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Chapter 6



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As Shelby came closer to the boys' room she could hear a dispute going on inside. "What is she doing in here Auggie? You know that she isn't allowed in here!"

"Look, E-Z! She came in last night! I couldn't tell her to get out! You should have seen the look on her face! She was scared! Really scared!"

"So, what? You just let her come in here and sleep with you? Why didn't you go to the girls' room with her?"

"I couldn't do that! What do you think Jules would have done?"

"I just can't believe you man! I thought you were smarter than this!"

"Yeah, I thought you were smarter too!" chimed in Scott.

"Guys! I'm sorry, but there wasn't anything else I could do!"

"Auggie, I'm sorry. I didn't know that it was gonna be such a big deal. If I did I would have just stayed where I was. I'm sorry, really."

"Its not your fault Sam. I shouldn't have let you stay. I should have told you to leave, but I couldn't."

"What are we going to do when Peter finds out? Did you think about that? Did you?" Ezra starts the arguing again.

"No, I didn't think of that! I just thought that Peter wouldn't find out!"

"Why wouldn't he find out? He knows everything that goes on here!"

"I'm not taking the fall for this one! I didn't do anything wrong!"

"Yeah! Me either! Your in this one on your own, Auggie!"

"Look you guys, don't yell at him! It's my fault. I'll take the blame for it. It's not like I'm really supposed to be here anyways. What's another few weeks on the street or living with my dad? It's no biggie. I'll be outta this place before Peter even knows that anything happened." She turns to walk out the door and Auggie gives both boys a look of desperation.

"Okay, okay," Ezra is the first to give in, "I won't say anything to Peter. Just don't look at me that way."

Samantha turns back around, runs across the lodge and gives him a great big hug, knocking him down onto the bed. She kisses his face about 20 thousand times, in-between each one say, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She stops, turns toward Scott with a small pout on her face, her puppy dog, brown eyes looking him.

All he can do is smile at her and say, "Oh, okay. I won't say anything," then he looks toward Auggie, "but you owe me." Her face turns to a smile within an instant.

Shelby comes to the doorway of the boys' room knowing everything that had just been disgust, but not wanting them to know that she knew. She pushed open the door, slightly and timid at first. She poked her head within. "You guys up?" she asked.

Scott was the first to respond, knowing the sound of her voice by heart. "Yeah, we're up. We'll be out in a bit, okay?"

She glanced around. "What is she doing in here?" she asked, pointing toward Samantha, "I thought that us, girls, couldn't go into the boys' room."

Samantha's quick brains went into action. "Well, I got up a little early and I decided to come and see if they were up. I needed to talk to Auggie."

"Talk? If that's what you wanna call it," Shelby glared at Samantha knowing that she was bad news and was about to get the guys in trouble.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked noticing the tone at which it was said.

"Nothing, but if I were you, I'd watch my back." Shelby walked out of the room, ready to run to Jules to tell her what had happened, but then realized that she had a problem of her own. Samantha was going to get Scott into trouble, and more than he would normally get into on his own. 'What am I going to do? I can't let Scott take the wrap for this. He didn't do anything this time. Well, I guess I'll just have to wait until Peter finds out and then state my opinion on it.'



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*A few days later *

Peter stands in the middle of the classroom. He looks from one face to another. He wishes that he could get through to at least half of them before the end of the year, but he knows that it probably won't happen. They have too many layers built up from years of problems. Whether it was no one loving them, always being criticized, or abuse of both body and soul, he knows that all of them are the same. While some of their layers are thicker than others he knows that getting through to any of them is going to be very difficult, but first he has to get something straight. He has to know one thing before he can start the days' lessons.

"So, before we start today's lessons, I need to get something straight. There is a rumor going around about some of you cliffhangers. Anyone care to fill me in on the secret?" he asks, already knowing what he needs to and just hoping that they will say something before he has to point the finger at them.

As usual, no one answers him. They look at each other hoping that someone else will come out and say what Peter is talking about. "Well? Do any of you have anything to say?" He scans the room back and forth, but still no one says anything.

"Fine, I think I gave you guys enough time to come and tell me yourselves. So, I'll tell you what I heard." He paused, hoping that maybe one would say something in the last seconds before he says it. "I heard that someone, a girl, spent the night in the boys' room. Is this true?" he asks.

Auggie, Ezra, Scott, and Samantha's jaws drop. They had thought that they had gotten away with it, but obviously they didn't. He had found out. They didn't know how, but he had found out.

Samantha turns to Auggie and their eyes meet exchanging a quick glance of concern and Peter continues. "Okay, so no one has anything to say about this? Well, maybe I should use some names this time. Maybe it will refresh your memories. It only happened 5 days ago." He pauses again, still giving them time to come out and say what he is going to say. "Boys? Did you, or did you not have a girl, maybe Samantha, spend the night in your room?"

Samantha couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't see the boys get wrapped for what she did. It wasn't their fault. "Peter," she hesitated, and Auggie looked to her. She could see the plea in his eyes, begging her not to tell him, begging her not to rat herself out, but to just let him get in trouble. She couldn't do it though, it was her fault, it was her idea. "Peter, it wasn't the guys' fault. It was mine."

"It was your fault? Just your fault, no one else's?" he asked her, not able to believe her.

She was about to say yes, but Auggie stepped in. "No, it wasn't just her fault. It was mine too." He looked over at her and could see some of the fear and tension that had been building within her fade away. He glanced at Jules, noticing a change in her. It looked like all hope had been torn from her. Auggie was her sunshine and now he was gone, gone from her life forever.

"Okay, so it was just your faults, no one else's?" he asked again hoping to gain more confessions.

"Yeah," responded Samantha, "just our faults, no one else's. The other guys didn't even know I was in the room until the morning when they woke up."

"Well, this is unacceptable. You both know the rules. You know that you are not allowed in each other's lodges and you know that there has to be consequences."

Auggie could see still see Jules out of the corner of his eye as he stood in front of Peter with Samantha. He could see the tears building. A single one glazed off her check and fell to the floor. 'What did I do?'

Jules got up and ran from the room before she burst into tears. The slamming of the door sent chills down Auggie's spine. "Peter? I um, I um," Auggie couldn't finish his sentence. He ran after Jules. Calling after her and leaving Samantha confused. "Jules! Wait! Jules! I didn't do anything! Jules!" He caught up with her, grabbing her arm. Tears flowing freely down her face.



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A/N: congrats again, u have gained the next chapter…took u a while though…well, u wanna know what happens in the next chapter? Well, find out what Auggie tells Jules, and Samantha and Shelby have a brawl. Thanks for all the reviews so far…hoping to get 5 before I post the next chapter…thanks again & hope you enjoy.