I awoke the next morning and wondered if I had died and gone to hell. The
soreness and pain was all over my body. I moaned and tried to remember what
had taken place the previous night. All I could remember was Shadow and the
Crypts and them telling me I was about to die. Oh wait the knife I had used
on Shadow, the window I escaped from, being chased and running for a
lifetime. Then fighting back after they had untied me and all the pain; The
glass from the window, the fists of Shadow and the Crypts. I moaned again
all the thinking was hurting my brain and I couldn't seem to get my voice
to work. I suddenly heard a grunt from somewhere below me.
"Doodles?"
I recognized that voice, it was Race, but what was he doing on the floor? I attempted to sit up but until then I hadn't realized how bad I was hurt. The room went black.
I woke up what seemed to be only a few seconds after I had blacked out again. I could see Race hovering above me.
"Damnit, don't move." he said sounding angry and worried.
"I'm sorry." I croaked out. "Am I really hoit dat bad?"
"Yea", Race replied. "Yer gonna halfta stay in bed fer a few days at least. Dey beat ya pretty good. Any idea how ye got all dose cuts? Dey didn't use a knife on ye did dey?!", Race sounding like if they had hey was gonna storm out of the room right that second and send them straight to hell.
"Naw, it was kinda de odda way around." I said thinking of the knife I used on Shadow. "Actually de cuts were from da window."
"Window?" Race said questioningly. "An whudd do ye mean de odda way around?"
"Well, I had te escape out de winda cause dey was blockin da door so I broke da glass. And I managed to distract em by gettin Shadow wid a knife. I'm not exactly sure where dough."
Race looked very suprised by my last comment. "Ye stabbed Shadow?"
"Well I dunno if I stabbed im. Hea why don I just tell ye da entia story."
So I told Race da story as best I could remember which was pretty good considering how many times I had been unconscious.
"So where'd ye find me?" I asked him.
"Ye were down by de docks, not to far from hea." he replied. "Ye wouldn't believe how long it took te find ye. And I don want ye goin out by yeself anymore. Me, Jack, Spot, Frit, and Snipeshoota met up wid some a de Crypts last night. Dey seemed pretty angry an I can see why if ye stabbed Shadow." Race said with an almost smile on his face.
"Yea.", I said. "Race, whudder we gonna do about me? I can't keep havin youse guys getting hoit just because o me."
"Looks te me like ids not us hoit, it's you." He said with a twinkle in his eye but then he looked worried and thoughtful. "We'll haveta figure sumthin out since I don think Brooklyn's too safe no more."
I then noticed all the bandages and cold cloths that were placed all over me.
"Did ye do dis?" I asked Race indicating the bandages.
"Yea, I didn't want de swellin to get any worse dan it already was." he told me.
"Thank you. I don know whudd I'd do witout all ye guys, especially you." I added.
He turned a little red and didn't say anything for a moment.
"Well, I don't know whudd I'd do witout ye so I guess were even." he said.
"Me?" I said actually surprised because I couldn't think of anything I had done that might make me so important. "All I've done is hoit ye guys, and make life more difficult fer ye too. I'm surprised ye are still keeping me around an helpin me."
"Why whuddent we?" he asked. "Yer our friend now and we stick wid our friends."
"I'm glad," I said smiling and for a minute I forgot all my injuries and pain and reached up, pulled his face to mine and kissed him. For a minute we stayed there than I collapsed back on the pillows remembering my pain.
"Well dats good medicine." I said blushing and smiling.
"Glad te be of soivice." Race said smiling and bending down to make sure I didn't have to move kissed me again but quickly. "I'm gonna go find Jack"
"Ok.", I said smiling up at him.
"I'll be back soon." he was smiling as he left the room.
After Race had gone I laid in bed trying not to focus on the pain and not to think about Shadow and the Crypts, but on Race and my friends instead. A few minutes later and to my great relief Angel and Bailey walked inside.
"Thank god. Someone ta talk te." I said relieved.
"Are ye alright?" Bailey asked looking worried and a little startled at the sight of my bruises, bandages and variety of other injuries.
"I'll be fine. I wish I could get up and go find dose bastards." I said.
"No, ye can't.", Angel said. "Yer gonna stay in bed fer awhile."
"Uhhh, don remind me." I said feeling depressed at the very thought.
"Yer not goin out again by yerself no mora." Bailey said sternly.
"So I've hoid." I replied dryly.
"Race is gonna be wid ye all de time now." Angel said slyly.
"Not like he isn't anyways." Bailey said, now laughing.
"Shuddup.", I said blushing.
"Sorry we can't help but tease you. It's too much fun." Bailey said and Angel nodded.
"Has he asked ye ta be his goil yet?" Angel asked.
"No, why are ye guys pushing it so much?"
"Well we know ye guys are gonna get dere in de end. Why not speed it up?" Angel said laughing.
"I hope so...,", and with me feeling somewhat embarrassed I quickly changed the subject.
"So everthin heas fine right?" I asked.
"Yea except fer de problem of dat damn bastard." Bailey said. "Uh Shadow." She finished as though we hadn't understood what she was talking about, we had.
"Yea we got dat much." Angel said. "We have ta figure out a way ta keep ye safe." she then said to me more seriously.
I almost said something about not wanting to be a problem and how they really didn't need to help me but I remembered what Race said and that everytime I would say something across those lines I got yelled at.
"Yea Doodles, we don't mind helping youse and especially since yer our friend now, a good one." Bailey said rolling her eyes in exasperation.
"Well thanks but I wasn't gonna say anything about it." I didn't tell them I had thought about saying it.
"Good." Angel said simply, "Ye should stop feelin so bad about everyone helping ye and ye not helping dem. Dats how it is hea and besides someday ye could help dem when dey need it."
I thought about it. "Thanks, Angel, I'm woikin on it."
Just then Race walked back in.
"Hey Race." said Bailey than Angel both grinning.
"Oh no, not more goil talk." Race said looking a little short of terrified.
"Actually no, but we can if ye want us to." I said teasing him.
"I'll pass." he said.
Bailey, Angel, and I all laughed as Race looked exasperated.
"We'll leave ye two alone." Bailey said. To me she said, "Don't even think about gettin up."
"Have Race carry ye around. Dats one o de only benefits of bein hoit." Angel said.
"Yea she would know too." Bailey said. "See ya later."
"Bye I said to them then turned to Racetrack. "So whudd ye an Jack talk about? Shadow and whudd ta do wid me I suppose."
"Well...no, not really." he said looking uncomfortable.
"Whudd is it?" I asked.
"Uhhh..." he looked as though he didn't know exactly how to say what he was trying to get out.
"Race, ye know ye can tell me anything. I won make fun o ye or laugh...well maybe laugh but it depends." I said smiling.
"Yea, I know." he said, "And I'm glad. Yer de foist goil like dat fer me."
"Thanks.", I said taking this as a compliment.
"Yea, uh so hea it is.", Race paused and took a deep breath. "Doodles, I know I've only known ye fer a few days but I really like ye a lot."
"I like ye too." I interrupted my heart beginning to pound a little harder than normal.
"Good." he said smiling a little. "Uh, de ye wante be my goil?" he said it kind of fast but I understood him anyway.
I grinned like a fool.
"Yea, I'd love te." I said still grinning, my heart pounding, and thinking Race looked so adorable with an identical grin on his face. "Now come hea an kiss me, id hoits te move."
He walked over, bent down and kissed me on the mouth.
After my head cleared from our kiss, I thought of something.
"Why was it so hard to ask me dat question?" I asked him wondering because he said he could tell me anything.
"Well...I've never been a big guy fer boyfriend, goilfriend stuff. Dat was always Jack or Spot. Dey always seemed ta have goils. An...well I never met a goil like ye before, dats annodda reason. I guess ye could say I'm not all to experienced wid it."
"I'm glad ye asked me dough." I said and because I had temporarily forgotten about my injury, tried to sit up.
"Shit.", I could just get out that one curse as the pain went through my body.
"Jesus, don move." Race said looking worried. "Do ye need anything? Uh...., oh geez, I dunno." he looked so cute anxious I couldn't help but laugh. That made Race calm down a little.
"Yer ok?" he asked.
"As long as I don't move, I'll live." I said.
"I'm really worried about ye."
"I'll be ok in a few days hopefully." I said to him. "Ye don have te worry about me so much ye know."
"I can't help it now." he said. "Ye caught me an deres no way I'm letting go."
"Doodles?"
I recognized that voice, it was Race, but what was he doing on the floor? I attempted to sit up but until then I hadn't realized how bad I was hurt. The room went black.
I woke up what seemed to be only a few seconds after I had blacked out again. I could see Race hovering above me.
"Damnit, don't move." he said sounding angry and worried.
"I'm sorry." I croaked out. "Am I really hoit dat bad?"
"Yea", Race replied. "Yer gonna halfta stay in bed fer a few days at least. Dey beat ya pretty good. Any idea how ye got all dose cuts? Dey didn't use a knife on ye did dey?!", Race sounding like if they had hey was gonna storm out of the room right that second and send them straight to hell.
"Naw, it was kinda de odda way around." I said thinking of the knife I used on Shadow. "Actually de cuts were from da window."
"Window?" Race said questioningly. "An whudd do ye mean de odda way around?"
"Well, I had te escape out de winda cause dey was blockin da door so I broke da glass. And I managed to distract em by gettin Shadow wid a knife. I'm not exactly sure where dough."
Race looked very suprised by my last comment. "Ye stabbed Shadow?"
"Well I dunno if I stabbed im. Hea why don I just tell ye da entia story."
So I told Race da story as best I could remember which was pretty good considering how many times I had been unconscious.
"So where'd ye find me?" I asked him.
"Ye were down by de docks, not to far from hea." he replied. "Ye wouldn't believe how long it took te find ye. And I don want ye goin out by yeself anymore. Me, Jack, Spot, Frit, and Snipeshoota met up wid some a de Crypts last night. Dey seemed pretty angry an I can see why if ye stabbed Shadow." Race said with an almost smile on his face.
"Yea.", I said. "Race, whudder we gonna do about me? I can't keep havin youse guys getting hoit just because o me."
"Looks te me like ids not us hoit, it's you." He said with a twinkle in his eye but then he looked worried and thoughtful. "We'll haveta figure sumthin out since I don think Brooklyn's too safe no more."
I then noticed all the bandages and cold cloths that were placed all over me.
"Did ye do dis?" I asked Race indicating the bandages.
"Yea, I didn't want de swellin to get any worse dan it already was." he told me.
"Thank you. I don know whudd I'd do witout all ye guys, especially you." I added.
He turned a little red and didn't say anything for a moment.
"Well, I don't know whudd I'd do witout ye so I guess were even." he said.
"Me?" I said actually surprised because I couldn't think of anything I had done that might make me so important. "All I've done is hoit ye guys, and make life more difficult fer ye too. I'm surprised ye are still keeping me around an helpin me."
"Why whuddent we?" he asked. "Yer our friend now and we stick wid our friends."
"I'm glad," I said smiling and for a minute I forgot all my injuries and pain and reached up, pulled his face to mine and kissed him. For a minute we stayed there than I collapsed back on the pillows remembering my pain.
"Well dats good medicine." I said blushing and smiling.
"Glad te be of soivice." Race said smiling and bending down to make sure I didn't have to move kissed me again but quickly. "I'm gonna go find Jack"
"Ok.", I said smiling up at him.
"I'll be back soon." he was smiling as he left the room.
After Race had gone I laid in bed trying not to focus on the pain and not to think about Shadow and the Crypts, but on Race and my friends instead. A few minutes later and to my great relief Angel and Bailey walked inside.
"Thank god. Someone ta talk te." I said relieved.
"Are ye alright?" Bailey asked looking worried and a little startled at the sight of my bruises, bandages and variety of other injuries.
"I'll be fine. I wish I could get up and go find dose bastards." I said.
"No, ye can't.", Angel said. "Yer gonna stay in bed fer awhile."
"Uhhh, don remind me." I said feeling depressed at the very thought.
"Yer not goin out again by yerself no mora." Bailey said sternly.
"So I've hoid." I replied dryly.
"Race is gonna be wid ye all de time now." Angel said slyly.
"Not like he isn't anyways." Bailey said, now laughing.
"Shuddup.", I said blushing.
"Sorry we can't help but tease you. It's too much fun." Bailey said and Angel nodded.
"Has he asked ye ta be his goil yet?" Angel asked.
"No, why are ye guys pushing it so much?"
"Well we know ye guys are gonna get dere in de end. Why not speed it up?" Angel said laughing.
"I hope so...,", and with me feeling somewhat embarrassed I quickly changed the subject.
"So everthin heas fine right?" I asked.
"Yea except fer de problem of dat damn bastard." Bailey said. "Uh Shadow." She finished as though we hadn't understood what she was talking about, we had.
"Yea we got dat much." Angel said. "We have ta figure out a way ta keep ye safe." she then said to me more seriously.
I almost said something about not wanting to be a problem and how they really didn't need to help me but I remembered what Race said and that everytime I would say something across those lines I got yelled at.
"Yea Doodles, we don't mind helping youse and especially since yer our friend now, a good one." Bailey said rolling her eyes in exasperation.
"Well thanks but I wasn't gonna say anything about it." I didn't tell them I had thought about saying it.
"Good." Angel said simply, "Ye should stop feelin so bad about everyone helping ye and ye not helping dem. Dats how it is hea and besides someday ye could help dem when dey need it."
I thought about it. "Thanks, Angel, I'm woikin on it."
Just then Race walked back in.
"Hey Race." said Bailey than Angel both grinning.
"Oh no, not more goil talk." Race said looking a little short of terrified.
"Actually no, but we can if ye want us to." I said teasing him.
"I'll pass." he said.
Bailey, Angel, and I all laughed as Race looked exasperated.
"We'll leave ye two alone." Bailey said. To me she said, "Don't even think about gettin up."
"Have Race carry ye around. Dats one o de only benefits of bein hoit." Angel said.
"Yea she would know too." Bailey said. "See ya later."
"Bye I said to them then turned to Racetrack. "So whudd ye an Jack talk about? Shadow and whudd ta do wid me I suppose."
"Well...no, not really." he said looking uncomfortable.
"Whudd is it?" I asked.
"Uhhh..." he looked as though he didn't know exactly how to say what he was trying to get out.
"Race, ye know ye can tell me anything. I won make fun o ye or laugh...well maybe laugh but it depends." I said smiling.
"Yea, I know." he said, "And I'm glad. Yer de foist goil like dat fer me."
"Thanks.", I said taking this as a compliment.
"Yea, uh so hea it is.", Race paused and took a deep breath. "Doodles, I know I've only known ye fer a few days but I really like ye a lot."
"I like ye too." I interrupted my heart beginning to pound a little harder than normal.
"Good." he said smiling a little. "Uh, de ye wante be my goil?" he said it kind of fast but I understood him anyway.
I grinned like a fool.
"Yea, I'd love te." I said still grinning, my heart pounding, and thinking Race looked so adorable with an identical grin on his face. "Now come hea an kiss me, id hoits te move."
He walked over, bent down and kissed me on the mouth.
After my head cleared from our kiss, I thought of something.
"Why was it so hard to ask me dat question?" I asked him wondering because he said he could tell me anything.
"Well...I've never been a big guy fer boyfriend, goilfriend stuff. Dat was always Jack or Spot. Dey always seemed ta have goils. An...well I never met a goil like ye before, dats annodda reason. I guess ye could say I'm not all to experienced wid it."
"I'm glad ye asked me dough." I said and because I had temporarily forgotten about my injury, tried to sit up.
"Shit.", I could just get out that one curse as the pain went through my body.
"Jesus, don move." Race said looking worried. "Do ye need anything? Uh...., oh geez, I dunno." he looked so cute anxious I couldn't help but laugh. That made Race calm down a little.
"Yer ok?" he asked.
"As long as I don't move, I'll live." I said.
"I'm really worried about ye."
"I'll be ok in a few days hopefully." I said to him. "Ye don have te worry about me so much ye know."
"I can't help it now." he said. "Ye caught me an deres no way I'm letting go."