A.N. Sorry I haven't updated in so long it's hard with the whole being
grounded thing but hopefully that is coming to an end very soon. Okay I was
very tired when I had posted this chapter in my other story, so I'm sorry
about that but I just wasn't thinking clearly. Didn't even notice till my
friend pointed it out so thanks Jo. ENJOY!
For the next few days the newsies searched high and low for Temper but to no avail, he just wasn't turning up at any of his usual hang out spots. Ice had become more and more withdrawn, not that she was exactly friendly with in the beginning but now she started fights with anyone in the same room as her even Fighter. Really they'd all gotten a little sick of her and she knew it but what they didn't know was that Temper was the only thing that had ever kept her stable before and now with him gone, she didn't know what to do. Even when he was mad she knew that if she really needed him he'd be there and now she was on her own. One night a week after the attack, she crept out of her bed and climbed out the window and sat down on the fire escape with her legs dangling off the edge. She circled her arms around the railing and leaned her forehead against it and started to cry.
She hadn't cried since she was a little girl, in fact, she hadn't even cried when she'd found her parents, but now she resorted to tears. She cursed herself for acting so foolish, 'Crying won't get you anywhere and if you get caught people will know.' They'll know exactly what she was feeling and she couldn't deal with that, so she wiped her face and climbed up to the roof. She lost track of time and realized she'd been up there all night when the sun started to rise, but it had helped, she'd come up with a plan to find Temper, and to save him. She smiled and stretched and then headed back downstairs, hoping to be able to sneak out before any of the other newsies woke up.
No such luck, she was able to get dressed and grab the few things that meant anything to her but then when she was about to run down the stairs and hand grabbed her arm and spun her around. She looked up into the deep brown eyes and saw the concern but she turned her emotions off and let her mouth take control. "Get da hell off me, Skitt."
He shook his head, "I can't let you do dis Ice, you'll regret it in da long run and it won't help Tempah none."
"What the hell do you know?" Her yell woke all the newsies who hadn't already risen and they all stared at the pair that were glaring at each other, daring the other to turn away.
"I know enough about who took him ta know dat dey won't let you go or him, even if you do do dis."
"Well it ain't your goddamn choice, now move outta the way!" He shook his head, and Ice shrugged before pulling her arm back and punching him, his head snapped back but he refused to let go of her arm. Ice could feel the tears but she didn't let them fall, "Okay we'll try dis another way." She leaned up and kissed him, he let go of her arm in shock and she stepped back and ran down the stairs, not leaving him any time to react.
Stopping about five blocks away, she caught her breath, and let out a sigh. 'Damn it I shoudn't have done that.' She'd felt such intense attraction to him that it had startled her and now she felt an electric shock flow through her body when she'd kissed him and it amazed her, because she'd used her body to get out of sticky situations before but it had never affected her in the least. She shook her head and stood up and walked straight to the place, where she doubted she'd get any faith, but she had a backup plan, just in case.
As she stepped into the police station, several officers eyed her suspicially, but she knew how to get to them. Work through the inside, though she and Temper had left this part of their story out, they knew exactly why the DeFranco brothers had come after their family and it didn't have anything to do with her dad owing them anything. It had to do with the fact that their dad had been a very respected police officer who'd been about to send their entire family to jail. She'd never had the guts to go before when her family was killed because she'd been to afraid of the DeFranco brothers and what they would do to her and Temper but now they had her brother and she didn't feel like she had anything to be afraid of anymore. Not knowing if he was alive was killing her and she didn't want to have to deal with it anymore.
Ice walked up to the desk and stared the officer dead in the eyes, probably giving him the creeps with the way she didn't show any emotion in her eyes. "Hello my name is Katerina Marie Riley and I'm here about the murder of my father Conner Michael Riley."
An older officer who'd heard me turned and looked at her, "Kat?"
As Ice regarded the older man, recognition came to her, "Mr. Blakely, how nice to see you again, though I wish it were under different circumstances."
He nodded and pulled her behind the desk and down a hallway to his office, as he shut the door he turned to her, "Now what was that you were saying out there."
"I know who killed my parents."
He rubbed his hands together, "Why wait till now to come forward and say something, why not when it happened."
"Mr. Blakely, I was a scared child and now I have nothing to be afraid of."
"Not even your life."
"Well you have nothing to live for there is no reason to be scared."
He nodded and asked her to tell him and so she did, beginning to end, leaving out the part about her brother being kidnapped and the fact that they'd been living as newsies for the past ten years. She doubted that that would go over well with him, but then again after she left this office she doubted she'd be seeing him again. She was planning on staying a newsie maybe moving to a different city but defiantly staying a newsie. After her story was finished he disappeared out of the office and Ice figured that that was a good time to try and make her escape, so she quickly and quietly snuck out of the office and then out of the station and headed down the street towards the lodging house. She wanted to talk to Fighter before leaving and maybe try and find Temper.
For the next few days the newsies searched high and low for Temper but to no avail, he just wasn't turning up at any of his usual hang out spots. Ice had become more and more withdrawn, not that she was exactly friendly with in the beginning but now she started fights with anyone in the same room as her even Fighter. Really they'd all gotten a little sick of her and she knew it but what they didn't know was that Temper was the only thing that had ever kept her stable before and now with him gone, she didn't know what to do. Even when he was mad she knew that if she really needed him he'd be there and now she was on her own. One night a week after the attack, she crept out of her bed and climbed out the window and sat down on the fire escape with her legs dangling off the edge. She circled her arms around the railing and leaned her forehead against it and started to cry.
She hadn't cried since she was a little girl, in fact, she hadn't even cried when she'd found her parents, but now she resorted to tears. She cursed herself for acting so foolish, 'Crying won't get you anywhere and if you get caught people will know.' They'll know exactly what she was feeling and she couldn't deal with that, so she wiped her face and climbed up to the roof. She lost track of time and realized she'd been up there all night when the sun started to rise, but it had helped, she'd come up with a plan to find Temper, and to save him. She smiled and stretched and then headed back downstairs, hoping to be able to sneak out before any of the other newsies woke up.
No such luck, she was able to get dressed and grab the few things that meant anything to her but then when she was about to run down the stairs and hand grabbed her arm and spun her around. She looked up into the deep brown eyes and saw the concern but she turned her emotions off and let her mouth take control. "Get da hell off me, Skitt."
He shook his head, "I can't let you do dis Ice, you'll regret it in da long run and it won't help Tempah none."
"What the hell do you know?" Her yell woke all the newsies who hadn't already risen and they all stared at the pair that were glaring at each other, daring the other to turn away.
"I know enough about who took him ta know dat dey won't let you go or him, even if you do do dis."
"Well it ain't your goddamn choice, now move outta the way!" He shook his head, and Ice shrugged before pulling her arm back and punching him, his head snapped back but he refused to let go of her arm. Ice could feel the tears but she didn't let them fall, "Okay we'll try dis another way." She leaned up and kissed him, he let go of her arm in shock and she stepped back and ran down the stairs, not leaving him any time to react.
Stopping about five blocks away, she caught her breath, and let out a sigh. 'Damn it I shoudn't have done that.' She'd felt such intense attraction to him that it had startled her and now she felt an electric shock flow through her body when she'd kissed him and it amazed her, because she'd used her body to get out of sticky situations before but it had never affected her in the least. She shook her head and stood up and walked straight to the place, where she doubted she'd get any faith, but she had a backup plan, just in case.
As she stepped into the police station, several officers eyed her suspicially, but she knew how to get to them. Work through the inside, though she and Temper had left this part of their story out, they knew exactly why the DeFranco brothers had come after their family and it didn't have anything to do with her dad owing them anything. It had to do with the fact that their dad had been a very respected police officer who'd been about to send their entire family to jail. She'd never had the guts to go before when her family was killed because she'd been to afraid of the DeFranco brothers and what they would do to her and Temper but now they had her brother and she didn't feel like she had anything to be afraid of anymore. Not knowing if he was alive was killing her and she didn't want to have to deal with it anymore.
Ice walked up to the desk and stared the officer dead in the eyes, probably giving him the creeps with the way she didn't show any emotion in her eyes. "Hello my name is Katerina Marie Riley and I'm here about the murder of my father Conner Michael Riley."
An older officer who'd heard me turned and looked at her, "Kat?"
As Ice regarded the older man, recognition came to her, "Mr. Blakely, how nice to see you again, though I wish it were under different circumstances."
He nodded and pulled her behind the desk and down a hallway to his office, as he shut the door he turned to her, "Now what was that you were saying out there."
"I know who killed my parents."
He rubbed his hands together, "Why wait till now to come forward and say something, why not when it happened."
"Mr. Blakely, I was a scared child and now I have nothing to be afraid of."
"Not even your life."
"Well you have nothing to live for there is no reason to be scared."
He nodded and asked her to tell him and so she did, beginning to end, leaving out the part about her brother being kidnapped and the fact that they'd been living as newsies for the past ten years. She doubted that that would go over well with him, but then again after she left this office she doubted she'd be seeing him again. She was planning on staying a newsie maybe moving to a different city but defiantly staying a newsie. After her story was finished he disappeared out of the office and Ice figured that that was a good time to try and make her escape, so she quickly and quietly snuck out of the office and then out of the station and headed down the street towards the lodging house. She wanted to talk to Fighter before leaving and maybe try and find Temper.