Bringer of Futures
Chapter 13: Together and Gone
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"I dont get you guys!" Peter yelled into the two teens faces. "Both of you have hardly been here a month and look what happens!!" Cole and Katie sighed. They didnt care one bit.
"Look.. since you two cant get along I have no choice but to...
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Shelby looked up into the sky. 'Where was he? He's never late' She thought, waiting for Scott to arrive. The meeting was planned for midnight.. it was 10 minutes after.
"Hey, Shell." Shelby heard the familiar voice from behind.
"Hey, cowboy. Why were you late. Its not like you" Shelby said.
"Eh.. well.. we were sorta.. I mean- uh.. oh I cant keep this a secret." Scott started. Shelby raised her eyebrows. "Were kind of.. planning a party for you." Scott said smiling. "But I wont tell you anymore. It was supposed to be surprise"
"Why would you do that?" Shelby asked, forgeting seemingly the most important date in her life.
"Well.. you dont know?" Scott asked. Shelby shrugged. "Your birthday.."Scott said, trailing off. Shelby chuckled.
"Oh yeah. Why celebrate it? " She said feeling sorry for ever living.
"Because- you know why. If it werent for that day, I wouldn't have you.. and then I wouldn't know what I'm missing. And what I would be missing would be the best thing in my life!" Scott said stumbling over every word in nervosness. Shelby smiled.
"Thank you, Scott." She said and walked off leaving Scott stunned.
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"Awww... come on. Dont you want to make McGarmies life miserable?!" Staci yelled, no pleaded at Kristin. Kristin smirked and was about to say something when the loud speaker came on.
"Staci Roberts of the Cliffhangers to my office now" Peter said over the loud speaker "Phone call"
Staci looked up at the loud speaker with fear in her eyes. She rememberd that her parents said that they would never be put in jail and that when that was confermed they'd call her.. she had no other relatives to call her.. so... that had to be them.
She walked down the cold path to Peters office slowly. 'Get it together, Staci! This doesnt scare you' She yelled at herself inside. She quickened up her pace and made it to Peters office in time to hear him yell.
"You are insane if you think she's going home with you!!!" he yelled into the phone. Staci stood, woozy for a minute when all of a sudden it got to be too much to handle and she fainted....
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"This is all your fault.. you know that dont you guys? You really shouldn't have been fighting.." Peter said looking straight into Katie and Cole's eyes. They just gave him cold glares. "I swear! I will never get past those walls of yours!" He exclaimed, trying to break their cold exterior. They didn't blink.
"Lets just get going, okay?!" Katie spat out. Peter rolled his eyes and grabbed a back pack and tossed it at Katie. She caught it.
"Then get going. Sophie will be trailing you.. so dont try running. It wouldn't be worth it anyway." Peter said. Cole smirked and picked up his backpack as Sophie blindfolded them and led them to the truck.
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"Why did you walk off?" Scott asked, facing Shelby a while later.
"I- I just cant handle it all, Scott. I mean.. its all different then it used to be. NOTHING is going the way it should be going.. I dont know. Maybe that was a- I cant even explain it! Its so frustrating!" Shelby said slumping into a chair and sitting on her hands to keep from pulling out her hair in frustration.
"I know, Shell.. but maybe its for the best. You know you really cant change everything. Ive heard that everything has an effect. If you changed one little thing it might end up having a really bad effect. Maybe Sadam Hussein would be president or something. Just take things as it is and forget about the past. You life would be so much better." Scott explained.
"I'd like to forget about the past" Shelby said. "I want to forget about Wal-" She started but caught her tounge. She had to remember that in this reality, Scott knew nothing about her past.. and she wanted to keep it that way as long as she possibly could.
"What about Walt?" Scott asked, suspicously. Shelby sighed. It was time for him to know.
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"Are you SURE this is edible?" Cole asked Sophie, staring at the berry in disbelief.
"Yes it is. You really should just listen to me. I know exactly what everything is." Sophie said. Cole shrugged and picked the berry out of her hand. As he was munching on the snack he saw Katie staring at something smirking. It was a mushroom.
'Eh.. SHROOMS! Yes. Just wait for her to leave and I'll be floating high in the sky with Barney and Baby Bop!' Katie thought. She saw Cole starting at her and she glared at him. There was no way she was sharing.
"Ah... a little bit of advise?" Sophie said. Katie took her eyes off the shrooms. "Those.. are not Narcoshrooms. Infact they are so poisonus that one lick could kill you. I would NOT touch them if I were you. And yes there are some around but they all look the same. Do you really want to take the chance?"
Cole started lauging and Katie glared at them both.
"Shut up you freak!!" She yelled.
"Now.. Katie. Dont say that" Sophie said. Katie sat down to cool off. "Well, I'm leaving you.. sorta.. I'll be shadowing you so you wont be able to run off or get hurt. Oh, and I almost forgot." Sophie said and bent down and tied Cole and Katies hands together.
"What the-?" Cole said, confused.
"Come back still tied together and you wont get 2 weeks worth of shuns together." She simply explained and walked off back to her truck.
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"Is she going to be okay?" Jeff asked looking down at Staci in the infermery.
"I think so. She should be fine and dandy. She did kinda hit her head on the ground pretty hard but not enough to hurt her. A little headache maybe." Peter explained.
"Why did she faint?" Jeff asked almost tripping on the cord to the air conditioner.
"Well.. I was talking to her mother on the phone and they said no one was pressing charges or anything.. you know for the abuse. There is some legal thing making it to where if Staci's in here we have the rights to her and if she is with her parents they have the rights to her. Her mom is taking her out so she cant testify.. its sad. I'll fight for her but I dont think I have a say over the parents." Peter said rubbing the bridge of his nose. "I just dont understand why parents are like this to their kids"
" Shes taking me out of here?!" Staci said waking up and hearing the whole conversation. Peter had a look on his face like 'oops'.
"Were not sure yet, Staci. Just go back to sleep.. you need your rest after that fall." Jeff said taking the words right out of Peters mouth.
"Yeah this coming from Clumsy man..." Staci said scoffing. She layed her head back down and went to sleep.
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"MY FAULT! This is YOUR fault!!!!" Katie yelled at Cole. He scoffed.
"Yeah right! You shouldnt have jumped on my back and tryed to attack me!" He argued.
"Oh.. well you shouldn't have called me a skank! You dont know anything!" Katie screamed.
Behind the bushes Sophie was listening with caution. 'We have another Shelby on our hands...' She thought and sighed. She decided she should let them battle it out if it was going to stay verbal.
"Just shut up! I dont want to get into more trouble. If I have to stay.. TIED to you forever lets just not talk to each other!" Cole said looking at the twine tying them together evily. Katie chuckled. "What?" Cole asked, annoyed.
"You just look... really cute when you are mad" She said. Cole glared at her but then it turned to a smile.
"Oh really?" Cole said sitting down and taking Katie down with him. They sat down beside each other and started talking... well.. nicely. Sophie smiled and walked back to her hidden tent and waited for them to go to bed.
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Shelby plopped down on her bed and sighed.
*Flashback*
"What about Walt?" Scott asked. Shelby opened her mouth to say something but shut it again. She thought for a moment and then opened her mouth again.
"I'll tell you later. Around.. midnight?" She said. Scott nodded
*End Flashback*
It was 11: 30pm and she had just gotten finished quietly getting ready for their meet.
30 minutes later Shelby sighed and stepped out into the cold night. She made her way close to the docks and saw Scott standing there jittery. He was clanking his toes together and rocking side to side.
"What if he reacts differently?" Shelby mummbled to herself. Scott must have heard her because he jerked around startled.
"Oh, its you Shelby" He said.
"Sorry if I scared you. How long have you been out here?" She asked. He shrugged.
"15, 20 minutes? I dont know. I didn't want to be late." He said. "What were you going to say?"
"First I wanted to ask: Do you hate your stepmother?" Shelby aksed. Scotts eyes glowed with fury.
"SKANK! Yes, I hate her!" Scott said balling up his fist and punching his palm.
"To make this easier on me I am just gonna say that I hate Walt for the same reason." Shelby said. Scott looked shocked.
"You know?" He asked. Shelby nodded. "You dont have to be ashamed I understand perfectly" He said. Shelby sighed.
"Theres more" She said. "This is the harder part. After all of what Walt did I had to get away you know.. so I ran. I ranaway from home alot and lived on the streets. One time I wasnt caught for around a year where I had to survive on my own. I met this girl.. my best friend.. her name was Patty and she told me of this buisness.. prostitution.. I mean I had to survive!" She yelled.
"Its ok... you know. Im fine with it. Unless you still wanna be doing it?" He said hoping the answer was no. Shelby shook her head no. "Good" He said and hugged her. They stayed like that until they fell asleep.
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"Hey" Isaac said walking into the girls dorms slowly. Staci turned around.
"Your not supposed to be in here" She said, angrily.
"Well.. no one has to find out. You and me are the only ones in here" he said, smiling.
"Dont you have a girlfriend to be tending to?" Staci asked. Isaac shrugged.
"She wasn't what I thought she was" He said. Staci nodded.
"Let me guess. She was Jason McGarmies girlfriend and just wanted to make him jealous?" Staci said and Isaac looked at her stunned.
"Yeah. Where are you going?" He asked watching her pack her bags.
"Home.. if you can call it that. My so called parents are supposed to be here soon to take me." She said on the verge of tears.
"Sounds like you dont want to go" Isaac said.
"No I dont. Peters fighting it.. he is you know.. trying his hardest but I dont think it will work." She said wiping away her tears and packing faster.
"Dont loose hope" Isaac said, smiling. Staci turned around just in time for Isaac to pull her into a deep, intense kiss. They pulled apart, gently at the same time.
"What was that for?" She asked chuckling a little bit and averting her eyes from his gaze. Isaac grabbed her chin, gently with his thumb and forefinger and pulled her eyes to meet his.
Their eyes locked for a moment and out of nowhere Isaac got a burst of courage.
"Will you go out with me?" He asked closing his eyes ready for the rejection. Staci smiled at him.
"I thought you'd never ask" Staci said and pulled him into a kiss that lasted for a while.
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AN: SOOOOOO Did you like it? I got on a roll there at the end dont ya think? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! I would appreciate it SOOOOO much
Chapter 13: Together and Gone
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"I dont get you guys!" Peter yelled into the two teens faces. "Both of you have hardly been here a month and look what happens!!" Cole and Katie sighed. They didnt care one bit.
"Look.. since you two cant get along I have no choice but to...
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Shelby looked up into the sky. 'Where was he? He's never late' She thought, waiting for Scott to arrive. The meeting was planned for midnight.. it was 10 minutes after.
"Hey, Shell." Shelby heard the familiar voice from behind.
"Hey, cowboy. Why were you late. Its not like you" Shelby said.
"Eh.. well.. we were sorta.. I mean- uh.. oh I cant keep this a secret." Scott started. Shelby raised her eyebrows. "Were kind of.. planning a party for you." Scott said smiling. "But I wont tell you anymore. It was supposed to be surprise"
"Why would you do that?" Shelby asked, forgeting seemingly the most important date in her life.
"Well.. you dont know?" Scott asked. Shelby shrugged. "Your birthday.."Scott said, trailing off. Shelby chuckled.
"Oh yeah. Why celebrate it? " She said feeling sorry for ever living.
"Because- you know why. If it werent for that day, I wouldn't have you.. and then I wouldn't know what I'm missing. And what I would be missing would be the best thing in my life!" Scott said stumbling over every word in nervosness. Shelby smiled.
"Thank you, Scott." She said and walked off leaving Scott stunned.
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"Awww... come on. Dont you want to make McGarmies life miserable?!" Staci yelled, no pleaded at Kristin. Kristin smirked and was about to say something when the loud speaker came on.
"Staci Roberts of the Cliffhangers to my office now" Peter said over the loud speaker "Phone call"
Staci looked up at the loud speaker with fear in her eyes. She rememberd that her parents said that they would never be put in jail and that when that was confermed they'd call her.. she had no other relatives to call her.. so... that had to be them.
She walked down the cold path to Peters office slowly. 'Get it together, Staci! This doesnt scare you' She yelled at herself inside. She quickened up her pace and made it to Peters office in time to hear him yell.
"You are insane if you think she's going home with you!!!" he yelled into the phone. Staci stood, woozy for a minute when all of a sudden it got to be too much to handle and she fainted....
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"This is all your fault.. you know that dont you guys? You really shouldn't have been fighting.." Peter said looking straight into Katie and Cole's eyes. They just gave him cold glares. "I swear! I will never get past those walls of yours!" He exclaimed, trying to break their cold exterior. They didn't blink.
"Lets just get going, okay?!" Katie spat out. Peter rolled his eyes and grabbed a back pack and tossed it at Katie. She caught it.
"Then get going. Sophie will be trailing you.. so dont try running. It wouldn't be worth it anyway." Peter said. Cole smirked and picked up his backpack as Sophie blindfolded them and led them to the truck.
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"Why did you walk off?" Scott asked, facing Shelby a while later.
"I- I just cant handle it all, Scott. I mean.. its all different then it used to be. NOTHING is going the way it should be going.. I dont know. Maybe that was a- I cant even explain it! Its so frustrating!" Shelby said slumping into a chair and sitting on her hands to keep from pulling out her hair in frustration.
"I know, Shell.. but maybe its for the best. You know you really cant change everything. Ive heard that everything has an effect. If you changed one little thing it might end up having a really bad effect. Maybe Sadam Hussein would be president or something. Just take things as it is and forget about the past. You life would be so much better." Scott explained.
"I'd like to forget about the past" Shelby said. "I want to forget about Wal-" She started but caught her tounge. She had to remember that in this reality, Scott knew nothing about her past.. and she wanted to keep it that way as long as she possibly could.
"What about Walt?" Scott asked, suspicously. Shelby sighed. It was time for him to know.
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"Are you SURE this is edible?" Cole asked Sophie, staring at the berry in disbelief.
"Yes it is. You really should just listen to me. I know exactly what everything is." Sophie said. Cole shrugged and picked the berry out of her hand. As he was munching on the snack he saw Katie staring at something smirking. It was a mushroom.
'Eh.. SHROOMS! Yes. Just wait for her to leave and I'll be floating high in the sky with Barney and Baby Bop!' Katie thought. She saw Cole starting at her and she glared at him. There was no way she was sharing.
"Ah... a little bit of advise?" Sophie said. Katie took her eyes off the shrooms. "Those.. are not Narcoshrooms. Infact they are so poisonus that one lick could kill you. I would NOT touch them if I were you. And yes there are some around but they all look the same. Do you really want to take the chance?"
Cole started lauging and Katie glared at them both.
"Shut up you freak!!" She yelled.
"Now.. Katie. Dont say that" Sophie said. Katie sat down to cool off. "Well, I'm leaving you.. sorta.. I'll be shadowing you so you wont be able to run off or get hurt. Oh, and I almost forgot." Sophie said and bent down and tied Cole and Katies hands together.
"What the-?" Cole said, confused.
"Come back still tied together and you wont get 2 weeks worth of shuns together." She simply explained and walked off back to her truck.
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"Is she going to be okay?" Jeff asked looking down at Staci in the infermery.
"I think so. She should be fine and dandy. She did kinda hit her head on the ground pretty hard but not enough to hurt her. A little headache maybe." Peter explained.
"Why did she faint?" Jeff asked almost tripping on the cord to the air conditioner.
"Well.. I was talking to her mother on the phone and they said no one was pressing charges or anything.. you know for the abuse. There is some legal thing making it to where if Staci's in here we have the rights to her and if she is with her parents they have the rights to her. Her mom is taking her out so she cant testify.. its sad. I'll fight for her but I dont think I have a say over the parents." Peter said rubbing the bridge of his nose. "I just dont understand why parents are like this to their kids"
" Shes taking me out of here?!" Staci said waking up and hearing the whole conversation. Peter had a look on his face like 'oops'.
"Were not sure yet, Staci. Just go back to sleep.. you need your rest after that fall." Jeff said taking the words right out of Peters mouth.
"Yeah this coming from Clumsy man..." Staci said scoffing. She layed her head back down and went to sleep.
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"MY FAULT! This is YOUR fault!!!!" Katie yelled at Cole. He scoffed.
"Yeah right! You shouldnt have jumped on my back and tryed to attack me!" He argued.
"Oh.. well you shouldn't have called me a skank! You dont know anything!" Katie screamed.
Behind the bushes Sophie was listening with caution. 'We have another Shelby on our hands...' She thought and sighed. She decided she should let them battle it out if it was going to stay verbal.
"Just shut up! I dont want to get into more trouble. If I have to stay.. TIED to you forever lets just not talk to each other!" Cole said looking at the twine tying them together evily. Katie chuckled. "What?" Cole asked, annoyed.
"You just look... really cute when you are mad" She said. Cole glared at her but then it turned to a smile.
"Oh really?" Cole said sitting down and taking Katie down with him. They sat down beside each other and started talking... well.. nicely. Sophie smiled and walked back to her hidden tent and waited for them to go to bed.
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Shelby plopped down on her bed and sighed.
*Flashback*
"What about Walt?" Scott asked. Shelby opened her mouth to say something but shut it again. She thought for a moment and then opened her mouth again.
"I'll tell you later. Around.. midnight?" She said. Scott nodded
*End Flashback*
It was 11: 30pm and she had just gotten finished quietly getting ready for their meet.
30 minutes later Shelby sighed and stepped out into the cold night. She made her way close to the docks and saw Scott standing there jittery. He was clanking his toes together and rocking side to side.
"What if he reacts differently?" Shelby mummbled to herself. Scott must have heard her because he jerked around startled.
"Oh, its you Shelby" He said.
"Sorry if I scared you. How long have you been out here?" She asked. He shrugged.
"15, 20 minutes? I dont know. I didn't want to be late." He said. "What were you going to say?"
"First I wanted to ask: Do you hate your stepmother?" Shelby aksed. Scotts eyes glowed with fury.
"SKANK! Yes, I hate her!" Scott said balling up his fist and punching his palm.
"To make this easier on me I am just gonna say that I hate Walt for the same reason." Shelby said. Scott looked shocked.
"You know?" He asked. Shelby nodded. "You dont have to be ashamed I understand perfectly" He said. Shelby sighed.
"Theres more" She said. "This is the harder part. After all of what Walt did I had to get away you know.. so I ran. I ranaway from home alot and lived on the streets. One time I wasnt caught for around a year where I had to survive on my own. I met this girl.. my best friend.. her name was Patty and she told me of this buisness.. prostitution.. I mean I had to survive!" She yelled.
"Its ok... you know. Im fine with it. Unless you still wanna be doing it?" He said hoping the answer was no. Shelby shook her head no. "Good" He said and hugged her. They stayed like that until they fell asleep.
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"Hey" Isaac said walking into the girls dorms slowly. Staci turned around.
"Your not supposed to be in here" She said, angrily.
"Well.. no one has to find out. You and me are the only ones in here" he said, smiling.
"Dont you have a girlfriend to be tending to?" Staci asked. Isaac shrugged.
"She wasn't what I thought she was" He said. Staci nodded.
"Let me guess. She was Jason McGarmies girlfriend and just wanted to make him jealous?" Staci said and Isaac looked at her stunned.
"Yeah. Where are you going?" He asked watching her pack her bags.
"Home.. if you can call it that. My so called parents are supposed to be here soon to take me." She said on the verge of tears.
"Sounds like you dont want to go" Isaac said.
"No I dont. Peters fighting it.. he is you know.. trying his hardest but I dont think it will work." She said wiping away her tears and packing faster.
"Dont loose hope" Isaac said, smiling. Staci turned around just in time for Isaac to pull her into a deep, intense kiss. They pulled apart, gently at the same time.
"What was that for?" She asked chuckling a little bit and averting her eyes from his gaze. Isaac grabbed her chin, gently with his thumb and forefinger and pulled her eyes to meet his.
Their eyes locked for a moment and out of nowhere Isaac got a burst of courage.
"Will you go out with me?" He asked closing his eyes ready for the rejection. Staci smiled at him.
"I thought you'd never ask" Staci said and pulled him into a kiss that lasted for a while.
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AN: SOOOOOO Did you like it? I got on a roll there at the end dont ya think? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! I would appreciate it SOOOOO much