"But I LOVE YOU!!" Race screamed running.
The horse had paid no notice of the young Italian running along behind him.
"Come back here!" Race kept running, "You're the first horse that ever won for me today! Marry me!"
"You know Higgins, if you ran after all the horses you bet on I bet by the way that one's running you'd win every time!"
Race turned to find the same boy he had met up with earlier, "What makes you say that I don't win every time?"
The boy pointed to Race's chest, "Your name tag now says 'I am Racetrack Higgins. I never win a single race, I don't think I'll ever win one, But I can tell you here and now, I don't think I'll do more then see one'."
Race ripped the nametag off his shirt, "So you got a name, nametag man?"
"Joshua Alexander." The boy named 'Joshua Alexander' has simply said.
"Nametag will do fine for me." Race put his arms behind his head.
Nametag just shook his head, "Do you run after every horse that wins?"
"Naw, just the ones I bet on, But I didn't really bet on this one. I tripped and found a ticket, IT just happened to be a winning one." Race said holding it up.
Nametag laughed, "That's Lucky."
"Yup." Race put his hands in his pocket after collecting his riches from the person in the ticket box. "I have to go now Nametag, got things to do." Race walked away the direction of the Lodging house. "Se ya around."
* * *
Race walked into the Lodging house to see everyone still awake.
"It's eleven o'clock! We've you been!" Jack said jumping out of his bed.
"Racetracks you bonehead." Race said pulling his winnings out of his pocket.
"Wowie you made all that? That has to be, like, WOW!" Mush said excitedly.
Blink grabbed the money, "This is thirty dollars Race, where'd ya get it?"
Race smiled, "Won it."
"Liar, you never win anything!" Itey said in disbelief.
"I did! In fact, I tripped and found the ticket I won this with!" Race said holding up the ticket.
Jack laughed, "Well that's luck!"
Race nodded, "I know."
"I'm going to bed." Itey said walking toward his bunk.
"We all should get to bed, Oh by the way, Race, Spot's using your bed." Blink said walking to his and Race's bunk.
"Great! Where am I supposed to sleep?!" Race said his jaw dropping.
"Who cares?" Blink asked.
"Your mother." Race said walking outside.
"Where ya going?" Mush asked.
"Outside, it's a nice night." He said pulling a blanket off of Boot's bed. "Oh Jack, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure." Jack followed Race outside and Race told him about the boy he'd met.
"So he read your nametag?"
Race nodded. "But that's not the point. He's following me!"
"Ya, maybe you should watch out for yourself Race. There's a lot of weird people out at night, and if this guy--"
"Stop worrying 'bout me mommy. I'll be fine." Race made his way into the ally behind the Lodging house, and Jack went back inside.
* * *
It was a cold night, wasn't really what Race meant by nice. He turned to his side and pulled the blanket to his neck. He turned to his other side and saw a shadow of a person and sat up, "Why are you following me?" he asked.
"I've been watching you.." said the boy Race called Nametag.
"No duh, doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out."
The boy rolled his eyes, "Tell me, what exactly do you do all day?"
"What can't you read my nametag?" Race asked.
"You're not wearing a nametag Higgins."
"Right.. But I still want to know why your following me.."
"Your coming with me, Higgins, now!" He said grabbing Race's arm.
"But I gotta tell my mommy where I'm going!" Race said as Nametag pulled him down the ally.
* * *
"He'll be fine Jack, you know Race." Blink said to Jack.
"But what if that guy comes back?" Jack asked.
"How would he know where Race is?" Mush asked from across the room.
"He's been following him genius!" Spot said from Race's bed.
"Well, Well, is sleeping beauty awake?" Blink smiled down at Spot.
"Shut up, all of you! You can check on your boyfriend tomorrow Kelly!" Spot said turning to his side.
"He's right Jack, just get some sleep." Blink said, followed by silence and everyone was asleep.
The horse had paid no notice of the young Italian running along behind him.
"Come back here!" Race kept running, "You're the first horse that ever won for me today! Marry me!"
"You know Higgins, if you ran after all the horses you bet on I bet by the way that one's running you'd win every time!"
Race turned to find the same boy he had met up with earlier, "What makes you say that I don't win every time?"
The boy pointed to Race's chest, "Your name tag now says 'I am Racetrack Higgins. I never win a single race, I don't think I'll ever win one, But I can tell you here and now, I don't think I'll do more then see one'."
Race ripped the nametag off his shirt, "So you got a name, nametag man?"
"Joshua Alexander." The boy named 'Joshua Alexander' has simply said.
"Nametag will do fine for me." Race put his arms behind his head.
Nametag just shook his head, "Do you run after every horse that wins?"
"Naw, just the ones I bet on, But I didn't really bet on this one. I tripped and found a ticket, IT just happened to be a winning one." Race said holding it up.
Nametag laughed, "That's Lucky."
"Yup." Race put his hands in his pocket after collecting his riches from the person in the ticket box. "I have to go now Nametag, got things to do." Race walked away the direction of the Lodging house. "Se ya around."
* * *
Race walked into the Lodging house to see everyone still awake.
"It's eleven o'clock! We've you been!" Jack said jumping out of his bed.
"Racetracks you bonehead." Race said pulling his winnings out of his pocket.
"Wowie you made all that? That has to be, like, WOW!" Mush said excitedly.
Blink grabbed the money, "This is thirty dollars Race, where'd ya get it?"
Race smiled, "Won it."
"Liar, you never win anything!" Itey said in disbelief.
"I did! In fact, I tripped and found the ticket I won this with!" Race said holding up the ticket.
Jack laughed, "Well that's luck!"
Race nodded, "I know."
"I'm going to bed." Itey said walking toward his bunk.
"We all should get to bed, Oh by the way, Race, Spot's using your bed." Blink said walking to his and Race's bunk.
"Great! Where am I supposed to sleep?!" Race said his jaw dropping.
"Who cares?" Blink asked.
"Your mother." Race said walking outside.
"Where ya going?" Mush asked.
"Outside, it's a nice night." He said pulling a blanket off of Boot's bed. "Oh Jack, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure." Jack followed Race outside and Race told him about the boy he'd met.
"So he read your nametag?"
Race nodded. "But that's not the point. He's following me!"
"Ya, maybe you should watch out for yourself Race. There's a lot of weird people out at night, and if this guy--"
"Stop worrying 'bout me mommy. I'll be fine." Race made his way into the ally behind the Lodging house, and Jack went back inside.
* * *
It was a cold night, wasn't really what Race meant by nice. He turned to his side and pulled the blanket to his neck. He turned to his other side and saw a shadow of a person and sat up, "Why are you following me?" he asked.
"I've been watching you.." said the boy Race called Nametag.
"No duh, doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out."
The boy rolled his eyes, "Tell me, what exactly do you do all day?"
"What can't you read my nametag?" Race asked.
"You're not wearing a nametag Higgins."
"Right.. But I still want to know why your following me.."
"Your coming with me, Higgins, now!" He said grabbing Race's arm.
"But I gotta tell my mommy where I'm going!" Race said as Nametag pulled him down the ally.
* * *
"He'll be fine Jack, you know Race." Blink said to Jack.
"But what if that guy comes back?" Jack asked.
"How would he know where Race is?" Mush asked from across the room.
"He's been following him genius!" Spot said from Race's bed.
"Well, Well, is sleeping beauty awake?" Blink smiled down at Spot.
"Shut up, all of you! You can check on your boyfriend tomorrow Kelly!" Spot said turning to his side.
"He's right Jack, just get some sleep." Blink said, followed by silence and everyone was asleep.