Chapter 2:
The next morning Lucy woke up a little dazed and confused. She didn't know where she was at first. Then it all came rushing back to her. How she was at Horizon, Peter, and everything else. She slowly pulled herself out of bed and pushed herself to get ready. It was only six in the morning and she had no idea why she was up so early. No one else was up . . . except for Daisy. She walked over to the front porch where she saw Daisy's sillouette. She sat next to her and said, "Hey." Daisy didn't even look at her, she just stared blankly ahead. "So, um . . . I was wondering something. Who's Shelby? When Sarah, I think, said something about her last night you looked kind of sad."
Daisy still stared ahead as she replied, "Shelby used to live here. Her mom came and got her a few days ago."
"Why?" Lucy asked.
"Because her step dad's sick." Daisy said. Then she just got up and walked away.
Lucy stayed where she was on the porch even though Daisy was back inside. She stared out over the camp- school- whatever you want to call it. She couldn't stop thinking about Peter. She knew who he was, now, and it scared her. She knew her mother must have known . . . maybe even Peter himself. But she doubted that. If he knew he would have treated her differently. At least, she hoped so.
Lucy had followed Daisy and Juliette to first breakfast and then classes. She knew upon first entry that she would hate it. She was good at schoolwork but she didn't enjoy it. She only liked gossiping with her friends, flirting with guys and making out with boyfriends. But this . . . this was different from regular school. They got taught 'deep' stuff. Not just the regular Science, Math, History, English. Everything had a deeper meaning. For instance, in Science class their teacher was talking about the beauty of nature then went on his own little shpiel about how beautiful life is and how we should all want to live. To which Daisy snorted, "Life sucks". Lucy was glad Daisy was around to make the boring fun.
While they were eating lunch Peter showed up.. He stood in front of the Cliffhangers table and said, "Tomorrow we're going on a hike. Be up early,". While he was speaking Lucy stared at him trying to imagine him in a different light. He looked down at her and smiled. A big toothy grin. She pulled her lips into a quick, tight, smile and looked down at her food. A guy who had been introduced to Lucy as Scott said, "Where to this time?"
Peter again smiled and said, "Somewhere none of you have ever been." And he walked off.
Daisy rolled her eyes and said, "Peter and his mysterious ways. I say we dump him."
"Peter, I'm sorry," Kat added dramatically, "It's me not you. I'm not ready for such a long term hike." They all smiled but no one really laughed. Lucy could see everyone dissapointed but slightly excited at the same time. Auggie was half smiling while staring down his food (meatloaf with a 'secret ingerdient'. They were all agreed it was human remains. That stuff was nasty). Kat was staring off into space but with a bemused expression. Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day, Lucy was sure.
Sorry this chapter is so short! I was working up to the hike but I can't start the hike until the next chapter. So this had to be a short chapter. Basically it's point was to explain why Shelby was gone (it takes place in the time she was at home) and to introduce the hike. Well, until next time Cathy