"Y-you what?" Mush asked blinking a couple of times trying to see if he heard right. "You heard me." Rinoa said getting up. She walked toward a tree and leant against it. She pulled out a cigarette and lit it. She put it in her mouth and took a drag off it.
Mush came up behind her. "Rinoa, you can't be serious can you?" He asked. "What is serious anyway? Nothing." Rinoa replied walking away smoking the cigarette. "I just..I...don't know how to..well...I just don't know what to say...other than I don't know if I love you the same way..." Mush replied.
"Yeah of course you don't! You're too busy loving Casey! Know what Mush? Fuck Casey! Condemn her to Hell!" Rinoa yelled throwing the cigarette at Mush and running down toward the pond. She stared at the water blankly. "Why the hell does life have to be this way? Why can't I do anything right? Why does everything have to be against me?" Rinoa asked throwing a rock in the water.
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"Casey ready to go?" Jack asked. "Yeah." Casey replied jumping down from Spot's throne. She followed Jack off the docks and to the bridge. "Spot tells me you don't need any help toughening up." Jack said with a smile.
"That he did." Casey said staring back at Spot. 'Might be love.' She thought to herself. Once they got back to the lodging house Casey went up to the bunkroom and saw Rinoa wasn't there. "Where's Rinoa?" Casey asked Race. "She never came back." Race replied.
"Oh great...and where's Mush?" Casey asked him. "Uh...he's gone too." He replied. About 15 minutes later Mush came in. "Where's Rinoa?" Casey asked. "She's coming." Mush replied going up to his bunk and laying down. Rinoa walked in and went to her bed and layed down.
"Oh please, the excitement is killing me." Casey said with an eyeroll. Rinoa sat up and threw her shoe at Casey. "Why don't you just shut up for once?" She asked and layed back down. "What's your problem? Woke up on the wrong side of Hell this morning?" Casey asked tossing the shoe lightly back to Rinoa's bunk.
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"Carry The Banner! Sell the papers!" Kloppman's voice rang through the lodging house. The sounds of Newsboys running down the stairs was in the air. Casey looked in the mirror one last time before coming out of the washroom. She found Rinoa laying on her bed staring out the window.
"You know... we need to talk." Casey told her sitting on Snipeshooter's bed next to Rinoa's. "What about? I have nothing to discuss with you little miss perfect." Rinoa muttered. "Rinoa, what's the matter with you?" Casey demanded turning Rinoa over.
Something caught Casey's eye. There was somthing red right above the end of Rinoa's sleeve on her arm. Rinoa was wearing a long sleeved shirt that day. Casey knew she should of suspected something from the start. Rinoa normally wouldn't wear long sleeves on a day like this. If she did, they were rolled up.
Casey grabbed Rinoa's arm despite all the struggling from Rinoa Casey lifted up the sleeve to find her arm full of deep cuts. "Rinoa, what the fuck is this?" Casey demanded. "It's nothing ok?" Rinoa replied ripping her arm out of Casey's hand. "Did you do that to yourself?" Casey asked sternly.
Rinoa didn't reply. "You did didn't you? What the hell is wrong with you? Are you insane?" Casey yelled at Rinoa hitting her in the back of the head. "Sorry I can't be perfect like you! You got everything! You take it for granted! Everything comes so easy for you!" Rinoa yelled back jumping off the bed and running out the door.
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"Mush wait up!" Casey yelled catching up with Mush. "What?" Mush asked selling his last paper to a woman. "Did you notice anything strange about Rinoa?" Casey asked brishing some hair out of her eyes. "Well, uh yeah. Last night, she told me she loved me." Mush replied walking over to the bench and dropping down on it.
"Really?" Casey asked sitting down next to him. "Yeah but, it's not like she was acting oh-so different. She was upset yeah, but not different." Mush replied. "Well, not from the way I see it. When I was getting ready to sell this morning I was talking to Rinoa. She was laying down and I noticed something on her arm. I lifted her sleeve and there were a bunch of cuts all over her arm. They were so deep. I couldn't believe it." Casey told him.
Mush's eyes grew wide. "You're not serious." Casey nodded and sighed. "I don't know what to do. Rinoa wont ever talk to me. I don't even know where she really is. She just ran off after I found out." Casey said shaking her head. "Look, we got to find her. I don't want her to hurt herself." Mush told Casey nearly in tears.
"You're the one who needs to tell her Mush. She loves you. I think the reason for cutting was for attention...from you. You need to talk to her. Do you love her?" Casey asked looking him straight in the eye. "I...I don't know." Mush said turning from her. "Answer the question Mush. There needs to be an answer." Casey said placing her hand on his shoulder.
"I don't know my feeling for her. I'm still trying to figure it out." Mush said looking at the ground. "I'm scared. I'm worried too. I don't want to see her hurting herself this just isn't right. She doesn't deserve that. She's a really good person. You need to look into her Mush. You need to see what a good person she really is.
"I'm not doubting that she's not. I just don't know if I feel for her in that sort of way." Mush said placing his head in his hands. Casey lifted his head up. "I know you love her. I can see it." She said. "I don't know." Mush replied looking out towards the entrance of the park.
"First of all. Will you talk to Rinoa?" Casey asked. "Of course I will. Let's get back to the Lodgin' House."
Mush came up behind her. "Rinoa, you can't be serious can you?" He asked. "What is serious anyway? Nothing." Rinoa replied walking away smoking the cigarette. "I just..I...don't know how to..well...I just don't know what to say...other than I don't know if I love you the same way..." Mush replied.
"Yeah of course you don't! You're too busy loving Casey! Know what Mush? Fuck Casey! Condemn her to Hell!" Rinoa yelled throwing the cigarette at Mush and running down toward the pond. She stared at the water blankly. "Why the hell does life have to be this way? Why can't I do anything right? Why does everything have to be against me?" Rinoa asked throwing a rock in the water.
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"Casey ready to go?" Jack asked. "Yeah." Casey replied jumping down from Spot's throne. She followed Jack off the docks and to the bridge. "Spot tells me you don't need any help toughening up." Jack said with a smile.
"That he did." Casey said staring back at Spot. 'Might be love.' She thought to herself. Once they got back to the lodging house Casey went up to the bunkroom and saw Rinoa wasn't there. "Where's Rinoa?" Casey asked Race. "She never came back." Race replied.
"Oh great...and where's Mush?" Casey asked him. "Uh...he's gone too." He replied. About 15 minutes later Mush came in. "Where's Rinoa?" Casey asked. "She's coming." Mush replied going up to his bunk and laying down. Rinoa walked in and went to her bed and layed down.
"Oh please, the excitement is killing me." Casey said with an eyeroll. Rinoa sat up and threw her shoe at Casey. "Why don't you just shut up for once?" She asked and layed back down. "What's your problem? Woke up on the wrong side of Hell this morning?" Casey asked tossing the shoe lightly back to Rinoa's bunk.
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"Carry The Banner! Sell the papers!" Kloppman's voice rang through the lodging house. The sounds of Newsboys running down the stairs was in the air. Casey looked in the mirror one last time before coming out of the washroom. She found Rinoa laying on her bed staring out the window.
"You know... we need to talk." Casey told her sitting on Snipeshooter's bed next to Rinoa's. "What about? I have nothing to discuss with you little miss perfect." Rinoa muttered. "Rinoa, what's the matter with you?" Casey demanded turning Rinoa over.
Something caught Casey's eye. There was somthing red right above the end of Rinoa's sleeve on her arm. Rinoa was wearing a long sleeved shirt that day. Casey knew she should of suspected something from the start. Rinoa normally wouldn't wear long sleeves on a day like this. If she did, they were rolled up.
Casey grabbed Rinoa's arm despite all the struggling from Rinoa Casey lifted up the sleeve to find her arm full of deep cuts. "Rinoa, what the fuck is this?" Casey demanded. "It's nothing ok?" Rinoa replied ripping her arm out of Casey's hand. "Did you do that to yourself?" Casey asked sternly.
Rinoa didn't reply. "You did didn't you? What the hell is wrong with you? Are you insane?" Casey yelled at Rinoa hitting her in the back of the head. "Sorry I can't be perfect like you! You got everything! You take it for granted! Everything comes so easy for you!" Rinoa yelled back jumping off the bed and running out the door.
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"Mush wait up!" Casey yelled catching up with Mush. "What?" Mush asked selling his last paper to a woman. "Did you notice anything strange about Rinoa?" Casey asked brishing some hair out of her eyes. "Well, uh yeah. Last night, she told me she loved me." Mush replied walking over to the bench and dropping down on it.
"Really?" Casey asked sitting down next to him. "Yeah but, it's not like she was acting oh-so different. She was upset yeah, but not different." Mush replied. "Well, not from the way I see it. When I was getting ready to sell this morning I was talking to Rinoa. She was laying down and I noticed something on her arm. I lifted her sleeve and there were a bunch of cuts all over her arm. They were so deep. I couldn't believe it." Casey told him.
Mush's eyes grew wide. "You're not serious." Casey nodded and sighed. "I don't know what to do. Rinoa wont ever talk to me. I don't even know where she really is. She just ran off after I found out." Casey said shaking her head. "Look, we got to find her. I don't want her to hurt herself." Mush told Casey nearly in tears.
"You're the one who needs to tell her Mush. She loves you. I think the reason for cutting was for attention...from you. You need to talk to her. Do you love her?" Casey asked looking him straight in the eye. "I...I don't know." Mush said turning from her. "Answer the question Mush. There needs to be an answer." Casey said placing her hand on his shoulder.
"I don't know my feeling for her. I'm still trying to figure it out." Mush said looking at the ground. "I'm scared. I'm worried too. I don't want to see her hurting herself this just isn't right. She doesn't deserve that. She's a really good person. You need to look into her Mush. You need to see what a good person she really is.
"I'm not doubting that she's not. I just don't know if I feel for her in that sort of way." Mush said placing his head in his hands. Casey lifted his head up. "I know you love her. I can see it." She said. "I don't know." Mush replied looking out towards the entrance of the park.
"First of all. Will you talk to Rinoa?" Casey asked. "Of course I will. Let's get back to the Lodgin' House."