So so so sorry this took so long. I have been in a state of permanent laziness. But as a birthday gift to me, I finally finished this!
On a unrelated note, a lot of these characters, with an exception of Race, are based of parts of me. So I really do have Smalls extreme ADHD, Katherines dreams, Spots anger and Jack silence. This is exaggerated of course for the sake of fiction, but yes, I am as messed up as I seem.
Disclaimer: For my birthday I got a newsies necklace, shirt, and book. Not the rights.
I watched his car pull away, until it was nothing more then a dot on the horizon. Even after I could no longer see it, i stood there, wondering how it had come to this, until Medda placed her hand on my shoulder.
" You okay sweetie?" She asked cautiously, as if I was about to have a mental breakdown, which in her profession was a valid concern.
" Fine." I mumbled, turning towards the brick wall that towered over me. " Let's go." Medda grabbed my arm and led me through the tall wrought iron gate.
" Come on, let me show you your dorm." She lead me across the quad, which seemed to be deserted.
" Where is everybody?" I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me.
" In their dorms." She replied, as if it was common knowledge. Seeing my confused look she elaborated. " It's homework time, everyone has to stay in their dorms for.." She checked her golden watch. " another half an hour. Then we have dinner."
" Oh." Was all I could think to say. We stopped in front of a three story brick building with ivy spiraling up the side. Medda smiled.
" Katherine, this is going to be your home for this year." I rolled my eyes. This could never be my home. Medda turned the tarnished knob and pushed the door open, giving me a clear view of the cream colored walls of the hallway. She motioned for me to step inside. I lifted my bags and tentatively stepped inside. I glanced down the hallway to see several doors, each made of dark wood.
" Wheres my room?" I asked, eager to put my bags down. My hands were aching from carrying them across the campus.
" Second floor." Medda responded. She lead me briskly up a staircase, and I marveled at the ornate carving on the banister. Seeing my amazement, Medda paused for a moment to explain the architecture. " You know, this was originally the headmasters home. It was only when we started admitting girls that we turned it into a dorm." she turned away smirking, and we continued up the steps. They were creaking, in a way I knew could be easily fixed. A small part of my brain told me they kept them creaky so no one could escape without alerting them.
She lead me down a hallway identically to the one downstairs, scanning the numbers on the doors.
" Ah, here it is." Medda exclaimed, stopping in front of an identical wooden door. " Room 211." She rummaged around in the pocket of her frilly pink dress, and finally came up with a old fashioned bronze key. She shoved it into the door, and I leaned over her shoulder to see into my room. The door swung open, and I found myself face to face with an energetic auburn haired girl who seemed to be my age. Her hair was cut short, like she did it herself in a moment of temporary insanity. Or taking into consideration the fact that we are here, permanent insanity.
" Hi you must be Katherine." She said, her high voice piercing my ears. She bounced around for a moment before noticing Medda. " I got it from here Miss Medda! I'll show her around during free time! Bye bye now!" She closed the door in Meddas face.
" Umm.. Hi" I said, shifting from foot to foot awkwardly.
" Hi!" She said chipperly. " Whats your favorite color? favorite food?" at that moment a shrill bell sound came from the windows, causing me to jump several feet in the air. " Oh it's dinner time, Come on!" She pulled me by the arm down the hallway, passing other girls who seem to be in varying conditions of decency.
" Why are people not wearing the uniform? I was told there was a uniform." I asked Smalls once we reached the quad.
" Oh you only have to wear that during classes." smalls said, practically bouncing as we made our way to the cafeteria. She dragged me all across the quad, waving to people as she went. She grabbed my tray for me, and I simply watched as she filed it with way more food then I would eat and dragged me to a table full of boys from 8 or 9 to my age.
" Hey guys!" Smalls said, plopping my tray down. " This is Katherine, my new roommate." The boys all uttered various hellos, except for one dark hair boy whose head was buried into a drawing he was doing. I watched him for a few moments before realising Smalls was talking.
" I'm sorry what did you say?" I asked, turning away from the boy with the mop of dark waves.
" I said this is Racetrack, Spot, and Romeo." She said, motioning to a dirty blonde haired boy with a cigar, a angry looking short boy, and a grinning dark hair kid.
" Hello, lady. Me think you're going to need a real man." Said the one called Romeo with a smirk.
" You thinks wrong Romeo." I said coyly. I turned to Racetrack. " Are you allowed that cigar?"
" Nah. " He said. " nicked it." I shut up after that, and simply listened to their conversations. After a few minutes of listening, I dared to ask a question on my mind.
" Are you all insane?" I wondered. " You don't really act it." Then I thought of Smalls fingers drumming on the table, Race stealing the cigar and Spots permanent scowl.
" Yeah, I'm fucking insane, but at least I am free." Racetrack replied matter of factly.
" You ain't free." Spot said with a angry voice. " you're here ain't ya?"
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