Bringer of Futures
Chapter 19: Hush Little Children, Don't say a word
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything that you have seen on the Fox Family (now ABC Family) television show Higher Ground. Higher Ground was cancelled off the air in 2000.
**WARNING: This is one of my more graphic chapters. Deals with alot of bad things...**
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Safe? What is safe? Is it a feeling.. is it a place? Whatever it was, the word 'safe' was lost to Shelby Merrick as she lay on her bed crying, watching Walt, the man she had feared for so long, walk out. She still feared him. Her hands shook as she grabbed for her covers and pulled them over her head. 'I'm too old for this.. I should be able to take care of myself!'
The emotions were raging in the young teens head. So many times she had done this.
*Flashback*
The door closes and young 13 year old Shelby Merrick, jumps under her covers and cries.
*End Flashback*
"No one will ever know about this" Shelby muttered to herself and nodded off to sleep.
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"Shelby?" Scott called, sticking his head out the lodge door. 'Where is she?' Scott thought to himself.
He walked down the walkway towards the girls dorm.
"Shelby?" He called in the door to the girls dorm. He started to step in but remembered that no guys were allowed in the girls dorm at anytime. He sighed and walked. "She would have heard that and answered me." He told himself and went to other places to look.
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"Why isn't Shelby here to see us off?" Mrs. Blaine asked Sophie.
"I don't know.. do you want me to go find her?" Sophie asked. Jess looked like she wanted to see her sister again.
"No, that's okay, Ms. Becker. I will just call her to see how she's doing later." Mrs. Blaine replied. "Come on Jess.. Walt" She motioned for her family to come. Walking off, Jess turned around and looked closely to the girls dorm to see someone looking back at her.
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"Where is she!?" Scott yelled, a few people turning their heads to look at him. "What are you people looking' at?" Scott snapped at them, walking off to Peter's office.
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"Yes, Mrs. Wilton!- No.. It was an accident! How could we have stopped it! He ran off! They do that sometimes!" Peter yelled into the phone. "Okay.. okay fine, I'll see you there." Peter slammed down the phone. "I'm SICK and
TIRED of thi-" Peter turned to look at Scott standing in the door, awestruck.
"I can see this is a bad time, but Shell's missing.. I cant find her. Will you give me permission to go look in the girls dorm?"
"Scott.. I'm sure she'll come out when she's ready." Peter said, turning his back to the boy.
"But Peter!"
"SCOTT! Go back to the rest of your group!"
"Fine! I don't know what's wrong with you, man...." Scott said, turning to go out the door.
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"Staci, can I talk to you?" Katie asked.
"I don't want to talk to anyone right now..."
"Why not?" Katie asked.
"Cause I just don't! Damn why can't you all just leave me alone!? I don't want to talk to anyone! Especially you!" Staci yelled and walked off, fuming.
"That's nothing new..." Katie said and walked slowly back to the girls dorm. "Life's just a big bag of sunshine, isn't it!"
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"You called for me?" Staci growled, walking into Peter's office.
"Yeah..." Peter said, pointing to her parents sitting in a chair.
"Why are they here?..." Staci asked backing toward the door.
"We're here to take you back.. you can't just run off and expect us to let you stay here." Staci's dad said.
"Your bags are packed... come on" Her mother said.
"And your letting them do this?!" Staci looked at Peter.
"There's nothing I can do....." Peter said, going back into his cold, depressed mood. "I can't do anything.... ever" He said and walked over to pick up Staci's bags.
"I hate you! I hate you all!" Staci screamed grabbing her bags from Peter and running down to the truck.
*****
Katie turned the knob of the bathroom to make sure it was locked. Why lock it? "If someone finds me lying here, they wont care..." She said, unlocking
the door and cracking it a little. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a pair of scissors that she had been using to cut the banner for the earlier party.
"They don't care," She said and brought the scissors up to her wrists. "And
they never will"
*****
End Chapter 19: Hush Little Children, Don't Say A Word.
Chapter 19: Hush Little Children, Don't say a word
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything that you have seen on the Fox Family (now ABC Family) television show Higher Ground. Higher Ground was cancelled off the air in 2000.
**WARNING: This is one of my more graphic chapters. Deals with alot of bad things...**
*****
Safe? What is safe? Is it a feeling.. is it a place? Whatever it was, the word 'safe' was lost to Shelby Merrick as she lay on her bed crying, watching Walt, the man she had feared for so long, walk out. She still feared him. Her hands shook as she grabbed for her covers and pulled them over her head. 'I'm too old for this.. I should be able to take care of myself!'
The emotions were raging in the young teens head. So many times she had done this.
*Flashback*
The door closes and young 13 year old Shelby Merrick, jumps under her covers and cries.
*End Flashback*
"No one will ever know about this" Shelby muttered to herself and nodded off to sleep.
*****
"Shelby?" Scott called, sticking his head out the lodge door. 'Where is she?' Scott thought to himself.
He walked down the walkway towards the girls dorm.
"Shelby?" He called in the door to the girls dorm. He started to step in but remembered that no guys were allowed in the girls dorm at anytime. He sighed and walked. "She would have heard that and answered me." He told himself and went to other places to look.
*****
"Why isn't Shelby here to see us off?" Mrs. Blaine asked Sophie.
"I don't know.. do you want me to go find her?" Sophie asked. Jess looked like she wanted to see her sister again.
"No, that's okay, Ms. Becker. I will just call her to see how she's doing later." Mrs. Blaine replied. "Come on Jess.. Walt" She motioned for her family to come. Walking off, Jess turned around and looked closely to the girls dorm to see someone looking back at her.
*****
"Where is she!?" Scott yelled, a few people turning their heads to look at him. "What are you people looking' at?" Scott snapped at them, walking off to Peter's office.
*****
"Yes, Mrs. Wilton!- No.. It was an accident! How could we have stopped it! He ran off! They do that sometimes!" Peter yelled into the phone. "Okay.. okay fine, I'll see you there." Peter slammed down the phone. "I'm SICK and
TIRED of thi-" Peter turned to look at Scott standing in the door, awestruck.
"I can see this is a bad time, but Shell's missing.. I cant find her. Will you give me permission to go look in the girls dorm?"
"Scott.. I'm sure she'll come out when she's ready." Peter said, turning his back to the boy.
"But Peter!"
"SCOTT! Go back to the rest of your group!"
"Fine! I don't know what's wrong with you, man...." Scott said, turning to go out the door.
*****
"Staci, can I talk to you?" Katie asked.
"I don't want to talk to anyone right now..."
"Why not?" Katie asked.
"Cause I just don't! Damn why can't you all just leave me alone!? I don't want to talk to anyone! Especially you!" Staci yelled and walked off, fuming.
"That's nothing new..." Katie said and walked slowly back to the girls dorm. "Life's just a big bag of sunshine, isn't it!"
*****
"You called for me?" Staci growled, walking into Peter's office.
"Yeah..." Peter said, pointing to her parents sitting in a chair.
"Why are they here?..." Staci asked backing toward the door.
"We're here to take you back.. you can't just run off and expect us to let you stay here." Staci's dad said.
"Your bags are packed... come on" Her mother said.
"And your letting them do this?!" Staci looked at Peter.
"There's nothing I can do....." Peter said, going back into his cold, depressed mood. "I can't do anything.... ever" He said and walked over to pick up Staci's bags.
"I hate you! I hate you all!" Staci screamed grabbing her bags from Peter and running down to the truck.
*****
Katie turned the knob of the bathroom to make sure it was locked. Why lock it? "If someone finds me lying here, they wont care..." She said, unlocking
the door and cracking it a little. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a pair of scissors that she had been using to cut the banner for the earlier party.
"They don't care," She said and brought the scissors up to her wrists. "And
they never will"
*****
End Chapter 19: Hush Little Children, Don't Say A Word.