D: Don't own them, you know the rest.
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter last chapter. I was typing it real late and couldn't stay up too late, had an early class in the morning. Here's the next chappy, hope you like it, it'll be longer, I promise! And please review!!
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Jess had been staying with Shelby for about a week by the time Daisy started noticing that a letter hadn't come yet. So she wrote another one saying in it if Shelby didn't respond to it in three days, she was going to have someone check up on her to see if she was okay. Meanwhile, Scott has gone mute and moody-er than ever, if that was possible. Daisy and the rest of the Cliffhangers tried to cheer him up in their own ways, but nothing would help. Peter and Sophie had just about enough of Scott's behavior, but didn't have the heart to really get mad at him for it.
At Shelby's house one morning not long after she found out about Jess, Shelby and Walt were home alone after her mom went off to work and Jess went to school. Shelby was folding cloths as much as possible with her bad wrist. It had swollen up a bit and was very tender and stiff. She told her mom she fell on it, but her mom just shrugged it off telling her she was a tough girl and that she'd get over it soon, hustling out the door not even looking at it. Only Jess cared, finding an old ace bandage and using thick rulers to splint it up like she learned in Girl Scouts.
"Shel-bell, you have to go get it looked at! It's probably fractured or something!" Jess had said just that morning as she left for school. Now Shelby totally agreed when she realized she couldn't even fold towels. She finally finished the load and as she turned around she bumped into. Walt!
"Hello, kitten!" Walt said sickly grabbing her arms. She dropped her basket of cloths and gasped in shock . "Leave me alone, Walt! How are you up and about?!" She growled warningly.
"Now, why would I do such a thing like that? I've missed you SO much!" he said with a sick grin on his face. Shelby got frightened back to that younger, smaller little girl, who was scared and helpless. Then pictures of Horizon and everyone flashed through her head. Then Scott flashed up and she screamed.
"Noo! Let. Me. GO!" she screamed, shoving him with all her might. Walt fell to the floor, startled at her outburst. She's never fought back before so strongly.
"You are NOT going to hurt me OR my sister..AGAIN!" she yelled two inches from his face, bent over him. He suddenly swung up and punched her good. She flew against the wall, stunned for a second, but then she stood up, seeming a little taller. She could already feel the blood of the 2-inch gash above her left eyebrow start to pour down her face and neck. She stomped over and before the mighty Walt could react she kicked him. Hard. In the head. Walt was knocked out immediately. Shelby hurriedly packed two bags one for her and one for Jess. She tried to clean up her gash as much as possible quickly, just to clear the blood away, and got out the door. She easily hot-wired the old beat up Ford truck that belonged to Walt and headed for the Junior High School where her sister was. Once there, she went to administration and plastered on a fake smile in a cheerfully and bubbly voice.
" Hi! Good Morning ma'am! Can you call Jessabell Merrick's room to let her out? She has a doctors appointment!" Shelby said not even skipping a beat. As the receptionist looked down behind her to find the release slip after pulling up Jess's file, Shelby snuck a peek at the room number she was in. Before the receptionist could look back up to respond, Shelby was gone. She ran down the hall to the second floor. She then turned left to room 298. They had glass windows on the room doors, so Shelby peeked inside until she spotted her little sister. It was Mr. Gunthrie's English class. Shelby smiled; she had him, just before she ran away. She remembered something and had a plan. She just hoped she taught her little sister well.
She stared hard at Jess until she finally looked up, feeling her stare. Shelby waved to come, then pointed at the teacher and pretended to raise her hand all dramatically and smile bubbly while twirling her hair with her fingers and batting her eyelashes. Then she nodded at Jess to do the same thing. Jess just about giggled at her big sister's little act, but did as Shelby demonstrated.
"Ahem." she coughed, raising her hand daintily as Mr. Gunthrie looked up at her.
"Yes, Ms. Merrick?" he said smiling at her.
"Oh, can I be excused to the little girls room please sir?"Jess said, all sugary, twirling and batting away.
"Sure, sweety. Take all the time you need." He said, nodding. Jess smiled back and gathered all her things and slipped out smiling at Shelby, until she saw the huge gash on her sister's face.
"Oh, my gosh, Shelly! Did HE do this to you?!?" Jess said, touching Shelby's forehead gently.
"Yes, and he isn't a sick as everyone thinks. I was folding cloths in the other room and he grabbed me. REALLY hard! We got in a scuffle and he hit me hard enough to throw me across the room. I guess his ring caught me or something. But I kicked him in the head and knocked him out and ran. I don't know for how long he'll stay out, so we have to hurry." Shelby said, this whole time they were making their way to the parking lot. When they walked up to Walt's truck, Jess froze, staring.
" You STOLE his TRUCK!!" Jess squealed, mouth hitting the floor. Shelby just nodded and shrugged. Then Jess nodded and shrugged as well.
" Cool!" and she climbed in next to Shelby. Nothing seemed to faze her when it came to things her sister did. She was just a mini version of her big sister; she'd have done the same thing.
"Just don't ever lock the doors, I had to hot wire it so there is no keys." Shelby warned, hot wiring it again to get it to start. They drove away fast, never looking back.
"I hope you weren't too attached to any thing back there, Jessabell." Shelby said about 45 minutes later when they were leaving the towns city limits, heading on the interstate heading. SOMEwhere. Jess stared behind her a moment.
"You got all the things all need?" Jess checked, talking in a soft voice. Shelby murmured a yes. Jess just shrugged.
"Then I'm fine as long as we stay together." She said with finality. It was all she needed. Shelby smiled and nodded.
"Promise." She said, holding Jess's hand gently with her bad wrist. She didn't think she knew where she was going, not registering that she had pointed them in the direction of they're true home, but in the end, she knew everything was going to be okay.
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A/N: Hope you liked this extra long chapter! Please review and tell me what you think. I put this up fast to make up for last chappy. Next chapter, everything starts to get worse before they can get better. R&R!!!
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter last chapter. I was typing it real late and couldn't stay up too late, had an early class in the morning. Here's the next chappy, hope you like it, it'll be longer, I promise! And please review!!
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Jess had been staying with Shelby for about a week by the time Daisy started noticing that a letter hadn't come yet. So she wrote another one saying in it if Shelby didn't respond to it in three days, she was going to have someone check up on her to see if she was okay. Meanwhile, Scott has gone mute and moody-er than ever, if that was possible. Daisy and the rest of the Cliffhangers tried to cheer him up in their own ways, but nothing would help. Peter and Sophie had just about enough of Scott's behavior, but didn't have the heart to really get mad at him for it.
At Shelby's house one morning not long after she found out about Jess, Shelby and Walt were home alone after her mom went off to work and Jess went to school. Shelby was folding cloths as much as possible with her bad wrist. It had swollen up a bit and was very tender and stiff. She told her mom she fell on it, but her mom just shrugged it off telling her she was a tough girl and that she'd get over it soon, hustling out the door not even looking at it. Only Jess cared, finding an old ace bandage and using thick rulers to splint it up like she learned in Girl Scouts.
"Shel-bell, you have to go get it looked at! It's probably fractured or something!" Jess had said just that morning as she left for school. Now Shelby totally agreed when she realized she couldn't even fold towels. She finally finished the load and as she turned around she bumped into. Walt!
"Hello, kitten!" Walt said sickly grabbing her arms. She dropped her basket of cloths and gasped in shock . "Leave me alone, Walt! How are you up and about?!" She growled warningly.
"Now, why would I do such a thing like that? I've missed you SO much!" he said with a sick grin on his face. Shelby got frightened back to that younger, smaller little girl, who was scared and helpless. Then pictures of Horizon and everyone flashed through her head. Then Scott flashed up and she screamed.
"Noo! Let. Me. GO!" she screamed, shoving him with all her might. Walt fell to the floor, startled at her outburst. She's never fought back before so strongly.
"You are NOT going to hurt me OR my sister..AGAIN!" she yelled two inches from his face, bent over him. He suddenly swung up and punched her good. She flew against the wall, stunned for a second, but then she stood up, seeming a little taller. She could already feel the blood of the 2-inch gash above her left eyebrow start to pour down her face and neck. She stomped over and before the mighty Walt could react she kicked him. Hard. In the head. Walt was knocked out immediately. Shelby hurriedly packed two bags one for her and one for Jess. She tried to clean up her gash as much as possible quickly, just to clear the blood away, and got out the door. She easily hot-wired the old beat up Ford truck that belonged to Walt and headed for the Junior High School where her sister was. Once there, she went to administration and plastered on a fake smile in a cheerfully and bubbly voice.
" Hi! Good Morning ma'am! Can you call Jessabell Merrick's room to let her out? She has a doctors appointment!" Shelby said not even skipping a beat. As the receptionist looked down behind her to find the release slip after pulling up Jess's file, Shelby snuck a peek at the room number she was in. Before the receptionist could look back up to respond, Shelby was gone. She ran down the hall to the second floor. She then turned left to room 298. They had glass windows on the room doors, so Shelby peeked inside until she spotted her little sister. It was Mr. Gunthrie's English class. Shelby smiled; she had him, just before she ran away. She remembered something and had a plan. She just hoped she taught her little sister well.
She stared hard at Jess until she finally looked up, feeling her stare. Shelby waved to come, then pointed at the teacher and pretended to raise her hand all dramatically and smile bubbly while twirling her hair with her fingers and batting her eyelashes. Then she nodded at Jess to do the same thing. Jess just about giggled at her big sister's little act, but did as Shelby demonstrated.
"Ahem." she coughed, raising her hand daintily as Mr. Gunthrie looked up at her.
"Yes, Ms. Merrick?" he said smiling at her.
"Oh, can I be excused to the little girls room please sir?"Jess said, all sugary, twirling and batting away.
"Sure, sweety. Take all the time you need." He said, nodding. Jess smiled back and gathered all her things and slipped out smiling at Shelby, until she saw the huge gash on her sister's face.
"Oh, my gosh, Shelly! Did HE do this to you?!?" Jess said, touching Shelby's forehead gently.
"Yes, and he isn't a sick as everyone thinks. I was folding cloths in the other room and he grabbed me. REALLY hard! We got in a scuffle and he hit me hard enough to throw me across the room. I guess his ring caught me or something. But I kicked him in the head and knocked him out and ran. I don't know for how long he'll stay out, so we have to hurry." Shelby said, this whole time they were making their way to the parking lot. When they walked up to Walt's truck, Jess froze, staring.
" You STOLE his TRUCK!!" Jess squealed, mouth hitting the floor. Shelby just nodded and shrugged. Then Jess nodded and shrugged as well.
" Cool!" and she climbed in next to Shelby. Nothing seemed to faze her when it came to things her sister did. She was just a mini version of her big sister; she'd have done the same thing.
"Just don't ever lock the doors, I had to hot wire it so there is no keys." Shelby warned, hot wiring it again to get it to start. They drove away fast, never looking back.
"I hope you weren't too attached to any thing back there, Jessabell." Shelby said about 45 minutes later when they were leaving the towns city limits, heading on the interstate heading. SOMEwhere. Jess stared behind her a moment.
"You got all the things all need?" Jess checked, talking in a soft voice. Shelby murmured a yes. Jess just shrugged.
"Then I'm fine as long as we stay together." She said with finality. It was all she needed. Shelby smiled and nodded.
"Promise." She said, holding Jess's hand gently with her bad wrist. She didn't think she knew where she was going, not registering that she had pointed them in the direction of they're true home, but in the end, she knew everything was going to be okay.
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A/N: Hope you liked this extra long chapter! Please review and tell me what you think. I put this up fast to make up for last chappy. Next chapter, everything starts to get worse before they can get better. R&R!!!