Chapter 10 (Spot's Point Of View)

Through the mist, your lover is beckoning…

Comes that moment of reckoning.

                                                             - "The Riddle" from The Scarlet Pimpernel

               Two days after I had left, I decided to go visit Memory. Yeah, I know, I had just left, but there was something familiar about that girl, and I needed to find out what it was. Plus, I was really starting to miss her. Since it was around lunchtime, I started my search at Tibby's. Everyone was there, except Jack, Blink, and Memory.

               "Hey, Mouth, do you know where Jack is?" I asked casually, not wanting it to seem like I was going soft. Nobody was to know what was going on inside of me, it would definitely ruin my reputation.  I decided to use the fact that Miller had come to his senses as a cover for my actions, but only if anyone asked.

               "Um, I think he went to the lodging house after selling."

               "Thanks, Mouth." David just nodded, going back to his conversation with Racetrack and Mush. I turned and left Tibby's, and made my way to the lodging house.

               "Heya, Kloppman," I said, entering, through the door for once.

               "Hi Spot, you here for the night?"

               "I'm not sure yet. Is Jack here?"

               "No, he, Blink, and Memory are at Medda's. Seems the girls a good singer, they are trying to get Medda to let her sing tonight."  Sheesh, I couldn't catch up with the girl.  Maybe her 'nick shoulda been Elusive.

               "Thanks, Kloppy," I said leaving. I practically ran to Irving Hall.

               When I got there, I heard an angelic voice start singing. I listened real intently, and soaked in the lyrics. Turning a corner I saw that it was Memory standing on the stage, singing.

I said I wanna touch the earth

I wanna break it in my hands

I wanna grow something wild and unruly

I wanna sleep on the hard ground

In the comfort of your arms

On a pillow of blue bonnets

In a blanket made of stars

Oh it sounds good to me I said

Cowboy take me away

Fly this girl as high as you can

Into the wild blue

Set me free oh I pray

Closer to heaven above and

Closer to you closer to you

I wanna walk and not run

I wanna skip and not fall

I wanna look at the horizon

And not see a building standing tall

I wanna be the only one

For miles and miles

Except for maybe you

And your simple smile

Oh it sounds good to me I said

It sounds so good to me

Cowboy take me away

Fly this girl as high as you can

Into the wild blue

Set me free oh I pray

Closer to heaven above and

Closer to you closer to you

I said I wanna touch the earth

I wanna break it in my hands

I wanna grow something wild and unruly

I wanna sleep on the hard ground

In the comfort of your arms

On a pillow of blue bonnets

In a blanket made of stars

Oh it sounds good to me I said

Cowboy take me away

Fly this girl as high as you can

Into the wild blue

Set me free oh I pray

Closer to heaven above and

Closer to you closer to you.

-"Cowboy Take me Away" by The Dixie Chicks

               I couldn't take it, I ran out of Medda's. Memory was in love with Jack? He just stood there, never reminding her of Stress. Blink didn't either. He just stood there, probably with that grin on his face. Sometimes I think that boy is way too happy.