Chapter 2

            Everything was going great. I had spent a week at camp, which was a lot of fun. One day my friends Liz, Kelly, and Kelsey stopped by to talk to me. I hadn't told them about the newsies yet, so I was very excited.

            We were talking in my room when the door opened and Blink walked in. He looked up and stopped dead in his tracks. We all looked at him.

            "Can I help you, Blink?" I asked.

            "I was gonna ask ya somethin' but I can't remember what." Blink answered looking at me then moving his gaze to my friends. One in particular. I followed his gaze to my friend Liz. A smile came to my lips

            "Blink, these are my friends Kelsey, Kelly, and Liz." I said pointing to each of them.

            "Hi. Well, I gotta get goin'. If I remember what I was gonna ask ya, I'll come back." Blink said still staring at Liz.

            "Ok."

            Blink then turned and walked out closing the door behind him.

            "What'd I tell ya? I told you they were here." I exclaimed with excitement.

            "Excuse me." Liz said as she got up and headed towards the door. The rest of us just laughed.

            "Can I meet Race?" Kelly asked with excitement.

            "Sure. Hey Race!" I yelled.

            "Yeah?" Race yelled back.

            "Come here for a second. You too Jack." I yelled. A second later the door opened and Race and Jack walked in.

            "Race, Jack I want you to meet my friends Kelly and Kelsey. Liz is no doubt talking to Blink." I said introducing them.

            "Hi." They both said at the same time. Race was staring at Kelly and Jack was staring at Kelsey. I couldn't help but smile. It was fun playing matchmaker.

            "Are we gonna finish this game or what?" a voice called from the living room. Race and Jack both turned and left the room in a hurry. Both Kelly and Kelsey got up and followed them out.

            "Hey!" I yelled after them but they didn't hear me.

            A couple of minutes later, Spot walked into my room.

            "Hey." I said.  

            "Hey."

            "What game were you playing?" I asked.

            "We were playin' pokah then Blink, Race, and Jack got a little distracted." He replied.

            "Sorry." I apologized.

            "Don't worry about it. That just means I get ta spend time wit you." He said sitting next to me on the bed and putting his arm around my waist.

            "Ya know I've been meanin' ta tell ya somethin' but I can't seem ta find da right words ta say." He said after a few minutes of comfortable silence.

            "What is it, Spot?"

            "You've probably heard about my reputation."

            "Yeah."

            "Well, I got that reputation 'cause I couldn't keep a girl for more than two weeks and I couldn't keep a girl for more than two weeks 'cause I couldn't stop thinkin' about you. You were always in my mind. I couldn't get you outta me head. I couldn't stop talkin' about ya either. If I had a girl, she'd get so sick a hearin' me talk about ya that they'd leave. I've loved ya for four years, Ann. Ever since I first met ya."

            I couldn't say anything. I was amazed. I couldn't believe that he had loved me for our years. I didn't think anyone could love me. I looked up into his eyes. I could see that he was telling the truth. I still couldn't believe that he had loved me for fours years.

            We sat there in silence for a while but we didn't care. We were ok with sitting in silence with just each other's company.

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AN: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Chapter 3 is on its way. Please review. I love getting reviews.

*~Dreamer Conlon~*