HOLIDAY
A/N: I thought of this story three days ago and I absolutely had to write it soon! I did it, during the night!
Disclaimer: I don't own any character descended from the TV show! And I'm not earning money by writing fanfictions about it!
Rating: T all the time, I think.
Genre: Romance, Drama, and involves some Humour.
Summary: The Cliffhangers decided to go on holiday together after their graduation of Horizon.
Info: Scott and Shelby broke up a few months ago and are now best friends. They're very close and the Cliffhangers are sure they're still in love with each other. Juliet and Auggie aren't together anymore since almost two years. Juliet is going out with Chris; Auggie is single. Daisy's boyfriend is Marco (Chris's twin). And David is with Melody, a ridgerunner, better friend with the cliffhangers than with her own group.
Characters: All the original students of the show, except Kat… And new characters that I own:
Marco: He landed up at Horizon with his twin-brother Chris after the death of their loving mother who was working in one of the Twin Towers of New-York. He did drugs to mask his pain and forget everything around. Their father is a rich businessman who didn't take the time to deal with them.
Chris: Same history as Marco. Except he didn't do drugs; he was a cutter.
Melody: She had a physical abusing alcoholic mother, who died of an overdose. She ran away from her father's house because she felt like a stranger in his family. Complicated story because when her parents had her, his father was already with a wife...
Prologue
The night had been amazing. They had finally graduated from horizon, all of them. Shelby shared a smile with Juliet who happened to be sitting next to her. The photograph was about to take pictures of the group of the new graduates. It took him almost an half an hour to be pleased by his work and they were finally free. They had all planned to meet at the docks after the party. They didn't want to go on their own way at once. The group was like a family. With Peter and Sophie who played as their parents. The party was slowly coming to an end. Shelby looked over at Scott and noticed he was smiling at a joke David had just say. She smiled, remembering the times when he and David couldn't bear each other. Things had changed a lot, definitively…The group had grown bigger; three members had been added during her second year there. And Kat had left two years ago. They had only seen her twice since then but she sent them letters very regularly. Jess had integrated the school two years before, Alice Merrick not being able to take a good care of her younger daughter. She had been interned into a psychiatric hospital last year for disturbing behavior. Shelby and Jess had seen her a few times but it was really hard for them to see her like this. Fortunately all their friends had been there for them, especially Scott and Daisy. Shelby never would thank them enough for their support. It was finally time to go to the docks. Peter looked at Shelby smiling proudly as she passed by Sophie and him. She stopped in front of them and hugged them both once more; she had been doing that a lot tonight. She pulled away softly and kissed Sophie's cheek. "Thank you, for everything Sophie."
"You are very welcome Sweetie."
"Well, I guess I should go…the others are probably waiting for me."
"Go…tell them goodnight for us."
"I will. See you tomorrow?"
"Of course you will. We wouldn't miss the departure of the now famous Cliffhangers!" Peter said with good humor. Shelby and Sophie both smiled at him and Shelby finally took the way of the docks.
"Ah, finally, you decided to join us!" David said impatiently, interrupting Chris who was talking to the group.
"Yes, sorry for the wait; I was having a nice conversation with Peter and Sophie. They say goodnight."
"Sit next to me." Scott said patting a place next to his. Shelby smiled sweetly at him and sat down, looking up at the star-spangled sky.
"So, just like I was saying before Shelby came, I was thinking of going to Florida. My father has a nice house and he's okay to lend it to us for the two months!" Chris said smiling at Juliet who was beaming at him.
"I think that's a good plan…but Florida is far away from here…" Daisy said reluctantly.
"Oh, come on Daisy, it'll be fun…and a little bit of sun won't be bad for your complexion." Scott said laughing a little. Shelby nodded agreeing and laughed as well.
"I'm not talking about that…we'll have to drive from here to there."
"We can switch places when we are tired to drive. We're numerous enough." Melody said finally, lifting her head off David's shoulder.
"She's right Daisy; almost all of us has a driving license." Marco pointed, smirking at his girlfriend. It was rare that he wasn't thinking like her.
"Okay, okay! I think we should vote then. Who wants to go to Chris's father's house, in Florida?" Everybody except Daisy raised their hands. "I guess it's decided then…let's go to Florida." She said slightly disappointed. Marco kissed her forehead to comfort her.
"Come on Daisy, it'll be fun!" Shelby said trying to cheer up her best friend. Daisy shook her head, sulking a little.
"Do you have a better idea?" David asked curiously. He knew Daisy had another suggestion on mind.
"Why not spending the summer here?"
"Oh, come on, we already spent three years here, without moving! We need to move a bit!" Scott said frustrated; he absolutely wanted to go to Chris and Marco's house!
"Okay, okay! You're all right! Let's go there!" She said more enthusiastic, thinking of what it will be to stay at Horizon two longs months. She, also, needed to see different landscapes.
"Okay, but promise us something?" Shelby said, knowing how Daisy could be annoying when she didn't want a thing.
"What again?"
"First of all…no complains; second…you'll come to the beach with us and will show us your amazing skills in beach-volley!" Shelby slyly said, nudging her ribs softly.
"Beach-volley?" Marco asked slightly surprised.
"Oh, well, you see…" Daisy muttered, blushing furiously. How could Shelby have said something about her secret talents? "Shel…" She whined, narrowing her eyes at her.
"Sorry!"
"Well, well, let's go to Florida!" Juliet said excited, getting up and jumping up and down. She took Daisy's and Shelby's hands and pulled them up happily, swirling them around.
"Juliet, just go sleep! We're not leaving tonight." Shelby said tiredly, pulling her hands away and sitting back next to Scott. Juliet smiled sweetly at her friend.
"Oh, come on Shel! I know you're happy too! Show us!"
"I'm not an expressive person, everyone knows it!" Scott winced at her last comment. If the two of them weren't together anymore, it was because of that. She didn't want anyone to enter her world, not even him. Juliet blocked up her ears with her hands and began singing happily.
"Florida, Florida! Shelby loves you, and she will have fun and show it! We will find her a handsome tanned boyfriend and she'll stay with him the rest of her life!"
"Shut up!"
"No."
"Juliet, I swear…" She threatened getting up and standing in front of her.
"I'm not hearing! And they'll live happily for the rest of their life under the sunshine of Florida!" Everybody laughed at them and Scott took Shelby by the waist before she lunged on Juliet. She struggled during a few seconds but he wouldn't let her go.
"That's okay Scott. I'm calmed now."
"Sure?"
"Yes!"
"You promise me?" He said looking down at her with his penetrating blue eyes.
"I do." He released his grip, still holding her with his hands placed around her shoulders; it looked more like a hug now.
"Sorry Shel…I didn't want to upset you." Juliet apologized, now calmed too.
"It's okay…I overreacted, again." She said leaning her back against Scott's muscular chest.
"I hope you two will be better during our holiday…" Marco said to the two girls. They both nodded vigorously, smiling at each other secretively.
"Good…well we should get some sleep…tomorrow's going to be a long day…" Daisy said extending her hand to Marco who took it eagerly. They began walking towards the dorms and everybody followed them. Tonight will be their last night sleeping at Horizon…
Next Chapter: Their Departure…
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