Sisters (Part 5)
By: Nightingale
Rating: PG
With inspiration from Firefly and GipA long day indeed. The three girls were exhausted and still had papers to sell. They had worked hard and they learned a lot from the guys but it just wasn't enough. They got more offers to buy their bodies than the actual papers and were very glad to have the boys near by.
David, Jack, and Wildcard sold their papers with ease that they promised the girls they would achieve eventually. Until then they helped the girls sell what was left and walked them home.
The whole group was tired and hungry and glad to finally be at their destination. Somehow the boys really didn't seem to mind walking the girls home and they were more than patient with teaching the girls what they could with selling.
The girls stood on the steps of their building with the guys below them. Christine was the first to say goodnight to the boys as they reached the building. She quickly said her thanks and walked into the safety the brick walls offered. Josephine wasn't too far behind her but Kaitlin still stood there with the three boys trying to find the words to say goodbye to Wildcard who stood patiently waiting.
As Josephine walked into the darkened hallway she spotted Eyes trying to get his key in the lock of his apartment.
"You might want to turn the key around," stated Josephine before she realized that she opened her mouth.
Eyes turned and looked at her with a smile as he turned the key around and opened his door.
He was covered with fibers from the mill that he worked in to keep his family fed and he look utterly exhausted though Josephine assumed that she didn't look much better.
"Oh so you can talk." Eyes said back with a slight smile
"When I chose to."
He just chucked as he stood in the partially opened door to the apartment that he shared with his mother and younger sister. He looked at her a little longer and noticed how tired she was.
"Was school all that hard today?" he asked jokingly
"Wouldn't know."
"You're not going to school anymore?"
"We thought it was more important to survive."
Eyes was slightly disappointed in them but understood their options. Life was hard and though it would be nice to have an education sometimes putting food on the table it more important.
"You're not working a coal mine are you?" he asked noticing the black that covered her hands and parts of her face where she had rubbed her forehead in frustration a few times.
"No. It's newspaper ink."
"Selling papers?"
She nodded her head.
"The others too?"
She nodded her head again.
"Anything is better than starving. Let me know if you need help. We can't do much but we'll do what we can."
Josephine was dumbstruck for a moment. She had never thought that he would be this kind or treat three strange girls that he's never really talked to with such open friendliness. It was hard to come by around here in a world where it was every man for himself.
Kaitlin walked in slightly blushing as she passed the two in the hall and headed upstairs for bed.
"Well we all need our rest I suppose. See you later?"
"Yeah"
"It was nice actually talking with you." He commented as she turned to head up the stairs
"Yes it was."
"Have a nice night."
"Yeah you too."
Josephine headed up the rest of the stairs and into the apartment where her sisters were eating some heated up leftovers from soup the night before. She grabbed a bowl and did the same before the three started to head to bed.
"What took you two so long to get up here?" asked Christine
"Somebody was talking to a certain someone downstairs." Kaitlin giggled
"Anything interesting?" asked Christine
Christine and Kaitlin laughed as they noticed their older sister's discomfort at the turn in the conversation.
"No! Dont you no me nothing." Josphine stuttered
"Was that even in English?" asked Christine
"No"
"Ok just checking." Stated Christine as she crawled into bed giggling with Kaitlin following suit.