Father of mine part six
(The following morning at breakfast. The cliffhangers, minus Daisy, since she is on kitchens, are sitting at a table in the cafeteria.)
"Can you believe Daisy's father?" Julliette asks. " I can't believe he almost hit her." She says in disbelief.
"Yea, well, some parents choose to do that, and worse to their children." Scott says.
"Yea." Shelby said as, Peter and Sophie walked up to their table.
"Yea, aren't parents great?" David asked sarcastically. "I mean they just do so much to us." He says. He then realizes that Peter and Sophie are there, "I meant for us." He says quickly. "How much parents do for us." The others laugh at what David said and Peter gives him a look. "What I say?" He asks putting an innocent look on his face.
"What's up, Peter?" Auggie asks.
"Well," Peter says. "Sophie and I have been talking and we realized you guys haven't really been on Quest in awhile..." The cliffhangers groaned, except for Sara since she didn't know what it was. "So, we thought we would schedule one for next weekend." Another groan from the cliffhangers.
"Oh, come on you guys, it won't be that bad." Sophie said.
"What's quest?" Sara asks.
"It's when they take us out into the woods for a few days. We camp and climb and hike and have group. All sorts of wonderful outdoorsy things." Shelby says.
"Oh." Sara says. "I guess that won't be to bad." She said putting on a smile and watching as Peter and Sophie walk away. But she was thinking something else. What am I going to do for several days out in the woods with these freaks? First we have these stupid assignments and now we have to go hiking? What the hell kind of place is this? I'm going to have to find Matt. She thought. He can get me out of here, if anyone can, Matt can.
(A few moments later, we see Daisy in the kitchen washing dishes. Suddenly we hear someone humming the theme to mission impossible. Then the door swings open and David quickly jumps from the doorway to behind the door with his back against the wall. He puts his finger to his lips, motioning for Daisy to keep quiet. She has quit washing dishes and is watching David.
David quickly moves his head around the doorway, checking to see if the coast is clear. Then he slams himself back up against the wall again hiding behind the door. Then he quickly moves from by the door, he crouches down and runs across the kitchen ducking behind a counter. He is still humming mission impossible. Then he runs back the other way. Half way across the room, he looks over his shoulder and then drops and rolls, like someone is after him. He disappears behind a shelf. Daisy watches for him and suddenly sees him scooting across the floor on his stomach toward her. He moves to behind the sink and then slowly lifts himself to a standing position. He quits humming.
"Didn't want to be caught." He says to the questioning look on her face.
"All that for me?" She asks sarcastically and goes back to washing dishes. "You shouldn't have."
"Yea, well, I'd risk chopping wood for a day, to talk to you." He says back sarcastically, but then he grows serious. "I was just wondering how you were, after last night. It was brutal."
Daisy sighs. "Well things are OK, for now." She says pausing, not sure she should tell him anything. David could be so unreadable at times. "He's coming back later today I think."
"Oh." David said. He looks down. "You know, I understand what it's like to have an overbearing father who never thinks your good enough. There a real pain in the..." His voice trails off as Daisy looks at him. " I just thought you'd like to know that I knew..." The kitchen door opens and Shelby walks in. "How cool it was, when you took your father down last night." David said, jumping back into his usual mode. " It was better then WWF. Next time let me know though, I'll sell tickets." He says and heads out the door before Daisy can say anything to him. Shelby glares at him as he goes out the exit.
"What was that all about?" Shelby asks.
"Who knows?" Daisy says, not looking at Shelby, and wondering what David would have said, had Shelby not come in.
"So how are you this morning? You left the cabin before anyone else woke up." Shelby said.
"Yea, well, I just really didn't feel like talking to anyone. And I wanted some time to think." Daisy said, while continuing to wash the dishes.
"Well, I'll see you later then." Shelby said. She could tell Daisy really didn't feel like talking. So she headed back out into the cafeteria.
(Sara sat in the lodge. The others had all agreed to come here to work on there homework. Everyone was essentially sitting as couples. Jules and Auggie, then Scott and Shelby, and then it seemed as if David and Ezra had put off there differences over Daisy aside for the time being, since they were sitting together. Then again neither had said a word, but they were sitting together.
Sara watched amused. In the few days that she'd been there she had found out a lot about the other cliffhangers personalities. She could tell that David was the troublemaker. But he also seemed to have a bit of a soft side when it came to Daisy. It also seemed as if Ezra had a huge crush on Daisy, but that Daisy only saw the two of them as friends. This was what she gathered from their actions though. She was certain she was correct, but she had no real proof. But Sara had always been good at reading people. Like the fact that Julliette was such a fake. Sara had run across many like Julliette. Julliette was a phony. Sara was almost positive of that, from the fake smiles and the flaky attitude, Sara could tell. Well Julliette, Sara thought, are you in for a surprise, because you have probably never met anyone who was a better actress then you, but I'm am. And because of that you're going to be knocked off that pedestal of yours. The only thing Sara couldn't get, was why Julliette was with Auggie. It seemed as though they had a real relationship, but Sara knew better. The prom queen never went after the barrio, by choice. She must be gaining something out of it. Sara thought. Could it be, Sara wondered? Nah, she thought, Julliette's too much of a good girl to sleep with a barrio boy.
Sara's eyes then moved to Scott and Shelby. These two have a connection, she thought. She could tell by the way they looked at each other, how much they'd been through and how much they loved each other. I wonder if that's what Matt and I look like? She wondered. She remembered when she had met Matt. It had been the best day of her life. She pulled herself away from the thought and turned her attention back to Scott and Shelby. She knew there was a story behind these two. Out of all the cliffhangers and freaks here, Sara thought, it seemed as though Scott and Shelby were the ones who were the most real. Sara thoughts then turned to the missing cliffhanger: Daisy. Daisy she thought. There's another fake. She thought. That girl knows exactly how to hide and mask what's bothering her, but she's just hiding, like Julliette. But Sara had seen Daisy and her father the night before, and knew that there were times where Daisy showed her real side. Showed how venerable she was. Well, Sara thought, we certainly have a dysfunctional group here. I wonder what they would think if they knew the truth, she thought. Not that I would ever tell them. I can never tell anyone.
On the other side of the room, Shelby and Scott sit working on their assignments.
Scott is having trouble with his, so he puts his pencil down. "So what do you think of the new girl?" He asks.
"What?" Shelby asks distractingly. She has been writing for several minutes.
"I asked," Scott said, leaning over and taking Shelby's hand, "What you thought of Sara."
Shelby looked at Scott. It was amazing how much his touch could still make her tingle. "I haven't really gotten a chance to speak to her. I've been too worried about Daisy. She's really having a hard time now that her father is here." Shelby says concerned.
"She'll be fine. Daisy can handle anything. She's tough." Scott said. "Hey, why don't we take a break and go for a walk in the woods?" He says with a gleam in his eye.
"I really should work on this, it's due Monday." She says in a serious tone, but she knows he can tell that she's not going to pass up on the chance to be with him alone.
"Well I guess we should do some work." He says looking her in the eye. They both stand, leaving their books on the table they head out of the lodge.
"Where are they going?" Auggie asks.
"Probably to make out. Those two are hardly ever apart." Julliette says. "Someone should hose them off." She says with a laugh.
"So how's your assignment going?" Auggie asks, changing the subject.
"Pretty good, how about yours? Can I see what you've got done so far?" She asks. Auggie nods and holds up a small white sheet of paper. On it he's sketched a picture of a young girl sitting on the porch of a cabin. She is hunched over writing in a book.
"Is that supposed to be Ann Frank?" Julliette asks.
"Yea." Auggie answers.
"That's really good Augusto. I wish I could draw like that. I wish I could do anything that well."
"Don't be so down on yourself, Jules."
"Sorry. It's hard not to be. I've just done it for so long. I know I'm good at things." With that she goes back to working on her assignment.
"So where did you disappear to this morning after breakfast?" Ezra asked David.
"Well, I decided it was time for some pharmaceutical comfort." David said with a straight face, not looking up from his homework.
Ezra gives him a look. "Look, I just want to know if you've talked to Daisy. She wouldn't talk to me last night. I just want to make sure she's OK." Ezra says.
David looks at him, considering giving an arrogant comment. "She seems OK, and that's all I'm saying." With that David goes back to his work.
The door to the lodge opens and in walks a boy with brown hair. He has sort of an athletic build and is of average height. Sara's eyes immediately fall on him. Wow, he's good looking, she thinks sitting up a little. Behind him several other people walked in. They must be another group she thinks. The group walks in and sits down at some tables across the room, close to the table David and Ezra are sitting at. Sara gets up and walks across the room to where David and Ezra are sitting.
"Your names Ezra, isn't it?" She asks.
"That's me." Ezra says looking up, surprised to see Sara there.
"I was just wondering," She said sitting down next to him, "What you were doing for your assignment. I'm just kind of stuck on an idea, I thought you might be able to help me." She said, giving him a sweet smile.
"Um, I'm not really sure how I can help you, it's sort of an individual assignment." He answered.
"Yea, well, OK then. I guess I'll come up with something." She said quickly getting up and heading back to where she'd been sitting. The boy and the others had left the lodge.
"That was interesting." Ezra said after Sara walked away.
"You know, if I didn't know better I'd say the newbie likes you." David says.
Ezra gets an excited look on his face (he still cares about Daisy, but hey he's human). " Really?" He asks.
"Not really, she was staring at that guy Max across the room." David says.
Ezra gives him a dirty look, then gets up and leaves the table.
(The following morning at breakfast. The cliffhangers, minus Daisy, since she is on kitchens, are sitting at a table in the cafeteria.)
"Can you believe Daisy's father?" Julliette asks. " I can't believe he almost hit her." She says in disbelief.
"Yea, well, some parents choose to do that, and worse to their children." Scott says.
"Yea." Shelby said as, Peter and Sophie walked up to their table.
"Yea, aren't parents great?" David asked sarcastically. "I mean they just do so much to us." He says. He then realizes that Peter and Sophie are there, "I meant for us." He says quickly. "How much parents do for us." The others laugh at what David said and Peter gives him a look. "What I say?" He asks putting an innocent look on his face.
"What's up, Peter?" Auggie asks.
"Well," Peter says. "Sophie and I have been talking and we realized you guys haven't really been on Quest in awhile..." The cliffhangers groaned, except for Sara since she didn't know what it was. "So, we thought we would schedule one for next weekend." Another groan from the cliffhangers.
"Oh, come on you guys, it won't be that bad." Sophie said.
"What's quest?" Sara asks.
"It's when they take us out into the woods for a few days. We camp and climb and hike and have group. All sorts of wonderful outdoorsy things." Shelby says.
"Oh." Sara says. "I guess that won't be to bad." She said putting on a smile and watching as Peter and Sophie walk away. But she was thinking something else. What am I going to do for several days out in the woods with these freaks? First we have these stupid assignments and now we have to go hiking? What the hell kind of place is this? I'm going to have to find Matt. She thought. He can get me out of here, if anyone can, Matt can.
(A few moments later, we see Daisy in the kitchen washing dishes. Suddenly we hear someone humming the theme to mission impossible. Then the door swings open and David quickly jumps from the doorway to behind the door with his back against the wall. He puts his finger to his lips, motioning for Daisy to keep quiet. She has quit washing dishes and is watching David.
David quickly moves his head around the doorway, checking to see if the coast is clear. Then he slams himself back up against the wall again hiding behind the door. Then he quickly moves from by the door, he crouches down and runs across the kitchen ducking behind a counter. He is still humming mission impossible. Then he runs back the other way. Half way across the room, he looks over his shoulder and then drops and rolls, like someone is after him. He disappears behind a shelf. Daisy watches for him and suddenly sees him scooting across the floor on his stomach toward her. He moves to behind the sink and then slowly lifts himself to a standing position. He quits humming.
"Didn't want to be caught." He says to the questioning look on her face.
"All that for me?" She asks sarcastically and goes back to washing dishes. "You shouldn't have."
"Yea, well, I'd risk chopping wood for a day, to talk to you." He says back sarcastically, but then he grows serious. "I was just wondering how you were, after last night. It was brutal."
Daisy sighs. "Well things are OK, for now." She says pausing, not sure she should tell him anything. David could be so unreadable at times. "He's coming back later today I think."
"Oh." David said. He looks down. "You know, I understand what it's like to have an overbearing father who never thinks your good enough. There a real pain in the..." His voice trails off as Daisy looks at him. " I just thought you'd like to know that I knew..." The kitchen door opens and Shelby walks in. "How cool it was, when you took your father down last night." David said, jumping back into his usual mode. " It was better then WWF. Next time let me know though, I'll sell tickets." He says and heads out the door before Daisy can say anything to him. Shelby glares at him as he goes out the exit.
"What was that all about?" Shelby asks.
"Who knows?" Daisy says, not looking at Shelby, and wondering what David would have said, had Shelby not come in.
"So how are you this morning? You left the cabin before anyone else woke up." Shelby said.
"Yea, well, I just really didn't feel like talking to anyone. And I wanted some time to think." Daisy said, while continuing to wash the dishes.
"Well, I'll see you later then." Shelby said. She could tell Daisy really didn't feel like talking. So she headed back out into the cafeteria.
(Sara sat in the lodge. The others had all agreed to come here to work on there homework. Everyone was essentially sitting as couples. Jules and Auggie, then Scott and Shelby, and then it seemed as if David and Ezra had put off there differences over Daisy aside for the time being, since they were sitting together. Then again neither had said a word, but they were sitting together.
Sara watched amused. In the few days that she'd been there she had found out a lot about the other cliffhangers personalities. She could tell that David was the troublemaker. But he also seemed to have a bit of a soft side when it came to Daisy. It also seemed as if Ezra had a huge crush on Daisy, but that Daisy only saw the two of them as friends. This was what she gathered from their actions though. She was certain she was correct, but she had no real proof. But Sara had always been good at reading people. Like the fact that Julliette was such a fake. Sara had run across many like Julliette. Julliette was a phony. Sara was almost positive of that, from the fake smiles and the flaky attitude, Sara could tell. Well Julliette, Sara thought, are you in for a surprise, because you have probably never met anyone who was a better actress then you, but I'm am. And because of that you're going to be knocked off that pedestal of yours. The only thing Sara couldn't get, was why Julliette was with Auggie. It seemed as though they had a real relationship, but Sara knew better. The prom queen never went after the barrio, by choice. She must be gaining something out of it. Sara thought. Could it be, Sara wondered? Nah, she thought, Julliette's too much of a good girl to sleep with a barrio boy.
Sara's eyes then moved to Scott and Shelby. These two have a connection, she thought. She could tell by the way they looked at each other, how much they'd been through and how much they loved each other. I wonder if that's what Matt and I look like? She wondered. She remembered when she had met Matt. It had been the best day of her life. She pulled herself away from the thought and turned her attention back to Scott and Shelby. She knew there was a story behind these two. Out of all the cliffhangers and freaks here, Sara thought, it seemed as though Scott and Shelby were the ones who were the most real. Sara thoughts then turned to the missing cliffhanger: Daisy. Daisy she thought. There's another fake. She thought. That girl knows exactly how to hide and mask what's bothering her, but she's just hiding, like Julliette. But Sara had seen Daisy and her father the night before, and knew that there were times where Daisy showed her real side. Showed how venerable she was. Well, Sara thought, we certainly have a dysfunctional group here. I wonder what they would think if they knew the truth, she thought. Not that I would ever tell them. I can never tell anyone.
On the other side of the room, Shelby and Scott sit working on their assignments.
Scott is having trouble with his, so he puts his pencil down. "So what do you think of the new girl?" He asks.
"What?" Shelby asks distractingly. She has been writing for several minutes.
"I asked," Scott said, leaning over and taking Shelby's hand, "What you thought of Sara."
Shelby looked at Scott. It was amazing how much his touch could still make her tingle. "I haven't really gotten a chance to speak to her. I've been too worried about Daisy. She's really having a hard time now that her father is here." Shelby says concerned.
"She'll be fine. Daisy can handle anything. She's tough." Scott said. "Hey, why don't we take a break and go for a walk in the woods?" He says with a gleam in his eye.
"I really should work on this, it's due Monday." She says in a serious tone, but she knows he can tell that she's not going to pass up on the chance to be with him alone.
"Well I guess we should do some work." He says looking her in the eye. They both stand, leaving their books on the table they head out of the lodge.
"Where are they going?" Auggie asks.
"Probably to make out. Those two are hardly ever apart." Julliette says. "Someone should hose them off." She says with a laugh.
"So how's your assignment going?" Auggie asks, changing the subject.
"Pretty good, how about yours? Can I see what you've got done so far?" She asks. Auggie nods and holds up a small white sheet of paper. On it he's sketched a picture of a young girl sitting on the porch of a cabin. She is hunched over writing in a book.
"Is that supposed to be Ann Frank?" Julliette asks.
"Yea." Auggie answers.
"That's really good Augusto. I wish I could draw like that. I wish I could do anything that well."
"Don't be so down on yourself, Jules."
"Sorry. It's hard not to be. I've just done it for so long. I know I'm good at things." With that she goes back to working on her assignment.
"So where did you disappear to this morning after breakfast?" Ezra asked David.
"Well, I decided it was time for some pharmaceutical comfort." David said with a straight face, not looking up from his homework.
Ezra gives him a look. "Look, I just want to know if you've talked to Daisy. She wouldn't talk to me last night. I just want to make sure she's OK." Ezra says.
David looks at him, considering giving an arrogant comment. "She seems OK, and that's all I'm saying." With that David goes back to his work.
The door to the lodge opens and in walks a boy with brown hair. He has sort of an athletic build and is of average height. Sara's eyes immediately fall on him. Wow, he's good looking, she thinks sitting up a little. Behind him several other people walked in. They must be another group she thinks. The group walks in and sits down at some tables across the room, close to the table David and Ezra are sitting at. Sara gets up and walks across the room to where David and Ezra are sitting.
"Your names Ezra, isn't it?" She asks.
"That's me." Ezra says looking up, surprised to see Sara there.
"I was just wondering," She said sitting down next to him, "What you were doing for your assignment. I'm just kind of stuck on an idea, I thought you might be able to help me." She said, giving him a sweet smile.
"Um, I'm not really sure how I can help you, it's sort of an individual assignment." He answered.
"Yea, well, OK then. I guess I'll come up with something." She said quickly getting up and heading back to where she'd been sitting. The boy and the others had left the lodge.
"That was interesting." Ezra said after Sara walked away.
"You know, if I didn't know better I'd say the newbie likes you." David says.
Ezra gets an excited look on his face (he still cares about Daisy, but hey he's human). " Really?" He asks.
"Not really, she was staring at that guy Max across the room." David says.
Ezra gives him a dirty look, then gets up and leaves the table.
