A/N: Thanks for the reviews you guys…here's a few responses…
Rae: what's she up to? You'll see in the next chapter!
Moth: Well, I was wondering where you had gotten of to…anyway, glad you liked my joke, yes I got my reviews, I'm not telling and…I'm not telling
Ice Dancer: I'm not telling
Athena: I posted so you'd better!
Chapter Ten
That night Cat climbed back up the fire escape and through the window of the lodging house. Dodger was lying in bed but looked up as Cat let herself in the room.
"Hey, kiddo. How are you?" Cat asked.
Dodger grinned up at her. "I'm okay, just a little sore. How are you?"
"I'm good. When did you wake up?"
"This morning. They said that a girl with red hair brought me in last night, was it you?"
"Yep. I was glad to help out. What were you doing in that area by yourself that late anyway?"
"Oh, I was looking for you."
"Looking for me?" she asked astonished.
"Yeah. I have a question I couldn't ask a boy, and you're the only girl I really know besides Jack's girlfriend Sarah, and well, she's just, I don't know she just bugs me." At that moment Cat heard steps outside the door.
"Sorry, kid, you'll have to ask me later. I've gotta go." Cat slipped out the window and up the fire escape just as the door opened. Cat got to the roof and spotted Mouse sitting in the corner.
"Hi, Mouse, how was your day?"
"How was my day? How was my day?" Mouse repeated, fury covering her face. "You abandoned me to go off in the city by yourself. How could you do that? I've been worried about you all day long. I didn't know where you were or what you were doing! I can't believe you! Cat, how could you have left me by myself?"
"Wow, not good I guess. That's the longest I've heard you talk since I met you." Cat said avoiding direct comments on anything Mouse had said. Cat then set about getting ready to go to sleep.
"You're just going to go to sleep. I can't believe you. Where were you today?"
"I'm sorry but I can't tell you. I'm sorry I left you alone all day today but tomorrow we'll go out and spend all day selling. Now I need to go to sleep, I'm exhausted." Cat lay down and turned on her side and soon drifted off into sleep with Ashes curled up beside her.
***
The next morning Cat work up just as the sun kissed the horizon and started a new day. She woke Mouse and the two of them got their papers and then headed towards their selling spot. They sold their papers quickly that morning and then went to find something to eat. They found some food and sat down on the sidewalk next to the gutter to eat.
"So, Mouse, are you going to forgive me?" Cat asked.
"Eventually," Mouse responded.
"When?" Cat asked.
"Not yet."
Cat sighed and paused for a second then asked, "Now?"
"Not yet."
Cat sighed again and paused a little longer. "Now?"
"No."
Cat sighed again and then paused for a minute. "Now?"
"NO!"
Cat sighed again and waited five minutes without talking at all then asked, "Now?"
Mouse sighed. "Yeah, I guess so."
"Wow, I didn't think you'd cave that quickly. You must be going soft in your old age." Cat joked with a grin.
"No, I'm just tired of all your whining."
"I didn't whine. I bitched. There's a distinct difference."
"Yeah, what's that?"
"Little kids whine. I bitch."
"Well I guess that makes sense. I mean you are a bitch so therefore you would bitch."
"Are you calling me a bitch?"
"Yeah, I am."
"Whore."
"Tramp."
"Slut."
"Ho."
"Strumpet." At this insult, both girls broke out in giggles.
A/N: Okay this last scene is for a friend of mine. This is how we treat each other, all the time. Yes, I did say friend…we like being mean to each other…anyway here's another chapter in the fic that seems like it will never end…tell me what you think!
Rae: what's she up to? You'll see in the next chapter!
Moth: Well, I was wondering where you had gotten of to…anyway, glad you liked my joke, yes I got my reviews, I'm not telling and…I'm not telling
Ice Dancer: I'm not telling
Athena: I posted so you'd better!
Chapter Ten
That night Cat climbed back up the fire escape and through the window of the lodging house. Dodger was lying in bed but looked up as Cat let herself in the room.
"Hey, kiddo. How are you?" Cat asked.
Dodger grinned up at her. "I'm okay, just a little sore. How are you?"
"I'm good. When did you wake up?"
"This morning. They said that a girl with red hair brought me in last night, was it you?"
"Yep. I was glad to help out. What were you doing in that area by yourself that late anyway?"
"Oh, I was looking for you."
"Looking for me?" she asked astonished.
"Yeah. I have a question I couldn't ask a boy, and you're the only girl I really know besides Jack's girlfriend Sarah, and well, she's just, I don't know she just bugs me." At that moment Cat heard steps outside the door.
"Sorry, kid, you'll have to ask me later. I've gotta go." Cat slipped out the window and up the fire escape just as the door opened. Cat got to the roof and spotted Mouse sitting in the corner.
"Hi, Mouse, how was your day?"
"How was my day? How was my day?" Mouse repeated, fury covering her face. "You abandoned me to go off in the city by yourself. How could you do that? I've been worried about you all day long. I didn't know where you were or what you were doing! I can't believe you! Cat, how could you have left me by myself?"
"Wow, not good I guess. That's the longest I've heard you talk since I met you." Cat said avoiding direct comments on anything Mouse had said. Cat then set about getting ready to go to sleep.
"You're just going to go to sleep. I can't believe you. Where were you today?"
"I'm sorry but I can't tell you. I'm sorry I left you alone all day today but tomorrow we'll go out and spend all day selling. Now I need to go to sleep, I'm exhausted." Cat lay down and turned on her side and soon drifted off into sleep with Ashes curled up beside her.
***
The next morning Cat work up just as the sun kissed the horizon and started a new day. She woke Mouse and the two of them got their papers and then headed towards their selling spot. They sold their papers quickly that morning and then went to find something to eat. They found some food and sat down on the sidewalk next to the gutter to eat.
"So, Mouse, are you going to forgive me?" Cat asked.
"Eventually," Mouse responded.
"When?" Cat asked.
"Not yet."
Cat sighed and paused for a second then asked, "Now?"
"Not yet."
Cat sighed again and paused a little longer. "Now?"
"No."
Cat sighed again and then paused for a minute. "Now?"
"NO!"
Cat sighed again and waited five minutes without talking at all then asked, "Now?"
Mouse sighed. "Yeah, I guess so."
"Wow, I didn't think you'd cave that quickly. You must be going soft in your old age." Cat joked with a grin.
"No, I'm just tired of all your whining."
"I didn't whine. I bitched. There's a distinct difference."
"Yeah, what's that?"
"Little kids whine. I bitch."
"Well I guess that makes sense. I mean you are a bitch so therefore you would bitch."
"Are you calling me a bitch?"
"Yeah, I am."
"Whore."
"Tramp."
"Slut."
"Ho."
"Strumpet." At this insult, both girls broke out in giggles.
A/N: Okay this last scene is for a friend of mine. This is how we treat each other, all the time. Yes, I did say friend…we like being mean to each other…anyway here's another chapter in the fic that seems like it will never end…tell me what you think!