Chapter 9: Figure In The Alleyway
On the streets of New York….
Alex led his friends to where he first thought he saw Rosalina and a little past since she had walked right by him. They looked in every place they could and soon they realized they had walked really far, so they decided to back track. The stopped just off an alleyway about three blocks away from where Alex saw her.
"Dude, she could be anywhere!" Thomas said.
"Well, what if Alex only thinks he saw her?" Qaasim said.
"No! I really did!" Alex yelled. "We're just not looking hard enough!"
"Well, I'm hungry," Thomas said.
"Me too," David said.
"Fine, let's go back to the house and get something to eat," Nat said.
"But I'll die by the time we get there," Thomas whined.
"We'll cut through the alleyway," Nat said. The others all shrugged and followed Nat into the alleyway.
Just a few feet in Alex tripped, but got right back up. "Sorry Rosalina," he said. Everyone, including Alex, turned around and saw, in the flesh, Rosalina, sitting against the wall, unconscious.
"Rosalina!"
Nat ran over to where Alex was standing and kneeled down. Qaasim also kneeled down and the others stood behind them. Juanita took Alex's hand in hers and he gave her hand a small squeeze.
"She's okay…right?" Thomas asked, breaking the silence.
Qaasim looked up and gave a nod. "Yeah, she's just out of it."
"I can't believe it," Nat said smiling and tears coming to his eyes. "Alex, you really did see her before."
"My eyes do not lie," Alex said with a smile.
"From here she looks really worn out," David said.
"Yeah, we should bring her back to your place Nat," Cooper said.
Nat nodded and easily picked Rosalina up off the ground. Alex and Juanita led them all down the alleyway and Nat stayed towards the back. He glanced down at Rosalina and smiled. She's really back.
