Shelby pulled into the driveway of Scott's house and turned off her car. She looked into the back seat and saw that Jena was sound asleep. Shelby smiled at the sight of her silent, peaceful daughter and got out of the car. Before she could even walk to start getting their things or wake Jena up, Scott was next to her and pulled Shelby into his arms.
"Hey," He said with a grin.
"Hey," Shelby replied with the smile on her face growing.
Scott leaned down and kissed Shelby gently on the lips. He'd been wanting to kiss her again for days, ever since they last saw each other and Shelby couldn't deny the fact that she felt the same. She stretched up on her tip toes and returned the kiss. Slowly and reluctantly, the both pulled away from the embrace.
"Which do you want to get: Jena or our suitcases?" Shelby asked.
"Suitcases? As in plural? How many did you bring, you guys are only staying for the weekend?" Scott joked.
"One for me and one for Jena."
"I'll take the suitcases."
Shelby nodded as Scott walked around to the back of the car and waited for Shelby to open the truck. She hit the button on her keys and the truck popped open. Shelby opened the back door and lightly touched Jena's cheek. She woke up slowly and looked around with a confused look.
"We're here," Shelby said to Jena which caused a smile to form.
"Where's Daddy?" Jena asked with her voice showing that she had, obviously, just woken up.
Scott came up to the side of the car, by Shelby and Jena and put down the suitcases momentarily. He unbuckled Jena from her car seat so quickly that one would think he had done it countless times before when, really, he hadn't and pulled Jena into a hug. She squeezed him back tightly and smiled. Jena loved the fact that she now had a Mother and a Father.
"Here," Shelby said and handed Scott the suitcases. "You take these and I'll take Jena."
"I wanna walk," Jena stated.
Neither of her parents argued. Scott put Jena down and she started to half walk, half jog up to the front door. She was so excited.
Shelby and Scott both chuckled and smiled at the sight of Jena. Shelby grabbed Jena's suitcase from Scott and started to walk to the front door. When they reached the door, Jena was looking at them both with a look that said 'hurry up!'. Scott just smiled and opened the door.
Everyone walked into the rather nice house. Shelby wasn't expecting Scott to have a house that was this well done. The walls weren't plain white like she had expected, they were a nice gray color with carpet to matched and black, leather furniture. Shelby smiled, impressed with the looks of the house.
"Okay, where do you want me to put this?" Shelby asked Scott.
"Well, you're staying in my room with me, right?" Scott asked, even though he knew the answer.
"Well, I better be," Shelby said with a grin.
"Okay, then I'll put your suitcase in my room and then Jena's can go in the guest bedroom which is right next to it. Come on."
They walked down a hallway and Scott walked into his bedroom. Scott put Shelby's suitcase on his big, queen size bed. Once again, Shelby was impressed with the look of the house as she saw how well done the room was as well. He had pale blue walls that had a tint of gray to them with nicely decorated furniture.
Scott walked out of his room to the next door which was the guest bedroom. He walked in and motioned Shelby to follow. She walked in, looked around the room and saw that even the guest bedroom was nice; it had beige walls and a matching carpet with a nice twin size bed and simple dresser. Shelby nodded and looked at Scott.
"What?" He asked.
"I wasn't expecting this," Shelby replied.
"You weren't expecting what?"
"For you to have such a nice house. I have been impressed with the whole house so far."
"Thanks, I think."
"What do you mean, you think?" Shelby asked.
"Well, you said it's nice, but you're surprised about it about I think you were expecting me to be a slob or something," Scott said.
"That's not true, it's just you are a guy in your twenties so I'm guilty of stereotyping you. Sorry."
"You're forgiven."
Scott pulled Shelby into his arms and put her chin between his thumb and forefinger. He raised her head to his and laid a kiss on her lips, but their lips instantly parted when they heard a crash come from down the hall.
They both rushed down the hallway and saw Jena looking at a bunch of now crumbled cookies on the floor near a Chips Ahoy box. She looked up at her parents with a guilty look on her face.
"I sorry," She said.
Shelby smiled at Jena while Scott burst into laughter. Jena looked at him confused.
"It's okay, Jena," Scott said.
"So, you not mad?" Jena asked.
"No, I'm not mad."
"Are you, Mommy?"
"No, I'm not," Shelby replied. "But next time you want cookies, come ask us, please. Okay?"
"Okay," Jena replied.
Scott cleaned up the cookie mess and handed Jena an unopened package of Chips Ahoy cookies. She smiled and took the cookies from him. She had trouble opening them, but once she did, she grabbed a cookie and ate it very quickly.
Scott looked over at Shelby and said, "Okay, so my Mom's coming over tonight to watch Jena so we can go see Anita then."
"What?" Shelby asked surprised. "You're Mom's coming over?"
"Yeah," Scott replied. "I told her about you and Jena and she wants to meet her long lost grand daughter."
"So she's going to baby-sit Jena while we go do what?"
"You promised you would be there when I broke up with Anita."
"So you want to do that tonight?" Shelby asked.
"Yeah. I can't keep avoiding her," Scott said.
"Then why are you?"
Jena didn't want to interrupt, but she didn't know how to work the remote so she announced her problem aloud. Scott walked over to her and turned the TV on. He showed her which buttons to press to change the channel and she thanked him. She found 'The Lion King' on TV and let Scott get back to his conversation with Shelby.
"Well, I can't be with both of you," Scott said.
"I know that, but why are you avoiding her?" Shelby asked again.
"Because every time I'm with her, she wants to make out or do even more and it just wasn't right."
"Oh."
Shelby was nervous about being there when they broke up. When Anita visited Scott and Horizon, she assured her that she wasn't planning on getting back together with Scott and she went completely against what she had said. Actually, she wasn't. She wasn't planning on getting back with Scott, it just happened, but now that it did, she wasn't going to fight it. She was happy that she was with Scott again, she was just worried about Anita.
"So are you okay with going tonight?" Scott asked Shelby.
"I guess I don't have much of a choice, right?" Shelby asked.
"No, you don't," Scott replied, shaking his head and smiling.
"Okay. When's your Mom going to be here?"
"In about two hours."
"Okay, well then I have to shower and get ready."
"Who are you trying to impress? Anita?" Scott asked with a grin.
"No, your Mother," Shelby replied.
"My Mom has met you before and loves you."
"Yeah, that was before she found out that I kept your kid from you for five years."
"True. But she seemed more happy about having a long lost grand daughter than upset."
"Still, I would like to shower, change my clothes and maybe get the chance to put a little bit of make up on," Shelby said with a look that said she was going to get her shower whether Scott liked it or not.
"Fine," Scott said and gave up for her realized that trying to argue with Shelby once she's made up her mind is pointless. "The bathroom's across from my bedroom. I'll watch Jena."
"Thanks," Shelby said and kissed him very briefly on the lips.
Before Scott even had a chance to kiss back, Shelby was gone and had disappeared down the hallway. Scott smiled at how nervous she was about seeing his Mom and shook his head. He walked over to Jena on the couch and sat down next to her. He started to watch the movie with her and smiled at the part that was on; it was the whole scene with "Can you feel the love tonight?".
Scott leaned back and actually got really into the movie. Jena leaned back as well and rested her head on Scott.
Shelby looked around into the living room and saw Scott and Jena together on the couch. She couldn't help but smile at the sight. She bit her bottom lip and walked back down the hallway into the bathroom. She put down everything she had in her hand; her brush, a towel and new clothes. She took off her clothes and stepped into the shower. She turned on the water and watched as it came out of the shower head. She turned the shower head and set it to the hardest setting and turned around.
She let the water pound on her bare back and closed her eyes. She tilted her head back under the water and let her hair get wet. She was so nervous now about meeting Susan again that every muscle in her body was tense. Shelby opened her eyes and grabbed her shampoo, hoping that after she was clean that she would feel a little better.
Once Shelby had washed her body and shampooed and conditioned her hair, she stepped out of the shower and wrapped her big, soft, blue towel around her body. She wiped the steam off of the mirror over the sink and saw her reflection.
She picked up her brush and brushed out her blonde hair, she parted it slightly to the side and brushed her hair strait. She grabbed a smaller towel that she had brought in with her and started to try and dry her hair. She scrunched the towel around her hair and once she stopped her hair looked kind of curly, but she didn't care. She shook her head and then left her hair alone for the moment.
Shelby went to go put on her underwear, but couldn't find her bra. Then, she remembered that she forgot to grab one. She rolled her eyes and walked out of the bathroom with the towel still wrapped around her body. She walked across the hall into the bedroom and grabbed a bra from her suitcase.
"What are you doing?" Scott asked from the doorway.
Shelby almost jumped. She didn't know when he got there, the last thing she knew, he was still out in the living room watching 'The Lion King' with Jena. She turned around and looked at him. He smiled at the sight of her.
"I forgot to grab a bra," Shelby said and went to go back into the bathroom, but Scott wouldn't let her leave the room.
She looked at him and with a grin, she stretched up on her tip toes. She kissed him passionately and grabbed his shirt to pull him closer to her. She was being very careful and had planned this out so well that he didn't even notice that Shelby was slowly turning him around so she could get out. Once she was able to get out, she released the kiss and smiled.
"Sucker," Shelby said and walked across the hall into the bathroom.
"That is so cheating," Scott said.
"So what if it is. It worked, didn't it?" Shelby said.
She winked and closed the door with a smile.
Shelby put on her black bra and panties and her blue jeans. She was waiting on the shirt until she had put her make up on for she didn't want to take the chance of getting any make up on it. Shelby brushed out her hair again and walked back out of the bathroom.
She walked back into the bedroom and grabbed her make up bag. Before she even tried to leave the room, she made sure that Scott wasn't standing in the doorway again, which he wasn't. She walked back out of the room and back into the bathroom. She didn't even bother closing the door this time as she started to put on her make up.
She didn't add any concealer for she had good skin and didn't think that she needed any but she did put on eye make up. She put on light gray eye shadow, black eye liner and a little bit of black mascara. She wasn't very impressed, but she thought it would do so she left it alone. She didn't want to add too much make up and make it look like she was actually trying to impress anyone.
Shelby brushed her teeth and looked at the time from across the hall. She saw that she still had almost an hour left before Susan was going to be there and stopped rushing.
"Shelby, you need to relax," Scott said from the door way.
"I can't," Shelby replied.
Scott walked over to Shelby and pressed his body against her back. He pulled her closer and wrapped his arms around her waist and watched them in the mirror.
"You're going to be okay," Scott assured her.
"But, what if she doesn't like me now after everything that happened between me and you?" Shelby asked.
"Look, I love you and I'm sure my Mom will, too. She loved you before, didn't she?"
"Yes, but the operative word in that sentence is 'before'. That was before I left you with out so much as a word."
"Shelby," Scott said and turned her to face him. "Relax. She was talking about how much she was looking forward to seeing you again so I don't think you have much to worry about."
"She was?" Shelby questioned.
"Yes," Scott nodded.
Scott looked Shelby up and down and liked that she still only had a bra on with no shirt.
"Are you sure you want to put a shirt on? I mean, I think you look fine right now," Scott said even though he knew the answer.
"I'm putting a shirt on, Scott," Shelby replied with a grin. "But, not for another couple of minutes."
Shelby stood on her tip toes and pulled Scott into a kiss. The kiss was passionate and deep. They opened their mouths to each other and massaged the others tongue with their own. Shelby grabbed the bottom of Scott's shirt and pulled it over his head, which was the only time their mouths separated. She rubbed her hands over his toned chest as he was rubbing her back, pulling her even closer.
Scott raised his hands to the clasp of her bra and went to unclasp it, but Shelby stopped him and pulled away from the kiss.
"Jena is right down the hall way," Shelby said softly with her lips just barely off of Scott's.
"Right," Scott said and pulled away even more.
Scott leaned down and grabbed his shirt. He put it back on and Shelby couldn't help but frown at the fact that he put his shirt back on. She loved seeing him with it off, but she knew it was for the best. Maybe they could even convince Susan to take Jena for the night so Shelby could see that chest a lot more, but she wasn't counting on. But, Shelby was determined to have sex with Scott that weekend, even if Jena was in the other room. Ever since they did at Horizon, Shelby's been wanting it again.
Shelby sighed and put on her black, v-neck, shirt. She looked back to her reflection in the mirror and went back to messing with her hair. Her hair was drying naturally which was making it frizz and Shelby hated it when her hair did that. She went into the other room and grabbed her blow dryer. She was hoping that she could save her hair from looking like a complete mess.
Shelby messed with her hair for 15 minutes and it actually looked semi-good. It was her normal, blonde, strait hair. She decided just to leave it down for she didn't feel like trying to do anything else to it.
Shelby put a clear gloss on her lips and took a final glance into the mirror.
Shelby walked out of the bathroom and into the living room where she noticed that Jena's clothes had been changed and her hair had been brushed out. She was now wearing a new pair of blue jeans and a baby blue shirt with a yellow daisy on it. Her curly, blonde hair was brushed out and looked naturally good.
Shelby also saw that Scott had changed clothes as well. He was now wearing a pair of blue jeans, with a white, male style wife beater and a black button up shirt over that. Of course, as usual, Scott hadn't buttoned up the shirt.
Both of them looked over at Shelby and smiled.
"Finally," Jena said, teasing her Mom. "You took a long time to get ready, Mommy."
"Well, sorry," Shelby said and chuckled.
Shelby sat down on the couch on the other side of Jena and started to watch the TV She noticed that it was "Return of the Jed" on right away and looked at Jena with a confused look.
"You like STAR WARS?" Shelby asked.
"Daddy put it on," Jena replied.
"Oh," Shelby said and smiled to Scott.
The three of them watched the movie for a few minutes until there was a knock on the door. Scott stood up to go answer it while Shelby got nervous again, knowing that it was Scott's Mother at the door.
"Grandma's here?" Jena asked.
"Did Scott tell you everything?" Shelby asked.
Jena only nodded in response. She stood up from the couch and followed Scott to where he was and saw Susan. Shelby followed Jena and looked at Susan. She looked like she hadn't aged a day in almost six years.
"Shelby!" Susan exclaimed and went over to Shelby, pulling her into a hug.
Shelby instantly relaxed when she was in Susan's arms and realized that Susan wasn't going to hate her after all. Susan pulled slowly away and smiled.
"It's been so long," She said.
"Yes," Shelby replied. "It has been."
Susan looked down at Jena.
"And this must be Jena," She said.
"Hi," Jena said with a nod.
"Oh, Scott, she looks so much like you," Susan said while quickly glancing at Scott.
"I actually always thought she took after you the most," Shelby explained to Susan.
"I'll take that as a compliment considering that she's beautiful."
Shelby looked to Scott and smiled. Scott gave her a knowing smile, with a look on his face that said 'I old ya so'.
"Mom, are you sure you're okay with watching Jena tonight?" Scott asked.
"Of course," Susan replied. "You need to get this thing with Anita done sooner rather than later."
"Thanks," Scott said and hugged his Mom.
"No problem. It will be a good time to get to know my grand daughter."
Shelby crouched down by Jena.
"Be good for Susan, okay?" Shelby said.
"I will," Jena replied.
"All right. I'll see you later," Shelby said and hugged Jena.
Shelby stood up and looked to Susan and said, "Thank you."
Susan only smiled in return.
"Come on," Scott said to Shelby.
Shelby nodded and walked out the door, following Scott. They walked to his car and got in. Shelby was nervous about being there when Scott broke up with Anita. She had no idea how Anita was going to act or even how Scott was planning on breaking up with her.
Shelby buckled her seat belt and looked out the window, trying to get her mind off of it, but it was doing no good.
"Shelby," Scott said. "Are you okay?"
"I'm just a little nervous about this," Shelby replied.
"Why? You're not the one breaking up with someone."
"No, I'm just the reason you are breaking up with someone."
The rest of the car ride was quiet save for the music coming out of the speakers softly.
Scott pulled up to Anita's apartment and turned off the car. He got out of the car and Shelby followed his lead. He pushed the button to Anita's apartment and she unlocked the door for him. They walked up the stairs and waited at her door.
"You'll be fine," Scott whispered to Shelby right before he knocked on the door.
Before Shelby could even think of how to react to what Scott had just said, Anita opened the door. She smiled at Scott, but looked at Shelby confused. Anita understood why Scott would be at her apartment, but not Shelby, and especially not Shelby with Scott. Anita took her confused look to Scott and raised her eye brows to him in a questioning manner.
"How about I explain everything inside?" Scott suggested.
"Okay," Anita said and moved so Scott and Shelby could enter.
Anita motioned Scott and Shelby to sit down on the couch as she sat in a chair next to Scott.
"What's going on?" Anita asked for she could tell something was out of the ordinary.
Scott closed his eyes and sighed. He opened his eyes again, looked directly at Anita and said, "I'm sorry. Anita, I can't be with you anymore."
"Because of her?" Anita asked, addressing Shelby.
"Partially. But also because of Jena and because of me."
"Jena, as in Shelby's daughter, Jena?"
"She's my daughter, too."
Anita stood up and walked to the other side of the room. She didn't want to be by Scott or Shelby at that moment.
"You have a daughter and you never told me?" Anita asked.
"I didn't know about her until I went to Horizon last weekend," Scott replied.
"And you've always known he was the Father, right?" Anita asked Shelby.
"Yeah," Shelby replied softly while nodding her head.
"Shelby, didn't you tell me that you weren't planning on getting back together with Scott when I asked about it?"
"Yes, I did tell you that, but things didn't work out as planned."
"Obviously," Anita said with attitude. "So, what? Did you two fuck and realize that you guys were perfect for each other?"
Scott and Shelby looked at each other knowingly for that is a lot like what happened. They both looked back to Anita with guilty looks.
Anita shook her head and looked to Shelby.
"You little slut," Anita said.
"Hey!" Scott said and stood up from the couch. "Don't call her that."
"Shut up, Scott," Anita retorted hotly and then turned back to Shelby. "You left him years ago and then see him again, realize that he's still hott and is still in love with you and you fuck him. Is that how it happened?"
Shelby was silent. That's not how it happened, but Shelby felt bad for Anita and she didn't want to make things worse; it would be a lot like putting lemon juice on a paper cut, stupid and cruel.
"Answer me, Shelby!" Anita almost screamed.
"No, that's not how it happened," Shelby replied softly.
"Then how did it happen?"
"Anita," Scott said, but she gave him a cold glare that silenced him.
"How did it happen, Shelby?" Anita asked again.
"We realized that we both still loved each other and I realized that I was an idiot for leaving him before," Shelby said, no longer feeling bad for Anita.
"Oh, and you having his kid had nothing to do with his choice, right?"
"You would have to ask him that one."
"Did it, Scott?" Anita asked.
"No," Scott stated. "Jena being mine was just a plus."
Scott walked over to Shelby and put his arm around her waist. Shelby looked up at Scott and wrapped her arm around his waist.
"Anita, I'm sorry, but I love Shelby," Scott said.
"And I guess I meant nothing to you," Anita said and made it a statement, not a question.
"That's not true. I did, at one point, love you, Anita. I just don't anymore, not in that way, at least."
Anita closed her eyes and a tear fell from each one. She took a deep, slow breath and one could tell that she fighting back more tears. She opened her eyes and focused on Shelby.
"I never thought I would say this to anyone, but I envy you, Shelby Merrick," Anita said and glanced at Scott then back at Shelby. "Take care of him."
"I will," Shelby assured.
"Well, with as little offense possible to you guys, I'd like to be alone right now," Anita said.
Scott and Shelby both nodded and turned to leave. They walked to the door and were about to leave, but Shelby touched Scott's shoulder and told him to go ahead and that she would meet him in the car.
Shelby looked back to Anita and with a sad smile she said, "I am sorry, Anita."
"Just take care of him. If you break his heart again, I'll break your jaw," Anita replied and one could tell that she meant it.
"Don't worry," Shelby said. "I won't make the same mistake twice."
"Good."
Anita grabbed a container of chocolate ice cream from her freezer, grabbed a spoon and sat down on the couch. She pulled a blanket over her and turned on the TV with the remote. Shelby, also being a women who has been hurt in the past, knew that this was all part of the mourning phase; she would eat chocolate and other fattening food and watch lots of chick flicks that would make her cry even more.
Shelby left Anita's apartment without a word and walked down to Scott's car.
"What was that about?" Scott asked Shelby once she closed the passenger door.
"Girl stuff," Shelby replied and touched Scott's shoulder. "Don't worry about it."
Scott nodded and decided not to try and understand what it was. If it was girl stuff than he wasn't going to bother giving himself the head ache he would gain by trying to make sense of it.
Scott and Shelby walked into the house and Scott put the car keys on a hook. Susan walked up to them with a smile.
"Try and stay quiet, Jena's asleep," Susan said.
"That was quick. We were only gone for, like, an hour and a half," Shelby replied.
"Well, when you guys left, I got her into her P.J.s and we put in 'Alice in Wonderland' and she was asleep half way through it."
"Yeah, she loves that movie."
"I can tell."
"Thank you," Shelby said with a smile to Susan.
"It was my pleasure," Susan replied and smiled. "I'm happy I got to meet her and to see you again."
"To tell you the truth, I was actually very nervous about seeing you again. I thought you would hate me for leaving Scott before."
"She was," Scott said. "You should've seen her while she was getting ready."
"I could never hate you for that, Shelby," Susan said. "I was a Mother-to-be before, too and I know how many emotions you have going through you when you find out you're pregnant. I don't blame you for running away."
Shelby smiled to Susan and gave her a hug. Susan hugged Scott, said her good byes and left the house.
Scott and Shelby walked past the living room and saw that Jena was sleeping peacefully on the couch with her head rested on a pillow and a blanket covering her body. They both smiled at the sight.
"Should we move her?" Scott asked.
"No," Shelby said. "I don't want to take the chance of waking her up. I like that she's sound asleep, she won't wake up as long as we're quiet."
Scott looked at Shelby with raised eye brows and Shelby grinned in return. Shelby walked down the hallway and into the room. She was quickly followed by Scott who closed the door behind him.
Shelby called him over to her and once he was by her, she pulled off his black shirt and pulled him into a kiss. Scott quickly returned the kiss and took off Shelby's shirt, leaving her in only a bra and jeans. Shelby pulled off Scott's wife beater and they fell on to the bed with Scott on top of Shelby.
They both let all thoughts leave their mind and lost themselves in each other.
A/N)- First off thank you all so much for all the reviews from: Melms213, ScottandShelby334, hdrox, Linkie, keke1, twin muse, Ishbu girl, Ghostwriter, OliverWoodsGurl4life, Gabriela, iluvtv2much, OthfanAnna, nefftys, tribaltaisan, Ashlyn Alexis, Natalie Skywalker, Tracy, ScottandShelbyfan, Mandy, LilSoccerBaby20, Ems, Grey Daze's Nirvana, Jessa Faerie, Neptunes Princess, 2008ccampbell, sweetgirl,Lavender Brown-Halliwell, mary-023, angel, Saun,HCLvr, and jessmerrick. I'm happy you all enjoy this story!
I have this on my main page too, but I'll post it in my A/N anyhow. This story is going up to chapter 20 and then ending. But, I will for sure be writing a sequal. I know exactly what I'm going to have happen for each chapter up to the end of this story, so I just have to get around to writing it. Be patient and I'll get around to updating A.S.A.P. I hae to update 'Love and War' and then I'm finally going to start my new story. Then I'll update 'Memories' and then whichever story I'm in the mood to write.
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