Dangerous Love Chapter 8
Scott had been at Horizon for 9 months and this was the first time ever that he had gotten a phone call. The first thing that came into his mind was that something must have happened at home with his father or maybe his mother was giving in a call. He had gotten several letters from her but his father wasn't much of a letter writer. He was lucky if he got a letter once a month from him. He walked up the stairs where the campus phone was and hesitantly picked it up.
"Hello."
An unfamiliar soft voice appeared on the other end. "Hello. Is this Scott? You must be a hard one to find." All she heard on the other end was silence so she decided to continue on. "This is Sabrina, you know the damsel in distress? You helped change my tire."
The memory came flooding back to him. "Oh yeah. I just never expected you to really call. I thought you'd just throw the number away."
"Well I do owe you dinner."
"Yes you do but there could be a problem with that"
Sabrina became a little concerned. She had thought about him all night. It had taken a lot of nerve and courage to make the phone call. She came from a very affluent family where they were always in the public eye. She had a very domineering father who had her life planned out all the way down to whom she should date and marry. None of the males that her father had picked out were of any interest to her. They were dull, boring, egotistical and very vain. She lived such a sheltered life with everything prim and proper. When she first set eyes on the new blonde blue-eyed hunk, something came alive inside her that made her want to explore it further. She had dreamt about him all night and took that as a sign that her inner self was craving the adventure. All of a sudden she had this fear that he really wasn't interested in her and he was just being polite. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put you on the spot. You probably don't really want to go out with me but I just felt that I needed to pay you back for all did for me."
"No, yes, I mean I do. I just think that I should have been honest with you up front."
Sabrina started rambling on. "Oh you have a girlfriend. I understand. It's OK. I wished that you had at least taken the money I offered you. Then I wouldn't feel so. . ."
"Slow down. It's not like that. I mean I should have at least told you where I'm from. It's not that easy to walk away from here. I'm at a school called Horizon. That's why it took me so long to get to the phone. It's not like I was in another room or something. I was at another part of the campus. I would love more than anything to be able to have dinner or even just go out with you but I know that can never happen without taking a big risk."
Sabrina felt like her heart was just stepped on. Her dreams of getting to know this new guy were just crushed in the matter of seconds." Do you like taking risks?" She didn't know where that came from. She has always been such a conservative person. This must be the new adventurous side of her that was dying to come out. After she spoke it she covered her month with her hand because she couldn't believe that she had just said that.
A smile came to Scott and he thought why not. "Yes I do as a matter of fact. I like to live on the edge sometimes. Can you help me out?"
The heart that was just trampled on began to beat faster and faster. "Absolutely. What do you need me to do?"
Scott knew that every night all of the students had several hours of free time to do whatever they wanted as long as Peter hadn't planned on some kind of adventurous learning experience. Because the Ridge Runner group had group therapy tonight then he knew that they would have free time tomorrow night. Thank goodness the school was now equipped with all the new computers because Scott gave Sabrina an email and IM name where they could communicate in private without him worrying about being overheard by another student from Horizon. They had set a time to get on-line tomorrow afternoon upon Scott's return from community service. That was one part of his life that he hadn't shared with her yet and hoped that she didn't ask.
The next day upon his return to school, Scott hurried and retrieved all his school assignments from his teachers and hurried over to the computer lab. Just his luck all the computers were taken and he stood impatiently waiting for someone to get off. After about 30 minutes his patience wore thin and he exploded. "You guys have been on here long enough. It's time to let someone else on." The group of students just turned around and practically laughed in his face. Someone pointed over to the wall. "There's the sign up sheet. Our allotted time is not up yet." Scott didn't' know about any sign up sheet and when he went over to it, he saw that the next hour time slots were all filled up. "SHIT! I need to get on now. I don't have time to wait for another couple of hours." Laughter filled the room. The students there were so unsympathetic. "Come on. Please can someone let me on for just a few minutes."
A student from the Wind Dancer group turned to Scott. "How desperate are you? It'll cost you."
"Come on man. Give me a break. I'll only be a couple of minutes."
He turned around in is chair and went back to working on the computer. "We strike a bargain or I can't help you."
"Alright, alright. What did you have in mind?"
"I have a paper due on 'The Grapes of Wrath" I haven't even begun to read the book and I have no interest in reading it. Write my paper and you can have the rest of my hour which is 25 minutes"
"You want me to write your paper? What if I haven't read the book?"
"I over heard you tell Roger that you already read that book in your other high school so I know that you have."
"I suck at writing papers. What if you get a bad grade. You going to take it out on me?"
"I'm in your English class. I know for a fact that you usually have good in- sight to the novels we read. As long as you can get me a passing grade then it would be better than a zero."
Scott let out a long breath and ran his hands through his hair. "OK fine. It's a deal now let me get on." The student got up and made a hand gesture to welcome him to the chair.
Scott got on IM and typed a message to SabbieSapphire . Sabrina had been waiting for an hour and was getting disappointed that she had not heard from Cliffhanger1. Just when she was ready to leave her room she heard the familiar sound of a door opening on her computer and it was a message from Scott. They began typing back and forth plotting their rendezvous. It was all planned out as to where and when Sabrina was going to pick up Scott. The next big trick was for Scott to disappear from campus without anyone seeing him.
Scott went about the next couple of hours like he was overdosing on caffeine He ran to his dorm took a quick shower and then grabbed Ben to try and complete his paper that was due by the end of the day.
Scott heavily sat down on his bed and tried to rush a conversation with Ben. "Come on hurry up. Tell me anything and everything about you. Make it up far as I care just give me something to work with." He made a gesture with his hands for Ben to hurry up.
Obviously Scott was in some sort of a rush and so Ben decided to try and kill some time. He leisurely walked over to his desk and pulled out a chair. Taking his time he walked over and sat the chair in front of Scott. He then slowly sat down and kicked back bringing his feet up on Scott's bed.
Scott was getting agitated. "Listen Grandma Moses. Do you mind? I don't have a lot of time so do you think that you could hurry it up some?"
"What's the rush Scott? You got a hot date or something? This assignment was meant for us to get to know each other better and not just throw some words down on a piece of paper."
"Listen here shit for brains. I have no intention of becoming your best buddy so why don't you just cut the crap. Either you give me something to work with or I'll make it all up and you will be extremely embarrassed as to what people will think of you after I finish."
"Or maybe I'll just go tell Peter that you are refusing to handle this assignment in the right attitude and he'll probably lock us both up in a room together until it is done right."
"What's your problem. You don't like me and I don't like you so why are you trying to drag this out. Don't you want to get this over with so that we can get on with other things?"
"Well yes but it also appears that you have some kind of pressing engagement that you need to get to so I thought that I would piss you off by holding you up."
Scott got up and pushed on the back of Ben's chair that he was balancing on the two back legs. The chair fell over backward sending Ben to the floor. "I don't care anymore. I'm not having you ruin the rest of my day. I'm just going to write that you are a frigging asshole and turn the paper in." Scott walked out of the dorm and headed for Peter's mailbox. He quickly wrote some sort of essay about Ben saying that he was inconsiderate and was only put on the earth to piss him off. Scott was sure that he would get called in to Peter's office later for it but at least he turned something in. Hopefully Peter would see that the paper was handed in and not intend to read it until a later time.
Now that he had accomplished everything he needed to do for the day with the exception of writing a book report, he was free to sneak off campus. He went back into the dorm hoping that Ben wasn't still there to get in his way. He grabbed a jacket and flashlight because he knew that he would need it in order to find his way back through the dark woods that night. Another trick that he learned in survival training was to mark the trail so that you could find your way back. He went into the bathroom and took a roll of toilet paper so that he could mark the trees and bushes to help him return faster.
He walked out of the dorm and looked around for anyone that may seemed to have noticed him. The coast looked clear so he casually walked over to the woods and once he crossed over the clearing into the thickness of the forest he took off running. David who had been craving a hit from his stash saw Scott casually walk into the woods. It looked too suspicious to him so he trailed him. Once David entered the woods all he saw was the back of Scott racing through the woods like a wild animal was chasing him. A smile formed on David's face. Scott was up to something illegal and he wanted the knowledge for the further use of blackmail. He knew that there was no way that he could catch up to him because Scott was a fast runner. He knew that eventually Scott would have to return unless he was running away again. He would wait and keep an eye on the woods throughout the evening to see if and when he returned. When he did, David wanted to be their waiting and grinning as he nails him.
Sabrina had her own roadblocks to get around in order to make her rendezvous with Scott. Her family was having one of their many social events at their mansion. They seemed to come a dime a dozen. Sabrina was always expected to be there so her father, the Mayor, could show off his single available daughter. Sabrina made arrangements with one of the house Servants to cover her so that she could sneak out. Her plan worked flawlessly and she was able to get out without being seem.
She got to the point alone side of the road where she was suppose to meet Scott and she waited hoping everything would turn out. She had never done anything this daring before and her nerves were on edge. She sat nervously thinking about what kind of conversations that they could have and if they had anything in common. The only thing that she really knew about him was that he was gorgeous. She jumped as her cell phone rang because it broke the silence.
Her best friend Heidi, which she knew from school, was wondering where she was. She was told by one of the Servants that she wasn't feeling well and decided to stay in her room. Heidi had gone to her room but found that she wasn't there. She was a little concerned because they were best friends and they shared everything. They even knew each other's secrets. It was not like Sabrina to sneak off without Heidi knowing about it.
"Don't be mad at me Heidi. I kind of put myself in a weird situation and I'm not sure how I'm going to handle it. Do you remember how we talk about just forgetting what your mind tells you and listen to your heart?"
Heidi caught on real fast and excitedly said, "Oh my gosh you found someone and you didn't tell me? Shame on you. I thought I was your best friend?"
Sabrina shyly said, "I know I'm sorry. It just happened so fast. I don't know a thing about him. I was a damsel in distress and he was my knight in shinning armor. I was stranded on the side of the road the other day and he just appeared out of no where like an angel and he changed my tire."
"An angel? I thought you wanted to be more daring. How much fun can you have with an angel?"
"Something tells me that he isn't as innocent as he appears. I sense a bad boy side to him. He has to have some what of a past in order to have been sent to Mt. Horizon School."
"Isn't that the school on top of the mountain where all the juvenile delinquents are?"
"Yes. He's sneaking out and I'm waiting ΒΌ mile Up River road for him to appear."
"Holy cow Sabrina. Are you sure you know what you are doing? Some of those guys are really messed up there. He could be dangerous and you could be hurt. Maybe he is using you to help him escape. He could be setting out to kidnap you and use your car as a get away vehicle." "I don't think he is like that. He has kind eyes."
"You don't know him so how can you make that kind of judgment call? I want you to keep your cell phone on. I'm going to call you periodically throughout the night and if I don't get an answer from you then I'm sending out search and rescue for you."
"I'll be fine I promise. I'll answer your calls. Got to go because he just showed up." Thanks a lot Heidi. You just made me paranoid.
Scott walked over to the car and lifted the handle to get in. The door was locked and it took Sabrina a minute to unlock the door. Scott could sense some tension in the air. He stood there holding his flashlight and all Sabrina could do was think that he was going to use it as a weapon and hit her over the head with it. Scott saw that she was shaking and very nervous. Scott backed away from the car even though he had already opened the door.
"Are you all right? If you want to bail then I'll understand. You look a little wired right now."
It took a second to get a hold of her voice. She cleared her throat and said, "Why do you have a flashlight?"
Scott forgot that he was holding it. "Oh. I'm going to need it in order to go back through the woods later this evening. I can leave it right here on the side of the road if you want. It would probably be best because then I'll remember what part of the woods I came out of."
Sabrina gave a sigh of relief. That Heidi has gotten me so paranoid that I'm acting like a jerk. "No that's all right. Someone might drive by, see it lying there and steal it. I wouldn't want you to get lost on the way back tonight."
Scott approached the car again. "I could put it in the trunk if it will make you feel better."
Sabrina felt so ridiculous now. She knew that Scott saw right through her. It was like calling him a criminal to his face. Her face turned red from embarrassment. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make false accusations or make you fell uncomfortable. I just had a conversation with my best friend and she has some reservations about me going out with a complete stranger."
"Oh. My mother told me that it's good to have a friend. Not too many friends can be trusted as true friends. You should consider yourself lucky. It's up to you. I can leave with no ill feelings or I can get in the car."
She hesitated and minute and looked into those gorgeous blue eyes. "Get in."
Scott had been at Horizon for 9 months and this was the first time ever that he had gotten a phone call. The first thing that came into his mind was that something must have happened at home with his father or maybe his mother was giving in a call. He had gotten several letters from her but his father wasn't much of a letter writer. He was lucky if he got a letter once a month from him. He walked up the stairs where the campus phone was and hesitantly picked it up.
"Hello."
An unfamiliar soft voice appeared on the other end. "Hello. Is this Scott? You must be a hard one to find." All she heard on the other end was silence so she decided to continue on. "This is Sabrina, you know the damsel in distress? You helped change my tire."
The memory came flooding back to him. "Oh yeah. I just never expected you to really call. I thought you'd just throw the number away."
"Well I do owe you dinner."
"Yes you do but there could be a problem with that"
Sabrina became a little concerned. She had thought about him all night. It had taken a lot of nerve and courage to make the phone call. She came from a very affluent family where they were always in the public eye. She had a very domineering father who had her life planned out all the way down to whom she should date and marry. None of the males that her father had picked out were of any interest to her. They were dull, boring, egotistical and very vain. She lived such a sheltered life with everything prim and proper. When she first set eyes on the new blonde blue-eyed hunk, something came alive inside her that made her want to explore it further. She had dreamt about him all night and took that as a sign that her inner self was craving the adventure. All of a sudden she had this fear that he really wasn't interested in her and he was just being polite. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put you on the spot. You probably don't really want to go out with me but I just felt that I needed to pay you back for all did for me."
"No, yes, I mean I do. I just think that I should have been honest with you up front."
Sabrina started rambling on. "Oh you have a girlfriend. I understand. It's OK. I wished that you had at least taken the money I offered you. Then I wouldn't feel so. . ."
"Slow down. It's not like that. I mean I should have at least told you where I'm from. It's not that easy to walk away from here. I'm at a school called Horizon. That's why it took me so long to get to the phone. It's not like I was in another room or something. I was at another part of the campus. I would love more than anything to be able to have dinner or even just go out with you but I know that can never happen without taking a big risk."
Sabrina felt like her heart was just stepped on. Her dreams of getting to know this new guy were just crushed in the matter of seconds." Do you like taking risks?" She didn't know where that came from. She has always been such a conservative person. This must be the new adventurous side of her that was dying to come out. After she spoke it she covered her month with her hand because she couldn't believe that she had just said that.
A smile came to Scott and he thought why not. "Yes I do as a matter of fact. I like to live on the edge sometimes. Can you help me out?"
The heart that was just trampled on began to beat faster and faster. "Absolutely. What do you need me to do?"
Scott knew that every night all of the students had several hours of free time to do whatever they wanted as long as Peter hadn't planned on some kind of adventurous learning experience. Because the Ridge Runner group had group therapy tonight then he knew that they would have free time tomorrow night. Thank goodness the school was now equipped with all the new computers because Scott gave Sabrina an email and IM name where they could communicate in private without him worrying about being overheard by another student from Horizon. They had set a time to get on-line tomorrow afternoon upon Scott's return from community service. That was one part of his life that he hadn't shared with her yet and hoped that she didn't ask.
The next day upon his return to school, Scott hurried and retrieved all his school assignments from his teachers and hurried over to the computer lab. Just his luck all the computers were taken and he stood impatiently waiting for someone to get off. After about 30 minutes his patience wore thin and he exploded. "You guys have been on here long enough. It's time to let someone else on." The group of students just turned around and practically laughed in his face. Someone pointed over to the wall. "There's the sign up sheet. Our allotted time is not up yet." Scott didn't' know about any sign up sheet and when he went over to it, he saw that the next hour time slots were all filled up. "SHIT! I need to get on now. I don't have time to wait for another couple of hours." Laughter filled the room. The students there were so unsympathetic. "Come on. Please can someone let me on for just a few minutes."
A student from the Wind Dancer group turned to Scott. "How desperate are you? It'll cost you."
"Come on man. Give me a break. I'll only be a couple of minutes."
He turned around in is chair and went back to working on the computer. "We strike a bargain or I can't help you."
"Alright, alright. What did you have in mind?"
"I have a paper due on 'The Grapes of Wrath" I haven't even begun to read the book and I have no interest in reading it. Write my paper and you can have the rest of my hour which is 25 minutes"
"You want me to write your paper? What if I haven't read the book?"
"I over heard you tell Roger that you already read that book in your other high school so I know that you have."
"I suck at writing papers. What if you get a bad grade. You going to take it out on me?"
"I'm in your English class. I know for a fact that you usually have good in- sight to the novels we read. As long as you can get me a passing grade then it would be better than a zero."
Scott let out a long breath and ran his hands through his hair. "OK fine. It's a deal now let me get on." The student got up and made a hand gesture to welcome him to the chair.
Scott got on IM and typed a message to SabbieSapphire . Sabrina had been waiting for an hour and was getting disappointed that she had not heard from Cliffhanger1. Just when she was ready to leave her room she heard the familiar sound of a door opening on her computer and it was a message from Scott. They began typing back and forth plotting their rendezvous. It was all planned out as to where and when Sabrina was going to pick up Scott. The next big trick was for Scott to disappear from campus without anyone seeing him.
Scott went about the next couple of hours like he was overdosing on caffeine He ran to his dorm took a quick shower and then grabbed Ben to try and complete his paper that was due by the end of the day.
Scott heavily sat down on his bed and tried to rush a conversation with Ben. "Come on hurry up. Tell me anything and everything about you. Make it up far as I care just give me something to work with." He made a gesture with his hands for Ben to hurry up.
Obviously Scott was in some sort of a rush and so Ben decided to try and kill some time. He leisurely walked over to his desk and pulled out a chair. Taking his time he walked over and sat the chair in front of Scott. He then slowly sat down and kicked back bringing his feet up on Scott's bed.
Scott was getting agitated. "Listen Grandma Moses. Do you mind? I don't have a lot of time so do you think that you could hurry it up some?"
"What's the rush Scott? You got a hot date or something? This assignment was meant for us to get to know each other better and not just throw some words down on a piece of paper."
"Listen here shit for brains. I have no intention of becoming your best buddy so why don't you just cut the crap. Either you give me something to work with or I'll make it all up and you will be extremely embarrassed as to what people will think of you after I finish."
"Or maybe I'll just go tell Peter that you are refusing to handle this assignment in the right attitude and he'll probably lock us both up in a room together until it is done right."
"What's your problem. You don't like me and I don't like you so why are you trying to drag this out. Don't you want to get this over with so that we can get on with other things?"
"Well yes but it also appears that you have some kind of pressing engagement that you need to get to so I thought that I would piss you off by holding you up."
Scott got up and pushed on the back of Ben's chair that he was balancing on the two back legs. The chair fell over backward sending Ben to the floor. "I don't care anymore. I'm not having you ruin the rest of my day. I'm just going to write that you are a frigging asshole and turn the paper in." Scott walked out of the dorm and headed for Peter's mailbox. He quickly wrote some sort of essay about Ben saying that he was inconsiderate and was only put on the earth to piss him off. Scott was sure that he would get called in to Peter's office later for it but at least he turned something in. Hopefully Peter would see that the paper was handed in and not intend to read it until a later time.
Now that he had accomplished everything he needed to do for the day with the exception of writing a book report, he was free to sneak off campus. He went back into the dorm hoping that Ben wasn't still there to get in his way. He grabbed a jacket and flashlight because he knew that he would need it in order to find his way back through the dark woods that night. Another trick that he learned in survival training was to mark the trail so that you could find your way back. He went into the bathroom and took a roll of toilet paper so that he could mark the trees and bushes to help him return faster.
He walked out of the dorm and looked around for anyone that may seemed to have noticed him. The coast looked clear so he casually walked over to the woods and once he crossed over the clearing into the thickness of the forest he took off running. David who had been craving a hit from his stash saw Scott casually walk into the woods. It looked too suspicious to him so he trailed him. Once David entered the woods all he saw was the back of Scott racing through the woods like a wild animal was chasing him. A smile formed on David's face. Scott was up to something illegal and he wanted the knowledge for the further use of blackmail. He knew that there was no way that he could catch up to him because Scott was a fast runner. He knew that eventually Scott would have to return unless he was running away again. He would wait and keep an eye on the woods throughout the evening to see if and when he returned. When he did, David wanted to be their waiting and grinning as he nails him.
Sabrina had her own roadblocks to get around in order to make her rendezvous with Scott. Her family was having one of their many social events at their mansion. They seemed to come a dime a dozen. Sabrina was always expected to be there so her father, the Mayor, could show off his single available daughter. Sabrina made arrangements with one of the house Servants to cover her so that she could sneak out. Her plan worked flawlessly and she was able to get out without being seem.
She got to the point alone side of the road where she was suppose to meet Scott and she waited hoping everything would turn out. She had never done anything this daring before and her nerves were on edge. She sat nervously thinking about what kind of conversations that they could have and if they had anything in common. The only thing that she really knew about him was that he was gorgeous. She jumped as her cell phone rang because it broke the silence.
Her best friend Heidi, which she knew from school, was wondering where she was. She was told by one of the Servants that she wasn't feeling well and decided to stay in her room. Heidi had gone to her room but found that she wasn't there. She was a little concerned because they were best friends and they shared everything. They even knew each other's secrets. It was not like Sabrina to sneak off without Heidi knowing about it.
"Don't be mad at me Heidi. I kind of put myself in a weird situation and I'm not sure how I'm going to handle it. Do you remember how we talk about just forgetting what your mind tells you and listen to your heart?"
Heidi caught on real fast and excitedly said, "Oh my gosh you found someone and you didn't tell me? Shame on you. I thought I was your best friend?"
Sabrina shyly said, "I know I'm sorry. It just happened so fast. I don't know a thing about him. I was a damsel in distress and he was my knight in shinning armor. I was stranded on the side of the road the other day and he just appeared out of no where like an angel and he changed my tire."
"An angel? I thought you wanted to be more daring. How much fun can you have with an angel?"
"Something tells me that he isn't as innocent as he appears. I sense a bad boy side to him. He has to have some what of a past in order to have been sent to Mt. Horizon School."
"Isn't that the school on top of the mountain where all the juvenile delinquents are?"
"Yes. He's sneaking out and I'm waiting ΒΌ mile Up River road for him to appear."
"Holy cow Sabrina. Are you sure you know what you are doing? Some of those guys are really messed up there. He could be dangerous and you could be hurt. Maybe he is using you to help him escape. He could be setting out to kidnap you and use your car as a get away vehicle." "I don't think he is like that. He has kind eyes."
"You don't know him so how can you make that kind of judgment call? I want you to keep your cell phone on. I'm going to call you periodically throughout the night and if I don't get an answer from you then I'm sending out search and rescue for you."
"I'll be fine I promise. I'll answer your calls. Got to go because he just showed up." Thanks a lot Heidi. You just made me paranoid.
Scott walked over to the car and lifted the handle to get in. The door was locked and it took Sabrina a minute to unlock the door. Scott could sense some tension in the air. He stood there holding his flashlight and all Sabrina could do was think that he was going to use it as a weapon and hit her over the head with it. Scott saw that she was shaking and very nervous. Scott backed away from the car even though he had already opened the door.
"Are you all right? If you want to bail then I'll understand. You look a little wired right now."
It took a second to get a hold of her voice. She cleared her throat and said, "Why do you have a flashlight?"
Scott forgot that he was holding it. "Oh. I'm going to need it in order to go back through the woods later this evening. I can leave it right here on the side of the road if you want. It would probably be best because then I'll remember what part of the woods I came out of."
Sabrina gave a sigh of relief. That Heidi has gotten me so paranoid that I'm acting like a jerk. "No that's all right. Someone might drive by, see it lying there and steal it. I wouldn't want you to get lost on the way back tonight."
Scott approached the car again. "I could put it in the trunk if it will make you feel better."
Sabrina felt so ridiculous now. She knew that Scott saw right through her. It was like calling him a criminal to his face. Her face turned red from embarrassment. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make false accusations or make you fell uncomfortable. I just had a conversation with my best friend and she has some reservations about me going out with a complete stranger."
"Oh. My mother told me that it's good to have a friend. Not too many friends can be trusted as true friends. You should consider yourself lucky. It's up to you. I can leave with no ill feelings or I can get in the car."
She hesitated and minute and looked into those gorgeous blue eyes. "Get in."
