The Smell of the Ocean

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING FROM THE SHOW!

Chapter 2

Shelby had sat listening on the phone waiting for Scott to come back for fifteen minutes before she decided to hang up. She was worried about Scott and decided to visit him to make sure everything was alright. When she got to his door and knocked there was no answer. Shelby twisted the door knob and was supprised when the door opened. Walking through the apartment, Shelby was nervous by the eerie quiet of the apartment.

"Scott? Lilly? Were are you?" She called

There was no answer so she continued searching. When she reached the bedroom, Shelby flipped on the lights to see Scott laying on the bed sleeping. Quickly, she turned the bright light off and walked over to the side of the bed, turning a lamp on. She sat besides Scott and saw that there were dried tears on his face. Shelby walked to the chest sitting in front of their bed, opened it, and retrieved an extra blanket that she placed over Scott. She looked at him once more, then turned off the lamp and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Shelby looked at the clock in the kitchen and realized it was 11:30. Shelby decided to watch some tv, waiting for either Scott to wake up, or Lilly to come home.

She wrapped herself in a blanket and layed on the couch. Turning on the tv, Shelby found a late night talent show that had an old lady spitting her denchers in the air and catching them as many times as possible in two minutes. The next thing Shelby knew, she had fallen asleep and was sitting at the docks at Horizon.

"Hey Shel." Shelby turned around and saw Scott walking towards her

"Hey Cowboy," she walked up to him and gave him a kiss, "Your late."

"Your just early." She laughed

They walked back to the bench. Shelby rested her head on Scott's shoulder and her face appeared worried, "Scott?"

She could feel him turn his head and look at her, "Yea?"

"What are we going to do?"

"What do you mean?"

"After we leave Horizon, what's going to happen to us?"

Scott kissed her head, "Shelby I love you, nothing is going to change."

Shelby looked up at him and smiled, "Good." And she kissed him.

Shelby jumped up. She couldn't believe she had a dream about Scott.

"Hey."

Shelby looked behind her and Scott was sitting at the kitchen table. Shelby stood up, walked over, and sat down next to him.

"How are you doing?" She asked concerned

"I'm ok," He answered quietly, "Why'd you come?" He asked in a voice that told Shelby he was happy she did

"You never came back on the phone."

"Oh yea, I'm really sorry, I just...I guess I forgot." He looked into her eyes sadly

"Don't worry about it," She furrowed her eyebrows in concern, "Scott what happened? Why did you have to leave the phone?"

He looked down and Shelby took his hand.

"The doorbell rang," a tear fell, "It was a policeman."

Shelby watched confused, "What did he say?"

A few more tears fell, "It was about Lilly..." is voice cracked, "She..She was...umm...She's dead." He put his head in his hands

Shelby sat staring at him shocked, "But...how?"

"After I told her to leave she was driving and got in an accident."

Shelby looked at him sadly. Shelby placed her hand on his cheek and he looked at her. Underneath the sadness, she could see something else. At first she didn't know what it was, but then it clicked, deep in his tear filled blue eyes, Shelby could see guilt.

"Scott, this wasn't your fault."

"She was upset because I threw her out, and she was speeding because she was upset, whose fault do you think it was."

Shelby pulled him into a hug, "No ones, this was an accident, no one is at fault."

"Say what you want, but I know it was my fault."

Shelby hugged him tighter and rubbed his back as he began to cry harder. She knew it was no use fighting with him when his emotions were blocking his thoughts. When his tears stopped dropping, Shelby walked him back to his bedroom; it was only 2:15 and she knew he should get some rest before he had to deal with the stress and pain that the day would bring.

Scott layed on top of the bed, not bothering to even get under the covers. Shelby grabbed the extra blanket she had previously covered him with, and again gently placed it over him. As she was walking away, Scott grabbed her wrist softly.

"Shel...could you just..uhh..stay with me here..just for a little while?"

Shelby Smiled, "Sure." She lay down next to him and held him close to her, softly playing with his hair.

Before he fell asleep, Scott spoke in a voice no higher then a whisper, "Thank you."

She hugged him tighter, "I'll always be here for you Scott."

"Shelby I love you, you know that right?"

"I know Scott, I love you too," Shelby kissed his forehead, "Now try and get some rest."

He nodded and soon was asleep.

a/n- Please review! Good or Bad just tell me what you think! Keep in mind that I am a total S&S fanatic lol...