Holding on to the Rooftops- Breathe
"Shelby," Shelby was thrown out of her daydream by a familiar voice.
"What do you want David?" Shelby asked rubbing her eyes.
"I wanted to know if when we got back from this little adventure… you could give Daisy this," David asked, his voice shaky as he handed her an envelope. Shelby looked from David to the envelope and back again. "It's not a bomb."
Shelby smiled. "Just as long as it won't explode when in my possession."
David gave her a small laugh and then looked over at the three Cliffhangers being tied together. "Guess I better go."
Shelby nodded and watched as he trotted over to the group. Shelby looked back down at the envelope. "What's the letter?"
Shelby looked up startled but smiled when she saw Aubrey. "Its nothing,"
"No, it's okay, you don't have to tell me," Aubrey said pretending to be angry.
Shelby allowed herself a small chuckle. "I was just holding it for a friend."
Aubrey smiled at her and then grabbed his bag. "Ready to be Junior Sophie?"
"You bet I am, but if you're a sucky Junior Peter I am afraid I may have to hurt you…"
"…Come on Auggie, I need some water, let's stop," Juliette moaned as Shelby walked behind them. They had been venturing in the woods for what must have been three hours.
"No," Auggie and Daisy said in unison. Juliette glared at them both and then gave David a sad puppy dog-face. David in turn just shrugged his shoulders. Juliette stopped suddenly causing all the other tied up Cliffhangers to trip a little and causing Juliette's string with Auggie break loose. "JULES!"
"What?" Juliette growled as she planted herself firmly on the ground.
"GET UP, NONE OF US WANT TO BE OUT HERE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. YOU SITTING DOWN DOESN'T REALLY FACTOR INTO THAT PLAN," Auggie said in a raised voice. He bent down to tie their string back together and then looked down at Juliette, who just shook her head.
Shelby and Aubrey both sighed looking at each other; this was going to take a while. Shelby found a log and sat on it. She dragged a notebook out of her backpack with a pen sticking on the front. Shelby took the pen off and turned to a blank page. She looked down at the paper before carefully removing the lid of the pen. Shelby placed her pen on the paper and looked up at the sky for inspiration, nothing came to her so she began mindless doodling. Shelby's mindless doodling spun off into a mindless being and then into a dream state.
Shelby smiled up at him. He was so gorgeous and sweet, she couldn't imagine being with anyone else. "I love you," Shelby heard the whispered words and smiled as a shiver ran down her spine.
"I love you too Scott," Shelby said with an undying smile on her face. Her smile grew a few thousand watts when Scott's entire face lit up. Shelby giggled as Scott leaned in for a kiss. It was soft and then there was nothing. Shelby pushed herself off the bed, her head spinning. She searched frantically around her for the one she loved, but nothing was found in the tiny existence of the room that had once shared such joy.
Shelby ran out of the room, running, and running, as fast as her legs could carry her. She faintly heard herself scream, "Scott," but everything was black and white, she could hear nothing, only the sound of her beating heart and the pain it held. Shelby felt that if she didn't find Scott soon her heart was likely to break into a million pieces.
"Scott," she yelled again as she shoved her way through a large, bronzed door. Shelby found herself in a large warehouse room where Scott was standing in the center. "Scott."
"Shelby," Scott's voice echoed in the empty warehouse. Shelby smiled, relived and began to run towards him but stopped dead in her tracks when the face of evil appeared behind Scott.
Shelby didn't know who this man was, or what his business with Scott was, but she knew she did not like him, not one bit. "Scott," Shelby called again as she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. It wasn't enough, Scott was gone, and instead Shelby fell on the floor where he had once been standing. She looked up at the man who had brought his disappearance. "Why?'
The man smiled evilly at her. "Wise up child. You have a lot more coming to you," he then leaned in so he was right next to Shelby's ear. "And Scotty gets the worst of it."
Shelby felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up, it was Aubrey. Shelby sighed a breath of relief realizing she had only been dreaming. Shelby could feel her clothes sticking to her and the cold sweat that was running down her neck. Shelby looked at her saky hands and realized this had been more than some dream. Her thoughts instantly turned to Scott, and her heart began to hurt. Ignoring everyone's stares Shelby ran as fast through the forest as she could with tears streaming down her face. She didn't know where she was going; it didn't matter, as long as she got away.
I played the fool today
And I can see us vanishing into the crowd
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I can't ask for things to be still again
I can't ask for you to offer the world through your eyes
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
My window through which nothing hides and everything sings
I'm counting the signs and cursing the miles in between
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I can't ask for things to be still again
I can't ask for you to offer the world through your eyes
Author's Note: So what do you think so far? That's nice; lets document it by ways of review. Oh yes, I need to add a disclaimer, so here goes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Higher Ground. Nor do I own the song "Breathe" by Greenwheel. So whatever, if you'd like to give me the money you have profited or will profit off of it, I would appreciate it.
Anyway, I would like some reviews darnit. So, yeah…
"Shelby," Shelby was thrown out of her daydream by a familiar voice.
"What do you want David?" Shelby asked rubbing her eyes.
"I wanted to know if when we got back from this little adventure… you could give Daisy this," David asked, his voice shaky as he handed her an envelope. Shelby looked from David to the envelope and back again. "It's not a bomb."
Shelby smiled. "Just as long as it won't explode when in my possession."
David gave her a small laugh and then looked over at the three Cliffhangers being tied together. "Guess I better go."
Shelby nodded and watched as he trotted over to the group. Shelby looked back down at the envelope. "What's the letter?"
Shelby looked up startled but smiled when she saw Aubrey. "Its nothing,"
"No, it's okay, you don't have to tell me," Aubrey said pretending to be angry.
Shelby allowed herself a small chuckle. "I was just holding it for a friend."
Aubrey smiled at her and then grabbed his bag. "Ready to be Junior Sophie?"
"You bet I am, but if you're a sucky Junior Peter I am afraid I may have to hurt you…"
"…Come on Auggie, I need some water, let's stop," Juliette moaned as Shelby walked behind them. They had been venturing in the woods for what must have been three hours.
"No," Auggie and Daisy said in unison. Juliette glared at them both and then gave David a sad puppy dog-face. David in turn just shrugged his shoulders. Juliette stopped suddenly causing all the other tied up Cliffhangers to trip a little and causing Juliette's string with Auggie break loose. "JULES!"
"What?" Juliette growled as she planted herself firmly on the ground.
"GET UP, NONE OF US WANT TO BE OUT HERE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. YOU SITTING DOWN DOESN'T REALLY FACTOR INTO THAT PLAN," Auggie said in a raised voice. He bent down to tie their string back together and then looked down at Juliette, who just shook her head.
Shelby and Aubrey both sighed looking at each other; this was going to take a while. Shelby found a log and sat on it. She dragged a notebook out of her backpack with a pen sticking on the front. Shelby took the pen off and turned to a blank page. She looked down at the paper before carefully removing the lid of the pen. Shelby placed her pen on the paper and looked up at the sky for inspiration, nothing came to her so she began mindless doodling. Shelby's mindless doodling spun off into a mindless being and then into a dream state.
Shelby smiled up at him. He was so gorgeous and sweet, she couldn't imagine being with anyone else. "I love you," Shelby heard the whispered words and smiled as a shiver ran down her spine.
"I love you too Scott," Shelby said with an undying smile on her face. Her smile grew a few thousand watts when Scott's entire face lit up. Shelby giggled as Scott leaned in for a kiss. It was soft and then there was nothing. Shelby pushed herself off the bed, her head spinning. She searched frantically around her for the one she loved, but nothing was found in the tiny existence of the room that had once shared such joy.
Shelby ran out of the room, running, and running, as fast as her legs could carry her. She faintly heard herself scream, "Scott," but everything was black and white, she could hear nothing, only the sound of her beating heart and the pain it held. Shelby felt that if she didn't find Scott soon her heart was likely to break into a million pieces.
"Scott," she yelled again as she shoved her way through a large, bronzed door. Shelby found herself in a large warehouse room where Scott was standing in the center. "Scott."
"Shelby," Scott's voice echoed in the empty warehouse. Shelby smiled, relived and began to run towards him but stopped dead in her tracks when the face of evil appeared behind Scott.
Shelby didn't know who this man was, or what his business with Scott was, but she knew she did not like him, not one bit. "Scott," Shelby called again as she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. It wasn't enough, Scott was gone, and instead Shelby fell on the floor where he had once been standing. She looked up at the man who had brought his disappearance. "Why?'
The man smiled evilly at her. "Wise up child. You have a lot more coming to you," he then leaned in so he was right next to Shelby's ear. "And Scotty gets the worst of it."
Shelby felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up, it was Aubrey. Shelby sighed a breath of relief realizing she had only been dreaming. Shelby could feel her clothes sticking to her and the cold sweat that was running down her neck. Shelby looked at her saky hands and realized this had been more than some dream. Her thoughts instantly turned to Scott, and her heart began to hurt. Ignoring everyone's stares Shelby ran as fast through the forest as she could with tears streaming down her face. She didn't know where she was going; it didn't matter, as long as she got away.
I played the fool today
And I can see us vanishing into the crowd
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I can't ask for things to be still again
I can't ask for you to offer the world through your eyes
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I've buried in you
My window through which nothing hides and everything sings
I'm counting the signs and cursing the miles in between
I'm all right
It only hurts when I breathe
I can't ask for things to be still again
I can't ask for you to offer the world through your eyes
Author's Note: So what do you think so far? That's nice; lets document it by ways of review. Oh yes, I need to add a disclaimer, so here goes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Higher Ground. Nor do I own the song "Breathe" by Greenwheel. So whatever, if you'd like to give me the money you have profited or will profit off of it, I would appreciate it.
Anyway, I would like some reviews darnit. So, yeah…
