Disclaimer: I don't own Higher Ground or any of the characters from the show. All of the characters that you never heard of before are mine. I think you all no this stuff.

A/N: I'm back with the next chapter. Thanks the reviews. I would like a few more. On with the story.

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Best Friend

Back at the girl's dorm everyone was asleep except for Kelly. She looked at all the beds to make sure everyone was asleep before she got up and slid out the window. She walked over to the dock where she saw Ezra sitting.

"Been waiting long?" she asked.

"No," he replied.

"So what do you want to talk about?"

"I don't care. How is everyone back home?" Ezra asked trying to start conversation.

"Fine. They're pretty much the same as they were before you left. How are your parents?"

"Fighting as usual but what else is new?" he answered while thinking that Kelly seemed a little distant.

"Is this place bad?"

"No. It's helped me so much."

"I'm glad. I would have hated to lose you."

"Me too. Kelly, can you tell me why you're here?"

"Ezra, it's getting late and I'm kind of tired. Plus I have a meeting with Peter tomorrow. I better get some sleep." she said quickly while standing up.
"Good night. If you ever need to talk to someone I'm here."

"You'll be the first one I come to. Night Ez." Kelly said while giving him a hug.

Kelly walked back to the girls' dorm while Ezra sat watching her leave. Once he saw that she was inside he made his way back to his dorm.

Kelly got into her bed without waking anyone up. Not soon after, she was asleep.

*Dream*

Kelly is home and her brother John is having a party while her parents are away fro the weekend. She is sitting on her bed when the door opens. It is John's best friend Tom. He is drunk when he comes into the room.

"Tom get out!" Kelly yelled when she saw him coming in.

"Don't play hard to get. I know you want me," he said while closing the door.

"What are you doing?"

"What you want me to do," Tom said while pushing her to the bed.

"Stop!" she screamed. Here screams were drowned out by the music from the party.

After Tom left Kelly ran to the bathroom to try and get herself clean. She knew that she would never become clean. Kelly fell to the floor where she wept.

*End of Dream*

*Next Dream*

John went to get Kelly for dinner. Kelly was sitting on her bed thinking about the awful event that happened to her when she saw the door begin to open. She picked the lamp off her nightstand and threw it at John thinking that it was her abuser. The lamp hit John in the head making him fall to the ground in pain. Kelly ran to him in tears.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to," she said while tears poured down her cheeks.

*End of Dream*

Kelly woke up in a cold sweat. She got up and ran to the bathroom, closing the door behind her. She sat on the floor crying. The other girls woke from their slumber.

Kat got up and knocked on the door. "Are you ok?" she asked concerned.

"Yeah I'm fine. Sorry that I woke you all up" she said between sobs.

"It's ok. Do you want to talk about anything?"

"No."

After a few minutes Kelly came out of the bathroom. Her eyes were swollen from crying. She noticed all of them staring at her as she got back into her bed.

The next morning Kelly went into Peter's office for their meeting while the rest of the Cliffhangers ate breakfast.

"Where's Kelly?" Juliette asked in here usual cheerful manner.

"She's having a meeting with Peter," Ezra answered.

"Oh. Well I hope she's ok." Juliette said.

"Why? What happened?" he asked a little worried.

"She must have had a nightmare and when she ran into the bathroom crying," she answered beginning to regret telling.

"Did she tell any of you what it was about?"

"No," they all said in unison.

Kelly knocked on Peter's door.

"Come in." he yelled.

"Hi Peter."

"Hi Kelly. Right on time. Sit down and close the door."

Kelly closed the door and sat down.

"Ok I want to go over your files. Why did you run away from home?"

Kelly shrugged her shoulders and pretended like she didn't know why. Deep down inside she knew.

"Kelly I'm here to help you. I can't help you unless you let me. Do you get along with your parents? You didn't run away because of them did you?" Peter probed.

"No. I love my family."

"What about your brother? It says here that your relationship with him changed. Why?"

"I love my brother."

"Then why did you hit him with the lamp?"

"It was an accident. He scared me. I would never mean to hurt him."

"Ok then what about this dream you had last night. I heard you started crying when you woke up."

"It was a nightmare."

"Why were you crying?"

"It scared me."

"What happened in it?"

"I don't want to talk about it if that's ok."

"Yeah it's fine. Ok that's all for now. You better go to breakfast."

"Ok," she said as she started to leave.

After Kelly left Sophie walked in.

"How did the meeting go?" Sophie asked.

"She's not opening up, Soph," Peter replied.

"Just giver her time. She'll open up."

"Yeah I guess."

Kelly got her food and sat down next to the rest of the Cliffhangers.

"Hey," Scott said to Kelly.

"Hey," she replied.

"How did the meeting with Peter go?" Ezra asked.

"Fine."

Kelly felt uncomfortable sitting there. She could tell that they had just gotten done talking about her. Kelly picked up the apple on her tray and walked out.

"What's her problem?" Shelby asked.

"Maybe she's not hungry," Juliette replied.

Ezra was about to go after her when Daisy stopped him.

"Just give her some time by herself," Daisy told him.

"What if she needs to talk to someone? he asked.

"Then she'll go to you."

"I guess you're right."

Kelly sat on her bed eating her apple.

"Great one day her and everyone thinks I'm crazy," she thought to herself.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A/N: Well you got to learn some important things about Kelly. You also got to see how Ezra reacted. This is by no means over. Please can I have more reviews? I'll try to putt he next chapter up tonight. If not look for it tomorrow.