I pulled up to the parking lot to the side of the big top tent. It seemed peaceful and quiet seeing the empty field. I could hear voices coming from inside, so I made my way in. I peeked my head inside and I saw a big table with some of the freaks sitting around it, talking and laughing with each other. I couldn't help but smile as I made my way closer. A few of them slowly stopped talking as they noticed me. A few of them stood up and walked toward me. I was soon face to face with the seal man, the amazon woman, and the 2 headed twins.
"I'm sorry miss, but you can't be here when the show is closed." the seal man said.
"I'm actually looking for someone. I'm here to see Jimmy." the freak's faces lighted up.
"Oh you must be Victoria." the left twin head said in a cheery tone. "Jimmy won't stop talking
about you." her sister glared at her.
"Hush Bette." she muttered under her breath. The amazon then shook my hand.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Eve and this is Paul and Bette and Dot." I smiled at them and they
did the same back. They walked me over to the table and I was introduced to everyone else. Paul excused himself from the group, saying he was going to find Jimmy. While he was gone, everyone was telling me stories about themselves and how they ended up in the show. I could listen to all of them for hours; they were even kind enough to share their food and drinks with me. Even though last time I was here, I heard some of the patrons say that they were scared of the freaks and other things of that nature, but I knew they were wrong and just didn't understand them.
After a few minutes, I saw Jimmy enter the room. We both smiled wide at each other. I moved Ma Petite off my lap and walked up to Jimmy. I felt warm in the face as I could feel everyone's eyes on us. Jimmy then took me by the hand, his hands were still as soft as I remember them,
"You ready for the grand tour?" he asked with a smile. I smiled up at him.
"Yes. I can't wait." he then lead me out of the tent to the back where everyone's caravans stood. There was even a room with old props that was used in the show sometime before. Everything looked absolutely amazing, I felt like I wanted to stay here all day; never wanting to go home again.
"Seems like everyone has taken a liking to you already." Jimmy said as we were walking out of the prop tent.
"Yeah, I love them as well. They are the best people I've ever-" I then stumbled over a rock and fell on the ground. Jimmy helped me to my feet and brushed the dirt from my dress.
"You ok? You're not hurt are ya?" he asked. I shook my head.
"I'm fine." but I looked down as my right leg felt heavy. I then saw that my shin had been impaled by a pair of gardening shears. about 4 inches of the blade stuck out of the back of my leg. Blood was almost pouring out of the wound and I could feel myself getting faint. Jimmy picked me up and took me to his tailor.
"Ma! Ma, I need your help." he called as he layed me on his bed. The bearded lady comes running up to us.
"Oh, what happened?" she asked.
"She tripped and her leg got impaled. Go get some rags or something. I need to stop her bleeding." she went of to gather the things as Jimmy worked on wriggling the shears from my leg. It took a while because it was really in there, but he finally got it out and started to clean everything up. Jimmy's mother gave me a glass of water and Jimmy was wrapping bandages around my leg. I took a few sips and looked up at Jimmy's mother.
"I'm Victoria by the way, nice to meet you." I said with a soft smile. She smile and chuckled softly.
"My name is Ethel. Wish we would've meet under better circumstances. My Jimmy has talked a lot about you after you left the show the other day." I glanced over at Jimmy who blushed a bit and I smiled. Jimmy then butted in.
"Victoria, you sure you ok? You took this like it was nothing." I wasn't expecting this to happen but I ended up telling him and Ethel about the way I was born. After I was done with my story, they both looked like they were almost amazed by it.
"Wow, I don't believe I've come across anyone with that kind of ability." Ethel said. She then look over at Jimmy. "Maybe we should introduce her to Elsa."
"Maybe, but you know how she is with people coming to her and not her going to them." Jimmy retorted.
"You leave that to me, honey." she then left the caravan and Jimmy and I were alone. He helped me sit up on the bed.
"You sure you're ok?" he asked. I nodded, standing up and started to walk around. My dress was long enough to cover all the bandage a little bit still showed. I sat back down next to Jimmy and sat my hand on his.
"Thank you for all this Jimmy. Besides what just happened, I'm happy I came over." he smiled a sweet and almost sheepishly at me.
"I'm happy you did." he then slowly leaned in close to me and kissed me on the cheek. I felt my face grow more warm, then out of impulse I kissed him back on the lips.
"I'm really happy I'm here." I whispered.