Don't hurt me, but I've actually had this on my computer for a while, I just wasn't sure if I wanted to start the second season with this or another fanfic that I had written for it. And plus I changed a few things.
Promises
Shelby glanced back. The footsteps she had heard before stopped.
"Okay, whoever you are, stop hiding and show yourself!" She shouted. Whoever it was didn't listen.
"I'm going to mess you up so bad if you don't come out on the count of three. One, two, three! All right, that's it!" She backtracked to find her stalker.
"Hi, gorgeous." Smiled a boy with deep blue eyes and brown hair."Don't you dare call me gorgeous."
"What are you gonna do?" He slipped his hand into her shirt."What the hell do you think your doing!"
"What does it look like I'm doing?" His smile grew even larger. Shelby decided to play around with this guy's head.
"Give it to me, big shot." She flashed him a sexy smile back. He stepped closer, coming in for a kiss, when Shelby kicked him in the sin.
"That's for calling me gorgeous! And this," she punched him in the jaw, "is for putting your hands on me!" Blood seeped from his mouth."Had enough yet?"
"No," He answered and advanced on her, pushing her down and sitting on top of her. He held her arms firmly in one hand, while gently stroking her belly. The brown haired teenager looked around to make sure no one was in eyesight before inching his hand further up.
"My name's Brian, what's yours babe?" Shelby just continued to struggle against his powerful muscles. He positioned himself on her and started rocking back and forth.
"Oh, yeah," he moaned.
"Stop it!" Shelby screamed. He kissed her, forcing his tongue into her mouth. Shelby took the chance and bit it.
"You b!" He yelled, slapping her across the face and rocking harder.
"Scott!" Shelby cried out."No, Brian." He kissed her again. Pulling away from her mouth he said, "Let's go somewhere else, shall we?" He forcefully stood her up and dragged her to the shed.
"Where's Shel?" Scott asked as he sat down for lunch. Ezra shrugged.
"We thought she was with you," Daisy said.
"Well, she isn't, so where is she?"
"Don't ask me." Auggie replied.
"She probably just went for a walk," Jules suggested.
"She skipped the last class."
"And she doesn't do that?" Ezra asked.
"She does, sometimes, but . . . never mind. I'll go look for her." As he was about to go look, she appeared.
"Hey where have you been? You missed class."
"I went for a walk."
"You should have told me so I could have gone with you." Scott smiled.
"I'll inform you next time," She responded slyly. Across the table, Annie coughed.
"Eww, don't cough on my food," Shelby told her. They both had slowly began to from a friendship, but Shelby was Shelby.
"Sorry," Annie apologized.
"Annie, sweetie, you have a phone call." Sophie entered the dorm saying.
Silently, she got up and followed Sophie to the office; Sophie left her for privacy.
"Hello?" She said into the receiver.
"Hello honey," Said a man's voice on the other line."
Hi dad."
"So how are you?"
"Fine, I guess."
"Peter called and said you took off during a storm. Did you really do that?"
"Yeah."
"Why?" He asked.
"I don't know. I just did."
"He also told me that you burnt yourself and, and attempted suicide.
"Swallowing, she answered, "Yeah."
"Honey, I want you to get better, why are you doing all these things?"
"I, I don't know."
"Well, I hope you get better." Their was an awkward pause, "I know I promised you something, but I can't keep that promise." Annie almost panicked.
"What!" She half yelled.
"I'm so sorry, honey, but we just can't pay for Dazzle. She's too much. It was different when you were working and paying for her and caring for her, but none of us here have that kind of money or time." He stopped to hear his daughter's response, but didn't hear anything."She has to go, Annie."
"No!" Annie yelled.
"Ann-""No, you listen! Why can't you keep your promises? Huh? Why? This is different when you promised a dog or that everything was going to get better. I earned this! I paid for her and cared for her! She's legally mine, you can't take her away from me!"
"Sweetheart, I know, but-"
"Go but someone else!" She screamed before hanging up the phone. Crying, she slipped to the floor, her head in her arms.
Hearing something the male went to go see what it was. Dan saw one of Peter's students crying on the floor.
"Are you all right?" He asked her. She didn't acknowledge him.
"Do you want to speak to Peter?"
"Leave me alone." Came a muffled reply."Come on, I'll take you to Peter."
Suddenly, she shot up and took off.
"Wait!" He called after her. As quickly as he could, he went for Peter's office. Turning around, he watched the girl climb into a tree at the edge of the forest.
"Peter," Dan said as he walked ran into the office.
"Yeah, what is it?" Peter asked, taking his eyes off a file he had in his hands.
"One of your girls took off, but climbed into a tree. I'm not sure if she's still there though."
"Okay. Where?"
"That way, she's got onto one close to the edge."
"Thanks Dan. I'll give her a minute to settle down and I'll go talk to her." He nodded and left.
Peter strolled over by the trees, searching them for the girl. He found Annie sitting on a branch, with her head on her knees, crying. Watching her for a moment, he noticed that she was rocking, he was afraid that she was going to fall off.
"Annie, would you like to talk?" He asked. She moved her head staring at him and sniffled.
"Did Shelby do something?" Annie shook her head.
"Then what?"
"My dad called."
"What he say?" She dug her head back in her arms, "Annie, come down please. You're going to fall."
"I don't care.""You might not, but I will and so will your father if I have to call him saying you're in the hospital once more. Plus you're supposed to be taking it easy."Peter reached up to grab her leg. She flinched back, losing her balance. She fell, but swung her legs around the branch so she wouldn't go that far. Her chest rose rapidly as she caught her breath.
"I thought you didn't care." Peter said, looking at her face which quickly became red from all the blood rushing to her brain. She tired to swing her arms up to the branch and then attempted to pull herself up. One of her legs slipped, and she grasped. Peter took Annie's hands in his to help her out. Her head rested against his chest.
"You can either let go and I'll catch you or climb back up and then come down. Which is it?" Annie pulled herself up again, but he stopped her."I don't think you'll come down if you go back up." Annie's eyes closed as she tired not to pass out.
"Just please . . ." Annie begged. Peter took a step back so Annie could unhook her leg safely from the branch. Her legs hit the ground with a thud. For a second, Annie rested her head against him, before sliding down to the ground. Peter let go of her and knelt down.
"You okay now?" She was still breathing pretty hard and started coughing. He repeated the question a moment later when she settled down. She nodded.
"What did you're dad say?"
"That he was going to get rid of my horse.""You have a horse?"
"Yes, and I bought her. I cared for her, feed her, rode her and he's going to get rid of her.""
I'm sure he has a reason."
"He doesn't have the money to and he's 'too busy' to care for her."
"It's your dad's decision Annie."
"I hate him!" Annie yelled.
"Why?"
"Because I do!"
"No need to yell."
"I still hate him."
"Just because he's getting rid of your horse?"
"He promised!"
"Not all promises can be kept," He explained.
"Yeah, especially if my dad says them." Annie got up and stormed watched her for a moment before getting off the ground and heading back towards his office.
"Hey," Scott tried to draw his girlfriend's attention, "Hey, Shelby." Waving his hand in front of her face caused her to look up. "Are you okay? You seem out of it."
"I'm sorry. It's just I have a lot going on," She explained.
"If you need me, I'm here for you. You know that, right?" They stopped walking, and Scott gazed into her eyes, trying to read her thoughts.
"I know and that's why I love you so much." She gave him a peck on the cheek and he gave her a warm, meaningful hug. Abruptly, Shelby started tensing guy, Brain, was strolling towards them. He stared at Shelby with a knowing twinkle in his eye.
"Come on, let's go to the docks," Shelby suggested and pulled Scott along.
"Okay, gang. I hope your all ready for group." Peter, like always, got moans as responses.
"Today we are going to talk about promises. What do you think a promise is and what is one promise someone has kept or either not kept."
"A promise to me is something that someone says their going to do. Like keep a secret or something. Um, to play ball in the park," Ezra explained.
"A promise is a trusting word. Something that you know will happen or is supposed to happen. To quit drinking," Daisy showered them with her wisdom.
"It's something made to be broken, just something people say to get your hopes up for no reason. Not go after Jess," Shelby told them all.
"I think a promise is something you're supposed to trust, but your not always sure you can," Scott paused a moment, "Don't tell anyone."
"I agree with everyone here," Auggie said.
"And?" Peter questioned.
"And . . . to not torment anyone again."
"I think a promise is something that's supposed to be kept, but sometimes is really hard to keep. This is going to be the one," Juliette clarified
."A promise is something that's never kept, no matter what. Actually, I don't think it should even be a word. Everything's going to be okay," Annie uttered.
"Well, I think a promise is something that's like trust, but its not always in one's control. Many things can lead to why a promise is kept or not kept. I'll stop," Peter told his side of the story.
"I agree with everyone else, including Shelby, Ezra, and Peter. Sometimes it's not anyone's fault if a promise is broken. You'll be fine." Sophie also joined in with her opinion.