inhaling the doughnuts.)

After breakfast they packed up the van and were off to the airport, they were running behind and got to the airport 15 minutes before it was to take off.

Mike: (pulling the van up to the entrance) Everyone grab your stuff and lets go. (while their getting their stuff he pays the guy in front to take the van back)

*The gate*

Peter: Come on guys the plane leaves in 10 minutes, say your good byes quickly. (turning to Mike) Mike thank you for inviting us downhere and a wonderful time, if you evr need anything, just give us a call. (shaking his and then turning to Shelby who was giving Jules a hug, he leans down to hug her) stay strong. (he whispers as they hug she just nods.)

Sophie: (was next hug her they hug) honey if you ever need someone to talk to just give us a call. (Peter motions fro everyone to get on that has already said good-bye so only Daisy and Scott are left)

Shelby: (noddong) I will (looking at Scott) Iguess this is good-bye? (getting teary eyed)

Scott: I'll see you again. (hugging her close) Keep in touch this time. (she nods and he leaves)

Daisy: Back to Juliet Squealing every second of the day. (joking)

Shelby: (letting out a small laugh) I don't miss that, but I'll miss you. (they hug for a few minutes til Peter says the plane is ready to leave) Promise to write every week.

Daisy: Yeah let me know what the outside region is doing. (smirking)

Shelby: I will, you better go before you miss your flight.

Daisy: Bye (truning around to board the plane)

Shelby and Mike watch the plane leave go to the front to get a taxi home.

Sorry guys there wasn't much detail in that but I really don't like this part of the striy I wanted to get to the next chapter. Can I get 8 reviews please?

-Kelly