Returning to the camp/ Way station
Jake looked up at the sky and Oy whined softly. "'Ake. 'Ack." It had been nearly an hour and he could see that Eddie had kept the green flame going. He reached into his poncho, and pulled out a bottle of wine. It was the first of the two bottles, and it was a third of the way gone.
He took another third of it out and pulled another small dish offering some of the well aged stuff to the billy-bumbler who drank it quickly and then after Jake had put the bottle down into his poncho pocket was led back to the fire. Unfortunately, Eddie had a good idea what Jake had been doing.
"Where is it?" "Where's what?" "The drink, I know you got something I can smell it on your breath.. Not to mention you're hammered!" "I- I'm NOT DRU- DRUNK!" He said rather loudly and then sat down. He stuffed the Poncho in his pack and lie back falling into a deep sleep. When he awoke the first thing he did was roll him a cigarette. He smoked it silently then looked around at the camp place.
Oy was curled up beside him. The kid was nestled in between Eddie and Susannah. Roland, though, was oddest of all. He was asleep sitting up against a large bolder. Jake stood up and reached into his pack shifting around the wood pulling the wine from the poncho pocket still inside he shifted it farther under the wood then pulled out the poncho and put it on.
The kid was the only one to wake up. "Wait, Jake, where are you going now?" Jake was startled by the voice. He looked at the kid. The kid wasn't brown.he was white. Jake smiled lightly in spite of the large headache. "Don't worry about it Laseck. I'll be back." He kind of liked the kid and didn't want to worry him. Not to mention the kid was so young.
Laseck lay back down between his mother and father. Jake doubted the kid would be asleep again. It wasn't morning yet, in all reality it was still dark, and would probably be some hours before Eddie, Susannah, and Roland got up. He walked away from the fire and relieved himself then returned and sat down. He saw Laseck looking at him and motioned for him to come over. The small child did as he bid.
Laseck sat beside Jake. Jake was the only one he knew how to talk to. He looked up at Jake. "Why am I.. different?" Jake thought that this would end up being like a 'talk' the kind between a father and a son. well the fathers not here. Eddie is technically not a father. so, Jake would be the one to do his best to help the kid. he may be cold hearted but there was still a spot deep in there that wasn't yet frozen over.
"It's your dad's fault. not Eddie. the thing. that was your dad. You're too young to understand. it was a creature. not a human and it forced your mother to .. Let's not go into that okay." Laseck looked at him a mixed look of understanding and sadness on his face. "So I was a mistake.I wasn't wanted?"
The boy's eyes swelled with tears. Jake knew what was coming. "Hey, listen, kid. You weren't a mistake you weren't unwanted. just a surprise." Laseck cried as any normal kid would and Jake felt compelled to comfort the kid taking him in a hug. "Don't cry now. Come on get some sleep. It's late, or call it early either way, come on."
Oy had been awake for a while. After a while Jake lie down, the kid lying down beside him and Oy lying down across both of their legs. Jake awoke in the morning Oy was already awake the kid still was asleep beside him and a ghost of the headache he had once had reminded him of his lies.
The night before came back to him. the talk with Laseck.. Laseck would tell Eddie and Eddie would confront him. Indeed it happened the next night after everyone else had gone asleep and Eddie had followed Jake on one of his walks. "HOW COULD YOU!? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT!? YOU'RE NOT HIS FATHER!" Jake growled and rounded on the man. "YEAH WELL NEITHER ARE YOU!" Eddie drew back. Jake immediately regretted that comment. He calmed down and said softly. "He came to me and asked me.. I know what is like to feel different. I wanted to help! Roland wouldn't! You wouldn't know because you had your brother with you all the time to keep you company! I HAD NO ONE! NOT EVEN A FATHER OF MY OWN!"
Jake let this last bit out with only one tear and then frowned in a Rolandish way. Later that night after returning Jake fell into a deep sleep and was the first to wake up. Jake cooked a breakfast over the fire then woke Laseck and ate with him Oy eating from his own small plate. Eddie stared through the fire at him. Susannah and Roland remained hunkered over the food.
(Well people. I guess you have guessed this is going to mostly be from Eddie, Laseck, or Jakes view. But of course a bit of Roland will come in.)
Jake looked up from his plate some minutes later. The tension from Eddies stare surrounded him and had become so thick that Susannah, Roland, and even Laseck and Oy had begun to notice it. "You got a problem?" He was not the twelve year old who idolized Roland and Eddie. He was not the same. he was different in more ways then one.
Eddie growled and only nodded. Susannah and Roland looked confused and Laseck looked rather scared. "Come on then." Roland said later as they all readied to move. Two days later they stood on the dusty ground of the Waystation.
Jake looked up at the sky and Oy whined softly. "'Ake. 'Ack." It had been nearly an hour and he could see that Eddie had kept the green flame going. He reached into his poncho, and pulled out a bottle of wine. It was the first of the two bottles, and it was a third of the way gone.
He took another third of it out and pulled another small dish offering some of the well aged stuff to the billy-bumbler who drank it quickly and then after Jake had put the bottle down into his poncho pocket was led back to the fire. Unfortunately, Eddie had a good idea what Jake had been doing.
"Where is it?" "Where's what?" "The drink, I know you got something I can smell it on your breath.. Not to mention you're hammered!" "I- I'm NOT DRU- DRUNK!" He said rather loudly and then sat down. He stuffed the Poncho in his pack and lie back falling into a deep sleep. When he awoke the first thing he did was roll him a cigarette. He smoked it silently then looked around at the camp place.
Oy was curled up beside him. The kid was nestled in between Eddie and Susannah. Roland, though, was oddest of all. He was asleep sitting up against a large bolder. Jake stood up and reached into his pack shifting around the wood pulling the wine from the poncho pocket still inside he shifted it farther under the wood then pulled out the poncho and put it on.
The kid was the only one to wake up. "Wait, Jake, where are you going now?" Jake was startled by the voice. He looked at the kid. The kid wasn't brown.he was white. Jake smiled lightly in spite of the large headache. "Don't worry about it Laseck. I'll be back." He kind of liked the kid and didn't want to worry him. Not to mention the kid was so young.
Laseck lay back down between his mother and father. Jake doubted the kid would be asleep again. It wasn't morning yet, in all reality it was still dark, and would probably be some hours before Eddie, Susannah, and Roland got up. He walked away from the fire and relieved himself then returned and sat down. He saw Laseck looking at him and motioned for him to come over. The small child did as he bid.
Laseck sat beside Jake. Jake was the only one he knew how to talk to. He looked up at Jake. "Why am I.. different?" Jake thought that this would end up being like a 'talk' the kind between a father and a son. well the fathers not here. Eddie is technically not a father. so, Jake would be the one to do his best to help the kid. he may be cold hearted but there was still a spot deep in there that wasn't yet frozen over.
"It's your dad's fault. not Eddie. the thing. that was your dad. You're too young to understand. it was a creature. not a human and it forced your mother to .. Let's not go into that okay." Laseck looked at him a mixed look of understanding and sadness on his face. "So I was a mistake.I wasn't wanted?"
The boy's eyes swelled with tears. Jake knew what was coming. "Hey, listen, kid. You weren't a mistake you weren't unwanted. just a surprise." Laseck cried as any normal kid would and Jake felt compelled to comfort the kid taking him in a hug. "Don't cry now. Come on get some sleep. It's late, or call it early either way, come on."
Oy had been awake for a while. After a while Jake lie down, the kid lying down beside him and Oy lying down across both of their legs. Jake awoke in the morning Oy was already awake the kid still was asleep beside him and a ghost of the headache he had once had reminded him of his lies.
The night before came back to him. the talk with Laseck.. Laseck would tell Eddie and Eddie would confront him. Indeed it happened the next night after everyone else had gone asleep and Eddie had followed Jake on one of his walks. "HOW COULD YOU!? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT!? YOU'RE NOT HIS FATHER!" Jake growled and rounded on the man. "YEAH WELL NEITHER ARE YOU!" Eddie drew back. Jake immediately regretted that comment. He calmed down and said softly. "He came to me and asked me.. I know what is like to feel different. I wanted to help! Roland wouldn't! You wouldn't know because you had your brother with you all the time to keep you company! I HAD NO ONE! NOT EVEN A FATHER OF MY OWN!"
Jake let this last bit out with only one tear and then frowned in a Rolandish way. Later that night after returning Jake fell into a deep sleep and was the first to wake up. Jake cooked a breakfast over the fire then woke Laseck and ate with him Oy eating from his own small plate. Eddie stared through the fire at him. Susannah and Roland remained hunkered over the food.
(Well people. I guess you have guessed this is going to mostly be from Eddie, Laseck, or Jakes view. But of course a bit of Roland will come in.)
Jake looked up from his plate some minutes later. The tension from Eddies stare surrounded him and had become so thick that Susannah, Roland, and even Laseck and Oy had begun to notice it. "You got a problem?" He was not the twelve year old who idolized Roland and Eddie. He was not the same. he was different in more ways then one.
Eddie growled and only nodded. Susannah and Roland looked confused and Laseck looked rather scared. "Come on then." Roland said later as they all readied to move. Two days later they stood on the dusty ground of the Waystation.