This is a Shelby/Scott story. It has the same idea but different storyline then the first season so dont get too mad lol. AND I REALIZE THAT ITS NOT THE SAME HOW THEY MEET WHAT HAPPENS OR ANYTHING, ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE! IM GONNA MAKE UP A BUNCH OF STUFF.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Higher Ground..Scott..Shelby or any of the other Cliffhangers. (Except for Adam, Melissa and Amber) I do not own fox, fox family, or anything. I HAVE NOOOO CONNECTION WHAT SO EVER TO ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SHOW. All I am is a die- hard, and faithful fan :)

AUTHORS NOTE: eeee! I love you guys! You are toooo sweet! ha ha ha! 15 replies in one chap! You guys are soo amazing! :) You made me very happy! yay! Okay well for that I was planning on a short chapter today but since u guys are so great I made an EXTRA-long chap! hehe. And as for the question..Amber IS a bitch. Thats her character. Scott doesnt see how mean she is..he thinks shes nice except for that one time. He really cares for Shelby but they cant get together because of Adam...they dont wanna hurt him. So hes just passing his time with her. Also Amber is really REALLY devious and she can seduce anyone into liking her. Thats her personality. Anyways heres the next chapter I hope you like it and PLEASE reply!





Keeping Secrets ch 6

Scott sat down and glanced at Shelby. She was looking down at her shoes not even looking at him. It was about an hour since the kitchen incident happened. Everyone was sitting around waiting for Peter because he had a special announcement. Peter saw the group and came over to them.

"Hey everyone." he smiled cheerfully.

"You know Peter I would love to stay and chat." stated Amber looking down at her nails studying them carefully. "But is this gonna take long? I've got to still give myself a manicure tonight." Peter rolled his eyes.

"Dont worry Amber. Okay everyone...I had an idea for a new event that I'm thinking of doing and I would like your opinion on whether to do it or not. It's for the whole school. I'm thinking of having a year end prom in a week." Several cheers errupted from a few Cliffhangers. "So what do you guys think?"

"Finally...a good idea." sighed Shelby.

"I'll phone daddy and have him arrange to pick me up a designer gown from Paris. I need to look my best of course."

"Of course." laughed Peter.

"I think its a wonderful idea!" exclaimed Juliette brightly.

"Sounds great to me." nodded Auggie.

"Boy oh boy sounds awesome!" grinned Ezra. He looked over at Daisy.

"I dont have a problem with it." she shrugged. Everyone was very excited talking amongst themselves.

"Hold it! Hold it! Before you get too excited there are a few RULES." Everyone groaned. "Now now." laughed Peter. "Nothing too bad. Just some minor things. No dates. Just a group kind of thing where everyone dances with everyone."

"Whats the fun in that?" asked Juliette who wanted to go with Auggie.

"But..I have a way of making it lots of fun."

"And whats that?" smirked Shelby.

"We're gonna have prom King and Queen..and Princesses and Princes."

"Oh Im so gonna be Queen." stated Amber egotistically.

"I wouldnt bet on it hun." mumbled Juliette.

"Are you sure the crown's gonna be big enough to fit your head?" asked Shelby to Amber. Everyone laughed and Amber glared at Shelby. She really hated that girl.

"So can we leave now?" asked Scott.

"Yeah sure...oh yeah." mentioned Peter. "Everyones taking turns going shopping today, tomorrow and the day after for Prom attire.

You guys are going tomorrow after lunch with the Wind-dancers. Since you two groups are the eldest you are the only ones eligable for Prom Royalty and the rest of the school gets to vote on who they like best. For getting clothes, the guys are going to Tux shops with me and the girls are going with Sophie. Understood?" everyone nodded and walked off.





"Hey Scotty." purred Amber as she walked over to him and sat down smiling. "Whats wrong?" she asked.

"Oh nothing...Im just in a bad mood." he leaned back in the couch. She ran her hands through his hair and smiled sensually. She leaned forward and softly kissed him. His lips parted and she took this oportunity to get some action and stuck her tongue into his mouth. They were kissing passionately for a few seconds when Scott pulled away.

"Wait stop." he said breathlessly, trying to catch his breath.

"Whats wrong?" she asked.

"I--dont want to." he said quietly.

"Yes you do." she whispered in his ear smiling, thinking he was playing hard to get. "N-no. I dont." she slowly came forward and kissed him again. Visions of Elaine flashed through his head. "No. Stop." he commanded breaking away from Amber and standing up suddenly. She looked up again and stood up looking him in his eyes suspiciously.

"Whats wrong now?" she asked, slightly--no make that extremely irritated.

"I..Im just not in the mood right now." he said looking down at her shoes.

"What is it? Is it me?" she asked upset.

"No..its not you Amber. Your perfect." he said quietly looking up into her eyes cutely.

"Then what is it then?!?!?!?!" she screamed throwing a slight temper- tantrum. "Im a great girlfriend! Do you find me un-desirable now or something! You need your eyes checked! Im perfect! You even said so yourself. Is it another woman?" Scott didnt say anything, he just looked down. "Fine then Im outta here." grumbled Amber, grabbing her purse and storming out of the room.

"Wait! Amber!" called Scott but she didnt wait. He sat down on the couch with his head resting on his knees. He ran his hands through his hair nervously. What could make him not want to kiss Amber? She was beautiful and nice to him! She was an awesome kisser...She DID remind him of Elaine but not enough to be freaked out totally by it. The answer came to him. There WAS another girl like Amber guessed. Her name was Shelby.





Amber pulled her jacket closer around her as she walked through the cold feild at night. She walked over to a cabin and knocked on the door.

"Hello?" asked a girl with brown hair that answered the door. "How can we help you...your not a Wind-dancer are you?"

"No duh." growled Amber. "Im looking for Melissa Stevens. Is she here?"

"Yes but no one's allowed to meet at this time of night...."

"Just shut up Karen." smirked a girl with blue eyes and strawberry- blonde hair as she walked forward to the door. Karen rolled her eyes and walked back to her bed.

"Hey Mel." smiled Amber. "Can I talk to you for a bit? I need some advice."

"Sure hun." said Melissa. "These lame-brains are getting boring anyways. Hold on let me get my coat." She walked over to a coat rack and grabbed a black puffy jacket and walked to the door. "Cover for me Amy." she said to a chinese girl with black hair who was sitting on a bed and reading."

"Sure thing Mel." she said. Melissa followed Amber out and closed the door. She and her walked over and sat on a picnic table.

"Whats wrong?" she asked.

"I dunno. I really like Scott and everything but Im not so sure he likes me."

"Yeah right gurl." said Mel shaking her head. "You must be crazy."

"Im not totally sure but I think he likes Shelby or something. They keep sharing secret looks and he always sticks up for her."

"It must be your imagination. Ive seen all you guys together and Ive seen the way Scott looks at you. He only has eyes for you."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Has Peter told you guys about the Prom yet?"

"Yeah." grinned Mel. "He came and talked to us all today. The idea of no dates is lame but I love the Prom Queen idea. Im totally sure you'll win."

"Ya think so?" asked Amber smiling.

"I know so."

"Yeah. Im pretty sure I'll win..I mean come on..Look at the competition." Amber smirked. "Im getting a dress shipped in from Paris. Its arriving tomorrow."

"Oh my god, you are so gonna be the Belle of the Ball!"

"Thats the idea sweetie." Amber smiled evily. "No one and I mean NO ONE is gonna get in my way. Im gonna be prom queen and show Scott how desirable I am. And thats that."





"Are you guys all ready?" asked Sophie as she walked into the girl's cabin. "The wind-dancers are all ready."

"Yeah we're ready." said Kat. She walked outside and so did Amber, Shelby, Daisy and Juliette.

"Okay. Lets go." said Sophie. They all hopped in two cars. One Sophie was driving and one her good friend Angie was driving. Angie was here to help out Sophie with the girls and shopping. "Okay. First stop." Sophie said. "Post office to pick up Air-mail for Amber. Aka..her dress." Amber smiled proudly. They picked up her dress then continued on to a discount store. They looked around for a while and couldnt find anything that they liked. Then emerged Amber from a dressing room.

"How do I look?" she asked smiling proudly.

"Horrible." Shelby said. Amber looked fine but not all that gorgeous.

"You look fine dear." stated Sophie.

"Yeah." agreed everyone else.

"Fine? Ha! You pathetic poor girls dont know the meaning of a Paris Original."

"Who cares." shrugged Shelby. Amber continued on bragging about her dress, her wealth and social status.

"Are we gonna have to listen to her talk all day?" asked Juliette.

"Yeah I wish we could lose her and go shopping all on our own." said Kat. Thats when Juliette got an idea. She walked over to Sophie and whispered something in her ear. Sophie nodded.

"Come on you guys." said Juliette to the Cliffhangers. "Lets go next door."

"Where are you going?" asked Amber.

"To a discount store." lied Juliette smiling evily. "Except theres even cheeper clothes there."

"Ugh have fun I do not wish to accompany peasants like you." she walked off to find Melissa.

"Do you guys wanna go?" asked Juliette.

"To another crappy discount store?" exclaimed Shelby wrinkling her nose in dis-like. "No thanks."

"Its not a discount store." smiled Juliette. "Its a classy boutique that my mom always goes to. I have her credit card. Lets go charge things on it." All the Cliffhanger girls grinned.

"I like the way you think." grinned Shelby as her and the other girls linked arms with Juliette and each other and walked off to the next-door boutique.





"Wow I love this." said Juliette as she looked at a beautiful pink dress that was on her in the mirror.

"It looks great." commented Kat.

"Okay..does everyone have something?" asked Juliette.

"Nope. Not Shelby." said Daisy.

"Whats wrong?" asked Kat coming over to her.

"I just cant find anything that I really like." sighed Shelby.

"I have an idea." said Juliette. "Why dont we each pick out 2 dresses that we think that would look good on Shelby and she can try them all on and see."

"Great Idea." said Daisy. They all gathered dresses and passed them over the change room door to Shelby. She tried on the beautiful dresses and modeled them to everyone.

"Hows this? I dont really like it." said Shelby coming out of the change room in a black sleavless dress.

"Me neither." said Juliette. Daisy and Kat gave thumbs-down signs. Shelby sighed. "One last dress. Its either this or Im not going. Not that it would be that much of a tragety. She walked back into the change room and when she came out everyone gasped. "You look beautiful Shelby." said Juliette.

"Awesome." said Kat.

"Looks fine to me." said Daisy. Shelby looked in the mirror.

"I really like it too. This oughta put little miss snobby slut in her place."

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Hope that was okay. Please reply. I would love to get the same reaction as last time. If I get at least 10 replies I'll DOUBLE the next chapter. Thank you all for reading! Love ya fellow Higher-Grounds-Shelby-and-Scott-Fans! PS: I saw Star Wars. Hayden was soooo hot and the movie was SOOO good I highly recomend it.

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NEXT CHAPTER...

Prom Time

Whos the Belle of the Ball now?

Scott is amazed...who can blame him?

Suprise! King and Queen is announced and has someone PISSED.

Someone does some venting and gets put in their place.

The King and Queen share a special dance.

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