Bringer of Futures
Chapter 9: Welcome home my man... and woman!
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Hannah rushed into the boys dorm 30 minutes later finally figuring out where Shelby had rushed off to. She ran into Alice, Jess, and Walt on the way and had to send them off because of the storm.
Her eyes widened as she saw the two teens SLEEPING on one bed. She was just about to wake them up when Scott mumbled something in his sleep that made Hannah's heart sink.
"Shelby... thank you Shelby for understanding" He said. Slowly Hannah backed away. She ran back into the boys dorm and grabbed Ezra by the arm.
"Hey!" Ezra exclaimed, confused.
"Grumble Grumble Grumble! Come here Ez." She said and Ezra walked over to her. "I need you to go into the dorms to get Scott for me. He's with Shelby... just wake them up and tell them they need to get in here with their stuff for the night. If I had to wake them up they'd be really embarrassed. So just get them please... and be careful!" Hannah yelled at Ezra as he was running out the door, fast to beat the rain.
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Peter woke up suddenly really cold but sweating profusely. He, at first, had no idea where he was until a nurse came into the room. Then his muscles relaxed and he fell back onto the bed.
"What's going on?" He asked. The nurse walked over to him.
"We had to give you some mild sedatives so we could help with the pain after surgery. Don't worry you shouldn't become dependant on them. You were just a little forceful and we had to sedate you." She said. Peter rolled his eyes.
"Great! More drugs" He said. "Wait! What surgery?!" He asked confused.
"You needed a transplant.. a liver, I think, and your friend uhh..." The nurse looked through her papers. "Sophie Becker was the one to give you the liver." She said. Peters eyes widened.
"Where is Sophie!?" He asked, frantic.
"Right here, Mountain man." Sophie said in her wheelchair, rolling in Peters room. Peter let out a big sigh and smiled.
"Oh, and by tomorrow you both should be ready to go home." The nurse said walking out leaving Sophie and Peter smiling at each other.
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"Wake up call for the two love birds!!" Ezra yelled into the boys' dorm. Shelby was the first one to jerk awake, Scott soon followed. Shelby glared at Ezra.
"Get the hell out, Freakin!!" She yelled.
"Hello! I just saved you guys' butts! Hannah was about to come in and bust you two big time!!" He lied. Scott's eyes widened.
"Oh, and she's about to come in." Ezra said, getting kicks out of watching Scott jump off the bed and put on his shirt over his wife beater. Shelby put on a hoodie and they both walked out the door and into the lodge after getting their stuff. Ezra was laughing inside the whole way there.
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Isaac stood up quickly as he saw his father step into the room.
"Isaac! Get over here now!" He yelled, drunk.
The 16 year old boy jumped up, wishing he wouldn't have agreed to go home, after almost ODing at Horizon. Oh how he wished more as his father smacked him in the face. Isaac cried out. He protested and screamed to get away but no avail. He was still beaten for nothing... his mother and brother standing watching it all through horrified eyes.
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Peter stood up for the first time in what seemed like an eternity. He was going home today. Home.. he hadn't been there for a month now. It was the place he wanted to be at most.. yet at the same time dreaded going. He missed Horizon and the troubled kids that went there. But he also dreaded seeing their disappointed faces after they learned of his relapse. After all, he was supposed to lead by example and if that were true at the moment, all the kids at Horizon would be dead right now. But still he was just happy to have Sophie back in his arms. Happy to have the one person he loved more then his own self accept him into her heart again.
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Shelby layed in Scotts arms in the woods. It was early in the morning and their hair was wet and messed with leaves. Scott leaned up and Shelby followed. He pulled up her chin with his fingers and smiled into her beautiful face.
"Your beautiful" He simply stated. Shelby smiled and let a single happy tear fall down her cheek. Scott wiped it away with his thumb. (No, YOUR beautiful, Hayden! Sorry, yet again)
"Thank you..." She replied. Slowly after her remark she started crying. She was so happy to have Scott. She had missed him in that brief time they were apart. "Oh, crap!!" She yelled as she suddenly remembered something. Scott jerked up and looked around cautiously.
"Where! What!!?" He yelled. Shelby laughed at his paranoia.
"Its just.... I forgot about someone. He was really good to me in my dream thingy. You know we are going to have to come up with a name for that." She said smiling.
"Who are you talking about?" Scott asked. Shelby smiled.
"The kid I went through my journey with... Cole."
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Cole stood up after only getting 2 hours of sleep the night before.
"Oh, shit that hurts!" He exclaimed, rubbing the newly forming bruises on his back. "The old man really got be that time." He said, cynically. He reluctantly got up and dressed in his usual baggy, black clothes. He got a System of a Down shirt and put it on and his black baggy pants. Cole grabbed his book bag and half finished homework and snuck out the door, hoping with all his might that he wouldn't wake Steve, his father.
Arriving at the bus stop he crouched down and started working more on his homework. His friend Kate came up behind him and patted his back. Cole jumped in pain and because he was startled.
"Oh, hey, Kate." He said seeing who it was.
"Oh, sorry.. Soccer practice again?" She said pointing to Cole's back where his shirt came up and revealed his bruises.
"Uh.. yeah.. soccer practice" Cole said. Kate rolled her eyes.
"Sure.. you know, you need to come up with better excuses. I'm starting not to believe you." She said. Cole frowned.
"You know?" He asked. Kate nodded, sympathetically.
"Oh." Cole said. Just then Cole's brother Isaac came up behind them. "Sorry Iz I forgot to wake you up." Cole said using the name he used for his brother. Isaac just nodded. He was rubbing the side of his face where it was turning red.
Isaac was Cole's adopted brother. Isaac Wilton and Cole Taylor. They were virtually inseparable. They were in the same grade and the same age and they even had most of the same classes. Isaac had left earlier because of his behavior and went to a school called Horizon. He only came back because of Cole who was left at home with their father who came in drunk and beat them every night.
All 3 of the teens heard the bus pull up and they got in, getting ready for another fun filled day of 8th grade.
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"Hey, welcome home my man... and woman!" Auggie yelled at Peter and Sophie who were walking up. Sophie laughed at Auggie. The Cliffhangers were gathered around the bear statue. Auggie was smiling along with Jules, Ezra was confused, David was... David, Daisy was emotionless, and Scott and Shelby were... mad. Shelby mostly because of what Peter did, however she was happy to have him back.
"What were you thinking!??" Shelby asked, loud enough for the whole school to hear. Peter closed his eyes and frowned.
"Uh... well.. I need some time, Shel.. to think about things. Things just weren't going well for me at all." He said and walked off. Shelby sat down on a stump and her head collapsed into her hands.
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"Okay, now you two need to tell us what is going on!" Mr. Whilsburg said to the two boys sitting across from him.
"I- I we cant." Isaac said. Cole frowned.
"Yeah... we can." Cole said. Isaac looked at his brother in amazement.
"What happened." Mr. Whilsburg the school doctor asked the shirtless boy. Cole sighed pointing to Isaac's face.
"My father beats him." He then rubbed his back "He beats us." He fixed. Mr. W. frowned and looked back up at the boys.
"I'll have to call CPS." He said. Cole's eyes shot up at the man.
"NO!! YOU CANT! He'll kill us or our mother or something." Cole screamed. Isaac winced at the thought of loosing another mother. "I'll scream if you pick up that phone. Ill scream until my tonsils blow out." Cole threatened. It didn't seem to phase the doctor any more then it phased Isaac.
"I'm sorry boys." He said. Cole jumped up, grabbed his brothers arm and drug him out of the door. They both sprinted down the hall just as the bell rang. Everyone poured out into the halls of the middle school. Kate noticed her friends running down the hall... Cole for one without a shirt on.
"Iz... COLE! Where are you going!?" She screamed after them.
"Away!" She heard Cole cry back. Just then Mr. Whilsburg and 2 of the resources officers jumped and swerved the many teens in the 8th grade hall trying to catch the two boys as they sprinted to freedom...
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A/n: PLEASE REVIEW! Please?! And please read HGMonkey017's story's NEWCOMER and Recurrent Past. They are REALY goooooood! Also read Funkee Monkee's story too!!! One of hers is Secrets and Don't Take it all Away. The Kristin story's.
Chapter 9: Welcome home my man... and woman!
*****
Hannah rushed into the boys dorm 30 minutes later finally figuring out where Shelby had rushed off to. She ran into Alice, Jess, and Walt on the way and had to send them off because of the storm.
Her eyes widened as she saw the two teens SLEEPING on one bed. She was just about to wake them up when Scott mumbled something in his sleep that made Hannah's heart sink.
"Shelby... thank you Shelby for understanding" He said. Slowly Hannah backed away. She ran back into the boys dorm and grabbed Ezra by the arm.
"Hey!" Ezra exclaimed, confused.
"Grumble Grumble Grumble! Come here Ez." She said and Ezra walked over to her. "I need you to go into the dorms to get Scott for me. He's with Shelby... just wake them up and tell them they need to get in here with their stuff for the night. If I had to wake them up they'd be really embarrassed. So just get them please... and be careful!" Hannah yelled at Ezra as he was running out the door, fast to beat the rain.
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Peter woke up suddenly really cold but sweating profusely. He, at first, had no idea where he was until a nurse came into the room. Then his muscles relaxed and he fell back onto the bed.
"What's going on?" He asked. The nurse walked over to him.
"We had to give you some mild sedatives so we could help with the pain after surgery. Don't worry you shouldn't become dependant on them. You were just a little forceful and we had to sedate you." She said. Peter rolled his eyes.
"Great! More drugs" He said. "Wait! What surgery?!" He asked confused.
"You needed a transplant.. a liver, I think, and your friend uhh..." The nurse looked through her papers. "Sophie Becker was the one to give you the liver." She said. Peters eyes widened.
"Where is Sophie!?" He asked, frantic.
"Right here, Mountain man." Sophie said in her wheelchair, rolling in Peters room. Peter let out a big sigh and smiled.
"Oh, and by tomorrow you both should be ready to go home." The nurse said walking out leaving Sophie and Peter smiling at each other.
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"Wake up call for the two love birds!!" Ezra yelled into the boys' dorm. Shelby was the first one to jerk awake, Scott soon followed. Shelby glared at Ezra.
"Get the hell out, Freakin!!" She yelled.
"Hello! I just saved you guys' butts! Hannah was about to come in and bust you two big time!!" He lied. Scott's eyes widened.
"Oh, and she's about to come in." Ezra said, getting kicks out of watching Scott jump off the bed and put on his shirt over his wife beater. Shelby put on a hoodie and they both walked out the door and into the lodge after getting their stuff. Ezra was laughing inside the whole way there.
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Isaac stood up quickly as he saw his father step into the room.
"Isaac! Get over here now!" He yelled, drunk.
The 16 year old boy jumped up, wishing he wouldn't have agreed to go home, after almost ODing at Horizon. Oh how he wished more as his father smacked him in the face. Isaac cried out. He protested and screamed to get away but no avail. He was still beaten for nothing... his mother and brother standing watching it all through horrified eyes.
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Peter stood up for the first time in what seemed like an eternity. He was going home today. Home.. he hadn't been there for a month now. It was the place he wanted to be at most.. yet at the same time dreaded going. He missed Horizon and the troubled kids that went there. But he also dreaded seeing their disappointed faces after they learned of his relapse. After all, he was supposed to lead by example and if that were true at the moment, all the kids at Horizon would be dead right now. But still he was just happy to have Sophie back in his arms. Happy to have the one person he loved more then his own self accept him into her heart again.
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Shelby layed in Scotts arms in the woods. It was early in the morning and their hair was wet and messed with leaves. Scott leaned up and Shelby followed. He pulled up her chin with his fingers and smiled into her beautiful face.
"Your beautiful" He simply stated. Shelby smiled and let a single happy tear fall down her cheek. Scott wiped it away with his thumb. (No, YOUR beautiful, Hayden! Sorry, yet again)
"Thank you..." She replied. Slowly after her remark she started crying. She was so happy to have Scott. She had missed him in that brief time they were apart. "Oh, crap!!" She yelled as she suddenly remembered something. Scott jerked up and looked around cautiously.
"Where! What!!?" He yelled. Shelby laughed at his paranoia.
"Its just.... I forgot about someone. He was really good to me in my dream thingy. You know we are going to have to come up with a name for that." She said smiling.
"Who are you talking about?" Scott asked. Shelby smiled.
"The kid I went through my journey with... Cole."
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Cole stood up after only getting 2 hours of sleep the night before.
"Oh, shit that hurts!" He exclaimed, rubbing the newly forming bruises on his back. "The old man really got be that time." He said, cynically. He reluctantly got up and dressed in his usual baggy, black clothes. He got a System of a Down shirt and put it on and his black baggy pants. Cole grabbed his book bag and half finished homework and snuck out the door, hoping with all his might that he wouldn't wake Steve, his father.
Arriving at the bus stop he crouched down and started working more on his homework. His friend Kate came up behind him and patted his back. Cole jumped in pain and because he was startled.
"Oh, hey, Kate." He said seeing who it was.
"Oh, sorry.. Soccer practice again?" She said pointing to Cole's back where his shirt came up and revealed his bruises.
"Uh.. yeah.. soccer practice" Cole said. Kate rolled her eyes.
"Sure.. you know, you need to come up with better excuses. I'm starting not to believe you." She said. Cole frowned.
"You know?" He asked. Kate nodded, sympathetically.
"Oh." Cole said. Just then Cole's brother Isaac came up behind them. "Sorry Iz I forgot to wake you up." Cole said using the name he used for his brother. Isaac just nodded. He was rubbing the side of his face where it was turning red.
Isaac was Cole's adopted brother. Isaac Wilton and Cole Taylor. They were virtually inseparable. They were in the same grade and the same age and they even had most of the same classes. Isaac had left earlier because of his behavior and went to a school called Horizon. He only came back because of Cole who was left at home with their father who came in drunk and beat them every night.
All 3 of the teens heard the bus pull up and they got in, getting ready for another fun filled day of 8th grade.
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"Hey, welcome home my man... and woman!" Auggie yelled at Peter and Sophie who were walking up. Sophie laughed at Auggie. The Cliffhangers were gathered around the bear statue. Auggie was smiling along with Jules, Ezra was confused, David was... David, Daisy was emotionless, and Scott and Shelby were... mad. Shelby mostly because of what Peter did, however she was happy to have him back.
"What were you thinking!??" Shelby asked, loud enough for the whole school to hear. Peter closed his eyes and frowned.
"Uh... well.. I need some time, Shel.. to think about things. Things just weren't going well for me at all." He said and walked off. Shelby sat down on a stump and her head collapsed into her hands.
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"Okay, now you two need to tell us what is going on!" Mr. Whilsburg said to the two boys sitting across from him.
"I- I we cant." Isaac said. Cole frowned.
"Yeah... we can." Cole said. Isaac looked at his brother in amazement.
"What happened." Mr. Whilsburg the school doctor asked the shirtless boy. Cole sighed pointing to Isaac's face.
"My father beats him." He then rubbed his back "He beats us." He fixed. Mr. W. frowned and looked back up at the boys.
"I'll have to call CPS." He said. Cole's eyes shot up at the man.
"NO!! YOU CANT! He'll kill us or our mother or something." Cole screamed. Isaac winced at the thought of loosing another mother. "I'll scream if you pick up that phone. Ill scream until my tonsils blow out." Cole threatened. It didn't seem to phase the doctor any more then it phased Isaac.
"I'm sorry boys." He said. Cole jumped up, grabbed his brothers arm and drug him out of the door. They both sprinted down the hall just as the bell rang. Everyone poured out into the halls of the middle school. Kate noticed her friends running down the hall... Cole for one without a shirt on.
"Iz... COLE! Where are you going!?" She screamed after them.
"Away!" She heard Cole cry back. Just then Mr. Whilsburg and 2 of the resources officers jumped and swerved the many teens in the 8th grade hall trying to catch the two boys as they sprinted to freedom...
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A/n: PLEASE REVIEW! Please?! And please read HGMonkey017's story's NEWCOMER and Recurrent Past. They are REALY goooooood! Also read Funkee Monkee's story too!!! One of hers is Secrets and Don't Take it all Away. The Kristin story's.