Don't Take It All Away

Thanks for all the wonderful reviews and to everyone who told me about the song!!! ERR I had this complete thing and then my computer had to go and freeze. Just my luck!!!! If you haven't noticed, I changed my user name from ACROX2001 to Funkee Monkee because acrox2001 is boring and I have a thing for the word funky this days...my gurl.com name is Funkee-Monkee89, here it's Funkee Monkee, and my AIM name is FunKifiedACluvr. And look...it doesn't have the name Aaron Carter in it!!!!!

Cole froze and his face as paled as Peter started talking. "Cole?! What are you doing? Those are restricted-you know that!" he exclaimed angrily. Cole jumped up and put the file away. "I-I just wanted to talk to Kristin..." he mumbled hoarsly.

Peter softened a little and sighed. "You could've asked and I would've let you, Cole," he said then went back to Cole's punishment. "You're on shuns for a week. No doubt someone will be joining you so you won't be all alone. Kitchens," Peter informed him.

"Peter, there's something about Kristin..." he started as they walked out into the dark. Peter's alarm sounded in his head-he had known this whole thing wasn't a good idea... "What, Cole?" he asked in a hurry. Cole swallowed and looked down. "Uh..n-never mind." he mumbled. "Cole, you have to tell me if it's something that can hurt her!" Peter scolded. "I'm going to bed," Cole said and ran to the boys dorm.

**At Kristin's house**

Colt had gone back to his bed and Kristin lay in her bed. Thinking about the six months before made her cry. She missed Peter and Sophie and the Cliffhangers. It wasn't fair. He beat her; why should she have to go back to him? just because he's taking care of two kids doesn't mean he's reformed. It means he's a suck-up like he always was.

She swallowed back a lump and remembered the razor she had swiped and got off hte bed. She reached under the mattress, grabbedit and sat back down.

She hadn't done this in so long it scared her to think of the pain it might cause. Instead of backing out, though, she squeazed her eyes shut and made a small cut on her arm just to get use to it.

She swallowed again and lightly glided it across her arm...

**Back at Horizon, that afternoon**

Cole couldn't concentrate through classes. When they were switching classes he ran to Peter's office. He couldn't keep the secret anymore; he knew that Kristin was angry and confused and when he was he would often cut..sometimes to deep.

He saw Peter and Sophie talking. Peter turned to Cole. "Hey, Cole. What do you need?" he asked, hoping it was the thing he was going to tell yesterday. "I-I know Kristin wouldn't want me telling but I have to. But I don't want her to hate me," hestarted. "She won't, Cole, but we need to know, for her safety." Sophie explained calmly, trying to calm him down.

"I-I was talking to her last night and she told me something. She said that she stole one of her dad's razors...She's cutting again, Peter."