Chapter Two
Much to Blink's relief he had a pretty normal day after the bad start, the only out-of-the-ordinary thing was that he had a really bad headache that got worse as the day went on, he just put that down to the sun though so everything was more or less normal. He sold the small amount of papers that he had managed to grab in his hurry to get away from the spot where he'd fallen over so he headed for Tibby's to find some company. He headache was still getting worse by the minute and he was feeling quite dizzy. He walked through the door, into the cool calmness of Tibby's, where he'd spent so much time in the past but everything looked slightly different, though he couldn't quite figure out how. He sat down at a table near the back of the café and looked around. He spotted Jack and Sarah across the room, for some reason he really didn't feel like joining them, he just sat there watching them. They looked so close, this had never bothered him before but for some reason he felt the anger grow inside him until he had to stand up and walk right back out of the door. In his confusion and anger he walked straight into someone, he muttered "sorry" and carried on but the person grabbed his arm and pulled him back and he realised, that it was Crutchy, "Hey Blink, how's you day been?" he said,
"fine Crutchy, just fine" Blink muttered, gritting his teeth, "why wouldn't it be fine, I made a total idiot of myself" he was shouting by this time and people were stopping to look at him "a complete idiot I looked, in front of the women I love!" he stopped suddenly and put his hand over his mouth as he realised what he'd just said.
"So who's dat then Blink?" asked Crutchy
"No one. No one, just forget it"
"But youse said-"
"It-doesn't-matter" Blink cut in, sounding very threatening, he just prayed that Crutchy didn't repeat any of that to Sarah. He walked away quickly, making sure he didn't fall over this time. He only realised where he was when he reached the lodging house. He ran inside and clapsed on his bunk. What on earth had he been thinking, Sarah was so annoying, not only that but she was Jacks.
Much to Blink's relief he had a pretty normal day after the bad start, the only out-of-the-ordinary thing was that he had a really bad headache that got worse as the day went on, he just put that down to the sun though so everything was more or less normal. He sold the small amount of papers that he had managed to grab in his hurry to get away from the spot where he'd fallen over so he headed for Tibby's to find some company. He headache was still getting worse by the minute and he was feeling quite dizzy. He walked through the door, into the cool calmness of Tibby's, where he'd spent so much time in the past but everything looked slightly different, though he couldn't quite figure out how. He sat down at a table near the back of the café and looked around. He spotted Jack and Sarah across the room, for some reason he really didn't feel like joining them, he just sat there watching them. They looked so close, this had never bothered him before but for some reason he felt the anger grow inside him until he had to stand up and walk right back out of the door. In his confusion and anger he walked straight into someone, he muttered "sorry" and carried on but the person grabbed his arm and pulled him back and he realised, that it was Crutchy, "Hey Blink, how's you day been?" he said,
"fine Crutchy, just fine" Blink muttered, gritting his teeth, "why wouldn't it be fine, I made a total idiot of myself" he was shouting by this time and people were stopping to look at him "a complete idiot I looked, in front of the women I love!" he stopped suddenly and put his hand over his mouth as he realised what he'd just said.
"So who's dat then Blink?" asked Crutchy
"No one. No one, just forget it"
"But youse said-"
"It-doesn't-matter" Blink cut in, sounding very threatening, he just prayed that Crutchy didn't repeat any of that to Sarah. He walked away quickly, making sure he didn't fall over this time. He only realised where he was when he reached the lodging house. He ran inside and clapsed on his bunk. What on earth had he been thinking, Sarah was so annoying, not only that but she was Jacks.