Disclaimer:
I don't own any of the Higher Ground characters in my story. All rights are reserved to whoever owns the show now. Yada, Yada, Yada. I'm sure you get the picture.Summary:
Scott and Shelby are forced to go their separate ways after they graduate from Horizon. Can fate bring them back together?Category:
Romance/DramaRating:
I'll just say PG-13Author's Note:
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This story might be a little sappy, but sappy isn't always bad right? Actually, I can't really say what you might think of it so I'll just let you be the judge of that. I just wanted to give you a fair warning.Prologue:
Painful Good-byesThey stood in each others arms the night before the entire Horizon gang was set to leave, both of their eyes equally covered with tears. She didn't want to say good-bye, but what other choice did either of them have? He was going to New York in order to further his education at a prestigious college that his father had pulled some strings to get him into and she was going all the way across the country to Los Angeles. Her aunt and uncle had already made arrangements for her to live with them until she was able to get a nice place of her own and a stable job.
Scott pulled back from her, slowly lifting his hand to wipe the tears from her eyes. She closed her eyes, savoring the moment as he did so. He wouldn't be able to do that much longer. They were going to be thousands of miles apart and neither of them had a say in it. "Shel, look at me." she opened her eyes to gaze into his. She smiled sadly as she took in his features one last time. "So this is it, huh? There is no way we can work through this?" his voice was dripping with hope that she'd change her mind. Shelby was stubborn though. She had it in her head that there was no way that they could continue a relationship so it was doubtful that they actually would.
"Scott, don't you think that this is hard on me too? I don't want to walk away from you forever tomorrow, but I have to. You are going to find someone in New York and I'd rather not be hurt when you do. This is the only way I can see to keep that from happening."
Scott's eyes grew angry but softened. Shelby was being selfish, but he could understand why. She had almost lost him once and she just didn't want to go through that pain again. "There will never be anyone else but you." he saw her open her mouth to object, and he quickly cut her off. "Shel, I mean it. There will never be anyone else after you and I can promise you that. I won't ask you to wait for me though. I don't expect you to. I just wanted you to know that."
More tears came tumbling down her cheeks and she fell into him when her knees gave out from underneath her. This was the single most difficult thing that she had and probably would ever have to do in her life. "Can this be our last good-bye? Seeing you tomorrow would hurt too much."
Scott's arms circled around her and he clinched his jaw in order to remain composed. It was useless though. He wasn't able to even utter one word before tears came spilling out from his eyes. "If that's the way you want it, Shel. I just want all this to be easier on you. This isn't the end of us though, right? Promise me, Shel. Promise me that someday we'll be together again."
"Please don't make me make that promise, Scott. The truth is, I don't know if we'll ever be together again. I don't want to make any promises that I can't potentially keep. So please. Let's just say good-bye right now and not make any plans for the future."
She couldn't see him nod because her head was buried in his chest, but she felt him. She felt him and her heart broke. She wished that he'd fight her a little longer because she was so close to caving. She wouldn't tell him that though.
Shelby reached out for Scott when she felt him beginning to back away. He just merely shrugged her off of him and continued to back away from her. "Good-bye, Shel." his voice as well as his chin quivered when he spoke. It wasn't like him to just give up, but this was what she had wanted. She wanted all ties to be broken at once so he was giving her that. He didn't want her to hurt any more than she already was so he continued to back away from her despite the urge to run back into her arms when she began to cry even harder.
He stood for only a moment to take in her every feature. She stared back at him, almost pleading him to stay with her eyes. Her arms wrapped protectively around her, she stood broken. It had taken everything inside of him to walk away from her that night. It wasn't supposed to be that hard. It wasn't ever supposed to be that hard.
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