Note: I know that it took forever for me to post the next chapter. It's been busy, but it's no excuse for not posting chapters that I've already written, especially since I'm reposting it. I'll try to get more chapters up, since I'm trying to update every story possible before I leave for college on Saturday. I don't know if I'll have access to this site or not after then. However, I'll update when I can get around to it. Hopefully, it won't be too long.
Chapter 10
The girls trudged upstairs when they reached the lodging house. Well, Pillow actually jumped onto each step, so it was a miracle that she was still moving when they reached their floor.
"Want do you want to do now," Pillow asked, bouncing up and down on her bed. Her eyes were still bright with energy and it was obvious that it wasn't going to go down soon.
"Yeah, what are we doing," a new voice joined in. All the girls looked up quickly, spotting two new girls in the room, along with some new beds.
The girl that had spoken had slightly wavy dark brown hair, which had burgundy gold tints and curled in at the edges. Her eyes were a dark brown and she had olive skin and an angular face. A scar was visible from her chin to her neck, though not enough to draw a lot of attention. She stood up to her height of 5 foot 3, a smile on her face.
"More new girls," Pillow exclaimed, "I have even more roommates now!"
"Lela Adame, but everyone calls me Chaos," the first girl introduced herself.
"I wonder why," Smartass remarked sarcastically. It was already evident that Chaos was hyper and the last thing anyone needed was two hyper people in the same lodging house.
"Catherine Dwyer or Artist," the other girl said. Artist had curling auburn hair, hazel eyes and freckles. She stood at 5 foot 4.
"Nice to meet you," Scribble spoke up, "You get sent down today?"
"Yeah," Artist replied, "The cops found me selling my drawings and paintings in the city and brought me here."
"I came on my own," Chaos remarked. All eyes focused on her when she said that. Except Pillow, who looked excited at the prospect on someone else who came to school willingly.
"You…wanted to come to school," Rebel asked.
"Well, not for the academic stuff," Chaos replied, "That's boring." A few of the girls looked relieved at this information. Even though not all of them hated school, they didn't like the idea of being forced against their will.
"What are you talking about," Pillow asked, "School is fun!"
"Of course only you would say that," Dani told her.
"I bet the teachers love her," Smartass muttered, feeling sorry for the teachers who had to put up with the girl.
"I don't want to go," Artist said, "They're just doing it to take away all our creativity."
"They don't want us on the streets, that's for sure," Scribble agreed, "but school's not really a bad thing."
Suddenly, an object went flying across the room, hitting Chaos right in the face. She grabbed the pillow from the ground, looking around for her target. She looked at the others to an answer as to who the culprit was. Silently, all but Artist pointed over to where Pillow sat on her bed.
Chaos grinned somewhat evilly before throwing the pillow back at the girl and jumping off her own bed.
"They'll be busy for a while," Dani said, sounding relieved at the thought of the young girl using her hyperactivity in another way.
"You can't start a pillow fight," Pillow whined from the other side of the room, "That's my job. You can ask my brother and he'll say the same thing."
"I'll say what," a male voice asked from the door.
"Joey," Pillow shouted, running to her brother, "Tell Chaos about the pillow fighting rule!"
Joseph raised an eyebrow at this, "What rule?" Pillow pouted, looking up at him expectantly, "No one else usually starts them besides you. I remember that time you attacked me in the morning."
"What are you doing here," Artist asked.
"Just checking to make sure my sister isn't driving you crazy," he replied.
"Who's that behind you," Pillow questioned. The guy standing behind Joseph stood up tall as he turned around.
"This is Tommy Yammat or Nosey," Joseph remarked, not sounding too thrilled with introducing the guy. Nosey stood at 5 foot 8 and was really skinny. He had strangely brown hair and chocolate brown eyes that shown from behind glasses.
"Just wanted to see what was going on," Nosey shrugged, not at all uncomfortable with the few glares sent in his direction. He gave the group one last look before heading off.
"I can see where he gets the nickname," Smartass said.
"You've gotta watch sometimes," Joseph told them, "I can see he gives off a bad impression to a lot of people…even Spot."
"If Spot's annoyed with him, he must be bad," Scribble commented, knowing Spot better than the other girls.
"Isn't this gonna be fun," Dani remarked as Joseph left and Pillow resumed her conversation with Chaos. The other girls didn't look too happy about the new male addition to the lodging house either. Well, either way, they'd have to get used to it.
Shout-Outs:
TheAngryPrincess13 – That does suck. I could never wait that long to get Newsies. Luckily, I found my copy at a Blockbuster…and it was the last one they had.
SmartassLeprechaun – Well, you wanna be a senior more than I do. It's gonna be a long year. Thanks for the character.
Koodles4you – It's ok, you weren't pushy at all. I really wanted to make that chapter longer, but I couldn't think of anything. And I desperately wanted to update. You didn't nothing wrong. I've been feeling rushed anyway with school starting in a week and getting everything together.
Akiki Iris – I hope I can keep these chapters sounding good. Thanks for reviewing!
Sparks Kelly – Yeah, I love it when I have a character's personality down. As for the party, I'll have to see what I can work out with that.
Geometrygal – You loved the last chapter! Yeah, that makes me feel special! I love it when you love it! Woah, I think I'm getting a little hyper. That doesn't happen too often. Anyway, hope you loved this one as well.
Written Sparks – I'm glad that you liked that line. I liked it too. And don't worry about reviewing every chapter.
Chapter 11