Promises are like Eggs

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

a/n-I decided not to write Scott talking to CPS cause I figure it would go the same as when he did in The Kids Stay in the Picture.

Chapter 7

Auggie woke up tiredly, when he noticed there was still an hour before Peter would be there to wake them up, he began to lay back down. When he turned, he noticed Scott was back. No one had known what had happened to him the day before, but they figured it was bad because no one was allowed in the dorm for hours. Before Auggie closed his eyes, he noticed something red on Scott's clothes. Quickly he got up out of bed and walked to Scott's. When Auggie took a closer look, he noticed it was dried blood.

Scared, Auggie quickly got on shoes and ran out of the dorm in the direction of Peter's office. Halfway there he felt like he could kick himself for not waking Ezra to check on Scott. Before getting to the building, Auggie heard his name being called and turning, he saw Peter coming back from his morning run.

"Auggie, what are you doing out already?" Peter asked confused

"I was…looking…for you." He said out of breath

"What's wrong?" he asked worried noticing Auggie's panicked appearance

"Just follow me." He said and quickly began running to the dorm

Peter followed and when he entered, Auggie was standing by Scott's bed, his heart dropped; he didn't know what had happened.

"What's going on?" Ezra asked groggily

Auggie ignored him and walked closer to Scott's bed reaching for the covers. When he pulled them back, his eyes opened wider seeing even more blood. "I…I don't know what happened." He stepped back looking at Peter, fear in his eyes. Ezra gasped and sat up looking on.

Scott slowly opened his eyes, feeling that his blanket had fallen off. When he looked for where it was, he noticed Auggie, Ezra and Peter were looking at him.

"What?" he asked nervously

"What'd you do Meat?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Where'd all the blood come from?"

Scott looked down at his clothes, sighing at having to explain, "Look it's from yesterday, just drop it."

Peter was relieved, he had forgotten that that's where it could have come from, "Look guys, just go back to sleep, you still have some time. Scott could I talk to you outside for a minute?"

Scott stood up and followed him outside, "Yea?"

"Why didn't you change last night?"

"Umm cause I was tired and forgot about it."

"Alright, well I just wanted to remind you that CPS is coming soon, after breakfast come to my office, alright?"

"Yea sure, can I go back to sleep now?"

Peter tried to see some emotion, any emotion, but Scott seemed to be completely closed off for the time being.

Later the guys woke up and got dressed before heading over to breakfast. Scott sat by himself again, but today he felt different. He watched the Cliffhanger table and wished he was sitting with them. He watched Shelby, he saw how she would keep glancing at him, he saw the pain in her eyes, the pain he put there. Another person I hurt, he thought. Scott didn't know what to do anymore, he was angry at Shelby, but still he wanted to take all the pain away from her. This is ridiculous, he thought, I can't even make my mind up whether I never want to talk to her again or go over there and hug her.

Scott stood up and threw his uneaten plate of food out. He nervously walked over to Peter's office, and the CPS worker was there already…

Two Hours Later

Scott sat in his history class in the back. He kept his head down not wanting the others to see his red puffy eyes and the tears that lingered behind, not yet fallen. He had never felt so embarrassed in his life, he couldn't think of anything that could have brought on more pain. All he wanted was someone to be there for him. Someone he could talk to, talk about how much it hurt to be him right at that moment. His thoughts were cut short.

"Scott?" He looked up and saw Peter standing next to the table he sat at, "Come with me please."

Scott didn't say anything, he just stood up and followed Peter, too tired to say anything, to scared to think about it.

When they got to Peter's office, the man from CPS was back.

"Hello Scott."

"Hi." He said, his voice hoarse

"I just need to ask you a few more questions, is that alright?"

Scott nodded nervously. The man set up the camera and Scott took his seat in front of it, Peter sitting in a seat off to the side.

"Alright, well Scott we interviewed your stepmother Elaine, and she gave us some letters. Do you know what I'm talking about?"

Scott's looked at the man and instantly knew that the skank would win eventually, "Ye-yes,"

"Did you write the letters?"

Scott decided the best chance he had was to answer the questions truthfully, "Yes."

"Scott I have to ask you, if you say your stepmother molested you, then why did you write her love letters?"

Peter looked at Scott shocked, he never knew about the letters.

Scott took a deep breathe; he only had one shot to answer it, and only one to answer it right.

"My dad was always on business trips, and in the beginning…in the beginning I thought I loved her. I thought that if I loved her, it made everything alright, like nothing was wrong. But then when she was with me, she would tell me to right things that my dad would say to her. Then one night…" Scott looked down, a tear falling silently.

"Scott?" He asked

"One night I told her no, I said it was wrong and that I wouldn't do it anymore, but she wouldn't stop. After that she made me write them, said that if I didn't she would tell my dad, tell him I forced her." Scott voice was very low and hoarse, and more tears continued to fall.

"All right, well I think that's good," He stood up and shook Peter's hand then Scott's, "I'll be in touch."

When the man left, Scott left without saying anything to Peter, he walked quietly across campus to the dorms and just sat on his bed. He felt like the shell of who he had been, like there was nothing left in him, no more fight, no more care, nothing. He had nothing at home, nothing at Horizon, "Empty…" He said sadly as a tear fell, rolling off his cheek and onto his shirt, joining the rest of the ones already fallen.

At lunch, Peter went to check on Scott. When he entered the dorm, Scott was laying on his side, facing the other way. Peter left, knowing although Scott needed to talk, he was not ready, that he really wasn't ready for the meeting, but Peter knew he had done the right thing. There was no way he could have just pretended Shelby hadn't said anything. But still, even beyond all that, Peter felt sorry for Scott, he couldn't even imagine the kind of pain he was going through, and with the fight with Shelby, he knew Scott was completely isolating himself from both her and the Cliffhangers.

Thank you for all the reviews! I hope you like this chapter also! Please review:-) The next chapter will finally have Scott and Shelby talking! Woo! haha I just have to write it but I don't worry, I already know what will happen! And it will also be longer!