It was another sunny hot day in Colby, Texas and the famous Red Harrington was making her way to the closest post office. Because her ''leg'' was causing her little problems in walking. Opening the door, she was greeted by the cool air. The old man, smiled, seeing her and started chattering, while sorting letters in boxes.
,, Mornin', Ms. Harrington! Quite the heat out there, ain't it? Oh, I almost forgot, the letter arrived. Let me go and get it.'' With that the old man disappeared behind the curtains to a room filled with packages, boxes and envelopes.
Soon enough he came back with an envelope and put it on the counter.
,, There ya' go, miss.''
She picked it up and looked at the address it was from.
'' Eleanor Lovett.
186 Fleet Street, London
Great Britain ''
She smiled as it was from her little sister.
It had been a while, since they've met. She missed her and sometimes even regretted leaving warm sunny London for the always burning hot sandy Colby.
She thanked the man and went back to her office.
She slumped in the chair and opened the letter, sliding her gaze across the text.
After putting down the letter she called:,, Tontoo!''
The Indian rushed in her office, looking panicked, and beer mustache decorating his upper lip.
,, I swear, I didn't do anything.'' He slurred out, trying to stand up straight.
She rolled her eyes:,, No, I called you here, because we are goin' on a little trip… and wipe that beer mustache off your face.''
Relaxing he licked it off and asked slowly:,, A. Trip? To where?''
,, London. We're visitin' my lil' sister. She has been asking me to come and visit her. Besides; haven't seen her in ages…'' She sighed, draining her whiskey glass.
,, Now go and pack your stuff. We're leavin' this evenin' to make it to the ship by mornin'. Go!''
He nodded and hurried out, leaving her alone with her thoughts.
Later that evening they got it the last train going out from Colby. As the train whistled, Red looked out the window, at the starry skies. She was going to miss this place too, but she just thought of her little sister made it better.
The train finally started moving and they were off. As the sandy valleys and cliffs slowly disappeared, she started seeing more green around them. There was more grass, trees and blooming green mountains, animals stopping to admire the mighty moving train.
Finally she surrendered and let her eyelids fall.
She woke up again and it was still dark outside. She noticed that there were more houses around them. After a good hour or two the first towns and cities started to appear. She was amazed by the world outside the sandy deserts. Finally a sign appeared.
Welcome to:
New York
The city of marketing and transport.
She poked Tonto, who was still sound asleep, until she hit him lightly, making him jump and look around:,, Wha? Where are we?''
She smiled:,, New York. Our stop. Come on! Take that bird with you and let's get ready to get off.''
He nodded and got up, rubbing his eyes.
They got off and we're greeted by the noise of people, carriage's clobbering against the cobble and the ship's horns.
They found their ship and got in line. Finally they got on board S.S. Anne (I just couldn't think of anything else. And I got the idea by playing Pokemon few moments ago :D) they found their cabins and met back at the front of the ship.
,, London, here we come…'' She let out a deep breath, leaning against the bars.
She felt someone touching her shoulder, looking to her right she saw, Tonto's hand on it and that made her a bit mad.
,, Get your hands off me, Tonto.'' She muffled, shrugging it off. ,, No one touches me or my leg without payin' first... And you know that darn well…'' She shot him a little glare.
He swallowed and nodded, petting his bird on his head, looking back to the mesmerizing view of the sun playing with the ocean, making it sparkle.
To be continued...
Heeey! So I couldn't stay away and wrote the first chap :D Anyways R&R and stay tuned for the next one, but I can't promise it will be soon.