*Author's Note: If you're wondering where the hell everyone else is,
they're still there. I just needed a few chapters to set up Taylor's
character/personality. The other HG characters that we know and love are
still in the story but Taylor's interaction with these characters will not
happen until after the next few chapters. Sorry if this is causing
frustration, it's just the way my brain works. Plus if the HG characters
seem a little outta character, it's because it's been three years since
I've seen HG and I never got to see all of the episodes either {I lost my
tapes of the episodes I was able to record (boo who).} So thanks for being
patient with me. I get ideas of the HG characters from web pages and
other's stories.
Chapter 7A Getting Started
It is early morning when Sophie graces her presence in the girls dorm. Taylor is wide-awake sitting up in bed, writing in the other journal that Peter had given her. Sophie smiles to herself seeing Taylor actually writing in the journal. She wonders to herself what she actually might be writing. Shelby had fallen asleep not long after Taylor's return to the dorm.
"Did you sleep at all last night?" Sophie whispered to Taylor as she hands her the previously packed camping bag. Sophie looks at Taylor's eyes, the dark circles under them tell all. Taylor gets up and goes into the bathroom. Sophie goes over and wakes Shelby up. "Shelby. . .it's time to get going." Shelby opens one eye, sees Sophie and rolls back over. "Shelby." Sophie shakes Shelby.
Taylor comes back from the bathroom as Shelby sits up. Taylor sits down and begins to put on her shoes. Shelby gets up and goes into the bathroom. A few minutes later, Shelby emerges from the bathroom. She sits on her bed and starts to put her shoes on. Sophie lays Shelby's previously packed camping bag on her bed. A few minutes later, all three women emerge from the dorm. Peter is standing by a school vehicle. He has sunglasses on and smiles at the sight of the girls. Sophie, Shelby and Taylor look as if a cat dragged them around a few a blocks. Their sluggish stances tell all.
"Well, I guess everyone is as ready as they're going to be." Peter opens the back door and starts to put the bags into the vehicle. Shelby and Taylor get into the backseat of the vehicle. Sophie gets into the passenger side and Peter into the driver's side. He starts the car and takes off.
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Chapter 7B A lesson in gossip
Dining Room, Breakfast time.
Juliette and Auggie are sitting together. Ezra is beside them. For some reason Auggie and Ezra are still arguing over which comic book character, Superman or Batman could win. Scott is sitting a little ways away from the group. Daisy gets her tray and sits purposefully down next to Scott. Scott glances at Daisy.
"What's going on with you?" Daisy stares straight at Scott. "I'm not going to take nothing for an answer. Everyone says nothing when there's actually something."
"You wouldn't understand." Scott replies.
"Try me."
"I can't."
"Then talk to someone because having you like this isn't bunches of fun. Not to mention that your killing Shelby by not talking to her. She needs you Scott and you need her. Something is wrong with her. She hasn't been sleeping well, not her usual self, more combative than usual. . .if she could be more combative."
"It sounds so selfish about what's getting me down." Scott fires back.
"So talk, if it's getting you down, selfish or not, it's getting you down."
"I was in Peter's office the other day. I saw a newspaper lying on his desk. Football season is starting back up, scouts and reports. Just got me thinking of my life going down the drain. All those feelings coming back and I just get so angry. That bitch helped ruined my life. I could be one of those high school athletes talked about and getting fought over to go to college."
"You miss that part of your life, it's understandable, But why dwell on the past? You are not the same person who you were back then. There's nothing more to hide. Start from this spot right here. Don't let yourself go back there." Daisy puts her hand on Scott's shoulder reassuringly. "Besides if all that didn't happen, you would've never meant up with Shelby."
"Yeah." Scott replies in a monotone voice.
"Is there something else?"
"No." Scott smiles at Daisy "thanks man."
"Well I'm not a man, but anytime." Daisy gives a once in a lifetime smile.
"Does Peter think that everyone can be saved?" Scott says through his laughter.
"Yep, and aren't you glad he didn't give up on you." Daisy asks Scott.
"Yeah I'm glad. How long are Shelby and the newbie gone for?"
"Two days." Daisy replies.
"Wow, Peter really laid the smack down." Auggie says getting into their conversation.
Ezra and Jules turn their attention to Daisy and Scott's conversation.
"Was bullshit really the first word that came out of her mouth?" Ezra asks Jules and Daisy.
"Yep." Jules replies bubbly.
"I bet Sophie loved that one." Scott laughs knowing how much Sophie gets on him about swearing.
"Did she really throw her journal in the fire or is that an exaggeration?" Auggie asks intrigued by the guts of the new student.
"Nope, it's not an exaggeration." Daisy says.
"Shelby and her really don't get along do they?" Scott asks.
"Not from what I can see."
"Peter's trying to teach them a lesson huh. Like when I had to dig that whole and then fill it in." Auggie laughs. "I wonder if both will make it back in one piece."
This makes everyone else laugh as well.
"What's up with the newbie coming to a school like this in a stretched limo?" Auggie asks the group. "Like we don't already know her families got money."
"She wasn't in the stretched limo, she was in the police car behind the limo." Ezra corrects. "Remember I made a joke about accepting the criminally insane."
"Yeah and it was lame then as it is now." Scott laughs, everyone joins in his laughter.
Ezra has his back to the door, so he does not see Peter walk in. Everybody tries to get Ezra to stop and turn around, but he doesn't and continues.
"I heard she's like a lethal weapon. That's why she hasn't been around the group without a councilor by her side." Ezra says.
Peter walks up behind Ezra and adds.
"I heard she can see through walls and shot laser beams out of her eyes." Peter lays his hand on Ezra's shoulder.
"Oh hi Peter, back already?" Ezra straightens up and looks at Peter's hand.
"I'll be going back after I work on some things. I just dropped them off. You all know what I think about gossip right?" Everyone shakes their heads yes. "Good, then I want a five hundred word essay on why you shouldn't gossip and how harmful gossip can be. Let's see today is Tuesday, so I want this essay written and proofread by Thursday. Now get yourselves to your classes."
Chapter 7A Getting Started
It is early morning when Sophie graces her presence in the girls dorm. Taylor is wide-awake sitting up in bed, writing in the other journal that Peter had given her. Sophie smiles to herself seeing Taylor actually writing in the journal. She wonders to herself what she actually might be writing. Shelby had fallen asleep not long after Taylor's return to the dorm.
"Did you sleep at all last night?" Sophie whispered to Taylor as she hands her the previously packed camping bag. Sophie looks at Taylor's eyes, the dark circles under them tell all. Taylor gets up and goes into the bathroom. Sophie goes over and wakes Shelby up. "Shelby. . .it's time to get going." Shelby opens one eye, sees Sophie and rolls back over. "Shelby." Sophie shakes Shelby.
Taylor comes back from the bathroom as Shelby sits up. Taylor sits down and begins to put on her shoes. Shelby gets up and goes into the bathroom. A few minutes later, Shelby emerges from the bathroom. She sits on her bed and starts to put her shoes on. Sophie lays Shelby's previously packed camping bag on her bed. A few minutes later, all three women emerge from the dorm. Peter is standing by a school vehicle. He has sunglasses on and smiles at the sight of the girls. Sophie, Shelby and Taylor look as if a cat dragged them around a few a blocks. Their sluggish stances tell all.
"Well, I guess everyone is as ready as they're going to be." Peter opens the back door and starts to put the bags into the vehicle. Shelby and Taylor get into the backseat of the vehicle. Sophie gets into the passenger side and Peter into the driver's side. He starts the car and takes off.
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Chapter 7B A lesson in gossip
Dining Room, Breakfast time.
Juliette and Auggie are sitting together. Ezra is beside them. For some reason Auggie and Ezra are still arguing over which comic book character, Superman or Batman could win. Scott is sitting a little ways away from the group. Daisy gets her tray and sits purposefully down next to Scott. Scott glances at Daisy.
"What's going on with you?" Daisy stares straight at Scott. "I'm not going to take nothing for an answer. Everyone says nothing when there's actually something."
"You wouldn't understand." Scott replies.
"Try me."
"I can't."
"Then talk to someone because having you like this isn't bunches of fun. Not to mention that your killing Shelby by not talking to her. She needs you Scott and you need her. Something is wrong with her. She hasn't been sleeping well, not her usual self, more combative than usual. . .if she could be more combative."
"It sounds so selfish about what's getting me down." Scott fires back.
"So talk, if it's getting you down, selfish or not, it's getting you down."
"I was in Peter's office the other day. I saw a newspaper lying on his desk. Football season is starting back up, scouts and reports. Just got me thinking of my life going down the drain. All those feelings coming back and I just get so angry. That bitch helped ruined my life. I could be one of those high school athletes talked about and getting fought over to go to college."
"You miss that part of your life, it's understandable, But why dwell on the past? You are not the same person who you were back then. There's nothing more to hide. Start from this spot right here. Don't let yourself go back there." Daisy puts her hand on Scott's shoulder reassuringly. "Besides if all that didn't happen, you would've never meant up with Shelby."
"Yeah." Scott replies in a monotone voice.
"Is there something else?"
"No." Scott smiles at Daisy "thanks man."
"Well I'm not a man, but anytime." Daisy gives a once in a lifetime smile.
"Does Peter think that everyone can be saved?" Scott says through his laughter.
"Yep, and aren't you glad he didn't give up on you." Daisy asks Scott.
"Yeah I'm glad. How long are Shelby and the newbie gone for?"
"Two days." Daisy replies.
"Wow, Peter really laid the smack down." Auggie says getting into their conversation.
Ezra and Jules turn their attention to Daisy and Scott's conversation.
"Was bullshit really the first word that came out of her mouth?" Ezra asks Jules and Daisy.
"Yep." Jules replies bubbly.
"I bet Sophie loved that one." Scott laughs knowing how much Sophie gets on him about swearing.
"Did she really throw her journal in the fire or is that an exaggeration?" Auggie asks intrigued by the guts of the new student.
"Nope, it's not an exaggeration." Daisy says.
"Shelby and her really don't get along do they?" Scott asks.
"Not from what I can see."
"Peter's trying to teach them a lesson huh. Like when I had to dig that whole and then fill it in." Auggie laughs. "I wonder if both will make it back in one piece."
This makes everyone else laugh as well.
"What's up with the newbie coming to a school like this in a stretched limo?" Auggie asks the group. "Like we don't already know her families got money."
"She wasn't in the stretched limo, she was in the police car behind the limo." Ezra corrects. "Remember I made a joke about accepting the criminally insane."
"Yeah and it was lame then as it is now." Scott laughs, everyone joins in his laughter.
Ezra has his back to the door, so he does not see Peter walk in. Everybody tries to get Ezra to stop and turn around, but he doesn't and continues.
"I heard she's like a lethal weapon. That's why she hasn't been around the group without a councilor by her side." Ezra says.
Peter walks up behind Ezra and adds.
"I heard she can see through walls and shot laser beams out of her eyes." Peter lays his hand on Ezra's shoulder.
"Oh hi Peter, back already?" Ezra straightens up and looks at Peter's hand.
"I'll be going back after I work on some things. I just dropped them off. You all know what I think about gossip right?" Everyone shakes their heads yes. "Good, then I want a five hundred word essay on why you shouldn't gossip and how harmful gossip can be. Let's see today is Tuesday, so I want this essay written and proofread by Thursday. Now get yourselves to your classes."