Shelby walked into the kitchen and poured herself a cup of water. A sigh left her dry lips as she saw Scott, Anita and Juliet talking. She looked down at her cup of water and forced herself not to feel jelous of Anita.

Scott stood up and started to walk after Shelby. He knew he was in trouble with her but he wanted to try and clear some of this stuff up with her. Anita stood up right after Scott and grabbed his arm.

"Where are you going?" Anita asked.

"I'm going to check on Shelby. We have to continue what we were talking about anyways." Scott said and started to walk again.

"What were you two talking about?" Anita asked and Scott stopped walking again.

"Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it. Uh...why don't you talk to Juliet? She's cool." Scott said and looked to Jules hoping she would comply."Can you keep her company for me while I go talk to Shelby?" Scott asked with pleading in his voice.

"Sure. You and Shelby have to talk about that." Juliet said showing that she knows what's going on.

"Did everyone know but me?" Scott asked with confusion.

"No. I figured it out yesterday before the dance."

"Oh. Whatever. I still have to talk to her about that."

"About what!" Anita almost screamed.

Scott looked to Anita and smiled. He laughed nervously and shook his head.

"Nothing. Don't worry about it. I'll be right back." Scott said and finally left without waiting for someone to stop him again.

Shelby looked up as Scott walked over to her. She rolled her eyes and walked away. She sat down at a table in the corner of the kitchen-a part that wasn't visible from the lodge. Scott followed her again and sat down in a chair at the same table.

"I'm sorry." Scott said.

"Irrelevant! What are you sorry for?" Shelby shot back.

"For not telling you about her."

"Yeah, well ya know what? You should be. How long have you been with her?"

"Almost a year."

Shelby scoffed.

"You're in a serious relationship with someone, a very nice someone if I might add, and you still did that last night?" Shelby asked referring to them being together the night before.

"I know. I screwed up by not telling you. I know that because I'm with Anita I shouldn't have kissed you. I know all of that," Scott said and struggled to keep his voice quiet. Scott continued after he got control of his emotions. "But I'm not the only one who has made mistakes."

"I know I made a mistake keeping Jena from you," Shelby started at a normal tone then continued very softly with. "And that I made an even bigger mistake when I left you in the first place."

Scott heard what Shelby said and he felt like a weight had been lifted off his chest; like he could finally breath after nearly six years.

"Are you saying that you wish you hadn't have left me?" Scott asked quietly.

"Of course I wish I didn't leave you, Scott. That was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Not just because I lost you but also because you now hate me and Jena doesn't even know who her father is," Shelby responded and then seemed very interested in her fingernails.

"I don't hate you," Scott said, "I could never hate you, Shelb. I love you too damn much."

Shelby looked up at Scott. Her eyes stared into his and she didn't see hatred like she thought she would; she saw love. It was amazing to her that after everything she did to him and him being involved with someone right now, he still loved her. Shelby looked away and down to her cup of water.

"How?" She asked more to herself than to Scott.

"How what?" Scott asked.

"How can you still love me after everything I did to you? I mean, I left you without saying good-bye-" She was cut off.

"-again," Scott said referring to when she went home when they were students and she didn't say good-bye.

Shelby nodded and continued, "again and I kept your daughter from you."

"I am still pissed about that. Don't think just because I still love you that I'm not angry about that 'cause I am. But, Shelby, I'm always going to love you," Scott said.

Shelby looked down again. She couldn't handle hearing this. The worst part was was that she knew exactly why she didn't like hearing this. She didn't want Scott to still love her. She wanted him to hate her for if he hated her, she would know that there would be no chance of forgiveness. She still loved him too much and wanted him back even though she thought she didn't deserve him.

A tear fell from Shelby's eye and onto the table and Scott saw it. He looked at Shelby with confusion and concern.

"Why are you crying?" Scott asked her.

Shelby looked up at Scott again.

"Why did you have to say all of that?" Shelby asked with pain in her voice.

"All of what?"

"That you still love me."

"It's true."

Shelby put her face in her hands and took in a deep breath. She didn't want anymore tears to fall.

"It shouldn't be though. You shouldn't still love me. It would be so much easier if you didn't," Shelby said to Scott but not making eye contact with him.

"Shelby..." Scott said and reached out to touch Shelby's face but she jerked away.

Shelby stood up and rushed out of the kitchen. She ran towards the wood. Shelby had tears streaming down her face and she felt like she could barely breath right now but she ran anyways. She ran into the woods until she was sitting on the ground, leaning her back against a tree.

She leaned her head back and rested it on the tree. She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. Shelby ran her hands through her head and let out a silent scream. She was so sick of doing the wrong thing; so sick of always running from her problems.

Scott walked back into the lodge and sat down next to Anita again. He listened in on the conversation Anita and Juliet were having about clothes but then just zoned out. Anita brought his attention back to reality when she touched the side of his face.

"Scott?" She asked and he jerked up and looked at her.

She gave him a confused looked and he shook his head.

"What?" Scott asked.

"I have to go. Captin just called and he needs one of us back there. And since this is you're thing here, I said I'd go back. I'm sorry I couldn't stay longer."

"No...uh... I mean, if captin says he needs one of us then he must really need one of us. Are you sure you don't mind going back?"

"Yeah. You stay here. He only said he needed one of us back."

"Did he say what it was about?" Scott asked.

"No. It's probably nothing huge. If it was really big he would be making you come home, too," Anita responded calmly.

"Okay. I'll see you when I get back then."

"Are you okay? I mean is whatever going on with you and Shelby dealt with?"

"It will be soon. Just go, Captin needs you. Wait. How are you gonna get there anytime soon. Come to think of it, how did you get here so soon? We live in St. Louis."

"I took a plane. I have a rental car."

"Oh. Okay. Will you be able to get another plane ticket so soon?" Scott asked.

"I don't see why not. If I can't then, I'll be back," Anita said and smiled.

She lifted up on tiptoe and kissed Scott. This time, he actually kissed back. It was a lot easier to do without Shelby being there.

"I'll see you in a couple of days," Scott said.

"Bye," Anita smiled. "It was nice meeting all of you."

Anita walked out of the lodge and Scott sat down. He sighed.

Peter sat down next to Scott and looked at him sternly.

"Did you talk to Shelby?" Peter asked.

"Kind of. We started to but then she ran off," Scott said and then off of a look from Peter he continued, "I will talk to her again. Relax."

"Fine. Don't waist too much time though."

Peter stood up and walked over to help a ridge-runner with his science homework.

Scott stood up and walked out of the lodge. He walked to his cabin but didn't go inside. He sat down on the steps that led up to the door and put his head in his hands. Without his knowing, Daisy came up and sat next to him without making a sound. Scott lifted his head up and jumped when he saw Daisy.

"Holy shit!" Scott said with total surprise in his voice.

Daisy couldn't help but chuckle and Scott joined in.

"You're getting better at that. The whole sneaking up on people thing. I mean, you were good when we went to school but now it's like you're a pro," Scott said with a grin.

"Why thank you!" Daisy said obviously pleased with herself. "But that's not why I'm here."

"I'm guessing you're here to talk about Shelby." Scott said as the humor leaked from his voice.

"Correct. I noticed you two were talking earlier and I'm just going to guess that it was about Jena."

"That depends on which time you saw us talking. Before or after my girlfriend showed up?"

"So that was your girlfriend? Strange..."

"How is that strange?" Scott asked.

"It's just, she was completely opposite Shelby," Daisy said.

"Anita's not completely opposite Shelby...is she?"

"Well let's observe. Shelby has blonde hair while Anita has black. Shelby has blue eyes while Anita has brown. Shelby is tan while Anita is extremely pale."

"So? That's just by looks."

"Okay. So what similarities to they have? Don't even think of physical. Thinks of emotional. Do they like any of the same things? Act at all the same?"

Scott paused and thought about that for a moment.

"Well, actually, no. Not unless you count really not wanting to get on their bad sides," Scott said.

"Well one doesn't want to get on anyones bad side. Even Juliet can be hard to deal with if you're on her bad side," Daisy said.

"I guess you're right."

"And do you think that maybe you did that on purpose?" Daisy asked.

"Did what on purpose? Get involved with someone opposite the girl who broke my heart?"

Daisy nodded.

"I don't think so..." Scott drifted and realized that he basically did. He didn't want to be with someone like Shelby for it brought back too many memories. Scott shook his head and looked to Daisy. "You're too good at that stuff, Daisy."

"What can I say? I'm a very insightful person." Daisy smirked then got very serious. "Shelby still loves you, you know. She hated leaving you."

"Yeah? Then why did she?" Scott shot back.

"I don't know. But she knows that she made a mistake doing it. Scott, just trust me when I say that if she could go back and do it differently than she would." Daisy stood up and started to walk away.

"What...that's it?" Scott asked.

Daisy turned around and said, "Think on it, Jocko. Think back to what I told you when you couldn't deal with her problems before. It was a long time ago so think hard."

Daisy walked away and walked into her cabin leaving Scott with that.

Scott looked down and was so confused. Scott felt a couple of rain drops hit him and he heard a soft crash of thunder. Scott looked up at the sky and saw a bunch of dark gray clouds. Great. Another one of Horizons wonderful storms, Scott thought and walked into his cabin.

(A/N)- It's not my best but next chapter will be fun. In case anyone was confused, Daisy is talking about what she told Scott in "Innocence" when he asked what Shelby wanted him to apologise for; let her know that her scars are okay with him. Please let me know what you guys think.