CHAPTER 2
At last the sun began to peak over the mountain and shed its shinning rays through the window of the cliffhanger girls' dorm. Shelby couldn't believe the morning had finally come. She was dying to find out what happened to Scott. She ran to the bathroom to take care of her daily morning business and got dressed in record time. She hurried over to the boy's dorm and pounded on the door.
"Who the hell is pounding on the door at this hour?" David grumbled and pulled the pillow over his head.
Ezra peaked out the window and looked on the porch. "Scott it's Shelby. Make her stop before she wakes the dead." He didn't get a response. "HEY SCOTT" He looked over to his bed and noticed that it was empty.
Auggie was awake by now and was wondering where Scott was. He went over to the door and opened it for Shelby.
"Hey Augg, I need to speak to Scott and I just can't restrain myself any longer."
"Have you ever been able to restrain yourself? Just a minute he must be in the bathroom because he wasn't in his bed." Auggie let Shelby into the foyer of the dorm but not into the sleeping quarters. He walked into the bathroom and looked around. Empty. There was no sign of anyone even being in there this morning. He came back out and approached Shelby scratching his head.
"Got me Shel. He's not here."
"What you do mean he's not here?"
"I mean as in so sign of him at all. Wait a minute. I think that he snuck out last night and I don't remember him ever returning."
Shelby became fidgety and started pacing the floor. "Oh no this is bad. He was caught last night but I managed to get away. What in the world did they do to him?"
David came around the corner grinning from ear to ear, stretching his arms over his head like a cat waking up from a long nap. "My this is a beautiful day. There is a God who answers prayers."
Ezra joined the group in the dorm foyer. "What are you talking about A.D. boy?"
"I was just praying that Mr. Jocko would eventually get busted and my prayers have been answered."
Shelby shot daggers at him with her stare. "You're just jealous because you can't get any girl to meet you in the middle of the night. Come to think of it, they won't meet you in the middle of the day either."
David just shrugged his shoulders, "Yeah whatever" and he left the room still smiling.
Auggie pointed his finger at her. "You know that they will be coming after you next."
Shelby smiled. "Yeah but it was well worth it. He tasted so good."
Ezra's mouth dropped open and he put his hands over his ears backing away. "I don't even want to know any more."
Auggie said, "Well you better make the memories last because I'm sure they will keep you two apart now."
Shelby turned to leave. "You mean they can try."
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Damn this floor is hard Scott tossed and turned all night on the floor next to Rogers' bed. Every time he made any kind of movement he could feel the heat of Rogers stare on him. Man he wasn't kidding when he said he was a light sleeper
The morning took an eternity to show up. Scott didn't know which would be worse. Having more hours laying on Rogers floor or facing Peter. It can't be that bad. They'll just give me extra chores or put me on shuns for awhile. I've been in worse situations before Scott was using mind control to ease the situation.
The sound of an alarm made Scott practically jump out of his skin. Roger reached over to his nightstand and shut off his alarm. He sat up and looked down at Scott.
"You didn't get much sleep did you?"
Scott stood up rolling his sleeping bag up. "Yeah well neither did you or else you wouldn't know."
"Ready to be convicted?" Scott just squinted his eyes and gave him the you are not funny look.
Roger ushered Scott out towards the administration building.
"What no breakfast first? Even the guys on death row get one last meal before they croak."
"Sorry but you won't have it so lucky. Peter is anxiously waiting your arrival."
"Oh so now I get the royal treatment."
Roger grinned. "Just hope the King doesn't still believe in beheading."
Roger sat Scott down in the office lobby outside Peter's office. He pointed at Scott and said, "Don't even sneeze or your death will be slow and painful."
"Everyone's a comedian."
Roger knocked on Peter's office and waited to be invited in. Peter came over to open the door and glanced at Scott with a disturbing look. He questioned Roger regarding the details of the night before until he no longer needed Rogers statement.
Roger walked out passed Scott and decided to twist the dagger in Scott's chest one more time. "It was nice knowing you." Scott gave him a mimicking gesture to express his feelings.
Peter stood in the doorway of his office and motioned for Scott to enter. He reluctantly got up from the chair and entered the office upon hearing the door slam shut behind him.
Scott stood with his back to Peter facing the wall. Peter waited for some kind of reaction from Scott but after a minute he realized he wasn't going to get one. He grabbed a chair and slid it over to Scott.
"Scott turn around and sit down." Scott grabbed the chair, turned it around and slumped defiantly into it slouching down as far as he could go. Peter knew right then and there that he wasn't going to make things easy on him.
Peter grabbed another chair and placed it directly in front of Scott so their knees were almost touching when he sat down. This forced Scott to push himself up in his own chair a little more so he wasn't slouching anymore.
Peter waited to speak until Scott finally took his eyes off the floor and made eye contact with him.
"Why do you think we have rules at Horizon Scott?"
"I donno. Maybe so you can piss people off."
"Scott you're smarter than that. At least I thought that I could expect an intelligent answer from you."
This finally got an active response from him. "Listen Peter just stop beating around the bush. Yes I know the rules and I chose to break one. Just give me my punishment and be done with it."
"Do you actually think I'm going to let you off so easy? You don't even appear to be resentful or sorry for your actions."
"Maybe it's because I'm not. If I had to do it all over again then it would still turn out the same."
Peter reached over and pulled his collar away from his neck to take a look at the incriminating evidence. "I'm sure I know the answer but I need you to give me a name. I need to hear it from your mouth."
Scott didn't respond and focused his eyes on the wooden pattern of the parquet floor.
"Scott. I can't give a pregnancy test to every girl on this campus. Give me one name."
Scott finally looked up. "I'll make it easier on you. You don't need to give anyone a test because it never got that far. Roger had rotten timing."
Peter said, "You mean he had perfect timing. How am I suppose to trust you after you betrayed the Horizon rules?"
"I don't care if you trust me or not. I'm not here just to please you."
Peter shook his head. "Scott you are missing the point. I have to protect every one of my students here not just you. If a situation involves more than one person then I have to have more then just your guarantee that everything is all right. You give me a name now or I will be forced to submit every girl in this school the humiliation of taking a test. I can bet that you will be definitely shunned upon after that."
Scott said between clenched teeth, "I didn't get anyone pregnant."
Peter was still being persistent, "Give me a name Scott. You will not walk out of this office until I have a name, even if it means that we sit here for days on end."
Peter waited for what seemed like an eternity and then he finally heard Scott speak.
"Shelby. It was Shelby but I didn't touch her."
Peter got up and walked over to the phone. He made a call to Sophie and told her to take Shelby to the clinic and administer the test.
Scott was pissed because he felt like he had betrayed her. Peter came back over to finish his lecture.
"Scott you were brought here to get your life back to normal and to heal your mind. I can't let your raging hormones interfere with your healing process. You and Shelby have gotten to emotionally attached and we can't have that here."
"You can't keep me from talking to her or seeing her."
"I realize that and putting you on shuns for awhile won't solve the problem either. I thought about this all night and the best solution to this problem is to remove you from the cliffhanger group and put you into another one."
Scott's mouth dropped open. "No way. I just got to where I can trust them. You can't take me out of that group. I'm the leader of them."
"You were the leader until you chose to screw up."
"I won't participate or bond with any other group."
"Then you choose to be an outcast."
"I don't care."
"You will in time. Now let's go get your things moved over to the Ridge Runner dorm."
"Fuck, not the Ridge Runners. They are a bunch of pathetic losers."
"That's three hours on wood shed for the use of profanity. If you have a problem with the Ridge Runner group then maybe that's exactly where you need to be. If you think you are having a hard time dealing with this than think how happy Roger will be when I tell him that he has a new member in his group."
Scott gave Peter the evil eye.
At last the sun began to peak over the mountain and shed its shinning rays through the window of the cliffhanger girls' dorm. Shelby couldn't believe the morning had finally come. She was dying to find out what happened to Scott. She ran to the bathroom to take care of her daily morning business and got dressed in record time. She hurried over to the boy's dorm and pounded on the door.
"Who the hell is pounding on the door at this hour?" David grumbled and pulled the pillow over his head.
Ezra peaked out the window and looked on the porch. "Scott it's Shelby. Make her stop before she wakes the dead." He didn't get a response. "HEY SCOTT" He looked over to his bed and noticed that it was empty.
Auggie was awake by now and was wondering where Scott was. He went over to the door and opened it for Shelby.
"Hey Augg, I need to speak to Scott and I just can't restrain myself any longer."
"Have you ever been able to restrain yourself? Just a minute he must be in the bathroom because he wasn't in his bed." Auggie let Shelby into the foyer of the dorm but not into the sleeping quarters. He walked into the bathroom and looked around. Empty. There was no sign of anyone even being in there this morning. He came back out and approached Shelby scratching his head.
"Got me Shel. He's not here."
"What you do mean he's not here?"
"I mean as in so sign of him at all. Wait a minute. I think that he snuck out last night and I don't remember him ever returning."
Shelby became fidgety and started pacing the floor. "Oh no this is bad. He was caught last night but I managed to get away. What in the world did they do to him?"
David came around the corner grinning from ear to ear, stretching his arms over his head like a cat waking up from a long nap. "My this is a beautiful day. There is a God who answers prayers."
Ezra joined the group in the dorm foyer. "What are you talking about A.D. boy?"
"I was just praying that Mr. Jocko would eventually get busted and my prayers have been answered."
Shelby shot daggers at him with her stare. "You're just jealous because you can't get any girl to meet you in the middle of the night. Come to think of it, they won't meet you in the middle of the day either."
David just shrugged his shoulders, "Yeah whatever" and he left the room still smiling.
Auggie pointed his finger at her. "You know that they will be coming after you next."
Shelby smiled. "Yeah but it was well worth it. He tasted so good."
Ezra's mouth dropped open and he put his hands over his ears backing away. "I don't even want to know any more."
Auggie said, "Well you better make the memories last because I'm sure they will keep you two apart now."
Shelby turned to leave. "You mean they can try."
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Damn this floor is hard Scott tossed and turned all night on the floor next to Rogers' bed. Every time he made any kind of movement he could feel the heat of Rogers stare on him. Man he wasn't kidding when he said he was a light sleeper
The morning took an eternity to show up. Scott didn't know which would be worse. Having more hours laying on Rogers floor or facing Peter. It can't be that bad. They'll just give me extra chores or put me on shuns for awhile. I've been in worse situations before Scott was using mind control to ease the situation.
The sound of an alarm made Scott practically jump out of his skin. Roger reached over to his nightstand and shut off his alarm. He sat up and looked down at Scott.
"You didn't get much sleep did you?"
Scott stood up rolling his sleeping bag up. "Yeah well neither did you or else you wouldn't know."
"Ready to be convicted?" Scott just squinted his eyes and gave him the you are not funny look.
Roger ushered Scott out towards the administration building.
"What no breakfast first? Even the guys on death row get one last meal before they croak."
"Sorry but you won't have it so lucky. Peter is anxiously waiting your arrival."
"Oh so now I get the royal treatment."
Roger grinned. "Just hope the King doesn't still believe in beheading."
Roger sat Scott down in the office lobby outside Peter's office. He pointed at Scott and said, "Don't even sneeze or your death will be slow and painful."
"Everyone's a comedian."
Roger knocked on Peter's office and waited to be invited in. Peter came over to open the door and glanced at Scott with a disturbing look. He questioned Roger regarding the details of the night before until he no longer needed Rogers statement.
Roger walked out passed Scott and decided to twist the dagger in Scott's chest one more time. "It was nice knowing you." Scott gave him a mimicking gesture to express his feelings.
Peter stood in the doorway of his office and motioned for Scott to enter. He reluctantly got up from the chair and entered the office upon hearing the door slam shut behind him.
Scott stood with his back to Peter facing the wall. Peter waited for some kind of reaction from Scott but after a minute he realized he wasn't going to get one. He grabbed a chair and slid it over to Scott.
"Scott turn around and sit down." Scott grabbed the chair, turned it around and slumped defiantly into it slouching down as far as he could go. Peter knew right then and there that he wasn't going to make things easy on him.
Peter grabbed another chair and placed it directly in front of Scott so their knees were almost touching when he sat down. This forced Scott to push himself up in his own chair a little more so he wasn't slouching anymore.
Peter waited to speak until Scott finally took his eyes off the floor and made eye contact with him.
"Why do you think we have rules at Horizon Scott?"
"I donno. Maybe so you can piss people off."
"Scott you're smarter than that. At least I thought that I could expect an intelligent answer from you."
This finally got an active response from him. "Listen Peter just stop beating around the bush. Yes I know the rules and I chose to break one. Just give me my punishment and be done with it."
"Do you actually think I'm going to let you off so easy? You don't even appear to be resentful or sorry for your actions."
"Maybe it's because I'm not. If I had to do it all over again then it would still turn out the same."
Peter reached over and pulled his collar away from his neck to take a look at the incriminating evidence. "I'm sure I know the answer but I need you to give me a name. I need to hear it from your mouth."
Scott didn't respond and focused his eyes on the wooden pattern of the parquet floor.
"Scott. I can't give a pregnancy test to every girl on this campus. Give me one name."
Scott finally looked up. "I'll make it easier on you. You don't need to give anyone a test because it never got that far. Roger had rotten timing."
Peter said, "You mean he had perfect timing. How am I suppose to trust you after you betrayed the Horizon rules?"
"I don't care if you trust me or not. I'm not here just to please you."
Peter shook his head. "Scott you are missing the point. I have to protect every one of my students here not just you. If a situation involves more than one person then I have to have more then just your guarantee that everything is all right. You give me a name now or I will be forced to submit every girl in this school the humiliation of taking a test. I can bet that you will be definitely shunned upon after that."
Scott said between clenched teeth, "I didn't get anyone pregnant."
Peter was still being persistent, "Give me a name Scott. You will not walk out of this office until I have a name, even if it means that we sit here for days on end."
Peter waited for what seemed like an eternity and then he finally heard Scott speak.
"Shelby. It was Shelby but I didn't touch her."
Peter got up and walked over to the phone. He made a call to Sophie and told her to take Shelby to the clinic and administer the test.
Scott was pissed because he felt like he had betrayed her. Peter came back over to finish his lecture.
"Scott you were brought here to get your life back to normal and to heal your mind. I can't let your raging hormones interfere with your healing process. You and Shelby have gotten to emotionally attached and we can't have that here."
"You can't keep me from talking to her or seeing her."
"I realize that and putting you on shuns for awhile won't solve the problem either. I thought about this all night and the best solution to this problem is to remove you from the cliffhanger group and put you into another one."
Scott's mouth dropped open. "No way. I just got to where I can trust them. You can't take me out of that group. I'm the leader of them."
"You were the leader until you chose to screw up."
"I won't participate or bond with any other group."
"Then you choose to be an outcast."
"I don't care."
"You will in time. Now let's go get your things moved over to the Ridge Runner dorm."
"Fuck, not the Ridge Runners. They are a bunch of pathetic losers."
"That's three hours on wood shed for the use of profanity. If you have a problem with the Ridge Runner group then maybe that's exactly where you need to be. If you think you are having a hard time dealing with this than think how happy Roger will be when I tell him that he has a new member in his group."
Scott gave Peter the evil eye.
