I am SO sorry for such the long wait. There are more chapters to come.
Please review.
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Finally, the big morning had come. There were some students who made sure that they were up extra early so they didn't have to wait for a chance in the shower. There were other students who tried as hard as they could to stay in bed the longest, not wanting to get up and face their parents. And then there were the ones who treated today like any other day.
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Roger came into the boy's dorm about a half an hour earlier than on normal school days.
"All right guys wake up." Roger boomed, clapping his hands to try to get the guys up.
There were groggy moans of tiredness as he went by each bed and smacked each of the occupant's legs. Slowly everyone got up one by one.
"Where's David?" Auggie asked as he let out a yawn, noticing that his bed was made and all of his clothes and suitcases were gone.
"He should be leaving about now. He was the earliest to leave." Roger informed.
When Cole heard this, he quickly sat up and ran out of the dorm. Everyone looked at each other, all didn't think much of it, they slowly continued to get up and get in the shower.
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Cole came to the door of Peter's office in a light jog. He stopped before entering because he heard that Peter was in the middle of a conversation, most likely with a student's parents. Cole had to talk to Peter about David so he just sat in the chairs out by the front desk and waited for Peter.
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All the girls except for Katie were all up and ready to go. Katie was the last one to get out of bed and in the shower. Kate was neither excited nor disappointed to go home; she was the only one out of the Cliffhangers that felt this way though. The only downside to her about going home was that she didn't want to see her parents. She still hasn't forgiven them for sending her here.
She slowly got into the shower and got ready to greet her parents.
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Shelby rushed to the boy's dorm hoping to catch Scott and try to apologize for last night. When she entered her heart sank to find Scott's bed made and his bags gone.
She walked over to his bed and noticed something on his pillow. It was an envelope with her name on it. She picked it up and tore it open.
Her chest filled with pain when she saw the contents. There was a picture of the two of them laughing together with arms around each other. Also in the envelope, was a small piece of paper with "Are we gonna be this again?" written on it.
She looked around for anyone who was still in the dorm, anyone who could tell her if Scott had left or not. She turned around and saw Ezra come in.
"Ezra! Did Scott already leave?" Shelby asked nervously as she grabbed his shoulders.
"Yeah he did Shel. Why, I thought you would have already said goodbye earlier this morning?" Ezra asked.
Shelby didn't reply, she just walked out of the dorm with tears in her eyes and her heart hurting.
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Peter led two parents out of his office and when he noticed Cole sitting outside of his office he told them, "If you just want to go back to the front desk, Sophie will take you to Mark and I will be with you in a second."
The two parents smiled, nodded, and thanked Peter then headed out to the front desk.
"Is everything okay?" Peter asked Cole, noticing he hadn't gotten out of the shorts and tee-shirt he went to sleep in last night.
"Did David leave already or is he around campus somewhere with his parents?" Cole asked eagerly.
"I'm afraid he left already Cole. I'm sorry." Peter replied, knowing that's not what Cole wanted to hear.
Cole's heart sank, "Okay, oh well. I better go finish getting ready." Cole said turning around and starting to walk away and trying not to let Peter pick up on his disappointment.
"He did want me to give you this though." Peter said as he went back into his office and came back out with an envelope in his hand.
Cole walked back to Peter and grabbed the envelope. He though of opening it right there, but decided to do it alone.
With the letter in hand, Cole started to walk back out towards the front desk so he could get ready for Brian's arrival.
"He also wanted me to tell you 'thanks'." Peter called out.
Cole stopped walking and let Peter's words sink in, and then he continued walking.
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Katherine had a duffel bag with her clothes in her left hand and a smaller bag in her right. Sophie was on her right side, leading her towards her parents who were headed towards her, talking to Peter.
When Kat saw her parents, she met eyes with her parents and smiled big. As Peter continued talking, he led them towards Katherine.
"Do you have anything you want to talk about before you leave?" Sophie asked Katherine as the two continued walking towards her parents, wanting to make sure Katherine could make the best out of her break.
"Nope, I am feeling good." Katherine told her.
All five of them finally came together; Katherine dropped her bags and gave her mom a hug while her dad finished shaking Peter's hand.
"I was just telling your parents about all the trouble you've been getting into." Peter joked.
Katherine laughed a little and then said her goodbyes to Peter and Sophie and gave them both a hug. Her dad picked up her duffel bag and she picked up her small bag. Her mom had her arm around Katherine and they all walked away.
Kristen sat at one of the picnic tables waiting for her dad to come. Kristen's bags were on the ground beside her. Katie came up and sat at the table beside her.
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"Where have you been? I was looking you when Juliette told me that you had to go to the boy's dorm." Katie asked.
"Oh, I had to drop off something." Kristen explained.
"Oh yeah? What did you drop off?" Katie asked suspiciously.
"None of your business." Kristen replied, trying to put on a joking face by sticking out her tongue.
"What's wrong? You look really pale." Katie asked Kristin.
"Uh, nothing," Kristen said. Katie's question had brought her mind back to the conversation; it had briefly drifted off, "Just not too excited to go home."
"Why? I am looking forward to "using" again." Katie whispered, making sure there were not adults around to hear her.
"Sure, that's a plus and probably what I'm gonna do, but I just don't want to go to my house." Kristen told her.
"Is something wrong?" Katie asked with concern.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Kristen told Katie, wanting her to back off.
"It obviously is something, you are worried and it shows," Katie replied, trying to get Kristen to tell her secret, "You can tell me I swear I won't tell anyone. And if you want I will tell you my secret."
Kristen hesitated for a second before she finally said, "Katie, you have to swear that you won't tell ANYONE, not even Peter. Okay, I am hoping to keep this out of group for as long as I can?"
"I swear." Katie quickly said.
"Okay, I first started to use drugs in order to not be able to feel pain." Kristen started off.
"What do ya mean 'pain'?" Katie asked confused.
"The kinda pain my Dad gives me when he hits me." Kristen told as she looked down at the ground with embarrassment, not knowing what Katie would think.
"Oh god Kristen, why haven't you told anyone?" Katie asked as she stood up and moved to the other side of the table and sitting next to Kristen.
"I dunno. I don't want to tell and then have Peter say that it will be all right, but in some way have things fall through and then my dad will take me out of here and do god knows what to me." Kristen explained all in one breath, trying not to cry.
"Kristen, you have to tell Peter, you can't go home for two whole weeks." Katie told her as she embraced Kristen in a reassuring hug.
"No!" Kristen exclaimed as she jerked away from Katie's hug, "you swore that you wouldn't tell anyone."
"I know, but-" Katie started, but was cut off by Kristen.
"Katie, you can't tell. I will be fine at home. My dad works during the day and during that time I will be able to score enough drugs to get high so I won't be able to feel his blows at night." Kristen said.
"But-" Katie tried to get a word in.
"No buts, you swore, are you gonna stick by it?" Kristen asked.
"Yeah I will, even though I don't like it I won't say a word. Am I the only one who knows?" Katie told her.
"No, Scott, Shelby, Cole, and Peter know. Peter tried to do this whole "Mini-support group thing" for those who have been abused." Kristen informed. (Recurrent Past Chapter 20)
"Peter knows and he is letting you go home with your dad?" Katie asked in belief.
"Well, I kinda lied to Peter. I told him my step-dad beat me. So now I am not allowed contact with my step-dad or mom, which is good with me because my mom and I hate each other."
"So what landed you here?" Kristen asked Katie, hoping to change the subject.
"I brought a knife to school in hopes of going after this bitch I knew." Katie bluntly said.
"Really why?" Kristen asked.
"I had a friend who was close to me, but then one day, she did some stuff to screw me over and stab me in the back, and turns out this girl I was going to stab was the one who turned my friend on me, " Katie explained, "plus my parents found out that I had started using drugs."
"You don't seem to have a problem sharing the reason why you are here, if you don't mind me asking, why don't you share this in group?" Kristen asked.
"I don't want people to think I am some sorta psychopathic freak who will go after them with a knife if they get on my bad side." Katie replied.
"I won't say anything." Kristen assured.
"I know." Katie replied.
"Here goes nothing." Kristen said.
Katie looked in the same direction Kristen's eyes were fixed on and saw a man along side Peter coming towards the two of them. The man brought his hand into the air and waved at Kristen, giving off the "good parent" vibe.
Kristen waved back not wanting to get on his bad side already. Katie and Kristen got up and gave each other a hug to say goodbye, while they were hugging Kristen whispered something in Katie's ear.
"I am glad that when we both ran away from home, we met each other."( NEWCOMER Chapter 4)
"Me too. Good luck I will see you in two weeks." Katie replied.
Katie walked away as Peter and Kristen's dad walked up.
"Hey kiddo. You are looking great. Are you ready to go?" Kristen's dad asked his daughter.
"Yeah, can I say goodbye to Peter?" Kristen asked, hoping her dad wouldn't make up some excuse saying they had to get going.
"Sure." Kristen's dad replied.
Kristen and Peter stepped away and Peter gave Kristen some encouraging words. Kristen grabbed her bags, and she and her dad walked off.
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Once again, sorry for such the long wait. I am not sure how soon I will get the next chapter up, because I have to work a lot. I will try to make it soon though. Please Review.
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Finally, the big morning had come. There were some students who made sure that they were up extra early so they didn't have to wait for a chance in the shower. There were other students who tried as hard as they could to stay in bed the longest, not wanting to get up and face their parents. And then there were the ones who treated today like any other day.
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Roger came into the boy's dorm about a half an hour earlier than on normal school days.
"All right guys wake up." Roger boomed, clapping his hands to try to get the guys up.
There were groggy moans of tiredness as he went by each bed and smacked each of the occupant's legs. Slowly everyone got up one by one.
"Where's David?" Auggie asked as he let out a yawn, noticing that his bed was made and all of his clothes and suitcases were gone.
"He should be leaving about now. He was the earliest to leave." Roger informed.
When Cole heard this, he quickly sat up and ran out of the dorm. Everyone looked at each other, all didn't think much of it, they slowly continued to get up and get in the shower.
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Cole came to the door of Peter's office in a light jog. He stopped before entering because he heard that Peter was in the middle of a conversation, most likely with a student's parents. Cole had to talk to Peter about David so he just sat in the chairs out by the front desk and waited for Peter.
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All the girls except for Katie were all up and ready to go. Katie was the last one to get out of bed and in the shower. Kate was neither excited nor disappointed to go home; she was the only one out of the Cliffhangers that felt this way though. The only downside to her about going home was that she didn't want to see her parents. She still hasn't forgiven them for sending her here.
She slowly got into the shower and got ready to greet her parents.
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Shelby rushed to the boy's dorm hoping to catch Scott and try to apologize for last night. When she entered her heart sank to find Scott's bed made and his bags gone.
She walked over to his bed and noticed something on his pillow. It was an envelope with her name on it. She picked it up and tore it open.
Her chest filled with pain when she saw the contents. There was a picture of the two of them laughing together with arms around each other. Also in the envelope, was a small piece of paper with "Are we gonna be this again?" written on it.
She looked around for anyone who was still in the dorm, anyone who could tell her if Scott had left or not. She turned around and saw Ezra come in.
"Ezra! Did Scott already leave?" Shelby asked nervously as she grabbed his shoulders.
"Yeah he did Shel. Why, I thought you would have already said goodbye earlier this morning?" Ezra asked.
Shelby didn't reply, she just walked out of the dorm with tears in her eyes and her heart hurting.
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Peter led two parents out of his office and when he noticed Cole sitting outside of his office he told them, "If you just want to go back to the front desk, Sophie will take you to Mark and I will be with you in a second."
The two parents smiled, nodded, and thanked Peter then headed out to the front desk.
"Is everything okay?" Peter asked Cole, noticing he hadn't gotten out of the shorts and tee-shirt he went to sleep in last night.
"Did David leave already or is he around campus somewhere with his parents?" Cole asked eagerly.
"I'm afraid he left already Cole. I'm sorry." Peter replied, knowing that's not what Cole wanted to hear.
Cole's heart sank, "Okay, oh well. I better go finish getting ready." Cole said turning around and starting to walk away and trying not to let Peter pick up on his disappointment.
"He did want me to give you this though." Peter said as he went back into his office and came back out with an envelope in his hand.
Cole walked back to Peter and grabbed the envelope. He though of opening it right there, but decided to do it alone.
With the letter in hand, Cole started to walk back out towards the front desk so he could get ready for Brian's arrival.
"He also wanted me to tell you 'thanks'." Peter called out.
Cole stopped walking and let Peter's words sink in, and then he continued walking.
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Katherine had a duffel bag with her clothes in her left hand and a smaller bag in her right. Sophie was on her right side, leading her towards her parents who were headed towards her, talking to Peter.
When Kat saw her parents, she met eyes with her parents and smiled big. As Peter continued talking, he led them towards Katherine.
"Do you have anything you want to talk about before you leave?" Sophie asked Katherine as the two continued walking towards her parents, wanting to make sure Katherine could make the best out of her break.
"Nope, I am feeling good." Katherine told her.
All five of them finally came together; Katherine dropped her bags and gave her mom a hug while her dad finished shaking Peter's hand.
"I was just telling your parents about all the trouble you've been getting into." Peter joked.
Katherine laughed a little and then said her goodbyes to Peter and Sophie and gave them both a hug. Her dad picked up her duffel bag and she picked up her small bag. Her mom had her arm around Katherine and they all walked away.
Kristen sat at one of the picnic tables waiting for her dad to come. Kristen's bags were on the ground beside her. Katie came up and sat at the table beside her.
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"Where have you been? I was looking you when Juliette told me that you had to go to the boy's dorm." Katie asked.
"Oh, I had to drop off something." Kristen explained.
"Oh yeah? What did you drop off?" Katie asked suspiciously.
"None of your business." Kristen replied, trying to put on a joking face by sticking out her tongue.
"What's wrong? You look really pale." Katie asked Kristin.
"Uh, nothing," Kristen said. Katie's question had brought her mind back to the conversation; it had briefly drifted off, "Just not too excited to go home."
"Why? I am looking forward to "using" again." Katie whispered, making sure there were not adults around to hear her.
"Sure, that's a plus and probably what I'm gonna do, but I just don't want to go to my house." Kristen told her.
"Is something wrong?" Katie asked with concern.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Kristen told Katie, wanting her to back off.
"It obviously is something, you are worried and it shows," Katie replied, trying to get Kristen to tell her secret, "You can tell me I swear I won't tell anyone. And if you want I will tell you my secret."
Kristen hesitated for a second before she finally said, "Katie, you have to swear that you won't tell ANYONE, not even Peter. Okay, I am hoping to keep this out of group for as long as I can?"
"I swear." Katie quickly said.
"Okay, I first started to use drugs in order to not be able to feel pain." Kristen started off.
"What do ya mean 'pain'?" Katie asked confused.
"The kinda pain my Dad gives me when he hits me." Kristen told as she looked down at the ground with embarrassment, not knowing what Katie would think.
"Oh god Kristen, why haven't you told anyone?" Katie asked as she stood up and moved to the other side of the table and sitting next to Kristen.
"I dunno. I don't want to tell and then have Peter say that it will be all right, but in some way have things fall through and then my dad will take me out of here and do god knows what to me." Kristen explained all in one breath, trying not to cry.
"Kristen, you have to tell Peter, you can't go home for two whole weeks." Katie told her as she embraced Kristen in a reassuring hug.
"No!" Kristen exclaimed as she jerked away from Katie's hug, "you swore that you wouldn't tell anyone."
"I know, but-" Katie started, but was cut off by Kristen.
"Katie, you can't tell. I will be fine at home. My dad works during the day and during that time I will be able to score enough drugs to get high so I won't be able to feel his blows at night." Kristen said.
"But-" Katie tried to get a word in.
"No buts, you swore, are you gonna stick by it?" Kristen asked.
"Yeah I will, even though I don't like it I won't say a word. Am I the only one who knows?" Katie told her.
"No, Scott, Shelby, Cole, and Peter know. Peter tried to do this whole "Mini-support group thing" for those who have been abused." Kristen informed. (Recurrent Past Chapter 20)
"Peter knows and he is letting you go home with your dad?" Katie asked in belief.
"Well, I kinda lied to Peter. I told him my step-dad beat me. So now I am not allowed contact with my step-dad or mom, which is good with me because my mom and I hate each other."
"So what landed you here?" Kristen asked Katie, hoping to change the subject.
"I brought a knife to school in hopes of going after this bitch I knew." Katie bluntly said.
"Really why?" Kristen asked.
"I had a friend who was close to me, but then one day, she did some stuff to screw me over and stab me in the back, and turns out this girl I was going to stab was the one who turned my friend on me, " Katie explained, "plus my parents found out that I had started using drugs."
"You don't seem to have a problem sharing the reason why you are here, if you don't mind me asking, why don't you share this in group?" Kristen asked.
"I don't want people to think I am some sorta psychopathic freak who will go after them with a knife if they get on my bad side." Katie replied.
"I won't say anything." Kristen assured.
"I know." Katie replied.
"Here goes nothing." Kristen said.
Katie looked in the same direction Kristen's eyes were fixed on and saw a man along side Peter coming towards the two of them. The man brought his hand into the air and waved at Kristen, giving off the "good parent" vibe.
Kristen waved back not wanting to get on his bad side already. Katie and Kristen got up and gave each other a hug to say goodbye, while they were hugging Kristen whispered something in Katie's ear.
"I am glad that when we both ran away from home, we met each other."( NEWCOMER Chapter 4)
"Me too. Good luck I will see you in two weeks." Katie replied.
Katie walked away as Peter and Kristen's dad walked up.
"Hey kiddo. You are looking great. Are you ready to go?" Kristen's dad asked his daughter.
"Yeah, can I say goodbye to Peter?" Kristen asked, hoping her dad wouldn't make up some excuse saying they had to get going.
"Sure." Kristen's dad replied.
Kristen and Peter stepped away and Peter gave Kristen some encouraging words. Kristen grabbed her bags, and she and her dad walked off.
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Once again, sorry for such the long wait. I am not sure how soon I will get the next chapter up, because I have to work a lot. I will try to make it soon though. Please Review.