SCHOOL OF LOVE

A/N: Okay; so I had promised to update before the end of the week and I did even though it didn't reach 5 reviews. I thought it wouldn't be fair to the ones who did leave me a feedback. So thank to Cindy, Ghostwriter and ShalBrenfan; and also all of those who read the story but have nothing to say...I do that often too.

RATING: T (just to be sure)

CHARACTERS: Shelby, Wendy, Jill, Scott, Brian, Alyssa

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 SIX

One Week Later

Saturday

Wendy stood on the sidewalk, pacing and chewing her once long and French-manicured nails. She knew it wouldn't last long until she would chew them again but when her mother had told her she wouldn't keep them longer than a month, she had acted stubbornly, and said that this time would be the good one. It was a scary thought to realize her mother was always right… She turned around when she heard footsteps and smiled as she saw a blonde girl walking towards her. "What were you doing? It's been almost ten minutes I'm waiting here. Some people might think I'm turning tricks or something!" She exclaimed as her bestfriend joined her at the corner of the street, out of breath.

"Sorry, I almost forgot you had asked me to come here." She said with a roll of eyes and stopped, looking around with suspicion. This street was kinda weird and she couldn't help but having a bad feeling about the place.

"Okay, you ready for my surprise?" Wendy asked with an excited smile and Shelby shrugged not really caring at the moment.

"Uh, I don't know with you…" She replied with a smirk and Wendy stuck her tongue out at her.

"What that's supposed to mean bestfriend?" She carefully questioned, emphasizing the last word.

"That you always manage to astonish me." Shelby answered with a small sarcastic smile and Wendy narrowed her eyes at her playfully. She took her friend's hand in hers and led her to Jill's car. Shelby furrowed her brows but followed her though. "Okay, what's that supposed to mean?" She asked as she saw Jill grinning at her from the window of her car.

"Wanna have some fun?" Jill asked loudly before raising the radio as one of the songs she loved was starting. Shelby stood back and Wendy opened the door for her and pushed her inside. She then walked to the front of the car and settled on the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt immediately. She had to admit she wasn't really feeling security when it came to Jill's way of driving. The girl was bad.

"Where are you two bringing me?" Shelby quietly asked and Jill looked at her through the driving mirror.

"To a club honey. You really need to distract yourself otherwise you're going to end old maid." She replied and Wendy gave out an excited giggle. Shelby closed her eyes for a minute, hoping she was dreaming.

"What sort of club?" She apprehensively asked and Jill laughed a little. Wendy took the bottle opener from the glove compartment and used it to open her beer.

"Don't worry; you won't do anything that you aren't able to do at your age." Wendy answered but Shelby looked doubtfully at her. She wasn't feeling really sure her friend's surprise was a good one at the moment. Wendy handed her the bottle of beer but she shook her head in disgust.

"You know I hate alcohol Wendy, especially beer."

"C'mon, just a sip, it'll make you feel better and less stressed!"

"No." Wendy sighed and rolled her eyes and was about to answer with a rude remark but Jill decided to intervene.

"Okay, if you ever change your opinion, there are tons of them in the trunk." Jill said, turning to look at her.

"My parents are going to kill me if they notice I'm gone." Shelby muttered but the girls heard her anyway.

"Hey relax, I'm sure they won't. Besides, even if they do, at least you're gonna have fun tonight."

"You do know that if they do, I'll be grounded 'til the end of the year."

"Okay, listen to me: I go out several nights a week and they never caught me. I don't know why yours would catch you." Wendy said and slammed her door gently. Shelby joined her side and Jill stayed in the car, applying some more make-up. Wendy taped the car window and motioned for her to join them outside. Jill sighed but put the make-up back in her purse. "You almost look like a tramp." She said with a sarcastic smile and Jill only smirked at her.

"You're just jealous I'm gonna have more guys hitting on me than you two reunited together."

"Whatever, we're not here to be laid, we came to have fun, didn't we Wendy?" Shelby asked and Jill laughed at her innocence.

"Oh yeah we're both sure that's what Wendy planned for herself tonight, right Wendy?"

"Just shut up Jill. C'mon Shel." The three girls entered the bar and went to sit in a booth. Wendy winked at a guy from their school before noticing he was talking to her brother himself. Scott turned around and when he saw his sister, he lost his voice for a second. Wendy winced as he cleared his throat and approached them. Shelby just shook her head, perfectly knowing it was the end of the night for them. Jill chuckled and took Shelby's arm, leading her to the counter to take some drinks. Wendy watched them leave with regret and turned to her big brother. "Please, don't tell the parents." She whispered and Scott felt like he was going to explode.

"I can't believe you would go out without asking them! Do you even know you can't be here under 18?" He asked then felt kinda stupid as he was under age too.

"Then I guess you can't be here too, seeing you're not even close to your birthday." She rudely replied with a smirk playing on her face.

"Shut up. I can't even believe you brought Shelby with you!" He almost yelled, taking her arm and leading her to a corner. She pulled away and laughed at him.

"What that's supposed to mean? Just because she doesn't seem like the party girl, doesn't mean she hasn't the right to have some fun!"

"I'm gonna call the parents." He announced, pulling his cell phone out of his pocket.

"Oh you better not. If you do, I tell them about your car." She angrily threatened him, hands on hips and he stiffened. He couldn't believe she would use it against him. After all, it was an accident; he didn't want to plow into the wall of the garage.

"You wouldn't." He said but she shook her head, knowing she was winning, again.

"Oh you better believe I would because I'd have no reason to keep the secret." She said harshly and then looked into his eyes, not feeling threatened by his menacing glare.

"Go back home." He ordered, and she just shook her head. There was no way he was gonna have some fun and she in bed, sleeping.

"Only if you do too." She retorted with a smirk. He rolled his eyes at her and coughed as some smoke invaded his nose.

"Okay, you win, but don't believe I won't keep a closer eye on you, from now on." He said, slightly pushing her with his finger on her shoulder. She jerked his hand away and rolled her eyes in defiance.

"At your place I wouldn't. You'd be surprised to see more skin than you should." Jill said from behind and Shelby giggled slightly. Scott shot them a look and their laugh stopped immediately.

"Do you need a ride Shelby?"

"I guess." She mumbled feeling slightly intimidated by his fiery look. He seemed really mad and not only at Wendy.

"Okay c'mon."

Next Wednesday

She loved everything about him: his muscles, his smile, his sandy hair, his intelligence, everything. She smiled as he bit her neck gently. She would have to apply foundation cream on the hickey he had just made. She bent forward and looked beneath the door where it had small space to see if there weren't anyone in the restroom. Apparently no. But that didn't really surprise her. After all, everybody was supposed to be in class or at home as it was already late in the afternoon. Wendy opened the door and let Brian walk outside the toilet. She smiled at him and kissed his lips again quickly. "You better go before someone enters." She muttered against his lips. Brian kissed her again then walked out of the girls' restroom, still slightly dazed by what had happened. He had made love with his bestfriend's little sister in the girls' restroom of their school…if Scott found out about something going on between them, they'll both be so dead! Wendy smiled happily as she looked at herself in the dirty and half broken mirror. She was glad she had found a guy like Brian. Ben, her last boyfriend whom she had gotten out with during the holidays, had answered a few of her mails but wasn't interested anymore by her. She didn't care after all, she was going out with a guy who really liked her, and not only because she was a great lay or was good looking. It was more than simply physical between them, it involved strong feelings too. Wendy re-did her make up and went outside ten minutes after Brian had left. She walked to her locker and took her books off of it. That's when she noticed Shelby talking and playing with her brother, again. The two were behind the school next to a bench where she had made out with her first high school boyfriend, almost two years ago… She really hoped they were only friends, but again, they didn't seem to be more… no kisses or special or suspicious touches between them… They actually reminded her of Scott and her when they were younger and closer. Yes, that's it, they had a brother-sister relationship and she wouldn't have been happier about it. Now, this was all gone…since Elaine. A week ago, she had already accused Shelby of having a crush on Scott and that had caused a small quarrel between the two bestfriend. When Shelby had cleared the things up, Wendy had felt stupid and had apologized quickly. Anyway, she knew now wasn't the right moment to ever say a thing. Since she was supposed to be having class, she couldn't go and see what they were doing. Scott would tell their parents she wasn't in class and she would be in big trouble. She shook her head bitterly and hid in an empty room, waiting for her last class to come to an end for her brother not to be suspicious.

"Scott, please, put me down!" Shelby yelped then hit his chest softly as he finally dropped her on the floor. She ran a hand into her matted hair. "God, you messed my hairdo! I look like nothing now!" She faintly complained catching her breath.

"Mess looks fine on you." He flirtatiously said with a wink and she smiled softly blushing.

"Thanks." They both calmed down and sat on the bench. The sunset was beautiful at the end of the afternoon. Scott looked back and forth at the beautiful girl sitting next to him and the colorful sky. "So, what are you going to do next year?"

"You know what I'd really like?" Scott replied with another question. Shelby looked at him quickly than shook her head.

"No, tell me?"

"Well, I'm thinking more and more about choosing law."

"Oh…that's great!" Shelby said a bit excited, yet she was a bit surprised by his choice. He had always been very good in mathematics and science in general. She never thought he would choose the same path his father had chosen before.

"Thanks."

"And where would you go?" She asked him interested. With football, he could go anywhere he wanted.

"I don't know yet. Maybe USC or UCLA, or even Berkeley." Scott said breaking their gaze, pensively looking at his hands.

"Are you okay?" She asked him, titling her head to the side to find his eyes.

"Not really. I don't want to leave the town. I have everything here…my parents, sisters, friends, and you."

"Oh, I see, you're not counting me as a friend." She teasingly replied then looked over at him. He leaned against the bench and placed an arm behind her shoulders.

"I would miss everything." He murmured with a small sigh.

"You don't have to go to the ends of the earth. You could study in a close college." She suggested nicely, rubbing his shoulder reassuringly.

"Oh, really? In case you didn't know, our college here has not the best reputation." He said a bit mad. It wasn't because of what she had said. It was because he knew it just wasn't possible. Shelby pulled away a little and their eyes met again. "I'm sorry." Scott apologized, and Shelby found back the warmth of his arms. She could clearly see that he meant his words. He kissed the top of her head, and then his mouth went lower, to her neck and behind her ear. Shelby didn't know how to react to his advances, but wasn't really disturbed by his display of affection. She felt a strange feeling in her stomach, like butterflies or a sensation tickling her whole body. She was enjoying it and didn't think about the consequences of their actions. Neither did Scott. Feeling even bolder, he slowly began to trace kisses all the way from behind her ear to her mouth. Shelby turned back a little and faced him, settling more into his arms. Neither of them said a word. They were too caught up in the moment. They both wanted more, even if it was beyond their best opinion. Shelby looked at Scott for a slow instant and leaned into him. They both started to kiss again, gently at first, and then the kiss grew stronger. When Shelby felt Scott pulling her into a laying position on the bench, she forcefully broke off the kiss, remembering what Wendy had told her a while before.

"I mean it. He isn't the type of guy a girl like you should frequent. I love him and he's my brother but I know him well enough to know his intentions with girls are only physical."

"You mean he only wants girls for sex?" Shelby had asked her to be sure she had clearly understood what her bestfriend was saying.

"You got it, girl."

Shelby detached herself from his grasp and put her hand to her mouth before running it through her hair awkwardly.

She was already regretting to have fallen in his easy trap. She knew how Scott was and she kicked herself for having been so silly. She bit her lip, refusing to meet his eyes. Scott tried to touch her hand but she jerked it away. He knew from now on that things would be different between them.

"I'm sorry." Scott said running a hand through his hair. "I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable."

"Yeah." Shelby replied a bit dazed. "I think I better go. I…I have sev…several things to do." She stuttered getting up and straightened her clothes that were in disarray, and then turned to walk back inside.

"Shelby…" Scott began thinking about apologizing but she cut him off.

"I have to go." she said indicating that this would not be discussed here and now. He simply nodded, watching her go without even thinking of stopping her.

"Okay…" His voice trailed off on its own, breaking in pain of having lost the only girl, besides his family members, that counted in his life. God, if only he could tell her how much she meant to him…

Next Monday

"Who's that?" Shelby asked Wendy as this one was pointing on a pretty girl. The two friends were sitting on a high table, next to each other, their feet balancing against the others. Wendy had a lollipop in her mouth and was languorously winding her tongue around it, thinking of no one else than Brian. Shelby was doing her homework for her next class because she had forgotten her book of geography the day before so she couldn't do the exercises asked by the teacher.

"My brother's new victim. Her name's Alyssa and I already hate her." She said after a while.

"Oh, why?" Shelby said looking down at her book fearing to meet her friend's eyes.

"She's pretentious, blonde and stupid."

"What do you have against blondes?" Shelby asked with a small laugh. She looked up and Wendy slyly smiled at her.

"Nothing except they're usually more stupid than the others."

"Thank you very much." Shelby sarcastically replied, pointing her finger to her blonde hair.

"I wasn't talking about you, my dearest friend. We both know that you are not blonde in your head."

"You really think what you're saying, right?" Shelby assured herself and Wendy nodded she wasn't joking.

"Well, look at my brother. Did you see such a jerk in your life?"

"In fact, yeah, I did. His friends are even worse. I think the only one that deserves his friendship is Brian." Shelby carefully told her. She didn't want her to think she had a thing for Brian again. Last time, it had been very embarrassing when Wendy had come and slid a word about her to him.

"Um, um." Wendy only answered.

"What does 'um' mean please?" Shelby suspiciously asked, putting her book and sheets back in her bag. She hadn't finished it but didn't care. It wasn't like she was taking her life in her hands.

"Nothing at all, I was just considering your opinion. I don't know many of them but seeing at how they act when we see them in the corridor, I think you're probably right."

"I'm always right. So…, uh, is your brother already going out with Barbie?" She jealously said as she sized the beautiful girl up. There was no competition between her and Alyssa. This one was ten thousand times prettier than her.

"No, not yet. But he's flirting and trying to make her go out with him for the Halloween Party." Wendy said with a sigh. She wished she could go to that party with Brian…but knew it was almost impossible knowing her brother.

"They do a party again! God, I thought they had stopped after last year! It was so…" Shelby trailed off, searching for the good adjective.

"So what? I enjoyed it!"

"Only because you were as drunk as the others." Shelby retorted, teasing her friend.

"I wasn't drunk." Wendy said shaking her head, not wanting to admit it even if it were true.

"Yes you were. Scott had to carry you to the car and to your bedroom. You couldn't even get on your feet."

"Well, at least I had fun, not like you."

"I didn't have fun because there was no fun to have. Everybody had drunk or smoke, the ones who hadn't, were "enjoying themselves" on the second floor and the last ones didn't stay long."

"Scott or Brian weren't drunk either." Wendy rejoinder, making a small cute pout.

"You know why. They had to be healthy for the game that was the next day. And that didn't stop them from having fun upstairs too if you know what I mean." Shelby said and inside she was feeling abnormally jealous at the thought of Scott being with a girl, touching her and wanting her.

"Look at him, he's gonna make his move. God, that's so obvious." Wendy said with a little laugh as she saw her big brother entering the corridor with a winner face. She spotted Brian walking beside him and offered him a smile. He nodded and discreetly winked at her. She blushed and focused back on her bestfriend who was completely engrossed in looking at the scene in front of them.

"Well, she doesn't seem to see it coming." Shelby commented and Wendy only nodded at her bestfriend. Shelby nudged her, having no idea what she said went in one ear and out the other as she was too busy gazing at her boyfriend. "Or she doesn't care." She added with a small smile. Inside she felt better when she saw that the girl wasn't interested in 'knowing' him at all.

"Hey Alyssa." Scott said with a flirtatious smile, leaning against a locker and looking at her with puppy eyes.

"Scott." She acknowledged with a small nod. She put her books inside her bag and left without saying another word or glancing at him. Scott followed her, passing her sister and Shelby who were both chatting together. Wendy waved at him and giggled as she saw what he was trying to do. The girl absolutely didn't want to go out and he was still insisting. While Wendy was completely oblivious of the cold glare Shelby sent him, Scott noticed it and wondered if she was jealous or just angry with him but was almost convinced it was jealousy and smiled to himself.

Next chapter: Shelby/Wendy friendship

Halloween Party

Scott/Shelby/Wendy fight

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