Chapter 21.
"Jacky boy!" Spot yelled running into the Manhattan Lodging House. "What is it Spot?" Jack breathed. "Look at this!" He yelled shoving the note into Jack's face. "My God, that is Soda's hand writing! We got to find where she is!" Spot exclaimed.
"Are you certain you didn't see her or anything?" Jack asked. Lily came down and looked the note over. "Is there any chance that she could be in the Orphanage?" Lily asked looking up at Spot. Then it dawned on Spot how Mistress Collingwell was putting ads up for them. She could've found Soda.
"Well, it's hard to know....I don't know where the Orphanage is. Soda told me they relocated it from Manhattan....and the moved it to somewhere in Brooklyn...." Spot was trying to put the clues together.
"Comeon Spot think..." Race told him. "She said....that she could see me when she looked down from her window. That means....she's somewhere near the Brooklyn Lodging House!" Spot exclaimed. "you're sure?" Lily asked. "Positive, I know Soda told me that....I just know it."
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"Hallie wake up!" She felt someone shaking her. "Huh? What?" Soda asked lying up looking up at the face of Kyle. "You fell asleep in here and we don't want you to get in trouble so come on." Kyle said helping her up. She straightened her dress and went out after Kyle.
"What do we do first?" Soda asked to refresh her memory. "Oh, we eat breakfast....remember?" Kyle asked her. "Oh yeah... then we do chores. I remember." Soda replied sitting in her old spot at the table. She used to sit in between Josh and Alex. She looked at their empty spots and she felt real depressed at the thought.
"Kyle...who sits here now?" She pointed to the spots on each side of her. "Oh, well I sit in that one." He pointed to Alex's spot. "...and in Josh's old Spot...Ashley sits there now." He said. Soon all the kids came in and Mistress Collingwell brought in a tray with bowls on it. She placed one in front of each of the 8 of them.
Soda looked into her bowl and saw it was her old bowl and it had the same gross disgusting oat meal in it. "Bon appetite." Mistress. Collingwell snarled leaving the room.
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"Ewww...it's oat meal again?" Alex groaned. "Sure is..." Hallie replied peering at the gross brown substance in the bowl that was extremely goopy and cold. "Aren't you sick of the same old crap everyday?" Josh asked digging in it with his spoon.
"I got a better idea." Alex said with a smile. When Mistress Collingwell came back in with a bunch of sweets for herself Alex went up behind her and.....SPLAT! He dumped the whole oatmeal bowl on her head. Now she was dripping in oat meal.
"ALEX!" She shouted throwing the bowl to the wooden floor with a clang. "I'm sick of your foolish jokes! Now it's time to really teach you a lesson!" She yelled dragging him off by the arm. He went with a triumphant smile though.
Later on Josh and Hallie walked into Mistress Collingwell's office to find Alex sitting on a chair in the corner. "Was this the best she could do?" Hallie laughed. "You kidding me? She belted me man." Alex laughed gesturing to the belt on the desk.
"Oh...nevermind.." Hallie said gritting her teeth. "How long have you been sitting here?" Josh asked. "Oh about an hour..." Alex replied with a smile. "It's funny how positive you are about everything...if that would've been me I'd of done something drastic!" Hallie said with a smile.
"Oh come on Hal, you're tough now you wouldn't." Alex said with another one of his smiles. He looked so cute with his little smiles. Hallie admired him and she knew from then on she loved him. More than a friend. She loved him and she couldn't help it. She loved Alex in everyway she could and she wanted to be with him forever and she never wanted to leave him ever. She never ever planned on it either.
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Soda looked up from the bowl and she felt she really wanted to do something that the old Alex would of done. After she got up and hid behind the coat rack Mistress Collingwell came in with that usual tray of sweets as usual. So Soda came out slowly behind the rack and she dumped the whole bowl over her head.
"WHAT?!" She yelled throwing the bowl onto the wall. She turned and faced Soda who had a very big smirk on her face. The famous Spot Conlon smirk. "Oh you've done it now." Collingwell hissed pulling on Soda by her arm and leading her up the stairs.
"Oh yes, I remember this same trick pulled when dear old Alex was here. Oh and by the way dear girl, did you ever find the brat?" Collingwell sneered. "You bet your sorry ass I did." Soda sneered and stomped on Collingwell's foot. She ran back down the stairs and into a closet.
It didn't hide her for very long. Collingwell thrust it open and dragged her out. "I'm going to teach you such a lesson that your grand children wont even forget!" Collingwell lifted up her hand to slap her but was stopped by a hand on her wrist.
"Do it and die." Said the voice.
"Why did you come back?" Collingwell sneered.
"Unfinished buisness." Spot said.
"Well, did you come back for her dear boy? I trust you wont suceed." Collingwell sneered.
"Why is that?" Spot asked crossing his arms. "Because if you leave then, expect a call to the police and you wont ever see her again." Collingwell said slyly picking up the phone. "Wait, no....I'll stay.." Spot said defeated hanging his head and feeling the misery that he was about to come back to.
"Jacky boy!" Spot yelled running into the Manhattan Lodging House. "What is it Spot?" Jack breathed. "Look at this!" He yelled shoving the note into Jack's face. "My God, that is Soda's hand writing! We got to find where she is!" Spot exclaimed.
"Are you certain you didn't see her or anything?" Jack asked. Lily came down and looked the note over. "Is there any chance that she could be in the Orphanage?" Lily asked looking up at Spot. Then it dawned on Spot how Mistress Collingwell was putting ads up for them. She could've found Soda.
"Well, it's hard to know....I don't know where the Orphanage is. Soda told me they relocated it from Manhattan....and the moved it to somewhere in Brooklyn...." Spot was trying to put the clues together.
"Comeon Spot think..." Race told him. "She said....that she could see me when she looked down from her window. That means....she's somewhere near the Brooklyn Lodging House!" Spot exclaimed. "you're sure?" Lily asked. "Positive, I know Soda told me that....I just know it."
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"Hallie wake up!" She felt someone shaking her. "Huh? What?" Soda asked lying up looking up at the face of Kyle. "You fell asleep in here and we don't want you to get in trouble so come on." Kyle said helping her up. She straightened her dress and went out after Kyle.
"What do we do first?" Soda asked to refresh her memory. "Oh, we eat breakfast....remember?" Kyle asked her. "Oh yeah... then we do chores. I remember." Soda replied sitting in her old spot at the table. She used to sit in between Josh and Alex. She looked at their empty spots and she felt real depressed at the thought.
"Kyle...who sits here now?" She pointed to the spots on each side of her. "Oh, well I sit in that one." He pointed to Alex's spot. "...and in Josh's old Spot...Ashley sits there now." He said. Soon all the kids came in and Mistress Collingwell brought in a tray with bowls on it. She placed one in front of each of the 8 of them.
Soda looked into her bowl and saw it was her old bowl and it had the same gross disgusting oat meal in it. "Bon appetite." Mistress. Collingwell snarled leaving the room.
*************MEMORY heh heh***************
"Ewww...it's oat meal again?" Alex groaned. "Sure is..." Hallie replied peering at the gross brown substance in the bowl that was extremely goopy and cold. "Aren't you sick of the same old crap everyday?" Josh asked digging in it with his spoon.
"I got a better idea." Alex said with a smile. When Mistress Collingwell came back in with a bunch of sweets for herself Alex went up behind her and.....SPLAT! He dumped the whole oatmeal bowl on her head. Now she was dripping in oat meal.
"ALEX!" She shouted throwing the bowl to the wooden floor with a clang. "I'm sick of your foolish jokes! Now it's time to really teach you a lesson!" She yelled dragging him off by the arm. He went with a triumphant smile though.
Later on Josh and Hallie walked into Mistress Collingwell's office to find Alex sitting on a chair in the corner. "Was this the best she could do?" Hallie laughed. "You kidding me? She belted me man." Alex laughed gesturing to the belt on the desk.
"Oh...nevermind.." Hallie said gritting her teeth. "How long have you been sitting here?" Josh asked. "Oh about an hour..." Alex replied with a smile. "It's funny how positive you are about everything...if that would've been me I'd of done something drastic!" Hallie said with a smile.
"Oh come on Hal, you're tough now you wouldn't." Alex said with another one of his smiles. He looked so cute with his little smiles. Hallie admired him and she knew from then on she loved him. More than a friend. She loved him and she couldn't help it. She loved Alex in everyway she could and she wanted to be with him forever and she never wanted to leave him ever. She never ever planned on it either.
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Soda looked up from the bowl and she felt she really wanted to do something that the old Alex would of done. After she got up and hid behind the coat rack Mistress Collingwell came in with that usual tray of sweets as usual. So Soda came out slowly behind the rack and she dumped the whole bowl over her head.
"WHAT?!" She yelled throwing the bowl onto the wall. She turned and faced Soda who had a very big smirk on her face. The famous Spot Conlon smirk. "Oh you've done it now." Collingwell hissed pulling on Soda by her arm and leading her up the stairs.
"Oh yes, I remember this same trick pulled when dear old Alex was here. Oh and by the way dear girl, did you ever find the brat?" Collingwell sneered. "You bet your sorry ass I did." Soda sneered and stomped on Collingwell's foot. She ran back down the stairs and into a closet.
It didn't hide her for very long. Collingwell thrust it open and dragged her out. "I'm going to teach you such a lesson that your grand children wont even forget!" Collingwell lifted up her hand to slap her but was stopped by a hand on her wrist.
"Do it and die." Said the voice.
"Why did you come back?" Collingwell sneered.
"Unfinished buisness." Spot said.
"Well, did you come back for her dear boy? I trust you wont suceed." Collingwell sneered.
"Why is that?" Spot asked crossing his arms. "Because if you leave then, expect a call to the police and you wont ever see her again." Collingwell said slyly picking up the phone. "Wait, no....I'll stay.." Spot said defeated hanging his head and feeling the misery that he was about to come back to.