---Letters Read [Katie]

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

Shelby walked into the Cliffhangers Girls' cabin and looked around. It was empty. Good. She wasn't too keen on living in the same cabin with a group of girls, though she didn't really have a choice. She had adjusted a tad bit of the past 10 months, however, no so much that she was actually happy about the living arrangements. Of course, she had figured it would be empty since all the other cliffhangers were headed out on some hike. She would have been joining them, however, Sophie and sent her back to the dorm because of her attire. She had told Shelby that her bright green shirt that read, 'Rub Me For Luck' was extremely inappropriate and made an unwelcome sexual suggestion. Shelby had defended the shirt, telling her that it was only a joke, but all the same Sophie told her that she had to go change and that would be receiving extra kitchens duty for the rest of the week.

It wasn't worth making a fuss over so Shelby had just put away her hiking equipment and made her way back to the cabin. Now, in the room that she shared with seven other girls, four beds lined up in a row on each side, she rifled through her drawers and changed into a shirt with a quote from the 80s movie 'The Goonies'. She knew that Peter would probably be coming soon to collect the inappropriate shirt. She threw the shirt at the end of her bed and then plopped down the bed herself. Someone had brought the mail for the day. She had two letters sitting on the bedside table. She picked them up. One was from her mother, she had no intentions of reading that one first, no matter who the second one was from.

Looking at the second letter she noticed it was from a guy named Clifton. She had met Clifton during her year on the street. Yes, the context of their relationship was basically her having sex with him and him giving her money for it, but they had kept in touch since she had been forced back home and into Horizon. He wasn't like the other guys from that time in her life. She actually liked him...as a person. She opened up his letter, wondering what was new with him, when she heard the door open. "The shirts right there Peter. And don't worry, Sophie already gave me the riot act and put me on kitchens for a week." she said assuming it was Peter walking in. Who else would it be?

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
outfit , outfit!
words , 438.
lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , well hello there.

[katie]

Another boring day at the Mt. Horizon. Boring as hell. Well, Katie's life has never been too interesting, but at home she could be at last alone sometimes, in her room, but here... She could never be alone. There were always so many other students around here. She didn't even have her own room where she could get some peace from these people. Katie was living in a room with seven other girls. And she hated it. But still she never missed her home. Somehow she felt better here.

Today all the student of Mt. Horizon were going hiking somewhere. But Katie wasn't really interested in that. She didn't really want to go there for some reasons. First of all, there would be the whole school there, and she didn't really liked being with a lot of people. Secondly, she wasn't really into hiking and things like that. She would rather sit at home reading book or listening to music. So she told counselors that she was feeling bad and she couldn't go hiking. And it somehow worked. Now Katie could be alone in her room with no one disturbing her.

Katie walked to the girls' room with her face lightened up. But when she approached the room she heard some noise coming from the room. "Someone's still there. No way!" Katie thought and sighed. She knocked on the door slowly.

"The shirts right there Peter. And don't worry, Sophie already gave me the riot act and put me on kitchens for a week." Katie heard a girls' voice from the bedroom. Voice was unfamiliar for her. Well, Katie has been only for one week here, and besides that she haven't communicated with anyone yet, so she didn't even know the girls with whom she lived in one room. She smiled and answered with a calm voice. "I'm not Peter. I'm..." Katie stopped for a second. "Who am I?" She thought and laughed very quietly. "I'm just another cliffhanger. Can I come in?"

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Tagged: Shelby
Word count: 343
Outfit: Here!
Status: Finished}

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

Shelby was in the middle of reading Clifton's letter. He was one of the few people that actually put a genuine smile on her face. Once again in his letter he was trying to figure out if she was really okay. He asked how Scott was doing, thought Shelby was well aware that he probably didn't really care. The first time that Shelby had told Clifton about Scott...well to say that Cliff had gotten just a little upset would be quite the understatement. Shelby had always told him that she didn't believe in dating because relationships that involved more than sex never really worked out. That had always been her response, especially when Clifton himself had wanted to date her and take their relationship beyond the point it was.

A laugh escaped her lips as she read the rather smart-ass comment that he had written about Scott when she heard the girl's voice. It was obvious that it wasn't Peter. er. I'm..." Katie stopped for a second. "Who am I?" She thought and laughed very quietly. Shelby rolled her eyes. The girl was actually asking to come into her own room. What would she do if Shelby said no? Would she really walk away and go somewhere else. "It's your room. You can do what you want." she said simply going back to reading her letter. She looked out of the side of her eyes to look at the girl. Shelby had seen her, how could she not when they lived together, but she had never actually talked to her. The girl was definitely new to Horizon.

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
outfit , outfit!
words , 276.
lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , well hello there.

[katie]

Katie thought that she could finally get some peace in her room, but now it seemed that she was wrong. There was some other cliffhanger in the room too, obviously she wasn't going to the hiking either. Katie sighed. "Well, I'm so unlucky! I can't even believe it." She thought. She heard a girl's voice soon. "It's your room. You can do what you want." The voice said. "Hmm... I wish it was like that." Katie thought and smiled.

Katie opened the door slowly and looked around. She saw the girl which she obviously had seen already. But she didn't even know her name. She did hear it once when other girl was speaking to this girl, but she didn't remember, of course. Katie entered the room and walked to her part of the room. She sat on the bed and looked at the girl. "Oh, I forgot to say hi. As always." Katie thought and smiled.

"Hi." Katie said and got on her bed.

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Tagged: Shelby
Word count: 165
Outfit: Here!
Status: Finished}

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

Wait...was Clifton actually attempting to come for a visit. Clifton? The guy lived in Los Angeles had an absolutely gorgeous house and could have any girl that he wanted and go anywhere that he wanted and yet, he was attempting to come visit her at Horizon. Wow. She wasn't quite sure yet how that would play out or if it was even possible. Scott definitely would not like it. He already seemed to have a hard time with...well everything about her past. She was sure that he didn't want to actually put a face and name to her past nor did he need a reminder that his girlfriend had slept with far more people than any person should. Then there was Peter. She wasn't sure if Peter would agree to have someone from that part of her life at the school. He might think it would set her back. It wasn't like Clifton had been her pimp or anything though. In fact, he wanted to her get better and be happy. He was like a positive re-enforcement. And then Shelby's mind jumped back to Scott. Yeah, mot a good scenario. Still, Shelby would probably consider it. It would be nice to see Clifton again. The guy was only about five years older than her, which made him twenty-one.

Shelby was vaguely aware of the other girl in the room. Their beds were on opposite side of the room. Hi the girl said. Shelby rolled her eyes. Great. Did this girl want to have a conversation now? "Hey," she said not bothering to look up. Why wasn't this girl out hiking with everyone else?

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
outfit , outfit!
words , 306.
lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , well hello there.

[katie]

Katie got on really bad mood, when she saw that there was another girl in the room too. She was hoping to get some peace in the room, but it seemed like it was impossible. She wanted to be alone and it was perfect time now, when everyone should have gone hiking. But what's this girl doing here? Katie sighed and closed her eyes. She really didn't want to talk to her now, she just wanted to be alone. Alone. She had only been here for one week or a bit more but she was already sick of these place, people, faces. But she felt like this at her home too. So it wasn't a big difference.

Katie heard a girl's voice soon. "Hey." She said. It seemed like she didn't really want to talk now either. "Oh, great. I hope she won't start talking or bother me." Katie thought. She didn't answer anything just stared at the girl for some seconds hoping she wouldn't say anything. When she got sure the girl wasn't going to say anything she calmed down. Katie started looking for her ipod. She finally found it and laid on the bed and started to listen to music. The music got her on a good mood. As always. The music always helped her to push away her bad thoughts and feelings.

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Tagged: Shelby
Word count: 229
Outfit: Here!
Status: Finished
OOC: Sorry it sucks I'm just too tired and sleepy, lol.}

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

Shelby folded up Clifton's letter and braced herself for her mother's letter. No telling what was in this letter. She knew that her mother was still really bitter about the fact that Shelby had turned her stepfather Walt in to the police for molesting her and her sister. Her mother tried to act like she was okay with it and she just wanted them to move on, but Shelby knew better. Better yet, she knew her mother better than her mother knew herself.

As Shelby started to read the letter. She felt like someone was staring at her. Really? Was this girl really watching her? For what exactly? Shelby tried to control herself. She was trying to get better about her temper and whatnot. She just kept reading. Her mother's letter was already upsetting her though and the fact that she was no longer alone and the new girl insisted on staring at her...well it wasn't a good combination. "Is there something I can help you with?" Shelby asked in a slightly irritated voice. "If not it's okay. I just loved to be stared at,"she added sarcastically, still not bothering to actually look at her.

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
outfit , outfit!
words , 202.
lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , well hello there.

[katie]

Katie was laying on the bed with her eyes open, so she saw that the girl in front of her said something. But she didn't know if she talked to her. She hoped that the girl didn't talk to her, so they didn't have to start a conversation or something, but she still took her headphones from her ears, and sat up on the bed.

"Did you say something to me?" Katie asked with calm and quiet voice and than added as an explanation, "I was listening to music so I didn't hear."

"I wish she doesn't start a conversation now." Katie thought hoping that she wasn't absolutely unlucky. She looked around the room and waited for the answer. She hoped that the girl would answer no so she could continue listening to music on her ipod.

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Tagged: Shelby
Word count: 143
Outfit: Here!
Status: Finished}

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

"Let's put it this way, I would appreciate it if you didn't stare at me while you listened to your ipod. Nothing personal, I just prefer not to stared at and creeped out at the same time." Shelby said in a slightly irritated voice. "Weirdly enough, its not on my list of favorite things. Shelby looked back at the letter. She rolled her eyes and folded it back up. She didn't even feel like reading the rest of it. It was all bullshit anyway. Instead, she climbed off the bed and sat down on the floor beside it. She pulled out the drawer and slid the board off from the bottom. Pulling out a single cigarette and lighter she closed the secret compartment back up and placed the cigarette in her mother. She lit it, took a drag and closed her eyes. Oooh the sweet taste of cancer and nicotine. She exhaled with a trail of smoke escaping her mouth and then pulled out air freshener and an ashtray. She didn't bother to open the window. If someone was walking past, they would most definitely notice the smell of smoke.

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
outfit , outfit!
words , 194.
lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , well hello there.

[katie]

Katie smiled and shrugged her shoulders when she heard the girl's answer. She tried to remember if she was really staring at the girl or not, but she couldn't exactly. So she remained quiet just shrugged her shoulders. She looked back to her ipod and she was about to turn the music on again, when she decided that it would be more nice of her if she said sorry. Right, she hated it, but right now she thought that it would irritate the girl more, or contrary, the girl would act more nicely. But she didn't care. Though, she hoped that the first one would happen.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to." Katie said with really calm and peaceful voice and smiled. Then she got back to her ipod and continued listening to music. She closed her eyes, so the girl wouldn't blame her that she was staring at her again.

Few minutes passed. Katie was still listening to music, when she smelled something awful suddenly. It was smell of smoke, obviously. Katie hated it. She opened her eyes quickly and looked at the girl. She was smoking, and she didn't even bother to open the window. Katie coughed and stopped breathing for some seconds. It was terrible.

"Hey, can you please stop smoking or at least open the window? I'm going to suffocate now!" Katie asked the girl as politely as she could, though there was tone of irritation in her voice.

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Tagged: Shelby
Word count: 246
Outfit: Here!
Status: Finished}

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

"Yeah whatever." Shelby answered no really caring anymore. The more of the cigarette she smoked, the more relaxed she seemed to get. She put the cigarette to her lips and took a drag. She leaned down and picked up her mother's letter again. She hadn't finished reading it. She was about to just toss it in the trash but hesitated a bit. She tapped the tip on the ashtray and ran her fingers through her hair. There was a bit of an exaggerated coughing coming from behind her. The girl started talking again. "Hey, can you please stop smoking or at least open the window? I'm going to suffocate now!"

Shelby rolled her eyes. "Don't be so dramatic. You are not going to suffocate. The room isn't a closet you know. Its big enough where you'll survive." Shelby opened the small window over her bed just a crack. "There. I'm not putting the cigarette out and I'm not opening the window anymore than that. I don't want to smoke to attract anyone. Trust me new girl. I've been here long enough to know that you aren't going to pass out from inhaling a little bit of smoke from my one cigarette. I'll be finished soon enough." She shook her head a bit and then took another drag. Great. She was stuck with a complainer. Most people she shared the room with didn't complain when she smoked a cigarette. They knew that it was just pointless since Shelby was going to do whatever she wanted to do. Not too mention, most of them smoked too. Plus they had the entire 1st floor to themselves and it was definitely spacious. A little smoke never hurt anybody. Besides, they were all damaged goods anyway.

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
outfit , outfit!
words , 304.
lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , well hello there.

[katie]

Katie hated smoke, and she even had allergy of its smell. And now, this girl started to smoke in front of her and she didn't even felt like it was disturbing anyone or not. And her answer was really irritating too. Katie looked at her with kind of angry look. She didn't like when someone talked to her with that tone. Finally the girl opened the window but only just a little, so it wasn't even much help. But Katie remained quiet and calm. She didn't want to fight with her or get a new enemy. Hopefully, she didn't have any enemies yet. And she didn't want to have any either.

Katie nodded her head and shrugged her shoulders looking at the girl once more and smiling cynically. She never liked girls like this one, even when she was in high school. They disturbed her, because Katie herself was very quiet girl. And now she had met one of them again.

Katie sighed and looked down to her knees. She didn't know what to do. She though that she could find some peace here, but it turned out totally different. She sat still, not even moving, she even forgot to turn music on.

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Tagged: Shelby
Word count: 203
Outfit: Here!
Status: Finished}

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

The girl didn't respond to anything that Shelby said. She just sat there. Good. They had an understanding. Shelby did what she wanted to do when she wanted to do it. Sure, during the time that she had been at Horizon she had come to understand the art of compromise and had even put it to good use, but that didn't mean she liked it. She felt she had done enough compromising in her past to last a lifetime. This was not going to be one of those instances when she was going to cave. Placing the lit cigarette between her lips again in order to leave both of her hands free, she folded the piece of paper back up and stuffed it in the envelope. She would finish reading her mother's letter later. If she felt like it that is. She wondered if her sister Jess had gotten one as well. She made a mental note to ask the girl later.

After a few more moments, Shelby finished her cigarette and stubbed it out in the ashtray. She released one more long stream of smoke from her nostrils and mouth and had the urge to light another cigarette. She resisted though. No need to hear this girl complain again. She would just smoke one later on tonight after curfew. Instead, she grabbed the astray and walked the length of the room to the bathroom. She dumped the cigarette butt and ash out into a toilet in one of the stalls and then flushed. There. All gone. When she got back in the room and made it to her bed, she grabbed the can of air freshener and sprayed it a bit to cover the smell. AFter a minute or two, once most of the smell of smoke was gone, she opened the window more to let the rest out.

"There. Think you're going to live?" Shelby asked with a raised eyebrow. She grabbed one of her notebooks and a pen and then grabbed Clifton's letter. She was going to write back to Clifton and would definitely add this incident and what her mother's letter said. It's not like she had anything else interesting to write about, besides her and Scott.

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
outfit , outfit!
words , 371.
lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , well hello there.

[katie]

Katie continued sitting calm. Her mind was blank, empty. Few minutes passed, and she started to think again. It was almost impossible to see Katie when she wasn't thinking. Either she wanted it or not, it always happened. Sometimes, even unintentionally, she started thinking about different things. Exactly same happened now. Her eyes were fixed to her knees, but she couldn't see anything in fact. Her mind was in somewhere else.

Katie remembered her life before she was sent to Horizon suddenly. It didn't happen too often, because her previous life wasn't too perfect. Nor was her present one. Katie tried to compare her previous life with her present one. But she couldn't find too much differences. The kids at her high school didn't understand her. They were total jerks. The kids here didn't get along with Katie too well either, though they did know what she felt, maybe, because their life wasn't perfect either. But still, Katie found it too hard to fit into any group of people here. They were all different, and strange.

Then suddenly, Katie was sobered from her thought with a girl's voice. She looked up from her knees and looked at the girl. "There. Think you're going to live?" Girl asked sarcastically. Katie looked around and realized that the girl stopped smoking and even opened the window. She took a deep breath of a fresh air. She felt good again. Now she really didn't want to fight with this girl. So she smiled as well as she could.

"Um... Yeah, I guess..." Katie shrugged her shoulders, "Thank you." She added and moved her eyes from the girl back to her knees. It sounded a bit fake, but who cared, right?

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Tagged: Shelby
Word count: 292
Outfit: Here!
Status: Finished}

[shelby alexandria merrick]

*well she ain't no cinderella when she's getting undressed !
^{CAUSE SHE ROCKS IT LIKE THE NAUGHTY WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST}

Shelby heard the girl as she took a deep breath. Yep, she was definitely being dramatic. Shelby kept her mouth shut for once though because she was not about to spend her time arguing with the new girl. It just wouldn't serve a purpose. She was already on extra kitchens for a week so there was no need to make the situation worse for herself. Suddenly, she wished that she was on the hike with the other cliffhangers. It actually had nothing to do with the hike itself, it was more of the fact that she wanted to be out there with Scott. He didn't mind the hikes. Shelby had definitely gotten used to them, though that didn't quite mean that she actually liked them. She had to admit, sometimes they were fun.

Too late to do anything about it now. She was stuck here on campus. "Um... Yeah, I guess...Thank you." "Whatever." Shelby responded as she bit the bottom of her pen, trying to figure out what to right to Clifton about. She started the letter off with saying hi and what not. After a few minutes, she only had about a paragraph of the letter done. Maybe she should just come back to it later. She put the notebook away and went back into her drawer. She pulled out a rather ratty old copy of Romeo&Juliet. Most people wouldn't expect someone like her to be into Shakespeare but she honestly loved it. Romeo& Juliet was one of her favorite plays. She had read it so many times that she knew it like the back of her hand. She opened it up to the scene where Romeo and Juliet first met and began reading from where she had last left off.

* i doubt she’d even let the devil buy her little black book. city hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look ! ,
^{EVERY A-LIST PLAYER IS A FAVORITE FRIEND, CAUSE THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME IN THE BACK OF THE BENZ}

tagged , katie!.
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lyrics , shakin hands by nickelback
status , finished.
notes , sorry it took so long.