Chapter 10
Some of us stayed and talked. Others had to finish selling their papers, so they left. The guys were busy talking about something, who knows what, so Mel and I took this opportunity to talk to Lily and Sniffles.
"Alright," Mel said, "I overheard Racetrack saying that the guys were going to Medda's tonight for Jack. This would be a really good time for us to work on Big Spender."
"Good idea," Lily said.
"What time do they usually go? And then what time do they return?" I asked.
"They leave around 7:30 and don't come back until around midnight," Sniffles answered.
"Great!" Mel said, "nobody stays behind right?"
"Sometimes," Lily responded, "but since they are celebrating for Jack, everyone should be going."
"Perfect!" Mel said excitedly, "just make sure you all are there!"
"There for what?" Spot inquired. Bumlets was standing behind him.
"How long have you been standing there?" Mel asked, slightly alarmed.
Spot just smirked.
"Sniffles, Lily, you ladies ready to go?" Mush asked.
"Yes," they responded. The two slid out of the booth and headed out the door with Mush and Kid Blink. "See you all later!"
"Oh shoot, Robyn! I almost forgot! I told Amanda that I would bring her back something to eat!" Mel exclaimed. She dug some change out of her pocket, "hope she like corn-dogs."
The dancing waiter, the one that bobs his head off beat during King of New York, took her order. He brought back a corn-dog wrapped in tin foil. "Thanks"
"Now are we ready to go?" I asked.
"Yes."
The four of us left Tibby's and headed down the street to the lodging house. I picked up a pretzel for Amanda along the way.
We arrived at the house and found Kloppman shuffling through some paper work. We said our hellos and Mel and I went upstairs to give Amanda her food. It was really noisy, so I creaked open the door only to find Amanda sitting on her bed, red-faced and screaming at Jack about something.
"All I asked you to do was go up on the roof, open the back door of the car and get me a drink out of the cooler. Now is that so hard?" Amanda screamed.
"Well when you order me to do something before I even say 'hi' and tell you the good news, I find that very rude. So I'm not going to do it. You girls come in here from who knows where, I accept you in and give you a place to stay, then you treat me like dirt! Now there is something really wrong with that!" exclaimed Jack.
Mel and I looked at each other, "whoa!" Mel picked up the food and crept over to Amanda in the middle of her and Jack's bantering. She gave Amanda her food then scooted her way out of there. The two were now throwing insults at each other. We shut the door behind us. We could still hear their yelling.
"So Kloppman, how long has this been going on?" I asked.
"For the past forty-five minutes," he replied rubbing his head.
All of a sudden, it got really quiet. The for of us went back up the stairs and opened the door to see what was going on. What we saw wasn't pretty. They were kissing. Bumlets looked stunned, Mel and I started laughing, while Spot walked into the room applauding. "Way to go Jacky-boy!"
The couple looked up, alarmed.
"Hi guys!" Mel chimed.
"Oh, I'm sorry! Did we come at a bad time?" I asked with fake innocence.
Amanda just glared at us.
"If you'll excuse us," Jack said as he ushered us out of the room and shut the door.
Some of us stayed and talked. Others had to finish selling their papers, so they left. The guys were busy talking about something, who knows what, so Mel and I took this opportunity to talk to Lily and Sniffles.
"Alright," Mel said, "I overheard Racetrack saying that the guys were going to Medda's tonight for Jack. This would be a really good time for us to work on Big Spender."
"Good idea," Lily said.
"What time do they usually go? And then what time do they return?" I asked.
"They leave around 7:30 and don't come back until around midnight," Sniffles answered.
"Great!" Mel said, "nobody stays behind right?"
"Sometimes," Lily responded, "but since they are celebrating for Jack, everyone should be going."
"Perfect!" Mel said excitedly, "just make sure you all are there!"
"There for what?" Spot inquired. Bumlets was standing behind him.
"How long have you been standing there?" Mel asked, slightly alarmed.
Spot just smirked.
"Sniffles, Lily, you ladies ready to go?" Mush asked.
"Yes," they responded. The two slid out of the booth and headed out the door with Mush and Kid Blink. "See you all later!"
"Oh shoot, Robyn! I almost forgot! I told Amanda that I would bring her back something to eat!" Mel exclaimed. She dug some change out of her pocket, "hope she like corn-dogs."
The dancing waiter, the one that bobs his head off beat during King of New York, took her order. He brought back a corn-dog wrapped in tin foil. "Thanks"
"Now are we ready to go?" I asked.
"Yes."
The four of us left Tibby's and headed down the street to the lodging house. I picked up a pretzel for Amanda along the way.
We arrived at the house and found Kloppman shuffling through some paper work. We said our hellos and Mel and I went upstairs to give Amanda her food. It was really noisy, so I creaked open the door only to find Amanda sitting on her bed, red-faced and screaming at Jack about something.
"All I asked you to do was go up on the roof, open the back door of the car and get me a drink out of the cooler. Now is that so hard?" Amanda screamed.
"Well when you order me to do something before I even say 'hi' and tell you the good news, I find that very rude. So I'm not going to do it. You girls come in here from who knows where, I accept you in and give you a place to stay, then you treat me like dirt! Now there is something really wrong with that!" exclaimed Jack.
Mel and I looked at each other, "whoa!" Mel picked up the food and crept over to Amanda in the middle of her and Jack's bantering. She gave Amanda her food then scooted her way out of there. The two were now throwing insults at each other. We shut the door behind us. We could still hear their yelling.
"So Kloppman, how long has this been going on?" I asked.
"For the past forty-five minutes," he replied rubbing his head.
All of a sudden, it got really quiet. The for of us went back up the stairs and opened the door to see what was going on. What we saw wasn't pretty. They were kissing. Bumlets looked stunned, Mel and I started laughing, while Spot walked into the room applauding. "Way to go Jacky-boy!"
The couple looked up, alarmed.
"Hi guys!" Mel chimed.
"Oh, I'm sorry! Did we come at a bad time?" I asked with fake innocence.
Amanda just glared at us.
"If you'll excuse us," Jack said as he ushered us out of the room and shut the door.