It was around seven this evening when Race walked in the girl's room.
"Hey, You're coming? We want to introduce you to the guys." The girls walked over in the other bunkroom where a big group of guys were sitting around. Some were just talking, some laying on their beds, some reading, and some playing poker.
"Hey Guys!" Race whistled loud and everyone turned around to him. Jenny and Star recognised a few of them from Tibby's. Jack for example was sitting there at a table with Blink and two other guys playing poker. One of these guys had blonde hair and wore glasses. The other boy had dark curled hair and also wore glasses.
"Boys. These two ladies here are Jenny and Starlight." Several whispers and whistles came up in the room. Jack arose and walked up to them.
"You better get used to the girls, because they'll stay here from now on. And don't try anything with them."
"Okay, You know Jack here. Over there at the table with Blink are Dutchy and Specs. These guys here are Skittery, Snipes, Crutchy…… And then there would be Mush, but he is in Harlem for the weekend." Race had pointed at every guy in the room.
"Hello!" The girls greeted. After the introducing the actions just went on like they had before. Star and Jenny walked over to the table where the boys played poker.
"D'you know how to play?" the one Race had called Dutchy asked the girls.
"Sure!" Jenny's eyes brightened.
"And you?"
"I know how to play. But I'm not in the mood today." Star answered and shrugged. Blink eyed her curiously. He wished he could asked what had really happened, he was sure they hadn't told them all of it, but he couldn't in front of the others. So he just had to wait.
"Where do you two come from?" Jack asked. Star, Jenny, Race and Blink exchanged glances, what, for god's sake, none of the others saw.
"We lived with Jenny's cousin. But She died a few days ago in an accident." Star lied.
"Hm, I didn't read about an accident." Dutchy said.
"It was over in Jersey. She was visiting an old friend of her. We get the news today." Jenny lied.
"Are you two sisters?" Specs asked looking at the really different looking girls.
"No. I was adopted by Jenny's mom when I was a baby." This was the part that wasn't a lie.
"Oh. What's with your mom?" Dutchy looked at Jenny who looked down on the floor.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you with the question."
"It's okay." Jenny smiled up at him. Only Star knew that Jenny would lie with her answer.
"She went died a few years ago from scarlet fever." The truth was that she had been killed when she gave birth to another baby five years ago. Both died in this night-the baby and Jenny's mother.
The guys looked down while Star looked at Jenny and had to hide a small smile. They played the whole evening and in the night. Jenny even made it to win a few games. About two in the morning they stopped playing and Star and Jenny walked in their bunkroom.
"Enjoy the last morning you can sleep in. Monday you have to get out EARLY. And I mean EARLY!" Race winked at them when they said goodnight.
"Hey, You're coming? We want to introduce you to the guys." The girls walked over in the other bunkroom where a big group of guys were sitting around. Some were just talking, some laying on their beds, some reading, and some playing poker.
"Hey Guys!" Race whistled loud and everyone turned around to him. Jenny and Star recognised a few of them from Tibby's. Jack for example was sitting there at a table with Blink and two other guys playing poker. One of these guys had blonde hair and wore glasses. The other boy had dark curled hair and also wore glasses.
"Boys. These two ladies here are Jenny and Starlight." Several whispers and whistles came up in the room. Jack arose and walked up to them.
"You better get used to the girls, because they'll stay here from now on. And don't try anything with them."
"Okay, You know Jack here. Over there at the table with Blink are Dutchy and Specs. These guys here are Skittery, Snipes, Crutchy…… And then there would be Mush, but he is in Harlem for the weekend." Race had pointed at every guy in the room.
"Hello!" The girls greeted. After the introducing the actions just went on like they had before. Star and Jenny walked over to the table where the boys played poker.
"D'you know how to play?" the one Race had called Dutchy asked the girls.
"Sure!" Jenny's eyes brightened.
"And you?"
"I know how to play. But I'm not in the mood today." Star answered and shrugged. Blink eyed her curiously. He wished he could asked what had really happened, he was sure they hadn't told them all of it, but he couldn't in front of the others. So he just had to wait.
"Where do you two come from?" Jack asked. Star, Jenny, Race and Blink exchanged glances, what, for god's sake, none of the others saw.
"We lived with Jenny's cousin. But She died a few days ago in an accident." Star lied.
"Hm, I didn't read about an accident." Dutchy said.
"It was over in Jersey. She was visiting an old friend of her. We get the news today." Jenny lied.
"Are you two sisters?" Specs asked looking at the really different looking girls.
"No. I was adopted by Jenny's mom when I was a baby." This was the part that wasn't a lie.
"Oh. What's with your mom?" Dutchy looked at Jenny who looked down on the floor.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you with the question."
"It's okay." Jenny smiled up at him. Only Star knew that Jenny would lie with her answer.
"She went died a few years ago from scarlet fever." The truth was that she had been killed when she gave birth to another baby five years ago. Both died in this night-the baby and Jenny's mother.
The guys looked down while Star looked at Jenny and had to hide a small smile. They played the whole evening and in the night. Jenny even made it to win a few games. About two in the morning they stopped playing and Star and Jenny walked in their bunkroom.
"Enjoy the last morning you can sleep in. Monday you have to get out EARLY. And I mean EARLY!" Race winked at them when they said goodnight.