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A girl with brown hair that went to her shoulders was walking around New York, trying to keep away from the one place that she knew she would end up. The Lodging House. She has been missing for three years and now she was ready to go back and face the people that took her in, the people who felt like family, the guy she fell in love with.
It was getting dark out and she knew that she would have to find shelter and that she would have to get this whole reunion thing over with. She walked up to the Lodging House and up its steps and walked inside. Kloppmann was no where to be found so she decided to go up to the bunkroom. The boys would be back any second and she wanted to prepare herself as much as she could emotionally.
She stepped into the bunkroom, nothing has changed. The bunks were in the same position as they were years ago. Clothes were scattered everywhere except the middle, where Kloppmann would clean everyday so he could walk in and wake them up. She found a chair at the back of the room, a perfect place to be placed. She knew that she would be visible to everyone right when they walked into the door.
A couple of minutes passed and she soon heard footsteps walking up the stairs. As her heart raced, the footsteps began to get quicker. The door opened and in piled all the little kids at first. Kids that wouldn't remember her for they were to young when she left. Soon the older kids came in. The first person she set eyes with was Kid Blink who was walking in with Racetrack and Jack Kelly. They all stopped in their tracks and just stared. Racetrack stepped towards her and then let his eyes fall to the ground as he went into the washroom, passing her as he went.
Jack went to his bunk and took off his bandana and sat on his bed taking off his shoes. The girl got up from her seat and went over to Jack.
"Jack." She said softly. "I'm so sorry." Jack looked at her and shrugged.
"A little late for apologies?"
"Jack, I had to. I was losing it. I couldn't stay anymore. I had to leave."
"And youse couldn't just tell us dat? Youse had to leave witout anyone knowing, making us scared to death dat youse were out dere dead somewhere. Three years and now youse say sorry." He stood up and walked away, but not too far for she had grabbed his arm.
"Please Jack, I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too." He took his arm back and walked out of the bunkroom, most likely up to the roof. She knew no one was going to be happy. She had known that they were looking for her the minute she disappeared. She had felt so guilty making them worry like she did, but she was convinced that she did the right thing. A hand touched her shoulder and she turned around to face Blink. Tears came to her as she remembered the last time she saw him. She looked into her once best friends eyes and broke down. Blink didn't comfort her, he just stood there.
"I'm so sorry." She fell to the ground and continued to cry, wanting someone's comfort.
"Blink." A little boy named Tips tugged on Blinks shirt. "Whyse dat lady crying?" Blink looked at Tips and then at the girl.
"Ise don't know. Ise don't know her." The girl looked up at Blink not believing the words that were coming out of his mouth. "Youse stay 'ere wit her. I'm gonna go out fer a smoke." The little boy nodded and Blink then left her. She cried harder, she knew this was going to happen, but she didn't know it was going to hurt this much. They were abandoning her like she had done to them.
***Flashback***
"Hey Jersey, whats wrong?" The girl looked over at her best friend in concern.
"Nothing is wrong. Yes dere is, no dere isn't. Ise don't know anymore Vicks."
"Jersey, if its about what Blink said, he didn't mean anything by it."
"Ise know he didn't. Ise just tought dat me best friend would be dere fer me."
"Well people surprise ya sometime."
"But what if he's right. What if life would be better witout me?"
"He's wrong. Just go to sleep and everytin will be better tomorrow." Jersey nodded and laid down on her bed. She closed her eyes, not wanting to fall asleep but to wait til her friend Vicks was out of the room. As soon as she heard the door close Jersey arose from her bed and pulled her sack from underneath the bed. She quickly stuffed her clothes in there and any other possession she had. She then took a piece of paper and wrote a short note:
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Dear fellows
I'm gone. I'm out of your life. I'm sorry it had to be this way.
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She left it on her bed and walked to the door of the bunkroom and looked back. She looked around the bunkroom trying to memorize everything about it, then she turned around and walked right out of the door.
***End of Flashback***
Blink quickened his pace as he neared the Brooklyn Lodging House. He knew he had a job to do, he had to tell Spot that his ex girlfriend was in town. He quickly ran inside and finding some boys which he knew.
"Hey Pistol where's Spot?"
"Upstairs in his bedroom I think." She gave Blink a smile and said. Blink ran upstairs to Spots bedroom and knocked.
"Who's dere?" "Blink."
"Come in." Blink opened the door to see Spot leaning against the window.
"Jersey's back." Spot stood up straighter and crossed his arms. "She's at Manhattan."
"Whats she doing back?"
"Ise don't know, but wese aint all takin it to well."
"I'll be dere tomorrow morning. Make sure she stays dere. Me questions need answering, but not right now." Blink nodded and left.
Jersey sat on the floor, leaning up against the wall listening to Tips tell his stories about the strike. She would smile at the good parts where he was excited the most. The door opened and in walked Blink. She watched him hoping he would look at her, but it was to no avail. A blanket was presented to Jersey and she looked up to see Racetrack.
"Thanks Race."
"I'm not like da others. Ise can't stay mad at anyone. Youse abandoned yer family, and if youse tink youse can come back and its gonna be okay den yer wrong. Youse left us." With that he walked away. Jersey covered herself with the blanket, told Tips she was tired and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night someone put their hand over Jersey's mouth and shook her awake. Jersey's eyes popped open and tried to scream.
"Don't. Ise just wanna talk wit youse." Jersey stopped fighting and calmed down. The person offered a hand for her to get up and she took it. They walked to the fire escape and went up to the roof. There was a light that was on top of the building and there Jersey saw who it was.
"Spot?"
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Now review please
SamI
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A girl with brown hair that went to her shoulders was walking around New York, trying to keep away from the one place that she knew she would end up. The Lodging House. She has been missing for three years and now she was ready to go back and face the people that took her in, the people who felt like family, the guy she fell in love with.
It was getting dark out and she knew that she would have to find shelter and that she would have to get this whole reunion thing over with. She walked up to the Lodging House and up its steps and walked inside. Kloppmann was no where to be found so she decided to go up to the bunkroom. The boys would be back any second and she wanted to prepare herself as much as she could emotionally.
She stepped into the bunkroom, nothing has changed. The bunks were in the same position as they were years ago. Clothes were scattered everywhere except the middle, where Kloppmann would clean everyday so he could walk in and wake them up. She found a chair at the back of the room, a perfect place to be placed. She knew that she would be visible to everyone right when they walked into the door.
A couple of minutes passed and she soon heard footsteps walking up the stairs. As her heart raced, the footsteps began to get quicker. The door opened and in piled all the little kids at first. Kids that wouldn't remember her for they were to young when she left. Soon the older kids came in. The first person she set eyes with was Kid Blink who was walking in with Racetrack and Jack Kelly. They all stopped in their tracks and just stared. Racetrack stepped towards her and then let his eyes fall to the ground as he went into the washroom, passing her as he went.
Jack went to his bunk and took off his bandana and sat on his bed taking off his shoes. The girl got up from her seat and went over to Jack.
"Jack." She said softly. "I'm so sorry." Jack looked at her and shrugged.
"A little late for apologies?"
"Jack, I had to. I was losing it. I couldn't stay anymore. I had to leave."
"And youse couldn't just tell us dat? Youse had to leave witout anyone knowing, making us scared to death dat youse were out dere dead somewhere. Three years and now youse say sorry." He stood up and walked away, but not too far for she had grabbed his arm.
"Please Jack, I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too." He took his arm back and walked out of the bunkroom, most likely up to the roof. She knew no one was going to be happy. She had known that they were looking for her the minute she disappeared. She had felt so guilty making them worry like she did, but she was convinced that she did the right thing. A hand touched her shoulder and she turned around to face Blink. Tears came to her as she remembered the last time she saw him. She looked into her once best friends eyes and broke down. Blink didn't comfort her, he just stood there.
"I'm so sorry." She fell to the ground and continued to cry, wanting someone's comfort.
"Blink." A little boy named Tips tugged on Blinks shirt. "Whyse dat lady crying?" Blink looked at Tips and then at the girl.
"Ise don't know. Ise don't know her." The girl looked up at Blink not believing the words that were coming out of his mouth. "Youse stay 'ere wit her. I'm gonna go out fer a smoke." The little boy nodded and Blink then left her. She cried harder, she knew this was going to happen, but she didn't know it was going to hurt this much. They were abandoning her like she had done to them.
***Flashback***
"Hey Jersey, whats wrong?" The girl looked over at her best friend in concern.
"Nothing is wrong. Yes dere is, no dere isn't. Ise don't know anymore Vicks."
"Jersey, if its about what Blink said, he didn't mean anything by it."
"Ise know he didn't. Ise just tought dat me best friend would be dere fer me."
"Well people surprise ya sometime."
"But what if he's right. What if life would be better witout me?"
"He's wrong. Just go to sleep and everytin will be better tomorrow." Jersey nodded and laid down on her bed. She closed her eyes, not wanting to fall asleep but to wait til her friend Vicks was out of the room. As soon as she heard the door close Jersey arose from her bed and pulled her sack from underneath the bed. She quickly stuffed her clothes in there and any other possession she had. She then took a piece of paper and wrote a short note:
__________
Dear fellows
I'm gone. I'm out of your life. I'm sorry it had to be this way.
_______
She left it on her bed and walked to the door of the bunkroom and looked back. She looked around the bunkroom trying to memorize everything about it, then she turned around and walked right out of the door.
***End of Flashback***
Blink quickened his pace as he neared the Brooklyn Lodging House. He knew he had a job to do, he had to tell Spot that his ex girlfriend was in town. He quickly ran inside and finding some boys which he knew.
"Hey Pistol where's Spot?"
"Upstairs in his bedroom I think." She gave Blink a smile and said. Blink ran upstairs to Spots bedroom and knocked.
"Who's dere?" "Blink."
"Come in." Blink opened the door to see Spot leaning against the window.
"Jersey's back." Spot stood up straighter and crossed his arms. "She's at Manhattan."
"Whats she doing back?"
"Ise don't know, but wese aint all takin it to well."
"I'll be dere tomorrow morning. Make sure she stays dere. Me questions need answering, but not right now." Blink nodded and left.
Jersey sat on the floor, leaning up against the wall listening to Tips tell his stories about the strike. She would smile at the good parts where he was excited the most. The door opened and in walked Blink. She watched him hoping he would look at her, but it was to no avail. A blanket was presented to Jersey and she looked up to see Racetrack.
"Thanks Race."
"I'm not like da others. Ise can't stay mad at anyone. Youse abandoned yer family, and if youse tink youse can come back and its gonna be okay den yer wrong. Youse left us." With that he walked away. Jersey covered herself with the blanket, told Tips she was tired and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night someone put their hand over Jersey's mouth and shook her awake. Jersey's eyes popped open and tried to scream.
"Don't. Ise just wanna talk wit youse." Jersey stopped fighting and calmed down. The person offered a hand for her to get up and she took it. They walked to the fire escape and went up to the roof. There was a light that was on top of the building and there Jersey saw who it was.
"Spot?"
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Now review please
SamI