CHAPTER THREE
"Shelby, whose voice is that?" Scott asked again. Then he saw a man walk up to the door. It hit him. It hit Scott all at once. Now he knew why Shelby had been acting so strange on the phone, why she was never able to talk to long. Then he looked at her face. Her hair was messy, and her clothes were wrinkled.
"Um, Scott, this is Matt. Matt, this is Scott." Shelby said.
"What is he doing here at the three in the morning?" Scott asked.
"I was about to ask you the same." Matt said.
"Um, Scott we need to talk. Matt I'll see you tomorrow." Shelby said. Matt walked to the door, kissed Shelby on the cheek and walked out of the house and to his car.
"Shelby, who is that?" Scott asked.
"Come inside Scott, and sit down." Shelby said. She put his bags in the closet and sat next to him.
"Matt and I are really good friends." Shelby said.
"Oh just friends? That's ok then. I thought he was taking my place in your heart." Scott said before leaning forward and kissing her lips. She pulled away.
"Scott let me finish. Matt and I are REALLY good friends. We started dating each other." Shelby said.
"I don't understand. What about me, what about us?" He asked.
"Oh Scott come on, what we had was left at Horizon. You live far away and who knows how long it'll be before we could actually be together. We have to face reality, this isn't a fairy tale and you're not my prince." Shelby said.
"I flew all the way down here though. I love you." Scott said.
"Scott stop torturing yourself. We're over." She said. "When I picture my future, I don't see you there anymore. Instead I see Matt." Shelby said. "This is so hard for me, I don't think we can even be friends anymore." She said.
"Ok, that's fine. Where did you put my bags." Scott asked.
"What? Stay here for tonight. Don't be stupid." Shelby said.
"Where the hell are my bags. I'm outta here." Scott said. Shelby walked to the closet and pulled out his bags. He took them and walked out the door. Before he left he turned to her. "Shelby I love you. I'll always love. You're the only girl for me. When you realize I'm the only guy for you, look me up. I'll be waiting." Scott said.
Shelby watched as Scott walked away. It hurt her to see him go but at the same time, she felt relived, she was finally free.
Scott went back to the airport and sat in one of the chairs. He had bought tickets for back home and was waiting for it to be time to leave.
"Hey stranger, what are you doing here?" A familiar voice said. Scott's eyes popped open and looked straight ahead at the women standing in front of him.
"Hannah?" He said.
"Yea, you made it out of Horizon?" She asked.
"Yea, just a few months ago. How are you?" He said as he stood up and gave her a hug.
"I'm good, waiting for my flight. I'm on my way to see Peter. How is Peter doing?" Hannah asked.
"He's married. He married Sophie not to long ago." Scott said.
"Really, that's great. I always knew they would wind up together."
"Attention passengers, flight 3245 will be departing in 5 minutes, flight 3245 will be departing in five minutes." A flight attendant announced.
"Well, that's me. It was great to see you again Scott. I'm so glad everything turned out ok." Hannah said before giving a hug goodbye.
"Thanks, Hannah, you too." Scott said. Hannah walked to the terminal and was out of sight. Scott sat back down and returned to his thoughts on Shelby.
'I loved her, I still love her. She loves me. How could she do this? Why would she choose him over me? I just don't understand. We were supposed to be together forever. What's the point of living? Life might as well end without Shelby.'
"Did you know your mouth moves when you think?" Scott looked up. "What are you doing here?"
"Jessica, I should have known." Scott said.
"I thought you were going to see that chick." Jessica said.
"Yeah well, she... she has a new boyfriend." Scott said sadly.
"Oh, well don't worry about it." Jessica said.
"What?" Scott said.
"What? Did you want me to say sorry? I can't apologize something that I had nothing to do with. Besides, if she found someone else, obviously, she's not the one for you." Jessica said and sat down next to him.
"Well, there is no one else out there for me. I don't have anyone left. No friends, no family-"
"No family?" Jessica cut Scott off.
"Long story, my dad doesn't trust me, my mom lives in New Mexico." Scott said.
"Oh well, you do have a friend I know that." Jessica said.
"I do?" He questioned and raised an eyebrow.
"Well fate is playing the cards here. If we are truly meant to be friends, we will find a way back to each other and we did. Right here in this airport." Jessica said with a grin. Scott smiled a little. His mind was starting to forget the pain he had inside.
"Yeah I guess so." He said. "So, why are you back here?" Scott asked.
"Well I came to end it with Kurt. He wasn't to upset. He was probably over me anyway." Jessica said and shrugged.
"So you're going back home?" Scott said.
"I guess." She said.
"Yeah me too." He said and they got quiet for a moment.
"Come on." Jessica said and stood up.
"Where are we going?" He asked.
"To get coffee, walk around the town, anything. We're not sitting in here all night waiting for a plane. Come on." Jessica said and started towards the exit. Scott got up and followed her.
"So, Shelby left you, I'm done with Kurt. We're both single, spending the rest of the night together." Jessica said.
"What are you trying to say." Scott asked.
"Let's devote the rest of the night trying to find someone with a lot of money and really hot. We could go on like a shopping spree or something." Jessica said.
"You're crazy. I don't want to lead anyone on. Its not all the fun." Scott said. Jessica saw the pain in his face and was trying to think of something to do. After a second, she slapped him, hard, across the face.
"Ow, what the hell was that for?" Scott asked as he held his cheek.
"I was just letting the pain from your inside match the pain on the outside. In other words, you will not spend your time with me moping, you will be happy and perky and the second you get sad, you get hit." Jessica said with a grin. "Now come on. You may not want a women but I'm getting me a man tonight." She took the sleeve of his shirt and pulled him along.
"Jessica, you do realize its like, four in the morning don't you?" He said.
"Yeah and you know what they say, the freaks come out at night." She said as they walked down the street. "Wait Scott stop." She said quickly.
"What?" He said.
"If you walk by me, people will think we're together. So stand a few feet away and just walk. If a creep comes up, you can be my hero." She said and pushed him to the side as she walked on.
As they walked, Jessica kept looking behind her to make sure he was upset. She did have to slap him once more before a young man stopped her.
"Hey, don't you think it's a little late for a fine thing like you to be walking around by herself." He said biting his lip and looking her up and down.
"I'm not a thing, now if you'll excuse me I'm trying to find me a real man." She said and walked past him.
"Hey baby, that ain't the way the game is played. I got fifty with your name on it." Scott's ears perked up when he said this.
"I don't know think so, I have more class than that." She said and tried walking away again.
"Ah, so you're an expensive little tramp. How about seventy five?" He asked. Jessica looked at him with disgust and disbelief. Scott decided to step into action.
"There you are." He said.
"You know this girl?" The man said.
"Well of course, this is my sister Mary. No come on Mary, the kids are waiting." He said.
"Kids?" Jessica said.
"Honey, come on, our children. Kayla and Heather." He said.
"I thought you said she was your sister." The man said.
"Oh she is." Then Scott did something that surprised everyone, including himself. He grabbed Jessica, pulling her close and kissed her, a nice long kiss.
"You married your sister?" The man asked in disbelief.
"Of course not... we're engaged." He said. "I love you Mary." Jessica just grinned.
"Uh, I love you too... Jerry." She said with a giggle. The man immediately walked off and Jessica busted out laughing.
"Scott, I can't believe you did that. I didn't know you had it in you." She said.
"Yeah well, what can I say. I had to do something and I didn't feel like fighting. I'm really a bad boy deep down." He said with a grin.
"Yeah, not a bad kisser either." She said. "Come on, your walking next to me. I'm happy to have you walk beside me brother, but add a little gayness to your step, that way everyone will think your gay and that we're not together."
"Shelby, whose voice is that?" Scott asked again. Then he saw a man walk up to the door. It hit him. It hit Scott all at once. Now he knew why Shelby had been acting so strange on the phone, why she was never able to talk to long. Then he looked at her face. Her hair was messy, and her clothes were wrinkled.
"Um, Scott, this is Matt. Matt, this is Scott." Shelby said.
"What is he doing here at the three in the morning?" Scott asked.
"I was about to ask you the same." Matt said.
"Um, Scott we need to talk. Matt I'll see you tomorrow." Shelby said. Matt walked to the door, kissed Shelby on the cheek and walked out of the house and to his car.
"Shelby, who is that?" Scott asked.
"Come inside Scott, and sit down." Shelby said. She put his bags in the closet and sat next to him.
"Matt and I are really good friends." Shelby said.
"Oh just friends? That's ok then. I thought he was taking my place in your heart." Scott said before leaning forward and kissing her lips. She pulled away.
"Scott let me finish. Matt and I are REALLY good friends. We started dating each other." Shelby said.
"I don't understand. What about me, what about us?" He asked.
"Oh Scott come on, what we had was left at Horizon. You live far away and who knows how long it'll be before we could actually be together. We have to face reality, this isn't a fairy tale and you're not my prince." Shelby said.
"I flew all the way down here though. I love you." Scott said.
"Scott stop torturing yourself. We're over." She said. "When I picture my future, I don't see you there anymore. Instead I see Matt." Shelby said. "This is so hard for me, I don't think we can even be friends anymore." She said.
"Ok, that's fine. Where did you put my bags." Scott asked.
"What? Stay here for tonight. Don't be stupid." Shelby said.
"Where the hell are my bags. I'm outta here." Scott said. Shelby walked to the closet and pulled out his bags. He took them and walked out the door. Before he left he turned to her. "Shelby I love you. I'll always love. You're the only girl for me. When you realize I'm the only guy for you, look me up. I'll be waiting." Scott said.
Shelby watched as Scott walked away. It hurt her to see him go but at the same time, she felt relived, she was finally free.
Scott went back to the airport and sat in one of the chairs. He had bought tickets for back home and was waiting for it to be time to leave.
"Hey stranger, what are you doing here?" A familiar voice said. Scott's eyes popped open and looked straight ahead at the women standing in front of him.
"Hannah?" He said.
"Yea, you made it out of Horizon?" She asked.
"Yea, just a few months ago. How are you?" He said as he stood up and gave her a hug.
"I'm good, waiting for my flight. I'm on my way to see Peter. How is Peter doing?" Hannah asked.
"He's married. He married Sophie not to long ago." Scott said.
"Really, that's great. I always knew they would wind up together."
"Attention passengers, flight 3245 will be departing in 5 minutes, flight 3245 will be departing in five minutes." A flight attendant announced.
"Well, that's me. It was great to see you again Scott. I'm so glad everything turned out ok." Hannah said before giving a hug goodbye.
"Thanks, Hannah, you too." Scott said. Hannah walked to the terminal and was out of sight. Scott sat back down and returned to his thoughts on Shelby.
'I loved her, I still love her. She loves me. How could she do this? Why would she choose him over me? I just don't understand. We were supposed to be together forever. What's the point of living? Life might as well end without Shelby.'
"Did you know your mouth moves when you think?" Scott looked up. "What are you doing here?"
"Jessica, I should have known." Scott said.
"I thought you were going to see that chick." Jessica said.
"Yeah well, she... she has a new boyfriend." Scott said sadly.
"Oh, well don't worry about it." Jessica said.
"What?" Scott said.
"What? Did you want me to say sorry? I can't apologize something that I had nothing to do with. Besides, if she found someone else, obviously, she's not the one for you." Jessica said and sat down next to him.
"Well, there is no one else out there for me. I don't have anyone left. No friends, no family-"
"No family?" Jessica cut Scott off.
"Long story, my dad doesn't trust me, my mom lives in New Mexico." Scott said.
"Oh well, you do have a friend I know that." Jessica said.
"I do?" He questioned and raised an eyebrow.
"Well fate is playing the cards here. If we are truly meant to be friends, we will find a way back to each other and we did. Right here in this airport." Jessica said with a grin. Scott smiled a little. His mind was starting to forget the pain he had inside.
"Yeah I guess so." He said. "So, why are you back here?" Scott asked.
"Well I came to end it with Kurt. He wasn't to upset. He was probably over me anyway." Jessica said and shrugged.
"So you're going back home?" Scott said.
"I guess." She said.
"Yeah me too." He said and they got quiet for a moment.
"Come on." Jessica said and stood up.
"Where are we going?" He asked.
"To get coffee, walk around the town, anything. We're not sitting in here all night waiting for a plane. Come on." Jessica said and started towards the exit. Scott got up and followed her.
"So, Shelby left you, I'm done with Kurt. We're both single, spending the rest of the night together." Jessica said.
"What are you trying to say." Scott asked.
"Let's devote the rest of the night trying to find someone with a lot of money and really hot. We could go on like a shopping spree or something." Jessica said.
"You're crazy. I don't want to lead anyone on. Its not all the fun." Scott said. Jessica saw the pain in his face and was trying to think of something to do. After a second, she slapped him, hard, across the face.
"Ow, what the hell was that for?" Scott asked as he held his cheek.
"I was just letting the pain from your inside match the pain on the outside. In other words, you will not spend your time with me moping, you will be happy and perky and the second you get sad, you get hit." Jessica said with a grin. "Now come on. You may not want a women but I'm getting me a man tonight." She took the sleeve of his shirt and pulled him along.
"Jessica, you do realize its like, four in the morning don't you?" He said.
"Yeah and you know what they say, the freaks come out at night." She said as they walked down the street. "Wait Scott stop." She said quickly.
"What?" He said.
"If you walk by me, people will think we're together. So stand a few feet away and just walk. If a creep comes up, you can be my hero." She said and pushed him to the side as she walked on.
As they walked, Jessica kept looking behind her to make sure he was upset. She did have to slap him once more before a young man stopped her.
"Hey, don't you think it's a little late for a fine thing like you to be walking around by herself." He said biting his lip and looking her up and down.
"I'm not a thing, now if you'll excuse me I'm trying to find me a real man." She said and walked past him.
"Hey baby, that ain't the way the game is played. I got fifty with your name on it." Scott's ears perked up when he said this.
"I don't know think so, I have more class than that." She said and tried walking away again.
"Ah, so you're an expensive little tramp. How about seventy five?" He asked. Jessica looked at him with disgust and disbelief. Scott decided to step into action.
"There you are." He said.
"You know this girl?" The man said.
"Well of course, this is my sister Mary. No come on Mary, the kids are waiting." He said.
"Kids?" Jessica said.
"Honey, come on, our children. Kayla and Heather." He said.
"I thought you said she was your sister." The man said.
"Oh she is." Then Scott did something that surprised everyone, including himself. He grabbed Jessica, pulling her close and kissed her, a nice long kiss.
"You married your sister?" The man asked in disbelief.
"Of course not... we're engaged." He said. "I love you Mary." Jessica just grinned.
"Uh, I love you too... Jerry." She said with a giggle. The man immediately walked off and Jessica busted out laughing.
"Scott, I can't believe you did that. I didn't know you had it in you." She said.
"Yeah well, what can I say. I had to do something and I didn't feel like fighting. I'm really a bad boy deep down." He said with a grin.
"Yeah, not a bad kisser either." She said. "Come on, your walking next to me. I'm happy to have you walk beside me brother, but add a little gayness to your step, that way everyone will think your gay and that we're not together."