Chapter Four
"So who were you talking to back there?" asked Mush. He doesn't look like someone I know, so I bet he's one of Spot's Brooklyn newsies. He better not take her away from me! They were walking towards Brooklyn. Since it had been a hot and sunny afternoon, Spot invited everyone to go for a swim at the river. A couple of newsies joined, both from Manhattan and Brooklyn. Kris was walking in between Mush and Rachel. She had felt that she should stay near Rachel from now on. Spot, however, was leading the group towards the river.
"Oh… um…" Kris looked at Mush and slightly blushed. "He thought I was Rachel, but I didn't catch his name." She looked at Rachel who was listening intently.
"He thought I was you?!" Rachel said as she started to laugh. "That's probably the hundredth time people have been saying that! So what'd he want with me?"
Mush looked at Kris and Rachel. He finally noticed their similarity. Wow! They look like sisters! But his mind quickly snapped back to his previous thought. What did he want with her?
"I… don't know. He just asked me if I was Rachel, and I walked away afterwards." I'm not about to tell her about the part of being Spot's girl! And anyways, Mush is here… I'll save that later for girl talk…
"That's weird," exclaimed Mush. "I wonder what he wanted…"
"Yah," Rachel nodded. "It's not everyday they ask Kris if she were Rachel and just walk away."
Kris remained quiet for the rest of the walk. She began to think of that tall boy. What DID he want? I hope Rachel doesn't get hurt again. And Mush is acting all weird… he's not telling me something. Sure, its great to be back here with him, but there's something different. All we've done is say "I miss you"…
"Kris? Hello?" Mush was looking at Kris with concern. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't realize that they were already at the river. Half of the newsies were already taking off their shirts and jumping into the cold water with their shorts.
Kris jumped and looked at Mush. His eyes were darting back and forth, studying here face. "I'm fine… it's just that you're so hot…I mean IT'S so hot." Kris blushed from what she had just said.
"Yah!" chirped in Rachel. "But we don't have anything to swim in!"
"You think we come here unprepared?" Rachel suddenly heard a familiar voice. She turned around and it was Spot, holding a bunch of clothes. "I stopped by the lodging house before we came here. I got some shirts and shorts that should fit both of you." He handed the clothes to Rachel.
"Oh thanks Spot. How kind of you to bring these," said Rachel. Maybe he isn't so bad after all… She then turned her attention to the newsies swimming around in the water. Whoohoo! Guys in water! Spot and Mush better leave soon so I can change and jump in! She looked at Kris who seemed to be staring at something out in the water. Rachel looked out in the water and couldn't understand what Kris was looking at. Rachel nudged Kris, causing her to jump. "Come on, let's go change over there." Rachel pointed towards a corner filled with bushes.
"Hey girls! Where you going?" Spot said so fast that Mush jumped.
"To get changed! Do you want us to change in front of you?" Rachel said. They're so stupid… "Don't answer that…" Haha, they probably do… Rachel and Kris walked over behind some bushes. "Hey Kris, who were you looking at?"
"Oh just nothing. Just that guy over there. He was the one asking about you." She pointed to Kyle who was doing back flips and cannonballs into the river.
"Him? Kyle? Spot and me met up with him earlier. I guess he's ok… why? You like him or something?" But isn't she already with Mush?
"What?! No way! I just think he's kinda… attractive, that's all. But I'd pick Mush over any guy any day."
When both girls were finally done dressing up, they walked over to the bridge over looking the water. It seemed like all the boys were having fun swimming. Kyle was still doing back flips and jumps into the river while Spot was sitting quietly on a barrel watching everyone take a dip. Kris looked over to the Manhattan newsies and saw Race and Blink splash each other with water. Jack and Mush, however, were expertly swimming. They seemed to be racing each other.
"Jump in on 3?" Rachel asked while Kris nodded. "1… 2… 3!!!" Both girls jumped into the water and quickly rose up from underwater. Suddenly, Kris felt two arms circle around her waist and grab her. "What-" She turned around quickly and saw Mush with a big grin on his face. "I found you!" he shouted and poked her on the nose with his finger. Kris giggled happily. I guess I was wrong! He's the same Mush that I've always known…Yeah, everything's alright…
"Come on, let's go over to Rachel," Mush and Kris waded over towards Rachel who was looking around the river.
"Who you looking for?" Mush asked.
"Geez! I thought I lost you guys!" Rachel exclaimed.
Kris smiled, "It was only for a while!"
"Let's go over there, I'll introduce you to the boys," Mush pointed towards Race, Blink, Jack, and David. They swam towards the spot that he pointed to and waited until Race was done with his last flip into the water. Rachel watched Race jump into the water with awe. That's so cool! As soon as Race's head popped up from underwater, Mush began introducing them. "Right, well that's Race, Blink, Jack, and David." He pointed at each one of them as he said their names.
"Rachel, right?" asked Jack. Rachel nodded as Jack took her hand and kissed it. Rachel slightly blushed while Kris giggled. "He did the same thing to me the first time I met him!"
"So you're Kris' friend?" asked David.
"Yeah, I met her a few months ago. I was new in town, so she showed me around."
"Aw, ain't she sweet?" said Race as he playfully tousled Kris' hair.
"Yeah… she sure is…" said Mush. He was standing right next to Kris and looked at her. "We're gonna go… swim… around. Yeah… we'll be back." Mush said, as he led Kris away from his friends, still keeping his eyes on her.
Blink and Jack laughed as Mush and Kris swam away. "Haha, 'course they're gonna swim! Mush can be so stupid sometimes…" Blink said in between his laughs. Rachel looked at the newsies, unsure of what to do. Kris left her alone again. Where's Race? I want him to show me that flip thing… She looked around and saw Race laughing with the other newsies.
Jack, Blink, and the other newsies left to explore around the river while Rachel decided to swim to the shore and try to look out for Kris. All of the sudden, she felt someone grabbing her foot. She giggled and turned around. Race's head popped out of the water next to her. "Oh my goodness! You scared me!"
"Oh… I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. So how do you like New York?" Race asked while trying to stay afloat.
"New York? In 1899?" Rachel asked laughing. Race nodded.
Rachel answered, "It's great so far!" Yah! Because of all the hot guys around! Whoo hoo! While Rachel was reflecting on her thoughts, Race moved back and splashed Rachel with handfuls of water. Rachel giggled trying to find Race.
Near the shore, Spot saw Race and Rachel having fun. What are they doing? I know Race wouldn't try to take my girl away. He decided to stop thinking about Rachel and have some fun. This girl ain't my life. And anyway, there'll be plenty of other girls around. But even though Spot knew this, he felt something different about Rachel. She had something that the other girls, in Brooklyn, didn't have. Spot shook his head and jumped into the river swimming after Jack to find out what they were looking at.
A few minutes later, Race was trying to show Rachel how to do the back flip into the water. "Here… just do this…" Race was about to jump in when he saw Rachel was shivering. "You're shivering… let's go to the shore…" He grabbed a towel that was lying nearby and put it around Rachel. "You wanna stay here for a while?" Race asked Rachel who nodded and sat shivering even though she was wearing a towel. Race put his arms around Rachel to keep her warm.
"Race, you're cold too. Here you can have part of the towel too." Rachel said extending one part of the towel towards Race. Race sat behind Rachel so the towel covered them both. There was a moment of silence between both of them. Rachel looked around the river, trying to think of what to say.
"Hey Race? You look like my friend's brother… Richie." Said Rachel laughing. Hmm… that's something!
"Why? 'Cause we're both cute and adorable?" Race smirked and looked at Rachel.
"No! It's because you both have big eyes." Rachel said trying hard not to laugh. There was another moment of silence until Rachel thought of something. "Hey! Do you want to play a game? My cousin and I used to played this a lot."
"Sure, why not? Does it involve money?" said Race hopefully. I really need the money now.
"No… but I wish it did! I'm not exactly rich! Well this is what we have to do. We look at each other's eyes and the first one to move or look at something else loses. Okay? Does that sound easy?" said Rachel. He has nice eyes...
"Sure! Sounds easy enough." said Race. Rachel turned around so that she was facing Race. They both stared into each other's eyes.
"Hey Rachel? I didn't know you had green eyes!" Race exclaimed without moving his eyes.
At the same time, a couple of Brooklyn newsies were swimming near the shore that Race and Rachel were at. They saw what was happening and swam to Spot. "Spot! Brooklyn! You got to see this! Hurry!"
"What do you guys want?" Spot said turning around to follow them.
"We saw Race and Rachel together and since…" Before they can finish, Spot was gone. "Whoa… I never seen Brooklyn swim that fast in my life!" exclaimed one of the Brooklyn newsies. Jack and Blink looked at each other and swam after Spot hoping he doesn't get into a fight. But when Spot got there, all he saw was Rachel lying on the shore closing her eyes.
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"Mush… where are we going?" exclaimed Kris, who was trying her best to keep up with Mush. I can swim, but I can't swim THAT fast! "Can't we at least stop for a while?" Argh! I sound like a baby!
"Don't worry! We're almost there!" Mush stopped swimming and pointed towards a patch of green near the shore. "You see that? It's the only part in this river that's actually got some green in it." Kris saw what Mush was pointing at and awe filled her eyes. Even though it seemed out of place, it looked beautiful. There was a tree bending over to give shade. There were various flowers scattered around near the tree. She made up her mind and figured it was worth swimming for. After a few minutes, Mush and Kris finally reached their destination.
"Wow… how'd you find this spot?" asked Kris, sitting beneath the tree.
"I... um… had a lot of time on my hands and I decided to go swimming. I wasn't expecting to see it though. You'd think this place would be full of buildings and bridges," answered Mush, as he sat next to Kris. Finally! We're alone! Nobody to bother us! Just like what Race did… he's gonna get soaked later…
Kris plucked a flower off from the ground and started twirling it around her fingers. "So how you been doing Mush? You know… since I've been gone…" she looked up at Mush with careful eyes. I don't wanna seem too nosy… that's not good!
Mush looked at Kris then stared out into the river. "Things have been… different. But we're still the same… the newsies, I mean. We're still out every morning selling papes."
Yeah, right. I bet you something went on… "Oh… I see. Hey! Guess what?" Ooh I know what to talk about! Kris straightened up and smiled at Mush.
"What? That pigs are flying?" joked Mush.
"No!" she exclaimed and playfully slapped Mush on the shoulder. "I can finally sing in front of audiences! I mean, not like the last time at Medda's… but I'm working on it!" Kris beamed with pride.
"See? I told you!" Mush smiled. "And while we're talking about singing, why don't you do a bit for me? It's been a while since I've heard your voice."
Kris blushed and looked at the flower again. "Nah… it's useless without music!"
"Oh, come on!" pleaded Mush. "You've done it before! Remember that night when…" Mush trailed off.
Kris sighed and made up her mind. "Alright… fine. You're just as annoying as Rachel. Gimme some time to figure out what to sing…"
"Sure, take all the time you want."
Kris laughed jokingly, "Even though it takes all day?"
Mush chuckled and said, "I'm sure you'll figure something out. I'm sure if Blink can be himself, you can come up with a song!"
Suddenly, the atmosphere changed. Kris hasn't talked about Emiliy's death ever since that day she woke up in her room and figured everything out. Her face was full of worry and her eyes with concern. "Blink's not himself? What's wrong? He's not hurt is he? 'Cause he seemed fine to me when I -"
"Kris! He's fine! I'm sorry I dumped it on you like that. It's just that a few days since Emily was… gone… Blink didn't wanna talk to anybody. Even me!" exclaimed Mush as he ruffled his hair.
"He wouldn't talk to YOU?" Kris said in disbelief. Well, sure they didn't the last time I was here… but hey, they're best friends! Who'd he turn to? "So what happened?" she asked eagerly.
"He was with a different girl on dates almost every night. After a while, he's got all of us worried. He'd be with a girl at night, and then he'd ignore her if he saw her again. Why'd you think he'd do that? Jack was almost ready to chain him to his bed and make him talk." said Mush.
"Oh my goodness…" Sure, I dealt with Emily's death… but I guess I never loved her the way that Blink did. It just changes everything. "Well… I guess he didn't want to get hurt… before it got too late…" said Kris. That sounds familiar… oh, geez. Emily said that.
Mush nodded. "I guess so. But now, he's fine. I guess he just figured that not talking and taking out a different girl every night just isn't right. It probably just hit him."
Kris chuckled. Yah… like when I realized I wasn't in 1899 anymore. Kris looked on the flower she was holding and continued to twirl it, unaware of what to say. Suddenly, a warm breeze passed by them. Kris shivered and quickly hugged Mush. "COLD!" she whispered. Mush hugged her back and wrapped his arms around her. He looked down at Kris and chuckled. The air wasn't that cold. He smiled and said, "Yeah… I hate it when that happens. Especially when you just got out of the water." Actually when you're around I don't hate it as much…Mush pulled Kris closer to him.
Kris did a mini-dance in her head. Whee!!! I couldn't help it! Kris laughed and looked up at Mush. "I wish I could stay here forever. I'm happy here. There's you. Rachel. Blink. Race. Jack. You guys are practically my family. I'd hate it if I wake up and see that I'm in my room again." I never wanna leave you…
Mush was listening intently the whole time and remained hugging her. "Shhh… stop talking. You're starting to shiver." He took the flower she was holding and tucked it on her right ear. "Everything's fine… don't worry…" Their eyes met and they stayed still for a moment. He leaned down to meet her lips, and as they kissed, he made sure she was feeling his warmth.
My goodness! And I thought my ex-boyfriend was good! 'Course it was a kiss… or two… or… Kris had a huge grin on her face and she seemed happier than ever. "Argh, the bad part about this is that we have to swim all the way back!" exclaimed Kris who was already knee-length in water.
"I know its not the greatest way, but I couldn't find any other way back. And if we walk, it'll probably take longer. That's no problem right?" asked Mush who was standing next to Kris, ready to plunge into the water.
"ME? I'm fine! I don't exercise for nothing!" joked Kris.
Mush laughed as they both started swimming towards the spot where the newsies were. After a few minutes, they were almost there. They can already make out the newsies playing in the water. Right when Kris thought they were about to reach shore, a tight pain came towards her lower right leg. What the hell? She tried to move her leg, but it didn't move. "Mush!" she screamed, right before her leg lost its power and began to bring her down the river.
"We're almost there… Kris?" he turned around to see her head slowly decreasing in the water. He quickly grabbed her and pulled her up from the water. She gasped for air as she came up and put her arms around his shoulders. "Leg… cramp…" Kris exclaimed. Mush nodded and swam towards the shore where he saw Rachel and Spot, carrying Kris with him. When he could finally feel the ground beneath his feet, he pulled up Kris and carried her right next to where Rachel was sitting.
"Kris? What happened? Did something bite you?" asked Rachel who jumped up from her seat and rushed towards Mush, who was carrying Kris.
Kris laughed, "Yeah… a shark bit me. Psh, Rachel… you come up with the strangest ideas. All I got was a leg cramp from all the swimming. Mush… you can put me down now…" Um… yeah, this is getting weird…
"But I don't wanna!" answered Mush. He laughed and set her down next to Rachel.
"I'll be right back… gonna go get a towel…" he turned around and walked way.
Rachel eyed Kris and poked her playfully on the shoulder. "Whaaatt?" asked Kris.
"Don't "Whaaattt?" Me! Isn't it funny that he always ends up carrying you?" Rachel had a big smile on her face. Finally! Something to tease her about!
Kris looked at Rachel. "Oh no… I know that look! You're gonna endlessly tease me!"
Rachel chuckled. "For once you're wrong! Or at least I'm not gonna tease you RIGHT NOW. I've been shivering here since I came up the water."
"Tell me about it," Kris mumbled and smiled to herself.
"So… I'm gonna go change. I feel weird in these clothes. You don't mind right? Or do you need me to look after you like big strong Mush did?" joked Rachel. They both laughed at each other.
"I'll be fine! Just come back… QUICKLY!" she yelled as Rachel headed towards the bushes where they changed earlier. Kris sprawled out her legs so that it was in front of her. She looked at her right leg and tried to figure out what was wrong. It looks normal so far… I hate cramps...
"Need some company?
Kris turned around to see a familiar face, the boy asking about Rachel. "I told you… I'm Kris. Not Rachel."
"Rachel was the one who just left right?" he asked.
Kris nodded. Why do I feel like he was watching me? "Yeah… hey, what's your name? You didn't really introduce yourself when…"
"I'm Kyle," he smiled and extended his hand. "Brooklyn newsie."
She shook his hand and said, "Oh… Brooklyn. No wonder I've never seen you before."
"Yeah…" Kyle nodded and looked at Kris. "Looks like there's something wrong with your leg…" he pointed towards her right leg.
"I have a cramp from swimming… Hey! How'd you know that?" Kris said in shock.
Kyle shrugged, "I saw Mush carry you on to shore, and your leg looked kinda limped from where I was standing."
"Oh. I was about to think you had magical powers or something." Answered Kris.
Kyle laughed, "I wish. But I do know how to make it feel better. You don't mind?" He eyed her curiously and looked for her permission.
Kris shrugged, "Get my leg working again."
He walked over to her other side so that he would be facing her. He took her leg in his hands and slowly picked up her leg and bending it. "That's better, right?"
"Wow! That actually works! How'd you learn how to do that?"
"I've swum a lot… so I guess you can look at it that way." He suddenly stopped bending her leg and started staring at something behind Kris.
"Whatcha looking at?" Kris turned around to see Mush looking at Kyle… and his hands. "Oh."
"I guess I'd better go…" said Kyle meekly. He let go of Kris' leg and started getting up.
"NO, no… stay… sorry about that. It's just I haven't seen you before," answered Mush who still had a worried look on his face. He sat next to Kris and put his arm around her while Kyle sat down on the other side of Kris. Kris could feel the tension between them.
"Um… Mush, this is Kyle. He's a Brooklyn newsie…" I'll tell him about him asking about Rachel later…
"Well, hi." He extended his hand. They shook hands and as they did, Kris was sure that she saw their muscles tighten.
"Alrite… well… I'm gonna go change…" said Kris with uncertainty. I don't really wanna stay here… "Rachel's waiting for me, anyway."
"You sure you can walk?" said Mush.
"I'll be fine. I'll be back in five minutes." And with that, Kris walked away.
There was a bit of silence between the boys for a while until Kyle said, "She's something isn't she?"
"What?" Mush quickly turned his attention to Kyle who had a big grin on his face.
"She's not like the girls around here… I mean, you know… in a good way," continued Kyle.
"Hey. You better stay away from her, aight? She's my girl!" said Mush angrily as he shoved his face into Kyle's. Both boys were standing up facing each other.
"Oh really? Did you ask her to be your girl, then?" Kyle eyed Mush.
"Um… no. But I will!" Mush's face soften as he realized what just happened. Stupid! Stupid! I should've said yes!
"Right. That's what I thought," said Kyle as he grinned and walked away.~*~
Rachel finished changing and walked to Mush. "Hey Mush! Do you know where Kris is?" Mush turned to look at Rachel's face and walked away. "Oh.. k.. thanks! What the hell is his problem?"
Rachel stood in front of the shore looking for Kris in the water. All of the sudden she felt someone grab her hand. "Race!" Rachel said turning around
"Race?" Spot said. Race? Why'd she call me Race?
"Oh Spot! Sorry I thought you were Race… my bad." Rachel said looking to the ground. Stupid stupid stupid! Oh well it's just Spot..
"Come on! Everyone is going back now." Spot said trying to pull Rachel away.
"Hold on! I'm looking for Kris!" said Rachel trying to pull her hand away from Spot. Spot let go and left Rachel alone standing on the shore. All of a sudden, two arms hugged her waist. She turned around and found it was Race hugging her. Whew! Okay this time it's Race.
"What are you doing standing here? Thinking about what's his name.. Richie?" said Race laughing
"No… he's got a girlfriend!" Rachel said laughing back. "I'm looking for Kris!" She turned around facing Race.
"Kris? She's already with the rest of the group." Race said looking into Rachel's eyes. Rachel blinked. "I win! Rachel... you're so bad at your own game." He turned laughing and ran towards the group.
"Hey! I didn't know we were playing! Race!" Rachel said shocked running to the other Newsies.
During the walk back to town, Rachel stood by Kris and Race. Kris and Mush were having their moment and Rachel didn't want to disturb them. She turned to Kris and whispered, "Ask Mush if he wants to carry you!!" Before Kris could say anything, Rachel ran to the first of the crowd laughing. Spot tripped over a rock as soon as Rachel turned around.
"Weren't you in the back with Kris and Mush?" Jack asked laughing at Spot.
"Yah.. but…" Rachel said trying to help Spot up. "BUT KRIS AND MUSH WANTED THEIR LITTLE MOMENT!" She yelled to make sure Kris could hear. Afterwards she yelled back, "KRIS I'M JUST KIDDING AROUND! RELAX!" Jack, Spot, Race, and Blink were laughing.
Rachel stayed in the front with Jack, Spot, Race, and Blink so Kris wouldn't kill her. All the newsies walked into Tibby's laughing at Blink's jokes. Rachel sat by Kris hoping Kris won't try to kill her. Mush came over to the table and sat down staring at his food.
"I'm starving! Aren't you guys?!?! This looks good." Mush said. Kris kept staring at Rachel as if trying to say something to her.
"Kris, what? Do I got something on my face?" Rachel said laughing. She finally understood on what Kris is trying to say, got up and went to sit with the rest of the newsies. A few hours later, everybody was cheerful and full of food. They all walked balk to the Lodging House, with Rachel still teasing Kris and Mush. Kris ended up chasing after Rachel the whole time. Spot grew worried and started running towards them.
Race laughed and shouted, "See Spot Run!"
Mush shook his head, "See how THEY'RE running! I've never seen girls run that fast before!"
Later that night, the Lodging House was fuller than usual. The Brooklyn Newsies tried their best to get along with the other Manhattan Newsies.
"So where are we supposed to sleep?" asked Rachel. "On the floor?"
"Course not! You know those two beds that Kloppman set up for you and Emily the last time you were here? It's still up." Race pointed towards the end of the long row of bunk beds to see two unused white beds.
Kris ran towards the bunk beds and jumped on the lower bunk bed. "I GET THIS ONE! The… you know how there's an upper bunk bed? The… lower bunk bed!" Kris shouted as she jumped on the bed.
Race, Rachel, Spot, and Mush started laughing and giggling wildly at Kris while they walked over to their new bunk beds. "What? Were you gonna say the non-upper bunk bed?!" Rachel exclaimed as she started laughing at Kris again.
Kris started to giggle as Mush sat next to her, "I couldn't remember what it was!"
~*~
Rachel was looking up at the stars as she thought of the events that happened today. She remembered how Spot held her hand so tightly compared to how Race softly hugged her. They're both so… Her thoughts whirled around her as she felt a gust of wind run across her face.
"What you doing up here?" She heard a familiar voice and turned around.
"Hey Race! Nothing… just… thinking. Kris is already asleep… she was pretty wiped out after all that laughing." Rachel answered.
"Haha yah. She was… really… REALLY… happy." He paused for a moment and looked at her. "And Mush too. You'd think he was in heaven."
Rachel chuckled, "He probably is! I mean, Kris is here… what more could he want?"
Race nodded and looked at her thoughtfully. "So how'd you find this place? Were you exploring or something?"
Rachel threw up her hands in the air like an act of defeat. "You caught me! It's not like I can talk to Kris… she's actually sleeping for once. And I don't feel like playing poker." Rachel shrugged. "There are just so many things that happened today that I needed to think about it.
"Oh... like what things?" Race asked looking for a place to sit. He looked at the sky and saw a shooting star. He closed his eyes and made a wish.
"Lots of things. I just came and already I feel comfortable. Spot and you and all the other newsies make me feel so comfortable and relaxed." Rachel said as she sat on the ground. She turned to look at Race. "Race… what are you doing?"
"Making a wish… I come up here to think." He smiled and looked at Rachel. "This is the first time I saw a shooting star." Race turned around and sat next to Rachel.
"What did you wish for? Money?" Rachel said laughing. "If you wished for money wanna split 60/40?"
"You wish! You'll just see if my wish comes true." Race said getting up. "Let's go sleep before the rest of the newsies take a good sleeping spot."
~*~
Rachel couldn't sleep. All she can think of is Spot and Race. Rachel sat up on her bunk bed and looked down on the sleeping newsies. The newsies all over the ground looked like sleeping like babies. She started to laugh when she saw that Boot's foot was on Spec's stomach. Then, she saw Crutchy muttering something and Mush smiling in his sleep. She got down from the bunk bed, trying her best not to step on any newsies. She found an empty space and right when she placed her foot in the area, Jack turned in his sleep and Rachel stepped on his hand. But all Jack did was pull away his hand and mutter, "What's the matta with you? You're mad."
She walked towards the same place she was before. She was finally on the rooftop. She closed her eyes and looked at the sky. This is weird. Back in the future, no guys liked me at all. They thought I was a freak with green eyes. Then all of the sudden I have two guys liking me. They do like me… right? Spot holding my hand and Race hugging me? Suddenly, she felt a blanket go around her shoulders. She turned around and saw Spot walking away. "Thanks Spot. Where you going?"
Spot turned around. "Back inside. I saw you walk out to the roof and thought you would be cold."
"You don't have to go. Spot!" said Rachel hoping that she could get to talk to him. Spot turned around and looked at the floor. "Spot... Thanks for taking care for me this morning. Kris told me."
"It's nothing. Mush wanted Kris to go sell papes with him so I said I'll watch out for you." Spot turned and started walking down the stairs.
"Spot! Wait!" Rachel said. She walked up to Spot and kissed him on the cheek. "We better get back inside. It's getting late."
Spot stood there for a second and smiled. "Yah, we should."