I dreamed the dream of the night before, just as vivid, terrible, and I
work up scared and hot though the cool breeze was still there, with no Race
next to me this time. Trembling I wondered why I was having this what
seemed to be a reacurring nightmare. I got up quickly and wondered what
time it was. Leaving the roof I felt my way down the unlit hallway and down
the stairs to find a welcoming glow of light and the comfort of voices, one
I recognized as Race's, engaged in a poker game. I saw the poker players
sitting in a circle, Race at the moment collecting the winnings. "C'mon
boys dats all ye got? Anyone ready fer annoda round? Yea? Ok, roll me nudda
50."
One of the boys I thought was from the Bronx, looking quite disgruntled, nodded gruffly and deciding not to interrupt them I decided to go and find Bailey and Angel about the nightmare. I didn't see them anywhere around so I decided they must have gone to Tibby's or maybe Medda's where I supposed most of the newsies that were here for the rally were as well.
I walked out onto the dark street not thinking that it was still dangerous to walk around by myself let alone in the dark. Nothing happened however, and I arrived at a packed Tibby's soon enough. I saw them at a table looking tired but laughing at some joke tole by Jack. I pushed through the crowd which was made up all of newsies. I had never seen Tibby's so crowded and it gave me a thrill thinking of the rally.
I pushed through the crowd sneakily so that Angel and Bailey wouldn't see me. I came up behind them very slowly..."Boo!" I shouted grabbing their shoulders as I said it. They both gave out very satisfying screams.
Jack and me were both laughing at them as were a few of the other newsies that were standing around us and had seen them be scared.
"Yea yea, laugh id up," Bailey growled at Jack looking disgruntled. Angel just looked confused, which was normal for her.
"So whudds goin on?" Angel asked looking at me.
"I have te talk te ye an Bai alone lata" I said to her in an undertone. Then out loud I said "Wow dis is great look at all de newsies we got hea. I'm excited already!"
"Yea I can't wait" Bailey added.
After that bit of nothing conversation it kinda died off and Jack got up and kissing Bailey said he was gonna get te know more of the newsies that he didn't know.
"Dats me boy" Bailey said smiling "de social guy."
"So Doodles...whats wrong?" Angel asked me right away.
"Huh?" Bailey asked confused. "Have ye not told me sumthin? Whudds goin on?"
"Calm down already" I told her. "Cmon lets go somewhere quiet..."
We left Tibby's and walked down the dark street. I could tell Angel was feeling apprehensive. And the thought was confirmed a moment later. "Uh guys I don think dis is such a good idea..."
"Why not?" Bailey asked. I guess she had forgotten the danger that I put us all in let alone just the plain old danger of girls walking by themselves at night.
"Err...Bailey...remember Shadow?...the Crypts..." I prompted her. "Its not all dat safe fer us te be out hea on oua own." I wasn't a coward but I knew them now and what they were capable of doing.
"Well c'mon we might as well keep goin since were closa to the lodging house den Tibbys anyways." Bailey pointed out though now even she looked a little worried.
It was very dark in the streets that usually were so familiar. And though we knew our way by heart the look of Manhattan at night was much different than its look during the day. We began to walk faster and faster, speed walking our way to the lodging house. It was only two or so more blocks away and then all of a sudden...I tripped.
All three of us exploded into laughter as I sat on the ground where I had fallen. I wasn't even sure what I had tripped over or why I had tripped. Then as we started to get our breath back I heard something.
"Shhh" I said quickly to Bailey and Angel. They got quiet very fast as I got to my feet.
"Did you hear something?" Angel asked in a whisper.
"I thought I did" I replied not sure. "Cmon les go quick jus in case."
They both nodded and as we turned to set of for the lodging house again Bailey froze.
"Whudd is it?" I hissed to her in a shaky voice.
"I think I can see sumthin...in dat alley..." she indicated a dark alley not too far from where we stood as she trailed off.
I looked at the alley trying to see better in the darkness. It was really hard to tell if there was someone or something there. Then I saw something, just a gleam of light relecting off something metal. Then a split second later the crack of a gun shot, the terrible sound that I hadn't heard since the shot that killed my mother. The nest thing I knew Bailey fell to the ground and I heard screaming. The screaming was me and Angel. When we finally realized that it was us screaming we stopped knowing we didn't have time for that. I dropped to my knees as another shot went off.
One of the boys I thought was from the Bronx, looking quite disgruntled, nodded gruffly and deciding not to interrupt them I decided to go and find Bailey and Angel about the nightmare. I didn't see them anywhere around so I decided they must have gone to Tibby's or maybe Medda's where I supposed most of the newsies that were here for the rally were as well.
I walked out onto the dark street not thinking that it was still dangerous to walk around by myself let alone in the dark. Nothing happened however, and I arrived at a packed Tibby's soon enough. I saw them at a table looking tired but laughing at some joke tole by Jack. I pushed through the crowd which was made up all of newsies. I had never seen Tibby's so crowded and it gave me a thrill thinking of the rally.
I pushed through the crowd sneakily so that Angel and Bailey wouldn't see me. I came up behind them very slowly..."Boo!" I shouted grabbing their shoulders as I said it. They both gave out very satisfying screams.
Jack and me were both laughing at them as were a few of the other newsies that were standing around us and had seen them be scared.
"Yea yea, laugh id up," Bailey growled at Jack looking disgruntled. Angel just looked confused, which was normal for her.
"So whudds goin on?" Angel asked looking at me.
"I have te talk te ye an Bai alone lata" I said to her in an undertone. Then out loud I said "Wow dis is great look at all de newsies we got hea. I'm excited already!"
"Yea I can't wait" Bailey added.
After that bit of nothing conversation it kinda died off and Jack got up and kissing Bailey said he was gonna get te know more of the newsies that he didn't know.
"Dats me boy" Bailey said smiling "de social guy."
"So Doodles...whats wrong?" Angel asked me right away.
"Huh?" Bailey asked confused. "Have ye not told me sumthin? Whudds goin on?"
"Calm down already" I told her. "Cmon lets go somewhere quiet..."
We left Tibby's and walked down the dark street. I could tell Angel was feeling apprehensive. And the thought was confirmed a moment later. "Uh guys I don think dis is such a good idea..."
"Why not?" Bailey asked. I guess she had forgotten the danger that I put us all in let alone just the plain old danger of girls walking by themselves at night.
"Err...Bailey...remember Shadow?...the Crypts..." I prompted her. "Its not all dat safe fer us te be out hea on oua own." I wasn't a coward but I knew them now and what they were capable of doing.
"Well c'mon we might as well keep goin since were closa to the lodging house den Tibbys anyways." Bailey pointed out though now even she looked a little worried.
It was very dark in the streets that usually were so familiar. And though we knew our way by heart the look of Manhattan at night was much different than its look during the day. We began to walk faster and faster, speed walking our way to the lodging house. It was only two or so more blocks away and then all of a sudden...I tripped.
All three of us exploded into laughter as I sat on the ground where I had fallen. I wasn't even sure what I had tripped over or why I had tripped. Then as we started to get our breath back I heard something.
"Shhh" I said quickly to Bailey and Angel. They got quiet very fast as I got to my feet.
"Did you hear something?" Angel asked in a whisper.
"I thought I did" I replied not sure. "Cmon les go quick jus in case."
They both nodded and as we turned to set of for the lodging house again Bailey froze.
"Whudd is it?" I hissed to her in a shaky voice.
"I think I can see sumthin...in dat alley..." she indicated a dark alley not too far from where we stood as she trailed off.
I looked at the alley trying to see better in the darkness. It was really hard to tell if there was someone or something there. Then I saw something, just a gleam of light relecting off something metal. Then a split second later the crack of a gun shot, the terrible sound that I hadn't heard since the shot that killed my mother. The nest thing I knew Bailey fell to the ground and I heard screaming. The screaming was me and Angel. When we finally realized that it was us screaming we stopped knowing we didn't have time for that. I dropped to my knees as another shot went off.