SCHOOL OF LOVE

A/N: Okay so I read the reviews and was a little surprised with the lack of them...I'd like to know if something's wrong with this story because I can't be totally objective since it's my baby.

Meg: Don't forget it's an AU story and if Susan thinks that of Scott it's because she has her reasons. She knows about what happened with Elaine and how he became careless about sex and people feelings. Oh, and about Jess calling Walt 'dad' it's because he's the only father's figure she knows and apart from his sickness he's a really good father. Thanks for your review (which was greatly appreciated by the way!)

Ghostwriter: Thanks for your review too. You're one of my most faithful readers!

RATING: T (just to be sure)

CHARACTERS: Wendy, Brian, Shelby, Scott, Jess, minor OC

SUMMARY: AU. Shelby, Wendy, Scott, Brian and the others are all in high school. Walt still exists, but is slightly different in comparison with the show. Elaine happened but is now out of the picture.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the original characters. The others are completely made up, unless my subconscious worked on things I saw on TV or something…

CHAPTER FIVE

Saturday

Wendy woke up to see an empty half of the bed in front of her. She sat straight up, looking around wondering what had happened last night, noticing she had on a long black T-shirt that obviously wasn't hers. She lied back and held her forehead. She had a bid headache from all the alcohol she had drank the night before. Brian walked back into his bedroom and climbed back into bed next to her. "Brian?" She asked slightly astonished to see he had been the one she had slept with.

"Um, um…" He leaned down to kiss her lips but she pushed him off her.

"I can't believe it! I can't believe you did it!" She muttered reaching for her clothes that were scattered all over the floor, along with his.

"What are you doing Wendy?" He asked kneeling on the bed and watching her as she furiously pulled her jeans back.

"What does it looks like? God, Brian…" She began then stopped herself, not really knowing what to tell him.

"What?" He asked with annoyance in his hoarse voice.

"Nothing…just… look, I'm sorry, I just can't do that, okay?" She went to open the door not once looking back. Brian followed her with his eyes and finally got up, picking his clothes up the floor as he walked on them.

"You can't leave like that! It's five in the morning Wendy!" He tried to reason her and she noticed his voice was full of concern.

"I have to go back home before my parents or Scott notice I didn't spend the night at home." She walked to the front door and opened it quietly, not even looking back at him when she replied.

"Wendy!" He caught up with her quickly and shivered as he felt the cold wind hit his body. "You can't deny what happened between us." He softly said, reaching for her hand. "We slept together and we can't forget it."

"You don't understand Brian. You're my brother's bestfriend and I…" She attempted to pull her hand away but he held it too strongly. She looked at him confusedly and tried to hold back her tears.

"No. Tell me Wendy. Tell me that you didn't feel anything for me last night. Tell me you didn't enjoy spending time with me and I'll leave you alone. I promise." He said then looked down at her and met her teary eyes.

"What do you want me to say? You know I can't tell you that I didn't feel anything." She harshly answered him then looked away, avoiding his eyes.

"So, what are we? Are we still friends or just some acquaintance?" He pleadingly questioned her and she shrugged.

"I don't know." She only whispered and Brian pulled his hand away from hers. He began pulling back his clothes not even bothering putting his shirt on the good side. He was completely messed up, anyways.

"Why is everything always so complicated with you?"

"What?" She asked with surprise in her voice. She didn't quite understand his question.

"Damn you Wendy." He cursed and shook his head.

"What's wrong with you? One minute you're nice and sweet and the other you're that cold-hearted jerk who only thinks about screwing his bestfriend's little sister." She harshly asked and he narrowed his eyes at her.

"Oh don't do that with me. Don't pretend to play the innocent one. I know you weren't virgin before me." He told her, raising an eyebrow in challenge.

"Yeah right…" She only commented, rolling her eyes at him.

"Look, if you do not want to have something with me, okay. But don't put all the blame on me about last night."

"I was zonked." She said pissed at his behaviour. Okay, she just rejected him but he had to understand it was for his sake too. "I better go. Oh, and you better not tell a thing to Scott." She warned him and he glared at her in response.

"I'm not that stupid. And I'm not going to let you go all alone at 5. Let me take my car keys. I'm dropping you back."

"Thanks." She muttered and he nodded. They both stepped outside and entered his car. He put the key in the ignition and started the car. The ride to the Barringer's home was filled with a heavy silence and Wendy kicked herself for being so silly with him. After all, she was slightly remembering what had happened during the night. She had been the one to tease and flirt with me, and make him drink alcohol while he didn't want it at first. "I'm a bad girl." She muttered and Brian's head shot up in her direction.

"Why do you say that?" He stiffly said and regretted as he looked over at her but she refused to meet his gaze.

"Because I want you Brian." She truthfully said, simply shrugging, not even daring to meet his eyes. She watched as they reached her street.

"What? But you just said…" He started, really confused by her behaviour.

"I was just so scared of my feelings for you." She admitted and his mouth turned into a small smile.

"Okay." He said then stopped the car. "So, what are we doing now?"

"We could…" She slyly started then unbuckled her safety belt. She leaned towards his face and gave him a small kiss on the lips. "…going out in secret?" She suggested and he only mumbled amazed. "I'll take that as a yes." She pulled back and opened the door and got out of the car. "See you soon, Boyfriend." She said cutely with a giggle, emphasizing the last word. Brian nodded not even finding his voice and watched as she entered climbed the outside stairs and climbed her bedroom window carefully.

Next Wednesday

"Did you see you're sister perchance?" Shelby asked Scott as they crossed each other's way as she was going to the dining room. Scott noticed she had taken a hold of his hand but didn't really mind. He smiled at her and shook his head no.

"Where are you going in this hurry?"

"Well, I was supposed to eat lunch with her. She asked me to meet her in front of her last classroom but I didn't see her." She said and sounded a little bit worried.

"Strange…maybe she forgot." Scott said shrugging. Brian titled his head as to show him they had to go.

"The thing is that I saw her whole schoolmates going out. She didn't go to class. So, I called her on her handy and she didn't answer." She explained and Scott shrugged, nodding at Brian who was looking at him sternly.

"You think she would screw class?" He asked her, throwing his schoolbag on his shoulder and looking around to see if his sister wasn't coming or something. Brian threw Scott a look, as if to say 'I'm fed up with waiting' and began walking with the other guys. Scott nodded and shouted to them "I'll catch up with you guys!"

"I don't know. Is that what you believe?" She replied, softly biting her bottom lip.

"Look, I don't know. You wanna eat with us then? I mean, if no one is waiting for you inside?" He suggested and she shrugged before nodding.

"No, Wendy and I had planned to eat just the two of us today and I don't know anyone who's in my class. And Daisy is eating at home." She answered and Scott nicely smiled at her.

"Okay, come on then."

"And may I ask where we're going, Mr. Barringer?" She asked with a small tease. Scott laughed a little and they went towards the way out of the school.

"Outside. Brian spotted a nice restaurant which just opened last week."

"Okay." She enthusiastically said and they both ran a bit, catching up with the other guys.

Shelby followed Scott and his bunch of friends but stayed behind while they walked. She didn't know what to say to the guys and was greatly anxious. She didn't know why though. Maybe because she was afraid of their judgement. Scott noticed she was walking behind and stopped walking, waiting for her to catch up. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Come on Shel! Is it about Wendy?"

"No… I just don't feel…comfortable with them." She quietly explained and Scott half smiled at her.

"They're all pretty nice, don't worry. And if they're bothering you, I'll tell them off. Come on." He said taking her hand in his and speeding their pace. Shelby reluctantly followed him, slightly comforted by the fact he was still holding and squeezing her hand. The group finally arrived in front of the restaurant and Scott held the door for Shelby.

"Thanks." She muttered, gratefully pleased by his manners. Scott smiled at her and entered the room just behind her. They all went to sit at a big table and Scott and Brian went to order while the others stayed where they were.

"So, how do you know Scott?" One guy asked a bit interested. He was slightly surprised to see that the girl knew his popular friend.

"He's my bestfriend's brother."

"Wendy?" Another guy asked with a strange smile. He winked at another guy and they both exploded with laugher.

"You know her?"

"Just heard guys talking about her." He said with a laugh. "Apparently she's got a filthy mind." They other guys all laughed too and Shelby's eyes narrowed. Shelby didn't know what was wrong with Wendy but didn't even want to know. Rumours didn't interest her. "So…uh, you're what? 15?"

"16. Why? Do I look younger?" She said, pretending to be amused by them. She was now regretting to have accepted Scott's suggestion.

"No, just trying to make conversation." The guys answered rudely. Shelby was about to get up and leave when Scott came back with a big smile. He sat next to her and put his arm around her shoulders. Shelby refused to meet his gaze and shivered as she felt his fingers massaging her neck softly.

"You okay?" He whispered into her ear, concern written all over his face. The simple gesture sent shivers down her spine and she nodded softly.

"Just fine. How long do we have to wait again?"

"They said 5 minutes." Brian answered with a nice smile. He was, according to her, the only one that deserved Scott's friendship. Shelby leaned against Scott's shoulder then caught herself, realizing what she was doing. Scott didn't seem to mind as he was carrying a deep conversation about football with the guys. Shelby felt slightly excluded but Scott and Brian tried by all means to make her participate. Scott realized that she was regretting her decision of eating with them and bit the inside of his cheek. He should have stayed and eaten at the school with her. He smiled when he saw the waitress coming with their plates. Shelby had ordered the same thing as he had. It was funny how they had the same tastes and hobbies.

Later in the Afternoon

"Where were you at lunch? I waited for you, you know?" Shelby said as she finally spotted an obviously bored Wendy in an empty classroom, painting her nails in purple.

"I'm not talking to you." Wendy had learned this morning while overhearing one of her parents' conversations that Scott had spent a 'good time' shall we say, with Shelby at her house, when he was supposed to be in practice. What a bestfriend Shelby was!

"What's wrong Wendy? You know I was forced to eat with Scott's football friends?" Shelby asked with a smile but this one was quickly replaced with a frown as she saw Wendy didn't want to laugh with her.

"Oh, and that bothers you now?" Wendy asked harshly, checking her handy to see if she had any messages and almost ignoring her.

"What that's supposed to mean?" Shelby asked, puzzled by her friend's behaviour. She stood up in front of her with a confused look on her face.

"You know what. You aren't as innocent as you pretend to be, that's all." Wendy said then climbed off the table and left the room quickly. Shelby looked after her but didn't if she should follow her. Something was definitively bothering her. Wendy walked to her locker, hoping Shelby wouldn't be on her heels. But she knew better.

"What? What did I do?" Shelby asked, taken aback by her statement. She just didn't understand where this aggressiveness came from and what could she have done so bad to hurt her that bad.

"Was he good at least?" Wendy asked with disgust and looking like she was going to puke. Her own brother with her bestfriend…it was just unbelievable.

"What are you talking about? Who was good?" Shelby asked frowning and watched as Wendy ran a hand through her hair, angrily.

"I can't believe you're denying it."

"What?"

"Scott. I heard my mom telling my dad. I can't believe you two had sex. You had promised you wouldn't go after him! You're disgusting." Wendy finally blurted out, pretty loud, and Shelby was happy there weren't a lot of people in the corridors and that they weren't paying attention on them.

"I didn't have sex with your brother Wendy. I can't believe he said that! Or better, that you believed him!" Shelby said calmly, really pained that Scott had said that to his sister. He really was a jerk and a big one.

"Oh, don't worry; he didn't have to say anything! Mom saw right through his nonchalant behaviour." Shelby felt relieved to know Scott hadn't said things that weren't true but was still upset that her bestfriend was acting this way towards her.

"I told you that nothing happened!" Shelby said shaking her head in denial.

"Oh, please the least you could do is saying the truth." Wendy said tired by her friend's antics.

"I swear Wendy, nothing ever happened. I don't know what your mother…" Shelby began but was quickly cut off by Wendy.

"Look, the proofs are against you: he came back late and didn't even come to practice, he didn't have his wife beater anymore, and when my mother asked him if he had eaten, he replied that you had feed him." She enumerated the facts then added with a satisfied smile. "How can you take this?"

"Well, first of all, he didn't have his wife beater because it was dirty of oil and essence, and he stayed late because it took him time to repair the car. Secondly, yes, I offered him to diner at my house since it was late and he was hungry and I was feeling bad because he had missed practice because of me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go, Walt's waiting." Shelby said then stormed out of the corridor. Wendy looked at her as she thought about what she had just said. Maybe her mother and her had been too quick at judging things? The brown haired girl bitterly shook her head, angry at herself and waited another twenty minutes for her brother.

A While After

Scott laughed with Brian as this one talked about his ex girlfriend. It wasn't that it was that funny but Brian had his way of telling stories. He walked to the class where he was supposed to meet his sister and found her sitting on a table, deep in thoughts. "Hey Di, what are you thinking of?" He asked, ready to sit next to her. She stood up and took her bag in her hand.

"No one…can we go?"

"Yeah okay. Does that bother you if we drop Brian first?" He asked and Wendy raised an eyebrow in question.

"Yeah, I had to give my car to my mother today." Brian explained with a charming smile. Wendy smiled back, feeling her knees going weak and her cheeks reddening, and nodded at her brother.

"Uh, not at all." She replied and winked discreetly at Brian. "Scott, while you're at it, could you pass by Shelby's house please? I absolutely need to talk to her." She requested and Scott nodded thinking. He opened the door for her and she walked past him with a small smile.

"Oh, yeah! Is this about lunch? Where were you? Did you screw class?" He asked just to be sure she was fine. Maybe she had been feeling sick after all… but the thing was that she looked pretty fine, except for the sad look in her eyes.

"No, the class was separated in two groups." She lied, hoping he would buy it. Brian smiled inside knowing why she hadn't been in class…they had spent the morning together and she been forced to go back home to take a shower while nobody was there. Wendy noticed the way he looked at her, like he wanted her again and she shot him a playful glare, hoping Scott hadn't noticed.

"Oh, okay." Scott only said, knowing she wasn't telling the truth. He didn't even want to know what she was doing during her 'free' time.

Wendy entered in Shelby's room, all bouncy and cheery, to find her bestfriend lying on her bed drawing and slightly sulking.

"Hey honey, what are you doing? You remember we have to go to the ice rink tonight?" She asked and Shelby shrugged indifferently, turning to the wall on her side.

"What do you want? I thought I had been clear earlier." She muttered and Wendy sat down at the edge of the bed.

"Okay, you want it: I'm sorry for the way I acted today. It was stupid." Wendy apologized and her bestfriend nodded softly, showing she wasn't angry anymore.

"Better." Shelby lied on her back and Wendy slid to lie next to her. "So…" Shelby mischievously started and Wendy raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

"What do I get as a repay for the scene you made at school today?" She asked and Wendy laughed, shaking her head 'no'.

"Nothing. You have your bestfriend back."

"Okay…and you'd think that's a gift…" Shelby muttered sarcastically and Wendy only laughed at her. "So, where is your totally hot brother? You know I saw him bare chest? I thought I was going to die from happiness." Shelby teased her and Wendy rolled over giggling.

"I think he's practicing with his totally hot bestfriend Brian." Wendy said and really meant her thoughts about Brian. She hoped Shelby hadn't caught her talking about Brian like she wanted him. Ok, she already had him, anyways.

"Oh, and practicing on what?"

"You wouldn't want to know." They both exploded in laugher imagining Scott and Brian being 'close' to each other and Jess entered the room fuming.

"Could you two make less noise, I'm trying to work, okay? Bye the way, hi Wendy." Jess said with not even the beginning of a smile and exited the room quickly.

"Hey Jess, that hurried?" Wendy called after her and Shelby looked at the doorway painfully. She hated not talking to Jess, it hurt her so much that she couldn't understand why she hadn't told her about Walt's problems but she knew it wasn't entirely her fault because it wasn't her place to tell.

"Yeah. Bye." Jess shouted and slammed her bedroom door behind her back. Wendy startled and Shelby fought to keep her tears inside.

"What's wrong with her? Did some dumb boy, I don't know, push her away?" Wendy asked with a smile, not noticing that her friend was on the verge of tears.

"Don't know…so…um, if it had been the truth, what would you have told me?" Shelby said changing the subject before it was too late. Wendy didn't know about Walt and Shelby didn't want anyone except the people who knew to know about it. She trusted her bestfriend with her life but who knows what could happen? They don't have a lot of fights but what if they had one and Wendy used it against her? She could be mean sometimes and Shelby knew it would hurt not only her, but Walt and all her family in the process.

"You mean about Scott?" She asked and Shelby nodded. "I would have told you to go to hell and bring your hormones with you." They both laughed but Shelby's laugh was slightly forced because she knew she was falling for the guy she couldn't have: first because he didn't have any interest in her and all above because even if he had, Wendy would never forgive her if she learnt something was happening about them.

TBC…

Please R&R! It's very important to me! (If by some miracle I have 5 reviews for this chapter, I promise I update before the weekend!)

Next: Wendy/Shelby/Jill trying to have fun but being interrupted...

Scott/Shelby growing closer

Wendy/Brian stuff