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"Alright!" Scott said as he put his hand up to receive a high five from Cole.
Shocked, but happy, Cole brought his hand up and made contact with Scott's hand, "that was pointless if you ask me." Cole joked with Scott.
The Cliffhangers had just finished another one of Peter's "team building" tools that was the whole purpose of this two day hike, to build teamwork because the Cliffhangers lost a soccer game.
Peter had instructed the Cliffhangers to construct a bridge that they could use to cross a shallow creek that was only about six feet wide. The Cliffhangers had completed the task in about forty-five minutes.
"Good job guys." Sophie called out to get everyone's attention.
"Yes, great job everyone, now let's take a break and have our group." Peter joined in.
Everyone gave a slight moan, but slowly sat down in a circle. Cole was nervous because he knew that the topic of conversation would most likely be questions towards him.
"Okay, who wants to start us off?" Peter asked as he looked around the circle.
Without volunteering, Cole just spoke out, "I-I-I'm sorry."
Everyone turned and looked at Cole, surprised that he was the first one to speak up.
"What was that Cole?" Peter asked.
Cole cleared his throat and said "I said I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being a jerk."
"So is this how its gonna be whenever you decide to go through another on of ya stages? Treat us like crap, then say you're sorry and expect us to just forgive and forget?" Auggie spoke out in an annoyed tone.
There was a brief moment of silence and then Cole hesitantly responded, "Look, I make mistakes. Isn't that why we are all here, is cuz we have problems? Sure, I haven't learned quite yet how to suppress my anger, so it comes out in my 'stages', but I'm sorry I'm not perfect."
"Now Cole, that's not what Auggie is saying,-" Sophie started, but stopped when Scott interrupted her.
"No, Auggie has a point. I mean since when is it okay for you to treat us like crap whenever something is bothering you?" Scott pointed out.
"It's not," Cole mumbled, surprised at how earlier Scott had been his friend, but now he had turned on him, "look, I said I was sorry, I don't know what else to do."
Peter could tell that he had to step in before this erupted into another fight, "okay guys I have some good news."
Everyone stopped fighting and they all turned their attention to Peter.
"We are about two miles from Horizon." He told them.
Everyone's mouths dropped. They were told that they were going to be on a four day hike.
"I took you guys on a big circle, accomplishing what I was hoping to do, and that was to get you all to use teamwork." Peter informed.
The mood of the Cliffhangers went from arguing to happiness.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Ezra asked aloud.
With that, everyone was packed up and ready to go in about five minutes.
Sophie was in the lead while Peter took the back; he had to talk to Cole.
"Cole do you want to talk now, or when we get back?" Peter asked.
Cole thought for a moment then agreed to talk back at Horizon; right now he wanted to work on rebuilding his friendships.
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Cole caught up with Katie and Kristen. He came in the middle of the two then asked, "So, do you two hate me two?"
Katie let out a short chuckle and said, "They don't hate you, you just need to go back to being the old, goofy self you were." She gave him a light punch in his arm.
As the three of them walked along they laughed and joked, Cole thought things were going to be okay.
"Finally!" Kristen said as she, Katie, and Cole saw Horizon.
A smile came across everyone's faces as they hurried their paces to get to the dorms to take showers. Kristen, Katie, and Cole hurried their way up to the rest of the Cliffhangers who were talking in a big group.
They emerged from the woods and started walking across the picnic table area towards their dorms. They all noticed a man who was with Roger. They had never seen him before. Roger said something to the man and pointed in the Cliffhangers direction.
Cole looked to see what everyone was looking at and stopped dead in his tracks.
"Oh my god" Cole said, he couldn't believe who it was.
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Sorry this chapter was just a filler chapter. The next one will be better, I promise. Please review!!
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"Alright!" Scott said as he put his hand up to receive a high five from Cole.
Shocked, but happy, Cole brought his hand up and made contact with Scott's hand, "that was pointless if you ask me." Cole joked with Scott.
The Cliffhangers had just finished another one of Peter's "team building" tools that was the whole purpose of this two day hike, to build teamwork because the Cliffhangers lost a soccer game.
Peter had instructed the Cliffhangers to construct a bridge that they could use to cross a shallow creek that was only about six feet wide. The Cliffhangers had completed the task in about forty-five minutes.
"Good job guys." Sophie called out to get everyone's attention.
"Yes, great job everyone, now let's take a break and have our group." Peter joined in.
Everyone gave a slight moan, but slowly sat down in a circle. Cole was nervous because he knew that the topic of conversation would most likely be questions towards him.
"Okay, who wants to start us off?" Peter asked as he looked around the circle.
Without volunteering, Cole just spoke out, "I-I-I'm sorry."
Everyone turned and looked at Cole, surprised that he was the first one to speak up.
"What was that Cole?" Peter asked.
Cole cleared his throat and said "I said I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being a jerk."
"So is this how its gonna be whenever you decide to go through another on of ya stages? Treat us like crap, then say you're sorry and expect us to just forgive and forget?" Auggie spoke out in an annoyed tone.
There was a brief moment of silence and then Cole hesitantly responded, "Look, I make mistakes. Isn't that why we are all here, is cuz we have problems? Sure, I haven't learned quite yet how to suppress my anger, so it comes out in my 'stages', but I'm sorry I'm not perfect."
"Now Cole, that's not what Auggie is saying,-" Sophie started, but stopped when Scott interrupted her.
"No, Auggie has a point. I mean since when is it okay for you to treat us like crap whenever something is bothering you?" Scott pointed out.
"It's not," Cole mumbled, surprised at how earlier Scott had been his friend, but now he had turned on him, "look, I said I was sorry, I don't know what else to do."
Peter could tell that he had to step in before this erupted into another fight, "okay guys I have some good news."
Everyone stopped fighting and they all turned their attention to Peter.
"We are about two miles from Horizon." He told them.
Everyone's mouths dropped. They were told that they were going to be on a four day hike.
"I took you guys on a big circle, accomplishing what I was hoping to do, and that was to get you all to use teamwork." Peter informed.
The mood of the Cliffhangers went from arguing to happiness.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Ezra asked aloud.
With that, everyone was packed up and ready to go in about five minutes.
Sophie was in the lead while Peter took the back; he had to talk to Cole.
"Cole do you want to talk now, or when we get back?" Peter asked.
Cole thought for a moment then agreed to talk back at Horizon; right now he wanted to work on rebuilding his friendships.
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Cole caught up with Katie and Kristen. He came in the middle of the two then asked, "So, do you two hate me two?"
Katie let out a short chuckle and said, "They don't hate you, you just need to go back to being the old, goofy self you were." She gave him a light punch in his arm.
As the three of them walked along they laughed and joked, Cole thought things were going to be okay.
"Finally!" Kristen said as she, Katie, and Cole saw Horizon.
A smile came across everyone's faces as they hurried their paces to get to the dorms to take showers. Kristen, Katie, and Cole hurried their way up to the rest of the Cliffhangers who were talking in a big group.
They emerged from the woods and started walking across the picnic table area towards their dorms. They all noticed a man who was with Roger. They had never seen him before. Roger said something to the man and pointed in the Cliffhangers direction.
Cole looked to see what everyone was looking at and stopped dead in his tracks.
"Oh my god" Cole said, he couldn't believe who it was.
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Sorry this chapter was just a filler chapter. The next one will be better, I promise. Please review!!