The next day we woke up and I was confused for a minute. Why was there a
boy in my bed with his arms around me? Oh duh, I remembered, we're at the
Brooklyn Lodging House. Then I remembered Angel and hoped to god she was ok
and if she wasn't I didn't know what I'd do since it was pretty much my
fault she got hurt in the first place. Then I remembered Race (Anthony) and
how we had kissed the night before. My cheeks grew hot at the thought but I
was still happy and wondered if maybe, just maybe I could be Race's goil.
Race moved and I turned towards him. He opened his eyes and looked at me.
"Good mornin." I said to him smiling.
"At least I have somethin good te wake up to." he replied with a sleepy smile. Race also remembered what had happened last night and though his cheeks didn't get hot he was still very happy.
"Sleep ok?" I asked him.
"Surprisingly yea. Well maybe not so surprising, considering." he said with a grin.
I giggled, felt like an airhead, and sat up. "I'm gonna check on Angel, see if she's ok."
"Alright. I'll be dere in a few minutes." he replied.
I found Angel sitting up in bed talking to Spot who was sitting on the bed next to her. Her face had a few purple marks but she looked to be in a happy mood nonetheless.
"Good mornin. How ye feelin?" I said walking to the bed and sitting on the opposite side of the bed from Spot.
"Well, I'm ok. I've had worse." she said with a weak smile.
"Just because ye've had worse doesn't mean dis ain't as bad. Ye should try te stay unhoit ta begin with." Spot said irritated.
"Don't mind him. He really is just a sweet guy under da tough guy mask." Angel said to me with a laugh.
"Geez Ang, don't give me away." Spot said smiling now. "But I worry about ye. Doodles, make sure she stays in bed. I'm gonna go get some breakfast fer us."
"Ok." I replied.
"So...how's Race?" Angel asked me slyly.
"Uhh... fine I guess." I said turning a little red in spite of myself. "Why do ye ask?"
"Well ye just look a little happier dan normal dis mornin. And I thought maybe somethin happened", her voice was filled with hints.
"Geez whudd is it wid goil senses?" I asked her with an embarrassed laugh. "Ok, we were talkin last night in bed--"
Angel's eyebrows shot up and I got what she thought I meant when I said 'in bed'.
"Angel, get yer mind outta de gutter! I didn't do anythin like whudd yer talkin about!" I exclaimed now feeling stupid for some reason, not just embarrassed. "We was talkin about how he came ta Manhattan and we kissed."
"Race told ye about before he bacame a newsie?" she asked.
"Yea so?"
"I don't think he's ever told anyone really except fer Jack. You must mean sumthin te him." Angel said then she said. "Dats so exciting! Did he ask ye ta be his goil?"
"No but I hope he will. He's such a funny, nice, easy te talk te--" and mid- sentance the funny, nice, easy to talk to guy walked into the room.
Angel grinned and said good morning to him. Race looked at Angel said good morning than looked at me and seeing her grin and my red ears (red from being embarrassed) he asked what we had been talking about.
"Goil stuff." Angel said with a giggle.
"I really don't see how it's funny." I said trying to disguise a snort as I was holding in my own giggles.
Angel wasn't fooled by the 'disguised' snort and hearing burst into full fledged laughter and it being contagious, I laughed too. Race however didn't get the joke (whatever it was) and rolling his eyes said very distinctly said "goils", to him self in an exasperated tone.
To us still laughing like the loons we are, he said "I'm goin te find Jack. At least he's a nice, simple, understandable guy."
"Bye.", I said though still weak with laughter.
A few minutes later Bailey walked in.
"I hoid ye were being incomprehensible goils so I thought I'd see what ye were bein so weird about."
"Wow I'm glad ye two finally got sumthin goin." Bailey said to me after I told her about the previous night.
"Wudder ye talkin about?" I asked.
"Well," Angel said, "we could all tell dat ye an Race'd make a good couple. But we decided te be good children and leave ye two alone."
"Well... (I was a little speechless) I've only known 'im fer a few days."
"So dat don't matter." Bailey said. "Anyways dats really great. Did he ask ye ta be his goil?"
"No..." I said blushing.
"Are ye gonna ask him?" she asked.
"I don think so...well we'll see." I replied as Angel and Bailey both grinned.
"Good mornin." I said to him smiling.
"At least I have somethin good te wake up to." he replied with a sleepy smile. Race also remembered what had happened last night and though his cheeks didn't get hot he was still very happy.
"Sleep ok?" I asked him.
"Surprisingly yea. Well maybe not so surprising, considering." he said with a grin.
I giggled, felt like an airhead, and sat up. "I'm gonna check on Angel, see if she's ok."
"Alright. I'll be dere in a few minutes." he replied.
I found Angel sitting up in bed talking to Spot who was sitting on the bed next to her. Her face had a few purple marks but she looked to be in a happy mood nonetheless.
"Good mornin. How ye feelin?" I said walking to the bed and sitting on the opposite side of the bed from Spot.
"Well, I'm ok. I've had worse." she said with a weak smile.
"Just because ye've had worse doesn't mean dis ain't as bad. Ye should try te stay unhoit ta begin with." Spot said irritated.
"Don't mind him. He really is just a sweet guy under da tough guy mask." Angel said to me with a laugh.
"Geez Ang, don't give me away." Spot said smiling now. "But I worry about ye. Doodles, make sure she stays in bed. I'm gonna go get some breakfast fer us."
"Ok." I replied.
"So...how's Race?" Angel asked me slyly.
"Uhh... fine I guess." I said turning a little red in spite of myself. "Why do ye ask?"
"Well ye just look a little happier dan normal dis mornin. And I thought maybe somethin happened", her voice was filled with hints.
"Geez whudd is it wid goil senses?" I asked her with an embarrassed laugh. "Ok, we were talkin last night in bed--"
Angel's eyebrows shot up and I got what she thought I meant when I said 'in bed'.
"Angel, get yer mind outta de gutter! I didn't do anythin like whudd yer talkin about!" I exclaimed now feeling stupid for some reason, not just embarrassed. "We was talkin about how he came ta Manhattan and we kissed."
"Race told ye about before he bacame a newsie?" she asked.
"Yea so?"
"I don't think he's ever told anyone really except fer Jack. You must mean sumthin te him." Angel said then she said. "Dats so exciting! Did he ask ye ta be his goil?"
"No but I hope he will. He's such a funny, nice, easy te talk te--" and mid- sentance the funny, nice, easy to talk to guy walked into the room.
Angel grinned and said good morning to him. Race looked at Angel said good morning than looked at me and seeing her grin and my red ears (red from being embarrassed) he asked what we had been talking about.
"Goil stuff." Angel said with a giggle.
"I really don't see how it's funny." I said trying to disguise a snort as I was holding in my own giggles.
Angel wasn't fooled by the 'disguised' snort and hearing burst into full fledged laughter and it being contagious, I laughed too. Race however didn't get the joke (whatever it was) and rolling his eyes said very distinctly said "goils", to him self in an exasperated tone.
To us still laughing like the loons we are, he said "I'm goin te find Jack. At least he's a nice, simple, understandable guy."
"Bye.", I said though still weak with laughter.
A few minutes later Bailey walked in.
"I hoid ye were being incomprehensible goils so I thought I'd see what ye were bein so weird about."
"Wow I'm glad ye two finally got sumthin goin." Bailey said to me after I told her about the previous night.
"Wudder ye talkin about?" I asked.
"Well," Angel said, "we could all tell dat ye an Race'd make a good couple. But we decided te be good children and leave ye two alone."
"Well... (I was a little speechless) I've only known 'im fer a few days."
"So dat don't matter." Bailey said. "Anyways dats really great. Did he ask ye ta be his goil?"
"No..." I said blushing.
"Are ye gonna ask him?" she asked.
"I don think so...well we'll see." I replied as Angel and Bailey both grinned.