Ok, it's a fine Saturday night and I want to post! so you get 2 chapters tonight! lol.
Chapter 5.
April 28th 1899.
"So what's in the papes taday Mush?" Blink asked coming over and looking at the papes before buying any. "Well, that settles it! I'm sellin!" Blink decided and went and bought his papers.
"I can't help but think...Casey would be 16 today." Mush sighed. "Aw, comeon Mush, that was the past. Ya gotta think about the future." Blink insisted shoving a paper in his face.
"Nah, Blink trust me, I can't forget something like her in just five years. They've gone by so quickly anyway. Look how Rinoa turned out though." Mush said selling a paper. "Yeah, she turned out quite nice." Blink said selling a paper.
"Rinoa's grown up to be quite a good lookin' goil." Blink continued. Pretty good looking for Blink now that he thought of it. "Whenever I see Rinoa I think of Casey...I just can't help it. I just see her when I look at Rinoa. They were both so spirited. And God, I'll never forget how Rinoa took it when Casey ran away." Mush sighed.
"Come on Mush, enjoy life." Blink said picking come flowers. "Why are you picking flowers?" Mush asked. "Oh, well heh, these...well, they're um, for...Rinoa." He said nervously. "Never mind, pick away lover boy." Mush said shaking his head and walking up ahead.
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"Ok, I can do it...." Rinoa whispered to herself. "I can do it." She looked up from the water from the stone she was standing on. She hopped from that stone to another. Then she jumped on to another until....SPLASH!
When she came back to the surface and climbed out of the water she threw a rock in the water. "That's the 8th time!" She exclaimed wiping her wet bangs out of her eyes. "Ok, one more time." She said. She hopped on to the first rock. Then to the second, and the third, then to the fourth....SPLASH!
"NOT AGAIN!" She yelled. She climbed back out of the water. "What are you doing?" Blink asked coming up behind her. "I'm trying to get across the rocks without falling in!" Rinoa said frustrated. She hopped to the first rock and then fell in at the fourth rock again.
When she came up to the surface Blink grabbed her hand and helped her out. "Want to go have dinner with the guys?" He asked. "Yeah, I am hungry." She said with a smile and walked off with Blink to go get dinner.
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"Well, I might as well be the first to say this, but I want to wish a happy birthday to Casey." Mush said raising a glass of coke. The rest followed suit except for Rinoa.
Blink put a comforting hand on Rinoa's shoulder. Rinoa put her head down on the table. "Wanna go home?" Blink asked her. Rinoa looked up at him. Then she buried her face into her arms and started to cry.
"Come on guys, we're goin home." Blink said picking Rinoa up and carrying her in his arms. She held her arms behind his neck and cried into his chest. They walked for a while till they got to the Lodging House. She was already asleep.
Once they got inside Blink layed Rinoa down on her bed and took her boots off. The boots came up to a couple inches past her ankles. He spilled water out of them and placed them by the bed side. He placed the blanket over her and kissed her on the forehead.
"Just to think, how much she's grown." Jack whispered lookingat her and shook his head. "Yeah, I can't believe she just turned 14." Race said. "Well, we'd better hit the sack too, big day tomorrow." Jack replied.
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Rinoa woke with a start the next morning. She got dressed and ready and got out before anyone woke up. She went out to the pond where the rocks were. It was right next to a bench. The bench always was a place for homeless kids to sleep. It was occupied today by a girl.
"Ok, come on, you can do it." Rinoa hopped to the first rock. She made it to the fourth and she felt her heart stop as she gazed out to the fifth rock. "You can do it." She reassured herself. She jumped......SPLASH. She climbed out of the water and felt defeated yet again. Another day, 10 or more defeats. She walked over to a tree and climbed in it.
When she got up to her branch and looked down. She saw the girl hopping the stones. Once she got to the fourth, she jumoed and landed on the fifth. Rinoa looked wide eyed as the girl jumped to the 6th then to the seventh and boom, she was to the other side.
Rinoa swung down from branch to branch. On her last brach she swung on it and did a couple of flips on it and then jumped down. "How'd you do that?!" She asked the gil in amazement. "Oh, I guess I just practice a lot." The girl smiled jumping from the seventh rock to the 6th so that she was going backwards.
"I've never made it past the fifth." Rinoa said blown away. "Yeah I saw what your mistake was." The girl pointed out. "On this fifth step here, when you jumped. Your legs were to close together causing you to slip, and you've got to stand straight. If you're bent in anyway that will screw up your balance. Now try it." She said jumping off the first and landing beside Rinoa.
Rinoa jumped from the first all the way to the fourth. Then she made sure her legs were spread apart and she made sure her back was straight and she jumped.....she landed a little shakily on to the fifth rock. "I DID IT!" She yelled jumping to the 6th and 7th. She jumped her way back and hugged the girl.
"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! She yelled. the girl smiled. "No problem." She said with a smile and walked off toward the exit of the park they were in. "Wait, first what's your name?" Rinoa called after her.
"Oh sorry, I'm so off these days, that I don't even introduce myself." the girl said with a smile that Rinoa returned. "The name's Casey." She said shaking Rinoa's hand.
Chapter 5.
April 28th 1899.
"So what's in the papes taday Mush?" Blink asked coming over and looking at the papes before buying any. "Well, that settles it! I'm sellin!" Blink decided and went and bought his papers.
"I can't help but think...Casey would be 16 today." Mush sighed. "Aw, comeon Mush, that was the past. Ya gotta think about the future." Blink insisted shoving a paper in his face.
"Nah, Blink trust me, I can't forget something like her in just five years. They've gone by so quickly anyway. Look how Rinoa turned out though." Mush said selling a paper. "Yeah, she turned out quite nice." Blink said selling a paper.
"Rinoa's grown up to be quite a good lookin' goil." Blink continued. Pretty good looking for Blink now that he thought of it. "Whenever I see Rinoa I think of Casey...I just can't help it. I just see her when I look at Rinoa. They were both so spirited. And God, I'll never forget how Rinoa took it when Casey ran away." Mush sighed.
"Come on Mush, enjoy life." Blink said picking come flowers. "Why are you picking flowers?" Mush asked. "Oh, well heh, these...well, they're um, for...Rinoa." He said nervously. "Never mind, pick away lover boy." Mush said shaking his head and walking up ahead.
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"Ok, I can do it...." Rinoa whispered to herself. "I can do it." She looked up from the water from the stone she was standing on. She hopped from that stone to another. Then she jumped on to another until....SPLASH!
When she came back to the surface and climbed out of the water she threw a rock in the water. "That's the 8th time!" She exclaimed wiping her wet bangs out of her eyes. "Ok, one more time." She said. She hopped on to the first rock. Then to the second, and the third, then to the fourth....SPLASH!
"NOT AGAIN!" She yelled. She climbed back out of the water. "What are you doing?" Blink asked coming up behind her. "I'm trying to get across the rocks without falling in!" Rinoa said frustrated. She hopped to the first rock and then fell in at the fourth rock again.
When she came up to the surface Blink grabbed her hand and helped her out. "Want to go have dinner with the guys?" He asked. "Yeah, I am hungry." She said with a smile and walked off with Blink to go get dinner.
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"Well, I might as well be the first to say this, but I want to wish a happy birthday to Casey." Mush said raising a glass of coke. The rest followed suit except for Rinoa.
Blink put a comforting hand on Rinoa's shoulder. Rinoa put her head down on the table. "Wanna go home?" Blink asked her. Rinoa looked up at him. Then she buried her face into her arms and started to cry.
"Come on guys, we're goin home." Blink said picking Rinoa up and carrying her in his arms. She held her arms behind his neck and cried into his chest. They walked for a while till they got to the Lodging House. She was already asleep.
Once they got inside Blink layed Rinoa down on her bed and took her boots off. The boots came up to a couple inches past her ankles. He spilled water out of them and placed them by the bed side. He placed the blanket over her and kissed her on the forehead.
"Just to think, how much she's grown." Jack whispered lookingat her and shook his head. "Yeah, I can't believe she just turned 14." Race said. "Well, we'd better hit the sack too, big day tomorrow." Jack replied.
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Rinoa woke with a start the next morning. She got dressed and ready and got out before anyone woke up. She went out to the pond where the rocks were. It was right next to a bench. The bench always was a place for homeless kids to sleep. It was occupied today by a girl.
"Ok, come on, you can do it." Rinoa hopped to the first rock. She made it to the fourth and she felt her heart stop as she gazed out to the fifth rock. "You can do it." She reassured herself. She jumped......SPLASH. She climbed out of the water and felt defeated yet again. Another day, 10 or more defeats. She walked over to a tree and climbed in it.
When she got up to her branch and looked down. She saw the girl hopping the stones. Once she got to the fourth, she jumoed and landed on the fifth. Rinoa looked wide eyed as the girl jumped to the 6th then to the seventh and boom, she was to the other side.
Rinoa swung down from branch to branch. On her last brach she swung on it and did a couple of flips on it and then jumped down. "How'd you do that?!" She asked the gil in amazement. "Oh, I guess I just practice a lot." The girl smiled jumping from the seventh rock to the 6th so that she was going backwards.
"I've never made it past the fifth." Rinoa said blown away. "Yeah I saw what your mistake was." The girl pointed out. "On this fifth step here, when you jumped. Your legs were to close together causing you to slip, and you've got to stand straight. If you're bent in anyway that will screw up your balance. Now try it." She said jumping off the first and landing beside Rinoa.
Rinoa jumped from the first all the way to the fourth. Then she made sure her legs were spread apart and she made sure her back was straight and she jumped.....she landed a little shakily on to the fifth rock. "I DID IT!" She yelled jumping to the 6th and 7th. She jumped her way back and hugged the girl.
"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! She yelled. the girl smiled. "No problem." She said with a smile and walked off toward the exit of the park they were in. "Wait, first what's your name?" Rinoa called after her.
"Oh sorry, I'm so off these days, that I don't even introduce myself." the girl said with a smile that Rinoa returned. "The name's Casey." She said shaking Rinoa's hand.