Chapter Eleven

Kristin sat on a log, crying. "How could I hit her? Huh?" She asked herself aloud. "I'm turning into my dad!" She said through tears.

***At Horizon***

Scott saw Kristin run into the woods and went into the girls dorm. "Hello? Steven if that's you I'll ki-" He started to yell but stopped when he saw Jules on the ground. "Juliette? Are you okay?" He asked, leaning down next to her. "Yeah...she was cutting herself..." She said. "Come on, let's go to Peter," Scott said, giving Jules his hand. She took it and hoisted herself up. "Gosh can that little kid punch!" Jules said and Scott laughed.

Peter was outside and when he saw Scott holding Jules up he ran to them. "What happened?" Peter asked. Jules felt hesitant to tell him. "Kristin kinda punched me..." Jules trailed. "WHAT?" He cried. "When you told me to go get her and I walked into the dorm she was cutting herself with something. It wasn't a knife, it didn't bleed it just left welts. I grabbed her arm when she started to go to look at it. She started screaming for me to let go but when I said let's go to Peter's she punched me and ran." JUles said. "Oh my gosh, Jules." He said. "Where'd she go?" "The woods!" Scott told him.

"Listen, Scott, take Jules to Sophie and tell her I'm going to look for Kristin,okay?" Peter asked adn Scott nodded. Peter ran to the woods.

***The woods***

"He's gonna give me back!" Kristin cried, huddling herself into a small ball. She heard something behind me and whipped her head around and saw Peter. "I'm sorry, please don't give me back!" She exclaimed. Peter seemed taken by, then walked to her. He sat by her on the log and put his arm around her. "What makes you think I would do that?" He asked her. "I- I punched Jules." "And you were cutting yourself." "No I wasn't!" She protested. "Let me see your arm." "No." "THen you were cutting yourself." "NO I WASN'T!" She screamed. "Hey... Just show me your arm, okay? You won't get in trouble." She hesitated but pulled up the sleeve to her Adidas sweater. "Kristin..." Peter sighed. "You're not going to give me up?" She asked. "Of course not! No matter what you do! You're our daughter, not a puppy." He said. "I'm turning into my dad." SHe said, and the tears started again. "Hey, you will NEVER be your dad, okay? You're to smart and to good a person for that." He told her, putting her head on his shoulder. "I hit Jules!" "Yes, but you were angry, although that definiately doesn't dismiss what you did." "I know. But I felt like my dad, that's why I ran. I promised myself I'd never turn out like him, and here I am, punching people cause they wanna help me."

They sat they silent for a few minutes. "Let's go back, I think their worried about us." Peter said. "I'm sorry, dad," She said with a warm smile. Saying dad and meaning it was the best feeling ever to her. "Come on, I think you should be apoligizing to Jules," He said but he was smiling to. "Okay." She said and they headed back to Horizon.