Everyone walked into the kitchen still very quiet and sad about Shelby's accident 2 days earlier. Everyone, besides Scott, grabbed their food and sat down at the normal table and started to eat. Scott waited longer than the rest before grabbing his food and then he sat at a separate table away from anyone else.
"Why doesn't he want to sit with us?" Juliet asked as she watched Scott sit down at the separate table.
"The love of his life is in a coma, you dim wit. He wants to be alone," David replied with attitude and surprisingly coming to the defense of Scott.
"Hey, lay off her!" Auggie said to David, defending Juliet.
"Whatever," David said and took another bite of his food.
"Say what you want, David. I'm going over there to talk to him," Juliet said.
Jules stood up and walked over by Scott. She sat down across from him and smiled. He looked up and saw here but then looked strait back down and started to poke his food again.
"Aren't you at least going to take one bite?" Juliet asked.
"What?" Scott asked back.
"Of your food. You haven't touched it,"
"I'm not hungry. Why do you care anyways?"
"You can't not eat, Scott,"
"Sure I can. You do it all the time!" Scott said rudely and stood up quickly.
He rushed out of the kitchen and down by the docks.
Daisy sighed as Juliet sat back down. She looked at Jules and shook her head.
"He's such a jerk!" Jules said.
"He wants to be left alone!" Daisy shot back.
"Well that doesn't mean he has to be so mean to me,"
"Oh, yeah, 'cause you're always so nice to everyone else,"
"Well, I'm not like that,"
"No you're worse,"
Daisy stood up and left the kitchen.
"Great job, Jules!" Ezra said sarcastically and started to stand up to follow Daisy but David stopped him.
"No. Leave her alone," David said and Ezra sat back down.
Daisy walked down by Scott and sat next to him.
"What do you want?" Scott asked harshly.
"Relax. I'm just here to talk," Daisy replied calmly.
"About what?"
"Don't play dumb, Scott,"
Scott sighed.
"Fine. What do you want me to say about it? That I miss her? That I'm worried she's not going to be okay? That's the truth,"
"All that stuff's a start. Scott, we're all here for you. You don't have to shut us out like that. You're not the only one who's worried about her,"
"I know I'm not but none of them get it," Scott said and sounded frustrated.
"Do you think I do?" Daisy asked.
"You're the closest one. You're her best friend,"
"So I relate more?"
"And you're the only one who's not a complete pain in my ass the time,"
Daisy smiled.
"And here I was hoping to be the biggest pain in your ass," Daisy teased.
"No. You, at least, know when to leave me alone," Scott said.
"That's a hint that you want me to leave, isn't it?"
"Kinda,"
"Say no more,"
Daisy stood up and left Scott alone.
Scott looked down at the water and saw his reflection. He sighed. Scott picked up a rock and threw it at his reflection. It's not that he was blaming himself for what happened to Shelby or anything but he hated the fact that there was absolutely nothing he could do to help her; all he could do was wait.
Daisy walked into the girls dorm and sat down on her bed. She had a couple of hours before class and was bored and tired so she decided that she would take a nap but she couldn't sleep. Daisy tossed in her bed as she thought of Shelby on the hospital bed unconscious.
Daisy and Scott had both been to visit her every day since the accident but there's still no change. The doctors keep saying the same things and Daisy was getting sick of it. She needed something to tell her what was going to happen to Shelby but that would mean that she would need something to tell the future.
Daisy sat up abruptly and grabbed her tarot cards. She shuffled her deck and then cut the deck three times; one deck for past, one for present, one for future. Daisy rested her hands so that they were touching each deck and closed her eyes. She concentrated on Shelby.
Daisy flipped the first card over: the seven of Wands; a card that stands for great problems that one has to over come. In Shelby's case this was most likely her step-father's abuse.
Daisy flipped the second card over: Strength; this card could mean being physically, emotionally or mentally strong. It could also mean that one is fighting for something. For Shelby, it's probably to get out of the coma.
Daisy very slowly flipped the finally card over: The High Priestess; a card that has a lot to do with memory. Daisy blinked a few times. What would memory have to do with Shelby's future? Daisy asked herself. She sighed slowly. Well, at least it wasn't death!
Daisy hears someone come in the dorm and quickly gathers her cards together and puts them away. Daisy looked up to see how it was who came in and saw Scott. He had tears streaming down his face and looked at Daisy with so much pain in his eyes.
"What happened?" Daisy asked, concerned.
"I can't do this," Scott said. "I can't just sit here and wait. I--I don't know how to deal with this,"
"Scott..."
Daisy stood up and pulled him into a hug. He cried in her arms. Scott couldn't deal with not being able to help Shelby. He loved her too much to be able to just here and wait for her to hopefully wake up. He came to Shelby for she was the only one who would really understand how he felt.
Scott suddenly pulled away from Daisy.
"She has to be okay. She just has to be, right?" Scott said.
Daisy wanted to talk about the reading she just did but didn't feel that it was the right time so she kept quiet about that.
"The doctors say she's going to be fine," Daisy said.
"No, they say that there's every hope of her being fine!"
"Well then trust them,"
"No! Every hope isn't good enough,"
Scott grabbed one of the chairs and threw it across the room.
"It's not good enough!" Scott screamed. "I need to know that she's going to be okay!"
Scott had more tears streaming down his cheeks. He went over to Shelby's vacant bed and sat down on it, putting his head in his hands.
"She has to be okay," Scott said more to himself than to Daisy.
He laid down on her bed and grabbed her pillow. It still smelled like her. Scott pulled the pillow close to himself and held it like he would've Shelby. He was still crying and he couldn't stop the tears from falling.
The sight of Scott was making it harder for Daisy to maintain her emotions. She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, forcing herself not to let tears fall. She walked over to Scott on Shelby's bed and sat down next to him. She put her hand on his back and started to rub it gently, trying to calm him down.
Scott sobbed and rocked on the bed as Daisy comforted him.
"I can't do this," Scott said as he sat up and looked at Daisy. "I can't go on without her. If she's not okay than I don't know what I'd do,"
Daisy pulled Scott into another hug.
"She's going to be fine," Daisy said reassuringly.
Peter's on the phone, still trying to get a hold of Shelby's mother. He has been having no luck for 2 days now. He finally heard someone pick up on the other line.
"Hello?" Alice Merrick asked.
"Ms. Merrick, it's Peter Scarbrow from Horizon. I've been trying to get in contact with you for days now," Peter said.
"Yes, I was out of town for the weekend. What is it that you need?"
"Well, Shelby had an accident and is in the hospital,"
"What happened?"
"She fell while we were out on a hike and hit her head badly. She's in a coma right now," Peter responded and sounded upset just thinking about it.
"She's in a coma?" Alice questioned but didn't sound concerned.
"Yes,"
"And what do you want me to do about that?"
Peter blinked a few times in utter shock and what he just heard. Shelby's Mother didn't seem to care at all about what happened.
"What happened?" Peter heard Jess ask with worry in the backround.
"Mr. Scarbrow, I'm sorry, but I have to go right now," Alice said and hung up at that.
Peter hung up the phone still in shock.
"What happened?" Sophie asked.
"She doesn't even care," Peter said, sounding dumbfounded.
"What?"
"She sounded like she didn't care. And when I told her she said, 'well what do you want me to do about that?'"
"Oh my God! No wonder Shelby doesn't like her mom. That arrogant little Bi-"
"Sophie!"
"Sorry," Sophie looked down and stopped herself from saying anything else.
"What happened?" Jess asked her Mom with worry.
"Nothing," Alice replied.
"Peter doesn't call for no reason, now tell me what happened!" Jess demanded.
"Don't you take that tone with me!"
"Fine. Just tell me what happened,"
"Shelby's in a coma. I guess she had some kind of accident on a hike or something,"
"And you don't even care!"
"Hey! After what she put us through she should be happy that I didn't put her in the coma," Alice said.
"What are you talking about?" Jess asked.
"She destroyed our lives, Jess. By calling the cops on Walt we're left with nothing,"
"Left with nothing! I'm not getting raped every night. I would say that's something! Are we, at least, going to go see her?"
"No. I don't have time,"
"She's you're daughter. You're suppose to make time!"
Jess stormed off into her room and slammed the door behind her. She knew that she had to go see Shelby but she also knew that she would have to do that without her Mother.
Jess sighed. She took a duffel bag out and started to back it with some clothes and all the mother she had which was only about 50 dollars. She threw the duffel bag out of her window and climbed out after.
She looked in the living room window and saw her Mother still in there. Jess took a final glance at her cold-hearted Mother and started to walk away from the house and down the street.
(A/N)- First, thank you so much for all of the reviews from: Melms213, Snoopy22, Linkie, ScottandShelby4ever, SnowyOwl-17, nefftys, tracy, hdrox, keke1, bubbly, Mickey, AliciaClark, Ossie, rogue-angel07, Snoopy22and Ishbu girl. I'm happy that you all enjoy this story.
I'm okay with this chapter but I think it could've been better. Let me know what you all think though. I know that I might have been out of character with Shelby's mother but I hinted that Alice would act like that in the first chapter.
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