The days had passed by; Gav kept having the same dream over and over. Every time she did she would wake up when Blink called her name. Gav knew Blink was having the same dream because he would have a certain look on his face.
One late summer while every one was lounging around the lodging house a new girl walked in. She had long blonde hair and stunning blue eyes. Her skin was lightly tanned and her curves were perfect. Most of the guys had stopped what there were doing and looked over at her smiling or drooling.
Gav had been talking to Blink, but she stopped realizing that Blink wasn't paying attention to a word she was saying. Gav sighed and looked over at the girl who had just walked in. She felt a hint of jealousy in her. Gav stood up and walked over to her bunk she picked up her journal and opened it. She held a pen in her hand and was going to write something, but she watched Blink and the girl talk over the top of her book.
Blink blatantly flirted with this new girl. She over heard the guys calling her Notes, but she wasn't sure if that was the girl's name. Gav sunk down in her bunk even more. She closed the book and rolled onto her side. She couldn't watch this any more. Gav felt she hated Blink, but deep down in side she still loved him.
The next morning came Blink woke up early. Gav rolled out of bed. She wasn't sure how she felt about Blink this morning. When she looked at him her heart broke, "Mornin' Blink, you wanna sell tagether?" She asked him.
Blink looked over at her from the sink he was standing at, "I woul' love tah, but Notes asked me tah show her how tah sell."
Gav glared at him slightly. She was pretty sure Notes knew how to sell and was just trying to get with Blink, "Alright, I'll meet you back here later." She said leaving the lodging house and heading towards the distribution office. Blink had gotten ready and waited for Notes. She smiled at him taking his arm and linking it with hers. The two of them went off to sell.
Gav had had some trouble with selling. She couldn't keep her mind off of Blink and Notes. It was killing her inside to think about the two of them together. Finally her last paper was gone and she headed back to the lodging house, "Is Blink here?" She asked Jack.
"Yeah up in the bunkroom." Jack said to her. Gav nodded and smiled. She ran up to the bunkroom in a happy mood. She walked into the bunkroom and saw Noted sitting on Blink's lap laughing and touching him. Gav felt the tears press against the back of her eyes. She turned and ran out of the lodging house.
Blink looked up. He had seen Gav, "Gav wait!" He called. He stood Notes up and went after her, but by the time he had gotten down to the street Gav was gone.
The clouds slowly crept in front of the sun, which was fighting to continue shinning brightly. A slightly chilling breeze blew, brushing wisps of brown hair into Gav's face. She looked up at the sky and sighed. The thoughts from the last few days came flooding into her head. Notes had shown up at the lodging house. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and her skin was tanned lightly; most of the guys had been drooling over her. Only she had chosen to flirt with Blink. The thing that had bothered her most was Blink flirted back with this girl.
Blink walked down the street. He had messed up horribly and needed to make it up to Gav. He felt that he had been leading her on, only he wasn't he had planned on asking her to be his girl. He walked passed a vendor selling roses and stopped, "How many can I get with this?" he asked holding out a hand full of change.
"Six." The guy said taking the change. Blink nodded and picked out the best six he could find, thanked the vendor and headed down the street again. He was determined to find Gav before it was too late.
Gav walked down the street her thoughts distracting her. Blink had just turned onto Duane Street when he saw Gav starting across the street. A wagon was going pretty fast through the streets. The driver wasn't paying attention to what was going on, he was too busy talking to his friend. When he looked forward again he saw Gav crossing the street. He shouted and tried to swerve the wagon He started towards her, "Gav!" He called running towards her. Just hen Blink saw the wagon coming towards Gav. Dropping the roses to the ground he ran towards her trying to get to her before the wagon did.
Gav looked up when Blink called her. She saw the wagon coming and couldn't move. Fear had taken control over her whole body. Blink had reached her and pushed her out of the way before the wagon stuck her, hitting Blink instead. Gav watched in horror everything seemed to play out in slow motion. She screamed and stood up, running over to Blink and kneeling next to him. The tears flowed from her cheeks splashing on the ground, "Blink…no…" She leaned over him.
Blink opened his eyes and looked at Gav, "I'm sorry fer whad I did tah you'se. I didn't…didn't…mean tah hoit yah…." He breaths grew shallow, "I'se...love…you'se…" Blink closed his eyes for one last time.
"I love you too." Gav sobbed, she closed her eyes and wished it had been her and not him, "Please don't leave me…." The wind blew and a whisper was heard.
"I'll never leave you and I will always love you…" The end of story two