Sophie couldn't believe her eyes; the room was perfect. She couldn't believe Peter had done this alone.

"Are you surprised?" Peter asked her, stepping into the room.

"Yes, I can't put my feelings into words," she told him.

"You know that isn't an acceptable response," Peter said acting if she were a student.

"Sometimes you are too much mountain-man," she replied with a smile. "Really though, how long did this take you?"

"Not long at all, I had some help," he answered.

"The kids, I knew you were going to do something, but I never would have suspected this," Sophie said. She let her eyes travel around the room again trying to soak up everything at once. "This is the best gift anyone could have given me."

"Yes well, I am the best husband," Peter said.

"I know how much you enjoy talking about yourself, but our daughters are waiting," Sophie stated.

"And they must not wait another moment," he told her.

The short car ride seemed to take forever, but they soon reached the building where Leah and Ivy were waiting.

Inside Mrs. Johnson had everything ready. There were of course a few extra signatures needed, but after that, the girls were theirs. Sophie was trilled to put on her daughters coats for the first time. Leah let Sophie slip the pale blue coat over her shoulders with nothing but a smile on her face. Ivy wasn't so sure about these new people, and soon after the coat was on, she started to cry. Sophie picked Ivy up to comfort the child, and Ivy's tears stopped after a few moments.

The whole Scarbrow family left together; Leah and Ivy were going home for the first time.

~~~~~~ Later at Horizon ~~~~~~

"I can't do this," Ezra told Adrienne as he pulled away from her embrace.

"Why not? It's just sex," she questioned.

"Because you are all over every guy here, and I don't want to be a jerk, who sleeps with someone and doesn't want anything to do with that person," he explained. "Do whatever you want, but I hope you realize you're the only guy to ever do this to me," Adrienne informed him.

"Sorry," Ezra said before leaving her alone in the woods.

Adrienne pulled her knees to her chest. "Why is this happening?" she asked herself.

"Because," the voice in her head responded, "you are dirty little whore. Well, minus the little because you're pretty fat."

"Argh, stop it," Adrienne screamed grabbing her face. But the voice wouldn't stop; it was joined by others.

"Stop it, stop it, STOP IT," Adrienne shouts rang through the campus.

Will and another counselor, who had been refereeing a soccer game came running towards the sounds. What they saw surprised them. Adrienne was sitting alone on the ground rocking back and forth.

"Are you all right?" Will asked.

"I'm fine," she replied coolly.

"So it wasn't you who was yelling?" he questioned.

"No, it was me, but I practicing for a play I'm writing," Adrienne said.

"So you're a playwright and a dramatist," Will said.

"Yes, now I must get back to my work. I'll try to keep to a dull roar as not to call attention to myself again," Adrienne replied.

"You do that," the other counselor, who until this point had been silent, voiced.

They left leaving Adrienne alone; just as she wanted to be, or at least how she thought she wanted to be.

~~~~~~ Two Days Later ~~~~~~

"Adrienne why aren't you in class?" Peter asked.

She looked up but didn't answer. Adrienne never wanted to talk to another person again. People betray you every chance they get.

"This place is called a school because learning goes on here," Peter stated, but even he knew his words were falling onto deaf ears. "You and I are going to go into my office and have a little chat."

Adrienne just looked up at him and followed him like someone on her way to the guillotine. Once inside she slipped into a chair as far away from Peter's desk as possible.

"You can sit there if you want," Peter said after the fact. He knew he was going to have to try a different approach with Adrienne because she wasn't letting away over her wall.

"Do you have anything you want to say first?" Peter asked.

Adrienne looked at him for a moment with her deep penetrating eyes, and she finally said a simple, "no."

"I'll start by reminding you that we have rules here," he said.

"I thought there was only the no sex, drugs, or swearing," Adrienne questioned.

"Well, I assumed you understood that attending classes is mandatory," Peter replied.

Adrienne rolled her eyes and sank into her chair.

"Your body language is interesting," he stated.

"How's that?" she asked.

"You are trying to give off the appearance that you don't care, but every now and then I see the real Adrienne poking through the shell," Peter told her.

"Adrienne is dead," she answered.

"Then who am I talking to?" Peter asked.

"I don't know," she replied.

Peter didn't say anything Adrienne seemed to be just like all the other kids until she spoke. Nothing she said was ever disrespectful or untrue. Adrienne Price truly believed she cared about nothing and no one cared about her, and it was his job to prove her wrong.

"I care about you, Adrienne," Peter said breaking the silence.

"What?" she asked.

"You heard me, and I care about you so much that I'm going to personally make sure you are going to each and every class," he told her.

"Wonderful," she said coldly.

"Oh and by the way you have kitchens for two weeks for cutting class," Peter told Adrienne.

"Great, when do I start?" she asked sarcastically.

"You can start after dinner," he said. "Oh, wait I guess you'll have to wait until tomorrow morning. I just remembered you have an appointment at the hospital today at 4 o'clock, and there is no way you'll be back in time."

"How am I supposed to do my homework if I'm at the hospital?" she asked.

"It's a long ride, you will have plenty of time to do it on the way there," Peter explained.

~~ Well this chapter is done. It's been awhile, but I'm back from my trip. It was fun, and I hope to go again next year if I can get my lazy self to get a job, so I can pay for it. I do like putting questions at the end of each because it keeps on topic. So will Adrienne ever come around? Will she stop trying to get with every guy on campus? You shall see next time, whenever that may be. Muhaha.