A/N-yes, she is a feisty one isn't she? And don't fret, Aurora will not
turn mushy, when you're like that you don't change. I suppose she's
vertically challenged, like me :-D. People avoid talking about her height
but maybe one time Spot'll bring it up. Hmmmm. Well Aurora sure enjoys
pissing Spot off. In fact-what is she gonna do next? Please don't think
I'm making this all sappy by having her "know" cause I actually have a
friend who can do this and he told me exactly how I felt and how I was and
I had never told him any of that so some people can do what she does. . .
Now here it is-
CHAPTER THREE: A SPOT ENCOUNTER-AGAIN
Aurora woke up in a strange environment to her. She was surrounded by people, all but a few sleeping. On one side of her in a hammock was a blonde girl and on the other side was a guy on a sleeping pad. From the way he was breathing she could tell he wasn't asleep. She turned on her side so they were face to face and waited for him to open his eyes. After a few minutes he finally blinked his blue eyes open, surprised to find himself looking into Aurora's eyes, and jumped a little from shock.
"You'se need ta get out moah" she said, the corner of her lip twitching.
"Nah, I'm jus not used ta wakin up ta find meself face ta face wit a random goil" he retorted with a grin.
"Like I said, you'se need ta get out moah."
"Yoah da their, ain't ya?"
"Nope."
"Bull shit."
"Maybe."
"I'm Reffy."
"Ain't dat nice" Aurora's eyes sparkled wickedly. "I'm Aurora."
"Well Aurora, you'se shoah had Spot fummin. Ya shoulda seen it. He was throwin things and snappin at people and actin like a real dick. I coulda swohn he had a stick up his ass."
"I guess dat's wheah his cane went" Aurora said almost smiling, but of course she didn't.
"Damn" Reffy said with a laugh. "I can see why he was so mad. I bet ya really pissed Spot off when ya foist talked ta him."
"He was bout ta hit me. Not like he coulda done nuttin" she said overconfidently.
"I wouldn't be too shoah. He may be small but he can fight like a bitch" a glimmer of memory passed through Reffy's eyes. "Hell he can fight."
"Looks as if you've 'sperienced it foist hand" Aurora said with a small laugh. "I guess we small folk have a lot of powah in us when it comes ta fightin."
"Maybe" Reffy shook his head with a smile. "I'm still amazed yoah still alive. I dunno. I guess so many people know of Spots reputation an since you'se don you'se had no problem givin him yoah mind."
"I give everyone me mind sweet heaht" she said lightly patting him on the cheek. "It's jus da way I am."
"I can tell" he replied still smiling. "I kinda like dat about you'se. Evan da newsie goils heah wouldn't speak theah mind ta most of us unless dey wheah pissed at one of us."
"How often does dat happen?"
"Bout once a day" he laughed. "Kinda funny. Dat goil sleepin on yoah uddah side id Mania. She can be pretty bad when she's pissed off. Da woist is Stohm. And she's only twelve! But she'd got a bitch attitude!" he smiled.
"Mmmm, nuttin like mine I bet."
"Of coise it's nuttin like yoahs" he raised an eyebrow. "How long you'se stayin heah foah?"
"Til Spot kicks me out I suppose."
"So dat could be tommorah."
"Or nevah. Depends on how ya look at it. Yeah he was pissed but if he was really pissed do ya think he'd want me round?"
"Guess not. I didn't think bout it like dat."
"Did you'se even think?" Aurora teased.
"Not really" he admitted sheepishly. "Well yoah a different kinda goil 'Rora. . ."
"It's Aurora" she cut in. "Don call me 'Rora again or I'm gonna have ta hoit ya."
"Sorry AUrora" he said putting emphasis on the au. "Like I was sayin, yoah. . . well feisty I guess. Even dis late at night."
"Yoah da second guy who's called me feisty tonight" she said thoughtfully. "Maybe dat's a sign. . ."
"What kinda sign?"
"Dat I'm feisty of coise."
"Of coise. . ." Reffy muttered with a laugh. "I shoulda seen dat comin."
"No you'se shouldn't have" Reffy's face was filled with confusion. "I'm a thief. You'se shouldn't see nothin I do comin. Jus da way it is. Dat's life."
"What possessed you'se ta come a thief?" Reffy tried, hoping not to anger her.
"I suppose it was cause I could run fast and I realized dat I could easily take advantage of people."
"Not Spot."
"Yes Spot. I already took advantage of him. He jus don know it yet."
"Is dat so?"
"Yes it i. . ." Aurora stopped talking when she realized that it wasn't Reffy who said that. She slowly turned her head, not at all surprised to see Spot standing above her. "Hello theah Spot" she said in a cheery way.
"Is dat so?"
"In a way I suppose it is."
"Why don we have a talk Aurora. Jus you'se an me. Get up" Aurora reluctantly complied and followed Spot into his room. He shut the door behind him and turned to Aurora.
"You'se think I'm a thief don ya?" she asked, her eyes locking with his gaze.
"You ah a thief."
"Am I now?"
"Do you'se prefer da toim 'permanent borrower'?" he asked mockingly.
"Yes. Yes I do" she broke away from his gaze to look around the room. "Nice room ya got heah. I 'specially like what you've done wit da bed. Veahy. . .um big. . ."
"Cut the shit" he snapped.
"Look Spot" she said whirling around and making eye contact with him again. "You'se don wanna heah what yoah askin me ta say. "I know yoah jus gonna say dat ya do but you don. Trust me."
"Trust a thief?" he laughed and walked right up to her. "You'se listen up. I'm sick of yoah lil attitude you'se got goin on heah. Don pretend like ya know cause ya don."
"Oh but I do Spot. I can look at you'se and see who you'se ah. I know what yoah hidin Spot."
"Don give me dat bull shit like yoah tryin ta scahe me. If you'se do really know who I am den tell me" he backed away from her and sat in a chair looking up intently. "I'm listening."
"Ok, you'se asked foah it" she shrugged and continued on. "It's like dis. I wouldn't go as fah as ta call you'se insecure but you'se sometimes use yoah powah ta covah up da fact dat yoah unsure of somethin or even dat yoah scahed. And wit da goils. . ." Spot grew a little confused for he hadn't mentioned anything about girls to her. "Yes Spot, I know bout da goils. You'se wanna seem suave and like yoah such a ladies man, and hell I'll be honest, I can see wheah da attraction is. But you'se sometimes wish dat you'se could have a goil wheah da relationship wasn't jus about sex and status. Sometimes you'se wish you'se had a goil who you'se could jus talk ta and someone who you'se could caeah about, someone who needs you'se. Someone who when you've had a bad day will give you'se a hug, a peck on da cheek and they'll tell you'se how much ya mean ta dem. Maybe it's something dat happened in yoah past, and I'm not gonna go theah, but you'se, Spot Conlon, want to, need to feel needed and caeahed foah."
Spot stared at Aurora in disbelief. Not because she had the guts to say all of this to his face but because she had surprisingly gotten everything right. It was almost as if she knew him, but not.
"Shall I go on?" she asked the baffled Spot. All he could manage was a nod and Aurora continued. "Dis is why you'se let yoahself be taken advantage of. Don worry, you'se don know when yoah lettin yoahself get taken advantage of and everyone one gets taken advantage of at least once in theah life. You'se leave yoahself vunerable at times. All it takes is a goil ta see da way you'se ah, trick you'se inta thinkin dat dey caeah and den BOOM! All of a sudden she'd got da powah, she's got da key, she's got Brooklyn."
"So dat's it?" he said roughly. "Yoah aftah da powah, yoah aftah my powah."
"Not me nitwit" Spot winced at the name but for once he didn't do anything about it. "Da advantage I took of you'se was da cane brought me heah. A wahm and protected place ta stay witout payin anything. Theah. Now you'se know da awful truth. Dreadful eh?"
"How did you'se know?"
"It's in yoah eyes Spot. You'se can't hide it, no one can. And some people can look at people and undahstand them wheah as most people won't."
"So you'se undahstand me in dis freakish way?" Spot asked.
"Don read too deep inta it sweetheaht. Now if you'se don mind I'm gonna go sleep some moah" Aurora took a step towards the door.
"Oh but I do mind" Spot said standing up. He walked over to Aurora and tilted her chin up gently with hi hand. For a few seconds Aurora was captivated in Spot's eyes. Spot leaned down to kiss Aurora but she snapped out of it and promptly slapped him across the cheek.
"I'm not yoah princess Spot" she spat out as he rubbed his cheek in shock. "So don try yoah chahm on me. I know what you'se ah."
"Yeah, well so do I. I know what you'se ah. A thief."
"I'd rathah be a smaht thief den a dump idiot like you'se!" and with that Aurora stormed out of Spot's room.
"Bitch!" Spot yelled, his face red, as he picked up a stool and chucked it at the wall. He then slumped down on his bed and let out a huge sigh. Was this girl going to plague him forever?
CHAPTER THREE: A SPOT ENCOUNTER-AGAIN
Aurora woke up in a strange environment to her. She was surrounded by people, all but a few sleeping. On one side of her in a hammock was a blonde girl and on the other side was a guy on a sleeping pad. From the way he was breathing she could tell he wasn't asleep. She turned on her side so they were face to face and waited for him to open his eyes. After a few minutes he finally blinked his blue eyes open, surprised to find himself looking into Aurora's eyes, and jumped a little from shock.
"You'se need ta get out moah" she said, the corner of her lip twitching.
"Nah, I'm jus not used ta wakin up ta find meself face ta face wit a random goil" he retorted with a grin.
"Like I said, you'se need ta get out moah."
"Yoah da their, ain't ya?"
"Nope."
"Bull shit."
"Maybe."
"I'm Reffy."
"Ain't dat nice" Aurora's eyes sparkled wickedly. "I'm Aurora."
"Well Aurora, you'se shoah had Spot fummin. Ya shoulda seen it. He was throwin things and snappin at people and actin like a real dick. I coulda swohn he had a stick up his ass."
"I guess dat's wheah his cane went" Aurora said almost smiling, but of course she didn't.
"Damn" Reffy said with a laugh. "I can see why he was so mad. I bet ya really pissed Spot off when ya foist talked ta him."
"He was bout ta hit me. Not like he coulda done nuttin" she said overconfidently.
"I wouldn't be too shoah. He may be small but he can fight like a bitch" a glimmer of memory passed through Reffy's eyes. "Hell he can fight."
"Looks as if you've 'sperienced it foist hand" Aurora said with a small laugh. "I guess we small folk have a lot of powah in us when it comes ta fightin."
"Maybe" Reffy shook his head with a smile. "I'm still amazed yoah still alive. I dunno. I guess so many people know of Spots reputation an since you'se don you'se had no problem givin him yoah mind."
"I give everyone me mind sweet heaht" she said lightly patting him on the cheek. "It's jus da way I am."
"I can tell" he replied still smiling. "I kinda like dat about you'se. Evan da newsie goils heah wouldn't speak theah mind ta most of us unless dey wheah pissed at one of us."
"How often does dat happen?"
"Bout once a day" he laughed. "Kinda funny. Dat goil sleepin on yoah uddah side id Mania. She can be pretty bad when she's pissed off. Da woist is Stohm. And she's only twelve! But she'd got a bitch attitude!" he smiled.
"Mmmm, nuttin like mine I bet."
"Of coise it's nuttin like yoahs" he raised an eyebrow. "How long you'se stayin heah foah?"
"Til Spot kicks me out I suppose."
"So dat could be tommorah."
"Or nevah. Depends on how ya look at it. Yeah he was pissed but if he was really pissed do ya think he'd want me round?"
"Guess not. I didn't think bout it like dat."
"Did you'se even think?" Aurora teased.
"Not really" he admitted sheepishly. "Well yoah a different kinda goil 'Rora. . ."
"It's Aurora" she cut in. "Don call me 'Rora again or I'm gonna have ta hoit ya."
"Sorry AUrora" he said putting emphasis on the au. "Like I was sayin, yoah. . . well feisty I guess. Even dis late at night."
"Yoah da second guy who's called me feisty tonight" she said thoughtfully. "Maybe dat's a sign. . ."
"What kinda sign?"
"Dat I'm feisty of coise."
"Of coise. . ." Reffy muttered with a laugh. "I shoulda seen dat comin."
"No you'se shouldn't have" Reffy's face was filled with confusion. "I'm a thief. You'se shouldn't see nothin I do comin. Jus da way it is. Dat's life."
"What possessed you'se ta come a thief?" Reffy tried, hoping not to anger her.
"I suppose it was cause I could run fast and I realized dat I could easily take advantage of people."
"Not Spot."
"Yes Spot. I already took advantage of him. He jus don know it yet."
"Is dat so?"
"Yes it i. . ." Aurora stopped talking when she realized that it wasn't Reffy who said that. She slowly turned her head, not at all surprised to see Spot standing above her. "Hello theah Spot" she said in a cheery way.
"Is dat so?"
"In a way I suppose it is."
"Why don we have a talk Aurora. Jus you'se an me. Get up" Aurora reluctantly complied and followed Spot into his room. He shut the door behind him and turned to Aurora.
"You'se think I'm a thief don ya?" she asked, her eyes locking with his gaze.
"You ah a thief."
"Am I now?"
"Do you'se prefer da toim 'permanent borrower'?" he asked mockingly.
"Yes. Yes I do" she broke away from his gaze to look around the room. "Nice room ya got heah. I 'specially like what you've done wit da bed. Veahy. . .um big. . ."
"Cut the shit" he snapped.
"Look Spot" she said whirling around and making eye contact with him again. "You'se don wanna heah what yoah askin me ta say. "I know yoah jus gonna say dat ya do but you don. Trust me."
"Trust a thief?" he laughed and walked right up to her. "You'se listen up. I'm sick of yoah lil attitude you'se got goin on heah. Don pretend like ya know cause ya don."
"Oh but I do Spot. I can look at you'se and see who you'se ah. I know what yoah hidin Spot."
"Don give me dat bull shit like yoah tryin ta scahe me. If you'se do really know who I am den tell me" he backed away from her and sat in a chair looking up intently. "I'm listening."
"Ok, you'se asked foah it" she shrugged and continued on. "It's like dis. I wouldn't go as fah as ta call you'se insecure but you'se sometimes use yoah powah ta covah up da fact dat yoah unsure of somethin or even dat yoah scahed. And wit da goils. . ." Spot grew a little confused for he hadn't mentioned anything about girls to her. "Yes Spot, I know bout da goils. You'se wanna seem suave and like yoah such a ladies man, and hell I'll be honest, I can see wheah da attraction is. But you'se sometimes wish dat you'se could have a goil wheah da relationship wasn't jus about sex and status. Sometimes you'se wish you'se had a goil who you'se could jus talk ta and someone who you'se could caeah about, someone who needs you'se. Someone who when you've had a bad day will give you'se a hug, a peck on da cheek and they'll tell you'se how much ya mean ta dem. Maybe it's something dat happened in yoah past, and I'm not gonna go theah, but you'se, Spot Conlon, want to, need to feel needed and caeahed foah."
Spot stared at Aurora in disbelief. Not because she had the guts to say all of this to his face but because she had surprisingly gotten everything right. It was almost as if she knew him, but not.
"Shall I go on?" she asked the baffled Spot. All he could manage was a nod and Aurora continued. "Dis is why you'se let yoahself be taken advantage of. Don worry, you'se don know when yoah lettin yoahself get taken advantage of and everyone one gets taken advantage of at least once in theah life. You'se leave yoahself vunerable at times. All it takes is a goil ta see da way you'se ah, trick you'se inta thinkin dat dey caeah and den BOOM! All of a sudden she'd got da powah, she's got da key, she's got Brooklyn."
"So dat's it?" he said roughly. "Yoah aftah da powah, yoah aftah my powah."
"Not me nitwit" Spot winced at the name but for once he didn't do anything about it. "Da advantage I took of you'se was da cane brought me heah. A wahm and protected place ta stay witout payin anything. Theah. Now you'se know da awful truth. Dreadful eh?"
"How did you'se know?"
"It's in yoah eyes Spot. You'se can't hide it, no one can. And some people can look at people and undahstand them wheah as most people won't."
"So you'se undahstand me in dis freakish way?" Spot asked.
"Don read too deep inta it sweetheaht. Now if you'se don mind I'm gonna go sleep some moah" Aurora took a step towards the door.
"Oh but I do mind" Spot said standing up. He walked over to Aurora and tilted her chin up gently with hi hand. For a few seconds Aurora was captivated in Spot's eyes. Spot leaned down to kiss Aurora but she snapped out of it and promptly slapped him across the cheek.
"I'm not yoah princess Spot" she spat out as he rubbed his cheek in shock. "So don try yoah chahm on me. I know what you'se ah."
"Yeah, well so do I. I know what you'se ah. A thief."
"I'd rathah be a smaht thief den a dump idiot like you'se!" and with that Aurora stormed out of Spot's room.
"Bitch!" Spot yelled, his face red, as he picked up a stool and chucked it at the wall. He then slumped down on his bed and let out a huge sigh. Was this girl going to plague him forever?
