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when the nagging, beating and pain stop. Will you still be human?

Anna walked the streets aimlessly keeping on eye on Sally and Jason. She was the only family the had left. She sighed completely lost. Sally and Jason had not asked once about their father but Anna wasn't concerned about it. True Mr. Allen rbout the home money and food, Anna took care for them. The only change in the apast few days was the place in which they were staying. Anna saw something in the distance and shouting started.

"Great a streamer. Sally Jason come here now!"

The sense of urgency in her voice made the two obey. She grabed them but it was to late to run inside she took them back as far as she could get andgently pushed them to the ground covering them with her body and not a moment too soon. The bomb exploded sending debris their way. They were little less then 190 meters away. The dust and plaster could finally cleared. Sally and Jason were fine save for a few cuts and brusies. Ann on the other hand was knocked out cold and bleeding. Sally began screaming as Jason started crying. A couple of seconds later Anna opened her eyes.

"oh good you two are okay..." She passed out again and few minutes later she was brought into a small house and her wounds were being dressed. She slowly cam too. "Sally, Jason!"

"Calm yourself child. They are fine," came an older lady's voice. "what's your name young lady?"

"Anna"

"You were far to close to that explosion," she wrapped her arms around Anna pushing her up. "You may feel a little light headed and shots of pain here and there, but other then that you are fine."

"Thank you very much ma'am."

"Don't mention it."

Anna slowly got to her feet and almost fell forward but leaned back and stopped herself wincing.

"Maybe just a few more minuets."

Finally she got up thanked the lady, and took Sally and Jason bu they hands and left.

When they got to the Jacobs', Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs flipped. Anna sat down on the couch as Sally and Jason ran off to play everything back to normal to them in their young minds.

"Anna!"

"I'm fine. There was a streamer and we were a little too close."

"You are not fine!" You're bleeding."

"I'm fine."

Mrs. Jacob's walked closer then went and grabbed somethings so she could change the bandages. Mr. Jacob's went out back releaving his son, when he realized Anna wasn't going to talk. She hadn't even winced when he went to hug her glad she was alive. Anna got up and left as Danny ran in. He sat down on teh couch and sighed.

It was getting late and cooler. Anna winced everyonce in a while. She hated people fussing over her. The pain she could handle. Suddenly she saw Winston and began to following him until he went into Mr. Carrington's old trinket shop. She had never stepped foot into that store. He came out and she folled him a little longer until a woman started following him.

She walked back to the Allen's house and walked in laying down on her bed. She got lost in thought.

She woke with a start a few hours later. She got up slowly and went to grab some old rags. She took the dressings off her right arm and placed on a clean one. She recovered her wrist. She stopped for a bit pushing the pain to the back of her mind. She took off the bandage above her left eye and put on a new one, and also covered her eye. She got up and didn't pay attention to the pain in her left leg and back. She walked to the Jacobs. She went in when she got there and sat on the couch and jumped.

"Danny!"

"Shh, i'm sorry. I was worried."

"I'm fine. I just went home and fell asleep."

"Anna you're hurt. You shouldn't be out won..."

"Wonderin' alone. I know but i can't help it. And please stop making a fuss."

Danny got up and kneeled infornt ofher. "Anna please..." His eyes pleaed with her to let herself rest. He hugged her. She huffed him back holding back the tears. They let go and looked into eachothers eyes for a moment then Anna looked away. Danny headed to his room. Anna laid down on the couch and began to cry finally falling asleep. Mrs. Jacobs woke in the middel of the night and went to check on Anna. She redressed all her wounds then went back to bed.

The next morning Anna woke before everyone else. She sat up wincing, then finally got up and went out back.

a/n: I don't own Winston or the whole streamer bit except for what happened to Anna. The lovely author of 1984 does. hehe. i hope you like.