centerbuChapter Four/div/b/u

bAgain, I do not know nor own the Higher Ground TV show and it's cast. I do own Kristin Maddox, her family, and all other non-HG characters. I realize I may have gotten Sophie's last name wrong. The 12-year-old kid being accepted into a school with 16^ is explained in chapter 1-3./b

IN chapter 3 when I put to the person who was writing about her being to young it wasn't aimed at Bubbles it was at "me". I made her that age on purpose. And 7th grade is considered high school in some areas, because there isn't middle school in some areas. If you want to pretend she's older alright but my next stories will all feature Kristin because she's officially a Cliffhanger but they won't be all about her like this one...

In respond to reviews- thanks everyone! Even the negative ones although I'm fully aware that HG is a high school, HELLO I would've be writing a story on it if I never watched it. She's going to get older. No, she's not going to hook up with Scott:) altho she'd be pretty lucky to! About the cutting, she didn't come right out and tell anyone, she just told her best friend and then her friend told the band teacher. About the secret, she *does* have a secret that no one knows about...not the beatings, something else, as you will learn about in chapter 5:) Thanks again for the reviews and I hope this clears things up a little.

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All the other cliffhangers were doing homework, chores, or getting ready for group so Scott didn't have to worry about walking into the dorm and hearing them talk about things. "Hey, what happened to your hands and arms?" Scott asked, remembering before. "Nothing." She muttered. If he asked one more question, she was going to shut down. He didn't, well, nothing about the strange marks all over her. "You want me to help you unpack?" Scott asked, aware of the uncomfortableness she was feeling. "I don't care." She muttered, Great going, Scott! Now she won't even talk! Scott told himself. It had been like that for awhile with Shelby and him after he found out what she had did to get money. Now it didn't matter, but Scott could still feel the resentment she felt against him for acting like it mattered in the first place whenever they kissed.

"So, you like Aaron Carter, to?" Scott asked, shaking his head but laughing at the same time so her stacks of books/posters/CD's. "Yeah, you gotta problem with it?" She demanded, but Scott could tell-well, hoped-it was just sarcasm. "Nope...my cousin Sammy and my next door neighbors Kallie and Kellie were all in love with him...they're about your age, to. Haven't seen Kallie or Kellie since I went to visit my Dad last, and I saw Sammy right before I left for Horizon." Scott said. "Oh. People think I'm weird because I like him. 'Oh, he's only 14!' then they turn around and say 'oh Lil' Romeo, Bow Wow!' it's enough to make a person sick." She muttered. She finished unpacking and they went to the lodge for group. "Some may be a little bit sarcastic, watch for Shelby." Scott told her right before they got in. Peter greeted them and when he put his hand on her shoulder she winced and Peter took it off right away. "Well, everybody, this is who I was telling you about, Kristin Maddox." He said, making a mental note to talk to Scott, Kristin, and Sophie later.

"Well, this group we'll talk about the worst memories of our childhood." Peter said, sitting down between Scott and Kristin. He saw Kristin tense up. /iI have to many memories to pick one bad one. My whole life is a bad memory. Of course, I can't say that. What about the time my Dad hit me with a car? (A/n: More about this, later!) I guess I'll pick that.../i Kristin thought. Scott was talking when she broke out of her thoughts. "My worst childhood memory was my mom telling me she was leaving, and then the next one would be my dad marrying Elaine and taking down the pictures of mom. So he wouldn't make the skank feel uncomfortable. Kat." Kristin looked across her at Kat who was talking now. "My worst memory was probably watching my sister drown, knowing I could've saved her. I was swimming towards her when she went under for the last time..She kept yelling 'I want Kat and Mommy!' over and over again when I was swimming to her and then she went under. Ezra." A curly-haired kid started talking. "When I did a drug for the first time, I felt so sick. I went home throwing up and told my mom I was sick. She believed me somehow. But I just became attached to it. Shelby." iGood! I'll be last, hopefully!/i Kristin thought. "My worst childhood memory...hmm, good one Peter. Do you really want me to recite my whole life? *Smirks* I guess it's when I was on the streets for the first time. People were staring, whispering when I walked by. It was very weird. Daisy." "When my mom first started drinking, I started noticing the changes. Just that was really bad for me. Auggie." "My first gang fight when I was 13. Man, I was lost. There was screaming and howling and Spanish yells mixed in with some little kids who had ran past the alley where we all were. They were just yelling, one in Spanish and one in English. One of the guys on the other side wanted to go after him but someone stabbed him. Jules." Jules looked uncomfortable. "Well, I guess it's when- Peter, can I say it next group? Right now I cant think of anything to say." She said. Auggie put his arm around her. "You sure?" Peter asked and when he saw her nod he said, "Okay. Pick someone else, then." He said, not realizing that she was the next-to-last person. "Kristin." "When I was 7 I was hit by a car. I was crossing the street and my Dad didn't see me." She lied. The hitting by a car part was right, but he saw her perfectly well.

center*bFlashback/b*/div

"Here, catch!" seven-years-old Kristin's best friend Jon (pronounced Shawn) yelled, throwing the nerf ball to her. It bounced into the street and she ran after it. Her father was watching from around the corner. She hadn't cleaned her room good. his intentions were to not kill her, but hurt her, bad. He went straight to her but slowed down so he wouldn't kill her as he neared her. He cried-he had always been a good actor-as he ambulance people loaded her into the ambulance. She wasn't hurt to bad, a broken rib and a broken arm, and numerous cuts. But when she looked at him, she saw him smirk at her. "Revenge is sweet." is what he had told her later. It was then she knew he was sick.

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"Hey, Kristin, are you okay?" Peter asked with concern in his voice. She had been staring straight ahead. "Um, yeah." "Well, okay. Guys, it's time for dinner. Kristin, could you please come to me and Sophie's office after dinner. Scott I'll need you for a sec after her, so she'll go get you, okay?" "Yeah." Scott and Kristin both mumbled. iWas I in trouble already?"/i Kristin asked herself.