"Hades that was yeahs ago!"
"Come on Spin! Just tell me. I'm supposed tah be your best pal. I mean, we have known each otha since we were tots!"
Spin Conlon rolled her eyes, "Jeez Hades! Your so annoying when it comes tah this stuff." she whined, "Ok ok, you wanna hear me life story? Sit down, cos this is gunna take awhile!"
"OK!" Hades squealed and ruffeld Spin's brown hair. Her best friend had always been so secretive about her life, but through some major pestering and begging, she had managed to get her to sit down and tell her. The two girls sat down on their bunks and Spin started to tell her story.
**flashback**
"Mama Mama! Can I go play with Gabriel?" a young Tara Conlon, or Tara Quinn as she as called back then, giggled. Her Mother, Amanda Quinn, smiled at her and shoo'ed her away. It had been years since her father had given her up and Amanda had raised Tara the best she could.
"Gabriel! Gabriel!" Tara squealed and ran towards her. The two had become best friends when they were 3, and now that they were 7, they were inseperable. Tara looked up to Gabriel, even though she was one year younger than she was. Gabriel Atallah was independent and very tough, and Tara wanted to just like her.
"Gabriel? What's it like to be a Newsie?"
"It's ok I guess. Spot says it's da only t'ing that a kid can do tah stay alive." Gabriel shrugged.
"Gabriel?"
"Yea?"
"Who is Spot?"
Gabriel looked at her clueless friend, "He's da one who found me when me Mom and Pop died remembah? Spot Conlon. Da futcha leadah of Brooklyn. Once he gets oldah a'coise."
"Ooooh. Can I meet him?" Tara said hopefully. She had heard things about the famous Spot Conlon. He lived in Brooklyn and he was going to rule it, or so he said. But that was all she knew. She had always been facinated by him.
"Shoah Tara. But not tahday."
"Ok, Hades."
**end of flashback**
Hades sat back, her eyes wide with wonder."Spin, I don't see how you remembah dis stuff! It almost like it was yestahday!"
"I don't know how I remembah it so vividly. Good mem'ry I guess." she reliped, the famous Conlon smirk spreading across her face.
"So go on!!!"
Spin rolled her eyes and smiled at Hades, "Alright Alright..."
**flashback**
"Tara? Honey? Can I talk to you for a moment?" her Mother beckoned.
"Where are ya Mom?" a slightly older Tara responded. She bounded down the steps of the large white staircase two at a time, something her Mother had told her not to do. "You might break some of our expensive glasses and I don't want you to hurt yourself." she had always told her.
"I'm in the kitchen sweetie!" she called back. Tara burst through the door, the hem of her green dress hiked up to show her mom her "battle scars."
"Mom! Me and Gabriel climbed the trees in the old park today. I fell out and hit my knee on a rock. It was so neat!"
"First of all Missy, it is Gabriel and I, not Gabriel and me. And what have I told you about climbing trees? You-"
She was cut off by the sound of her 10 year old daughter's voice, "You shouldn't go looking for accidents. Young ladies don't look attractive with scabbed knees. I know Mom. I was just havin' fun!"
"I know Tara, I know." her Mom sighed and started to fix their dinner for the night.
Tara tugged at her Mother's shirt, "Mom? Why are you cooking? Why don't we just get a maid? We have enough money!"
"Tara, honey, we need to talk about something. I wish your Father could be here to help me with this, but he had another business meeting. Will you come in the dining room and sit down?"
Tara followed her Mother into the dining room, "Is somethin' wrong Mama?"
Her mother sat down and smiled her caring smile, "No sweetie. I just think your old enough now, and I have to let you know something."
"Mom I know all about not talking to stangers and how stupid boys are. Gabriel has already told me about that!"
"No sweetie this is diffrent," she sighed,"Tara, you know your Father and I love you and we would do anything for you. Right?"
Tara smiled at her Mother, "Sure Mama. I know!"
"I don't know how to tell you this properly. Tara, I'm not your real Mother. When you were born, you came out backwards, and your real Mother died afterwards. Your real last name is Conlon. Your Father's name was Nathan, your Mother's name was Julia. You have a twin sister and an older brother. Your Father left you in the Doctor's hands, and I volunteered to raise you as my own."
"Mama?"
"Yes Tara?"
Tara whimpered and threw her arms around her Mother,"I love you Mama!"
**end of flashback**
Hades wiped tears from her eyes,"Spin, that's so sad."
"Well at least she told me!"
"Ok..just go on."
**why yes, it's another FLASHBACK!**
Almost half a year had passed since Tara's mother had told her the news. She hadn't told her parents, OR Gabriel but she had planned to run away and move to Brooklyn. Tara brushed back her brown hair and adjusted the green shirt and brown pants that Gabriel had lent her without question. She made her way to her Mother's room and layed a note on her pillow:
Dear Mama and Papa, Thank you so much for raising me. You are the best parents I could have asked for, but I am going to go find my real family. I will miss you both and please don't forget that I love you. Maybe I will be back someday. Please don't come looking for me, I'll be OK.
Your daughter, Tara
Tara tugged her black cap onto her head and fondeled a golden cross that hung around her neck ,"I love you Mama. Please don't worry about me." She kissed her Mother's cheek and slipped out of the large, white mansion.
I hope I'm doing the right thing. What if Spot doesen't remember me? she thought to herself. She slipped into the alley Gabriel told her to meet her in.
Tara looked at her best friend. The one that she had known her whole life, "Show me the way to Brooklyn...Hades."
**end of flashback**
"Come on Spin! Just tell me. I'm supposed tah be your best pal. I mean, we have known each otha since we were tots!"
Spin Conlon rolled her eyes, "Jeez Hades! Your so annoying when it comes tah this stuff." she whined, "Ok ok, you wanna hear me life story? Sit down, cos this is gunna take awhile!"
"OK!" Hades squealed and ruffeld Spin's brown hair. Her best friend had always been so secretive about her life, but through some major pestering and begging, she had managed to get her to sit down and tell her. The two girls sat down on their bunks and Spin started to tell her story.
**flashback**
"Mama Mama! Can I go play with Gabriel?" a young Tara Conlon, or Tara Quinn as she as called back then, giggled. Her Mother, Amanda Quinn, smiled at her and shoo'ed her away. It had been years since her father had given her up and Amanda had raised Tara the best she could.
"Gabriel! Gabriel!" Tara squealed and ran towards her. The two had become best friends when they were 3, and now that they were 7, they were inseperable. Tara looked up to Gabriel, even though she was one year younger than she was. Gabriel Atallah was independent and very tough, and Tara wanted to just like her.
"Gabriel? What's it like to be a Newsie?"
"It's ok I guess. Spot says it's da only t'ing that a kid can do tah stay alive." Gabriel shrugged.
"Gabriel?"
"Yea?"
"Who is Spot?"
Gabriel looked at her clueless friend, "He's da one who found me when me Mom and Pop died remembah? Spot Conlon. Da futcha leadah of Brooklyn. Once he gets oldah a'coise."
"Ooooh. Can I meet him?" Tara said hopefully. She had heard things about the famous Spot Conlon. He lived in Brooklyn and he was going to rule it, or so he said. But that was all she knew. She had always been facinated by him.
"Shoah Tara. But not tahday."
"Ok, Hades."
**end of flashback**
Hades sat back, her eyes wide with wonder."Spin, I don't see how you remembah dis stuff! It almost like it was yestahday!"
"I don't know how I remembah it so vividly. Good mem'ry I guess." she reliped, the famous Conlon smirk spreading across her face.
"So go on!!!"
Spin rolled her eyes and smiled at Hades, "Alright Alright..."
**flashback**
"Tara? Honey? Can I talk to you for a moment?" her Mother beckoned.
"Where are ya Mom?" a slightly older Tara responded. She bounded down the steps of the large white staircase two at a time, something her Mother had told her not to do. "You might break some of our expensive glasses and I don't want you to hurt yourself." she had always told her.
"I'm in the kitchen sweetie!" she called back. Tara burst through the door, the hem of her green dress hiked up to show her mom her "battle scars."
"Mom! Me and Gabriel climbed the trees in the old park today. I fell out and hit my knee on a rock. It was so neat!"
"First of all Missy, it is Gabriel and I, not Gabriel and me. And what have I told you about climbing trees? You-"
She was cut off by the sound of her 10 year old daughter's voice, "You shouldn't go looking for accidents. Young ladies don't look attractive with scabbed knees. I know Mom. I was just havin' fun!"
"I know Tara, I know." her Mom sighed and started to fix their dinner for the night.
Tara tugged at her Mother's shirt, "Mom? Why are you cooking? Why don't we just get a maid? We have enough money!"
"Tara, honey, we need to talk about something. I wish your Father could be here to help me with this, but he had another business meeting. Will you come in the dining room and sit down?"
Tara followed her Mother into the dining room, "Is somethin' wrong Mama?"
Her mother sat down and smiled her caring smile, "No sweetie. I just think your old enough now, and I have to let you know something."
"Mom I know all about not talking to stangers and how stupid boys are. Gabriel has already told me about that!"
"No sweetie this is diffrent," she sighed,"Tara, you know your Father and I love you and we would do anything for you. Right?"
Tara smiled at her Mother, "Sure Mama. I know!"
"I don't know how to tell you this properly. Tara, I'm not your real Mother. When you were born, you came out backwards, and your real Mother died afterwards. Your real last name is Conlon. Your Father's name was Nathan, your Mother's name was Julia. You have a twin sister and an older brother. Your Father left you in the Doctor's hands, and I volunteered to raise you as my own."
"Mama?"
"Yes Tara?"
Tara whimpered and threw her arms around her Mother,"I love you Mama!"
**end of flashback**
Hades wiped tears from her eyes,"Spin, that's so sad."
"Well at least she told me!"
"Ok..just go on."
**why yes, it's another FLASHBACK!**
Almost half a year had passed since Tara's mother had told her the news. She hadn't told her parents, OR Gabriel but she had planned to run away and move to Brooklyn. Tara brushed back her brown hair and adjusted the green shirt and brown pants that Gabriel had lent her without question. She made her way to her Mother's room and layed a note on her pillow:
Dear Mama and Papa, Thank you so much for raising me. You are the best parents I could have asked for, but I am going to go find my real family. I will miss you both and please don't forget that I love you. Maybe I will be back someday. Please don't come looking for me, I'll be OK.
Your daughter, Tara
Tara tugged her black cap onto her head and fondeled a golden cross that hung around her neck ,"I love you Mama. Please don't worry about me." She kissed her Mother's cheek and slipped out of the large, white mansion.
I hope I'm doing the right thing. What if Spot doesen't remember me? she thought to herself. She slipped into the alley Gabriel told her to meet her in.
Tara looked at her best friend. The one that she had known her whole life, "Show me the way to Brooklyn...Hades."
**end of flashback**