Shelby, Scott, Anita and Peter all walked into the lodge. All of the old Cliffhangers looked at Anita curiously but it didn't seem to bother her. She just acted casual.
Everyone, but Peter, sat down on a couch and Anita was touching Scott as if she was showing off that she was with him. Shelby didn't like it but she tried to not let it get to her.
Scott stood up and started to walk away but turned around when both Shelby and Anita asked at the exact same time where he was going. Shelby and Anita gave each other strange looks but other than that acted like that was normal. Scott shifted his eyes, looking to both of the girls and smiled.
"I just need to go...talk to Peter real quick," Scott said. "I'll be back. Why don't you two get to know each other?"
Before either of the girls could protest, Scott rushed out of the lodge and over by Peter who was talking to Sophie.
Sophie gave Scott a look that said 'you're so dead'. Scott looked at Peter in a questioning manner, basically asking how much Sophie knew about what was going on.
"She knows everything." Peter said answering the question Scott asked silently.
"So much for you keeping it quiet." Scott said.
"She's my wife. I can't hide things from her. Trust me, I've tried."
"Oh. I know. She's like a freakin' lie detector test." Scott said teasing Sophie.
Sophie jokingly slapped Scott's arm.
Juliet walked over and sat next to Anita where Scott was sitting.
"Hi." She said with a welcoming smile. One could always count on Juliet to role out the welcome mat. "I'm Juliet."
"Hi. I'm Anita." Anita said, also smiling.
"So you're Scott's girlfriend?" Juliet asked.
"Yes. And partner."
"Partner?" Shelby asked from the other side of Anita.
"Yes. Scott and I are partners." Anita said.
"So how did you two meet?" Juliet asked.
"We met a few years ago actually; back when we were both still in uniform. We were both at the same crime scene and we ran into each other. Literally. We started off as friends and that lasted for a couple of years then when I got promoted to detective, we finally started dating. Not long after that, Scott was promoted to detective. Now we're partners." Anita said.
"Scott's already a detective. I don't know much about being a cop but isn't he a little young to get promoted? I mean, he's only 24." Juliet asked.
"Yes but he's good at what he does. Especially when it comes to rape and molestation cases. I never figured out why he's so good with those though." Anita blinked a couple of times trying to think of why.
"Well, I could probably answer that question but it's not my place to say to I'll just stay quiet." Shelby said, obviously liking that she knew about Scott's past and Anita didn't.
Juliet gave Shelby a warning look. Shelby only grinned in return.
"So Scott's a detective. I never would have thought he would want to be a cop." Juliet said quickly.
"Well what did you think he would want to be?" Anita asked.
"I'm not sure. He was always into football."
"He still is. He plays with a few other guys from work every weekend."
"Interesting." Shelby said, nodding slowly.
Anita shook her head.
"So, what do you guys do for a living?" Anita asked.
"Well, I'm a chef actually. I'm also the manager of a restaurant out by where I live." Juliet said.
"And where do you live?" Anita asked for no apparent reason.
"L.A."
"You're a chef?" Shelby asked in disbeleif.
"Yes," Juliet said slowly.
"Well then how do you maintain that figure? Keeping up with old habits?"
"No. I'm just more careful now. Besides, I have gained weight."
"It doesn't look like much to me, Princess."
"I was waiting for you to call me that," Juliet teased.
Anita shook her head, not knowing what they were talking about.
"What about you, Shelby? What's your line of work?" Anita asked changing the subject.
"I'm a photographer. I work for 415 magazine." Shelby said.
"415? That's a big magazine." Anita said kind of surprised.
"Yes, it is. It's a very demanding job. Especially when you have the boss I have." Shelby said with a smile.
"I know what it's like to have a demanding job," Anita said, also smiling. "And where do you live?"
"Chicago."
"So not that far from me and Scott. We live in St. Louis."
"How did you get here so fast then?" Juliet asked.
"Plane." Anita asked simply.
"Oh. So has Scott finally grown up?" Juliet said with a grin.
"What, you mean he wasn't always mature?" Anita teased.
"Not by a long shot," Shelby said. "He was mature, I guess. At least as mature one could expect from a teenage boy but he still-"
"-Had to grow up." Anita finished with a nod.
"Exactly."
"So. I know you two both met Scott when he came here but how did you guys end becoming such close friends with him?" Anita asked to both of them which made them both chuckle.
"To be honest, neither of us wanted to be just friends with him when he first came here," Juliet said with another chuckle. "Shelby and I didn't really get along with each other and Scott was one more thing for us to fight about. Since when Scott came here, he was still the jock, he went for me first because I was, basically, the prom queen. Little miss princess."
"Wow, Jules you're starting to sound like me when I describe you." Shelby joked.
"Yeah. But me and Scott didn't last long because I started to have feelings for my now husband, Auggie." Juliet finished.
"And I was still relentless trying to get with Scott but he finally came around one night and me and him were together ever since that. Granted we had some trouble along the way" Shelby said.
"Like you being sent home and then him leaving." Juliet said giving examples.
"And then you finally left for good after graduation," Anita said. "Right?"
"Right. But it wasn't 'cause I wanted to." Shelby said.
"Care to explain?" Anita asked.
"It's a long story."
"We have time."
"I'd rather not talk about that with you until I talk about that with him." Shelby said trying to dismiss the subject.
"Understandable." Anita said nodding and dropping that topic of conversation.
Scott looked over at the three girls talking on the couch.
"I wonder what they're talking about." Scott said.
"That's an easy one," Sophie said. "You."
"Why would they be talking about me?" Scott asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Well what else could they be talking about? You're the only thing they all have in common."
"That does make sense," Peter said.
"Great. Like I need my past girlfriends talking to my present one," Scott said sarcastically.
"Especially when one of them is the mother of your baby." Sophie commented.
"Thank you," Scott said giving Sophie a stern look.
"Maybe you should go over there and talk to them," Peter suggested.
Scott sighed deeply.
"Yeah. I probably should," Scott said. "Well. Here goes nothing."
Scott walked by the three girls who all glanced up at him.
"Oh. I stole your spot. Sorry. I'll get up." Juliet said and started to stand up.
"No, Jules. You stay. I'll go," Shelby said and got up. "It was nice talking to you, Anita." Shelby smiled and didn't wait for a response before she walked away.
(A/N)-Not very emotional or anything but I wanted Anita to talk to Scott's previous girls; especially Shelby. I also wanted to give a little backround info on how I made all the Cliffhangers grow up. Just to clear something up: 415 mag. is amag. that I actually swiped from Charmed. I just changed it a little. I wasn't originally going to put this chapter in--I was just going to skip to my next one but I felt that Shelby and Anita had to talk to eachother first so I wrote this. I do have the next chapter done and that will be added shortly. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please reveiw. I would like to know what everyone thinks.
