SCHOOL OF LOVE
A/N: Okay, firstly, I am sorry for not updating as frequently as I was supposed to do. I guess you all read about what happened to my other stories, that I lost some parts of this one too... actually chapters 26 to 29... and ever since, I didn't write a line of this story... but I am absolutely not planning on stopping that story soon…I have too much fun writing it! But, I know there's always one, I'm only gonna have internet for the week-ends, when I'll be back to my parent's house, so I don't know when the next update will be, sorry! It's only gonna be temporary, because I'll have internet soon, in my apartment...
Thanks to ShalBrenfan, for your continual reviews, and encouragement since the beginning of that story! You're one of the most faithful reviewers I have!
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poolidge 366, I really love your reviews because you give me your impressions and are really supportive. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter as much as you did the others.
krystal, you're right about Wendy and Shelby, well, she is really forgiving, maybe a little too much... But don't worry, she won't be able to hold her anger until the end of the year. Some more drama's coming soon...
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RATING: T (just to be sure)
CHARACTERS: Shelby, Scott, Wendy, Brian, Martin, Luke.
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 TWENTY
Two Weeks Later - Monday
"Shelby got out of the hospital this morning, and I wanted to visit her, you wanna tag along?" Wendy suggested to Luke as they were sitting on a table together, taking about everything and nothing especially. She really loved talking to him; he was so easy and understood her like no other guy did. There was something special about him, something that attracted her. And it was funny though, because she had never noticed him before this year. And Shelby had told her that the boy was in their classes since seventh grade. She just couldn't believe she had missed out a so great person for that long.
"Well, I don't know much about her…" He said slightly uncomfortable about the idea of meeting the girl…they had done a school project together, two years ago, but had never bonded. He thought she was pretty nice though.
"I want you to meet her properly. She's my bestfriend and needs distraction and as funny as I am, it's not enough. She's bored and needs to see new faces." Wendy pouted and Luke looked at her with a convinced smile. He gave in, like he always did with her…she knew she had power over his feelings and perfectly made good use of it.
"Okay, I'm in, you convinced me."
"Great, meet me at my locker after your history class." She told him and he nodded with a small smile that she returned immediately. He was so cute…blonde curls embattling his sweet goddess face and those soft freckles…and his eyes sparkling with life and wit…he made her feel so better about herself. And he wanted her, not for her body, but just for her personality. And she was fine with the whole 'no having sex' thing.
"Okay. Bye, have fun in biology." He told her with a grin and watched as she got up and leaned down to him.
"You know I will." She said with a small giggle and kissed him on the cheek. Brian glared at them and left the hall angrily. Scott followed him and firmly took his arm in his hand, stopping him. He gulped down his piece of sandwich and wiped his mouth with the back of his sleeve.
"What's wrong man?" Scott shrieked and Brian pulled away violently, leaning against the wall, and catching his breath.
"Your sister…I'm sorry, I can't take it anymore…I need air." He said and began walking again, more calmly, to the way out. He just didn't want to see her with this guy anymore…he just couldn't, not after the kiss they had exchanged. It had been so much more than a goodbye kiss and both knew it deep inside…she had to have feeling it too.
"What does my sister have to do with you?" Scott asked confused and Brian pulled a cigarette out of his pocket, lighting it with a match. He took a puff and dropped a tremulous hand to his side. He wasn't feeling good, and Scott was slightly anxious.
"She…I can't help it, and she hurt me too much and god I can't help it, she's the first girl and I love her and I need to tell her…" He started rambling and Scott stopped him once he had registered his bestfriend for years loved Wendy.
"You are in love with my sister? Man, what the hell is wrong with you?" Scott almost shouted but immediately softened when he noticed the look his bestfriend had on his face. The guy was devastated. "What about Amber?" Amber was Brian's new girlfriend. They had been together since about two months and Scott thoughts things were doing great between them.
"You know I don't even like her, she's just fun to hang out with…she's a lot like Wendy actually." Brian said quietly and Scott looked at her sternly.
"Did you tell Wendy about your feelings for her? Maybe it would help a little?" He asked nicely as he knew his bestfriend was really feeling bad about it…so maybe sorting everything out would be good. Well, at least, it couldn't be worse.
"Of course I did, and I thought she did too…" Scott cut him off quickly.
"Wait a second, you are telling me it was mutual? Did you go out with her?" Scott asked suspiciously looking at him with menacing eyes and Brian looked down at his feet, knowing it wouldn't be good…
"Yeah…" He muttered and decided he didn't want his cigarette anymore. He threw it on the ground and stubbed it out with a foot.
"How long?" Scott questioned and he shrugged in response.
"Not much, maybe two months…I don't know really because we were always fighting except the times we were…" Brian started and then caught himself before he told him they were having sex together. He just couldn't tell him, it would be too much in one time.
"You two were what?" He asked and knew it wasn't something that Brian was proud of by the ashamed glance he gave him.
"Look, you're not gonna like it man…" Brian trailed off, already wincing with pain, even before telling his bestfriend. He knew he was going to be very mad, at him, but also at Wendy. But after all, she deserved it. Why would he be the only one to be blamed?
"What? Tell me." Scott urged and Brian hung his head down shamefully.
"Except the times we were having sex." He muttered and Scott's eyes widened.
"Excuse me, but did you just tell me you were fucking my sister's brains behind my back for two months and never got to tell me about it? Fuck Brian!" Scott snapped at him and Brooke and her crowd turned to look at them. She smirked at Brian and waved at Scott who just ignored her. He really didn't her to interrupt them right now. The girl was a brainless slut anyway.
"I'm sorry but I didn't plan on falling for her."
"You are a bastard Brian…I'm glad she finally descried you were one…I'm just sad she didn't do it before losing her virginity to you." Scott said harshly, chucking his sandwich in his bestfriend's face and throwing the packing in the garbage. He had lost his appetite.
"She wasn't virgin before me, Scott." Brian added and Scott froze. He cursed something under his breath and left the yard really mad. Wendy's gonna have some things to explain…
Later that day
"It's funny how everyone thinks of you as a slut…every friend of mine, every girl of the squad…Brian…" Scott muttered from his place on the bed as he saw her entering Shelby's bedroom with Luke. The two were holding hands and he didn't like it. Shelby narrowed her eyes at him and pulled back a little, turning to look at him as she was previously lying in his arms. Wendy didn't move, as she was kinda taken aback. Luke didn't know what to do but decided that whatever Scott was going to say, he wouldn't let the boy get to him.
"Scott, what was that?" Shelby frowned and Scott rolled his eyes at her. She couldn't believe he would talk to her with that rudeness in his voice. She didn't deserve it and was sure none of the people in her bedroom did. And talking to Wendy this harshly was unacceptable. You don't tell to your sister that she is a slut.
"Nothing, just observing."
"Well, take it back or you leave immediately." Shelby warned and Scott got up. "That's it!"
"I'm sorry baby, but I can take back the truth. See you home Wendy, and you better come back soon. We have some big explaining to do." Scott said before leaning down to give his girlfriend a kiss but she turned her head refusing it. He knew she would take Wendy's side, she always did. He would just have to call her and apologize…and everything would be fine. He stormed out of the bedroom, pushing Luke when he walked past him, he hurt him on purpose knowing it wouldn't be enough to calm his nerves but would still give him so satisfaction.
"That was so uncalled for! What happened today at school?" Shelby asked as she heard the front door slamming. Scott was really being a jerk sometimes…no wonder why Wendy was afraid to talk to him about her abortion.
"I have no idea." Wendy whispered and dragged Luke inside the room. He rubbed his shoulder and sighed…at least, Scott had left. "I came with Luke, I thought it would be nice for you to see other faces than the ones you see everyday." Wendy said and Shelby chuckled silently.
"Nice to see you Luke." She greeted him and he smiled shyly at her.
"Thanks…I brought you some books you might like. I didn't know if you were bored or anything, so…" He said and walked nonchalantly towards the bed, hands in his pockets. Wendy followed but sat on the edge of Shelby's bed.
"Thanks, you shouldn't have really." Shelby insisted and he smiled flirtatiously at her. She giggled and smiled gratefully as he handed her the books. She looked at them and smiled at his choices. She wondered how he knew her tastes and wondered if Wendy had helped him…because she thought Wendy didn't know a thing about the books she loved to read. "Thanks, you chose really good books." She added and he winked at her. They both knew they were enraging Wendy, who was known to be very jealous.
"Well, he did, and please, would you stop hitting on my boyfriend in front of me? The least you could do is being more discreet." Wendy suckled and Shelby laughed at her.
"You know we were joking…besides, I already have a boyfriend who I love very much."
"Well, your boyfriend, who happens to be my brother by the way, is a total bastard, so maybe you should give him up to a charitable organization." She said sarcastically and Luke and Shelby both snickered.
"I'll try calling him tonight and see what's so wrong in his dreamland." She said and Wendy sighed tiredly.
"Okay, thanks, because really, I don't ever want to see his face again." She said and Shelby nodded. If Scott didn't apologize to his sister, she wouldn't see him either. What he had done was bad, really bad. He absolutely had no right to talk to her that way. She hoped he would realize that. "What he said…"
"Yeah, I know. He told me Brian spoke to him about something that bothered him a lot but he didn't say what." She answered and Wendy and she shared a meaningful look.
"Oh…I hope it isn't what I think…"
"Yeah, me too." Shelby muttered softly. She was scared that if Scott learned that she was aware of Wendy's relationship with Brian, he would be mad at her too, for not telling him.
"Okay, not that it is any of my business, but what are you two talking about?" Luke asked confusedly, and Wendy bit the inside of her cheek softly thinking of a good answer.
"Um, look Luke…it's really personal."
"Okay, I understand. Tell me on your own time, okay?" He said looking into her eyes and she nodded smiling at his patience and comprehension that she needed time to trust him with every secret of her life.
"Thanks."
"Okay, it's not that I feel like the fifth wheel but please, would you stop the doggie eyes at least?" Shelby said with a fake annoyance and Wendy chuckled, looking down at her with a twinkle in her hazelnut brown eyes. She was happy with Luke, she could easily tell.
"Sorry Shel…so what do you wanna talk about?"
"Uh, did the coach O'Connor tell you something about my condition?" Shelby asked with a noticeable anxious voice and Wendy nodded.
"Ah, yeah, he told me to say that you don't need to worry, that he'll take care of your reinsertion in the team when the time will come."
"Great, but who is he taking to replace me?"
"Tiffany Kinsley. She's a freshman year girl." Wendy said with a small shrug and Shelby already could tell she didn't really like the girl because she was taking Shelby's place in the team.
"Oh, is she any good?"
"How would I know? It's not like basketball interests me!" Wendy said with a smirk and Shelby couldn't help but laugh a little.
"She is pretty good." Luke interjected and Shelby sent him a warm smile.
"Thanks."
"Your welcome." He replied and Wendy looked at the exchange feeling a slight jealousy in her heart even if she knew they were just being civil to each other.
"So, well, if you wanna hear any gossip about school's events, Brooke Johnson made out with the brother of that Tiffany chick in front of everybody. He is quite a looker, I can tell you. And Scott and he are now definitively enemies since he tried to steal his place as captain of the team."
"I know, he already told me about it. I think he's just jealous of the attention the guy gets from everybody." Shelby said with a shrug and Wendy rolled her eyes, not at her bestfriend, but at her brother's behavior, knowing it was exactly why he hated the guy.
"Yeah, the girls all are head over heels in love with him already." Luke said and Wendy smiled sweetly, fluttering her eyelashes at him. "Except you, I know." He said with a laugh and she shoved him in the chest. "C'mon, you didn't take your eyes off of him all day!" He continued teasing her and she smiled sweetly again.
"I was just observing. Besides, watching won't do any harm." She defended herself and Luke raised an eyebrow.
"Except that he was watching you back." He retorted and Wendy looked up at him with a twinkle in her eyes.
"He was?"
"God Wendy, you're so girly!" Shelby said and both she and Luke laughed at the brunette.
"I'm not, and really, the guy is a jerk." She pouted and Luke wrapped an arm around her shoulders, bringing her closer to his chest. They relaxed against each other touch and every single thought of the new guy soon vanished from Wendy's mind. The only reason she had checked the boy out was because she knew Luke would be jealous, and she loved teasing him. They both knew it, Shelby did too and that guy was too dumb anyway. Their moment of peace was interrupted by the sound of a phone ringing.
"It's Scott." Shelby announced as she read the caller id. "Do you think I should take it or not?" She asked anxiously her bestfriend, who nodded, getting up from the bed and walking to Luke, pulling him up. They all knew that Scott didn't take long before calling and wondered if he was going to apology.
"You should. Besides, we were leaving. That'll let you some privacy. I'll call you later to know what he said." She said and laced her fingers with her boyfriend for a second before dropping his hand and bending down to Shelby.
"Okay. Bye girl." She said and Wendy kissed her cheek softly, then Luke did the same. "Hope to see you again, Lover boy." She said to him with a smirk. He smirked back and took Wendy's hand in his.
"Bye Bestfriend, take care."
"I will." She mouthed and answered the phone. "Hey, already calmed down?" She asked into the phone and Scott sighed tiredly.
"Not really. Are Wendy and her new gadget boy still here?" He asked harshly and Shelby rolled her eyes and whished he could be in front of her so he would have seen her disapproving look.
"Okay…guess what? I don't need to hear you talking about my bestfriend or her boyfriend this way. So, if you have something to say, just do it and leave her the hell alone, okay!"
"I'm just wondering how you can be so forgivable towards what she's done to you Shel!" He said talking about the fact Wendy had wanted her dead.
"You're so not excepting me to tell you the reasons she did what she did." She scoffed and Scott couldn't believe she would stick with her until the very end. He was mad and jealous that they had to hide something together. And that his sister was taking a bigger place in Shelby's heart than him.
"Did you know that my sister had had sexual intercourses with Brian?" He blurted out suddenly and Shelby chocked into the phone. She couldn't even think she had heard clearly what he had asked her. Of course she knew…but what if she hadn't?
"Okay, look Scott; I'm really tired of hearing you always doing that with me. My legs are killing me, and I'm tired and really angry about your behavior with Wendy, and I." She said and began to cry. She didn't want to argue with him and absolutely didn't need him to yell at her for his sister's behavior.
"You know I didn't mean to yell at you." Scott apologized and his voice had obviously softened at the sound of his girlfriend's distress. "I'm sorry baby, please, forgive me." He pleaded and Shelby swallowed hard and sniffed a little. She knew she was being emotional but she was on PMS and really was depressed and tired of being stuck in her room all day.
"It's okay…I'm fine. I'm sorry too, but Scott, you perfectly know that I'm not the one you should apologize too. You need to clear the things up with your sister." She suggested and Scott knew that he had to…he just couldn't force her.
"But I can't force her to tell me what she doesn't want to tell!"
"She's afraid of yours and your father's reactions. That's why she doesn't want to tell you what happened." She explained and Scott's attention grew even more.
"Is that this big?"
"Yeah…Look, mom just came back. You call me later in the evening?" She suggested and Scott smiled to himself.
"Okay. I love you baby." He whispered as if the words were too sacred to be pronounced louder. Shelby then knew he wasn't alone and giggled.
"I love you too."
"Oh, just the person I was longing to see." Wendy exclaimed sarcastically as she entered her bedroom. She had decided to go straight home after visiting Shelby and Luke had just dropped her and left, knowing that Scott was there. He didn't want to break into a fight with the guy. She popped down on her bed and watched as her brother looked down at her with an apologizing smile. "So? What do you want? Insulting me again by telling me I'm a slut?"
"I'm sorry it just took me aback Wendy! Why didn't you tell me you were with Brian?" He questioned, arms crossed and she sneered at him.
"There are a lot of things I don't tell you about. It's just one of the others. Besides, I could return the question to you since you did exactly the same with Shelby." She pointed out and Scott smiled a little, knowing she was right and that he hadn't any counter-attack.
"Okay, let's say we're even on that point…except that I didn't sleep with Shelby." He retorted and Wendy couldn't help but scoff.
"What? How come that's even possible? Scott Barringer, waiting before having sex?"
"Shut up, I love her and she's not ready." He said harshly not liking that she was laughing at his relationship with Shelby. This was about love and she obviously couldn't understand.
"I know, I was just kidding, relax…"
"Look, I talked to dad and he wants us to come over to his office right now before diner." He announced and she frowned a little. She couldn't believe that her father would do that to her…she just couldn't think that he would ask her to come to his office like she had an appointment. Okay, he had never been very good with dealings with the feelings of his children but doing that…that was particularly low and clumsy.
"You mean…only us three?" She anxiously asked and he nodded, handing her his hand to pull her back on her feet.
"Yeah…since you already told mom and Harmony about…well, I don't know about what." He said with a tense chuckle and Wendy nervously grinned.
"Promise me something Scott." She asked looking him straight in the eye.
"Anything."
"Don't be mad at me…please." She pleaded and Scott gave out a small sigh. He couldn't promise that to her…he didn't know what she would tell him but that was apparently not good at all.
"Okay, I'll try not to."
"Thanks. I love you bro." She said and brought him in a hug, placing her head against his firm chest.
"I love you too Di. C'mon, let's face the truth; you know you'll feel better after." He said and knew that she thought he didn't know what he was talking about… But she perfectly did know.
"Just like you did after Elaine?"
"You-you know?" He stuttered and she nodded. He couldn't believe she did…how would she?
"I'll tell you later, okay?"
"Wendy…" He started but she cut him off quickly, not wanting to go through this right now.
"Look, this isn't about you right now, so please, just let it be about 'me' tonight." She asked quietly and he nodded, letting her walk past him as they entered Martin's office. "Hey dad."
"Wendy, Scott, come on you two, sit on the sofa." Martin said with a warm smile and Scott chuckled to himself. He had the feeling he was back to the time he was going to the shrink his father had hired after Elaine. "Okay, you two…how was school today?"
"Dad please, cut the crap…you wanna know right?"
"Yeah, indeed, I loved to know."
"I did a big mistake. Something almost beyond repair…"
"Almost?"
"I went out with a guy and we kind of broke up…so I went out a night and became pregnant." She whispered that even Scott was wondering if he had heard right.
"Wendy…did you just say?"
"Yeah, I had an abortion and Shelby and Jill both helped me with the clinic and all…" She muttered and Martin's head shot up again when he heard that her friends knew but hadn't told anyone either.
"Let me clear the things up: you got pregnant with your boyfriend you weren't with anymore…" Martin began then stopped quickly when he saw Wendy shaking her head.
"Brian." Scott bitterly filled in and Wendy shook her head. "What 'no'?" He asked harshly and Wendy spoke up.
"I'm not sure it was his."
"Pardon me?" Martin interjected and Scott placed his head in his hands, not believing what his sister was telling them…not believing that Shelby hadn't said anything to him…not believing his mother and sister had kept that for them after knowing at the hospital. He felt betrayed, hurt, and anger towards everybody at that moment. Martin was dealing with the things differently. He wasn't really mad, just shocked a thing like that would happen to his little girl.
"The night I went out, I had sex with a guy."
"You did tell that those sluts of Shelby and Jill know about everything, right? So why didn't they say anything?" Scott said harshly knowing he shouldn't talk about them like that. He just couldn't help it.
"Your girlfriend Shelby knew since the beginning. She knew that I wasn't sure about who the father was…and she helped me with the abortion and all. And if she didn't tell it's because I asked her not to. And she didn't betray me because she's exactly how a bestfriend should be." She muttered and Scott threw a hand in the air, ready to slap her. He was angry at what his sister had done, but even more at Shelby who should have told him. And that anger wouldn't go away easily. There was too much to forgive. And saying she dared talking to him about trust…ah, her trust was just beautiful… There was too much damage done for forgiveness…
"Okay, so didn't she have any reason, or brains to realize she was making a mistake, uh? Is she that dumb?" Scott yelled, taking all of his anger on Shelby. Shelby, the one he trusted enough to tell her about Elaine, the one he thought he loved and whom he believed loved him back.
"Scott, that's enough!" Martin yelled and Scott narrowed his eyes at him. "And you Wendy, how could you do that?" He exploded and Wendy whimpered softly. Things were bad, but not worse than she had expected. At least, not with her father…Scott, on the other side…she already knew he blamed Shelby…
"I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry I'm such a slut and I'm sorry I'm such a disgrace for both f you and the rest of the family, okay?" She snapped and got up, running out of the office, leaving two dumbfounded men there. They wouldn't obviously have diner tonight…it seemed.
Next Chapter in School Of Love:
Scott/Shelby break up?
Wendy/Brian/Luke tension
Parents' day at School
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