Dare
Chapter Two
Disclaimer: read the first chapter and you'll see
Rating: still T, wouldn't ya think?
"Girls, it's time to get your pajama's on," Roxy's mom ordered.
"Already?" Roxy whined.
"It's 9:30!"
"That's early!"
"Actually, not really. If this were a school night…"
"But it isn't! It's a sleepover!"
"Just do me this favor of going to sleep! You girls have been nothing but a headache to me all night!"
"It's only the beginning."
"You know what? I've had enough of your smart talk. Go to bed NOW."
"But…"
"I don't want to hear it. Leave. Now."
The girls traipsed to Roxy's bedroom, which happened to be on the opposite end of the house as Roxy's mom's room.
"Why'd you argue with her?" Gabi asked.
"To make it seem more realistic," Roxy grinned a sly grin.
"You are SO good!" Dana giggled.
"Becca, can you close the door?" Kara asked.
"Where's Tina?" Becca hesitated.
"Just close it, she's such a nuisance," Dana ordered.
"She's still part of this group though," Gabi disagreed.
"I don't know, maybe she'll get an attitude change once she sees what we've got in store for us today!" Roxy grinned.
"Oh my god! You have drinks! Liquor!" Gabi squealed.
"Wow!" Becca gasped, she had never drunk beer before.
"Mmm, I can taste it now!" Dana licked her lips.
"Roxy, you really outdid yourself this time," Kara smiled.
"And it wouldn't be complete with out…" Roxy flipped open her cellphone. "…the boys."
Tina ran out of the bathroom, grabbed her flip flops, and stormed out the door. She ran for two blocks until she came to a dock. Panting, she leaned against a wooden stake until she felt her breaths become less frantic. Gathering the rest of her pride she strutted down the wooden pier until she came to an old ramshackle building at the very end. She rapped her knuckles against the coarse, hard wood door, scratching herself because the paint was peeling into long, thin splinters as sharp as knifes. After a few antagonizing minutes a woman in her late 40s answered the door.
"Who is this?" The woman asked the trembling Tina that was on her doorstep.
"You don't remember me?" Tina's heart dropped. This was her only hope.
"I might need a refresher," The lady brushed the tangled, gray/brown locks out of her eyes to behind her ears.
"Tina? Spot's…friend?" Tina began to stutter, holding back the tears that wanted so badly to pour down her face.
"Oh my how've you've grown!" Her face showed one of great surprise. "How could I ever forget you? C'mon back!"
As the door slammed shut the sign nailed in the front swung of the right nail that was holding that half up. It read, "Brooklyn Newsboys Lodging House".
"Mush…"
"What Blink."
"I'm bored."
"ARRGH! I know!"
"Sorry."
All was silent, for a little while…
"Jack?"
"Rrr."
"Do something interesting."
"Sorry, Race already did."
"Yeah."
Silence…
"Race?"
"SHUT UP BLINK!!"
"Sorry, I'm just bored."
"Hey Jack, isn't that you're cell phone?" The sound of Sexy Back was heard.
"Ooo!! I wanna answer it!!!! Can I?? Can I????" Blink was bouncing on his bed now.
"Shut up Blink! Jack can answer his own damn phone!"
"Hello?" answered Jack.
"Hey Cowboy," a sexy, sly voice replied.
"Roxy, long time no see."
"I miss your ponyrides."
"Miss yours."
"Bring over four friends and maybe you won't anymore."
"Doubt that, but Blink, Mush, Race, and Davey sound good?"
"Yeah."
"Be right there."
"Good to hear." He snapped the phone shut.
"Who was that?! Where are we going?!?" Blink fell off the bed from his hyper activity.
"Dude, calm down. Let's go get Davey first."
"Okay, ya hear that guys?! We're doing something tonight!!" Blink obviously wasn't hurt from his fall. Personally, Jack thought, he sounded like somebody who hadn't gotten laid in a while. Which was probably true.
"Woo hoo! Looks like we got ourselves a party gals!" Roxy cheered.
"Really?! OMG! Who's coming??" Dana sat down next to Roxy, pure joy in her eyes. The rest of the girls followed suit, forming a circle.
"Jack, and his friends," Roxy grinned shyly.
"Mmm. Yummy," Gabi drooled. Jack and his group were really hot.
"He and I were a couple, before he became a newsie," Roxy reminisced.
"What's a newsie? Dana asked.
"You'll see," Roxy smirked.
"Here ya go Tina darling," the woman smiled, she was the caretaker of the Lodging House and happened to be named Lily. "He should be in here."
"Thank you," Tina smiled back. She went inside and scanned the room. The couches and armchairs were all empty, except for one had a stack of magazines plopped in the seat. Tina proceeded to walk down the familiar corridor until she got to a very familiar room.
"Spot?" she whispered into the darkness. She saw a figure lying in the bed, asleep. "Spot?" she whispered again, drawing closer to his bed. He didn't stir. Finally she crawled into his bed and curled up into his body. That movement stirred him awake.
"What the…? Tina? That you?" he grogged. Tina felt the tears she had held back for so long begin to cascade down her cheeks and onto the bed making dark pools wherever they landed.
"Yeah, it's me Spot," she sobbed.
"Don't worry baby. Everythin's okay. Shhh," he turned her around so that they faced each other and tenderly brushed away her tears. He moved closer, until his warm lips were on top of her trembling ones.
"Why can I be such a bitch Spot?" she whispered, looking into his soft, baby blues.
"Shh," he kissed her forehead and they curled up tighter. After a while their breathing slowed and they were fast asleep in each other's arms.
aww...so sweet...
i think i'm going to cry now...give me just a moment...
okay!! R&R!!
mangotango 3