Author's note: I've been away from this story for such a long time that I
can't remember where I was going with it. I'm just going to try and pick it
up and see what happens.
Dangerous Love chapter 6
The sun was just beginning to rise over the peak of the mountaintops. The air was damp and moist from the morning dew with gave a little chill to the air. Peter's alarm woke him early but it wasn't for his morning run. It was a reminder that he had to get Scott ready for his visit into town to clock in his hours of community service.
He grabbed a sweatshirt and jogged over to the Ridge Runner dorm. He quietly approached Scott's bed without waking the rest of the boys. He gently reached over and touched Scott on the shoulder. Without warning Scott's arm flew out and struck Peter up side the head. "Get away from me. You said no more."
"Scott wake up. It's Peter. It's going to be ok." He gave Scott a minute to adjust his vision and clear his head. Scott feeling a little embarrassed sat up and swung his feet over the side of the bed. Rubbing his eyes he asked, "What time is it?"
"It's 5:45. I'd like to get you some breakfast before we head into town. Get dressed and meet me in the dinning hall in 15 minutes." All he got was a nod of the head but that was all he needed in order to leave Scott to attend to himself.
This was a peaceful time of morning because all of the students were still asleep and the only ones awake were the kitchen staff preparing things for the morning meal. Peter sat alone enjoying the solitude and his morning cup of coffee. He sat pondering the incident that just occurred in Scott's room. Scott was still suffering from the sexual abuse by the hands of his Stepmother Elaine. What is it going to take to help this poor kid get over this? He sat deep in thought before he realized that there was a presence in front of him. Peter looked up and saw Scott staring at him.
"Well I 'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who can space out in the morning." Scott sat down and continued looking at Peter. "You ok? You looked like you were in another world just now?"
Peter smiled. "Yeah, I'm ok. I was just going to ask you the same thing."
"What'd you mean?"
"Well, when I went into your dorm to wake you up this morning. . ."
Scott's mood suddenly changed as Peter could tell he knew what he was referring to. Scott quickly got up from the table and left Peter alone. "I'm going to get breakfast."
Peter was stunned at the sudden change in attitude. He's trying to deny what happened. How can I reach out to him if he won't talk about it?
Scott returned with a tray full of freshly scrambled eggs, toast and a glass of orange juice. He didn't bother saying anything but filled his time feeding himself.
Peter watched and waited until he felt he had some space to move in. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"What time do we have to leave?"
"6:30. You need to be in town by 7:00." Peter hesitated and gave Scott the opportunity to speak. He waited with no such luck. He decided not to pressure the issue right now because there would be plenty of time on the way into town. He decided to go get himself a bagel and left the table. On the way to the kitchen he turned and looked over his shoulder. "Hey get away from my coffee. You know better than that." *************************************************************** ********** The ride into town was about 20-30 minutes. Peter tried several times to carry on a conversation with Scott with no avail. Scott made it perfectly clear that he was not ready to discuss it right now. He finally decided to change to subject to the job at hand.
"Look Scott. Please cooperate with these people because I really don't want them getting the wrong impression of you. I have told them some great things about you so don't prove me wrong. I feel that your time may be reduced if you can prove that you have redeemed yourself. I want the Juvenile authorities to see that you are not the same kid that broke into that house months ago. Treat these people with respect and they will in turn treat you the same way. Understood?"
Scott shook his head and gave a longing look at Peter. Peter wished that he didn't have to go through with this but some things were just unavoidable. Peter was actually hoping that the local authorities would see what a great service he was providing for the kids up at Horizon and not compare them to the delinquent kids that were held up in juvenile hall. Scott was going to be mixed with these other kids and Peter was praying that he proved to be the most respectful and well behaved.
Scott was turned over to the Juvenile detention administrators and left to take orders from them. All Peter could do was pat him on the back, say his good-byes and suffer the ride back up the mountain to Horizon by himself. *************************************************************** ********** Scott was thrown into a group of 5 other kids. 3 boys who all looked like they might have been involved in the same street gang and 2 girls who looked like they've seen a lot of action themselves. Scott was definitely the odd man out here. He was considered the newbie who didn't fit into this group. All 4 kids gave Scott the once over and Scott didn't back down from their stares. The group was standing in the street having a staring battle then they were all shoved into a van and taken to their work place.
"I want no trouble from you guys." The officer said as he gently tapped his firearm that was belted to his right hip. "I want you to pair off into twos and this will be your partner for the remainder of the day."
Both girls said at the same time, "I want Blondie." They looked at each other. "I said it first," Kelly said. Rach gave her a shove. "Fuck you. I said it first." The next thing that happened was the two girls were pushing and shoving each other until the officer broke it up.
"Neither one of you will get him. Hugo you will pair up with Scott."
"No way man. I don want no gringo."
Just when Scott was ready to jump back with a remark, he heard the voice of Peter inside his head and he backed down. The officer went over to Hugo and got right into his face. "I don't care what you want. I said that you will partner with Scott and if you have anymore complaints then you can discuss it with the Warden when you get back to the center tonight." Scott figured that the Warden must be bad news because he didn't get another complaint from Hugo after that but he did indeed get very threatening looks from him.
The first road duty that they had to pull was a 15-mile stretch of a country road. It involved a lot of walking and picking up trash that littered the highway. The van dropped each pair of workers a mile apart and would wait at intervals to pick them up when the job was completed. The hours dragged on slowly and the sun became hot as it beat down during the middle of the day. Scott noticed that Hugo was doing more sitting on the side of the road than working. This didn't bother Scott too much because the more he worked then the further the distance between the two of them became. Scott rounded a corner in the road and became invisible to Hugo and the Van. He enjoyed his little bit of freedom when he noticed a car a little ways down the road.
The car was pulled over to the side of the road when Scott saw a beautiful young girl get out of her car and walk around the other side. He figured out actually what was wrong when he saw the girl kick the back tire. With a smile on his face he jogged over to the scene. The girl seemed scared at first to see a guy running out of no where towards her.
Scott approached a little out of breath and sweating from his long hours in the sun and his recent burst of energy he just exceeded. The girl stood 5'4", brown hair and beautiful brown eyes, (picture a Natalie Portman type). She took one look at Scott and gave a little smile. "My tire is flat."
Scott looked at the tire and turned to face her. He cocked his head and gave a dreamy sly smile. "Only on the bottom." She seemed confused at first but then realized that he was making a joke. "Do you have a spare?"
She stood in a glaze staring at Scott. He waited for an answer and raised his one eyebrow. "Spare?" she managed to ask.
"Tire. A spare tire in your truck.?"
She finally pulled herself together and realized what he was talking about. "Yeah, I think so. Let me open the trunk."
After Scott was able to get the spare tire out. He managed to jack the car up and change the tire for her. When he finished he stood in front of her glistening with sweat and proud of his accomplishment. She reached inside her purse and pulled out a twenty-dollar bill.
Scott looked at her without taking the money. "What's this for? I don't want your money."
She looked a little disappointed. "Well it's the least I can do. I was a damsel in distress and you were my night in shinning armor. I feel I owe you something."
"You want to owe me. You can buy me dinner. (where the hell did that come from) Scott noticed that she was really thinking hard about what he had just said. "I'm kidding. You don't owe me anything. I was just in the right place at the right time. Make sure you get a new tire soon because that spare won't last time long." He turned to walk back down the road before the road crew came looking for him.
As he started walking back down the road he heard, "Hey!" Scott turned around.
"My name's Sabrina, what's yours?"
"Scott. Scott Barringer."
"You got a number?"
Scott thought for a minute. He shouted out the number for Horizon thinking that it didn't matter because she would never call anyway.
Dangerous Love chapter 6
The sun was just beginning to rise over the peak of the mountaintops. The air was damp and moist from the morning dew with gave a little chill to the air. Peter's alarm woke him early but it wasn't for his morning run. It was a reminder that he had to get Scott ready for his visit into town to clock in his hours of community service.
He grabbed a sweatshirt and jogged over to the Ridge Runner dorm. He quietly approached Scott's bed without waking the rest of the boys. He gently reached over and touched Scott on the shoulder. Without warning Scott's arm flew out and struck Peter up side the head. "Get away from me. You said no more."
"Scott wake up. It's Peter. It's going to be ok." He gave Scott a minute to adjust his vision and clear his head. Scott feeling a little embarrassed sat up and swung his feet over the side of the bed. Rubbing his eyes he asked, "What time is it?"
"It's 5:45. I'd like to get you some breakfast before we head into town. Get dressed and meet me in the dinning hall in 15 minutes." All he got was a nod of the head but that was all he needed in order to leave Scott to attend to himself.
This was a peaceful time of morning because all of the students were still asleep and the only ones awake were the kitchen staff preparing things for the morning meal. Peter sat alone enjoying the solitude and his morning cup of coffee. He sat pondering the incident that just occurred in Scott's room. Scott was still suffering from the sexual abuse by the hands of his Stepmother Elaine. What is it going to take to help this poor kid get over this? He sat deep in thought before he realized that there was a presence in front of him. Peter looked up and saw Scott staring at him.
"Well I 'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who can space out in the morning." Scott sat down and continued looking at Peter. "You ok? You looked like you were in another world just now?"
Peter smiled. "Yeah, I'm ok. I was just going to ask you the same thing."
"What'd you mean?"
"Well, when I went into your dorm to wake you up this morning. . ."
Scott's mood suddenly changed as Peter could tell he knew what he was referring to. Scott quickly got up from the table and left Peter alone. "I'm going to get breakfast."
Peter was stunned at the sudden change in attitude. He's trying to deny what happened. How can I reach out to him if he won't talk about it?
Scott returned with a tray full of freshly scrambled eggs, toast and a glass of orange juice. He didn't bother saying anything but filled his time feeding himself.
Peter watched and waited until he felt he had some space to move in. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"What time do we have to leave?"
"6:30. You need to be in town by 7:00." Peter hesitated and gave Scott the opportunity to speak. He waited with no such luck. He decided not to pressure the issue right now because there would be plenty of time on the way into town. He decided to go get himself a bagel and left the table. On the way to the kitchen he turned and looked over his shoulder. "Hey get away from my coffee. You know better than that." *************************************************************** ********** The ride into town was about 20-30 minutes. Peter tried several times to carry on a conversation with Scott with no avail. Scott made it perfectly clear that he was not ready to discuss it right now. He finally decided to change to subject to the job at hand.
"Look Scott. Please cooperate with these people because I really don't want them getting the wrong impression of you. I have told them some great things about you so don't prove me wrong. I feel that your time may be reduced if you can prove that you have redeemed yourself. I want the Juvenile authorities to see that you are not the same kid that broke into that house months ago. Treat these people with respect and they will in turn treat you the same way. Understood?"
Scott shook his head and gave a longing look at Peter. Peter wished that he didn't have to go through with this but some things were just unavoidable. Peter was actually hoping that the local authorities would see what a great service he was providing for the kids up at Horizon and not compare them to the delinquent kids that were held up in juvenile hall. Scott was going to be mixed with these other kids and Peter was praying that he proved to be the most respectful and well behaved.
Scott was turned over to the Juvenile detention administrators and left to take orders from them. All Peter could do was pat him on the back, say his good-byes and suffer the ride back up the mountain to Horizon by himself. *************************************************************** ********** Scott was thrown into a group of 5 other kids. 3 boys who all looked like they might have been involved in the same street gang and 2 girls who looked like they've seen a lot of action themselves. Scott was definitely the odd man out here. He was considered the newbie who didn't fit into this group. All 4 kids gave Scott the once over and Scott didn't back down from their stares. The group was standing in the street having a staring battle then they were all shoved into a van and taken to their work place.
"I want no trouble from you guys." The officer said as he gently tapped his firearm that was belted to his right hip. "I want you to pair off into twos and this will be your partner for the remainder of the day."
Both girls said at the same time, "I want Blondie." They looked at each other. "I said it first," Kelly said. Rach gave her a shove. "Fuck you. I said it first." The next thing that happened was the two girls were pushing and shoving each other until the officer broke it up.
"Neither one of you will get him. Hugo you will pair up with Scott."
"No way man. I don want no gringo."
Just when Scott was ready to jump back with a remark, he heard the voice of Peter inside his head and he backed down. The officer went over to Hugo and got right into his face. "I don't care what you want. I said that you will partner with Scott and if you have anymore complaints then you can discuss it with the Warden when you get back to the center tonight." Scott figured that the Warden must be bad news because he didn't get another complaint from Hugo after that but he did indeed get very threatening looks from him.
The first road duty that they had to pull was a 15-mile stretch of a country road. It involved a lot of walking and picking up trash that littered the highway. The van dropped each pair of workers a mile apart and would wait at intervals to pick them up when the job was completed. The hours dragged on slowly and the sun became hot as it beat down during the middle of the day. Scott noticed that Hugo was doing more sitting on the side of the road than working. This didn't bother Scott too much because the more he worked then the further the distance between the two of them became. Scott rounded a corner in the road and became invisible to Hugo and the Van. He enjoyed his little bit of freedom when he noticed a car a little ways down the road.
The car was pulled over to the side of the road when Scott saw a beautiful young girl get out of her car and walk around the other side. He figured out actually what was wrong when he saw the girl kick the back tire. With a smile on his face he jogged over to the scene. The girl seemed scared at first to see a guy running out of no where towards her.
Scott approached a little out of breath and sweating from his long hours in the sun and his recent burst of energy he just exceeded. The girl stood 5'4", brown hair and beautiful brown eyes, (picture a Natalie Portman type). She took one look at Scott and gave a little smile. "My tire is flat."
Scott looked at the tire and turned to face her. He cocked his head and gave a dreamy sly smile. "Only on the bottom." She seemed confused at first but then realized that he was making a joke. "Do you have a spare?"
She stood in a glaze staring at Scott. He waited for an answer and raised his one eyebrow. "Spare?" she managed to ask.
"Tire. A spare tire in your truck.?"
She finally pulled herself together and realized what he was talking about. "Yeah, I think so. Let me open the trunk."
After Scott was able to get the spare tire out. He managed to jack the car up and change the tire for her. When he finished he stood in front of her glistening with sweat and proud of his accomplishment. She reached inside her purse and pulled out a twenty-dollar bill.
Scott looked at her without taking the money. "What's this for? I don't want your money."
She looked a little disappointed. "Well it's the least I can do. I was a damsel in distress and you were my night in shinning armor. I feel I owe you something."
"You want to owe me. You can buy me dinner. (where the hell did that come from) Scott noticed that she was really thinking hard about what he had just said. "I'm kidding. You don't owe me anything. I was just in the right place at the right time. Make sure you get a new tire soon because that spare won't last time long." He turned to walk back down the road before the road crew came looking for him.
As he started walking back down the road he heard, "Hey!" Scott turned around.
"My name's Sabrina, what's yours?"
"Scott. Scott Barringer."
"You got a number?"
Scott thought for a minute. He shouted out the number for Horizon thinking that it didn't matter because she would never call anyway.
