Bumlets quietly crept up the stairs hoping they wouldn't creak. He finally made it to the girls bunkroom. Blaze had told him to meet him at a certain time. He was wondering what was on her mind. He hoped it wasn't anything bad.
He pushed opened the bunkroom door, and tiptoed over to her bunk. Her bunk being a few feet from the entrance he didn't have too far to go. Blaze smiled and sat up when she saw him.
"Right on time." She giggled.
Bumlets smiled back at her and slowly sat down on her bunk. "What diddya want?" he asked. "Not dat seeing you anytime isn't nice but..."
Blaze laughed and covered his mouth. "Shhh...well if Sorrow can have Oscar sleep beside her why can't I have you? I mean I'se da co-leader." She grinned.
His eyes widened and he shook his head. "But...dat's...no we cant do that!" He said.
"Why? Cause it's not fair?? C'mon Bums, jist tanight?? I'm really feeling scared for some reason. I might have nightmares if you don't hold me." She pouted.
"But...but..." She started to give him her puppy dog eyes. The look he couldn't resist. "Aw alright. I jist hope Jade don't catch us." He said.
Bumlets put his arms around her and laid down. "She won't. Besides we'll get up early so dere won't be a chance." She smiled.
Bumlets sighed but finally gave in. He hoped and prayed she was right.
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Early the next morning, Jade awoke to do her daily job of waking the other girls up. She slowly opened her eyes, yawing she stretched out. She tossed the covers off and jumped out of bed.
Slowly turned and glanced at Blazes bed. She did a double take. "Uh oh." She mumbled. She looked over at Sorrow's bunk to see her still in bed, her back to her. She still had time. She quickly started to shake Blazes arm.
"wake up! wake up!" she hissed. Blaze of course was sound asleep in Bumlets arms. There was no way of waking her up right then. "Come on get a move on it!" She glanced over at Sorrow's bunk again. Still there.
Jade groaned and started to shake on Bumlets arm. Maybe she could wake him up. It was worth a try. She couldn't let Sorrow catch them like this. "Bumlets!" She hissed.
"Oh...I see how it is."
She quickly turned around hearing a voice she hoped she wasn't going to be hearing till at least these two were up. "Sorrow!"
Sorrow nodded. "Yep it's me. Now how is dat fair? I mean...oh right she's a leadah... I forgot!" She smacked her forhead. "Stupid me! She doesn't hafta conform ta da rules!" she shook her head and turned to walk off.
Blaze opened her eyes hearing what was going on. "Sorrow!! Wait!! It wasn't like dat!" she shouted sitting up. "it wasn't."
"Yeah." Sorrow turned around. "Shoah...Shoah.... whatevah you say."
Blaze climbed out of bed and walked over to her. "Um...They locked
Bumlets out of da room...he had no where else ta go!"
The young Irish girl busted out laughing. "Oh yeah now dere's a great excuse! I'll hafta remembah dat one!" She looked over at the now blushing boy on the bunk. "Bumlets?" He quickly adverted his eyes turning his back on them. Sorrow laughed some more walking off.
Jade glared at Blaze. "You know. I just started to get her to see what was so bad about what happened and then you have to go and do it on purpose!"
Blaze stood there opened mouth. She sighed, she knew what she did was wrong and that what Jade was right. "It was a stupid mistake. Awright?!"
"Yeah it was." Jade sighed and looked at her. "But you know something. I can't deal with this right now. I'll be back in a bit. You get the rest of the girls up." She quickly left the bunkroom, before Blaze could answer.
She ran down the stairs to the third floor. She sighed, stopping when she reached the bottom of the steps. She quietly sat down setting her head in her hands and elbows on her knees. She closed her eyes and didn't notice the figure standing in front of her.
"Mind if I sit down?"
She jerked her head up. "Jack?!" She tried to control her self. She sat up straight. "Yeah...go ahead by my guest." she smiled at him.
"So what's bothahing ya?" he asked with concern as he sat down leaning on his elbows against the upper steps.
Jade shrugged and smiled at him. "Nothing really. Just the sorrows of being a leader of a group of newsgirls." she sighed.
He smirked and scooted a bit closer to her. "Nice choice of words." he said.
She chuckled and shook her head. "Yeah and I was even thinking when I said that." she replied.
Jack nodded his head. "Well it's got it's up and downs for shoah." he commented. "Have you seen Bumlets? He wasn't in his bunk this morning."
Jade froze. All she could do was grin for some reason. She stared at him. Her gaze was broke when she heard someone clearing their throat behind them, she turned around.
"Oh I'm doing good today. Trouble keeps finding me." Sorrow said and started backing up the stairs. "Don't mind me I's gonna take da fire escape, go back to what you were doin."
"Sorrow!" Jade called as she watched her run back up the stairs.
Jack sighed and touched her leg gently. "Foggedaboud her...jist let her go."
Jade turned around and looked at him. "Jack I know you don't like her, but she can be a real nice girl. She been through a lot."
He shrugged his shoulders. "So we all have. Besides I don't hate her..."
She shook her head. "I never said you hated her...Why don't you give her a chance?" She asked.
Jack rolled his eyes. "Fine. But dis is for you. You bettah not start asking me ta give her "man" one cause I ain't!"
"Fine...It's really your lose... he don't seem that bad. He treats her pretty good I can tell you that." She said.
He sighed. "I don't wanna heah about him okay?" he said more as a demand than a question.
Jade sighed, closing her eyes. "Fine." She mumbled under her breath.
"So um... you'se got a selling partner yet?" he asked. She looked up and stared at him.
He pushed opened the bunkroom door, and tiptoed over to her bunk. Her bunk being a few feet from the entrance he didn't have too far to go. Blaze smiled and sat up when she saw him.
"Right on time." She giggled.
Bumlets smiled back at her and slowly sat down on her bunk. "What diddya want?" he asked. "Not dat seeing you anytime isn't nice but..."
Blaze laughed and covered his mouth. "Shhh...well if Sorrow can have Oscar sleep beside her why can't I have you? I mean I'se da co-leader." She grinned.
His eyes widened and he shook his head. "But...dat's...no we cant do that!" He said.
"Why? Cause it's not fair?? C'mon Bums, jist tanight?? I'm really feeling scared for some reason. I might have nightmares if you don't hold me." She pouted.
"But...but..." She started to give him her puppy dog eyes. The look he couldn't resist. "Aw alright. I jist hope Jade don't catch us." He said.
Bumlets put his arms around her and laid down. "She won't. Besides we'll get up early so dere won't be a chance." She smiled.
Bumlets sighed but finally gave in. He hoped and prayed she was right.
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Early the next morning, Jade awoke to do her daily job of waking the other girls up. She slowly opened her eyes, yawing she stretched out. She tossed the covers off and jumped out of bed.
Slowly turned and glanced at Blazes bed. She did a double take. "Uh oh." She mumbled. She looked over at Sorrow's bunk to see her still in bed, her back to her. She still had time. She quickly started to shake Blazes arm.
"wake up! wake up!" she hissed. Blaze of course was sound asleep in Bumlets arms. There was no way of waking her up right then. "Come on get a move on it!" She glanced over at Sorrow's bunk again. Still there.
Jade groaned and started to shake on Bumlets arm. Maybe she could wake him up. It was worth a try. She couldn't let Sorrow catch them like this. "Bumlets!" She hissed.
"Oh...I see how it is."
She quickly turned around hearing a voice she hoped she wasn't going to be hearing till at least these two were up. "Sorrow!"
Sorrow nodded. "Yep it's me. Now how is dat fair? I mean...oh right she's a leadah... I forgot!" She smacked her forhead. "Stupid me! She doesn't hafta conform ta da rules!" she shook her head and turned to walk off.
Blaze opened her eyes hearing what was going on. "Sorrow!! Wait!! It wasn't like dat!" she shouted sitting up. "it wasn't."
"Yeah." Sorrow turned around. "Shoah...Shoah.... whatevah you say."
Blaze climbed out of bed and walked over to her. "Um...They locked
Bumlets out of da room...he had no where else ta go!"
The young Irish girl busted out laughing. "Oh yeah now dere's a great excuse! I'll hafta remembah dat one!" She looked over at the now blushing boy on the bunk. "Bumlets?" He quickly adverted his eyes turning his back on them. Sorrow laughed some more walking off.
Jade glared at Blaze. "You know. I just started to get her to see what was so bad about what happened and then you have to go and do it on purpose!"
Blaze stood there opened mouth. She sighed, she knew what she did was wrong and that what Jade was right. "It was a stupid mistake. Awright?!"
"Yeah it was." Jade sighed and looked at her. "But you know something. I can't deal with this right now. I'll be back in a bit. You get the rest of the girls up." She quickly left the bunkroom, before Blaze could answer.
She ran down the stairs to the third floor. She sighed, stopping when she reached the bottom of the steps. She quietly sat down setting her head in her hands and elbows on her knees. She closed her eyes and didn't notice the figure standing in front of her.
"Mind if I sit down?"
She jerked her head up. "Jack?!" She tried to control her self. She sat up straight. "Yeah...go ahead by my guest." she smiled at him.
"So what's bothahing ya?" he asked with concern as he sat down leaning on his elbows against the upper steps.
Jade shrugged and smiled at him. "Nothing really. Just the sorrows of being a leader of a group of newsgirls." she sighed.
He smirked and scooted a bit closer to her. "Nice choice of words." he said.
She chuckled and shook her head. "Yeah and I was even thinking when I said that." she replied.
Jack nodded his head. "Well it's got it's up and downs for shoah." he commented. "Have you seen Bumlets? He wasn't in his bunk this morning."
Jade froze. All she could do was grin for some reason. She stared at him. Her gaze was broke when she heard someone clearing their throat behind them, she turned around.
"Oh I'm doing good today. Trouble keeps finding me." Sorrow said and started backing up the stairs. "Don't mind me I's gonna take da fire escape, go back to what you were doin."
"Sorrow!" Jade called as she watched her run back up the stairs.
Jack sighed and touched her leg gently. "Foggedaboud her...jist let her go."
Jade turned around and looked at him. "Jack I know you don't like her, but she can be a real nice girl. She been through a lot."
He shrugged his shoulders. "So we all have. Besides I don't hate her..."
She shook her head. "I never said you hated her...Why don't you give her a chance?" She asked.
Jack rolled his eyes. "Fine. But dis is for you. You bettah not start asking me ta give her "man" one cause I ain't!"
"Fine...It's really your lose... he don't seem that bad. He treats her pretty good I can tell you that." She said.
He sighed. "I don't wanna heah about him okay?" he said more as a demand than a question.
Jade sighed, closing her eyes. "Fine." She mumbled under her breath.
"So um... you'se got a selling partner yet?" he asked. She looked up and stared at him.