Everything wasn't fine. I didn't want to be on the streets, even if it was just for one night. Who knows what could be lurking around (Muggers, bulls, and worst of all, The Delancy brothers). I stopped and leaned against a street pole and looked up at the sky "Well, what do I do now?" I asked to whoever might be listening and wasn't surprised when nobody responded since the area was deserted. Okay, streets or not. I'm tired and I'm going to get some sleep, but first... One more thing I said to myself while climbing up somebody's fire escape. As I made my way up there, the whole city lay spread out before my eyes. IT was one of the very last "Family Things" I did when everything was fine and my mother wasn't married to a Bachagoulpe(sp?) I stretched out on the roof and fell asleep dreaming about all sorts of thing, I didn't even bother to try and sort everything out. When I finally woke up the next morning I realized I missed the meeting with Mike to do what he called a Training Day. Jumping off the fire escape , 87 hours later I got to the meeting spot only to have missed him. Stopping to catch my breath after the running and muttering "oh, damn." No sooner had I said that, then I could have sworn I could have heard my mother's voice saying "A lady never swears in public" Starting to walk away, I heard a familiar voice yell "Hey, are ya looking for me? why ya leaving. What's going on?""I thought I missed ya so I was gonna go search" I said lying. "Naw, you didn't' miss me, I was jist gettin here myself. Overslept. Once you join the group, you'll find that sleep is one of the things your always looking for, that and money" well, this is it. Here we go We walked on "Mike, I said in my most serious voice, if you are trying to make me laugh, you'll have to do better then that." "Come here Princess Smarty Pants" he said all ready to give me a nudge "I have a lot more where those came from, I'll tame the shrew and get you to crack a smile" I shook my head "Sure Mike, anything you say." I knew how talk to him. "Yes" him to death and agree with everything. After a while and I was starting to learn who we should watch out for, where to go, and what to do for the day when I would join the newsie team.
Running from the Past
By: ElisabethMcCawley
My story for the Upper east side lodging house. Please check it out
Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 2,432 - Reviews: 1 - Published: Sep 3, 2001 - id: 393500
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Everything wasn't fine. I didn't want to be on the streets, even if it was just for one night. Who knows what could be lurking around (Muggers, bulls, and worst of all, The Delancy brothers). I stopped and leaned against a street pole and looked up at the sky "Well, what do I do now?" I asked to whoever might be listening and wasn't surprised when nobody responded since the area was deserted. Okay, streets or not. I'm tired and I'm going to get some sleep, but first... One more thing I said to myself while climbing up somebody's fire escape. As I made my way up there, the whole city lay spread out before my eyes. IT was one of the very last "Family Things" I did when everything was fine and my mother wasn't married to a Bachagoulpe(sp?) I stretched out on the roof and fell asleep dreaming about all sorts of thing, I didn't even bother to try and sort everything out. When I finally woke up the next morning I realized I missed the meeting with Mike to do what he called a Training Day. Jumping off the fire escape , 87 hours later I got to the meeting spot only to have missed him. Stopping to catch my breath after the running and muttering "oh, damn." No sooner had I said that, then I could have sworn I could have heard my mother's voice saying "A lady never swears in public" Starting to walk away, I heard a familiar voice yell "Hey, are ya looking for me? why ya leaving. What's going on?""I thought I missed ya so I was gonna go search" I said lying. "Naw, you didn't' miss me, I was jist gettin here myself. Overslept. Once you join the group, you'll find that sleep is one of the things your always looking for, that and money" well, this is it. Here we go We walked on "Mike, I said in my most serious voice, if you are trying to make me laugh, you'll have to do better then that." "Come here Princess Smarty Pants" he said all ready to give me a nudge "I have a lot more where those came from, I'll tame the shrew and get you to crack a smile" I shook my head "Sure Mike, anything you say." I knew how talk to him. "Yes" him to death and agree with everything. After a while and I was starting to learn who we should watch out for, where to go, and what to do for the day when I would join the newsie team.
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