Chapter 13:
Downstairs was Spot, Tuck, and two girls that I didn't recognize. Spot had his arm draped over the shoulder of a tall-ish brunet with short hair and an old dress. The other had red-tinted hair underneath a newsboy hat and was dressed in boy's cloths.
"And who are dese people?" I asked flat out. My mind wasn't exactly functioning well.
"Dis is Boidie," Spot stated, pointing to the girl he had under his arm. "And dis is Little Bit. Dere Manhattan newsies"
"You was asleep every time we was around, so you never saw us," Boidie said. I guess that could be true, after all, I was only awake for a small amount of time, and even then, no-one was around.
Spot looked very triumphant at the moment. This girl wasn't the least bit annoyed with him being on her.
"Um, I don't mean ta be rude or nothin', but we 'ave some stuff we's gotta take care of at the moment," Ink said, breaking the silence, and my train of thought.
"Yeah, I undastand," Little Bit said, starting to walk towards the door. I could so see her as a bubble gum chewing valley girl.
"Oh, but we jus' got 'ere!" Boidie said loudly, sounding very annoyed at the request.
"Really, sweetie, we's got woik ta do." Good, Spot is on our side. I felt bad though. He just now found someone that would accept him, and we had to kick her out.
"Fine, if ya wanna be that way," she said, giving Tuck Baby and me a quick once over. She apparently had no problem with us. If only she knew we had already rejected Sot.
She reluctantly pulled herself out of Spot's embrace and headed to the door.
"I ya need me, you know where I am," Boidie called over her shoulder.
"All right, dollface," Spot replied to the now closed door. "So, where were we?"
"We were jus' tryin' ta figure out why we's jumpin' through time," Baby said bluntly. "We hadn't gotten anywhere yet."
"OK, so, any theories?" Tuck said in an attempt to get us started. Ink and me sat down on the couch.
"Well, we knows it started sometime jus' afta we saw you." That's the only info I have. What did they expect, a fully drawn out possibility? "An' we also know that Spot an' me jumped having something ta do wit Mandy," Ink added on to my idea. He did good leaving out the part about us kissing just before it happened.
"An' I haven't done any jumpin' around that didn't involve Mandy or Tuck," Baby added to our puddle of knowledge. "So it has something to do with Tuck an' Mandy, right?"
"That's puttin' it simply," Tuck said. "I've been hoppin' around since I cin rememba, and I's always done it alone. 'Till you's two." Great, another opening in our little bit of a mystery. What am I saying 'little'? This is big and life threatening.
"Baby, has the chronicles a Narnia been written yet?" I asked.
"The wha.?" Ink started but was cut off by Baby Bear.
"I don't tink so." Was the only answer. That shortness could have been taken as a sign to shut up about it. And so I did.
"So scratch that theory," I said, trying to brush my last suggestion out of the conversation. "Maybe we're all really dead an' dis is some sort of limbo?"
"No, I don't tink so, if it were, I wouldn't a aged at all." Tuck said that with certainty. She saw every ones' looks of confusion and added, "I's thought about dat before."
" Maybe we 'ave ta go back to where we foist jumped an' wait dere till the same time that it happened." The thought just popped onto my head, but I had no intention of persuing it.
"I'm ready ta try anytin' ta get home," Baby said. I felt my face pale. I'm not ready to go home yet. "We'll try tamarow, now we should go see Medda's show. You won't wanna miss it while you're still here."
There was a grunt of approval from Spot and Ink. We left five minutes later.
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OK, sorry for the shortness of this chapter, but I'm in computer class and don't exactly have unlimited time. Thank you again for the reviews, and I apologize to the real Boidie an' Little Bit for the major un-planned character flaws. Please review some more and I promise another chapter soon.
My feet have gone to sleep. All applaud. (don't ask.)
Downstairs was Spot, Tuck, and two girls that I didn't recognize. Spot had his arm draped over the shoulder of a tall-ish brunet with short hair and an old dress. The other had red-tinted hair underneath a newsboy hat and was dressed in boy's cloths.
"And who are dese people?" I asked flat out. My mind wasn't exactly functioning well.
"Dis is Boidie," Spot stated, pointing to the girl he had under his arm. "And dis is Little Bit. Dere Manhattan newsies"
"You was asleep every time we was around, so you never saw us," Boidie said. I guess that could be true, after all, I was only awake for a small amount of time, and even then, no-one was around.
Spot looked very triumphant at the moment. This girl wasn't the least bit annoyed with him being on her.
"Um, I don't mean ta be rude or nothin', but we 'ave some stuff we's gotta take care of at the moment," Ink said, breaking the silence, and my train of thought.
"Yeah, I undastand," Little Bit said, starting to walk towards the door. I could so see her as a bubble gum chewing valley girl.
"Oh, but we jus' got 'ere!" Boidie said loudly, sounding very annoyed at the request.
"Really, sweetie, we's got woik ta do." Good, Spot is on our side. I felt bad though. He just now found someone that would accept him, and we had to kick her out.
"Fine, if ya wanna be that way," she said, giving Tuck Baby and me a quick once over. She apparently had no problem with us. If only she knew we had already rejected Sot.
She reluctantly pulled herself out of Spot's embrace and headed to the door.
"I ya need me, you know where I am," Boidie called over her shoulder.
"All right, dollface," Spot replied to the now closed door. "So, where were we?"
"We were jus' tryin' ta figure out why we's jumpin' through time," Baby said bluntly. "We hadn't gotten anywhere yet."
"OK, so, any theories?" Tuck said in an attempt to get us started. Ink and me sat down on the couch.
"Well, we knows it started sometime jus' afta we saw you." That's the only info I have. What did they expect, a fully drawn out possibility? "An' we also know that Spot an' me jumped having something ta do wit Mandy," Ink added on to my idea. He did good leaving out the part about us kissing just before it happened.
"An' I haven't done any jumpin' around that didn't involve Mandy or Tuck," Baby added to our puddle of knowledge. "So it has something to do with Tuck an' Mandy, right?"
"That's puttin' it simply," Tuck said. "I've been hoppin' around since I cin rememba, and I's always done it alone. 'Till you's two." Great, another opening in our little bit of a mystery. What am I saying 'little'? This is big and life threatening.
"Baby, has the chronicles a Narnia been written yet?" I asked.
"The wha.?" Ink started but was cut off by Baby Bear.
"I don't tink so." Was the only answer. That shortness could have been taken as a sign to shut up about it. And so I did.
"So scratch that theory," I said, trying to brush my last suggestion out of the conversation. "Maybe we're all really dead an' dis is some sort of limbo?"
"No, I don't tink so, if it were, I wouldn't a aged at all." Tuck said that with certainty. She saw every ones' looks of confusion and added, "I's thought about dat before."
" Maybe we 'ave ta go back to where we foist jumped an' wait dere till the same time that it happened." The thought just popped onto my head, but I had no intention of persuing it.
"I'm ready ta try anytin' ta get home," Baby said. I felt my face pale. I'm not ready to go home yet. "We'll try tamarow, now we should go see Medda's show. You won't wanna miss it while you're still here."
There was a grunt of approval from Spot and Ink. We left five minutes later.
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OK, sorry for the shortness of this chapter, but I'm in computer class and don't exactly have unlimited time. Thank you again for the reviews, and I apologize to the real Boidie an' Little Bit for the major un-planned character flaws. Please review some more and I promise another chapter soon.
My feet have gone to sleep. All applaud. (don't ask.)
