Chapter 2
When Snowflake, Butterfly and Fighter finally got to the distribution office all of the others had already left. Only Gangster, Boots and Skittery were waiting for their selling partners.
"Hey! Took you very long this morning!" Boots stated when he and Fighter went to their selling spot. The both of them spent every day together for almost three months now.
But only as friends.
*
Butterfly and Gangster went in the direction towards Harlem and Snowflake and Skittery went to the Brooklyn Bridge for today.
*
"Shit! Let's take this way." Gangster pulled Butterfly trough an alley.
"Who was that guy?" Butterfly asked while running behind Gangster.
"Gangsta! You're gonna answering me or what?!"
"I know him from the past." He only said and Butterfly nodded.
Gangster was a newsie for two months now. Before he had belonged to a group of pickpockets. When he met his twin Boots again and the newsies, Butterfly was the first one to believe him that he wanted to quit his old life.
*
Skittery handing a pape to an old man and turned around to say something to Snowflake but she wasn't there anymore. He looked around for her and saw her standing in front of the shop window of the jeweler where she had been a few days ago with her friends. Skittery stood behind her and followed her gaze. She looked at the necklace with the ice-crystal. Snowflake's fingertips touched the glass as if she could touch the necklace.
"Beautiful." She whispered. She jumped when Skittery tapped her at her shoulder.
"Oh my goddess. You scared me to death. Come on, the people want their papes."
*
"Baby born with two heads!" Boots shouted through the street. Soon there was a large group around him to buy his papes. It was around noon and Boots became hungry.
"What do you think of having lunch now?"
"Tibby's?"
"Where else?" Boots put his arm around Fighter and led the way. The were very early. Nobody was there now so they get themselves a table at the windows.
"Are all of you going to Medda's Christmas Party?"
"Of course! We wouldn't let you guys get all of her famous punch!" smiled Fighter.
*
1 When Butterfly arrived home this evening Lina stood behind her desk.( So Lina is for the girls what Kloppy is for the boys.)
"Hi Lina. Are Fighter and Snowflake already here?"
"Fighter's in the kitchen. Snowflake hasn't arrived yet." Butterfly walked into the kitchen where Fighter was cooking herself hot chocolate.
"Me too!!" Butterfly grinned at her friend. They sat at a table and drank their cups of chocolate.
"We've gotta talk to Snow!" Butterfly suddenly said.
"We've tried two weeks before. She won't listen to us!"
"But it can't go on like this!"
But Snowflake didn't come home this night. The next day she still was disappeared.
Around nine this evening she walked into the lodging house. She wrote her name in the book and put her money on the desk. As she walked up the stairs she met Sweetie.
"Snowflake, are you alright?" She hold Snowflake's arm and Snow groaned in pain.
"Snow?" Sweetie took a better look at her. Her lip was split, her eye very bad bruised and she didn't seem to be able to stand any longer by her own. She tried to look back at Sweetie but she felt suddenly dizzy and fell almost down the stairs. Sweetie hold her in her arms and screamed as loud as she could.
"Holy shit! Girls! Snow is unconscious!" In a few seconds all the girls were on the stairs. They carried Snow in her bed.
"Fighter, Fist, Frosty, Goldy, Birdie, Toxic, Dragon, Texas, You're coming with me! Butterfly, Phantom Take care of her!" Thunder was already down the stairs.
*
Dean heard noise on the staircase. He opened the door just to see a fist coming to his nose. After this he only felt the bones inside his nose break.
"That's for Snow!" Thunder looked at him with eyes as cold as ice. Dean staggered a few steps back in his flat. The girls began to punch him and screamed at him.
"That will show you what happens to you if beat up a girl!" Frosty kicked him in his stomach.
"Don't you ever dare to come near her again!!!" Fighter Punched him in the face and pulled up her knee.
"I think that's enough!" Dragon said and the girls left the house.
*
When they arrived at the lodging house Snow was still unconscious.
"What did he say?" Lynx asked.
"Ouch!" Texas grinned.
"Well, yeah, but after his nose was broken and his destroyed "Family- planning-organ" he didn't say anything." Goldy grin was even wider than Texas'.
*
The next morning Butterfly and Fighter awakened by Snowflake's groaning when she woke up and felt the pain in her whole body. She slowly remembered what had happened the day before.
She was awoken early in the morning to go to work. When she was dressed and came out of the bathroom Dean stood in front of her.
"Where are you going to?"
"To work. Where else? I have to hurry. I'm already late. Skittery's probably waiting." Dean's face darkened.
"You won't go to this streetrat!" Snowflake looked at him confused.
"And why not?"
"Because my girl shouldn't be around such garbage which came out of the gutter!"
"Listen Dean, by pure coincidence I'm one of this streetrats! And this garbage is my family!" Dean slapped her across the face.
"Probably your fucking around with all of these guys, aren't you?" Again he punched her. This time it was so hard she fell against the wall.
"The others were right!" She thought dizzy. "Dean's a absolutely bum!" Dean beat her up till she was unconscious. When she woke up this evening Deans had left. She left the house as fast as she could, what wasn't very fast!
"I was so blind!" she thought when she was on her way HOME.
*
"Snow? How are you?" Butterfly and Fighter stood beneath her bed and looked at their friend asking.
"Better!" she smiled weakly. "Now, that I'm finally home!"
"Skittery was worried sick! He almost went to Dean's house. Well if we had known where he lives."
"He would deserve to be beaten up." Snowflake murmured.
"He already got it!" Fighter beamed. Snowflake looked asking at her friends.
"We visited him yesterday. He might have a few problems and maybe feel a little pain..."
"But, how did you know where he lives?"
"Please. Thunder knows her territory! She was educated by Spot!" Snowflake nodded and got up.
"You're alright?"
"Yeah!" she walked to the bathroom. She stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself.
"I have to take a shower!"
When Snowflake, Butterfly and Fighter finally got to the distribution office all of the others had already left. Only Gangster, Boots and Skittery were waiting for their selling partners.
"Hey! Took you very long this morning!" Boots stated when he and Fighter went to their selling spot. The both of them spent every day together for almost three months now.
But only as friends.
*
Butterfly and Gangster went in the direction towards Harlem and Snowflake and Skittery went to the Brooklyn Bridge for today.
*
"Shit! Let's take this way." Gangster pulled Butterfly trough an alley.
"Who was that guy?" Butterfly asked while running behind Gangster.
"Gangsta! You're gonna answering me or what?!"
"I know him from the past." He only said and Butterfly nodded.
Gangster was a newsie for two months now. Before he had belonged to a group of pickpockets. When he met his twin Boots again and the newsies, Butterfly was the first one to believe him that he wanted to quit his old life.
*
Skittery handing a pape to an old man and turned around to say something to Snowflake but she wasn't there anymore. He looked around for her and saw her standing in front of the shop window of the jeweler where she had been a few days ago with her friends. Skittery stood behind her and followed her gaze. She looked at the necklace with the ice-crystal. Snowflake's fingertips touched the glass as if she could touch the necklace.
"Beautiful." She whispered. She jumped when Skittery tapped her at her shoulder.
"Oh my goddess. You scared me to death. Come on, the people want their papes."
*
"Baby born with two heads!" Boots shouted through the street. Soon there was a large group around him to buy his papes. It was around noon and Boots became hungry.
"What do you think of having lunch now?"
"Tibby's?"
"Where else?" Boots put his arm around Fighter and led the way. The were very early. Nobody was there now so they get themselves a table at the windows.
"Are all of you going to Medda's Christmas Party?"
"Of course! We wouldn't let you guys get all of her famous punch!" smiled Fighter.
*
1 When Butterfly arrived home this evening Lina stood behind her desk.( So Lina is for the girls what Kloppy is for the boys.)
"Hi Lina. Are Fighter and Snowflake already here?"
"Fighter's in the kitchen. Snowflake hasn't arrived yet." Butterfly walked into the kitchen where Fighter was cooking herself hot chocolate.
"Me too!!" Butterfly grinned at her friend. They sat at a table and drank their cups of chocolate.
"We've gotta talk to Snow!" Butterfly suddenly said.
"We've tried two weeks before. She won't listen to us!"
"But it can't go on like this!"
But Snowflake didn't come home this night. The next day she still was disappeared.
Around nine this evening she walked into the lodging house. She wrote her name in the book and put her money on the desk. As she walked up the stairs she met Sweetie.
"Snowflake, are you alright?" She hold Snowflake's arm and Snow groaned in pain.
"Snow?" Sweetie took a better look at her. Her lip was split, her eye very bad bruised and she didn't seem to be able to stand any longer by her own. She tried to look back at Sweetie but she felt suddenly dizzy and fell almost down the stairs. Sweetie hold her in her arms and screamed as loud as she could.
"Holy shit! Girls! Snow is unconscious!" In a few seconds all the girls were on the stairs. They carried Snow in her bed.
"Fighter, Fist, Frosty, Goldy, Birdie, Toxic, Dragon, Texas, You're coming with me! Butterfly, Phantom Take care of her!" Thunder was already down the stairs.
*
Dean heard noise on the staircase. He opened the door just to see a fist coming to his nose. After this he only felt the bones inside his nose break.
"That's for Snow!" Thunder looked at him with eyes as cold as ice. Dean staggered a few steps back in his flat. The girls began to punch him and screamed at him.
"That will show you what happens to you if beat up a girl!" Frosty kicked him in his stomach.
"Don't you ever dare to come near her again!!!" Fighter Punched him in the face and pulled up her knee.
"I think that's enough!" Dragon said and the girls left the house.
*
When they arrived at the lodging house Snow was still unconscious.
"What did he say?" Lynx asked.
"Ouch!" Texas grinned.
"Well, yeah, but after his nose was broken and his destroyed "Family- planning-organ" he didn't say anything." Goldy grin was even wider than Texas'.
*
The next morning Butterfly and Fighter awakened by Snowflake's groaning when she woke up and felt the pain in her whole body. She slowly remembered what had happened the day before.
She was awoken early in the morning to go to work. When she was dressed and came out of the bathroom Dean stood in front of her.
"Where are you going to?"
"To work. Where else? I have to hurry. I'm already late. Skittery's probably waiting." Dean's face darkened.
"You won't go to this streetrat!" Snowflake looked at him confused.
"And why not?"
"Because my girl shouldn't be around such garbage which came out of the gutter!"
"Listen Dean, by pure coincidence I'm one of this streetrats! And this garbage is my family!" Dean slapped her across the face.
"Probably your fucking around with all of these guys, aren't you?" Again he punched her. This time it was so hard she fell against the wall.
"The others were right!" She thought dizzy. "Dean's a absolutely bum!" Dean beat her up till she was unconscious. When she woke up this evening Deans had left. She left the house as fast as she could, what wasn't very fast!
"I was so blind!" she thought when she was on her way HOME.
*
"Snow? How are you?" Butterfly and Fighter stood beneath her bed and looked at their friend asking.
"Better!" she smiled weakly. "Now, that I'm finally home!"
"Skittery was worried sick! He almost went to Dean's house. Well if we had known where he lives."
"He would deserve to be beaten up." Snowflake murmured.
"He already got it!" Fighter beamed. Snowflake looked asking at her friends.
"We visited him yesterday. He might have a few problems and maybe feel a little pain..."
"But, how did you know where he lives?"
"Please. Thunder knows her territory! She was educated by Spot!" Snowflake nodded and got up.
"You're alright?"
"Yeah!" she walked to the bathroom. She stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself.
"I have to take a shower!"
