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The weeks went by and as they did, almost everyone counted down the days until break. As always, there were a few who were skeptical about break coming. Among those few was Katherine. For Katherine, after break there was only about a month until she graduated Horizon. Katherine was very scared about facing the real world; sure, she had a few ideas about what she was going to do, but nothing solid.
David was also nervous about the coming of break. He had exchanged a few short phone calls with his father over the past couple of weeks. He knew though, that his father was going to break some big news to him soon. He didn't know what it was going to be for sure, but for some reason he could just feel it was going to happen.
The one who worried the most though was Cole. It had only been a couple of weeks since Brian had visited him and Cole agreed to stay with him. Cole had never really trusted that many adults, but staying with one, a cop none the less, was going to be a new and scary experience for Cole.
The rest of the Cliffhangers couldn't wait to take a break from Horizon. Now that Walt and Elaine were out of their houses, Scott and Shelby didn't have as much fear about returning home. Katie and Kristen had both talked about how the first thing that they were going to do when they got back was to turn back to their 'friends', the same ones that landed them at Horizon in the first place. As for Auggie, Juliette, Daisy, and Ezra, visiting home again would not be as stressful; they had all visited home before this.
Daisy still had grudges against her father and the two of them still weren't as close as they were before, but then again Daisy knew that they never would be that close again.
Ezra would be going to stay with his mother on this break. After the two of them had shown up at Horizon, they decided that they needed to take the right steps in order to move on with their lives, for Ezra's sake. His parents were separated, so he alternated between the two of them every break. Even though his parents were separated, he still heard each of them talk about the other.
Going home for Juliette was pretty much the same as always. She still had to face her judgmental mother, but every time she went home to visit, she was always a little bit stronger. She had learned to use the tools that she had gained from Horizon to her advantage.
When Auggie went home, he still knew that his old friends, his old ways, and especially his brother would be there waiting for him. Slowly but surely, Auggie and his brother, along with his old friends and old ways were drifting apart.
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Cole was walking out of Peter's office after his afternoon classes. Ever since that day a couple of weeks ago, when Peter came up to talk to him while he was chopping wood, he had been making slow progress in his sessions with Peter and in group. Peter was still checking Cole for cuts on his body; all that remained on Cole were old cuts that had turned into scars. Cole had the idea the he would still be checked until he went on break and then would be checked for the first couple of days back from break. Cole was now off of wood chopping duty and 24 hour supervision.
Cole couldn't decide weather to go to the lodge or back to the dorm, so he decided to meet in the middle, the picnic table area. He saw David, Auggie, and Scott playing a game of basketball with some of the guys from the Trackers. He also spotted Kristen and Katie sitting at a picnic table.
Cole figured that Shelby had some kind of punishment to serve, Daisy and Ezra were hanging out together, and Katherine and Juliette were off together. Cole headed over to Katie and Kristen.
Cole came up and sat beside Katie, and across from Kristen. He came into the conversation they were having, which at the time was about how they couldn't wait for break to come.
"What are you gonna do on break?" Katie asked Cole.
"Try to survive." Cole replied.
"Oh yeah, your staying with that cop, right?" Kristen said.
"Yep. It should be interesting." Cole told the two.
The three of them continued to talk, when all of a sudden there was an eruption of cheers at the basketball court.
"Wanna check out what's goin' on?" Cole asked, as he started to stand up.
"Not really." Katie said, staying in her seat.
"Oh, come on Katie." Kristen said as she stood up from the table.
"Nah, basketball isn't my sport. I suppose I can get started on my science homework." Katie replied, rolling her eyes as she stood up. She waved to Kristen and Cole then started to walk off.
Cole and Katie walked over to the court and Cole said, "What was her problem?"
"I think she is still mad about having wood chopping for not turning in her English paper." Kristen told Cole.
The two pushed their way through the crowd of students to get to the front. Scott dribbled the ball for a second and as one of the Trackers came, he managed to fake the boy out and drove the ball to the basket. He laid the ball up and scored points for the Cliffhangers.
"Alright man." Auggie cheered as he came up to Scott and gave him a high five.
The trackers brought the ball back into play and the game started up again.
Kristen leaned to the girl that was next to her and asked what the score was.
"It's a tied game right now. The next basket wins." The girl told Kristen.
Kristen told Cole what she had found out and then the two focused back into the final minutes of the game.
One of the Trackers had the ball and he drove towards the basket when all of a sudden he fell towards the blacktop.
The Tracker stood up, gave David a shove and yelled angrily, "Yo! What was that?"
"Sorry man, I didn't mean to trip you. It was an accident." David said, holding his hands in the air and had a sly grin on his face.
"Oh yeah, well so is this!" The Tracker replied and threw a punch at David and connected with David's side.
David also started to throw punches and the fight erupted. Scott and Auggie rushed over to try and pull David away from the fight and the Tracker boys did the same for the other guy in the fight.
Cole saw that David and the other boy were pushing away the other guys from their group and continued to fight. He ran onto the court and helped Scott and Auggie pull David away from the fight.
It took all three of them to drag David off of the court and back towards the dorm. When they were almost to the dorm, the three let go of David, thinking that he had cooled down a little.
"What's gotten into you?" Auggie said making sure that David wasn't going to rush back to the court to finish the fight.
"Nothing, just leave me alone." David said rudely as he headed back to the dorm by himself.
Scott, Cole, and Auggie looked at each other, all with confused looks on their faces.
"Nice lay up back there." Cole said to Scott, trying to clear the air of what had just happened.
"Thanks," Scott said as he blushed a little.
"Yeah man, I thought football was your sport. Where did that come from?" Auggie joked.
"I couldn't let you think that you were the best here." Scott said as he gave Auggie a friendly, light shove.
"Yeah, yeah, just wait till next time." Auggie replied.
Cole noticed the heard of students heading towards the cafeteria and he said, "Hey, time for dinner. Let's go."
"I'm gonna go get cleaned up first." Scott said, "I'll meet you there."
"Yeah me too meat, I don't look to good to eat." Auggie also said.
"Alright. I'll see you guys there." Cole said as he headed towards to the cafeteria.
Cole was almost to the cafeteria when all of a sudden; someone came up behind him and scared him. He turned to see who it was, and he wasn't surprised to find out it was Kristen.
"Damn, almost made me piss my pants." Cole told Kristen.
"Oh, I'm sure it wouldn't be your first time." She joked back, as the two continued walking.
"Ha-ha." Cole told her and gave her a friendly shove.
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After Kristen and Cole got their food, they looked around for a table to sit at. They spotted Juliette, Shelby, Ezra, David, Katie and Katherine sitting at a table. The two walked over and Cole sat down by Katherine and Kristen sat by Katie.
"We were just talking about the brawl that David got into earlier." Shelby informed Cole and Kristen.
"He was telling us how he would have killed that kid if you guys hadn't pulled him off." Ezra added to Cole.
"Yeah, it was something like that." Cole replied sarcastically, implying that David was stretching the truth just a little.
Scott and Auggie came to the table and Scott sat down by Shelby and Auggie sat across from Juliette, since both sides of her were occupied.
They all made fun of the food, and had a couple of laughs. Dinner went on pretty smoothly, until Peter came up to the table. Everyone had a pretty good idea he wanted to talk to David.
"Uh, David, we need to talk in my office." Peter said, with the look on his face, it looked more serious than talking about a fight.
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Hope you liked this chapter. I left you off on a little Cliffhanger. Please review, it would be greatly appreciated.
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The weeks went by and as they did, almost everyone counted down the days until break. As always, there were a few who were skeptical about break coming. Among those few was Katherine. For Katherine, after break there was only about a month until she graduated Horizon. Katherine was very scared about facing the real world; sure, she had a few ideas about what she was going to do, but nothing solid.
David was also nervous about the coming of break. He had exchanged a few short phone calls with his father over the past couple of weeks. He knew though, that his father was going to break some big news to him soon. He didn't know what it was going to be for sure, but for some reason he could just feel it was going to happen.
The one who worried the most though was Cole. It had only been a couple of weeks since Brian had visited him and Cole agreed to stay with him. Cole had never really trusted that many adults, but staying with one, a cop none the less, was going to be a new and scary experience for Cole.
The rest of the Cliffhangers couldn't wait to take a break from Horizon. Now that Walt and Elaine were out of their houses, Scott and Shelby didn't have as much fear about returning home. Katie and Kristen had both talked about how the first thing that they were going to do when they got back was to turn back to their 'friends', the same ones that landed them at Horizon in the first place. As for Auggie, Juliette, Daisy, and Ezra, visiting home again would not be as stressful; they had all visited home before this.
Daisy still had grudges against her father and the two of them still weren't as close as they were before, but then again Daisy knew that they never would be that close again.
Ezra would be going to stay with his mother on this break. After the two of them had shown up at Horizon, they decided that they needed to take the right steps in order to move on with their lives, for Ezra's sake. His parents were separated, so he alternated between the two of them every break. Even though his parents were separated, he still heard each of them talk about the other.
Going home for Juliette was pretty much the same as always. She still had to face her judgmental mother, but every time she went home to visit, she was always a little bit stronger. She had learned to use the tools that she had gained from Horizon to her advantage.
When Auggie went home, he still knew that his old friends, his old ways, and especially his brother would be there waiting for him. Slowly but surely, Auggie and his brother, along with his old friends and old ways were drifting apart.
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Cole was walking out of Peter's office after his afternoon classes. Ever since that day a couple of weeks ago, when Peter came up to talk to him while he was chopping wood, he had been making slow progress in his sessions with Peter and in group. Peter was still checking Cole for cuts on his body; all that remained on Cole were old cuts that had turned into scars. Cole had the idea the he would still be checked until he went on break and then would be checked for the first couple of days back from break. Cole was now off of wood chopping duty and 24 hour supervision.
Cole couldn't decide weather to go to the lodge or back to the dorm, so he decided to meet in the middle, the picnic table area. He saw David, Auggie, and Scott playing a game of basketball with some of the guys from the Trackers. He also spotted Kristen and Katie sitting at a picnic table.
Cole figured that Shelby had some kind of punishment to serve, Daisy and Ezra were hanging out together, and Katherine and Juliette were off together. Cole headed over to Katie and Kristen.
Cole came up and sat beside Katie, and across from Kristen. He came into the conversation they were having, which at the time was about how they couldn't wait for break to come.
"What are you gonna do on break?" Katie asked Cole.
"Try to survive." Cole replied.
"Oh yeah, your staying with that cop, right?" Kristen said.
"Yep. It should be interesting." Cole told the two.
The three of them continued to talk, when all of a sudden there was an eruption of cheers at the basketball court.
"Wanna check out what's goin' on?" Cole asked, as he started to stand up.
"Not really." Katie said, staying in her seat.
"Oh, come on Katie." Kristen said as she stood up from the table.
"Nah, basketball isn't my sport. I suppose I can get started on my science homework." Katie replied, rolling her eyes as she stood up. She waved to Kristen and Cole then started to walk off.
Cole and Katie walked over to the court and Cole said, "What was her problem?"
"I think she is still mad about having wood chopping for not turning in her English paper." Kristen told Cole.
The two pushed their way through the crowd of students to get to the front. Scott dribbled the ball for a second and as one of the Trackers came, he managed to fake the boy out and drove the ball to the basket. He laid the ball up and scored points for the Cliffhangers.
"Alright man." Auggie cheered as he came up to Scott and gave him a high five.
The trackers brought the ball back into play and the game started up again.
Kristen leaned to the girl that was next to her and asked what the score was.
"It's a tied game right now. The next basket wins." The girl told Kristen.
Kristen told Cole what she had found out and then the two focused back into the final minutes of the game.
One of the Trackers had the ball and he drove towards the basket when all of a sudden he fell towards the blacktop.
The Tracker stood up, gave David a shove and yelled angrily, "Yo! What was that?"
"Sorry man, I didn't mean to trip you. It was an accident." David said, holding his hands in the air and had a sly grin on his face.
"Oh yeah, well so is this!" The Tracker replied and threw a punch at David and connected with David's side.
David also started to throw punches and the fight erupted. Scott and Auggie rushed over to try and pull David away from the fight and the Tracker boys did the same for the other guy in the fight.
Cole saw that David and the other boy were pushing away the other guys from their group and continued to fight. He ran onto the court and helped Scott and Auggie pull David away from the fight.
It took all three of them to drag David off of the court and back towards the dorm. When they were almost to the dorm, the three let go of David, thinking that he had cooled down a little.
"What's gotten into you?" Auggie said making sure that David wasn't going to rush back to the court to finish the fight.
"Nothing, just leave me alone." David said rudely as he headed back to the dorm by himself.
Scott, Cole, and Auggie looked at each other, all with confused looks on their faces.
"Nice lay up back there." Cole said to Scott, trying to clear the air of what had just happened.
"Thanks," Scott said as he blushed a little.
"Yeah man, I thought football was your sport. Where did that come from?" Auggie joked.
"I couldn't let you think that you were the best here." Scott said as he gave Auggie a friendly, light shove.
"Yeah, yeah, just wait till next time." Auggie replied.
Cole noticed the heard of students heading towards the cafeteria and he said, "Hey, time for dinner. Let's go."
"I'm gonna go get cleaned up first." Scott said, "I'll meet you there."
"Yeah me too meat, I don't look to good to eat." Auggie also said.
"Alright. I'll see you guys there." Cole said as he headed towards to the cafeteria.
Cole was almost to the cafeteria when all of a sudden; someone came up behind him and scared him. He turned to see who it was, and he wasn't surprised to find out it was Kristen.
"Damn, almost made me piss my pants." Cole told Kristen.
"Oh, I'm sure it wouldn't be your first time." She joked back, as the two continued walking.
"Ha-ha." Cole told her and gave her a friendly shove.
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After Kristen and Cole got their food, they looked around for a table to sit at. They spotted Juliette, Shelby, Ezra, David, Katie and Katherine sitting at a table. The two walked over and Cole sat down by Katherine and Kristen sat by Katie.
"We were just talking about the brawl that David got into earlier." Shelby informed Cole and Kristen.
"He was telling us how he would have killed that kid if you guys hadn't pulled him off." Ezra added to Cole.
"Yeah, it was something like that." Cole replied sarcastically, implying that David was stretching the truth just a little.
Scott and Auggie came to the table and Scott sat down by Shelby and Auggie sat across from Juliette, since both sides of her were occupied.
They all made fun of the food, and had a couple of laughs. Dinner went on pretty smoothly, until Peter came up to the table. Everyone had a pretty good idea he wanted to talk to David.
"Uh, David, we need to talk in my office." Peter said, with the look on his face, it looked more serious than talking about a fight.
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Hope you liked this chapter. I left you off on a little Cliffhanger. Please review, it would be greatly appreciated.