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Facing the Past
Chapter 2
Shelby turned to Sophie and finally answered.
"Just an old friend, nothing important."
Sophie looked at Shelby, obviously not believing her.
"Well, it's important enough for you to skip breakfast, and possibly English."
Shelby shrugged and replied, " I just wanted to read it alone, okay. And I'm on my way to English."
She stood up and left the room, leaving Sophie more confused than ever.
*English*
"Nice of you to join us today Shelby." The English teacher said as Shelby entered the class 10 minutes late.
"But not so nice to be here." Shelby muttered as she took a seat in the back row, behind Scott and next to Daisy.
"What was that, Miss Merrick?" The teacher asked glaring at Shelby from the front of the room.
"Just commenting on how glad I am to be here." Shelby said sarcasticly.
"Well, why don't you include those comments in a 750 word essay on how much this class means to you. It's due tommorrow." The teacher glared at Shelby, who just sighed and looked away.
The class continued with another 35 minutes of sentence structure, which everyone already knew, but no one bothered telling the teacher that. When the bell finally rang, the students all jumped up and hurried away, talking along the way. Scott caught up with Shelby quickly; he had been worried about her a lot lately.
"Hey, Shel. Are you okay?" He said quickly; he had to talk fast in order to fit the conversation in by the time math started.
"Hi Scott. I'm fine, but i'd be better if everyone would stop asking me if i'm okay." Shelby stormed away, leaving Scott completely confused.
"What is up with her?" Scott asked himself. He was quite freaked out when an answer came from behind him.
"Well, here's a quess-something she doesn't want us to know about?" Daisy suggested, before she pushed past him and into the math room, where she took a seat between Shelby and Ezra.
*Girl's Dorm, before lunch*
"Hey Jules, thanks for keeping my plans secret." Shelby said sarcasticly as she dropped her books on her bed. Jules looked up guiltily and the room was silent for a few seconds before she replied.
"I didn't mean to tell them, but Peter and Sophie were both staring at me, and it was like, if i didn't tell them, they'd be able to tell anyway. You know what I mean?" Jules said the all very quickly, and when she was done the room was completely silent, with both Daisy and Shelby staring at her like she'd grown another head. "What?" She added defensively.
"You are definitely weird.(Weird is spelled weird. the whole 'i' before 'e' thing goes down the drain with it.) And you definitely need help in the 'lying to Peter and Sophie' department. And I'm out of here before your weirdness spreads." Shelby tossed her books on here shelf and left. Juliette looked at Daisy, waiting for some kind of response.
"Maybe I should read her cards. They would tell me what's wrong with her. But maybe I should just wait till she decides to tell me herself. Yeah, I definitely think it would be better to hear it directly from her, rather than the Powers That Be. What do you think?"
Daisy pondered aloud, finally asking for Juliette's opinion.
"And Shelby thinks I'm weird?" Jules replied before leaving the room. Daisy got up to follow her, but stopped when she noticed an envelope laying on the floor next to Shelby's bed. Daisy picked it up. It was addressed to Shelby, so she figured it must have fallen out of one of her books. As she set it on the desk, her eyes wondered to the return address.
"M. Caldwell. Wonder who that is?" Daisy said to herself as she left for lunch.
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Hope you like it.
A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed. Sorry about the long wait. And sorry if the formatting's screwed up. Please r&r.
Facing the Past
Chapter 2
Shelby turned to Sophie and finally answered.
"Just an old friend, nothing important."
Sophie looked at Shelby, obviously not believing her.
"Well, it's important enough for you to skip breakfast, and possibly English."
Shelby shrugged and replied, " I just wanted to read it alone, okay. And I'm on my way to English."
She stood up and left the room, leaving Sophie more confused than ever.
*English*
"Nice of you to join us today Shelby." The English teacher said as Shelby entered the class 10 minutes late.
"But not so nice to be here." Shelby muttered as she took a seat in the back row, behind Scott and next to Daisy.
"What was that, Miss Merrick?" The teacher asked glaring at Shelby from the front of the room.
"Just commenting on how glad I am to be here." Shelby said sarcasticly.
"Well, why don't you include those comments in a 750 word essay on how much this class means to you. It's due tommorrow." The teacher glared at Shelby, who just sighed and looked away.
The class continued with another 35 minutes of sentence structure, which everyone already knew, but no one bothered telling the teacher that. When the bell finally rang, the students all jumped up and hurried away, talking along the way. Scott caught up with Shelby quickly; he had been worried about her a lot lately.
"Hey, Shel. Are you okay?" He said quickly; he had to talk fast in order to fit the conversation in by the time math started.
"Hi Scott. I'm fine, but i'd be better if everyone would stop asking me if i'm okay." Shelby stormed away, leaving Scott completely confused.
"What is up with her?" Scott asked himself. He was quite freaked out when an answer came from behind him.
"Well, here's a quess-something she doesn't want us to know about?" Daisy suggested, before she pushed past him and into the math room, where she took a seat between Shelby and Ezra.
*Girl's Dorm, before lunch*
"Hey Jules, thanks for keeping my plans secret." Shelby said sarcasticly as she dropped her books on her bed. Jules looked up guiltily and the room was silent for a few seconds before she replied.
"I didn't mean to tell them, but Peter and Sophie were both staring at me, and it was like, if i didn't tell them, they'd be able to tell anyway. You know what I mean?" Jules said the all very quickly, and when she was done the room was completely silent, with both Daisy and Shelby staring at her like she'd grown another head. "What?" She added defensively.
"You are definitely weird.(Weird is spelled weird. the whole 'i' before 'e' thing goes down the drain with it.) And you definitely need help in the 'lying to Peter and Sophie' department. And I'm out of here before your weirdness spreads." Shelby tossed her books on here shelf and left. Juliette looked at Daisy, waiting for some kind of response.
"Maybe I should read her cards. They would tell me what's wrong with her. But maybe I should just wait till she decides to tell me herself. Yeah, I definitely think it would be better to hear it directly from her, rather than the Powers That Be. What do you think?"
Daisy pondered aloud, finally asking for Juliette's opinion.
"And Shelby thinks I'm weird?" Jules replied before leaving the room. Daisy got up to follow her, but stopped when she noticed an envelope laying on the floor next to Shelby's bed. Daisy picked it up. It was addressed to Shelby, so she figured it must have fallen out of one of her books. As she set it on the desk, her eyes wondered to the return address.
"M. Caldwell. Wonder who that is?" Daisy said to herself as she left for lunch.
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Hope you like it.