AUTHOR'S NOTE: Dum dee dum......
Laina stood there, silently staring around the dark and empty street, waiting for Mush to return. She stood with her back against the wall, becoming more and more bored as every silent second passed.
It had been nearly 20 minutes since Mush had left, and she held her promise of staying where she was. 'This is getting stupid,' she thought out loud. Pushing herself off of the wall, she made her way through the streets, her arms swinging freely by her sides. She walked up one block, then back down it on the opposite side of the street.
She started toward Irving Hall again, headed to the front entrance. She got to the building in an alarmingly short amount of time. She decided to first make a lap around the building in case Mush was at the place where he'd left her.
She slowly made her way around the edge of the building, staring down at the road in front of her. When she reached the spot she'd been before, and saw that Mush wasn't back yet, she continued to make her way through the nearby streets. She walked through alleys, lanes, and the main roads for 20 minutes when she heard voices up ahead.
Thinking that it might be Mush, she made her way speedily through the streets between herself and the source of the chatter. When she arrived at the scene, her apprehensive smile faded slightly when she saw that it was not Mush and one of the other guys talking, but two boys she'd never met.
"Uh, sorry," she said, beginning to turn around to leave, "thought you were someone else." As she walked away from them, the considerably better looking one of the two (though he was still rather ugly) got up and stepped in front of her, cutting her off. "Well maybe we can help. Who were you looking for, sweet face?" Trying to get back to the main street, she said, "Oh, just a friend of mine. I'm sure he's waiting back at the hall for me."
The other boy had gotten up now, and was making his way slowly over to join the other. "Well maybe we know him. What's his name?" Laina shifted her weight to the opposite foot and said defiantly, "Actually, I've got a bunch of friends waiting for me. Mush, Spot, Jack-" "Spotty and Cowboy? Oh, uh, I just saw 'em right up there, " he lied.
"You kidding?" she said disbelievingly. "Oscar and Morris Delancy never lie to pretty girls," he said, making respectable gestures to indicate which one was which. "Hm," she considered it for a moment, and then said, "Okay, show me where."
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The two brothers led Laina through a few alley ways, across a street, and back into another alley. Only when Morris closed a short gate behind them did Laina get the idea that something wasn¡¯t right.
"So, are you and Mush an item or something?" Slightly distracted, Laina said with the merest trace of a quaver in her voice, "Uh, yeah, I guess so." In a flash, Morris had advanced on her, a look of demented hunger in his lifeless eyes. Laina punched him hard in nose, but as soon as he began falling backwards, Oscar took her arms from behind and shoved her hard to the ground, pinning her by the wrists. Morris had somehow recovered, and came up to aid his equally menacing brother. Morris now pinning her arms as Oscar placed a hand over her mouth. He said, "What was Mush thinking, trying to keep such a pretty thing all to himself. That's very selfish, very selfish indeed. Maybe I should teach him how to share." And with that, he ran a cold, clammy finger down the length of her cheek.
If there was ever a time in her life she was scared, it was now. She didn¡¯t care how it happened, she just wanted to get away from these two evil slime balls. She wanted to scream. They were violating her, mentally, as well as physically. She wanted them dead. She wanted them to die a slow, painful death, with plenty of pain and torture. She knew the two of them combined were too strong for her, but still, she would not cease in her attempts to escape.
She was just about to give up when suddenly, she heard familiar voices coming from the street. It only took a second for her to recognize to whom the voices belonged. She could hear, Jack, Spot, and Mush walking in the street, shouting her name. Laina released a muffled scream. They heard her, and came running.
When they reached the awful scene, she inwardly smiled in relieve. As what they were seeing registered in their stunned minds, looks of disgust, rage and hatred took over their faces. Spot was the first to find his voice, and shouted, "What the hell do you assholes think you're doing!!!!" Mush and Jack hadn¡¯t been able to speak, but they could definitely move.
Mush ran up to Oscar (who was sitting astride Laina) and kicked him hard in the jaw, sending him flying off of her. Jack and Spot had begun attacking Morris, freeing Laina's hands, enabling her to crawl away into a corner. She wanted to help. She wanted to kill those two sad excuses for men. She wanted to do... something, but she couldn¡¯t move. All she could do was sit in a corner, hugging her knees, a look of horrified shock on her face. She hated depending on someone to come along and "rescue" her. But right now, she was just glad not to be alone anymore, and she'd kick herself for it later.
When Oscar and Morris where both knocked unconscious, Spot spat upon both of them. Mush was so furious it was almost scary. But when he looked over at her, all she could see in his eyes was love.
He turned back away, and kicked both bodies lying on the ground. Jack helped Laina off the ground, and she gave both he and Spot small hugs of gratitude. She was standing beside Spot when Mush looked back at her.
'How could I let this happen.'
Mush was already blaming himself, and Laina knew he shouldn¡¯t be. After all, it was her fault. She started to limp over to him, but fell to all fours in her efforts. Mush was instantly at her side, pulling her back up to her feet. Once she regained her balance, he put a hand at her waist, the other up at her face.
"I'm sorry I wasn¡¯t there to stop them," Mush said, self disappointment radiating from under his anger. "It was my fault, I shouldn¡¯t have been--" "Are you okay?" Mush asked, obviously not taking in a word she was saying. "I'm okay, don¡¯t--" "Did they hurt ya? They didn¡¯t hit ya did they? 'Cause if they did I swear to God I'll kill 'em!"
Mush wasn¡¯t getting any calmer, so Laina took his face in her hands and said, "I promise, I'll be okay." But he pulled her into a firm embrace all the same. She wrapped her arms around his neck, he lifted her up off of the ground. She wrapped her sore legs around his waist, and he just kept a firm hold on her mid-back as he proceeded to carry her the whole way back to the lodging house, up the stairs, and into her and Jack's room.
He sat her down on the bed, and removed her shoes for her. "Don'ts worry pal, I'll keep an eye on her tonight," Jack said, sensing how tired Mush was. "No thanks, I'll stay with her tonight. I'll be back later." Jack too said he'd give Laina time to get ready for bed, so she took out the baggy white shirt and huge grey pants that she usually slept in, and quickly changed once the boys had left.
She ran down the hall to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth before darting back into her room. She was sitting at the head of her bead "Indian style" (a/n: I know that term is now politically incorrect, but I don¡¯t really know any other way to describe it, so I apologize if it offends you) when she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in," she said aimlessly, but perked up slightly when Mush slowly opened the door and walked in. He still had a look of deep concern on his face. "How do ya feel? Any better?" was the first thing he said when he was fully in the room. "A little. What happened to Jack? He left about n hour ago?"
A mischievous yet still concerned smile spread across his face. "He's...uh...taking care of some business for me." Laina was about to question more, but was side tracked when Mush held out his hand, beckoning her to his side. She willingly got up and crossed the room to taking his hand in hers. He pulled her into a long, soft embrace.
She pressed up against his chest with her head flat against it. The hand she'd given him was still in his, but he'd brought it around behind her back. He released her slowly and said, "You sure you're gonna be all right?" "I think I'll be okay, I'm just really tired."
He led her over to her bed, and tucked her into it. Then, he grabbed a chair, placing it beside her bed, and leaned down to kiss her on the forehead. As he bent down, Laina turned her head up, and took his face in her hands, kissing him gently.
When they separated, Mush smiled softly down at her, then kissed her forehead. He sat back down in the chair and pulled it closer to the bed. "Go to sleep, you'll need it for tomorrow."
"Why, what's tomorrow?"
"Shh, you'll see."
"Mush, you're exhausted. You should go to sleep."
"Nah, I'll be okay. Besides, I wanna be here if the Delaney's try anything." A look of despise played across Mush's face, and it was a look that Laina did not want to fall asleep to.
"If it makes you feel better, but I promise, I'll be okay." With that, Laina sat up and kissed him yet again. She wanted to take his mind off the Delancy brothers, and on to more important things...like sleep. When she started to lay back down to her bed, Mush grabbed the back of her head, keeping her mouth locked on his.
When he put distance between them, he said, "I can't believe they had the nerve--" but Laina cut him off, covering his mouth with two fingers before he could say any more. "Don't worry about it. Now come on, we both need to sleep."
Laina lay back down to her pillow, and Mush sat up all night, watching her sleep.
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There's a nice update for ya, I know it's been FOREVER since I last updated, but hey, life's crazy, and time flies! Other stories coming soon, so check em out if ya wanna! Pleeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeee review! Let me know you're out there!
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Laina stood there, silently staring around the dark and empty street, waiting for Mush to return. She stood with her back against the wall, becoming more and more bored as every silent second passed.
It had been nearly 20 minutes since Mush had left, and she held her promise of staying where she was. 'This is getting stupid,' she thought out loud. Pushing herself off of the wall, she made her way through the streets, her arms swinging freely by her sides. She walked up one block, then back down it on the opposite side of the street.
She started toward Irving Hall again, headed to the front entrance. She got to the building in an alarmingly short amount of time. She decided to first make a lap around the building in case Mush was at the place where he'd left her.
She slowly made her way around the edge of the building, staring down at the road in front of her. When she reached the spot she'd been before, and saw that Mush wasn't back yet, she continued to make her way through the nearby streets. She walked through alleys, lanes, and the main roads for 20 minutes when she heard voices up ahead.
Thinking that it might be Mush, she made her way speedily through the streets between herself and the source of the chatter. When she arrived at the scene, her apprehensive smile faded slightly when she saw that it was not Mush and one of the other guys talking, but two boys she'd never met.
"Uh, sorry," she said, beginning to turn around to leave, "thought you were someone else." As she walked away from them, the considerably better looking one of the two (though he was still rather ugly) got up and stepped in front of her, cutting her off. "Well maybe we can help. Who were you looking for, sweet face?" Trying to get back to the main street, she said, "Oh, just a friend of mine. I'm sure he's waiting back at the hall for me."
The other boy had gotten up now, and was making his way slowly over to join the other. "Well maybe we know him. What's his name?" Laina shifted her weight to the opposite foot and said defiantly, "Actually, I've got a bunch of friends waiting for me. Mush, Spot, Jack-" "Spotty and Cowboy? Oh, uh, I just saw 'em right up there, " he lied.
"You kidding?" she said disbelievingly. "Oscar and Morris Delancy never lie to pretty girls," he said, making respectable gestures to indicate which one was which. "Hm," she considered it for a moment, and then said, "Okay, show me where."
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The two brothers led Laina through a few alley ways, across a street, and back into another alley. Only when Morris closed a short gate behind them did Laina get the idea that something wasn¡¯t right.
"So, are you and Mush an item or something?" Slightly distracted, Laina said with the merest trace of a quaver in her voice, "Uh, yeah, I guess so." In a flash, Morris had advanced on her, a look of demented hunger in his lifeless eyes. Laina punched him hard in nose, but as soon as he began falling backwards, Oscar took her arms from behind and shoved her hard to the ground, pinning her by the wrists. Morris had somehow recovered, and came up to aid his equally menacing brother. Morris now pinning her arms as Oscar placed a hand over her mouth. He said, "What was Mush thinking, trying to keep such a pretty thing all to himself. That's very selfish, very selfish indeed. Maybe I should teach him how to share." And with that, he ran a cold, clammy finger down the length of her cheek.
If there was ever a time in her life she was scared, it was now. She didn¡¯t care how it happened, she just wanted to get away from these two evil slime balls. She wanted to scream. They were violating her, mentally, as well as physically. She wanted them dead. She wanted them to die a slow, painful death, with plenty of pain and torture. She knew the two of them combined were too strong for her, but still, she would not cease in her attempts to escape.
She was just about to give up when suddenly, she heard familiar voices coming from the street. It only took a second for her to recognize to whom the voices belonged. She could hear, Jack, Spot, and Mush walking in the street, shouting her name. Laina released a muffled scream. They heard her, and came running.
When they reached the awful scene, she inwardly smiled in relieve. As what they were seeing registered in their stunned minds, looks of disgust, rage and hatred took over their faces. Spot was the first to find his voice, and shouted, "What the hell do you assholes think you're doing!!!!" Mush and Jack hadn¡¯t been able to speak, but they could definitely move.
Mush ran up to Oscar (who was sitting astride Laina) and kicked him hard in the jaw, sending him flying off of her. Jack and Spot had begun attacking Morris, freeing Laina's hands, enabling her to crawl away into a corner. She wanted to help. She wanted to kill those two sad excuses for men. She wanted to do... something, but she couldn¡¯t move. All she could do was sit in a corner, hugging her knees, a look of horrified shock on her face. She hated depending on someone to come along and "rescue" her. But right now, she was just glad not to be alone anymore, and she'd kick herself for it later.
When Oscar and Morris where both knocked unconscious, Spot spat upon both of them. Mush was so furious it was almost scary. But when he looked over at her, all she could see in his eyes was love.
He turned back away, and kicked both bodies lying on the ground. Jack helped Laina off the ground, and she gave both he and Spot small hugs of gratitude. She was standing beside Spot when Mush looked back at her.
'How could I let this happen.'
Mush was already blaming himself, and Laina knew he shouldn¡¯t be. After all, it was her fault. She started to limp over to him, but fell to all fours in her efforts. Mush was instantly at her side, pulling her back up to her feet. Once she regained her balance, he put a hand at her waist, the other up at her face.
"I'm sorry I wasn¡¯t there to stop them," Mush said, self disappointment radiating from under his anger. "It was my fault, I shouldn¡¯t have been--" "Are you okay?" Mush asked, obviously not taking in a word she was saying. "I'm okay, don¡¯t--" "Did they hurt ya? They didn¡¯t hit ya did they? 'Cause if they did I swear to God I'll kill 'em!"
Mush wasn¡¯t getting any calmer, so Laina took his face in her hands and said, "I promise, I'll be okay." But he pulled her into a firm embrace all the same. She wrapped her arms around his neck, he lifted her up off of the ground. She wrapped her sore legs around his waist, and he just kept a firm hold on her mid-back as he proceeded to carry her the whole way back to the lodging house, up the stairs, and into her and Jack's room.
He sat her down on the bed, and removed her shoes for her. "Don'ts worry pal, I'll keep an eye on her tonight," Jack said, sensing how tired Mush was. "No thanks, I'll stay with her tonight. I'll be back later." Jack too said he'd give Laina time to get ready for bed, so she took out the baggy white shirt and huge grey pants that she usually slept in, and quickly changed once the boys had left.
She ran down the hall to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth before darting back into her room. She was sitting at the head of her bead "Indian style" (a/n: I know that term is now politically incorrect, but I don¡¯t really know any other way to describe it, so I apologize if it offends you) when she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in," she said aimlessly, but perked up slightly when Mush slowly opened the door and walked in. He still had a look of deep concern on his face. "How do ya feel? Any better?" was the first thing he said when he was fully in the room. "A little. What happened to Jack? He left about n hour ago?"
A mischievous yet still concerned smile spread across his face. "He's...uh...taking care of some business for me." Laina was about to question more, but was side tracked when Mush held out his hand, beckoning her to his side. She willingly got up and crossed the room to taking his hand in hers. He pulled her into a long, soft embrace.
She pressed up against his chest with her head flat against it. The hand she'd given him was still in his, but he'd brought it around behind her back. He released her slowly and said, "You sure you're gonna be all right?" "I think I'll be okay, I'm just really tired."
He led her over to her bed, and tucked her into it. Then, he grabbed a chair, placing it beside her bed, and leaned down to kiss her on the forehead. As he bent down, Laina turned her head up, and took his face in her hands, kissing him gently.
When they separated, Mush smiled softly down at her, then kissed her forehead. He sat back down in the chair and pulled it closer to the bed. "Go to sleep, you'll need it for tomorrow."
"Why, what's tomorrow?"
"Shh, you'll see."
"Mush, you're exhausted. You should go to sleep."
"Nah, I'll be okay. Besides, I wanna be here if the Delaney's try anything." A look of despise played across Mush's face, and it was a look that Laina did not want to fall asleep to.
"If it makes you feel better, but I promise, I'll be okay." With that, Laina sat up and kissed him yet again. She wanted to take his mind off the Delancy brothers, and on to more important things...like sleep. When she started to lay back down to her bed, Mush grabbed the back of her head, keeping her mouth locked on his.
When he put distance between them, he said, "I can't believe they had the nerve--" but Laina cut him off, covering his mouth with two fingers before he could say any more. "Don't worry about it. Now come on, we both need to sleep."
Laina lay back down to her pillow, and Mush sat up all night, watching her sleep.
¢¾☺☺☺☺☺¢¾
There's a nice update for ya, I know it's been FOREVER since I last updated, but hey, life's crazy, and time flies! Other stories coming soon, so check em out if ya wanna! Pleeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeee review! Let me know you're out there!
¢¾Wildchild22¢¾