Chapter Three: Now, I Can't Believe You're Gone

"And..." Amelio's voice trailed off as he finished telling Courtney about everything his "mama" had done to him.

"How could she do this?" She sat down beside him, making body contact for the first time since they arrived in his room.

"It's over now."

"I want to make it better ..." Courtney held Amelio's eye contact until she closed her eyes and passionately kissed him the way that she had always dreamed she would. To her dismay, the kiss ended. "Are you mad?"

Amelio shook his head and returned the favor, sending electricity through his body. They went back and forth, exploring every part of each other's body. "I can't do this. It's ..."

"I'm not asking you to." Amelio replied, knowing that sex didn't really matter to him like it use to. Love was all he needed. "But, if you want to ..."

"I love you." Courtney muttered, not really realizing what she was saying, but still caught up in lust or what she believed was love. She let herself get caught up in the moment. And, as predicted, the devil was the third party. What did we just do?

"It's almost eight." Amelio whispered. Courtney couldn't bring myself to look at him. She felt really bad about what happened, but felt really good about it at the same time.

"Okay. I'll be in the shower." She hopped out of bed and ran into the bathroom, hoping that no one would ever know about the moans that escaped her mouth ... the fact that she had slept with Amelio, her "brother."

"Courtney." Amelio walked in. "I'm coming in."

"Okay." Courtney whispered, glad not to be completely alone. She didn't want to think about everything right now. Amelio left before she did, giving her a short kiss on the way out. Even with the hot shower running, she still felt chills. No sooner had she gotten out of the shower did Courtney hear scream after scream.

"Courtney! I know what you've done!" Mama rushed into the room while Courtney tried to think of how to react.

"I haven't done anything. I was just taking a shower. Sorry I didn't have time to make dinner." She apologized.

"Like hell you haven't done anything. You little bitch. Did you actually think that you could get away with it? Well, guess what ..." Mama aka Diana held up a gun with the intent to fire.

"Mama?" Courtney started breathing heavily. There was nowhere for her to go. If she wanted to shoot at her, then Courtney would have no chance to live.

"I told you to stay away from him. Look what you made me do!" Diana aimed at Courtney and fired, but her aim was way off thanks to the alcohol that she'd been drinking ... and Amelio who had pushed her down, taking the gun from her.

"Run Courtney!" And she did. Courtney ran away. And look where it's gotten me. I'm on my way to some freak show called "Horizon." Pity parties aren't my thing ... I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. I didn't even get to see him.

"Get out the car, Bianca." Diana Ginsberg answered angrily. Her calling Courtney Bianca was proof that she was disowning her.

"Quiero ver Amelio." Courtney whispered.

"You know I don't speak that Chicano bull shit. Get your ass out the car now, bitch." She demanded.

"Puta." Courtney whispered. Shut the fuck up.

"Are you Diana Ginsberg?" She nodded.

"I'm Sophie. Welcome to Horizon."

"Thank you Peter." Augie whispered. All the Cliffhangers had been given permission to visit Juliette in the hospital, while Sophie stayed back to greet the newbie.

"I want you guys to behave and keep it together while you're here, alright?" The bus stopped and the Cliffhangers followed Peter into the hospital. Scott walking with Shelby, comforting her, Daisy with Ezra and David, while Augie trailed behind the group. I never wanted this to happen.

The Cliffhangers weren't allowed to see Juliette. No one was, but Augie found away around it. "Jules." He whispered, opening the door to what appeared to be your room. "I'm so sorry Jules. For everything." Augie moved closer to her bed, not realizing just how bad things had gotten.

He held back a gasp as he realized that something serious had happened to Juliette. Her wrists, which she had cut herself, were well- covered but her body was bruised and covered with scars that held fresh blood. "Oh my God. What happened." Augie went over and held her hand, while stroking her delicate features. "What happened after I left Jules? How could you do this?" A mixture of guilt, sadness, and betrayal flowed through Augie's emotions.

Pain from what had happened the night before and the guilt for what had happened to Juliette was overwhelming. Still, he couldn't help but be angry with her. "How could you do this?" Tears brimmed his eyes. "You promised you'd come to me if you ever thought about this. How could you do this Jules?" Augie rested his head over Juliette's body as his moist tears fell onto her lifeless hand.

"And this is your bunk." Sophie pointed out Courtney's new living space.

"Where are all the rest of the girls? You're not going to leave her in her by herself? God knows what she'd do." Ms. Ginsberg gave her daughter an evil stare.

"No, of course not. The others have gone to visit a friend of theirs. They'll be back tomorrow." Sophie explained. "You can set your things there Courtney."

"It's Bianca." She whispered.

"What?" Ms. Ginsberg asked, outraged. "You can't be serious. If you knew what your mother was like, you'd never want to share any part of her name ... but then again you're turning out to be just like her." She spat out.

"Ms. Ginsberg, I have no problem calling her Bianca." Sophie intervened.

"Good enough. At least I don't have to worry about the family name being tainted. " She answered. "Only one more year." Ms. Ginsberg muttered as she walked away.

"Eleven months," Bianca corrected her, yet she had already vanished without a trace. She left without even saying goodbye.

"I'll leave you to get settled. If you need anything-"

"Sophie. Come quickly." Hannah burst into the room.

"What do you mean?" Sophie followed, without another word.

"Kat's on the phone."

"Great. Couldn't it wait?" Hannah shook her head. "Why didn't you talk to her for me."

"She asked for you. She only wants you."

"Hey Kat. How are you?" Sophie asked, wondering why Hannah had made the call seem so urgent.

"I'm coming back to Horizon."

"What about college? Things aren't going well? I thought you loved Liberty University."

"I thought I did too, but ... I can't stay here anymore. It's all too much for me Sophie. I really want to come back." Kat explained.

"Well, I need to talk to Peter ... we can't offer you the type of education that Liberty can." She admitted.

"I don't care what you say. I'm coming back regardless." Kat sighed. "I've never felt so helpless before in my whole entire life. It's all just too much."

"Kat, did someone ... did someone hurt you ... assault you?" Sophie barely finished the question before she heard a click from the other line.

Horizon is the only way to make it better. It'll make me forget.

A/N: I know this chapter was a little disappointing, but I still need you guys to review anyway. I haven't written HG stories in a while, even though I have millions of them, so I need you guys to help me make the next chapter better. Lots of hearts. ~~

What To Expect in Chapter Four: Davie-Ezra-Daisy drama, Juliette's mom comes into town, Augie puts two and two together going to see Alex, and maybe something else