Holding on to the Rooftops- The Blame Game

Shelby sighed; despite several attempts, she couldn't reach Scott.

"No luck?" A concerned Peter asked from behind his desk.

Shelby just shook her head and fiddled with the bracelet Daisy had made for her in Arts & Crafts. She was starting to get really worried. Scott had sounded strange on the phone last night, it was now four o'clock in the afternoon and he had still failed to call her.

"I'm sure he's okay Shel, he probably just forgot to call," Peter tried to reassure her.

"Oh yeah, and could you please tell me exactly what he would be doing that was so thrilling he forgot to call his girlfriend? You know Peter, I'm beginning to think maybe you don't really even care about Scott at all. Maybe you don't care about any of us, and you're just doing this job so people will forgive you for all the shit you put them through," Shelby growled, lashing out.

"Shelby, I know you're upset, but you are WAY out of line."

"And your point?

"Shelby, I am warning you. If you step out of line one more time, I will put you on shuns, and Scott shouldn't be punished because you're hurting."

"Oh, and I suppose I should be punished because Elaine is some twisted whacko who's screwing up Scott's life. You know Peter, sometime I worry about you, I really do."

"You know Shel, I worry about YOU, all the time. I know you're hurting and I know that you're scared for Scott I am too. But there is nothing either one of us can do about it!!!"

"Yes there is, there is! You could have stopped her, but you just stood by and let her take him, you didn't say a word. If Scott gets hurt, it is your fault. Do you understand me, YOUR fault! You'll be the one to blame, you will. And I will never, NEVER forgive you. Not ever."

"THAT IS ENOUGH SHELBY. I warned you, your on shuns for a week, no talking, no letters from Scott, NOTHING. All you can do is write in your journal, you're even going to do activities and eat lunch by yourself."

"Well Peter, I guess that just goes to show what a liar you are. You told all of here this wasn't a prison and then you stick me in solitary confinement. I should have known."

"Shelby you did this to yourself and you know it, so don't try to blame your problems one me, you have no justification."

"That's where you're wrong Peter. If you would have stopped Elaine from taking Scott away, I wouldn't have any problems," Shelby spit every word out as if it was venom.

"Well, if that is how you feel Shelby then you can just write a 5,000 word essay on why everybody tried to put the blame on somebody else besides themselves," Peter replied calmly, his tone making it very clear that it was the end of the conversation. "Now go eat. Your shuns start tomorrow, so you better pray Scott calls you before then."

"And you better pray he doesn't, because if he finds out what you're doing to me he's going to be royally pissed off."

"If you had really cared for Scott, you wouldn't have gotten yourself into this mess!" Peter screamed, trying to desperately keep his cool.

Shelby got up from her chair so suddenly it fell over. "YOU BASTARD," Shelby screamed and ran out of the room, running as fast as she could. She didn't stop until she was halfway through the forest, and then she collapsed and ell into a deep sleep.
"Shelby, Shelby wake up."

Shelby huffed and the rolled over. "Nope, I'm too tired."

"Shelby, you have to get up."

"Why?" Shelby asked groggily.

"Because I need your help Shel."

"Just let me sleep a little longer…"

"Shelby, please get up." Shelby eyes flew open when she heard the pain and desperation in his voice. "Shelby, I need you now."

"Scott," Shelby asked rolling over. She could see the top of his bent head and kissed it softly. "Scott? What's wrong?"

"Shelby I need your help real bad."

"What is it Scott? Look at me," Shelby begged, the fear seeping from her voice.

"I can't Shel, I don't want you to see what happened."

"What happened Scott? What's wrong, why won't you look at me?" Scott didn't reply, and instead just turned hi head away. Shelby grabbed his arm to try to make him look at her, but he just winced. She looked down at her hand and saw it was grabbing onto a massive purple bruise. "Oh my God Scott! What happened? Who did this to you?'

Scott turned towards her and lifted his head slowly. Shelby just gasped when his whole bruising face finally appeared. "Shel I need you real bad."

"Who did this to you Scott? If I ever find out who did this to you, there we'll be hell to pay."

"No Shel, I don't want you to get hurt."

"Scott, get real, you're the one who's hurt. Who did this to you? Was it Elaine, I swear, I'll kill her Scott I'll kill her."

"NO SHEL! If you go near her he'll hurt you, he'll hurt you really bad."

"He? What? Scott who's doing this to you? Tell me Scott, please," Shelby pleaded as a single tear dripped down her face.

"Shelby," a distant voice called.

Scott turned suddenly and began to run. "Scott wait where are you going?"

"I have to go Shelby, I have to go."
"SCOTT," Shelby cried out, and listen to her voice echo. She was sweating slightly and she had a branch poking into her back.

"Shelby are you okay?" Daisy's comforting voice replied.

"He was here Dais, right here. He was talking to me. Oh God, he's hurt real bad Dais, real bad, someone has to help him."

Daisy just pulled Shelby into her arms and they began to rock back and forth slowly. "It'll be okay Shel, we'll all be okay…"
Author's Note: So what did you think? I hope you enjoyed this. And I hope maybe I few of you have forgiven me, but if you haven't I understand. I will try to put out some more as soon as I can. And thank you so much to everyone who reviewed, you have no clue how much I appreciate it.