We entered and saw Jack pacing in the entry way, Bailey looking on.
"Were da hell have youse been?" he practically yelled at us. "Do ye have any idea what time it is?"
"Whoa hold on deyre Cowboy." Race said. "Calm down, were fine."
"Yeah Jack ye not me fadder." I teased him.
Jack turned and glared at me. "Don't mess wid me right now Brin."
I shut up.
"Whudd happend?" Race asked quickly realizing something was really wrong.
"Some o de Crypts came around lookin fer ye hea." Jack looked at me. "Dey led us ta believe dey had some guys out lookin fer ye includin our Delancy brodda pals and Shadow himself."
"We coulda soaked em but we didn't think we should just in case dey caught ye. We didn't know whudd deyed do te ye." Bailey put in and I could see she had been worried too.
"So where were ye?" Jack asked having calmed down some.
"We actually ran into dem and it coulda been bad but lucky fer us deyre stupid." Race said. "I looked behind me an Doodles and I saw deyre shadows from behind da corner."
"And Shadow was wid dem.", I put in. "Good thing Race heas payin attention."
"So I guess dey're afta ye already." Jack said to no one in particular. "We're gonna have te figure out how ta keep ye safe fer now at least."
"Where are Spot an Angel?" I asked suddenly remembering and wondering why Jack hadn't kept them up as well.
"Dey went ta Brooklyn taday. But dey neva came back. I guess deyre plannin on comin back tomorrow" Bailey told me. "Hey Jack, maybe Doodles could go ta Brooklyn for awhile te hide from Shadow."
"Good thinkin." Jack replied back to Bailey with a smile. "Why don't we ask em when dey come back?"
"Ooook.", I said on a big yawn. "Can we go ta bed now or do we have ta keep discussin dis?"
"Hey dis is fer yer benefit, don't be a smart ass." Race said teasingly. "But really Doodles ye should take all dis a little more seriously."
"Races' right.", Jack told me just as seriously.
"Ok." I said, "Believe me I know its serious, I do, but I'm too tired ta concentrate on bein serious."
"Alright, lets go te bed. Doodles ain't the only one who's tired.", Bailey said.
We all walked up the stairs together talking about lighter topics like our day at the tracks. Me and Racetrack said goodnight to Jack and Bailey then walked to our room and both of us immediately collapsed onto our bunks.
"Goodnight Race." I said to him, " And thanks fer lookin out fer me."
"My pleasure." he replied to me with the specific charm only Race had. "Goodnight Brin."
Race woke up in the middle of the night. Not that he had been sleeping all that well in the first place anyways. He lay awake in his bed and listened to Doodles, Brin, breath peacefully in her sleep. He wondered if she realized how much he already cared for her in the three days she had known him. Although he had had girls before they had been different from Doodles. She was... he sighed, "Why am I acting like dis?!" he asked himself quietly in the dark. He didn't understand but he knew that he wanted her to be his goil and he would protect her from being hurt however it needed to be done. If she asked he would probably even give up smoking and gambling... God he hoped she wouldn't ask him to do that! Race closed his eyes and his last thought before he drifted off into a deep sleep was of Doodles.
Jack woke up the next morning and found that Bailey had already gotten up. He guessed where she might be and went up to the roof. She was sitting up there so calm and beautiful he wondered how he had gotten so lucky to have her choose him.
"Good mornin." He said as he sat down next to her and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
She looked up suprised. "Good morning, I didn't hea ye."
"Whudd were ye thinkin about?" Jack asked her.
"Whudd else but Doodles." she said. "Its funny how we've only known her fer a few days and she's already a big part of oua lives."
"Yeah.", Jack said. "Her and Race have really hit it off don't ya think?"
"I know." Bailey replied with a small grin, "I wonder if dey even realize how poifect dey are fer each odda?"
"It's about time Race got interested in a goil again."
"Don't be mean." Bailey said trying to hide a smile. "Its good fer 'im dough."
"Why don't we get our papes so we can meet Angel and Spot at Tibby's fer lunch. We can ask em about Doodles stayin in Brooklyn." Jack said getting up.
"Ok.", Bailey agreed. "We should tell Race and Doodles so dey can meet us dere."
"Good idea." Jack said. "Let's go."
I could hear a distant knocking and I subconsciously dismissed it as part of my dream about mother. The knocking continued and in my dream I could see the gun lifted then... Bang! I was jolted from my dream slash nightmare and realized the knocking was someone at the door. I got up, stumbling and almost falling because of the blanket wrapped around my legs. I got to the door in one piece and opened it to a very awake, unlike me, Bailey and Jack.
"Just wake up?" Jack asked as though he was serious.
"No.", I said my voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Well good mornin to ye too." Bailey said. "We just wanted te tell ye te meet us at Tibby's fer lunch. We can talk te Angel an Spot."
"Ok.", I said still drowsy. "See ya later."
"Whudds goin on over deyre?" came a voice from the top bunk.
"Ah," I said still half sleeping myself. "The dead has arisen."
"Lets leave these two eoily boids tegedda." Jack said laughing. "Dey're too strange in de mornin." "See ya later Doodles." Bailey said to me. "Bye Race." she called to the lump of blankets that was Racetrack.
The only reply was a grunt as Jack and Bailey left, chucking at us.
"I'm definitely not a mornin person." I said dryly.
"Were da hell have youse been?" he practically yelled at us. "Do ye have any idea what time it is?"
"Whoa hold on deyre Cowboy." Race said. "Calm down, were fine."
"Yeah Jack ye not me fadder." I teased him.
Jack turned and glared at me. "Don't mess wid me right now Brin."
I shut up.
"Whudd happend?" Race asked quickly realizing something was really wrong.
"Some o de Crypts came around lookin fer ye hea." Jack looked at me. "Dey led us ta believe dey had some guys out lookin fer ye includin our Delancy brodda pals and Shadow himself."
"We coulda soaked em but we didn't think we should just in case dey caught ye. We didn't know whudd deyed do te ye." Bailey put in and I could see she had been worried too.
"So where were ye?" Jack asked having calmed down some.
"We actually ran into dem and it coulda been bad but lucky fer us deyre stupid." Race said. "I looked behind me an Doodles and I saw deyre shadows from behind da corner."
"And Shadow was wid dem.", I put in. "Good thing Race heas payin attention."
"So I guess dey're afta ye already." Jack said to no one in particular. "We're gonna have te figure out how ta keep ye safe fer now at least."
"Where are Spot an Angel?" I asked suddenly remembering and wondering why Jack hadn't kept them up as well.
"Dey went ta Brooklyn taday. But dey neva came back. I guess deyre plannin on comin back tomorrow" Bailey told me. "Hey Jack, maybe Doodles could go ta Brooklyn for awhile te hide from Shadow."
"Good thinkin." Jack replied back to Bailey with a smile. "Why don't we ask em when dey come back?"
"Ooook.", I said on a big yawn. "Can we go ta bed now or do we have ta keep discussin dis?"
"Hey dis is fer yer benefit, don't be a smart ass." Race said teasingly. "But really Doodles ye should take all dis a little more seriously."
"Races' right.", Jack told me just as seriously.
"Ok." I said, "Believe me I know its serious, I do, but I'm too tired ta concentrate on bein serious."
"Alright, lets go te bed. Doodles ain't the only one who's tired.", Bailey said.
We all walked up the stairs together talking about lighter topics like our day at the tracks. Me and Racetrack said goodnight to Jack and Bailey then walked to our room and both of us immediately collapsed onto our bunks.
"Goodnight Race." I said to him, " And thanks fer lookin out fer me."
"My pleasure." he replied to me with the specific charm only Race had. "Goodnight Brin."
Race woke up in the middle of the night. Not that he had been sleeping all that well in the first place anyways. He lay awake in his bed and listened to Doodles, Brin, breath peacefully in her sleep. He wondered if she realized how much he already cared for her in the three days she had known him. Although he had had girls before they had been different from Doodles. She was... he sighed, "Why am I acting like dis?!" he asked himself quietly in the dark. He didn't understand but he knew that he wanted her to be his goil and he would protect her from being hurt however it needed to be done. If she asked he would probably even give up smoking and gambling... God he hoped she wouldn't ask him to do that! Race closed his eyes and his last thought before he drifted off into a deep sleep was of Doodles.
Jack woke up the next morning and found that Bailey had already gotten up. He guessed where she might be and went up to the roof. She was sitting up there so calm and beautiful he wondered how he had gotten so lucky to have her choose him.
"Good mornin." He said as he sat down next to her and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
She looked up suprised. "Good morning, I didn't hea ye."
"Whudd were ye thinkin about?" Jack asked her.
"Whudd else but Doodles." she said. "Its funny how we've only known her fer a few days and she's already a big part of oua lives."
"Yeah.", Jack said. "Her and Race have really hit it off don't ya think?"
"I know." Bailey replied with a small grin, "I wonder if dey even realize how poifect dey are fer each odda?"
"It's about time Race got interested in a goil again."
"Don't be mean." Bailey said trying to hide a smile. "Its good fer 'im dough."
"Why don't we get our papes so we can meet Angel and Spot at Tibby's fer lunch. We can ask em about Doodles stayin in Brooklyn." Jack said getting up.
"Ok.", Bailey agreed. "We should tell Race and Doodles so dey can meet us dere."
"Good idea." Jack said. "Let's go."
I could hear a distant knocking and I subconsciously dismissed it as part of my dream about mother. The knocking continued and in my dream I could see the gun lifted then... Bang! I was jolted from my dream slash nightmare and realized the knocking was someone at the door. I got up, stumbling and almost falling because of the blanket wrapped around my legs. I got to the door in one piece and opened it to a very awake, unlike me, Bailey and Jack.
"Just wake up?" Jack asked as though he was serious.
"No.", I said my voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Well good mornin to ye too." Bailey said. "We just wanted te tell ye te meet us at Tibby's fer lunch. We can talk te Angel an Spot."
"Ok.", I said still drowsy. "See ya later."
"Whudds goin on over deyre?" came a voice from the top bunk.
"Ah," I said still half sleeping myself. "The dead has arisen."
"Lets leave these two eoily boids tegedda." Jack said laughing. "Dey're too strange in de mornin." "See ya later Doodles." Bailey said to me. "Bye Race." she called to the lump of blankets that was Racetrack.
The only reply was a grunt as Jack and Bailey left, chucking at us.
"I'm definitely not a mornin person." I said dryly.