"Wow, can you guys believe it's almost time to graduate. I mean it seems like yesterday we had just gotten here." Juliette said in her usual giddy voice.
"Yeah man, but it wont be the same you know. I mean we've been here so long and it's gonna be hard and scary out there." Auggie said.
"Come on Auggie, I'm hungry." Juliette said before getting to emotional by thinking of leaving her friends.
Everything had changed. Ezra graduated the year after Katherine. It's been two years since Scott left and came back to tell Shelby how much he needed and loved her. Now it was time fore everyone to leave. Shelby's stepfather had another heart attack and didn't make it. Elaine was caught with a 15-year-old boy named Jon and placed in prison for seven and a half years. Juliette's mother was still with Hal and was able to give Juliette a baby sister. Juliette was also doing better. She had gained about 10 pounds and stopped cutting herself. Her mother still put a little pressure on her, but Hal was there to let Juliette know she was beautiful. Auggie's brother was now clean and helping other young kids get their lives straight and Daisy's dad remained sober. Things were really looking up for everyone.
"Hey David man, have you seen my jacket?" Scott asked as he packed his bags.
"Nope!" David said barely glancing up.
"Well do you mind helping me look for it I mean I'm leaving next week." Scott asked.
"You have a whole week to look for it, what do you need me for?" David asked.
"Come on David." Scott said, not really getting to mad or aggravated with David. "I want to go ahead and get everything and packed."
David sat up on his bed and looked at Scott. David has been doing pretty good lately, not really ticking people off or anything like that, but something was different about him. "Look man, you have a whole a week." He said sternly before getting up and walking out of the dorm.
Scott stood there for a second before shrugging it off and getting more things together.
In the girls' dorm, Shelby was laying on her bed. A few of her things were already packed but the majority was still in its usual spot. She had a lot going through her head. What would it be like out of there? The only other life she had ever known was a life of filth and sorrow. She had to start a new life at Horizon but that wasn't too hard. She had Peter, Sophie and a little bit of Hannah to help her out, but now she was going to be on her own. She would still have Scott of course, but it was still different. It seemed so hard and she wasn't sure if she was ready to go, if she was ready to make it on her own.
A few more moments went by before she crawled off her bed and walked outside. She started walking around in circles, trying to collect her thoughts.
"Hey Shel." She heard a familiar voice.
"Ah, just the man I wanted to see." She responded to Scott.
"Can you believe it? I mean we're actually getting out of here. I know you've been waiting for this for a while." He said with a grin and took her hand.
"Yeah, I can hardly contain myself." She said sarcastically.
"Uh listen, I've been thinking and I was wondering if you could meet me tonight at one? There's something important I need to talk to you about." He said.
"Yeah tonight at one it is." She said with a little grin before letting it fade. "I don't plan on sleeping much anyway." She mumbled to herself.
"What?" Scott questioned.
"Huh? Oh nothing, just… thinking out loud." She said and took his hand before catching up with the other cliffhangers.
"Shelby, there you are." Fern said. Fern was one out of the three new cliffhangers. Kim and mark were the other two. Fern was at Horizon for getting mixed up with the wrong crowd and bringing a load revolver to school. Kim got landed there for her temper. After getting so mad and punching a whole into the wall, her mother and the judge had had enough and Mark was there for shop lifting.
"Hey Shel, how are you?" Mark asked, looking her over. He had just gotten there about a two months ago and wasn't giving up on the fact that Shelby was with Scott.
"Hi Mark, Fern, what's up?" She asked.
"Mark and I wanted to know if you and Scott were still joined at the hip?" Fern asked. She had developed a little crush for Scott when he caught her fall in class.
"Why does it matter, Scott and I will be out of her in week anyway." She said.
"Is that a yes or no?" Fern asked.
Shelby rolled her eyes and walked to Daisy, who was standing with David and Kim.
"Hey Daisy." She said.
"And she comes by slowly to say one of her last hello's." Daisy said.
"What are you talking about?" Shelby questioned.
"Oh come on Shelby, one more week. That's all you guys have left." Kim said.
"All right cliffhangers, a very happy and sad time is among us. I see now that Scott and Shelby have arrived that we are all present. We all know that next week is graduation. We will be losing five of our cliffhangers. But they have worked hard and earned this moment. I just want to congratulate you." Peter said when he walked in. All the graduating cliffhangers were smiling and excited for the week ahead. All except Shelby. She wasn't just scared of leaving Horizon; she was of what would happen with her and Scott.
"Scott? Scott where are you?" Shelby whispered. It was 1:15. She was growing tired, cold and impatient. What if Scott had fallen asleep? Then she heard a twig snap. Freezing before turning to see who it was, Shelby feared it was Peter, there to give her shuns on her last week there. Slowly she turned and saw who it was.
"Sorry I'm a little late." Scott said and walked close to her before taking her into his arms and kissing her so passionately that Shelby melted.
"Why did you want me to meet you here?" She asked.
"Do you realize this is our last time ever. Our last time to meet out here, our last week, or last everything. We have a whole new world about to open up for us." Scott said. Shelby stood silent. "I want to spend this new world with you and only you. We've been through so much and I want to keep going. I don't have anything to give you yet but Shelby, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. When we're out of here and settled into a place to live, I was wondering if you would consider marrying me?" He asked.
Shelby's eyes grew big and she became speechless. She didn't know what to say.
"You don't have to answer that yet, only when you're ready to, when we have a home and everything. I love you Shelby. I always will." He said.
"I love you too Scott." Shelby said and wrapped her arms around him. She held onto to him tightly and never wanted to let go. Never wanted to let go of the love, the man, or the moment.
"Yeah man, but it wont be the same you know. I mean we've been here so long and it's gonna be hard and scary out there." Auggie said.
"Come on Auggie, I'm hungry." Juliette said before getting to emotional by thinking of leaving her friends.
Everything had changed. Ezra graduated the year after Katherine. It's been two years since Scott left and came back to tell Shelby how much he needed and loved her. Now it was time fore everyone to leave. Shelby's stepfather had another heart attack and didn't make it. Elaine was caught with a 15-year-old boy named Jon and placed in prison for seven and a half years. Juliette's mother was still with Hal and was able to give Juliette a baby sister. Juliette was also doing better. She had gained about 10 pounds and stopped cutting herself. Her mother still put a little pressure on her, but Hal was there to let Juliette know she was beautiful. Auggie's brother was now clean and helping other young kids get their lives straight and Daisy's dad remained sober. Things were really looking up for everyone.
"Hey David man, have you seen my jacket?" Scott asked as he packed his bags.
"Nope!" David said barely glancing up.
"Well do you mind helping me look for it I mean I'm leaving next week." Scott asked.
"You have a whole week to look for it, what do you need me for?" David asked.
"Come on David." Scott said, not really getting to mad or aggravated with David. "I want to go ahead and get everything and packed."
David sat up on his bed and looked at Scott. David has been doing pretty good lately, not really ticking people off or anything like that, but something was different about him. "Look man, you have a whole a week." He said sternly before getting up and walking out of the dorm.
Scott stood there for a second before shrugging it off and getting more things together.
In the girls' dorm, Shelby was laying on her bed. A few of her things were already packed but the majority was still in its usual spot. She had a lot going through her head. What would it be like out of there? The only other life she had ever known was a life of filth and sorrow. She had to start a new life at Horizon but that wasn't too hard. She had Peter, Sophie and a little bit of Hannah to help her out, but now she was going to be on her own. She would still have Scott of course, but it was still different. It seemed so hard and she wasn't sure if she was ready to go, if she was ready to make it on her own.
A few more moments went by before she crawled off her bed and walked outside. She started walking around in circles, trying to collect her thoughts.
"Hey Shel." She heard a familiar voice.
"Ah, just the man I wanted to see." She responded to Scott.
"Can you believe it? I mean we're actually getting out of here. I know you've been waiting for this for a while." He said with a grin and took her hand.
"Yeah, I can hardly contain myself." She said sarcastically.
"Uh listen, I've been thinking and I was wondering if you could meet me tonight at one? There's something important I need to talk to you about." He said.
"Yeah tonight at one it is." She said with a little grin before letting it fade. "I don't plan on sleeping much anyway." She mumbled to herself.
"What?" Scott questioned.
"Huh? Oh nothing, just… thinking out loud." She said and took his hand before catching up with the other cliffhangers.
"Shelby, there you are." Fern said. Fern was one out of the three new cliffhangers. Kim and mark were the other two. Fern was at Horizon for getting mixed up with the wrong crowd and bringing a load revolver to school. Kim got landed there for her temper. After getting so mad and punching a whole into the wall, her mother and the judge had had enough and Mark was there for shop lifting.
"Hey Shel, how are you?" Mark asked, looking her over. He had just gotten there about a two months ago and wasn't giving up on the fact that Shelby was with Scott.
"Hi Mark, Fern, what's up?" She asked.
"Mark and I wanted to know if you and Scott were still joined at the hip?" Fern asked. She had developed a little crush for Scott when he caught her fall in class.
"Why does it matter, Scott and I will be out of her in week anyway." She said.
"Is that a yes or no?" Fern asked.
Shelby rolled her eyes and walked to Daisy, who was standing with David and Kim.
"Hey Daisy." She said.
"And she comes by slowly to say one of her last hello's." Daisy said.
"What are you talking about?" Shelby questioned.
"Oh come on Shelby, one more week. That's all you guys have left." Kim said.
"All right cliffhangers, a very happy and sad time is among us. I see now that Scott and Shelby have arrived that we are all present. We all know that next week is graduation. We will be losing five of our cliffhangers. But they have worked hard and earned this moment. I just want to congratulate you." Peter said when he walked in. All the graduating cliffhangers were smiling and excited for the week ahead. All except Shelby. She wasn't just scared of leaving Horizon; she was of what would happen with her and Scott.
"Scott? Scott where are you?" Shelby whispered. It was 1:15. She was growing tired, cold and impatient. What if Scott had fallen asleep? Then she heard a twig snap. Freezing before turning to see who it was, Shelby feared it was Peter, there to give her shuns on her last week there. Slowly she turned and saw who it was.
"Sorry I'm a little late." Scott said and walked close to her before taking her into his arms and kissing her so passionately that Shelby melted.
"Why did you want me to meet you here?" She asked.
"Do you realize this is our last time ever. Our last time to meet out here, our last week, or last everything. We have a whole new world about to open up for us." Scott said. Shelby stood silent. "I want to spend this new world with you and only you. We've been through so much and I want to keep going. I don't have anything to give you yet but Shelby, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. When we're out of here and settled into a place to live, I was wondering if you would consider marrying me?" He asked.
Shelby's eyes grew big and she became speechless. She didn't know what to say.
"You don't have to answer that yet, only when you're ready to, when we have a home and everything. I love you Shelby. I always will." He said.
"I love you too Scott." Shelby said and wrapped her arms around him. She held onto to him tightly and never wanted to let go. Never wanted to let go of the love, the man, or the moment.