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Chapter 2

They started to walk to Manhattan to go to Tibby's. When they got to the Brooklyn Bridge, Kate stopped dead in her tracks. She couldn't move. She couldn't break the promise she had made to herself. Spot just happen to turn around and noticed Kate just standing at the entrance to the bridge. He walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. Kate jumped a little but she didn't say anything.

"Are you all right?" Spot asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why don't you go ahead. I'm not really that hungry."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Kate said looking into Spot's eyes and seeing the concern. "I'm fine, really. Go ahead. I'll just read the book I started this morning." she said trying to reassure Spot that she would be fine. Spot just nodded his head and ran to catch up with the others. Kate watched him go and wondered how she was going to get to the lodging house.

A couple of hours had past and Spot hadn't come back yet. Kate was starting to wonder if he was okay. She was so hungry. Maybe she should have gone along and broken her promise. Her mind wandered to many different things as she waited. She couldn't figure out why she was so concerned about Spot.

Spot walked quickly down the street. He was half an hour past curfew. He walked as quietly as he could up the fire escape. He opened the window just enough so he could squeeze through. Once he was in, he looked down at Kate and noticed she was sleeping peacefully. He debated whether to wake her up or to let her sleep. He decided to let her sleep since she needed a good nights rest and he'd give her the food in the morning.

The next morning Spot left the food on the floor next to her bunk with a note that read:

I thought ya might be hungry so I brought ya some food. Sorry I
couldn't be there to give it to ya in person but the papes don't sell themselves.
Spot

When Kate woke up, she once again noticed that no one was there. Kate did however noticed the food when she got out of bed with the note on top. She read the note and ate the food quickly. When she was done eating, she decided to explore the lodging house. She left the bunkroom and went up the stairs right outside the door to the third floor. At the top of the stairs there was a door. Kate opened the door to a large room with extra bunks and chairs. She walked over and sat on one of the bunks. She sat there for what seemed like hours. She didn't notice when Spot walked into the room.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah. Thanks for the food. It was good." Kate replied never moving her gaze. Spot walked over and sat down next to her. There was an awkward silence between them.

"Ya need to talk about anything?" Spot asked after a while. Kate looked at him then looked back at the wall she had been staring at before. For the first time Spot realized how beautiful Kate was. She had brown blonde hair that ended at her shoulders. Her eyes were the color of the ocean on a sunny day, clear blue. Her skin was a light tan color and her lips were ruby red and full. Spot couldn't take his eyes off of her. Suddenly he was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of her voice.

"We should go. Like you said, the papes don't sell themselves."

"Yeah, we should go."

AN: Hey! Here's the second chapter. I hope you liked it. Don't forget to review.