SECRETS

A/N: I don't anything from the show, sad enough.

Here is chapter 13 of Secrets. Sometimes I feel this story is a little cheesy, don't you think? Well anyway I love writing it…


Chapter 13: A Little Bit Of Hope

Daisy walked the road down, in direction of Scott's house, to see Shelby, when she passed in front of David's father's house. Two cars were parked in the garden and she wondered if one of them wasn't David's mother. She had seen her car once, but she had a good memory. Either it was a coincidence or David was coming back. She quietly approached the house; looking around to be sure no one had seen her. She would have found the situation funny, if it wasn't her doing this. She felt like a James Bond or another stupid spy!

She walked slowly in front of the house and looked across the living room window. That's when she saw four people. The three Ruxton and a man she didn't recognize. Probably because she hadn't seen him once… But David was there, it was the only thing that interested her. She decided to go for the kill. She knocked on the front door and waited patiently for someone to respond. And they did. General Robert Ruxton, impressive and tall man answered the door. Any smile or some greeting, just a blank stare.

"What is it?" He asked harshly on some military tone.

"Uh, good morning Mr. Ruxton, may I talk to David please?" She asked sarcastically, knowing well that politeness wouldn't lead her far.

"I don't think so young lady." He said scrutinizing her with his deep menacing eyes. "Are you Daisy?" He asked almost immediately. Daisy only nodded. "How dare you come here after what you did?" He asked indignantly.

"Excuse me?" Before she could say something else, David appeared behind his father.

"David?" Daisy said surprised looking at the guy she loved.

"Let me arrange this father." David said looking down at his feet. What he was going to do was for the best, he knew that.

"You better be good." Robert said, closing the door behind him as he left inside.

Daisy smiled a little and drew closer to David, ready to kiss him. But David just took a step back, not pushing her away but almost.

"What is it?" Daisy asked, her eyes getting darker.

"Uh, Daisy, this isn't the right moment to discuss. I have lots of things to do. I'll call you when I'll be home." He said turning around, ready to enter the house without another word. But Daisy reacted quickly, as usual. She grabbed his wrist and forced him to look her in the eye.

"What happened?" She asked seriously, looking over at him, trying to find something wrong.

"Nothing. Why does it always have to be something wrong with you?" He exclaimed becoming mad. Why won't she just drop this out?

"Then what is it?" She asked exasperated. How could she help him if he didn't want to have anything with her?

"In fact, I'm not here for long. I just forgot some things at my father's. I'm sorry but I don't have time to talk." This time he didn't let her the time to do something, he entered the house and closed the door with his foot.

"Jerk!" Daisy yelled through the door, knowing he had heard her.


"Hey Dais, right on time!" Scott said smiling as he let her enter the house. She didn't look at him or greet him. She just stood in front of the door outside, looking kinda mad. Okay, she wasn't usually perky or anything but she always had something to say. Scott raised an eyebrow, looking at Shelby, wondering what had happened. Shelby looked back at him, shrugging, walking towards them.

"You okay Daisy?" Shelby asked this time, walking outside. Scott just stayed where he was, not knowing what to say or do.

"Just feeling wonderful." She said with a morbid voice.

"What is it?" Shelby asked simply.

"Nothing."

"Daisy, I know I'm not the best friend type, but I can see when something's wrong. What happened? Is it your father? Did he do something?"

"No! Why do you always need to help people without their consent? I am PERFECTLY fine." Shelby only nodded, and then thought of something that could have bothered Daisy.

"Look, he will call you once he's settled. You know it." She said comfortably, and when she said 'him' she was talking about David of course.

"I don't care about this jerk." She mumbled. Scott knew she was getting a little emotional and decided to leave the two girls alone, closing the front door, not feeling up to those girls talk.

"What happened? Did he already call?" Shelby inquired, feeling better at ease now that Scott had left them.

"I saw him before I came here."

"Oh…" Shelby said not knowing what she should tell her.

"And he almost shut the door on my face."

"Why?"

"I don't know why!" She exploded. "All I know is that I gave him everything of me! And that's how he thanks me! What a jerk!"

"Daisy, he probably had a good reason."

"No, he hadn't! I tried with him, I really did. He's probably not worthing anything I did for him! I even chose him over you the night you needed a place!"

"Dais, calm down."

"I'm perfectly calm Shelby." She said harshly, sitting down on the steps.

"Everything's gonna be okay, you just need to have a little faith." Shelby tried, sitting next to her.

"Since when do you have faith? Did you see God or something?" She said mocking her.

"Very funny. In fact I have faith since I found love." She whispered in her ear.

"What?" Daisy said in disbelief, looking at her surprised.

"Don't expect me to tell you this again. Scott doesn't even know yet." She said just as quietly.

"What Scott doesn't know?" Scott asked from behind, sitting on the steps as well, and wrapping his arms around their shoulders. They hadn't heard him opening the door, and Daisy wondered if he had even closed it earlier. Maybe he stayed behind the door to listen our conversation? Shelby blushed a bit, leaning against his chest, and Daisy shrugged his arm off her shoulder.

"Nothing you need to know right now." Shelby just said, playing with his hand. Scott pouted a little but didn't say anything. "Oh, okay I'll tell you later maybe…"


Juliet sat alone in her bed, trying to figure out how she was going to do to give back her full plate. She had tried, really. But it was just so disgusting, worst than anything she had ever eaten. None of her friends had come visit her, no one except Shelby and Scott. But all of the others had probably forgotten her. She was sure Auggie wouldn't come either. Why would he anyway? She had treated him like shit, and he had a girlfriend now. She leaned more against her pillow and sighed softly thinking of the last weeks. Thinking that maybe her friendship with Shelby wasn't worthing to be thrown away just because of a boy, even if the boy was Scott Barringer. What had she done to deserve it? Just as she was about to take back her fork, someone knocked on the door. Please God, don't tell me that's mom, I don't want to deal with her right now. Juliet thought, crossing her fingers. When she looked up, she saw Auggie Ciceros' face. She couldn't believe it, she was ecstatic!

"Auggie!" She exclaimed happily. "I'm so glad you came!" She squealed, smiling big and patting a place for him on her bed.

"Hey Jules." He said quieter, walking towards her bed. "How are you going?" He asked interested.

"Fine. But this food…" She said looking down at her plate. "Well, you know what they say about hospital food. It's just worse than school food."

"Come on, it can't be that bad?" He said smiling a bit.

"Anyway, it's wrong for my weight. Those things are so rich and oily!"

"Juliet, you really need to eat. You shouldn't always listen to your mom. I think you're beautiful. A lot of people think that too."

"Auggie…" She began, but he cut her off quickly.

"Let me finish please. It's your mom's fault if you're here, always controlling everything. Don't listen to her Jules, you deserve better, and you are better."

"Auggie, why are you still here? I mean after what I did and said…"

"Because I love you Jules." He said quickly hoping she wouldn't get mad.

"You have to understand that I need time Auggie." She said sternly

"I know. But when you'll need me, I'll be here."

"Thank you." She said hugging him.


"Hey Dais, I heard about David, I'm sorry." Ezra said as he sat next to her at lunchtime.

"Who told you?" She asked not even looking up. Why was he even talking to her, hadn't she said she didn't want to have to do anything with him?

"Oh, uh Scott." Ezra said quickly and then thought 'I'm so dead if Scott finds out I told her!'

"I should have guessed…" She muttered, slightly mad.

"Yeah, well sorry, but you know this isn't the end of the world."

"What?"

"Look about what happened between us."

"There was never an 'us' Ezra" She reminded him, smiling a little at his imaginative mind.

Yeah I know, let me finish. I was so mad at you but I knew you were right. And I moved on." He said proudly, smiling up at her.

"So soon?"

"Yeah, I met the perfect girl." He said dreamingly.

"And has this girl a name?" She inquired smiling. It was kinda fun; Ezra always had been funny in fact.

"It's Janine, you know, she's friend with Scott, we met at the little party Scott had organized for Shelby."

"Oh…but Ezra, I thought you were in love with me?" She said puzzled. How could he fall out of love this quick when he had dreamed of her during years?

"No, I'm not anymore. You told me to move on, I did. And I don't want to regress."

"Well that's great. But see, there is a difference between our relationship and what I had with David." She said and they both knew she was right. Ezra only nodded and smiled big when he saw his new girlfriend coming up in line.

"Oh, young love…" Daisy said pensively, a sarcastic smile on her lips. At least, she had made up with Ezra, if the rest wasn't okay; she knew she could rely on him…


"Scott, did you see my…" Shelby trailed off as she entered his bedroom. She knew she should have knock on the door. He was there half naked; well not really. In fact he only had a towel around his waist. Shelby looked down awkwardly and mumbled a little sorry before closing the door rapidly. She leaned against the corridor wall sighing. God, how could she be so stupid, they had already slept together, she had touched him everywhere and she just couldn't see him like this. She was interrupted by the sound of a door opening. Scott appeared, and this time he had his pyjamas on. He smiled a little at her and went to hug her. Shelby sighed blissfully, well welcoming the hug.

"What is it?" She asked pulling away a little, looking him in the eye.

"Nothing, apart that you're beautiful and I wanted to touch you." He replied simply, but with a sexy voice. Shelby thought she would completely lose her self control if he didn't stop teasing her.

"Scott…" She whined, leading them into his room. They were still attached together so it was quite difficult to walk together.

"Shelby." Scott whispered passionately leaning down to kiss her seductive lips. She quickly responded to the kiss and kissed him back, just as deeply. They stood near his bed several minutes until the need for air was too strong. They pulled away from each other lips but still held the embrace. "What were you searching for, by the way?" Scott asked sitting them on the bed, she on his laps.

"Uh?" She asked confused. What the hell was he talking about?

"You know when you came earlier into my room and found me naked?" He said jokingly, noticing her cheeks redden again.

"Oh, well, I lost my watch." She said sadly. "It was from Jess. A birthday gift." She added, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck.

"It's on my desk." He said reassuringly.

"Good." She said about to get up from his laps. But Scott just wouldn't want to release his grab.

"Scott!" She struggled laughing, trying with all her strength to unwrap his arms from around her waist.

"Hey, you're not going anywhere tonight." He said catching his breath. Shelby pouted, shrugging first and then giving him a kiss. Just as she was about sure Scott couldn't hold her if she tried to escape, she got up quickly grinning devilishly.

"I had you!" She laughed, taking her watch from his desk and putting it around her wrist. Scott just stood there amazed, how had she even done it?

"You're incredible." He said lying down on his bed, on his side. "And beautiful too." He added, looking deeply at her. She smiled shyly and went lying next to him.

"You're not so bad yourself." She said jokingly looking up at him. She soon felt herself falling into his deep blue eyes, like always. "Scott?" She whispered softly.

"Yeah?"

"You know this morning when Daisy and I were talking on the steps outside?"

"Uh, uh?"

"Well you heard something like 'Scott doesn't even know'?" She quoted perfectly what she had said earlier. Scott nodded, fearing the worst. That's it, she's leaving the city to go live with her father and Jess…Scott thought nervously.

"Well we were talking about faith and hope, you know?"

"Yeah."

"Scott, what I'm trying with difficulties to say is that I have those things in my life."

"What?" He said not quite following her. Shelby smiled embarrassed at his confusion.

"I know it's maybe still soon, but I also know that I, that I lov-, I love you Scott." She murmured closing the little gap that was between them. It was the first time she was saying those worlds to a boy, except Walt who had always forced her. She looked at Scott trying to read out some kind of feelings or something. Scott just was so shocked! He knew it was kinda hard for her to say those words. He had to reassure her that she had done well.

"I love you too Shelby." He said quietly, giving her a kiss, and hugging her very tightly.

"Thank you." She whispered into his neck. What have I done to deserve him? She thought happily, hoping this dream wouldn't vanish once Jess would reach their father.


I don't know if this chapter is good, there isn't a lot of action. The next one will be much better, I promise! But I don't know when it will be updated, with the last chap of Thin Bond, the story Rendezvous and my new story Safety, I have a lot of work (lol, it's not really work, I'm really enjoying it!)

What will happen in next chapter or should I let you the surprise, just tell me. If you want it, I'll give you some important lines of the chapter. But it's only if you can't wait before being killed by curiosity…