Every You, Every Me- Seemingly Perfect
Shelby walked into Peter's office and saw a girl with chestnut hair, fair skin, and blue eyes there. Shelby could tell from far away that this girl would get along with Juliette; she was a total prep.
Shelby knocked on the door to get the girl's attention. It worked, and she looked up. "Oh, hey," the girl said simply. She stood up, and bent down to grab all her bags, and looked at Shelby expectantly.
"Oh, well… I'm supposed to tell you I am your first week buddy, which just means I'm supposed to like shadow you for your first week so you can kind of get the routine down."
"Yeah… So do I refer to you as my first week buddy, or do you have a name?"
Shelby cocked her head and smiled; maybe this girl wasn't who Shelby thought she was. "Well, personally I prefer the almighty, but I suppose Shelby would do."
The girl nodded her head. "Shelby," she repeated. "I'm Angela, but most people call me Angie, or Ang, or you know stuff like that. I don't really care, it's just a name you know."
Shelby smiled, thinking about the play based off of Romeo and Juliet she had done with Scott last year. "Yeah… just a name. Well, I guess we should go hit the dorms first."
"Sounds good to me?" Angie asked, and simply followed Shelby when she started walking.
This girl isn't so bad, Shelby thought, maybe I'll even end up liking her.
Angela smiled as Shelby introduced her to everyone. "And this, this is David. I suggest you stay away from him, he is more than a little creepy," Shelby told her laughing.
David rolled his eyes and took Angela's hand, and then kissed it. "Shelby's just mad because I told her she didn't have a snowflakes chance in hell with me."
Angela laughed. "Hi, I'm Angela."
"Is that what they're calling angels now?" David asked her, trying to be Mr. Suave.
Angela just smiled and then went to sit down next to Shelby on the couch. Though Angela looked like she was only half way listening, she was playing very close attention to everyone. She noticed them when they thought no one was watching; she watched their eyes when they spoke. It was what she always did. She would watch a person before she became their friend. She would watch them and then figure out what kind of person they responded well to, and she would be that person. It was how she did things; she became the person they wanted her to be. But if they ever tried to get to know the real her, she would push them away, because she knew what would tick them off more than anything. She had spent too many years of her life eluding people of the real her to slip up and let them find out the truth about her now. But why didn't Angela want anyone to get to know her? Because if they new the real her, if they knew what hid behind the angelic face they had come to know and trust, Angela was positive they would hate her.
"Hello Cliffhangers," Peter said as he walked in to the room. Angela wondered if Sophie had told him about their confrontation. "Am I correct in assuming that you have all been introduced to our newest member?"
"Yes Peter," Shelby answered. "I'm not completely hopeless you know."
"I would never say that you were, but I would say that you and Scott were getting a little too close for my comfort." Angela looked over at Aubrey and could see that he himself would say the same thing. Shelby scooted closer to Angela while rolling her eyes. "In any case, today for group we are going to be doing a trust exercise. Just so I don't hear any complaints I will make it boy-girl. So Scott and Shelby, you'll be a group, uh how about we make Angela and Aubrey a group, then Juliette and Auggie, and of course Daisy and David."
Everyone moved to form their group, the only two people that opposed were Daisy and David. Angela smiled at Aubrey. He was definitely good looking, and he seemed nice enough and unassuming. Who knew? Maybe they could even end up as a couple. "Well hello again darlin'," Aubrey said in his smooth southern accent.
Angela laughed. "Hey," she replied sweetly.
"What we are going to be doing is the girls will be falling in the guys arms, and the guys will be lead blindfolded by the girls across my own personal obstacle course. This exercise is all about trust. Trust and honesty are the two most important things that there are in life, you can't have one without the other." Angela smiled to herself, that is what you think. Angela knew perfectly well that the two weren't coexistent. People trusted her, and she had spent five years of her life being nothing but dishonest. They went about their exercise: Aubrey caught her, she led Aubrey through the obstacle course of chairs and couches with out a hitch. Pretty soon Angela had Aubrey in the palm of her hand, and that was just where she wanted him, that is where she wanted everyone.
Daisy glared at Little Miss Perfect from across the table at lunch. Angela had just gotten here, and already Daisy didn't trust her. "So, Angela why are you here?" Daisy asked, and everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Angela.
"Well, I was hungry, but after seeing this food I think I've lost my appetite," Angela responded, her response being rewarded with laughter, but Daisy wasn't buying.
"Ah ha ha. No, I mean why are you here at Horizon with all of us?"
"What's that supposed to me?"
"Well, you just don't seem like a screw up. As a matter of fact you seem like someone who would be voted as Most Friendly in the yearbook or something. I mean honestly, even Shelby likes you."
Angela's face fell a little. "Well, I guess not everything is as it seems."
"Well, I would have to agree with you. I mean, on the surface you appear to be someone who is fun, and cares about everyone. As a matter of fact, everyone seems to respond well to you. But I suppose that is just coincidence."
"Must be," Angela replied leveling her with a glare. "You know, it's funny. When I first saw you, you appeared to be someone who didn't car about anyone's past, just as long as they were honest, and not judgmental, but I guess I was wrong."
"No, you're right, I am that kind of person. But like you said, I don't care as long as someone's HONEST."
"Are you implying that I am a liar? My name is Angela, I have the birth certificate to prove it." Everyone cracked a smile, but Daisy knew she was just trying to get everyone to forget about the real subject at hand.
"I'm not saying you're a liar, I'm saying your being dishonest, you're keeping the true you from us. Hiding behind a mask…"
"Daisy," Shelby put her arm on Daisy. "Why don't you just leave her alone? She didn't do anything to you."
Daisy just looked at Shelby. "However, you were right about losing your appetite. All this dishonesty is making me sick. I'll be in the dorm if Peter asks," Daisy said getting up from her chair. She could feel everyone's eyes on her, but she didn't care. This girl was trying to hide behind a mask. Pretending to be what everyone wanted her to be, and that was one thing that Daisy didn't much care for.
Shelby watched as Daisy walked out of the door. What was her problem? "I'm sorry to about that Angie."
"Oh, it's no problem. Don't worry about it." Angela replied smiling.
"She's probably just PMS-ing," David said laughing at his own joke.
"No really, it's okay, don't worry about it." Angela said. Shelby had to admit she was impressed. This girl could handle Juliette, and yet was way cool, and she didn't take this opportunity to say mean things about Daisy. "So, is the food this bad all the time?"
"It's not that bad," Scott said with a mouthful of mashed potatoes. Both Angela and Shelby laughed.
"I guess it will just have to take some getting used to," Angela said smiling.
"Yeah, with a little salt nothing is ever that bad," Aubrey said in his smooth southern drawl. Shelby hadn't heard him talk this much with everyone around.
"How long have all of you been here?" Angela asked looking around at all the faces.
"About eight months I would say," Shelby answered trying to tabulate.
"Well, about five months all around, I missed one of them," Scott said and then looked back down at his mashed potatoes. Shelby put her hand on his knee and smiled at him warmly.
"Well, I would have to say it's been a little under a year for me. I have been here a while," Juliette said counting on her fingers.
"Some of us need more time than others," David said laughing at Juliette. "While I have collectively been here only two months."
"I got here about a week before Shelby," Auggie said. "So eight months too I guess…"
Angela looked at Aubrey, and he cracked a smile. "And you?"
"Well, I would say it has been about a month now. So you took my official title as Newbie away from me," he said straight faced
"I'm so sorry," Angela mocked, and then her and Aubrey began a conversation about who knows what. Shelby didn't much care, she was too busy paying attention to her own man.
"Umm, well are you okay here Angela?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, Scott and I are going to go out to the docks to… talk."
"We are?" Scott asked through a mouthful of green beans.
"Sure you are. Well, have fun TALKING," Angela said with a laugh.
Shelby smiled at her. "We will." She really liked this girl and, she had no clue what Daisy's problem could be.
"Shelby why couldn't we have talked inside? I'm still hungry," Scott complained as Shelby pulled him towards the docks.
"Because we're not going to talk," Shelby said in a frustrated tone.
"Oh," Scott understood now. "Well, I guess that is better than food."
"You guess?" Shelby asked swiveling around to look at him.
"No, no, it is much better than food," Scott said smiling at her. She turned around and softly laughed. Scott loved when she laughed, but he barely ever got to hear it. "So what do you think of the new girl?"
"She seems pretty cool, I mean it takes a really amazing person to be able to be friends with Queenie AND me."
"I'm on friendly terms with Jules and you," Scott complained, he wanted to get credit for his achievements.
"And you're an amazing person," Shelby said looking up at him as she sat down, a smile on her face.
" I know. So then what's Daisy problem with her?"
"I don't know," Shelby answered looking down at her feet that were dangling over the edge. " I mean, Angie never did anything to her, and I know if Daisy wasn't being all weird she would really like her. I don't know, sometimes Daisy can be way weird."
"Yeah," Scott said. But he also knew that most of the time she was always right. He may not always like her, or what she said, but he knew that it came from some form of the truth. " But I mean, Daisy IS normally right about these things."
"Not always, I mean she said that I shouldn't be with you, didn't she?"
"Yeah, but I…"
Shelby cut him off. "So, it doesn't matter what was going on at the time, we belong together, and I should be with you."
"Daisy thinks that now."
"Yeah, now that she has come around and actually gotten to know you. And I'm sure that will be the case once she gets to know Angie too."
Scott smiled; Shelby was so cute when she was getting flustered. "Yeah, but who cares? I'm here with you, and I don't want to talk about things that aren't," he said leaning in for a kiss. But Shelby didn't lean in; she just started laughing. "What? What did I miss?"
"That was only the cheesiest line anyone has ever given me, and it didn't even make sense."
"Oh. So… we need to hurry up before Peter comes and finds us."
Shelby finally leaned in. "Aren't you the romantic one."
Author's Note: I thought it was about time I finally brought in some Scott and Shelby action, but in any case. I hope you guys liked it. Remember these first few chapters will be a set up for the whole story, so yeah. Also, a little more about what happened with Ezra leaving and stuff will be explained more in this "sequel."
Until We Meet Again,
Misi
Shelby walked into Peter's office and saw a girl with chestnut hair, fair skin, and blue eyes there. Shelby could tell from far away that this girl would get along with Juliette; she was a total prep.
Shelby knocked on the door to get the girl's attention. It worked, and she looked up. "Oh, hey," the girl said simply. She stood up, and bent down to grab all her bags, and looked at Shelby expectantly.
"Oh, well… I'm supposed to tell you I am your first week buddy, which just means I'm supposed to like shadow you for your first week so you can kind of get the routine down."
"Yeah… So do I refer to you as my first week buddy, or do you have a name?"
Shelby cocked her head and smiled; maybe this girl wasn't who Shelby thought she was. "Well, personally I prefer the almighty, but I suppose Shelby would do."
The girl nodded her head. "Shelby," she repeated. "I'm Angela, but most people call me Angie, or Ang, or you know stuff like that. I don't really care, it's just a name you know."
Shelby smiled, thinking about the play based off of Romeo and Juliet she had done with Scott last year. "Yeah… just a name. Well, I guess we should go hit the dorms first."
"Sounds good to me?" Angie asked, and simply followed Shelby when she started walking.
This girl isn't so bad, Shelby thought, maybe I'll even end up liking her.
Angela smiled as Shelby introduced her to everyone. "And this, this is David. I suggest you stay away from him, he is more than a little creepy," Shelby told her laughing.
David rolled his eyes and took Angela's hand, and then kissed it. "Shelby's just mad because I told her she didn't have a snowflakes chance in hell with me."
Angela laughed. "Hi, I'm Angela."
"Is that what they're calling angels now?" David asked her, trying to be Mr. Suave.
Angela just smiled and then went to sit down next to Shelby on the couch. Though Angela looked like she was only half way listening, she was playing very close attention to everyone. She noticed them when they thought no one was watching; she watched their eyes when they spoke. It was what she always did. She would watch a person before she became their friend. She would watch them and then figure out what kind of person they responded well to, and she would be that person. It was how she did things; she became the person they wanted her to be. But if they ever tried to get to know the real her, she would push them away, because she knew what would tick them off more than anything. She had spent too many years of her life eluding people of the real her to slip up and let them find out the truth about her now. But why didn't Angela want anyone to get to know her? Because if they new the real her, if they knew what hid behind the angelic face they had come to know and trust, Angela was positive they would hate her.
"Hello Cliffhangers," Peter said as he walked in to the room. Angela wondered if Sophie had told him about their confrontation. "Am I correct in assuming that you have all been introduced to our newest member?"
"Yes Peter," Shelby answered. "I'm not completely hopeless you know."
"I would never say that you were, but I would say that you and Scott were getting a little too close for my comfort." Angela looked over at Aubrey and could see that he himself would say the same thing. Shelby scooted closer to Angela while rolling her eyes. "In any case, today for group we are going to be doing a trust exercise. Just so I don't hear any complaints I will make it boy-girl. So Scott and Shelby, you'll be a group, uh how about we make Angela and Aubrey a group, then Juliette and Auggie, and of course Daisy and David."
Everyone moved to form their group, the only two people that opposed were Daisy and David. Angela smiled at Aubrey. He was definitely good looking, and he seemed nice enough and unassuming. Who knew? Maybe they could even end up as a couple. "Well hello again darlin'," Aubrey said in his smooth southern accent.
Angela laughed. "Hey," she replied sweetly.
"What we are going to be doing is the girls will be falling in the guys arms, and the guys will be lead blindfolded by the girls across my own personal obstacle course. This exercise is all about trust. Trust and honesty are the two most important things that there are in life, you can't have one without the other." Angela smiled to herself, that is what you think. Angela knew perfectly well that the two weren't coexistent. People trusted her, and she had spent five years of her life being nothing but dishonest. They went about their exercise: Aubrey caught her, she led Aubrey through the obstacle course of chairs and couches with out a hitch. Pretty soon Angela had Aubrey in the palm of her hand, and that was just where she wanted him, that is where she wanted everyone.
Daisy glared at Little Miss Perfect from across the table at lunch. Angela had just gotten here, and already Daisy didn't trust her. "So, Angela why are you here?" Daisy asked, and everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Angela.
"Well, I was hungry, but after seeing this food I think I've lost my appetite," Angela responded, her response being rewarded with laughter, but Daisy wasn't buying.
"Ah ha ha. No, I mean why are you here at Horizon with all of us?"
"What's that supposed to me?"
"Well, you just don't seem like a screw up. As a matter of fact you seem like someone who would be voted as Most Friendly in the yearbook or something. I mean honestly, even Shelby likes you."
Angela's face fell a little. "Well, I guess not everything is as it seems."
"Well, I would have to agree with you. I mean, on the surface you appear to be someone who is fun, and cares about everyone. As a matter of fact, everyone seems to respond well to you. But I suppose that is just coincidence."
"Must be," Angela replied leveling her with a glare. "You know, it's funny. When I first saw you, you appeared to be someone who didn't car about anyone's past, just as long as they were honest, and not judgmental, but I guess I was wrong."
"No, you're right, I am that kind of person. But like you said, I don't care as long as someone's HONEST."
"Are you implying that I am a liar? My name is Angela, I have the birth certificate to prove it." Everyone cracked a smile, but Daisy knew she was just trying to get everyone to forget about the real subject at hand.
"I'm not saying you're a liar, I'm saying your being dishonest, you're keeping the true you from us. Hiding behind a mask…"
"Daisy," Shelby put her arm on Daisy. "Why don't you just leave her alone? She didn't do anything to you."
Daisy just looked at Shelby. "However, you were right about losing your appetite. All this dishonesty is making me sick. I'll be in the dorm if Peter asks," Daisy said getting up from her chair. She could feel everyone's eyes on her, but she didn't care. This girl was trying to hide behind a mask. Pretending to be what everyone wanted her to be, and that was one thing that Daisy didn't much care for.
Shelby watched as Daisy walked out of the door. What was her problem? "I'm sorry to about that Angie."
"Oh, it's no problem. Don't worry about it." Angela replied smiling.
"She's probably just PMS-ing," David said laughing at his own joke.
"No really, it's okay, don't worry about it." Angela said. Shelby had to admit she was impressed. This girl could handle Juliette, and yet was way cool, and she didn't take this opportunity to say mean things about Daisy. "So, is the food this bad all the time?"
"It's not that bad," Scott said with a mouthful of mashed potatoes. Both Angela and Shelby laughed.
"I guess it will just have to take some getting used to," Angela said smiling.
"Yeah, with a little salt nothing is ever that bad," Aubrey said in his smooth southern drawl. Shelby hadn't heard him talk this much with everyone around.
"How long have all of you been here?" Angela asked looking around at all the faces.
"About eight months I would say," Shelby answered trying to tabulate.
"Well, about five months all around, I missed one of them," Scott said and then looked back down at his mashed potatoes. Shelby put her hand on his knee and smiled at him warmly.
"Well, I would have to say it's been a little under a year for me. I have been here a while," Juliette said counting on her fingers.
"Some of us need more time than others," David said laughing at Juliette. "While I have collectively been here only two months."
"I got here about a week before Shelby," Auggie said. "So eight months too I guess…"
Angela looked at Aubrey, and he cracked a smile. "And you?"
"Well, I would say it has been about a month now. So you took my official title as Newbie away from me," he said straight faced
"I'm so sorry," Angela mocked, and then her and Aubrey began a conversation about who knows what. Shelby didn't much care, she was too busy paying attention to her own man.
"Umm, well are you okay here Angela?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, Scott and I are going to go out to the docks to… talk."
"We are?" Scott asked through a mouthful of green beans.
"Sure you are. Well, have fun TALKING," Angela said with a laugh.
Shelby smiled at her. "We will." She really liked this girl and, she had no clue what Daisy's problem could be.
"Shelby why couldn't we have talked inside? I'm still hungry," Scott complained as Shelby pulled him towards the docks.
"Because we're not going to talk," Shelby said in a frustrated tone.
"Oh," Scott understood now. "Well, I guess that is better than food."
"You guess?" Shelby asked swiveling around to look at him.
"No, no, it is much better than food," Scott said smiling at her. She turned around and softly laughed. Scott loved when she laughed, but he barely ever got to hear it. "So what do you think of the new girl?"
"She seems pretty cool, I mean it takes a really amazing person to be able to be friends with Queenie AND me."
"I'm on friendly terms with Jules and you," Scott complained, he wanted to get credit for his achievements.
"And you're an amazing person," Shelby said looking up at him as she sat down, a smile on her face.
" I know. So then what's Daisy problem with her?"
"I don't know," Shelby answered looking down at her feet that were dangling over the edge. " I mean, Angie never did anything to her, and I know if Daisy wasn't being all weird she would really like her. I don't know, sometimes Daisy can be way weird."
"Yeah," Scott said. But he also knew that most of the time she was always right. He may not always like her, or what she said, but he knew that it came from some form of the truth. " But I mean, Daisy IS normally right about these things."
"Not always, I mean she said that I shouldn't be with you, didn't she?"
"Yeah, but I…"
Shelby cut him off. "So, it doesn't matter what was going on at the time, we belong together, and I should be with you."
"Daisy thinks that now."
"Yeah, now that she has come around and actually gotten to know you. And I'm sure that will be the case once she gets to know Angie too."
Scott smiled; Shelby was so cute when she was getting flustered. "Yeah, but who cares? I'm here with you, and I don't want to talk about things that aren't," he said leaning in for a kiss. But Shelby didn't lean in; she just started laughing. "What? What did I miss?"
"That was only the cheesiest line anyone has ever given me, and it didn't even make sense."
"Oh. So… we need to hurry up before Peter comes and finds us."
Shelby finally leaned in. "Aren't you the romantic one."
Author's Note: I thought it was about time I finally brought in some Scott and Shelby action, but in any case. I hope you guys liked it. Remember these first few chapters will be a set up for the whole story, so yeah. Also, a little more about what happened with Ezra leaving and stuff will be explained more in this "sequel."
Until We Meet Again,
Misi