Chapter 8
Note: Be prepared to get shocked. The unthinkable is about to happen. "When You Say Nothing At All" by Alison Krauss.
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"Youse ready?" Spot asked as they stopped at the entrance to Tibby's just as the sun started to set.
"I'se guess," Storm answered as she wrung her hands.
"Calm down, 'ight, it's just da guys," Spot reassured her.
"Yeah, but I've neva run away afore dis," she countered.
"Whateva," Spot mumbled as he pushed her into the diner.
"Youse back," Mush said as he saw her.
Strom just ignored him and walked to the back of the diner and sat down at an empty table.
"Mind if I'se join ya, kid?" Spot asked as he sat down.
"Yeah, I'se do mind," Strom said seriously.
"Oh well," Spot said smirking at her.
"Did anyone eva tell youse dat youse is da most annoyin' guy in da woild?" Strom asked as she looked into his stormy gray eyes.
"I'se tell me self dat every day," Spot said stilling smirking as he ordered a drink.
Storm looked up at the ceiling mumble something that sounded like "why me" and dropped her head to her arms.
"We'se got company," Spot mumbled loud enough for her to hear him.
Storm looked up to see Jack, Skittery, Mush, Race, and Blink heading her way. She dropped her head back to her folded arms.
"Make 'em go away," she pleaded to Spot. "Pleahse?"
Spot nodded and she shut her eyes to the world.
"Storm?" Mush said cautiously.
"Don't bother, Mush," Spot said taking a sip from his drink.
"What doya mean, Spot?" the boy asked starting to get angry that he was being denied the privilege to speak with his friend.
"She don't wanna be bothered wid ya," he said glaring that he was being questioned.
"Well, she can tell me dat," Mush said angrily as he knocked Spot's glass out of his hand.
"Aaron Samuel Myers!" Strom screamed as she stood and the once noisy diner fell silent. When someone used Mush's real name it meant trouble.
"What doya want, Strom?" he said glaring at the girl.
"So help me God, I'll deck if ya do dat again," the girl said dangerously calm.
"Yeah?" Mush said stepping into her face.
"Mush, jist back down," Race said laying a hand on his friend's shoulder hoping to stop the fight before blows were made. "Membeah, dis is Strom."
"No, Race, pleahse let the boy continue," Strom said staring into Mush's chocolate eyes, her holding a dark angry blue.
Mush clenched his fist and the others back down, all except Storm and Spot.
"I'se dare ya," Strom whispered.
"What makes ya t'ink I'se wouldn't do it?" Mush asked.
"'Cause youse know I'se gonna leave if ya touch me once," Storm said.
"Fine, I'se don't wantcha here anyways," Mush said angrily.
The whole room looked shocked as Mush glared into her eyes defiantly.
"Fine," Storm said and she turned on her heel and did the only thing she could....
She went to pack her stuff and leave.
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A few minutes later Storm and the guys were at the Lodging House and she was packed ready to go.
"C'mon Storm don't go," Race said as the girl stuffed one last shirt into her bag and tied it up.
"Look Race, I'se know when I'se ain't wanted no more," she said glaring in Mush's direction.
"But Storm," Boots started from his bed.
"Hush, Boots," she said walking over to him. "If I stay I'se might as well t'row me self off da Brooklyn Bridge."
"Where ya gonna go?" the younger boy asked through a yawn.
"I'se gotts no idea," she answered.
"She'll stay wid me an' me boys in Brooklyn," Spot said walking in. "Youse can come an' visit if youse want."
"How 'bout one last song?" Blink said smiling sadly at Storm.
Strom nodded and Race spoke up,
"Ya Membeah, da last one ya song ta us?" Strom nodded. "Sing dat one."
"Okay," Storm said,
"It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart, Without saying a word you can light up the dark. Try as I may I could never explain, What I hear when you don't say a thing."
She sang as she tucked Snipeshooter in.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me, The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall. You say it best when you say nothing at all.
She smiled at Boots as she pulled his covers up.
All day long I can hear people talking out loud, But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd. Old Mr. Webster could never define, What's being said between your heart and mine.
She gave Race a kiss on the cheek as he lay down.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me, The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall, You say it best when you say nothing at all.
She hugged Blink once more and ruffled Skittery's hair.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me, The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall, You say it best when you say nothing at all,"
She finished as she turned off the light and followed Spot out the door.
"Bye, my family," she whispered as she began to walk to Brooklyn with Spot by her side, yet she swore she heard a faint goodbye whispered back.
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The Lodging House lay quiet after Storm's departure except for Mush whispering,
"What have I done?"
Note: Be prepared to get shocked. The unthinkable is about to happen. "When You Say Nothing At All" by Alison Krauss.
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"Youse ready?" Spot asked as they stopped at the entrance to Tibby's just as the sun started to set.
"I'se guess," Storm answered as she wrung her hands.
"Calm down, 'ight, it's just da guys," Spot reassured her.
"Yeah, but I've neva run away afore dis," she countered.
"Whateva," Spot mumbled as he pushed her into the diner.
"Youse back," Mush said as he saw her.
Strom just ignored him and walked to the back of the diner and sat down at an empty table.
"Mind if I'se join ya, kid?" Spot asked as he sat down.
"Yeah, I'se do mind," Strom said seriously.
"Oh well," Spot said smirking at her.
"Did anyone eva tell youse dat youse is da most annoyin' guy in da woild?" Strom asked as she looked into his stormy gray eyes.
"I'se tell me self dat every day," Spot said stilling smirking as he ordered a drink.
Storm looked up at the ceiling mumble something that sounded like "why me" and dropped her head to her arms.
"We'se got company," Spot mumbled loud enough for her to hear him.
Storm looked up to see Jack, Skittery, Mush, Race, and Blink heading her way. She dropped her head back to her folded arms.
"Make 'em go away," she pleaded to Spot. "Pleahse?"
Spot nodded and she shut her eyes to the world.
"Storm?" Mush said cautiously.
"Don't bother, Mush," Spot said taking a sip from his drink.
"What doya mean, Spot?" the boy asked starting to get angry that he was being denied the privilege to speak with his friend.
"She don't wanna be bothered wid ya," he said glaring that he was being questioned.
"Well, she can tell me dat," Mush said angrily as he knocked Spot's glass out of his hand.
"Aaron Samuel Myers!" Strom screamed as she stood and the once noisy diner fell silent. When someone used Mush's real name it meant trouble.
"What doya want, Strom?" he said glaring at the girl.
"So help me God, I'll deck if ya do dat again," the girl said dangerously calm.
"Yeah?" Mush said stepping into her face.
"Mush, jist back down," Race said laying a hand on his friend's shoulder hoping to stop the fight before blows were made. "Membeah, dis is Strom."
"No, Race, pleahse let the boy continue," Strom said staring into Mush's chocolate eyes, her holding a dark angry blue.
Mush clenched his fist and the others back down, all except Storm and Spot.
"I'se dare ya," Strom whispered.
"What makes ya t'ink I'se wouldn't do it?" Mush asked.
"'Cause youse know I'se gonna leave if ya touch me once," Storm said.
"Fine, I'se don't wantcha here anyways," Mush said angrily.
The whole room looked shocked as Mush glared into her eyes defiantly.
"Fine," Storm said and she turned on her heel and did the only thing she could....
She went to pack her stuff and leave.
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A few minutes later Storm and the guys were at the Lodging House and she was packed ready to go.
"C'mon Storm don't go," Race said as the girl stuffed one last shirt into her bag and tied it up.
"Look Race, I'se know when I'se ain't wanted no more," she said glaring in Mush's direction.
"But Storm," Boots started from his bed.
"Hush, Boots," she said walking over to him. "If I stay I'se might as well t'row me self off da Brooklyn Bridge."
"Where ya gonna go?" the younger boy asked through a yawn.
"I'se gotts no idea," she answered.
"She'll stay wid me an' me boys in Brooklyn," Spot said walking in. "Youse can come an' visit if youse want."
"How 'bout one last song?" Blink said smiling sadly at Storm.
Strom nodded and Race spoke up,
"Ya Membeah, da last one ya song ta us?" Strom nodded. "Sing dat one."
"Okay," Storm said,
"It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart, Without saying a word you can light up the dark. Try as I may I could never explain, What I hear when you don't say a thing."
She sang as she tucked Snipeshooter in.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me, The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall. You say it best when you say nothing at all.
She smiled at Boots as she pulled his covers up.
All day long I can hear people talking out loud, But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd. Old Mr. Webster could never define, What's being said between your heart and mine.
She gave Race a kiss on the cheek as he lay down.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me, The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall, You say it best when you say nothing at all.
She hugged Blink once more and ruffled Skittery's hair.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me, The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall, You say it best when you say nothing at all,"
She finished as she turned off the light and followed Spot out the door.
"Bye, my family," she whispered as she began to walk to Brooklyn with Spot by her side, yet she swore she heard a faint goodbye whispered back.
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The Lodging House lay quiet after Storm's departure except for Mush whispering,
"What have I done?"