Chapter 3
For the first time in almost two weeks Dream woke up warm. Safe and warm. She looked around the room at all the busy news girls getting ready. They were beginning a new day while Dream was beginning a new life. She stretched in her bed not really wanting to get up, but she did.
She searched the room for the first friendly face to help her out. She found it. It was one of the older girls. She was short with long blonde hair and green eyes. Shy but not intimidated Dream worked her way over to where the girl stood, standing in front of her. "hey ya" the girl looked up to see Dream "I'm Riles" she held out her hand to shake. Dream shook her hand and in return gave a slight smile.
Dream was off to her first day as a New York newsie with Riles, and although she wanted to jump for the joy of being relieved, saved, alive...she was screaming inside form the loneliness, tears, hurt, and betrayal she felt.
Memories flowed back of Jersey and again she shook the thoughts loose she wanted no more pain. Her trance was put to an end with a slight nudge from Riles and suddenly she remembered she didn't have to deal with that anymore. It was all over. But no matter how hard she told herself this she knew it wasn't true somewhere deep down she just knew.
The day had came to a long end and with the ending of the day came new newsies to meet. The girls, who by now she had learned many of their names, where off to another lodging house this one they said was in Manhattan.
When they arrived they were greeted by a group of boys. Many of the boys Dream had seen before, at the bar. Dream felt as if she were being passed form girl to girl each wanting her to meet some other guy, each laughing and joking and going on with their lives. Finally escaping the torments of being passed like a doll around the room Dream slipped on to a bunk in the corner as she watched the new set of newsies interact with each other. Poker games started and people chatted while Dream sat in the corner going form group to go trying to memorize names faces and couples.
There was Blaze who was tall with long, wavy, dirty blonde hair and bright blue eyes, she seemed to have a knack for running off with the girls hat and in this case also a newsies named Bumlets, she was standing in the corner with him and every time his moth opened he had her laughing.
Next to them were Punky, Bottle Cap, Spin, Jake, Dutchy and Dibs. Punky was also rather tall with dirty blond hair, and from what it looked like she was attached to Dutchy another of the Manhattan newsies. Bottle Cap and Spin were sisters from what Dream had gathered. Bottle Cap had Long, straight, auburn hair, blue eyes with white flecks, was as sweet as they come and was with Dibs who happened to be a Brooklyn newsie Dream would later learn. Her twin sister however, Spin, was short with ice blue eyes Brown hair and freckles, she wasn't quite as sweet though. Spin was pretty and seemed to adore Jake who stood tall by her side but for some unknown reason didn't like Dream. Dream didn't really care, she was never one to please people so she just shrugged it off and kept going around the room.
The other corner held four more newsies. Mist who was tall with Light brown hair, ending a few inches below her shoulder and gray-blue eyes that really sparkled was with a newsie named Mush. With those two in the corner were Hades and Toity. Hades was the lovely girl who sung in the bar the first night Dream used it as her refuge. She had extremely long brown hair, beautiful eyes that were dark with a ring of violet around them, and an unusual shade of dark red.
Sitting around a table indulged in a game of poker was Gip the waitress from the bar, Skittery a tall Manhattan newsie who kept her company, Riles who was with a blond boy who had a patch over his eye and whose name was still a mystery to Dream. Martini who has long waist length blonde hair, bright blue eyes and a face that is sprinkled with freckles and from the look of it seemed to be very determined about winning the poker game. Timber on the other had looked like she was playing more for sport then to win. Because even form the corner in which Dream sat she could hear her cracking a different joke every two seconds.
In the last corner, the corner closest to Dream where the last three newsies that were scattered around the lodging house that night. Saint was sitting in a chair reading one of her left over news papers and playing with a bracelet she has around her ankle. Saint is a young newsie only about thirteen with brown hair and is very meek. Standing next to Saint leaning against the wall is Cards the newsie who caught Dream sneaking out the window and it looked like she was with Race. Dream covered her moth at the sight of Race, she knew him. She closed her eyes trying to remember, to place him and she gasped for air when it hit her. he was Dragonfly's Race. She hid her face in her hands as she thought of Dragonfly.
Dream couldn't take it anymore she got up calmly but fast hopeful that Race did see her, that he didn't remember her like she remembered him. She walked into the bathroom and slowly found her way into a stall. She sat on the toilet and just began to cry. She reached in her pocket and pulled out the little piece of metal she carried with her from the start of that first day she had began her secret. She remembered the words that chipper had told her, she tried to stop and she did ever since that last day in the Jersey lodging house, but now, well now it was to much to bare. All the memories they just hurt her so much, she needed her release.
Dream again remembered the words of Chipper the day she told Smarts and Stress about her secret "Dream why would you want to do this to yourself?" all Dream had did was shrug as Chipper kept speaking: "how long have you been doing this? Do you remember when you started?........"
For the first time in almost two weeks Dream woke up warm. Safe and warm. She looked around the room at all the busy news girls getting ready. They were beginning a new day while Dream was beginning a new life. She stretched in her bed not really wanting to get up, but she did.
She searched the room for the first friendly face to help her out. She found it. It was one of the older girls. She was short with long blonde hair and green eyes. Shy but not intimidated Dream worked her way over to where the girl stood, standing in front of her. "hey ya" the girl looked up to see Dream "I'm Riles" she held out her hand to shake. Dream shook her hand and in return gave a slight smile.
Dream was off to her first day as a New York newsie with Riles, and although she wanted to jump for the joy of being relieved, saved, alive...she was screaming inside form the loneliness, tears, hurt, and betrayal she felt.
Memories flowed back of Jersey and again she shook the thoughts loose she wanted no more pain. Her trance was put to an end with a slight nudge from Riles and suddenly she remembered she didn't have to deal with that anymore. It was all over. But no matter how hard she told herself this she knew it wasn't true somewhere deep down she just knew.
The day had came to a long end and with the ending of the day came new newsies to meet. The girls, who by now she had learned many of their names, where off to another lodging house this one they said was in Manhattan.
When they arrived they were greeted by a group of boys. Many of the boys Dream had seen before, at the bar. Dream felt as if she were being passed form girl to girl each wanting her to meet some other guy, each laughing and joking and going on with their lives. Finally escaping the torments of being passed like a doll around the room Dream slipped on to a bunk in the corner as she watched the new set of newsies interact with each other. Poker games started and people chatted while Dream sat in the corner going form group to go trying to memorize names faces and couples.
There was Blaze who was tall with long, wavy, dirty blonde hair and bright blue eyes, she seemed to have a knack for running off with the girls hat and in this case also a newsies named Bumlets, she was standing in the corner with him and every time his moth opened he had her laughing.
Next to them were Punky, Bottle Cap, Spin, Jake, Dutchy and Dibs. Punky was also rather tall with dirty blond hair, and from what it looked like she was attached to Dutchy another of the Manhattan newsies. Bottle Cap and Spin were sisters from what Dream had gathered. Bottle Cap had Long, straight, auburn hair, blue eyes with white flecks, was as sweet as they come and was with Dibs who happened to be a Brooklyn newsie Dream would later learn. Her twin sister however, Spin, was short with ice blue eyes Brown hair and freckles, she wasn't quite as sweet though. Spin was pretty and seemed to adore Jake who stood tall by her side but for some unknown reason didn't like Dream. Dream didn't really care, she was never one to please people so she just shrugged it off and kept going around the room.
The other corner held four more newsies. Mist who was tall with Light brown hair, ending a few inches below her shoulder and gray-blue eyes that really sparkled was with a newsie named Mush. With those two in the corner were Hades and Toity. Hades was the lovely girl who sung in the bar the first night Dream used it as her refuge. She had extremely long brown hair, beautiful eyes that were dark with a ring of violet around them, and an unusual shade of dark red.
Sitting around a table indulged in a game of poker was Gip the waitress from the bar, Skittery a tall Manhattan newsie who kept her company, Riles who was with a blond boy who had a patch over his eye and whose name was still a mystery to Dream. Martini who has long waist length blonde hair, bright blue eyes and a face that is sprinkled with freckles and from the look of it seemed to be very determined about winning the poker game. Timber on the other had looked like she was playing more for sport then to win. Because even form the corner in which Dream sat she could hear her cracking a different joke every two seconds.
In the last corner, the corner closest to Dream where the last three newsies that were scattered around the lodging house that night. Saint was sitting in a chair reading one of her left over news papers and playing with a bracelet she has around her ankle. Saint is a young newsie only about thirteen with brown hair and is very meek. Standing next to Saint leaning against the wall is Cards the newsie who caught Dream sneaking out the window and it looked like she was with Race. Dream covered her moth at the sight of Race, she knew him. She closed her eyes trying to remember, to place him and she gasped for air when it hit her. he was Dragonfly's Race. She hid her face in her hands as she thought of Dragonfly.
Dream couldn't take it anymore she got up calmly but fast hopeful that Race did see her, that he didn't remember her like she remembered him. She walked into the bathroom and slowly found her way into a stall. She sat on the toilet and just began to cry. She reached in her pocket and pulled out the little piece of metal she carried with her from the start of that first day she had began her secret. She remembered the words that chipper had told her, she tried to stop and she did ever since that last day in the Jersey lodging house, but now, well now it was to much to bare. All the memories they just hurt her so much, she needed her release.
Dream again remembered the words of Chipper the day she told Smarts and Stress about her secret "Dream why would you want to do this to yourself?" all Dream had did was shrug as Chipper kept speaking: "how long have you been doing this? Do you remember when you started?........"