Disclaimer: Not mine, you all know it. I only own the characters of the Rivergliders, Arianne, Emma, and the stables, including Fred, and Belle.
Author's note: OMG! I can't believe this! I just re-read most of my fanfiction to my sister (she was taking too long reading it herself). Anyways, I noticed the level of corniness in it. I'd like to apologize, lol. If you like that sort of thing (as do I) I'm sure you had no problem with it. I must warn any unsuspecting victims, the rest of the story will remain this corny, don't expect a change anytime soon! LOL!
By the way, the end of this chapter is real rushed. I'm sorry for this, but I've been getting a LOT of pressure to finish this chapter, and honestly I really didn't want to drag on forever to get to where I wanted to go. Just use your imaginations, it could happen. I really wanted to get to the next chapter which is the one where they go into town (you'll see). Anyways, stick with me, I won't keep it this silly and rushed! lol!
Daisy and David had planned to meet at the docks on the Sunday evening, after lights out. After a year of having Shelby sneak around with Scott after lights out, Daisy knew all the tricks of the trade, so to speak. She had told David what time, how to get there without being noticed, and so on. David hadn't been there long enough to get these kinds of details off of Scott, so he had to totally rely on Daisy, which didn't matter to him.
At 11 o'clock, they finally met at the docks.
"Hey there, hun," David said, giving her a kiss. This kiss went on for a while. Finally, Daisy broke it off. She looked a bit uncomfortable. David, having known her for so long-or just for being so totally head over heels for her-, picked it up right away. "What's wrong, Dais?" he asked, sitting down on the bench with her, and wrapping his arm around her.
She turned to look at him. Now or never, she thought.
"I have a real big question for you," she said. She obviously didn't want to know the answer to this question, but she needed to.
"What is it?" he asked, fearing the worst.
"What's going to happen to us after Horizon?"
David let out a huge sigh. Thank god! I can deal with this question, he thought.
"Well, we're going to be shipped off home, unless we leave to go somewhere else." Daisy obviously wasn't satisfied with this answer. "Oh, you mean about us?" David asked, getting her drift. "Well, I don't know. Daisy, I'm going to somewhere away. I'm not going down south; I'm not going up north. I'm not staying in the Americas. I'm leaving after grad. If I get into a university, which would really surprise me, it's gonna be in Europe."
"I see," she said, hanging her head low. I knew he didn't want me to come along, she thought.
"Dais, I..." he trailed off. "I want you to come with me," he said, courageously, finding the power inside him somewhere. Daisy looked up, hope shining through her eyes.
"You do? You really do?" she asked.
"Yeah, of course I do. Look, I need someone to keep me sane," he joked. He suddenly became very serious again. "You're the best person I've ever known. I won't survive without you."
"David, don't try to speculate about these things."
"Daisy, I'm serious. I'd die. I really would. Not only mentally, but I'd physically die without you. I love you. When I said those words to you I wasn't using them lightly, I meant them. I've never used them before, except with my mom. I want you to come with me."
"I'd love to go with you!" she said, excitedly. She was so happy, probably her happiest, or close to it. "I've been panicking about what I was going to do after grad for a while now. Well, even if I don't go to university, at least I have somewhere to go... and someone to spend my time with. My time is very precious to me, so you should feel very honoured!" she said, smiling.
"Oh, believe me, I do!" and that was the last of the talking that night. The rest as you might expect, was spent looking at the stars, kissing, and silently walking around campus. Finally, around one in the morning, they turned in, getting rather tired. They both had a big day tomorrow.
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"Hey, Soph, how's that room coming along?" Peter asked the next morning on their morning walk off to Horizon from their house. He was referring to the room that Sophie had slowly been setting up over the past month for Shelby and Scott. The two counselors had come to the decision that once the couple was married, they would definitely need a room to themselves. They had already got some complaints from the rest of the guys. They had only recently stopped coming to report things when they'd been warned about the room, and the surprise for their new couple. The girls had also heard of the news.
"It's coming together well. I have all the stuff they'll need, such as the bed, which we already have, the dresser, the bookshelf, and any other little accessories. I got people in to install the bathroom. How I did that I still don't know. It involved a lot of Daisy, Auggie, David, and Jules getting they're attention away from the dorms." Here they both laughed. This had been a huge ordeal. They'd decided to put it in the boys' dorm again. Mainly because it was bigger and because Scott had a better chance of defending Shelby from peeping toms that she had of fending off the girls. Some were real jealous about their engagement. "All I really need is paint jobs and installation. I also need the help of a few Cliffies and Rivergliders to transport all their belongings. I don't know how I'm going to get Shelby and Scott's attention off the dorm long enough to move all that," she finished, exasperated.
"Oh, I have a plan."
"Oh, yeah? What is it?"
"Well, Shelby needs a gown, Scott needs a tux, and they both need rings. Not to mention all the other little formalities that come with a wedding. I'll take them out, along with Daisy, Jess, Jules, Auggie, David, and Ezra, our very own wedding party." They both laughed at this statement. "You can get the Rivergliders to stay and help. It won't be that bad. I'll let Jeff and Arianne know."
"Sounds like a plan!" Sophie replied, completely excited.
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"Guys, group after breakfast!" Peter announced.
"Uh, Peter, we have class after breakfast! It is a Monday, you know," Scott said, looking at Peter as if he were sick.
"Scott, I know it's Monday morning, but we're still having group. I'm going to tell Arianne and Jeff not to bother getting ready for your next classes."
"Peter? You alright?" Shelby asked, getting up and putting her hand to his forehead to check his temperature.
"I'm fine. So, group in fifteen minutes, don't be late!" he yelled over his shoulder as he walked off to talk to the teachers.
"What's up with our oh-so-fearless leader? Gone soft, has he?" asked a rather shocked Daisy.
"I think he may just have," replied David as he put his arm around her and began to eat. Everyone just ate silently that morning, trying to figure out why Peter was canceling their classes for group. He'd never done that before. What did he want? They all had different views.
"Guys, come on, we'd better get going," Lay said, checking her watch. They all got up, threw out the remainder of their breakfasts, and walked into the lodge.
Peter and Sophie were just coming in. They both looked flustered and excited.
"Alright, what's going on here? This is just annoying," Auggie said. Despite the fact that the Rivergliders were there, they were all silent, rather tired.
"Okay, have a seat," Peter said, motioning to the chairs set up around the room. They all sat. "Okay, this is less of a group than it is an announcement." The kids all looked around at each other. What could this be? "Okay, as you all know, Scott and Shelby are engaged. The thing is, the wedding's going to be soon. A few weeks before the Morp, in fact. So, I need to take Scott, Shelby, and the 'wedding party' to town to get ready for it." When he finished this little speech, the 'wedding party's' faces lighted up in delight and the Rivergliders' faces fell considerably.
"So, what are we going to do?" Emma asked. She may have been a Cliffhanger, but she hadn't known Shelby or Scott long enough to be part of the actual wedding.
"You, miss Emma, and the rest of the Rivergliders have something planned. It's possibly not as fun as the rest of the Cliffhangers, but it's something that'll get you out of classes." As the rest of the class cheered, Peter whispered to Sophie: "I can't believe I just said that." Sophie just patted his shoulder lovingly.
"It's okay, they all need their little days off here and there."
"I thought that's what weekends were!" Sophie just gave him a look of 'don't even go there!' so he shut up. Then, louder, he got the others to quiet down and continued. "So, wedding party, go and get ready for a day on the town."
"Day on the town? You do mean Agnes, right?" Shelby asked, sarcastic once more.
"Yeah, Agnes, but that's the closest it gets to 'town' here. Rivergliders, stick around, and Sophie's going to tell you guys about what you're doing. Good luck," he added in an undertone to his wife who stood beside him.
"Thanks," she whispered back.
Once the Cliffhangers were gone, Sophie spoke. She had to be sure that neither Scott, nor Shelby would hear about the little "surprise" they had planned.
"So? What are we doing?" Kristen asked, getting overly curious.
"We are going to work on the room."
"What?" Andrew asked, he was the only one who had no clue what was going on.
"We're putting together a room for the engaged," Leonie explained. "I think you know why, there's no need to go into all that."
"Exactly, and the thing is, I've gotten everything together, now we just need to paint and install," Sophie instructed.
"Alright, then, lets get going!" Emma yelled, now finally getting into a better mood. It was about time, everyone else was thinking. She'd been in such a bad mood all morning, from the moment she woke up, which pissed the girls off a lot!
"Okay," Sophie responded, leading them all to the guys' dorm. There was, outside the Cliffhanger and Riverglider dorm, a little room set apart. It was connected to a bathroom, which could not be accessed from the hallway. "Here it is. Now I need four of you on painting and the other four can help me out with the moving of furniture. As classes are running, I assume we're not going to have a hard time with curious students." They all nodded.
"I want to be painting!" Lay said, jumping up and down. "I love to paint!" The others looked at her as if she were a bomb about to go off.
"Fine, I'll pain too," Kristen said.
"Me too," Andrew and Marc said at the same time. Marc desperately wanted to be able to talk to Kristen and Andrew didn't feel safe around anyone else, as no one else trusted him.
"Fine by me, the rest of you, come on, we have a lot to do," Sophie said. "Guys, the paint and brushes are on the floor there. Just paint all the walls and I'll come back later to direct anything else. Stick to the bedroom for now."
"Okay," Lay said, way too excited for painting. So Sophie and the other four left to get furniture. They also had some to assemble and two pieces to paint. "Okay guys, here, you two can start on those two walls and Andrew and I'll do these two," she said, completely taking charge of the situation. The three others laughed and got to work.
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It had been about ten minutes or so since they'd started. Both teams were working leisurely at their own pace, not really making it a competition or anything.
"So, how are you?" Andrew said in a rather hushed whisper. He didn't want to get Kristen and Marc involved in his conversation.
"Oh, I'm fine, a little excited though," she said with a giggle.
"Yeah, I noticed. Listen, why'd you come to see me in the infirmary?" he asked. This had been bugging him for a long time.
"I told you already!" she replied, not really wanting to touch on the subject.
"Yeah, but sympathy doesn't seem your game. As happy as you are, I just don't think you came to sympathize. Especially since you left in tears after I told you about my past. There's something else, isn't there?" he pushed.
"Uh, yeah, I did have another reason," she hesitated. Andrew looked inquisitively at her. "Well, I... uh... I really like you," she spat out before she couldn't.
"Okay. Wow, I don't know what to say," he whispered back.
"I knew it," she said to herself. "Look, just ignore that."
"Why would I ignore it? I like you too!" he said. He was now turned to her.
"You do?" she asked, she was so happy. He just nodded and gave her a hug. They got back to painting after a while so that Kristen and Marc wouldn't notice. They were both real happy, because they were with the one person they really liked at Horizon.
On the other side of the room, a different conversation was taking place.
"Look, Kristen, I'm sorry," Marc said, looking straight at her, when she turned her face to look at him, he was looking into her beautiful big brown eyes.
"What?" she asked, making sure she'd heard properly.
"I'm sorry for what I said the other day. I shouldn't have said it. I really like you, Kristen and I..."
"Yes?"
"I dunno, I guess I just want to go out with you," he said.
"Do you, now?" she asked with a smile. It was a huge grin. Only he could make her smile like that, especially with the history she'd had.
"Yeah, I do," he said, wrapping his arms around her waist. "So, what do you say?"
"Well, I'd love to, but just respect me!" she said.
"I will... I do! I respect you more than I do most people!" he replied.
"So, it's settled then?" she asked, hopefulness shining through her eyes.
"Yeah, it's settled," he answered, as his face lowered to her level and he gave her a kiss.
Unfortunately Alexis came in at this moment. "Guys! You're supposed to actually be working!" she yelled. They all burst out laughing. Marc and Kristen went beat red. Hey! Their first kiss together!
Author's note: OMG! I can't believe this! I just re-read most of my fanfiction to my sister (she was taking too long reading it herself). Anyways, I noticed the level of corniness in it. I'd like to apologize, lol. If you like that sort of thing (as do I) I'm sure you had no problem with it. I must warn any unsuspecting victims, the rest of the story will remain this corny, don't expect a change anytime soon! LOL!
By the way, the end of this chapter is real rushed. I'm sorry for this, but I've been getting a LOT of pressure to finish this chapter, and honestly I really didn't want to drag on forever to get to where I wanted to go. Just use your imaginations, it could happen. I really wanted to get to the next chapter which is the one where they go into town (you'll see). Anyways, stick with me, I won't keep it this silly and rushed! lol!
Daisy and David had planned to meet at the docks on the Sunday evening, after lights out. After a year of having Shelby sneak around with Scott after lights out, Daisy knew all the tricks of the trade, so to speak. She had told David what time, how to get there without being noticed, and so on. David hadn't been there long enough to get these kinds of details off of Scott, so he had to totally rely on Daisy, which didn't matter to him.
At 11 o'clock, they finally met at the docks.
"Hey there, hun," David said, giving her a kiss. This kiss went on for a while. Finally, Daisy broke it off. She looked a bit uncomfortable. David, having known her for so long-or just for being so totally head over heels for her-, picked it up right away. "What's wrong, Dais?" he asked, sitting down on the bench with her, and wrapping his arm around her.
She turned to look at him. Now or never, she thought.
"I have a real big question for you," she said. She obviously didn't want to know the answer to this question, but she needed to.
"What is it?" he asked, fearing the worst.
"What's going to happen to us after Horizon?"
David let out a huge sigh. Thank god! I can deal with this question, he thought.
"Well, we're going to be shipped off home, unless we leave to go somewhere else." Daisy obviously wasn't satisfied with this answer. "Oh, you mean about us?" David asked, getting her drift. "Well, I don't know. Daisy, I'm going to somewhere away. I'm not going down south; I'm not going up north. I'm not staying in the Americas. I'm leaving after grad. If I get into a university, which would really surprise me, it's gonna be in Europe."
"I see," she said, hanging her head low. I knew he didn't want me to come along, she thought.
"Dais, I..." he trailed off. "I want you to come with me," he said, courageously, finding the power inside him somewhere. Daisy looked up, hope shining through her eyes.
"You do? You really do?" she asked.
"Yeah, of course I do. Look, I need someone to keep me sane," he joked. He suddenly became very serious again. "You're the best person I've ever known. I won't survive without you."
"David, don't try to speculate about these things."
"Daisy, I'm serious. I'd die. I really would. Not only mentally, but I'd physically die without you. I love you. When I said those words to you I wasn't using them lightly, I meant them. I've never used them before, except with my mom. I want you to come with me."
"I'd love to go with you!" she said, excitedly. She was so happy, probably her happiest, or close to it. "I've been panicking about what I was going to do after grad for a while now. Well, even if I don't go to university, at least I have somewhere to go... and someone to spend my time with. My time is very precious to me, so you should feel very honoured!" she said, smiling.
"Oh, believe me, I do!" and that was the last of the talking that night. The rest as you might expect, was spent looking at the stars, kissing, and silently walking around campus. Finally, around one in the morning, they turned in, getting rather tired. They both had a big day tomorrow.
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"Hey, Soph, how's that room coming along?" Peter asked the next morning on their morning walk off to Horizon from their house. He was referring to the room that Sophie had slowly been setting up over the past month for Shelby and Scott. The two counselors had come to the decision that once the couple was married, they would definitely need a room to themselves. They had already got some complaints from the rest of the guys. They had only recently stopped coming to report things when they'd been warned about the room, and the surprise for their new couple. The girls had also heard of the news.
"It's coming together well. I have all the stuff they'll need, such as the bed, which we already have, the dresser, the bookshelf, and any other little accessories. I got people in to install the bathroom. How I did that I still don't know. It involved a lot of Daisy, Auggie, David, and Jules getting they're attention away from the dorms." Here they both laughed. This had been a huge ordeal. They'd decided to put it in the boys' dorm again. Mainly because it was bigger and because Scott had a better chance of defending Shelby from peeping toms that she had of fending off the girls. Some were real jealous about their engagement. "All I really need is paint jobs and installation. I also need the help of a few Cliffies and Rivergliders to transport all their belongings. I don't know how I'm going to get Shelby and Scott's attention off the dorm long enough to move all that," she finished, exasperated.
"Oh, I have a plan."
"Oh, yeah? What is it?"
"Well, Shelby needs a gown, Scott needs a tux, and they both need rings. Not to mention all the other little formalities that come with a wedding. I'll take them out, along with Daisy, Jess, Jules, Auggie, David, and Ezra, our very own wedding party." They both laughed at this statement. "You can get the Rivergliders to stay and help. It won't be that bad. I'll let Jeff and Arianne know."
"Sounds like a plan!" Sophie replied, completely excited.
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"Guys, group after breakfast!" Peter announced.
"Uh, Peter, we have class after breakfast! It is a Monday, you know," Scott said, looking at Peter as if he were sick.
"Scott, I know it's Monday morning, but we're still having group. I'm going to tell Arianne and Jeff not to bother getting ready for your next classes."
"Peter? You alright?" Shelby asked, getting up and putting her hand to his forehead to check his temperature.
"I'm fine. So, group in fifteen minutes, don't be late!" he yelled over his shoulder as he walked off to talk to the teachers.
"What's up with our oh-so-fearless leader? Gone soft, has he?" asked a rather shocked Daisy.
"I think he may just have," replied David as he put his arm around her and began to eat. Everyone just ate silently that morning, trying to figure out why Peter was canceling their classes for group. He'd never done that before. What did he want? They all had different views.
"Guys, come on, we'd better get going," Lay said, checking her watch. They all got up, threw out the remainder of their breakfasts, and walked into the lodge.
Peter and Sophie were just coming in. They both looked flustered and excited.
"Alright, what's going on here? This is just annoying," Auggie said. Despite the fact that the Rivergliders were there, they were all silent, rather tired.
"Okay, have a seat," Peter said, motioning to the chairs set up around the room. They all sat. "Okay, this is less of a group than it is an announcement." The kids all looked around at each other. What could this be? "Okay, as you all know, Scott and Shelby are engaged. The thing is, the wedding's going to be soon. A few weeks before the Morp, in fact. So, I need to take Scott, Shelby, and the 'wedding party' to town to get ready for it." When he finished this little speech, the 'wedding party's' faces lighted up in delight and the Rivergliders' faces fell considerably.
"So, what are we going to do?" Emma asked. She may have been a Cliffhanger, but she hadn't known Shelby or Scott long enough to be part of the actual wedding.
"You, miss Emma, and the rest of the Rivergliders have something planned. It's possibly not as fun as the rest of the Cliffhangers, but it's something that'll get you out of classes." As the rest of the class cheered, Peter whispered to Sophie: "I can't believe I just said that." Sophie just patted his shoulder lovingly.
"It's okay, they all need their little days off here and there."
"I thought that's what weekends were!" Sophie just gave him a look of 'don't even go there!' so he shut up. Then, louder, he got the others to quiet down and continued. "So, wedding party, go and get ready for a day on the town."
"Day on the town? You do mean Agnes, right?" Shelby asked, sarcastic once more.
"Yeah, Agnes, but that's the closest it gets to 'town' here. Rivergliders, stick around, and Sophie's going to tell you guys about what you're doing. Good luck," he added in an undertone to his wife who stood beside him.
"Thanks," she whispered back.
Once the Cliffhangers were gone, Sophie spoke. She had to be sure that neither Scott, nor Shelby would hear about the little "surprise" they had planned.
"So? What are we doing?" Kristen asked, getting overly curious.
"We are going to work on the room."
"What?" Andrew asked, he was the only one who had no clue what was going on.
"We're putting together a room for the engaged," Leonie explained. "I think you know why, there's no need to go into all that."
"Exactly, and the thing is, I've gotten everything together, now we just need to paint and install," Sophie instructed.
"Alright, then, lets get going!" Emma yelled, now finally getting into a better mood. It was about time, everyone else was thinking. She'd been in such a bad mood all morning, from the moment she woke up, which pissed the girls off a lot!
"Okay," Sophie responded, leading them all to the guys' dorm. There was, outside the Cliffhanger and Riverglider dorm, a little room set apart. It was connected to a bathroom, which could not be accessed from the hallway. "Here it is. Now I need four of you on painting and the other four can help me out with the moving of furniture. As classes are running, I assume we're not going to have a hard time with curious students." They all nodded.
"I want to be painting!" Lay said, jumping up and down. "I love to paint!" The others looked at her as if she were a bomb about to go off.
"Fine, I'll pain too," Kristen said.
"Me too," Andrew and Marc said at the same time. Marc desperately wanted to be able to talk to Kristen and Andrew didn't feel safe around anyone else, as no one else trusted him.
"Fine by me, the rest of you, come on, we have a lot to do," Sophie said. "Guys, the paint and brushes are on the floor there. Just paint all the walls and I'll come back later to direct anything else. Stick to the bedroom for now."
"Okay," Lay said, way too excited for painting. So Sophie and the other four left to get furniture. They also had some to assemble and two pieces to paint. "Okay guys, here, you two can start on those two walls and Andrew and I'll do these two," she said, completely taking charge of the situation. The three others laughed and got to work.
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It had been about ten minutes or so since they'd started. Both teams were working leisurely at their own pace, not really making it a competition or anything.
"So, how are you?" Andrew said in a rather hushed whisper. He didn't want to get Kristen and Marc involved in his conversation.
"Oh, I'm fine, a little excited though," she said with a giggle.
"Yeah, I noticed. Listen, why'd you come to see me in the infirmary?" he asked. This had been bugging him for a long time.
"I told you already!" she replied, not really wanting to touch on the subject.
"Yeah, but sympathy doesn't seem your game. As happy as you are, I just don't think you came to sympathize. Especially since you left in tears after I told you about my past. There's something else, isn't there?" he pushed.
"Uh, yeah, I did have another reason," she hesitated. Andrew looked inquisitively at her. "Well, I... uh... I really like you," she spat out before she couldn't.
"Okay. Wow, I don't know what to say," he whispered back.
"I knew it," she said to herself. "Look, just ignore that."
"Why would I ignore it? I like you too!" he said. He was now turned to her.
"You do?" she asked, she was so happy. He just nodded and gave her a hug. They got back to painting after a while so that Kristen and Marc wouldn't notice. They were both real happy, because they were with the one person they really liked at Horizon.
On the other side of the room, a different conversation was taking place.
"Look, Kristen, I'm sorry," Marc said, looking straight at her, when she turned her face to look at him, he was looking into her beautiful big brown eyes.
"What?" she asked, making sure she'd heard properly.
"I'm sorry for what I said the other day. I shouldn't have said it. I really like you, Kristen and I..."
"Yes?"
"I dunno, I guess I just want to go out with you," he said.
"Do you, now?" she asked with a smile. It was a huge grin. Only he could make her smile like that, especially with the history she'd had.
"Yeah, I do," he said, wrapping his arms around her waist. "So, what do you say?"
"Well, I'd love to, but just respect me!" she said.
"I will... I do! I respect you more than I do most people!" he replied.
"So, it's settled then?" she asked, hopefulness shining through her eyes.
"Yeah, it's settled," he answered, as his face lowered to her level and he gave her a kiss.
Unfortunately Alexis came in at this moment. "Guys! You're supposed to actually be working!" she yelled. They all burst out laughing. Marc and Kristen went beat red. Hey! Their first kiss together!