Chapter 2
Shaking her head to clear the pain, Dream put her fist ups in the same fighting manner Timber had earlier to protect herself. Both the girls now started to laugh and Dream took her chance, running straight to the alleys opening, as fast as she could not stopping to look behind her. "hey wait" was the only faint sound she heard coming from behind her. after about five minutes of what seemed none stop running curiosity got the best of her and she turned to see if she had lost the two. But they were gaining on her and as she turned to watch where she was going she hit something and fell to the ground.
"damn it" Dream hissed as she fell to the ground. Everything was spinning and she didn't know what to do, then the lights just went out.
Dream woke up looking around the dim lit place. There was no one around so she got up making her way toward the window she wasn't sticking around to find out who had picked her up. Half way through the window someone scolded her "what do ya think ya doing?" to frightened to move Dream stood frozen at the window sill. "'ello?" the girl said again. "ah ah" stammered Dream, she couldn't get anything out, and for the first time in her life that she could ever remember she didn't have a smart-ass reply.
"hey she's tryin' ta get away" the rather short girl whose hair was light brown and in pigtails said, and for just a second her green eyes caught on to Dreams blue ones before she turned to see if the others were on their way.
There Dream stood still frozen in her own skin as the girls piled in the door way one by one till there was about twelve total. The only thing she could move was her eyes and that she did, going from one girl to the other till she reached the end of the line where she spotted a familiar face. It was Gip and she pushed right on threw the crowd of girls making her way up to Dream where she stopped. "I'se member ya, you'se Dream from da bar" she smiled in self satisfaction at her great memory.
Finally able to move but still shaking Dream pulled her body back into the room, now she was just sitting on the windowsill. Her leg was shaking from being nervous so she tried placing her hand on top of it to help it steady, but it did not work. Thinking that she was able now to hide her fear Dream spoke up but it still came out a little squeaky "yeah so what do ya want a cookie?".
The line was meant to insult Gip but instead another voice from the group of girls cried "I would!" which caused a round of laughter from the whole room even a tiny tickle crept into Dreams throat.
The direction of the conversation changed and soon Dream found herself sitting on a bunk in the corner still surrounded by many of the curious girls who were asking questions and telling stories. It was all a little to over whelming for Dream, one day living in a warm lodging house with plenty of friends, next on the cold harsh street with no one to help her, and then some how she safely found her way back into a nice warm lodging house, with new and different friends. But not better, no one could ever be better Dream thought to her self drowning out the rest of the bunk room, and even the girls still talking to her.
'Could this be a new beginning?' she thought to herself as she laid in her new bed. 'or will this just be another heart ache I have to deal with?' she wrapped her blanket around her tighter no longer thinking but only praying "please God don't let them find out my secret" she whispered into the soft blanket, or maybe only thinking it was soft compared to the uncomfortable newspaper she had been using. And then she fell fast asleep.
Shaking her head to clear the pain, Dream put her fist ups in the same fighting manner Timber had earlier to protect herself. Both the girls now started to laugh and Dream took her chance, running straight to the alleys opening, as fast as she could not stopping to look behind her. "hey wait" was the only faint sound she heard coming from behind her. after about five minutes of what seemed none stop running curiosity got the best of her and she turned to see if she had lost the two. But they were gaining on her and as she turned to watch where she was going she hit something and fell to the ground.
"damn it" Dream hissed as she fell to the ground. Everything was spinning and she didn't know what to do, then the lights just went out.
Dream woke up looking around the dim lit place. There was no one around so she got up making her way toward the window she wasn't sticking around to find out who had picked her up. Half way through the window someone scolded her "what do ya think ya doing?" to frightened to move Dream stood frozen at the window sill. "'ello?" the girl said again. "ah ah" stammered Dream, she couldn't get anything out, and for the first time in her life that she could ever remember she didn't have a smart-ass reply.
"hey she's tryin' ta get away" the rather short girl whose hair was light brown and in pigtails said, and for just a second her green eyes caught on to Dreams blue ones before she turned to see if the others were on their way.
There Dream stood still frozen in her own skin as the girls piled in the door way one by one till there was about twelve total. The only thing she could move was her eyes and that she did, going from one girl to the other till she reached the end of the line where she spotted a familiar face. It was Gip and she pushed right on threw the crowd of girls making her way up to Dream where she stopped. "I'se member ya, you'se Dream from da bar" she smiled in self satisfaction at her great memory.
Finally able to move but still shaking Dream pulled her body back into the room, now she was just sitting on the windowsill. Her leg was shaking from being nervous so she tried placing her hand on top of it to help it steady, but it did not work. Thinking that she was able now to hide her fear Dream spoke up but it still came out a little squeaky "yeah so what do ya want a cookie?".
The line was meant to insult Gip but instead another voice from the group of girls cried "I would!" which caused a round of laughter from the whole room even a tiny tickle crept into Dreams throat.
The direction of the conversation changed and soon Dream found herself sitting on a bunk in the corner still surrounded by many of the curious girls who were asking questions and telling stories. It was all a little to over whelming for Dream, one day living in a warm lodging house with plenty of friends, next on the cold harsh street with no one to help her, and then some how she safely found her way back into a nice warm lodging house, with new and different friends. But not better, no one could ever be better Dream thought to her self drowning out the rest of the bunk room, and even the girls still talking to her.
'Could this be a new beginning?' she thought to herself as she laid in her new bed. 'or will this just be another heart ache I have to deal with?' she wrapped her blanket around her tighter no longer thinking but only praying "please God don't let them find out my secret" she whispered into the soft blanket, or maybe only thinking it was soft compared to the uncomfortable newspaper she had been using. And then she fell fast asleep.