World Turned Black
I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING
(A/N) I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for commenting, there all so nice and helpful! Thank-you! Sorry if the stories take long to post but on weekdays it's really hard to get time to write them. I'm trying to make time though lol. I also want to say thank you to Silence-endlessecho for pointing out Scott's broken arm, I completely spazed sorry!
Chapter Six
Shelby just stared at Scott shocked, he on the other hand raced to wipe away the tears the spilled over, then looked back to Peter and Zack, he was happy to see they were involved in a conversation.
She grabbed his arm to make him stop, "Who Scott, who will kill you?"
He pulled her too continue walking and checked back again, but a conversation was still taken place, he knew he had to tell her, or at least tell her part of what was going on, "Look, meet me out at the docks tonight ok?"
"Yea," she said with concern, "Scott what's going on?"
"Just meet me tonight around 12?"
"Of course," she smiled at him, "Wouldn't miss it."
They were all walking silently when Peter realized someone was missing, "Wait!" When they all stopped and looked at him he continued, "We forgot Sophie."
"Married for a month and your already forgetting me?" They looked behind Peter and saw Sophie standing there with a smile on her face, "Thanks for waiting; I said I'd be right back."
Peter rushed over to her, "I'm so sorry, are you ok?"
"Yea sure, now you care." She laughed
"Just checking to see if you knew your way back." He was now laughing too
"I'm sure, anyway, let's get back before its dark."
"Ok, let's go."
The now five headed back, they walked for another half hour until they reached Horizon.
"Zack, you have like twenty minutes before dinner, Scott and Shelby, my office."
Zack walked off to his dorm and Sophie walked to check in with the other Cliffhangers, she knew Peter needed to talk to them alone, and anyway, she hadn't seen the rest of her group the entire day. Scott and Shelby sulked behind Peter until they got to his office.
"Ok, Shelby, your first, Scott, wait out here."
Girls Dorm
"Strength." Daisy said looking from her tarot card up to Juliette.
"What does it mean?"
"Well, not only can you control the situation, you can control yourself."
"What situation?"
"That's for you to figure out."
Sophie watched from the door smiling, she was about to leave them alone when Juliette noticed her, "Sophie?" she squealed, "Are they back? Did she find him?" She was bouncing off the walls.
"Sheesh let her get in the door." Daisy laughed
"For your questions, yes they are back, and yes she found him."
"Oh I knew she would, where are they?"
"In Peter's office."
Daisy laughed, Shelby was definitely head over heals for that boy, she was willing to get shuns for him. What happened? she thought comically.
Peter's Office
"Shelby, I know what you did was to help him but that's not an excuse." They had been arguing for the past five minutes.
"Peter think about it, if Sophie was lost in the woods, would you just wait? No, and don't say you would because you know that you would be gone before anyone knew it."
"There's a difference though, I am a grown up, I know the woods. You could have gotten lost and how would that have helped Scott?"
"But I didn't get lost. Why can't you just be happy with what did happen instead of dwelling on what could've happened?"
"Because then you wouldn't learn from your mistakes."
"Yes, look Peter, I promise I won't go into the woods trying to find someone if you say not to. Ok?"
"No, not ok," Peter sighed, "Ok, here's what I'm going to do. I will make a deal with you, if you will be the new girl's first week buddy, then you wont get the kitchens that I had planned for you."
"That's it? First week buddy to the newbie and I get off without anything?"
"No, you have to do a good job too as the buddy."
"Yes my master," She saluted him then looked at him seriously, "What about him?"
Peter sighed, "Shelby, he ran."
"Peter, you know he didn't run, there were only two times he ran."
"Only?" He laughed
"Yes, and did you notice the first time ran to Agnes and the second, he got pretty far down the river. Neither times did you find him in the woods crying."
Peter looked at her, he knew Scott was crying but thought that maybe she would tell him something, "He was crying?"
"Cut the crap Peter, he didn't tell me anything."
Peter just smiled, she had caught him, "Ok well, you can go, send him in."
"What are you going to give him?"
"Shelby…"
"Ok, ok, just promise me you won't go too hard on him ok?" and she was gone.
Peter sighed and waited for his next student to enter.
Lounge
Sophie entered the lounge to find David and Ezra having a heated discussion about what was in the school's meatloaf while Auggie just sat drawing.
"I'm telling you man," David was really into it, "When kids graduate from here they are really chopped up and mashed until they're meatloaf. Have you heard from Kat?"
"That's so stupid man; everyone knows they use the rats that always get into the dorms." Ezra sounded so sure
"Sorry to disappoint you both, but the meatloaf is made with the highest quality meat." Sophie said laughing
"Yes, but which kind of meat?" David asked
Sophie just rolled her eyes while laughing, "Has Zack come through here?"
Then Auggie spoke up, "I just saw him in the dorm, he's taking a shower."
"Ok thanks."
"How are Scott and Shelby?" Ezra questioned
"There fine, talking to Peter," she smiled, "Dinner in a few guys." She then walked around checking up on the other kids at the School.
Peter's Office
When Scott entered, Peter saw the cast on the arm he completely forgot was broken (thanks lol). He tried to think of a punishment that Scott could do then realized that it might be better to just have something hanging over his head. Scott did always do better with the rules when he had a better chance of getting in trouble.
"Look Peter, I know what you going to say, it was an irresponsible thing to do, that I was only running away from my problems. Just tell me what my punishment is and end it." Scott was frustrated
"Ok, well I'm not giving you a punishment."
Scott looked up with amazement, "What? Are you serious? Are you sick or something?"
Peter just laughed then turned serious, "Scott just remember that is you step out of line once I have two weeks of whatever I decide for you."
Scott nodded
"And…I still have to call your parents," Peter was expecting a blow out like before, instead he just nodded his head again, "Scott?"
Scott didn't look up, "What?"
Peter got up and walked over to the chair the boy was sitting in. He squatted so he was at Scott's level, "Look at me."
When Scott looked up he had tears in his eyes, Peter said he didn't have a punishment but just calling home would bring on a punishment worse then anything he could ever give.
Peter got a worried look on his face, "Scott what is it?"
He just wiped away the tears that had spilled over, stood up, walked over to the door, and opened it, "Nothing." And he was gone leaving Peter standing in the middle of his office dumbfounded.
Lounge
Dinner had gone by pretty uneventful, Scott hardly talked besides to Shelby, but the conversation was light. After eating, the Cliffhangers met to have another group.
"Ok, last time group didn't go over so tonight, were just going to keep it as a simple how are you feeling and why. Is that ok with everyone?" Sophie looked around and when she heard groans took it as their answer, "Good, Daisy?"
"I'm happy that something worked out for my friend." And she truly was, the entire summer Shelby had been miserable and seeing her realize Scott still loved her made her happy.
"Ok good, David."
"Tired cause I need to sleep, Ezzzzra?"
Ezra just rolled his eyes and said, "Fine, because everything's fine with me, Scott?"
"Scared, because something bad is about to happen and there's nothing I can do to stop it."
Everyone just stared at him until Sophie spoke up, "Do you want to elaborate Scott?"
"No. Shel?" he dismissed her question
"Well now I'm a little scared and it's apparent why," she looked over a Scott with concern, "Auggie?"
"I'm glad Meat's back because we were all worried about him, but I agree that what he just said is a little scary."
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here." Scott snapped
"Sorry man, I didn't mean to," Auggie was surprised at how fast his attitude changed from scared to angry, "Jules?"
"Umm…I agree with Auggie," She was worried he would yell at her too, "We missed you Scott," When he didn't respond she just said the last person's name, "Zack?"
"I feel like I'm really not in the mood for this?"
"For what Zack?"
"For all of this, Scott you say you don't want to be talked about like your not here, but whenever someone does talk to you, you don't want to talk. What do you want?"
Scott looked up and glared at this kid, who did he think he was? He didn't even know him, "I want you to leave me alone, you don't even know me, so don't come in here thinking you know all about what's going on."
Zack gave him a little smirk, "Oh but I've heard all about you and your past; Scott Barringer, the perfect son, perfect football player..." Shelby saw Scott start to tense up so she grabbed his hand.
"Zack, group is not about trying to make people feel bad, it's about opening up and letting go." Sophie warned
He just ignored her, "And then mommy and daddy got divorced, she moved away and he married a woman ten years older than you."
"Yo newbie, we already know all about his past, if you think you're going to embarrass him or something, you better just shut your mouth." Auggie yelled
Zack just continued, "Just answer me one thing," Scott looked up at him, "How does a guy get molested by a women?" He said with utmost hate
Scott just glared at him, if Shelby weren't holding his hand and Peter hadn't just saved him from any work, he would have been beating the crap out of Zack five minutes ago.
"That's enough Zack, I know you're new, but I just warned you, kitchens for two weeks, I'll make sure whoever is supervising knows that you will be there. Ok then I think that's the end for today you have a half an hour until lights out, Scott can I see you really quick."
They all began to leave and Scott walked over to Sophie
"Scott are you ok?"
He looked at her with a blank expression, "Yea, fine."
"Scott I'm serious, I know it had to hurt to hear that, but you and everyone know nothing that happened was your fault."
"Why would it hurt, it was last year, I'm over it." He was lying through his teeth, it hurt everyday, sometimes he couldn't breathe it hurt so badly, but he couldn't tell her that, she couldn't know anything
Sophie just looked at him, she tried to see what he was really feeling but his face was expressionless, "Ok, but Scott, I am ALWAYS here if you need to talk, and so is Peter and all the other counselors. You know that right?"
"Yea."
"She was hoping for more, but that wasn't going to happen tonight," Ok well head to your dorm and get ready for bed." And with that he walked out.
Scott walked into the dorm and there was silence. He didn't mind, he wasn't in the mood to talk and he still hadn't decided what to tell Shelby yet. After getting changed and Peter checking in, all the Cliffhanger guys settled down to sleep, all except Scott. He tossed and turned, it wasn't that he thought he would sleep through the night and miss his meeting with Shelby, he hadn't been able to sleep lately and he set his alarm clock, it was that in twenty minutes he would have to tell Shelby something. Scott already knew what parts he wanted to tell her, but how?
Girls Dorm
The clock was at 11:55 and Shelby couldn't wait any longer, she had to hear what had happened to Scott. After checking to make sure the two other girls were sleeping, Shelby put on her sneakers and a sweat jacket, and headed towards the docks.
When she got there Scott was already there. He had his legs pulled to his chest and he was staring out towards the water, "Hey." She stated softly
Scott stood up and wrapped his arms around her. He didn't care how much it hurt when she squeezed back from the bruises, "I missed you." He hadn't gotten to tell her that since he'd been back.
Shelby welcomed the hug, "I missed you too."
After a minute, the hug ended and they sat down. Again he pulled his legs to his chest.
"I'm sorry I haven't really had a chance to talk to you since I've gotten back." Scott looked into her eyes
"Don't be sorry, we're talking now." She comforted
"Yea I guess."
"Scott, look at me," He did, and she held his hand, "Whatever happened to you, all I want to know is what you want to tell me, whatever you're ready to tell me," she smiled, "I love you, ALL of you."
"I love you too." He gave her a small smile
Shelby was so happy to hear those words from him, but she could tell that he was still so nervous, "Ok, do you want to tell me anything or wait? Like I said, I only want to know what you're ready to tell me."
Scott thought about how great she was, most people would push him, but she knew when he needed to be pushed and when he needed to do it on his own time, "No, I wan…need to tell you."
She was so proud of him, and knew what ever he was about to tell her would be hard for him to say.
"Umm…" he swallowed
"Take your time." She squeezed his hand for comfort.
He took a deep breath and began, "When I went home, my dad was a different person, everything he told me when he came here was a lie." He paused briefly, "Elai…she wasn't there yet. He was seeing her but waited a week before he told me he was going out with someone, and then another week until he brought he back to like with us."
Shelby couldn't believe his father would do that, she couldn't imagine her mother having Walt come back to live with them. She just held his hand tightly while he continued the story.
"The first night I didn't know what to do, I wasn't sure if she would try to come in my room or what so when I went to sleep, I locked the door, but that had never stopped her before so I pushed my nightstand against the wall," he looked up at Shelby, she just smiled supportantly but didn't push him, "She…she tried to come in that night, I heard her unlock the door then turn the knob, all I could think of was what if she gets the door open? What will I do? But after a few minutes of pushing, she gave up. I knew I couldn't live there anymore."
"The next day, I told my dad that I refused to stay there. He was mad but told me to call my mom, so I did. She made plans to take a plan to our house, pick me up, and bring me back to live with her for the rest of the summer."
Scott stopped, Shelby watched him. He wasn't looking at her but instead downward, she could see that he had begun to cry and lifted his head by his chin. She wiped away the tears and gave him another hug until she felt him calm down. He looked back up at her, "Sorry." He laughed embarrassed.
"I told you, you have absolutely nothing to be sorry about, do you want to stop?"
"No. I want to keep going."
She just nodded and waited for him to continue
Scott thought a minute then continued, "Well, her plane arrived early and she decided to surprise us. She took a taxi from the airport." He stopped again, and the tears started to fall again.
"It's ok Scott, I'm here." She already knew what he was trying to say, but knew that he needed to get it out.
"She was a few blocks away. And...and…umm a truck ran a stop sign…he was drunk…they said she died on impact." He said through tears running frantically down his cheeks.
Shelby wrapped him in another hug and just rocked him back and forth while rubbing his back. They sat like that for a long time, then he pulled back to look at her, "Thank you."
"I'm glad you could tell me. Are you ok?"
"I killed my mom, would you be ok."
"Oh Scott, you can't seriously think that, it was NOT your fault, not even close."
"Yes it was, if I hadn't wanted to leave, she wouldn't have been in that car. It was my fault."
"No Scott, don't even think like that, if you didn't call her you would have never gotten out of that house…." Shelby stopped to think for a second, "Scott, what happened after that?"
"What do you mean?"
"You called her to get away from the house, but if she couldn't take you away, what happened?"
Scott wasn't ready for that question, he didn't even think that she would realize he never left, so he told her the truth, "I'm not ready to talk about that yet." He looked into her eyes and she saw his fear.
"That's fine Cowboy." He smiled at her nickname for him
"Do you want to sit out here for a little while longer?" she asked
"Ummm…I think I'm going to try and get some sleep."
"Ok, that's a good idea, were getting a newbie tomorrow and I'm supposed to show her around."
Scott laughed, "I can't wait to see that, poor girl."
Shelby went to play slap him, but he flinched. She saw it but knew he wouldn't talk about that just yet so she pretended she didn't see it.
The two walked to the girls' dorm where they hugged again, and for the first time since he left for summer break, Scott and Shelby kissed. After she went in, Scott walked over to the boys' cabin, but before he went in, Scott decided to sit on the steps for a minute.
"Can't sleep?" Scott looked up and saw Peter walking towards him.
"No."
"Are you still having nightmares?" He sat next to Scott
"Yea."
Peter felt bad for him, he knew how bad the nightmares could get for the kids and Scott looked like he hadn't been sleeping well all summer.
"Do you really have to call my dad?" Scott asked, his eyes begging Peter
"Unless you give me a reason, I have to."
"I'm not ready to talk about anything, why can't you just trust that?" Why couldn't he understand like Shelby had?
"Ok listen, I wont tell him you ran, but I have to tell him that you wondered off for a while."
Scott knew it wouldn't make a difference, but it was the best Peter could do, "Yea ok."
Peter could see Scott was disappointed, but he had to tell his father, it was the law of the school, "Well, why don't you go and try to get so sleep, we'll discuss everything in the morning ok?"
"Yea."
Scott walked into the dorm and laid down on his bed. He had to prepare for his father's wrath. Maybe he wouldn't over react, which was about as likely as his mom coming back to life. A tear slid down his cheek but he wiped it away quickly, things would have to wait until the morning.