World Turned Black

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING, EXCEPT MY CHARACTERS!

(A/N) I told you this one would come faster. lol. I agree that she is a great actress, I just always think of Higher Ground when I see her, actually she wason One Tree Hill tonight. lol. Thanks for the reviews!

Chapter 9

Peter's Office

"Elaine, you can't see him." Peter was still in shock

"Why not?" She looked deeply saddened, it disgusted him

"Because Scott doesn't want to see you and I can't force him to."

Elaine became visably angry, "And how do you know he doesn't want to see me? Huh? Have you asked him?"

Peter was exasperated, this woman had some nerve, "I'll go ask him, but if he says that he doesn't want to see you, you have to leave ok?"

Elaine laughed, obviously sure of herself, "Deal."

Peter walked out of the room, but not before giving both Sophie and Roger a look that told them to watch her. He walked to the boys dorm, but Scott wasn't there.

"Has anyone seen Scott?" he asked

"Him and Shelby went to the gazeboo with some books." Auggie looked up from the book he was struggling to read.

"Thanks Auggie, keep up the good work!" Peter smiled the walked out and towards the gazeboo, what he saw made him smile. Not only were Scott and Shelby talking, but they were laughing. Peter walked up to them, "You didn't tell each other who you have right?"

"Gosh Peter, what kind of people do you think we are?" Scott laughed

Peter smiled, then turned serious when he remembered why he had come out looking for Scott in the first place. They both noticed his sudden change, so Shelby questioned him, "What's up Peter?" she asked concerned

"Scott, I have some bad news," He watched as a wave of horror spread across Scott's face. Shelby also looked scared," Your Stepmother is here and she wants to see you..."

Scott stood up, "Peter there is no way in hell..." he was interupted by Peter's hand quieting him

"BUT, if you don't want to see her, I will tell her to go away."

"Yea, and tell her to stay the hell away too."

"Scott, I understand why your upset, but watch your launguage." Scott sat back down and Peter walked back to his office where Elaine stood immediatly from the chair she occupied.

"Finally, where is he?"

"He said he doesn't want to see you, and I can't force him to," He watched as she looked shocked, "I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

With only a huff, she walked out of the room, and out the door. Peter, Sophie, and Roger followed her out, and waited for her to drive away.

"The nerve of the lady, what would give her the idea he would ever want to see her again?" Sophie questioned

"She's delusional," Peter laughed and they all went their seperate ways.

The rest of the day was filled with books of quotes and questions to Peter and Sophie about what should be said, and why this assignment was so dumb. Finally, the day came to an end, lights out had come and gone without a single missing person.

Boy's Dorm

Scott was having another nightmare that seemed to go on forever, when he woke up breathing heavier than at a football practice. He looked around at each of the other boys sleeping and wondered why he couldn't just have a complete night of sleep. He layed back down and closed his eyes, one of the floor boards creeked, and Scott's eyes opened quickly, but all was still. His heart was racing, calm the hell down Barringer, he thought to himself, and layed back down with his eyes closed again.

He was laying there trying to fall back asleep, when suddenly the lower part of his bed was pushed down, as though by the weight of a person sitting on it. Scott slowly opened his eyes.

"Scotty, you up?" Elaine asked seductively

Scott shot up, and moved as far away from her as he could get in his twin sized bed. He had his back pushed against the backboard, and his legs pulled up against his body, as far as they could go, "What the hell are you doing here? Peter told you to go away!"

She just laughed, "Did you think I was going to believe him? I know that you've been missing me Scotty." She said as she scooted within inches of where he was sitting, trying to move farther away from her, but it was not use, she would win, she always did, and Scott knew it.

"Your going to wake the others up." Scott whispered, hoping it would scare her enough

"We never woke him up." She smiled, and Scott knew "him" was referring to his father. She reached out her hand to caress his cheek, which he flinched at.

"I don't want this, please!" He was begging her now, who was? And know he was starting to cry, I'm such a wimp, he thought

She knew he was her's especially now, she had trained him perfectly, that's all he was, a pet to be trained, and she had done it. Sure he had told, but it didn't matter because she had the letters, and his father didn't even believe him. She loved it.

Elaine leaned up and attempted to kiss him, when Scott moved his head, she grabbed his face with both hands to keep it straight. After that, he couldn't move his head, she kissed him, and laughed when his tears flowed more freely.

All Scott could think about was how ashamed he was, why did he let this happen? And why wasn't anyone waking up. Then he realized, all he had to do was yell, someone would hear him, and Elaine would pay, so when she started to pull up his shirt, that's just what he did, yell. Elaine reacted quickly with her hand over his mouth, but Scott just kept screaming for anyone to save him from this. He looked around, no one was moving, he was screaming as loud as he could, and no one cared.

"Scotty..." Elaine said lightly, "Scott...Scott, come on, look at me." He was confused, now he was hearing Peter's voice, he just continued screaming, hoping Peter would help him.

Elaine just laughed as he screamed, louder than he had ever screamed in his life, "It's pointless, they can't hear you."

He looked at her confused, his voice starting to become hoarse, he was a mess, there were tears running down his face, and he was screaming as loud as possible, and even Auggie, who slept in the bed next to his, wouldn't wake up.

"They don't care about you, only I care, I'm all you have." She was talking over his screaming, she didn't even seem to care

"Scott, wake up!" Peter's voice talked soothenly.

Now Scott was confused, he searched the room, but Peter was nowhere in sight

Elaine looked annoyed, "Fine, go, but don't worry Scotty, I'll be back." She had on a wicked smile, and before he could ask what the hell was going on, Scott gasped and sat up quickly.

Wasn't I just sitting up? He thought, then realized the light was on, his eyes started to come into focus, as he heard Peter speaking, "It's ok Scott, you were having a nightmare."

Scott looked up at him confused, then looked past him and realized there were other people it the room, "What's going on?" He questioned while wiping away the tears and sweat on his face.

This time Shelby spoke up, "We heard you screaming." She smiled sadly at him

"From your dorm?"

"Yea, it was really loud, we heard it from my office." Peter said motioning towards Sophie

"You think it was loud, imagine being in the same room." Auggie laughed

Peter noticed how badly Scott was shaking, "Ok, everyone back to bed, Scott do you want to get some air outside?"

He only shook his head, when he went to stand up, he almost fell back onto his bed from his legs shaking so much, Peter grabbed his arm for support, and led him outside. They sat on the stairs, Peter made sure the guys turned out the lights and went back to bed, while Sophie took the girls.

"Sorry for waking everyone up." Scott apologized when Jeff came to tell Peter that the rest of the school also went back to sleep

"Don't worry about it," Peter smiled, "Do you want to talk about it?"

"I don't know," And honestly he didn't, "I mean, it's not like it was the worst one I have ever had."

"You've never reacted like that before, why were you screaming so much this time?"

"I wanted to stop her, I tried to stop her," he laughed, "I couldn't even stop her in my dream."

"But you did, Scott, she came to see you today, but you said no, you stopped her."

"No," he looked at Peter, "She still got to me, just like she always does, just like she always will,there is no stopping her."

Peter looked at Scott sadly, he knew how horrible everything had been going, he really didn't something like this happening to set him back even more, "It will get better, easier, Scott."

"When?"

"I don't know," Scott looked down, upset, "But I promise it will, you see Shelby, she doesn't even have nightmares anymore."

"That asshole doesn't live with them anymore." Scott had hate in his eyes just thinking of someone hurting his Shelby, the love of his life

"That's true, but your not living there anymore, and soon, your going to be eighteen, and adult, and you can more out of your father's house"

"Yea, I guess."

"How are you feeling now? You stopped shaking."

"I'm ok"

"Do you think you could fall back to sleep?"

"No."

Peter knew that Scott really needed to sleep, and the nightmares weren't helping him any

"We'll, why don't you try, and if you can't, come to my office and we'll talk. Ok?"

"Yea," Scott looked at Peter, "Thanks Peter."

"Don't mention it."

Scott went to bed, he knew that no more sleep would come, not that he was to thrilled to dream again, but he never went to Peter's office. He didn't feel like having a one on one, so he just layed in bed, looking at the picture of him and Shelby at the Morp on his desk all night, until eventually, Peter came in to wake everyone up.

"Come on guys, breakfast, and then group with your quotes," Then Peter walkd over to Scott, who he noticed was awake when he walked in, "Did you fall asleep?"

"Yea." he lied

Peter knew he was lieing, he had big circles under his eyes, but decided not to push, "Ok, well get ready for breakfast."

The boys were in the cafeteria after the girls, and most of the school, and when Scott walked in, everyone got silent, he felt so stupid, but just rolled his eyes, got some eggs, that he knew he wasn't hungry for, and sat at the only seat empty between Shelby and Lexi.

Shelby immediatly grabbed his hand under the table, leaned over and whispered into his ear, "Are you ok?"

"Yea." He smiled at her, but was not convincing

"Scott, you don't look to good." Ezra said concerned

"What are you looking at? Scotty looks perfect." Lexi said seductively, it was the wrong thing to say, in the wrong tone, at the wrong time

"Shut the hell up!" he screamed

Everyone in the cafeteria stopped their conversations, which were mainly about Scott anyway to look at him

Lexi was shocked, but she snapped out of it and realized that he had to say that because Shelby was sitting there, she laughed, and did the worst thing possible, she mimicked one of Elaine's lines while caressing his cheek, "Don't lie, you know you want me." She said seductively again

Scott started shaking, everyone just sat there shocked, even Peter who had walked in just in time to see the action taking place

He pushed her hand away, and stood up so fast his chair fell backward, he didn't know what to do, he just stared at her with malice in his eye. He tried to run, but his feet were glued to the ground. Now Lexi was confused, what was his problem?

Peter snapped out of it, he walked over to the table, "Scott can I talk to you please?" was all he could think of, but the boy didn't respond, he just continued to stare at the girl, so Peter decided to get someone who could help, "Shelby?" he said

Shelby looked away from her boyfriend and this skank wannabe, Peter looked at her then motioned to help him get Scott, she nodded her head, stood, and grabbed Scott's hand. When he felt it, he looked at her, "Come on, Peter wants to talk to you." Scott then looked at Peter, as if he didn't even realize that he was in the room. Shelby led him outside along with Peter. They sat at one of the picnic tables. The cafeteria went back to low chatters, Lexi knew, he just felt bad for Shelby. Why did he put up with her, she wasn't good enough for him.

"Did you hear that... I don't even know what she is." Scott was visably pissed, his hand motions were everywhere

"Scott calm down." Peter soothed

"Calm down? We just talked about how that bitch isn't here, and how I don't have to be near her anymore, and there's another one here!"

"Scott, she doesn't know about Elaine, she doesn't know about your past, or else I'm sure she wouldn't have said that."

"Whatever, just keep her the hell away from me." Scott was fuming

Peter nodded and reminded them of group, then left him there with Shelby, who would hopefully calm him down.

"Shel, did you hear her?"

"Yea, I'm so sorry." She hugged him

They stayed like that for a little longer, then went back to talking, Scott had calmed down by the time they had to meet for group. He made sure, Lexi was as far away from him as possible.

There was so much tension in the room, and Peter decided to break the silence, "Ok, the way were going to do this is, one by one, you are going to come up here, tell who it's about, and read your quote, then tell why you picked it understand?" When no one said anything, he continued, "Who wants to go first?"

Juliette raised her hand immediatly

"Go ahead Jules." Peter motioned for her to stand

"My Quote is about Auggie, she smiled, and by Barbra Streisand," A few Laughs were heard, "A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it." I picked this because I think that Auggie trusts himself, and is who he is supposed to be."

"Good Job Jules, Auggie, your turn."

"Actually," he said standing up, "I have Jules, and my quote is by Martha Washington, "I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." Jules always has a positive attitude no matter what is going on."

"Good, Auggie, pick someone since Juliette already went."

"Ez, your turn."

"Gee, thanks, umm, I have David, mine is by Joan Lunden, "Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. " David has been angry about something since he has returned, and I think he should just move on, because before break, he was actually almost normal, if that's possible." Everyone laughed except David who just stood up

"I have Shelby,"

"Oh no." She joked

"Anyway, it's by Audre Lorde, "When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." I picked this because, she has been through hell and back, but when Shelby needs to be strong, she puts everything aside, including fear."

David sat down and everone was silent, Shelby couldn't believe that he didn't make fun of her, or try to embarrass her, she stood up

"Thank you," He just looked at her and nodded, "I had Zack, the quote is an Italian Proverb, "If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot." I picked this because, he seems to expect people to be nice to him when he is horrible to everyone else."

"Ok, Zack."

Zack rolled his eyes but stood up, "I have Lexi and my quote is by Robert Bringle,"Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want." I picked it because, she shouldn't give up." He smiled at her, and she returned it, Scott glared at both of them, was he just a piece of meat to be won?

Lexi stood up and when she told everyone she had Scott, he just stared at her disgustingly, "Mine is by Alan Watts, "Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command." And it is obvious why I picked it.

Peter couldn't believe his ears, and just the look on Scott's face he could tell that he agreed, "Zack, Lexi, this isn't supposed to be about relationships, it's supposed to be about the other person and ther lives. Telling someone not to give up, or that their lieing to themselves is not the correct assignment. I'll let it go this time because this is the first assignments you have done, but next time you will both redo it. Understand?"

They both shook their heads, but Peter knew they didn't really care ,"Scott, it's your turn."

"Umm, I have Daisy, it's by Marilyn vos Savant, "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." This is Daisy because, she sees everything, and knows everything." He sat down

Daisy stood up, "I aparently have Ezra, and mine is by Margaret Cho, "Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever." I picked this because, Ezra is always doing things for the good of other people. He puts other people ahead of himselve and changes everyone's lives forever."

Peter stood up, "Ok, good job guys, for the most part you took this assignment seriously. Since School is starting on Monday, we will be going on a quest on Thursday, and return Saturday. Thursday is the day after tomorrow, so make sure you are packed for first light."

There were groans all around

"The rest of the day will be yours, but I want everyone to write in their journals," He handed Lexi and Zack one, since they didn't have one yet, "I think we need to get in the habit of writing in them again. Ok that's all for today's group."

Everyone stood up to leave, when Lexi headed over towards Scott, he grabbed Shelby's hand and lead her out the door and to the docks, "Sorry, didn't wanna deal with her."

"Oh yea so use me, thanks alot," She said it seriously, and when Scott made a face in surprise, she burst out laughing, "Scott, I'm just kidding."

He smiled, no matter how bad he felt, she could always make him feel good, even for just a moment, he tucked back a piece of her hair. She stopped laughing and looked at him smiling

"You are so beautiful." he said

She looked away embarrassed and he lightly took her chin with his fingers, "Shelby, you are beautiful."

"I love you." She quietly said while looking into the blue eyes she loved, and for the moment were clear

"I love you too,"

"Everything will be ok Scott."

"The only time I ever believe that is when I'm with you."

"We'll then I guess you'll always have to be with me." she laughed

"I guess so," He smiled, "Shelby..."