Chapter eighteen
"Scott, who's at the door?" Jessica called from his room.
"Uh, It's uh..." Scott was shocked. Jessica got off the bed and walked to the door to see Shelby.
"Oh!" Jessica said, now in shock too. "Shelby!" Jessica said, her eyes were wide.
"Hi, it's Jessica right?" Shelby asked. Jessica just nodded.
"Shelby what are you doing here?" Scott asked.
"I told you I had a surprise for you, this is it. I'm here to see you." Shelby said.
"Um Scott, why don't you invite her in." Jessica said, now past shock and scared that Shelby will come between them. She kept telling herself not to think that. Shelby is married.
"Oh uh, come on in Shelby." Scott said and she entered the room.
"You have a nice home Scott." Shelby said as she took off her jacket and walked to the couch. Jessica stood there, afraid to move. She looked over at Scott who was looking at Shelby.
"So what have you been up to?" Shelby asked.
"Uh, nothing really." Scott said.
"How are you Shelby?" Jessica asked.
"I'm great, actually. Much better than I have been, now that I'm here." She said and looked over at Scott.
"I better go!" Jessica said and as she walked to Scott's room to get her purse and other things. While she was putting on her jacket, she looked at the ring on her finger and tried to reassure herself that Scott belonged to her and not Shelby. She finished on her jacket and walked out of his room.
"You don't have to go Jessica." Scott said. She looked back and forth between Scott and Shelby.
"Yeah, I do. It's getting late." She said and kissed his cheek before walking out of the apartment. Scott turned and looked at Shelby.
"Well now that she's gone!" Shelby said.
"Why are you here? Where's your husband?" Scott asked.
"I don't know!" Shelby said. "I, uh, didn't marry him."
"You didn't?" Scott asked.
"No! I couldn't stop thinking about what you told me and then I looked at him and I didn't see you. I looked behind me to see if I could find where you were sitting and I saw you leaving. Scott, I was wrong. I love you and I'm back here so we can be together like we planned." She said and got off the couch. She slowly walked to him.
"You're here for me?" Scott asked.
"Yeah!" Shelby said and took his hand into hers. "I love you!" she said and slowly brought her lips to his. But he turned the cheek and walked a few feet away.
"Didn't you hear me?" Shelby asked. "I said I love you!"
"Yeah I heard you." Scott said. "But Shelby, I thought you were married. I cried for you and the only person that was there for me was Jessica. She helped me through it and I fell in love with her. I moved on." He said, not looking at her.
"You're joking right? You would choose her over me?" Shelby asked. He didn't answer. "I came all the way here from Kansas." Shelby said. He still stayed quiet. "Will you at least answer me?" Shelby asked. "You don't love her. You only think you do."
"Don't tell me who I love and who I don't love." Scott said angrily.
"Scott, look at me!" Shelby said calmly and he turned to her. "If you want to be with her then ok, but can we at least be friends?"
"Yeah, we can be friends." Scott said after a few seconds.
"So when did you and Jessica hook up?" Shelby asked and she played with Sam.
"About six months ago." He said. "Shelby where are you staying tonight?" Scott asked.
"Well I was hoping to stay here but since not everything is going how I planned, I'm going to a hotel." She said.
"You can stay here." Scott said. "I'll get you some blankets, you can stay on the couch."
"Um, ok." Shelby said.
Jessica was driving home, half watching the road, half-thinking of what had just happened.
"Scott is over her, he's with me now. Nothing can change that." She kept telling herself over and over again until she made it home. She sat in her car, starring at nothing and thinking of everything. "I love him, I can't lose him."
"So, Shelby!" Scott said as he sat on the couch with her. "Why didn't you come see me sooner?"
"I wanted to, but I had to save up my money. I mean once I ended it with Matt, I really had nothing." Shelby said. "I'm sorry for everything Scott.... I don't want things to be weird between us."
"How can they not?" he asked.
"Just act like none of it happened. That we've just been separated because of graduating this whole time."
"I can't act like it didn't happen. It did happen and Jessica was there for me for everything. She stayed by my side during all of it. And even if I could act like it didn't happen, what about her?"
"What about her? I came from Kansas to see you, I ran out of my own wedding for you." Shelby argued.
"Why don't we just go to sleep and we'll figure this whole thing out tomorrow." Scott said and started walking to his room with Sam following at his feet.
Shelby lied there thinking, trying to come up with the perfect way to win him back. Then it hit her. Of course, why hadn't she thought about this before? She would take him back to Horizon so he could remember what it was like with her.
The next morning Scott woke up and looked at his clock then to Sam.
"Jessica should be up by now huh?" Scott asked the dog before grabbing the phone and dialing her number.
"Hello?" Jessica asked while tying her shoe.
"Hey! What's up Beautiful?" Scott asked.
"The worst thing has happened Scott, I can't talk." Jessica said.
"Whoa wait? What happened? Is everything al right?" Scott asked.
"My MawMaw, the most important person in the world to me, is sick." Jessica said. "She might die and I have to go to Louisiana to be with her."
"Louisiana?" Scott asked.
"She lives there. I love you and I trust you alone with her. Bye!" Jessica said.
"Bye!" Scott replied.
Oh and Scott?" Jessica said.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"My MawMaw is the most important person to me, but don't worry, you're a close second." Jessica said.
"Thanks, I hope everything is all right." Scott said and hung up. He put Sam down and walked out of his room. "Morning." He said to Shelby.
"Hey!" She said and sat up.
"Did you sleep ok?" Scott asked while pouring himself some orange juice.
"Yeah, thanks." Shelby said. "Uh can I use your phone?" She asked.
"Yeah go ahead." Scott said and got some food for Sam.
Shelby grabbed the phone and walked into Scott's room for some privacy.
"Hello, this is Horizon, how may I help you?" A voice said.
"Sophie?" Shelby asked.
"SHELBY!" Sophie said surprised. Everyone had tried talked to Shelby after the wedding but never could get in touch with her.
"Yeah, is Peter around?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah, wait one second." Sophie said and put her on hold.
"Hello this is Peter." Peter answered.
"Hey its Shelby." She said.
"Hey Shel, what can I do for you?" he asked, hoping everything was all right.
"Um, do you have any hikes planned for this weekend?" Shelby asked.
"Nope, I sure don't, why?" He asked.
"I was thinking it would be good to get the group together again and spend the weekend at Horizon." Shelby said.
"Aw Shelby this is kinda short notice." Peter said.
"I know but I really need this right now. Please Peter?" Shelby said and waited after a long pause.
"Ok, I'll call the gang and get them all here together." Peter said.
"Thanks, oh and don't worry about Scott, I'll get him to come." Shelby said.
"Um, alrighty then, see you later." Peter said and hung up.
"What was all that about?" Sophie asked.
"Shelby wants a small reunion for this weekend. I have to get the gang back up here." Peter said.
"Are you sure about this Peter, I mean its a lot of work so something so soon." Sophie said.
"Well I wasn't at first, but David could use the gang, he hasn't been the same since they left."
Authors Note~ OK I'm so very sorry for the long wait but school started and I cant get online during the week, only weekends and besides that, everything that could go wrong did. I'm so sorry again and thanks for being so patient with me. Oh and I'm so excited, this is the longest story I've ever written.
"Scott, who's at the door?" Jessica called from his room.
"Uh, It's uh..." Scott was shocked. Jessica got off the bed and walked to the door to see Shelby.
"Oh!" Jessica said, now in shock too. "Shelby!" Jessica said, her eyes were wide.
"Hi, it's Jessica right?" Shelby asked. Jessica just nodded.
"Shelby what are you doing here?" Scott asked.
"I told you I had a surprise for you, this is it. I'm here to see you." Shelby said.
"Um Scott, why don't you invite her in." Jessica said, now past shock and scared that Shelby will come between them. She kept telling herself not to think that. Shelby is married.
"Oh uh, come on in Shelby." Scott said and she entered the room.
"You have a nice home Scott." Shelby said as she took off her jacket and walked to the couch. Jessica stood there, afraid to move. She looked over at Scott who was looking at Shelby.
"So what have you been up to?" Shelby asked.
"Uh, nothing really." Scott said.
"How are you Shelby?" Jessica asked.
"I'm great, actually. Much better than I have been, now that I'm here." She said and looked over at Scott.
"I better go!" Jessica said and as she walked to Scott's room to get her purse and other things. While she was putting on her jacket, she looked at the ring on her finger and tried to reassure herself that Scott belonged to her and not Shelby. She finished on her jacket and walked out of his room.
"You don't have to go Jessica." Scott said. She looked back and forth between Scott and Shelby.
"Yeah, I do. It's getting late." She said and kissed his cheek before walking out of the apartment. Scott turned and looked at Shelby.
"Well now that she's gone!" Shelby said.
"Why are you here? Where's your husband?" Scott asked.
"I don't know!" Shelby said. "I, uh, didn't marry him."
"You didn't?" Scott asked.
"No! I couldn't stop thinking about what you told me and then I looked at him and I didn't see you. I looked behind me to see if I could find where you were sitting and I saw you leaving. Scott, I was wrong. I love you and I'm back here so we can be together like we planned." She said and got off the couch. She slowly walked to him.
"You're here for me?" Scott asked.
"Yeah!" Shelby said and took his hand into hers. "I love you!" she said and slowly brought her lips to his. But he turned the cheek and walked a few feet away.
"Didn't you hear me?" Shelby asked. "I said I love you!"
"Yeah I heard you." Scott said. "But Shelby, I thought you were married. I cried for you and the only person that was there for me was Jessica. She helped me through it and I fell in love with her. I moved on." He said, not looking at her.
"You're joking right? You would choose her over me?" Shelby asked. He didn't answer. "I came all the way here from Kansas." Shelby said. He still stayed quiet. "Will you at least answer me?" Shelby asked. "You don't love her. You only think you do."
"Don't tell me who I love and who I don't love." Scott said angrily.
"Scott, look at me!" Shelby said calmly and he turned to her. "If you want to be with her then ok, but can we at least be friends?"
"Yeah, we can be friends." Scott said after a few seconds.
"So when did you and Jessica hook up?" Shelby asked and she played with Sam.
"About six months ago." He said. "Shelby where are you staying tonight?" Scott asked.
"Well I was hoping to stay here but since not everything is going how I planned, I'm going to a hotel." She said.
"You can stay here." Scott said. "I'll get you some blankets, you can stay on the couch."
"Um, ok." Shelby said.
Jessica was driving home, half watching the road, half-thinking of what had just happened.
"Scott is over her, he's with me now. Nothing can change that." She kept telling herself over and over again until she made it home. She sat in her car, starring at nothing and thinking of everything. "I love him, I can't lose him."
"So, Shelby!" Scott said as he sat on the couch with her. "Why didn't you come see me sooner?"
"I wanted to, but I had to save up my money. I mean once I ended it with Matt, I really had nothing." Shelby said. "I'm sorry for everything Scott.... I don't want things to be weird between us."
"How can they not?" he asked.
"Just act like none of it happened. That we've just been separated because of graduating this whole time."
"I can't act like it didn't happen. It did happen and Jessica was there for me for everything. She stayed by my side during all of it. And even if I could act like it didn't happen, what about her?"
"What about her? I came from Kansas to see you, I ran out of my own wedding for you." Shelby argued.
"Why don't we just go to sleep and we'll figure this whole thing out tomorrow." Scott said and started walking to his room with Sam following at his feet.
Shelby lied there thinking, trying to come up with the perfect way to win him back. Then it hit her. Of course, why hadn't she thought about this before? She would take him back to Horizon so he could remember what it was like with her.
The next morning Scott woke up and looked at his clock then to Sam.
"Jessica should be up by now huh?" Scott asked the dog before grabbing the phone and dialing her number.
"Hello?" Jessica asked while tying her shoe.
"Hey! What's up Beautiful?" Scott asked.
"The worst thing has happened Scott, I can't talk." Jessica said.
"Whoa wait? What happened? Is everything al right?" Scott asked.
"My MawMaw, the most important person in the world to me, is sick." Jessica said. "She might die and I have to go to Louisiana to be with her."
"Louisiana?" Scott asked.
"She lives there. I love you and I trust you alone with her. Bye!" Jessica said.
"Bye!" Scott replied.
Oh and Scott?" Jessica said.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"My MawMaw is the most important person to me, but don't worry, you're a close second." Jessica said.
"Thanks, I hope everything is all right." Scott said and hung up. He put Sam down and walked out of his room. "Morning." He said to Shelby.
"Hey!" She said and sat up.
"Did you sleep ok?" Scott asked while pouring himself some orange juice.
"Yeah, thanks." Shelby said. "Uh can I use your phone?" She asked.
"Yeah go ahead." Scott said and got some food for Sam.
Shelby grabbed the phone and walked into Scott's room for some privacy.
"Hello, this is Horizon, how may I help you?" A voice said.
"Sophie?" Shelby asked.
"SHELBY!" Sophie said surprised. Everyone had tried talked to Shelby after the wedding but never could get in touch with her.
"Yeah, is Peter around?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah, wait one second." Sophie said and put her on hold.
"Hello this is Peter." Peter answered.
"Hey its Shelby." She said.
"Hey Shel, what can I do for you?" he asked, hoping everything was all right.
"Um, do you have any hikes planned for this weekend?" Shelby asked.
"Nope, I sure don't, why?" He asked.
"I was thinking it would be good to get the group together again and spend the weekend at Horizon." Shelby said.
"Aw Shelby this is kinda short notice." Peter said.
"I know but I really need this right now. Please Peter?" Shelby said and waited after a long pause.
"Ok, I'll call the gang and get them all here together." Peter said.
"Thanks, oh and don't worry about Scott, I'll get him to come." Shelby said.
"Um, alrighty then, see you later." Peter said and hung up.
"What was all that about?" Sophie asked.
"Shelby wants a small reunion for this weekend. I have to get the gang back up here." Peter said.
"Are you sure about this Peter, I mean its a lot of work so something so soon." Sophie said.
"Well I wasn't at first, but David could use the gang, he hasn't been the same since they left."
Authors Note~ OK I'm so very sorry for the long wait but school started and I cant get online during the week, only weekends and besides that, everything that could go wrong did. I'm so sorry again and thanks for being so patient with me. Oh and I'm so excited, this is the longest story I've ever written.