Spot leaned over and kissed her softly. When he pulled away, he saw tears slipping down her soft cheeks.
"Rora? What's wrong?" he asked.
She smiled sadly and placed a soft hand on his cheek. She kissed him and walked through the window.
"Ya okay?" asked Stress.
"Yeah, Tell Nick I wen't for a walk?"
"Shoah"
Sapphire noticed that defeated look in her friend's eyes.
"Ya shoah you'se okay?"
"I'm fine"
Aurora walked out of the Lodging House and into the humid summer night. What have I done? She thought to herself.
"Ror!" yelled Blink running to catch up.
"Hi"
"Hi yourself. What da hell is goin on wit ya?"
She looked over at him in shock.
"Come with me" said Aurora "I don't want to talk here"
Racetrack walked out of the Lodging house to see Aurora walk arm in arm away with Blink.
"I'am neva gonna undastand goils" he whispered to himself.
She smiled at her brother as they sat on a park bench.
"I really missed you"
"I missed ya too"
She leaned her head back and thought of last time she had seen her brother.
"Aurora!" said Miss. Oliver, the head of the small Manhattan orphanage "I want ya ta meet some people"
Aurora looked at her brother.
"Go 'head" he whispered smiling.
She followed Miss.Oliver into her small office. Inside sat a kindly looking couple.
"This is the Jenkins. They would like to adopt yoou"
"Nicky too?"
"No sweetie"
"Do you like horses?" asked The women "We own a ranch"
"Can I be a cowgirl?"
"You can" said the man picking her up.
"What ya thinking about?" asked Blink.
"The day I was adopted"
"God, dat was da woist day. I memba dey wouldn't let ya say goodbye to me"
"So I snuck away"
"You were a sneak even den"
" I wasn't a sneak, I was… Resourceful"
"Shoah" replied Blink. "Do you like 'im?"
"Who?"
"Spot, don't act like ya dumb"
"Yes"
"Be careful"….
Yeah?
Carryin Da Banner,
Revolution