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The next morning came too soon for Scott. The annoying beep of his alarm seemed to be extra loud, probably because he had gone to bed a couple hours ago. He was not looking forward to kitchens. Reluctantly, he got out of bed, once he managed to stretch; he quietly made his way to the bathroom so he could get ready. He and Katie were the only Cliffhangers who were on Kitchen's this morning, which meant he was the only one that was awake in the dorm.
As Scott got ready he thought of awkward his kitchens assignment, he didn't really know Katie. The two of them never really talked a lot, plus he never really been one for talking to others outside of the Cliffhangers.
Scott threw on some clothes and headed out towards the cafeteria.
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Scott walked into the cafeteria to see Sophie who was handing out job assignments. Scott walked over to her but stopped midway to get one last yawn out of his system. He continued to walk over to Sophie to see what his job was going to be.
"Morning, how are you?" Sophie asked in a cheerful voice.
Scott grumbled and scratched his head and replied, "Tired. What's my job?"
Sophie could tell that he wasn't in a talkative mood so she just decided to give him his assignment, "Um," she looked at her clipboard and then replied, "you are on food prep with Katie."
'My luck,' Scott thought to himself as he put on his apron and headed over to where Katie was.
Scott saw Katie cutting up fruit for the fruit cocktail portion of breakfast. He came up across from Katie and didn't say a word, he just picked up some fruit and started cutting it up into small pieces.
About ten minutes had gone by and neither of the two had said a word until Katie broke the silence, "I hate morning kitchens."
"I hate morning anything." Scott replied, and then the two them let out a small laugh.
"So what did you do to get morning kitchens?" Katie asked trying to start conversation, most everyone who got morning kitchens was either on punishment or was just plain unlucky.
"Got caught in Shelby's tent when we went on that stupid hike." Scott informed Katie, leaving out a few details, "you?"
"Um, I let a fellow student have a piece of my mind." Katie said also leaving out some details.
The two of them continued to cut fruit and start a conversation. Both Scott and Katie were lightening up and hating kitchen duty a little less.
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Peter was headed to the dorms to wake up all the boys he had just gotten off the phone with Brian, he would be at Horizon in about a half hour to say goodbye to Cole and see if he had an answer about when Cole went home.
Peter walked into the Cliffhanger dorm and called out, "Rise and shine guys!"
There was little movement at first so Peter called out again, "Get up, get up, get up!"
There were now mumbles and grumbles from everyone. Peter switched on the light and shook the guys that were still asleep.
"Cole, Brian will be here in about thirty so get up." Peter said as he passed by Cole's bed, he saw movement from Cole so he knew that he wasn't still asleep.
Cole was still mad at Peter for last night, so he decided not to talk to Peter. He wondered how long it would last though.
Cole stumbled out of bed and headed for the bathroom. Once he was in there he shut the door and started getting ready. The other guys all saw Cole go in the bathroom so they all decided to go back to bed.
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About ten minutes later, Cole walked out of the bathroom with the pair of jeans, that he took in with him, on. He threw on a tee-shirt then for some 'warmth' he slid on a hooded sweatshirt over his tee shirt.
Cole walked towards the door and was about to walk out, and then he turned around and headed for the beds.
He walked over to Auggie's bed and smacked him on the leg.
"Yo," Auggie angrily mumbled, wanting to know who hit him on the leg and why.
"Get up and get ready, I'm headin' out." Cole told Auggie then headed back for the door.
Cole walked outside without even double checking to see if anyone had gotten up.
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As he passed the equipment shed he saw a familiar Kristen sitting by herself at one of the picnic tables.
Cole walked over to her and sat down across from her and said, "You're up early."
"Look whose talkin'" Kristen shot back in a joking manner.
"Why are you up so early?" Cole asked crossing his arms and rubbing his shoulders to try to generate some heat, it was cold this morning.
"I got tired of always getting stuck takin' the last shower with cold water, so I beat Jules and Kat to the bathroom this morning," Kristen said, then paused to let out a small yawn, "I am out here cuz there aren't many people out this early and it's relaxing."
"You want me to leave?" Cole asked, wondering if he was interrupting her 'relaxing'.
"Nah, I guess you can stay." She said in a joking tone as she playfully punched Cole's arm which was resting on the top of the table, "so why are you up early?"
"I have to meet Brian." Cole informed.
"Who's that?" Kristen asked, letting out another yawn.
"He's the guy I went out to eat with," Cole said as he rubbed his hands together and stuck them in the front pocket of his sweatshirt.
"The cop?" Kristen asked. She had heard that from Juliette's gossip.
"Yeah," Cole answered.
"Why's he here?" Kristen asked without thinking, but quickly added, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to.
"My mom is across the country taking care of my grandma, so she asked Brian if it would be okay for me to stay with him when I went home for breaks." Cole told her.
"Wow. You gonna stay with him? Cuz it would suck living with a cop." Kristen told Cole, adding her two cents.
"I'm not sure if I'm gonna stay with him." Cole replied, noticing Kristen cup her hands and bring them to her mouth to warm them.
Cole saw Sophie walking towards the two of them and he knew that Brian must be here, so before she made it to the bench he told Kristen, "Here comes Sophie, he must be here." Then Cole stood up and headed to meet Sophie.
"Good luck." Kristen called out.
Cole nodded his head and then put the hood of his sweatshirt up.
"He here?" Cole asked Sophie when he came up to her.
"Yeah, he is waiting in the admin building." Sophie informed.
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The two started heading towards the administration building when Sophie said, "Cole I'm sorry that Peter and I told the Cliffhangers that we found out about your tattoo last night. They were not right to ask you what was on your shoulder."
"Don't worry about it Soph. Sooner or later they would've found out about it." Cole reassured.
As Cole and Sophie came up the hill, Cole saw Brian heading down the admin building steps; he just finished talking to Peter.
"I'll let you say goodbye. I have to go check on the Cliffhanger girls and make sure they are up." Sophie said as she patted Cole on the back and started to walk in a different direction.
Cole rubbed his hands together and then put them in is pants pockets. He walked over to Brian who was wearing his normal attire. He was wearing loose fitting jeans and a 'Marines' sweatshirt. He dressed more like Cole than a regular adult, which was probably why Cole didn't hate him like most other cops.
"I thought your entire wardrobe had changed when I saw you yesterday." Cole said dropping the hint that he liked Brian's regular clothing picks.
"Funny." Brian said with a smile, "So have you given anymore thought to what we talked about last night?"
Cole looked up to the sky wondering if the next thing he was about to say was going to be the right thing. He cleared his throat and replied, "Uh, y- yeah I did."
"And?" Brian asked, knowing that this was a tough decision for Cole.
Cole looked towards the ground and mumbled, "Can I stay with you?"
Brian smiled and said "Sure man," knowing that Cole was embarrassed about asking.
Cole looked up and knew and saw Brian's expression and knew that things might actually work out. He didn't show his happiness; he just gave a half cocked smile and said, "Thanks."
Brian glanced at his watch and said, "Well, I have to be headin' out now."
"Okay." Cole said, leaving the two at an awkward moment.
Brian stuck out his hand for a handshake, knowing that at this time it was the right thing to do. Cole lazily put his hand out and took the handshake.
"Well, I talked to Peter and it seems you have a break coming up. So I guess I'll see you soon." Brian said.
"Yeah, see you soon." Cole said, and then he turned and started walking away.
Brian still knew that Cole wasn't fully on board with the idea of staying with him, so he turned and walked towards his truck.
Cole rolled his eyes, turned around and called out, "Hey, have a safe trip." Feeling that he left off on the wrong foot.
Brian smiled and waved to Cole then got in his truck, Cole kept walking and Brian headed down the road and away from Horizon.
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The next morning came too soon for Scott. The annoying beep of his alarm seemed to be extra loud, probably because he had gone to bed a couple hours ago. He was not looking forward to kitchens. Reluctantly, he got out of bed, once he managed to stretch; he quietly made his way to the bathroom so he could get ready. He and Katie were the only Cliffhangers who were on Kitchen's this morning, which meant he was the only one that was awake in the dorm.
As Scott got ready he thought of awkward his kitchens assignment, he didn't really know Katie. The two of them never really talked a lot, plus he never really been one for talking to others outside of the Cliffhangers.
Scott threw on some clothes and headed out towards the cafeteria.
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Scott walked into the cafeteria to see Sophie who was handing out job assignments. Scott walked over to her but stopped midway to get one last yawn out of his system. He continued to walk over to Sophie to see what his job was going to be.
"Morning, how are you?" Sophie asked in a cheerful voice.
Scott grumbled and scratched his head and replied, "Tired. What's my job?"
Sophie could tell that he wasn't in a talkative mood so she just decided to give him his assignment, "Um," she looked at her clipboard and then replied, "you are on food prep with Katie."
'My luck,' Scott thought to himself as he put on his apron and headed over to where Katie was.
Scott saw Katie cutting up fruit for the fruit cocktail portion of breakfast. He came up across from Katie and didn't say a word, he just picked up some fruit and started cutting it up into small pieces.
About ten minutes had gone by and neither of the two had said a word until Katie broke the silence, "I hate morning kitchens."
"I hate morning anything." Scott replied, and then the two them let out a small laugh.
"So what did you do to get morning kitchens?" Katie asked trying to start conversation, most everyone who got morning kitchens was either on punishment or was just plain unlucky.
"Got caught in Shelby's tent when we went on that stupid hike." Scott informed Katie, leaving out a few details, "you?"
"Um, I let a fellow student have a piece of my mind." Katie said also leaving out some details.
The two of them continued to cut fruit and start a conversation. Both Scott and Katie were lightening up and hating kitchen duty a little less.
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Peter was headed to the dorms to wake up all the boys he had just gotten off the phone with Brian, he would be at Horizon in about a half hour to say goodbye to Cole and see if he had an answer about when Cole went home.
Peter walked into the Cliffhanger dorm and called out, "Rise and shine guys!"
There was little movement at first so Peter called out again, "Get up, get up, get up!"
There were now mumbles and grumbles from everyone. Peter switched on the light and shook the guys that were still asleep.
"Cole, Brian will be here in about thirty so get up." Peter said as he passed by Cole's bed, he saw movement from Cole so he knew that he wasn't still asleep.
Cole was still mad at Peter for last night, so he decided not to talk to Peter. He wondered how long it would last though.
Cole stumbled out of bed and headed for the bathroom. Once he was in there he shut the door and started getting ready. The other guys all saw Cole go in the bathroom so they all decided to go back to bed.
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About ten minutes later, Cole walked out of the bathroom with the pair of jeans, that he took in with him, on. He threw on a tee-shirt then for some 'warmth' he slid on a hooded sweatshirt over his tee shirt.
Cole walked towards the door and was about to walk out, and then he turned around and headed for the beds.
He walked over to Auggie's bed and smacked him on the leg.
"Yo," Auggie angrily mumbled, wanting to know who hit him on the leg and why.
"Get up and get ready, I'm headin' out." Cole told Auggie then headed back for the door.
Cole walked outside without even double checking to see if anyone had gotten up.
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As he passed the equipment shed he saw a familiar Kristen sitting by herself at one of the picnic tables.
Cole walked over to her and sat down across from her and said, "You're up early."
"Look whose talkin'" Kristen shot back in a joking manner.
"Why are you up so early?" Cole asked crossing his arms and rubbing his shoulders to try to generate some heat, it was cold this morning.
"I got tired of always getting stuck takin' the last shower with cold water, so I beat Jules and Kat to the bathroom this morning," Kristen said, then paused to let out a small yawn, "I am out here cuz there aren't many people out this early and it's relaxing."
"You want me to leave?" Cole asked, wondering if he was interrupting her 'relaxing'.
"Nah, I guess you can stay." She said in a joking tone as she playfully punched Cole's arm which was resting on the top of the table, "so why are you up early?"
"I have to meet Brian." Cole informed.
"Who's that?" Kristen asked, letting out another yawn.
"He's the guy I went out to eat with," Cole said as he rubbed his hands together and stuck them in the front pocket of his sweatshirt.
"The cop?" Kristen asked. She had heard that from Juliette's gossip.
"Yeah," Cole answered.
"Why's he here?" Kristen asked without thinking, but quickly added, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to.
"My mom is across the country taking care of my grandma, so she asked Brian if it would be okay for me to stay with him when I went home for breaks." Cole told her.
"Wow. You gonna stay with him? Cuz it would suck living with a cop." Kristen told Cole, adding her two cents.
"I'm not sure if I'm gonna stay with him." Cole replied, noticing Kristen cup her hands and bring them to her mouth to warm them.
Cole saw Sophie walking towards the two of them and he knew that Brian must be here, so before she made it to the bench he told Kristen, "Here comes Sophie, he must be here." Then Cole stood up and headed to meet Sophie.
"Good luck." Kristen called out.
Cole nodded his head and then put the hood of his sweatshirt up.
"He here?" Cole asked Sophie when he came up to her.
"Yeah, he is waiting in the admin building." Sophie informed.
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The two started heading towards the administration building when Sophie said, "Cole I'm sorry that Peter and I told the Cliffhangers that we found out about your tattoo last night. They were not right to ask you what was on your shoulder."
"Don't worry about it Soph. Sooner or later they would've found out about it." Cole reassured.
As Cole and Sophie came up the hill, Cole saw Brian heading down the admin building steps; he just finished talking to Peter.
"I'll let you say goodbye. I have to go check on the Cliffhanger girls and make sure they are up." Sophie said as she patted Cole on the back and started to walk in a different direction.
Cole rubbed his hands together and then put them in is pants pockets. He walked over to Brian who was wearing his normal attire. He was wearing loose fitting jeans and a 'Marines' sweatshirt. He dressed more like Cole than a regular adult, which was probably why Cole didn't hate him like most other cops.
"I thought your entire wardrobe had changed when I saw you yesterday." Cole said dropping the hint that he liked Brian's regular clothing picks.
"Funny." Brian said with a smile, "So have you given anymore thought to what we talked about last night?"
Cole looked up to the sky wondering if the next thing he was about to say was going to be the right thing. He cleared his throat and replied, "Uh, y- yeah I did."
"And?" Brian asked, knowing that this was a tough decision for Cole.
Cole looked towards the ground and mumbled, "Can I stay with you?"
Brian smiled and said "Sure man," knowing that Cole was embarrassed about asking.
Cole looked up and knew and saw Brian's expression and knew that things might actually work out. He didn't show his happiness; he just gave a half cocked smile and said, "Thanks."
Brian glanced at his watch and said, "Well, I have to be headin' out now."
"Okay." Cole said, leaving the two at an awkward moment.
Brian stuck out his hand for a handshake, knowing that at this time it was the right thing to do. Cole lazily put his hand out and took the handshake.
"Well, I talked to Peter and it seems you have a break coming up. So I guess I'll see you soon." Brian said.
"Yeah, see you soon." Cole said, and then he turned and started walking away.
Brian still knew that Cole wasn't fully on board with the idea of staying with him, so he turned and walked towards his truck.
Cole rolled his eyes, turned around and called out, "Hey, have a safe trip." Feeling that he left off on the wrong foot.
Brian smiled and waved to Cole then got in his truck, Cole kept walking and Brian headed down the road and away from Horizon.
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