Shelby looked over at her mother and sister now standing in the door way. She glanced at Daisy and asked with her eyes how long she's been there but Daisy only shrugged. Either she didn't understand what Shelby was asking, she didn't know or she didn't really care.
Alice Merrick ran over to Shelby and started to look her all over.
"Oh my God! Are you okay? What happened? Who is this boy? Who did this to you?" Alice was asking too many questions at once.
Shelby looked at her mom and smiled.
"Relax, mom. This is Scott Barringer. Scott, this is my mom," Shelby said.
"Nice to meet you," Scott said and shook hands with a nodding Alice Merrick.
"You still didn't answer any of my other questions, Shelby," Her mother said.
"Right. Well, let's see if I remember everything you asked. Yes, I'm fine. What happened is that a student here who liked me tried to rape me. The student's name was Mike. And I already told you who Scott was. Did I miss any of the questions?" Shelby responded.
Alice looked over at Peter and Sophie with disgust.
"How could you have let this happen? I sent my daughter here because I thought she was going to be safe and you let her nearly get raped!" Alice spat.
"Mom! This is not their fault. I'm the one who broke the rules now like I said before: relax!" Shelby came to Peter and Sophie's defense before they could even think of how to respond.
Jess walked over to the bed next to Shelby and scanned her body and face quickly.
"You look like shit," Jess said, looking at Shelby.
Shelby chuckled.
"Thanks!" Shelby replied with sarcasm.
"I'm just being honest," Jess said with a smile.
She hugged her sister lightly.
"How are you doing?" Jess asked.
Shelby took in a deep breath and said, "I'm not bad. I've been better but, then again, I've also been worse. This is probably the worst part," Shelby lifted up her shirt and showed the cut on her stomach.
"Speaking of that, we have to get you to the hospital like Dr. Evans said," Sophie said.
Shelby nodded.
"Okay," Shelby said and slowly got out of bed.
She was still in the pajamas from the night before. She looked down at her clothes and frowned.
"Do I gotta change?" Shelby asked obviously not wanting to and just wanting to stay comfortable.
"No, we wont make you change. Now let's go," Sophie said with a smile.
She started to walk to the door by Peter and Sophie. Alice, Jess and Scott all followed her as she followed Peter and Sophie out of the infirmary. Before they even walked all the way out of the door Auggie, David, Ezra, Rachel and Juliet all came running up to her.
"Whoa. Shelby, you okay?" Auggie asked checking her over.
"I'm fine, Aug. Thanks," Shelby responded and smiled.
"You've definitely looked better," David said with a grin.
"Very funny," Shelby said and lightly smacked David.
"But you're okay?" Ezra asked.
"I'm fine,"
"Then where are you going?" Juliet asked.
"The hospital,"
"If you're fine then why are you going to the hospital?" David asked with arched eye brows.
"'Cause the doctor wants me to,"
"You guys, just leave her alone. I don't think Shelby wants to be bothered," This from Rachel.
Everyone looked at her with confusion dancing on their faces. Rachel was actually coming to the defense of Shelby, it was strange. The two girls were not known to get along.
Shelby mouthed 'thank you' to Rachel and Rachel smiled in return.
"Okay let's get going. I was suppose to have you there almost an hour ago," Peter said.
Shelby nodded and started to walk behind him and Sophie to the truck. Daisy and Scott were both following Shelby to the truck as well. Peter noticed Scott and Daisy following and turned to them.
"Where do you guys think you're going?" Peter asked.
"We're coming with you," Daisy said with a voice that clearly said 'please don't tell me you think we're going to stay here'.
"No, you two aren't. You can't," Peter responded.
"Peter," Scott started and was ready to argue but Sophie cut him off.
"Come on, Peter, let them come," Sophie said to Peter.
Peter looked at Shelby and saw that she obviously wanted them to come with. He sighed and motioned them to get in the back of the truck. Shelby smiled at him and with her eyes said 'thanks'.
"I think it would be best if Shelby came in my car with Jess and myself," Alice said to Peter.
Peter opened his mouth to say something, to protest, but Shelby shook her head and he closed it before any woods came out.
"Mom, I would rather go with them," Shelby and got in the back of the truck with Scott and Daisy before anyone could say anything.
Peter got in the truck and looked into the back seat making sure everyone was buckled up and ready to go. He saw that Shelby was not sitting in between Scott and Daisy and that Scott had put his arm around Shelby and was holding close to him. Shelby looked so relaxed.
Peter turned around and started the truck. He pulled out of Horizon with Alice trailing him for she didn't know where the hospital was and they drove to the hospital.
They pulled into the hospital parking lot and parked. Everyone got out of the two cars and Jess went over by Shelby right away. Alice walked over to Shelby, too but she kept a glare on Peter and Sophie. Shelby noticed and touched her mom's shoulder to stop her. Alice looked over at Shelby when she touched and then nodded, relaxing herself.
They walked into the hospital and Shelby was taken into a room. Everyone else had to stay in the waiting room and Ms. Merrick had to fill out forms for Shelby. She had to approve many of the tests they were going to run such as blood tests, STD tests, the x-rays and the 14 stitches Shelby needed.
Dr. Evans looked at Shelby as she lay down on the bed. Her stomach was already stitched up but now she had to get her x-rays. She lead sheet lay over her body as Dr. Evans continuously pushed the button that took the x-rays. Dr. Evans didn't think that Shelby had any broken bones but she wanted to be sure.
Once the x-rays were done, Dr. Evans left Shelby alone in the room while she went to go look at them.
Shelby sat up on the bed and started to think about whether she should take Mike to court or not. She's been to court before about sexual abuse didn't want to have to go again. She thought back about what it was like being up there and being questioned and she squeezed her eyes shut. They questioned her about everyone; being on the streets, her relationship with her step father, her father, her mother, her sister and all of the people at Horizon. Shelby didn't want to have to go through that again. Plus, this time would be even worse for the majority of the time Shelby was being raped by Mike, she was pretending to enjoy it.
Shelby shook her head. I can't do it, Shelby said in her mind.
Dr. Evans walked back in the room and interrupted Shelby's train of thought.
"Well, I was right before, you don't have any broken bones. The major problem with you is that infected cut on your belly that we stitched up. Now you're going to have to come back here in about a week to get those removed but other than that, you're pretty much fine," Dr. Evans said looking at Shelby's information.
"What about all of the other weird tests you did on me?" Shelby asked.
"You mean the blood and STD ones? Well, your STD one came back clear but it will be a little while longer before we know about your blood test,"
"Why did I need a blood test anyways?"
"Mostly just a precaution,"
"Little tip: drop it. Most people my age don't like having a needle stuck in their arm and having blood taken out as just a precaution," Shelby said with a hint of sarcasm.
Dr. Evans smiled.
"I'll have to keep that it mind," She said. "Now I will be right back. I'm going to arrange your transfer and then I tell the people who are here waiting for you that they can visit,"
"Wait. What transfer?" Shelby asked.
"Your transfer into another room that you can stay over night in,"
"Why can't I just go?"
"I would rather have you stay over tonight to just to be safe. I want to make sure your blood test comes back clean and that you react to the stitches fine,"
With that, Dr. Evans left the room before Shelby could protest.
Shelby sighed and looked around at the room. She hated hospitals and really didn't want to have to stay the night but she knew that she didn't really have a choice. She hugged herself and sat on the bed waiting for Dr. Evans for anyone for that matter to come in for she didn't want to be alone at that moment.
As if on cue, Scott, Daisy, Jess, Peter, Sophie and her mom all walked in the room. Scott came by Shelby and kissed her on the forehead. He knew she didn't like hospitals and that she had to stay the night. Daisy walked over to her best friend and hugged her. She gave her a look that clearly said 'it will be okay' and Shelby nodded.
Dr. Evans walked into the room and looked through everyone to Shelby.
"Okay, let's go. Your new room is just down the hall," She said.
Shelby nodded and stood up. She followed Dr. Evans out of the room she was in now and down the hall. She was also being followed by everyone else.
They walked in the very plain room; white walls, a small bed, no other furniture and a very small T.V.. up in the corner of the room. Shelby sighed and went right over to the bed. She sat up with the blankets covering her lower body.
"Okay, well, I will leave you all to talk but then you will all have to leave. Shelby needs her rest and visiting hours will be over in about half an hour anyways," Dr. .Evans said and left the room.
"I've come to the conclution that once this is settled, Shelby will be coming home with me. She will no longer be attending Horizon," Alice Merrick said.
"What?" Scott asked getting angry, "Why?"
"I wouldn't expect a young boy like yourself to understand," Alice replied hotly.
"Then explain it to us young kids," Daisy commanded mockingly.
"I brought Shelby here because I thought she would safe here and look at what happened: she was nearly raped for God sakes!"
"And we apologize for that. We didn't know that Mike was like that. There was nothing in his record about him have a behavior like this and if there was than he wouldn't have been sent to Horizon in the first place," Sophie chimed in.
"But it still happened. And if it happened once than it can happen again and I will not have my daughter here when it does," Alice shot back.
Shelby was in shock right now. She was still trying to fully process that her Mother actually said she was going to take her out of Horizon. Shelby blinked a few times and finally thought of something to say.
"Shut up, Mom!" Shelby nearly screamed, quieting everyone. "What happened was not their fault. I was the one who broke the rules and snuck out after hours. And Peter and Sophie had no way of knowing Mike was going to do that. So blaming them is complete bullshit!"
"Watch your language!" Peter, Sophie and Alice all said at the same time.
Peter, Sophie and Alice exchanged glances at the fact that they all were acting like Shelby's parents; not just her mother.
"Fine," Shelby said and turned to her mom. "I don't care what you say, mom, I'm staying here. I'll get a court to judify me here if I have to but I'm not going home with you,"
"Why not?" Her mother asked, confused.
"Why not!" Shelby asked in disbelief. "You knew the entire time Walt was doing that to me and Jess and you never did a thing! Now you want to know why I don't want to live with you! Why the hell to think?"
Alice took a step back in complete shock.
"And then when we were testifying against him, you didn't defend either of us whenever his lawyer brought up bad things in our past like me living on the streets. I sat up there and bawled my eyes out as he rubbed in what I did and you didn't do a damn thing!" Shelby said accusingly, now defending both herself and Jess.
Jess came up next to Shelby and held her had. She felt the exact same way towards her Mother but Jess would never speak up about it; she was too afraid to.
"That's enough!" Peter said, seeing how emotional everyone was getting. "Everyone just calm down,"
"No, Mr. Scarbrow. If this is how my daughter feels about me then let her voice her opinion. She's still coming home with me though," Alice said.
"No, I'm not!" Shelby stated.
"Neither am I," Jess said from next to Shelby. "I'm staying here, too,"
"I will not allow you two to stay here," Their mother said.
"Then we'll get a court to send us here. It'll be better than being with you," Jess said with hatred.
Alice Merrick looked at Jess in shock. She could expect something like this from Shelby but never from Jess; never from her baby.
There was a knock on the door and Curtis walked in.
"Hey, Shelby. I just wanted to see how you were doing," He said. "And I'm afraid we need to know whether you're going to testify again Mike or not,"
"Yes, she is," Ms. Merrick said.
"No, I'm not," Shelby corrected. Off of looks from everyone, she continued. "I've been in court testifying about sexual abuse and it was a nightmare. I don't want to go through that again,"
"Shelby, I don't want to argue but you know that if you don't testify against him than he's just going to do it to some other girl," Peter said softly.
"Then let the other girl deal with it," Shelby said and closed her eyes thinking of how bad that sounded. "I just mean, let the other person have to go through it. I'm sorry, but I've been through this before and I think it's cruel for me to have to go through it again,"
Peter was about to argue but Daisy stopped him by saying, "Fine. It's your decision,"
Shelby nodded, looking at Daisy.
Dr. Evans entered the room again and said, "I'm sorry but visiting hours are over now. I'm afraid I need to ask all of you to leave," She looked to Shelby's mother. "You can come pick her up tomorrow morning,"
"Actually, Peter and Sophie will be the ones picking me up," Shelby corrected.
Dr. Evans looked at Peter and Sophie and arched her eyebrow to them, questioning if what Shelby said was true. Peter nodded.
Peter and Sophie walked over to Shelby. Peter grabbed one of her hands and squeezed it gently. Sophie leaned down and hugged Shelby.
"We'll be back to get you tomorrow," Peter said and moved towards the door, waiting for Scott and Daisy to say their good-byes.
Daisy walked over to Shelby and gave her a hug. They both smiled at each other and then Daisy went to go wait with Peter and Sophie.
Jess turned to her sister and gave her a hug.
"I'll be seeing you soon," Jess said with a smile. She turned to her mother. "I'm going back with Peter and Sophie now," Jess walked quickly over to wait with Peter, Sophie and Daisy.
Scott grabbed one of Shelby's hands with one of his own. She smiled down and Shelby and she smiled back up at him. He leaned down and kissed her forehead and then turned to leave. Shelby didn't let go of his hand. He turned back to look at her. She smiled and mouthed 'come here' to him. He leaned down and she leaned up until their lips were touching each others for a kiss.
"I love you," Scott said pulling away gently.
"I love you, too," Shelby said back and reluctantly let go of Scott's hand.
Everyone left Shelby's room and she sighed, closing her eyes. She replayed what had just happened in her mind and realized how much work it would be to get a court to judify both her and her sister to Horizon. Shelby shook her head and got in comfortable position for her. Another sigh left her lips as she drifted off to sleep.
(A/N)- First off, thanks for all the the reviews: Melms213, ScottandShelby334, OliverWoodsGurl4life, Link, Many, Hdrox, Ashlyn Alexis, ami-c, this-is-me8907, Ghostwriter and Lucky. I'm ahppy you guys all like this story.
Many, Yes, the "I don't kiss on the lips" was from "Pretty Woman". I got the idea from that for I watched it when I was startinhg this chapter. With what you're saying comparing rape to molestation, you're right. She was molested by him. But they still had inconsentual sex so it would still count as rape.