Holding on to the Rooftops- A Seed of Fear
Scott watched as Shelby breathed in and out slowly, peacefully. Watching her sleep put him at rest. It was like everything was perfect. Shelby wiggled around for a minute and then ended up exactly where she had been in the first place, her head resting on Scott's chest. Scott sighed. He was glad Shelby was getting some sleep, but he couldn't even put his mind at rest. He was worried about what Peter's little surprise was that required a five day road trip, and what with being cramped in the car for six hours he needed to stretch. Scott poked his head up careful to not wake Shelby. Everyone was asleep except for Peter, Sophie, and himself. Even Daisy had managed to wonder off in to a fitful sleep where she would occasionally start talking about getting to the unicorns. Scott let out a deep heavy sigh.
"Peter, do you think we could stop for a second, I need to stretch my legs."
Peter looked back at Scott shocked to see someone was awake. Then he shook his head. "Sorry Scott, but we're the only ones awake. Maybe in an hour or so."
"But Peter, I'm dieing here," Scott whined.
"I know… Well, I suppose if you want to take the risk of waking three other people up I would have means for stopping."
"Sure, throw it all on me. Let me get my head bitten off."
"You're the one who wants to get up."
Scott sighed and layed back in his seat. He didn't really need to stretch his legs, but he needed something to do. Finally he settled his gaze back on Shelby's beautiful face. As she breathed in and out her cheeks making only the smallest movement.
Sitting there he let his mind wander off into a semi-daydream. He was with Shelby sitting at a table together sipping coffee. He had a paper in his hands and was looking over the top of it making googlie eyes at Shelby. Whenever she would look up he would automatically turn away, but she knew he had been staring at her. Then a little blonde headed girl came tumbling down the stairs in her pink nightgown. The little girl was clutching on to a teddy bear for dear life. Scott smiled at the little girl and then turned to see Shelby's reaction. She had a look of pure joy as the girl came running into her arms.
"Mommy," the little girl cried and climbed up on to Shelby's laugh still clutching the teddy bear tightly.
"Maddie," Shelby said he face lighting up as she looked from Scott to the little girl. Then she grabbed Scott's hand from across the table and gave it a short squeeze. Scott smiled up at her and then looked lovingly on to the little girl.
"DADDY!" Maddie cried as she looked at her father as if he had appeared out of thin air.
"Maddie," he exclaimed as she wriggled out of her mothers grasp and crawled across the table. Then she jumped into Scott's arms. Scott caught her easily and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"I had a bad dream last night Daddy."
"You did, well that's not good."
"Nope. My teddy bear turned in to the lady with ucky dark hair. She scared me Daddy. She scared me because she said you loved her, and you didn't love Mommy no more. Let's see," Maddie said climbing off her father's lap leaving him to hold the teddy bear. "I think she said he name was Ellie, no that's not right it was…"
Then the little girl stopped as the teddy bear on Scott's lap transformed into his worst nightmare. "Elaine hunny, my name is Elaine, but you can call me Mommy." Then before Scott could react Elaine was stabbing Shelby violently.
Scott woke up breathing heavy drenched in cold sweat. He began to calm his death down then he looked around him. Everyone was still asleep except for Daisy.
"Thank God I don't have to sleep near you under normal circumstances," she said looking at him as if he had just mooned her.
"Yeah," Scott said absent mindedly as he looked down at Shelby. He held her tightly and rocked back and forth. He silently waited until she woke up to be completely sure it was all just a dream.
Daisy rolled her eyes at him. "What, no witty come back?"
"No Daisy, not right now," Scott said staring intently at Shelby's face.
"Just because you woke up on the wrong side of the bed doesn't mean you have to ruin MY fun."
"Actually Daisy, that's exactly what it means. And incase you haven't noticed, I didn't wake up on any side of a bed."
Daisy laughed mockingly but it just ricocheted off of Scott's ear as he tried to tell Shelby to wake up through telepathy. Which he knew was useless, but he didn't care any way.
"Well, seeing as we are the only two people besides Mr. and Mrs. Captain awake we might as well entertain each other."
Scott rolled his eyes at her. "And how are we supposed to do that?"
"Well, I do have my Tarot Cards here."
"I don't believe in that crap," Scott said sinking back into his seat as he watched new raindrops beginning to fall.
"You don't have to. Here, just touch the cards and I'll tell you your future."
"The only person who needs to know my future is God okay."
"I thought it was crap."
"It is."
"Then why does it matter?"
"Whatever, let's just get this over with," Scott huffed and touched Daisy's cards. He felt like a moron and closed his eyes as she began to shift through the cards.
"Well, well," Daisy said. Scott looked up to see what she was babbling about when he noticed she was done.
"What?" Scott asked frustrated.
"You have change coming."
Scott tensed up. "What do you mean 'change'?"
"Well," Daisy said then shook her head. "Umm, I don't know how to read this. Maybe it's not change, or maybe its not even death." Daisy then shoved the cards back in her backpack.
"Death? Wait a minute you didn't say anything about death earlier."
"You were right the first time," Daisy said shaking her head trying to look confident. "It's just a bunch of crap."
"Daisy, come on, I am not stupid. Just tell me what they said."
"I don't for sure Scott. Besides, I forgot," Daisy said and then looked down at her feet. "Peter," She said raising her voice.
"Well it's about time sleepy head," Peter said looking at her from the rearview mirror.
"Yeah, whatever, look can we stop?"
"Not right now, give it another hour," Sophie said.
Daisy just rolled her eyes "Can I have shot gun tomorrow."
"Well, I did promise Juliette…"
Daisy started to argue but Scott stopped paying attention and went into his thoughts.
The image of Elaine stabbing Shelby, his beautiful Shelby, kept echoing through his head. Then Daisy had said 'death' and kept trying to cover it up. That was definitely not like Daisy. She had even looked scared. Scott tried to shake it off.
'It's just crap,' he said to himself. But no matter what he told himself he couldn't shake it off. There was this little seed of fear in him and it was starting to sprout. Shelby had told him about how Daisy's cards had been right before. Daisy said she would have a big change and her life, and then she was sent back home with that monster. Scott shook his head. If he did end up with Elaine he didn't know if he could be as strong as she had been. Shelby was the only one who knew just how much he relied on her strength. Scott shook his head again. 'It's just crap.'
Author's Note: So… what do you think? I think I will step it up to two reviews. Pretty please… In any case, I would like to think everyone who already reviewed. I am sorry you had to wait so long for this. I know it really sucks when a story has just started and then they take forever to update. I hope I can update sooner, but if I don't there will for sure be one every other week. Anyway, next time on… my story-
1) Shelby and Scott share a not-so pleasant dream.
2) The Cliffhangers stop for the day. What's to come, where are they going, and why.
3) Sophie gets a surprise of her own...
Remember to tune in and please review. Thanks for reading.
Scott watched as Shelby breathed in and out slowly, peacefully. Watching her sleep put him at rest. It was like everything was perfect. Shelby wiggled around for a minute and then ended up exactly where she had been in the first place, her head resting on Scott's chest. Scott sighed. He was glad Shelby was getting some sleep, but he couldn't even put his mind at rest. He was worried about what Peter's little surprise was that required a five day road trip, and what with being cramped in the car for six hours he needed to stretch. Scott poked his head up careful to not wake Shelby. Everyone was asleep except for Peter, Sophie, and himself. Even Daisy had managed to wonder off in to a fitful sleep where she would occasionally start talking about getting to the unicorns. Scott let out a deep heavy sigh.
"Peter, do you think we could stop for a second, I need to stretch my legs."
Peter looked back at Scott shocked to see someone was awake. Then he shook his head. "Sorry Scott, but we're the only ones awake. Maybe in an hour or so."
"But Peter, I'm dieing here," Scott whined.
"I know… Well, I suppose if you want to take the risk of waking three other people up I would have means for stopping."
"Sure, throw it all on me. Let me get my head bitten off."
"You're the one who wants to get up."
Scott sighed and layed back in his seat. He didn't really need to stretch his legs, but he needed something to do. Finally he settled his gaze back on Shelby's beautiful face. As she breathed in and out her cheeks making only the smallest movement.
Sitting there he let his mind wander off into a semi-daydream. He was with Shelby sitting at a table together sipping coffee. He had a paper in his hands and was looking over the top of it making googlie eyes at Shelby. Whenever she would look up he would automatically turn away, but she knew he had been staring at her. Then a little blonde headed girl came tumbling down the stairs in her pink nightgown. The little girl was clutching on to a teddy bear for dear life. Scott smiled at the little girl and then turned to see Shelby's reaction. She had a look of pure joy as the girl came running into her arms.
"Mommy," the little girl cried and climbed up on to Shelby's laugh still clutching the teddy bear tightly.
"Maddie," Shelby said he face lighting up as she looked from Scott to the little girl. Then she grabbed Scott's hand from across the table and gave it a short squeeze. Scott smiled up at her and then looked lovingly on to the little girl.
"DADDY!" Maddie cried as she looked at her father as if he had appeared out of thin air.
"Maddie," he exclaimed as she wriggled out of her mothers grasp and crawled across the table. Then she jumped into Scott's arms. Scott caught her easily and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"I had a bad dream last night Daddy."
"You did, well that's not good."
"Nope. My teddy bear turned in to the lady with ucky dark hair. She scared me Daddy. She scared me because she said you loved her, and you didn't love Mommy no more. Let's see," Maddie said climbing off her father's lap leaving him to hold the teddy bear. "I think she said he name was Ellie, no that's not right it was…"
Then the little girl stopped as the teddy bear on Scott's lap transformed into his worst nightmare. "Elaine hunny, my name is Elaine, but you can call me Mommy." Then before Scott could react Elaine was stabbing Shelby violently.
Scott woke up breathing heavy drenched in cold sweat. He began to calm his death down then he looked around him. Everyone was still asleep except for Daisy.
"Thank God I don't have to sleep near you under normal circumstances," she said looking at him as if he had just mooned her.
"Yeah," Scott said absent mindedly as he looked down at Shelby. He held her tightly and rocked back and forth. He silently waited until she woke up to be completely sure it was all just a dream.
Daisy rolled her eyes at him. "What, no witty come back?"
"No Daisy, not right now," Scott said staring intently at Shelby's face.
"Just because you woke up on the wrong side of the bed doesn't mean you have to ruin MY fun."
"Actually Daisy, that's exactly what it means. And incase you haven't noticed, I didn't wake up on any side of a bed."
Daisy laughed mockingly but it just ricocheted off of Scott's ear as he tried to tell Shelby to wake up through telepathy. Which he knew was useless, but he didn't care any way.
"Well, seeing as we are the only two people besides Mr. and Mrs. Captain awake we might as well entertain each other."
Scott rolled his eyes at her. "And how are we supposed to do that?"
"Well, I do have my Tarot Cards here."
"I don't believe in that crap," Scott said sinking back into his seat as he watched new raindrops beginning to fall.
"You don't have to. Here, just touch the cards and I'll tell you your future."
"The only person who needs to know my future is God okay."
"I thought it was crap."
"It is."
"Then why does it matter?"
"Whatever, let's just get this over with," Scott huffed and touched Daisy's cards. He felt like a moron and closed his eyes as she began to shift through the cards.
"Well, well," Daisy said. Scott looked up to see what she was babbling about when he noticed she was done.
"What?" Scott asked frustrated.
"You have change coming."
Scott tensed up. "What do you mean 'change'?"
"Well," Daisy said then shook her head. "Umm, I don't know how to read this. Maybe it's not change, or maybe its not even death." Daisy then shoved the cards back in her backpack.
"Death? Wait a minute you didn't say anything about death earlier."
"You were right the first time," Daisy said shaking her head trying to look confident. "It's just a bunch of crap."
"Daisy, come on, I am not stupid. Just tell me what they said."
"I don't for sure Scott. Besides, I forgot," Daisy said and then looked down at her feet. "Peter," She said raising her voice.
"Well it's about time sleepy head," Peter said looking at her from the rearview mirror.
"Yeah, whatever, look can we stop?"
"Not right now, give it another hour," Sophie said.
Daisy just rolled her eyes "Can I have shot gun tomorrow."
"Well, I did promise Juliette…"
Daisy started to argue but Scott stopped paying attention and went into his thoughts.
The image of Elaine stabbing Shelby, his beautiful Shelby, kept echoing through his head. Then Daisy had said 'death' and kept trying to cover it up. That was definitely not like Daisy. She had even looked scared. Scott tried to shake it off.
'It's just crap,' he said to himself. But no matter what he told himself he couldn't shake it off. There was this little seed of fear in him and it was starting to sprout. Shelby had told him about how Daisy's cards had been right before. Daisy said she would have a big change and her life, and then she was sent back home with that monster. Scott shook his head. If he did end up with Elaine he didn't know if he could be as strong as she had been. Shelby was the only one who knew just how much he relied on her strength. Scott shook his head again. 'It's just crap.'
Author's Note: So… what do you think? I think I will step it up to two reviews. Pretty please… In any case, I would like to think everyone who already reviewed. I am sorry you had to wait so long for this. I know it really sucks when a story has just started and then they take forever to update. I hope I can update sooner, but if I don't there will for sure be one every other week. Anyway, next time on… my story-
1) Shelby and Scott share a not-so pleasant dream.
2) The Cliffhangers stop for the day. What's to come, where are they going, and why.
3) Sophie gets a surprise of her own...
Remember to tune in and please review. Thanks for reading.
