Hey all! Here is the next chapter! Thanks to all of you who reviewed…
~Moody
~Splash
~Drama-Queen
~Maniac Conlon
~Mondie
~jsgirl2005
I'm really sorry about the mix up last time! Timber is supposed to be with Skittery, not Pie. I fixed the last chapter so it fits! Sorry girlies!
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"I refuse to go talk to him," Alex insisted. She, Madeline, and Timber were sitting on Timber's bunk in the Manhattan Lodging House. Timber and Mads had been introduced and the three girls were soon chatting like old friends.
"But you have to! He obviously thinks that you are Mush's girl." Madeline sighed. Sometimes her friend could be so stubborn.
"I don't care. It's clear that he likes that other girl a whole lot more."
Timber jumped into the conversation. "Trust me. He was real upset about it last night. I for one think he's really into you."
"You know it's true. You're just too stubborn to admit it," Madeline said, knowing she was reading Alex perfectly.
"If he's that interested, he'll come to me," Alex said. All three girls whipped their heads to the door, half expecting Spot to walk through. If only life were so perfect. They all jumped when a figure walked through the door a few seconds later, and then sighed in disappointment when it turned out to only be Skittery.
"Gee, glad to know you guys are so excited to see me," he grumbled, his thumbs hooked into his black suspenders. Timber jumped up and kissed him quickly, taking his hand in hers.
"Sorry. We were just hoping you might be Spot," Madeline admitted, jerking her head not so subtly in Alex's direction.
"Oh. Have you two still not figured things out?" Skittery asked, turning to Alex.
"Does everyone know?" Alex questioned in exasperation, eying her friends suspiciously.
"Yes!" all three of them said together. This caused uncontrollable fits of laughter from the trio as Alex rolled her eyes and left the room, heading for Tibby's.
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When she reached Tibby's she grinned. Mush had seen her come through the door and was waving her over to where he sat with Blink, Pie Eater, Snoddy , and two girls she hadn't seen before. One, with long blonde hair and icy blue eyes, was sitting with Blink. The other was sitting next to Pie Eater and had long light brown hair.
Glad that things were not weird between her and Mush, she slid into the seat next to him and declined when he offered her half of his sandwich. "Alex, this is Mondie," he said, gesturing to the girl with Pie, "and this is Lucky, Blink's girl." Alex smiled faintly at each girl, slightly shy in their presence.
"Oh! You're the one who likes Spot," Lucky remarked, giggling as Blink ran a finger up her spine.
"Yes," said Alex through clenched teeth, trying not to let her frustration show. Did the guys have nothing better to do than discuss her lack of a relationship with Spot?
The conversation soon moved on to other topics, though Alex did not participate much. Her thoughts kept straying elsewhere. What exactly would happen between her and Spot. Does he really like me, like everyone is saying?
"Alex? You awake in there?" She snapped out of her daze to find Mush waving his hand in front of her face. Noticing that everyone at the table was looking at her expectantly, she blushed slightly and asked Mush to repeat his question.
"Do you want to go back to the lodge?"
"Yeah, sure," she replied. She and Mush stood, saying goodbye to their companions and heading for the exit. As Alex was walking out the door, she collided with someone who seemed to be in a hurry. Looking up, her face flaming, she was surprised to be Spot.
"Oh, good. I've been looking for you," he said. "You don't mind if I borrow her for a minute, do you, Mush?"
"No. That's fine. I'll see you later then, Alex." He jogged off around the corner in the direction of the lodging house.
"You two sure make a great couple," Spot remarked as they walked down the street with no real destination in mind.
"What do you mean?" Alex asked innocently, knowing very well that Spot thought that she and Mush were together.
"You and Mush. You're good together."
"I'm not with him."
"You're not? Do you make a habit of kissing people you have no intention of being with?"
She gasped, continuing to pretend that she had no clue of what spot had seen. "Were you spying on me?"
"No, just passing by," he said nonchalantly.
"He kissed me. I don't like him like that." She glanced over and caught his eyes for a moment before looking away.
"Alright. That solves one problem." He paused. "Why did you come to Brooklyn yesterday and then leave? I thought you were going to stay and sell."
"You looked busy," she said, trying not to let the hurt of yesterday's events show in her voice.
"With Marcy? I'm not with her, she just likes to follow me around."
"Is that so?" she said sarcastically. "Do you make it a habit of kissing of kissing people you have no intention of being with?"
Spot grinned, knowing he had been beat at his own game. "Well…er..no."
"Then you're dating her?"
"Nope."
"Hypocrite."
"What?"
"Never mind."
"Look, I'm not dating her, I'm not with her and I was kissing her yesterday because I thought you were with Mush," he suddenly spewed out.
"What does me being with Mush have to do with you kissing her?" She stopped walking, placing her hands on her hips.
"Everything."
"Do you think you could be a bit more specific?" she said, becoming more frustrated by the second.
"Not really…."
"You're infuriating."
"What?"
"Never mind!"
"Fine! You want answers? I kissed her because I was pissed that you were kissing Mush. Because…because I wanted to be the one kissing you!" he practically shouted, having another one of his sudden outbursts of truth.
"Oh, is that all?" Alex grinned slyly. "You should have said so in the first place."
"You're infuriating," he said, mispronouncing the word so it sound like infurlinating.
"Infuriating," she corrected. "Do you even know what that means?"
"No, but it seemed to fit."
"You're right, it does." She laughed a bit at his innocence.
"What's so funny?" he asked, not so much angry because she was laughing at him, but mostly because he had received no response to the outpouring of his feelings.
"Nothing." She turned and smiled up at him. "You know, you're real cute when you're mad."
"You know what? You're damn confusing," he yelled, his face very close to hers, causing Alex to flinch visibly. She opened her mouth as if to say something, then closed it and began walking again. Spot fell into step beside her and the two walked in silence, Alex fighting tears.
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There ya go! I have more ideas, but I'm gonna stop it there so I actually have something to write in the next chapter! Please review!