Chapter 31:
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A little Fire ran threw the Lodging House door. Spot close behind her. Kloppman grabbed Fire by the waist and placed her on the counter.
"Fire now where did u put Mindy's present?" Spot asked.
"Up my ass and around the corner." Fire crossed her arms. Spot walked over to Fire and grabbed her arm.
'What have I told you about using that language. Now where is it?" fire stared at Spot.
"I don't like Mindy."
"I don't care."
"She more important you to then me."
'No one is and you know that. Mindy is just my girlfriend."
"Your to little."
"Oh look who's talking Miss 'I Love Mush Meyers'"
"Shhhhhhhhhh."
'Come on."
"If I tell you then you'll get it and leave me to go hang out with Mindy."
"I'll be back. Its her birthday."
"Upstairs under Mush's pillow." Spot kissed Fire on the cheek and ran upstairs. "And now its all about Mindy. She's a little whore."
"Who is?" Mush asked coming in from the kitchen and handing Fire a cookie.
"Me." Fire laughed and Mush slightly hit the back of her head.
"You're a goof." Mush hopped on to the counter. "Who's a little whore?"
"Mindy," Fiore whispered.
"Don't like her?" Mush asked stuffing the cookie in his mouth.
"She takes Spot away from me." Fire sighed. Spot ran down the stairs and out the door with out saying good bye to Fire. Fire frowned and ran to the window. The open and Spot came in and picked Fire up.
"Bye. Your gonna spend the night here okay. Ummmmmmm. Shit. Oh yeah. Dad is gone so don't worry about a beating tomorrow. Well you'll probably still get one but not as bad as if he knew you weren't home. I should be back by eleven. You better be up in bed by then. No poker tonight. No more junk food. Eat dinner then you better read." Spot put Fire down and left. Fire looked back at Mush and he smiled.
***** eleven thirty*****
Spot walked up the stairs and into the bunkroom. A couple of the guy were still up playing poker. He walked over to where Fire was sleeping and sat down next to her. Fire turned over and looked at him.
"You woke me up Fart Face." Spot shook his head and laid down next to his sister. She snuggled into him. "Spot."
"Yea?" Spot looked down at his sister.
"You and me gonna be together forever?" Fire asked.
"Yea."
"You gonna never leave me?"
"Never."
"Protect me forever?"
"Forever."
"I love you Spot."
"I love you too Fire."
"Spot?"
"What?"
"Promise me that if I die before you that you will be by my side. I don't wanna die without you there."
"Your to young to think about that stuff."
"No Gadget was my age and he died a month ago."
"I promise Fire."
"And make sure that it isn't a murder, just sickness or something like that."
"I'm not gonad let anyone lay a finger on you."
"Just him."
"Yea just him."
"I'm scared Spot."
"About what?"
"Life."
"He's gonna kill I know it."
"Fire…"
"You know it to. Just be there when I die."
"I'm not gonna let you die. You'll get out of there. You'll live to be old and gray." Spot pulled Fire closer. "Marry Mush," Spot whispered.
"Yea yea yea. Night Ugly."
"Night pain." Spot kissed the top of his sisters head.
Spot sat on his bed his head in his hands. Someone knocked at his door. "Come in." Books walked in and sat down next to him. "I broke the promise I made her. I promised her I would be by her side when she died."
"Aw. Spot you did the best you could."
"No I didn't. I wasn't even gonna go and try. Who I am Books. Fire and I use to be so close. Now we hate each other. I never knew it was possible to hate her." Spot stood up and walked over to the dresser.
"Spot people change. I mean its not normal for brothers and sisters never to fight. It was just a stage you were going threw. She knows you love her." Books look at Spot In the mirror.
"That's the thing Books. She doesn't because I'm not even sure if I loved her. Now I'll never know." Spot slammed his fist down on the dresser. What Books didn't know is that the toughest newsie in all of new York was holding back tears.
**** Where Slick at … Queens****
Slick walked into his room but Fire's body wasn't lying on the floor anymore. There was a trail of blood leading over to his night table and the bathroom. Slick walked slowly over to the night table and checked the draw. His gun was gone. Slick looked towards the bathroom door and is creaked open. A very bloody figure came forward.
"I killed you. I did. I couldn't see a rise and fall. Even Spot and Dolly thought you were dead. I mean no one could survive what I did to you. No one. Your dead." Slick watched as Fire pointed the gun at him. "Fire…"
"You forgot one thing Slick. I'm a Conlon. We don't give up that easily." Fire moved closer to Slick. "Slick my Dad beat every fucking day of my life till I was eight. Now I was eight and he was what like 50 times stronger then me. Now I've gotten older and stronger. Its harder to kill me. Yea I'll admit you came very close. But not close enough. I passed out. Yes Slick I am in so much pain. But I am gonna spare you pain and just kill you. I'm letting you get off easy."
"No. Your just taking you anger out on me. You should really be doing this to your dad. Your mad at you dad not at me."
"See If I was taking out all my anger on you from the pain my dad caused me. I wouldn't just kill you. I'd make you cry bloody murder. I would be so unmerciful to you. I lost my virginity at eight. My dad's friends rapped me at eight. No eight year old is suppose to even know what rape means. Well I learned. I also learned that no one is allowed to treat me like crap. So good bye Slick." Slick's eyed widened as Fire pulled the trigger. Fire gulped. "Shit." Fire whispered. "What the fuck you do Fire?" Fire herd people running up the stairs and she ran to the window. Fire raced down the latter.