SHOUT OUTS AND ANSWERS

Keke1: Thanks. Maybe she will, maybe she won't. You'll have to wait and see.

2008ccampbell: Thanks. I will.

JadeAlmasy: Scott's scared right now. He'll get stronger, I promise.

Melms213 (chs 9, 11, and 12): Thanks. Yes, it will.

Kal's Gal: Okay.

Queen of Shadows: Yeah, you are. Thanks.

ShalBrenfan: here's more.

DISCLAIMER

All Higher Ground characters belong to Fox Family. I only own Cecilia.

The next morning, Scott woke up to the d.j. announcing the weather.

"And a beautiful sunny morning it is," the man said cheerfully. With a grumble, the boy turned off his alarm. Then, he got out of bed and got dressed. He sighed. He didn't know what to do about Cecilia. His freak out yesterday had raised a whole bunch of questions. Ones that he couldn't possibly answer if he wanted to keep the peace. He had---he had just lost it when that girl had begun flirting with him. She had been acting just like Cecilia. He grabbed his stuff and went downstairs. Without stopping for breakfast, he headed out the door.

"Scott---" Elaine began to say. However, the door closed before she could say anymore. The woman sighed.

"Was that Scotty that just left?" Cecilia asked.

"Yep," Elaine responded. Minutes later, Scott entered the parking lot of West Moor High and turned his car off with a sigh. Then, hoisting his backpack onto a shoulder, he headed for the entrance of the school. Then, he walked down the halls.

"Hey, Meat!" a voice called. Scott laughed.

"Hey, Auggie!" he acknowledged.

"You're in a better mood than yesterday," Juliette noted.

"Yeah. I…was dealing with some stuff. Sorry," Scott apologized.

"Forget it," Shelby responded. It was then that Scott noticed that one of their group was missing.

"Hey, where's Ezra?" he wondered.

"Oh. E.Z.'s in talkin' with Hannah," Auggie replied.

"That's…the counselor, right?" Scott asked, trying to remember.

"Yeah. She's a good sound board," Auggie stated.

"Oh. Hey, Scott, before I forget, you wanna go over the report at lunch?" Shelby queried.

"Sure," Scott said. Then, the bell rang and they went on their way. At lunch, Scott grabbed a tray, and got in line for some food.

"Hey, Scott," a voice greeted. Scott turned around to see a black girl with a boy with dark hair and brown eyes.

"Oh, hey. Kat, right?" he checked.

"Right," she confirmed. "This is my boyfriend, Hank Ferris," she continued.

"Hi," Scott said.

"Listen, do you want to eat with us?" Kat invited.

"Normally I'd love to, but Shelby and I are gonna work on our reports," Scott answered.

"Ah. Gotcha," Kat said. With that, they moved up the line and went their separate ways. Scott went to a table where he saw Shelby and sat down.

"Okay, so as we agreed, I did Juliet, and I found that she was so in love that she would do anything, even fake her own death," Shelby said.

"Well, that's what she and Romeo have in common," Scott reminded her.

"So. What about our fair Romeo?" Shelby teased, causing Scott to roll his eyes. Then, "I found that Romeo was in a tricky situation. I mean, he finds out that his cousin Mercutio was murdered, so naturally, he wants revenge. Only one problem---it's Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. I mean, how whack is that?"

"And yet, Juliet still loves him, even after killing him," Shelby observed. They leaned in towards each other, talking in soft tones.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I know it seems like I'm neglecting Hannah, but I assure you, she'll be in here later.