Chapter 4: The Quest

The next morning after everyone work and showered they were all back in the kitchen. They all grabbed their trays of food as usual and sat in the same seats as always. It was like a routine. Only Rachel seemed to have been out of tune with it. But, then again, for only her second day being there she was doing pretty well.

Scott kept his eyes on Shelby almost the entire meal except when his blue eyes galnced towards Rachel. He would always look back to Shelby after only seconds of watching Rachel. He wasn't attracted to her. It was nothing like that. He was worried about her. If everything Shelby had said before was true, then Rachel had a pretty bad life. Scott shook his head and tried not to think about it.

Just then Peter and Sophie walked up behind Shelby and Peter put his hands on Shelbys shoulders. "Cliffhangers?" Peter asked waiting to get the attention of all of them.

They all looked to Peter and Shelby rolled her eyes up since he was behind her. She then gave up on trying to look at him and just listened.

"All right. You guys are going on a 3 day 2 night quest in the woods. We're leaving this afternoon. So once you're all done easting, go get packed and ready," Peter said.

"And may we inquire as to what this 'quest' will be about?" Daisy asked.

"Well, that's really up to you guys. actually. Sophie and I will plis you guys into two groups and then it's up to you guys to figure out what to do over the 3 days. But you guys can't just do nothing. I want a 700 word paper on what each of you did while you were out there on my desk the second day after you guys get back."

"Peter, did I ever mention how I much I love you?" Shelby asked sarcasticly.

Peter smiled and walked away with Sophie so the Cliffhangers could finish eating and then go pack.

Everyone packed and they met outside by the benches.

"All right. Sophie and I have decided who will be in which group and who will be leading both of them. Scott, Rachel, Juliet and Ezra in group one being led by Scott. Shelby, David, Daisy and Auggie in the other being led by Auggie. Everyone understand?" Peter said.

He always tried to split the couples up as best as possible and usually managed to do it just right.

Shelby looked over to Rachel and saw her smiling at the fact that she was going to be in the woods with Scott, without her, for 3 whole days. Shelby wanted to badley to say something but ended up literally biting her tongue to keep herself quiet.

Shelby and Scott walked up the mountain together next to each other. Scott looked down to Shelby and saw that she was obviously mad about him and Rachel being in the same group.

"Shelb, you don't have to worry. I'm not gonna do anything with Rachel. Relax." Scott said sweetly to her.

"Relax? I can't relax right now, Scott. Don't you see that Rachel is doing the exact same thing now that I did before when you where with Juliet? And look what happened? You and I are together now. What fi the same thing happens only this time, I'm the one getting screwed over?" Shelby responded hotly with a tint of pain.

Scott leaned down and kissed Shelby breifly on the lips.

"It's not gonna happen, Shelby. I love you." Scott said.

Shelby couldn't help but smile at Scott. "I love you, too" She repsonded.

Rachel saw from just a little bit behind Shelby and Scott that they kissed and she glared at Shelby. She thought to herself, He's going to be mine, These next three days will give me plenty of time to get him. Shelby won't be there to claim her territory. Then a smile leaked on to her face while thinking about it.

The whole group walked until they reached the brdige by the river. Sophie turned around towards the group and eyed everyone.

"All right. Scott's group, you guys will be going with Peter to the other side of the bridge. Auggies group, you will stay on this side of the bridge with me. Everyone understand?" Sophie said and saw a lot of head nod.

Sophie looked to Peter and smiled. He started to walk across the bridge and motioned Scotts group to follow. They did and on the way of Rachel passing Shelby she wouldn't resist making a comment.

"The next three days will be fun," Rachel said into Shelbys ear.

Shelby closed her eyes and tried to clear her mind.

A/N - Every time there's one of those lines that means that it's skipping time by minutes or hours or that it's skipping from one setting to another. I'm going to go back and do that to all the previous chapters too so it'll all be the same. In case anyone was getting confused. Since me putting a dash is no longer showing up, I'm stuck doing that. I know this is kind of a short chapter but I'll update soon. And let me tell, then you guys will really hate Rachel.