Sorrow jumped down from the fire escape, landing in a puddle of water. "Damn." she grumbled as the water splashed all over her. The water would have to still be there. She started to walk away from the lodging house when she heard a voice behind her. She turned around. "Pep go back in."
Peppermint shook her head. "No I ain't gonna. I'se wanna be wid
you." She said defiently.
Sorrow rolled her eyes. "No you don't. And I don't want you with me." She wished she could take those words back as soon as she said them. Pep's eyes begain to swell a bit, her lip quivering. "No!! I didn't mean it like that!" She walked over to her. "I jist wanna be alone right now. I need to think." She said.
"But maybe I could help ya?" Pep asked trying to sound cheerful but failing.
Sorrow shook her head and clsoed her eyes. "No. No one can. I've gotta be alone." she said turning around.
"But..." Pep started. "What will I do?!"
Her friend twirled around and sighed. "Go be wid Racetrack awright?? Go be happy wid him. He's a newsie. Be thankful for dat." She said.
Pep sighed and nervously played with her hair. "Is dis about Oscah?" She asked.
"No." Sorrow said shaking her head. It wasn't exactly a lie but it wasn't the truth. He was part of it.
"Then what is it?" the younger girl asked, shifting on her feet a bit.
Sorrow gulped and took a deep breath. She started to say something but shook her head.
Pep touched her arm a bit. "You wanna go back in?" she asked.
Sorrow took a deep breath again. She was having a hard time breathing, she could feel an anxiety attack coming on. "I don't know."
She said quietly. "I don't know!"
"Why don't we?" Pep asked putting her arms around her. "I mean maybe you can take taday off and get some sleep or sumthin, ya know? Sleep it off."
"No." Sorrow replied. "I am tired, but dat isn't gonna help me. I know it. I don't think I'm gonna sleep again. Cause something bad will happen...it's gonna be dat way...."
Pep violently shook her head. "no it's not!! Sorrow! I know that you didn't do anything....I know it was a mistake you remembah I was sleep above ya, right?"
Sorrow sighed and nodded. "Yeah...but...why can't the boys jist accept I'se wid him and get ovah it?" she asked.
Pep frowned and shook her head again. "I don't know. Maybe someday dey will."
Sorrow looked up and smiled a little at her. "Yeah maybe. On second thought let's go in. It's kind of cold out heah." She said.
Pep laughed and nodded. "Yeah it is and you ain't exactly dressed right." She smirked.
"oh yeah?" Sorrow looked down and shrugged. "I like selling wid me nightshoit and pants, got a problem?" She laughed and started tickling her.
"Stop it!!" Pep shouted. "lets go in!" She laughed, struggling out of her grip. She grabbed her arm and dragged her towards the door.
Peppermint shook her head. "No I ain't gonna. I'se wanna be wid
you." She said defiently.
Sorrow rolled her eyes. "No you don't. And I don't want you with me." She wished she could take those words back as soon as she said them. Pep's eyes begain to swell a bit, her lip quivering. "No!! I didn't mean it like that!" She walked over to her. "I jist wanna be alone right now. I need to think." She said.
"But maybe I could help ya?" Pep asked trying to sound cheerful but failing.
Sorrow shook her head and clsoed her eyes. "No. No one can. I've gotta be alone." she said turning around.
"But..." Pep started. "What will I do?!"
Her friend twirled around and sighed. "Go be wid Racetrack awright?? Go be happy wid him. He's a newsie. Be thankful for dat." She said.
Pep sighed and nervously played with her hair. "Is dis about Oscah?" She asked.
"No." Sorrow said shaking her head. It wasn't exactly a lie but it wasn't the truth. He was part of it.
"Then what is it?" the younger girl asked, shifting on her feet a bit.
Sorrow gulped and took a deep breath. She started to say something but shook her head.
Pep touched her arm a bit. "You wanna go back in?" she asked.
Sorrow took a deep breath again. She was having a hard time breathing, she could feel an anxiety attack coming on. "I don't know."
She said quietly. "I don't know!"
"Why don't we?" Pep asked putting her arms around her. "I mean maybe you can take taday off and get some sleep or sumthin, ya know? Sleep it off."
"No." Sorrow replied. "I am tired, but dat isn't gonna help me. I know it. I don't think I'm gonna sleep again. Cause something bad will happen...it's gonna be dat way...."
Pep violently shook her head. "no it's not!! Sorrow! I know that you didn't do anything....I know it was a mistake you remembah I was sleep above ya, right?"
Sorrow sighed and nodded. "Yeah...but...why can't the boys jist accept I'se wid him and get ovah it?" she asked.
Pep frowned and shook her head again. "I don't know. Maybe someday dey will."
Sorrow looked up and smiled a little at her. "Yeah maybe. On second thought let's go in. It's kind of cold out heah." She said.
Pep laughed and nodded. "Yeah it is and you ain't exactly dressed right." She smirked.
"oh yeah?" Sorrow looked down and shrugged. "I like selling wid me nightshoit and pants, got a problem?" She laughed and started tickling her.
"Stop it!!" Pep shouted. "lets go in!" She laughed, struggling out of her grip. She grabbed her arm and dragged her towards the door.