'What's up Mar?' He asked, letting her in.
'Is Oscar here?' She asked.
He gestured toward the back room, and closed the door behind her.
'Thanks.' She said as she walked back there.
She peeped her head through the crack in the door and saw Oscar lounged out on his bed, reading a newspaper. When he heard someone's pressence in the room, he looked over his paper and saw her.
'Oh! Hey!' He said, excitingly and jumped up from the bed, throwing the newspaper down.
'Hey.' She smiled.
He took her in his arms and kissed her on the lips.
'How are ya, sweet face? How's da lodgin house?' He asked, taking her hand and sitting on the bed with her.
'The rooms ok. Not too fond of the company though.' She sighed. 'Jack Kelly is being awfully cruel.'
'What did they do to you!' Oscar demanded. 'I'll soak um! Right now!' He shot up off the bed and stormed to the door.
'No! Oscar, it's fine. Really.' She said as she stopped him.
She hugged him.
'I didn't come here about that, anyway. I just wanted to see you.' She said softly.
'Okay baby. But don't be afraid to tell me if Kelly messes with you. Cause i'd be more then happy to see him.' He said.
She smiled.
For the rest of the night, they spent time just talking together. Marley looked at the time.
'Eleven o'clock. I have to get back.' She said, as she layed next to him.
'Don't leave me.' He said softly in her ear.
She began to get up.
'I have to Osc. I'll see you tomorrow though, hopefully.' She said.
He kissed her on the forehead.
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She was back at the lodging house. When she was up the steps and about to go in the bunkroom, it sounded as if no one was in there. It was true. It looked as if no one was.
'Peace and quiet.' She said, smiling.
'What's that?' A voice yelled from the bathroom.
She jumped.
Jack Kelly walked out..naked.
Marley turned to scream at him for scaring her. But then she saw him. ALL of him. His eyes lit up.
She gasped and turned away.
'Kelly, go put some clothes on or stay in the bathroom! I don't really want to see you naked!' She said.
Jack's raised his eyebrows and scanned Marley's slender body.
'Well, well, Marley. Where have ya been?' He asked, 'Spot was deffinitly right. You ain't bad lookin at ALL.'
She still didn't turn to him.
'Why won't you look at me, Marley? Is Delancy the only one who can have a taste of you?' He said.
'Kelly, shut up and go back into the bathroom.' She demanded.
'Nah, I'm just fine like this, thanks.' He said.
Instigating with him, she closed her eyes and put her arms out in front of her so she could feel where she was going and wouldn't hit anything.
'Fine. I'm gonna go brush my teeth and go to bed.' She said.
She was only closing her eyes like that to anger Jack. She didn't know why she would want to start with him, but she was bored. And she was only human.
She was against a wall, feeling her way to the door when she felt something against her. She put her hand down and felt behind her, and grabbed something she shouldn't have. She then ran her hand upward, feeling his strong chest. He flexed it, which made her want him even more. She stopped herself. 'What am I doing?' She thought to herself.
She jumped and backed away.
'Keep going.' Jack laughed.
'Uh!' She sqeaked, and stormed into the bathroom.
She brushed her teeth, her HANDS of course, and her hair.
What was she doing? And why did she do that? JACK KELLY was practically her ENEMY. Not really, but she hated him. Atleast that's how she was supposed to feel.
After ten minutes of being in the bathroom, she walked out. She didn't see Jack anywhere.
'So Mar, what will your idiot boyfriend think when he knows what ya just grabbed on Jack Kelly?' He asked, smirking at her.
She turned and saw Jack laying on one of the bunks, with a newspaper in his hand.
'I didn't grab anything.' She said.
'I'm sorry Mar. Maybe we should replay the scene so I can show ya what happened?' He asked, laughing.
She rolled her eyes and gave him a look. 'Freak.'
'Why do you deny it?' He asked.
'I didn't do anything. You were behind me and I reached back and YOU were there.'
'Idiot.' He groaned, rolling his eyes.
'You are an arrogant asshole, Kelly.' She replied.
He went back to his newspaper and she walked into her small bunkroom. She jumped on her bed, got under the covers and fell in an instand, to sleep.
-
The next morning, Marley got word from Kloppman that Oscar wanted her to meet him by the Horace Greenly statue at eleven o'clock.
'If Kelly told him about last night, I'll soak him MYSELF.' She thought to herself.
She was scared. Jack telling Oscar about what "happened" last night was the last thing she wanted.
She was furious.
'I'm going to "talk" to Kelly about this right NOW!' She said as she stormed out of her bunk room and went to his.