A Girl Named Shelby Merrick | HIGHER GROUND *EDITING*

C.2: Hindsight at Horizon

Chapter Two: Hindsight at Horizon

The name Scott Barringer already gives me joy. I don't know why but maybe because it's not a clone of Juliette or a girl that has to share our dorm. The name sounds familiar but I know I've never met anyone called Scott Barringer or any Scott for that matter.

"Scott Barringer? Whose that?" Auggie yells with confusion. I don't know why he has a confused expression on his face. How would anyone know a Scott when were all stuck in this prison. I truly can't get over the emotion that I'm excited for this new student, Scott, that he isn't a girl that has to share dorms with I, Kat and Queenie.

"Does it matter? His coming today, isn't he? You can meet him then" I say. I don't know why I'm crossed when I say this. Maybe because I'm tried from the nap.

I look at my watch and it's 9:55 - time is my enemy I swear. I didn't know I was wearing this watch. Maybe I put it on after the nap or I probably forgot to take it off. I'm so tried. I'm tried from this school, these outdoor activities, I'm tired of life. I sit there with empty thoughts until Erza comes my way and sits back down I didn't even notice he stood up and left.

"Here grab one" he says. It's the snacks Scarcrow bought us.

An apple, dried apricots, beef jerky, four mandarins and mix nuts consisting of almonds and some other sorts in a plastic bag. I look at him with grief.

"No thanks" I say. My voice hoarse - geez I sound like I'm going to cry or something.

"Fine, Merrick! I'll do it" Erza demands, grabbing my backpack putting half of the portion of food in my bag.

Why em' I upset? Well I don't Shelby maybe because your going on a bloody hike for two hours. I snap in my mind trying to distract myself from the pain I don't know what exactly. Maybe I'm afraid of the Unknown or something bull. To distract my empty thoughts I think of the new kid I yet haven't met. Scott Barringer; already he sounds like a true American. I wonder were he is from - I mean what part of America? I wonder if his like Auggie, the sports type or more like Kat: the brains or and I hope not like Juliette Why-Were-You-Born a total attention seeker. I wonder how tall he is? What colour his eyes are? His hobbies? But more importantly I wonder why his coming to Mount Horizon in the first place?

For the first time in awhile I look forward to seeing who the new kid is. And that's wired coming from a girl like me. A girl who didn't know what excitement was like until she was thirteen when she was a runaway - she almost forgotten. The pain that overflowed on Shelby's mind was her mother. Alice Blaine, she was once a lovely women who cared so much about her two daughters; Shelby and Jess Merrick only now she is a coward who rather listen to a sick man - a man she only knew for three years and she believed in every word that came out of his mouth and never again from my mouth. She is a dead women to me now. I now only feel upset about my sister, Jess Merrick, who is left with a women called my mother and that sick man who I refuse to call a step-father.

Don't be silly Shelby! Jess will be ok - she isn't a reject unlike her older sister. She's smart and brave and mother always loved Jess more than me so don't worry about her. Forget, forget, forget. Just forget, erase the memories.

"Shell, it's time to leave come on" Kat says offering me her hand. I take it and stand up grabbing my bag ready to go.

"NOW DOES ANYONE HAVE SNACKS?" Hannah yells with wide eyes open.

Everyone either says 'yes', 'yep' or 'yeah' resulting in Hannah nodding her head. I don't answer but she doesn't notice.

"Are you ok? You look sad" a voice echoes from behind me, I look to my side to see Kat again.