Promises are like Eggs

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

Chapter 9

Soon after the hug ended, Scott and Shelby decided to take a walk and talk some things over. They cleared it with Peter who was happy to see the two back on speaking terms.

As they walked across campus, neither said a word, not sure exactly where to start, until Scott finally decided that since Shelby had just spilled her entire past to her, that it was his turn to speak.

"Shel listen, I know you didn't meant to tell about Elaine that day, and I guess I kind of had the entire time, and I don't know, maybe it was better that you did because I don't know if I ever would have gotten enough courage to tell them…" He was cut off by Shelby

"Still I should have let you take your time and…"

"Please just let me finish," She nodded, knowing he wasn't saying it because he was angry, "That whole process was the hardest thing I've ever had to go through, and I know it's still not over, but what made it even harder was that I spent so much time trying to be mad at you and put the blame on you. I should have listened to Peter when he said that you had nothing to do with my father's reaction. I knew that he would have reacted the same whether or not you told, and I guess it was just easier to have someone else to blame instead of realizing that it was my fault that my own father hates me," Scott sighed, "Anyway, I finally realize now that no matter how mad I am at you, it can never be permanent, and that above anyone here, I need you the most."

They stopped walking and faced each other.

"I don't know when you're going to be ready to tell Peter about your stepfather, but I do know that when you are, I'm going to be here for you and you can count on that."

Shelby smiled and they once again hugged, when they pulled apart, she looked into his eyes, "I know I've missed a lot, but I promise you now that I'm here for you from now on, through all of this."

Scott leaned down, and their lips met for the first time in weeks, they both knew that no matter what they were to face, it would be together and that nothing would be able to keep them down for long, as long as they stayed together.

The Next Day

Scott and Shelby walked into the cafeteria together for the first times in two weeks, and when they did, all the Cliffhangers were smiling. The two teens sat with their group after getting breakfast.

"Nice to have you back Meat." Auggie smiled

Scott smiled, "Its good to be back." When he felt a hand on his shoulder, Scott jumped a little, they all laughed, and Peter looked down with an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, I was just coming by to remind you all that we have group today after breakfast."

"And we were having such a nice day too." Shelby said sarcastically smiling

Peter smiled, "Well than this will only add to it Miss. Merrick." And he walked away.

"You know, there should be a rule against having a group within twenty hours of each other." Juliette whined

"Too much sharing for you princess?" Shelby shot back

Juliette just glared at her, unable to think of a comeback.

Shelby just smiled at her victory, and looked over at her once again boyfriend. He looked up at the feeling of her looking at him and smiled genuinely. Shelby couldn't believe how in just one day, things seemed to be perfect already, she knew she shouldn't believe that things would be that good for long, but she just didn't want to even think of something bad that could go wrong. Smiling to herself, she stood with the rest of her group and walked to go and have group.

As they took their seats, Sophie began speaking, "I just wanted to have a quick group to have a small discussion and see how everyone was feeling today."

"Pretty much the same as yesterday." Scott shrugged

Sophie smiled, "Well Scott, since you volunteered to go first, say how your feeling and why."

Scott rolled his eyes, "Same as yesterday, nervous cause of the case, Shel?"

Sophie smiled, it was good to see Scott and Shelby getting along again, also, the tension that had been clouding the Cliffhangers had definitely been lifted.

"I'm happy because things are looking good, Queenie?"

Juliette made a face to her then continued, "Hopeful that we'll get a newbie soon!" She forced a smiled, "Um Ezra?"

"I'm feeling excited, Peter is letting me write a play and I'm really excited to see how it turns out, Dais?" He stared with utter infatuation

"Well, I guess I'm…" She was interrupted by Peter walking to the group

"Sorry to interrupt, Shelby you have a phone call and your mom says she needs to speak with you."

Shelby threw a quick nervous glance to Scott, then walked off followed by Peter.

"Daisy, you were saying?" Sophie redirected the focus of the group

"I think we should wait for Shelby, it's just not right to do this without her."

Sophie laughed, "Nice try Miss Lipnowski."

Daisy sighed, "Well then I'm upset that Shelby doesn't have to be going through this, Auggie?"

"I'm upset to, some things are right in front of people and they will never see it."

"Do you want to be more specific?" Sophie asked

"No, Kat?"

"I'm fine." She looked up at Sophie who nodded

"Ok, well, I wanted to start a topic up for discussion, but I would rather wait for Shelby to be here for it," the group smiled to each other, "BUT, we will finish this up at a later time." She smiled at the groans

The group went to their math class reluctantly, after the classes in the morning; it was finally time for lunch. Scott looked around for Shelby; she hadn't come to any of the classes, and seemingly was not coming to lunch. He stood and began to search for her when Peter called him.

"Yea?" he asked absentmindedly

"I need to talk to you; I just got a call from CPS."

Scott's heart dropped, he realized he would find out what the verdict was, but he did think, or he was hoping that it wouldn't be that soon, "Wh-what'd they say?"

Peter smiled, "They found Elaine guilty, Scott you won! She's going to jail, she can't hurt you anymore."

Scott stared at him in disbelief, then slowly a smile crept up on his face, "They believed me? But it went so bad, how?"

"You were telling the truth, and the jury saw past all her lies."

Scott was so relieved; he ran into the dining hall and sat back at the table just smiling.

"Are you going to tell us why you're smiling like that or are we supposed to guess?" Daisy asked dryly

Scott looked at each of them, "I won."

"That's awesome, are you feeling ok?" Ezra asked jokingly placing his palm to Scott's forehead.

Scott swatted it away, "No you idiot, I won the case! Elaine's going to jail!"

The table erupted with congratulatory cheers, all except Daisy who looked confused

Flashback

Daisy quietly flipped the next card over. She was trying to figure out what the future held for Scott. The Nine of Swords, it meant he was feeling guilty, depressed, doubting all will go well. She had already gotten the two of swords meaning that he was keeping one at arms length, denying his true feelings. She smiled knowing that he still cared about Shelby. She was wondering what would happen with CPS and when she flipped the card she knew, the justice card was flipped. Scott would be going to court she figured, it meant he was trying to do what was right. Next, Daisy looked for the outcome, Three of Swords; he was going to get unsettling news causing heartbreak.

End Flashback

The entire reading had come true, but then what was the news causing heartbreak? When she finally looked up from her thoughts, Daisy noticed Scott had disappeared, "Where'd Scott go?" She asked confused

"He wanted to tell Shelby about the verdict." Auggie spoke up

Daisy looked away, then quickly back, her mouth open and eyes wide, "Shelby…" She whispered to herself

Scott ran around the campus looking for the only person he really cared about telling the news too. He realized that with the verdict, he and Shelby could finally be completely alright. It would be like nothing ever happened. When he couldn't find her outside, Scott ran in the girls' dorm.

When he crossed the corner, and into the view of the beds, Scott found Shelby kneeling next to her bed, her suitcase in front of her on the bed, and her clothes thrown on her bed and the floor around it. Shelby was crying with her head in her hands, for the second time that day, Scott's heart dropped as he quickly went to Shelby's side, not quite sure what to expect.

"What's wrong? What are you doing?"

Shelby looked at him, it was obvious that she had been crying for some time, "It…it's Walt."

Scott's eyes hardened at the name of the man who hurt Shelby so bad, "What is it?"

"I'm going home Scott, they're taking me home."

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