So here I am, sitting on the roof of the lodging house, staring out at the rest of New York.
It's really a great place to think. You know…if you can handle that aspect of human nature. Some people aren't very good at thinking.
Like Conlon.
But that's okay; I'm not good at thinking either. I was stupid to think that maybe I'd have a chance with "The King of Brooklyn". I never have good luck with males in the first place, especially well-known or well-liked ones.
Like Conlon.
I don't even know why I started liking the boy or when. I mean… I think I know WHY I like him. I mean, duh, he's good-looking. But am I that shallow?
Christ, I think I am. Really, I'm turning out to be quite ridiculous.
…No! I like him for other reasons. Yeah… I mean, he's the only person who understands me, I suppose.
Wow that was corny. Let's try that again.
I like him because he accepts me for who I am…
And that wasn't any better. God I suck. I could use one of those hugs…
That's it! That's a good reason! He's one of the only people I know that would treat me like a human with feelings! Anytime I'm upset…for some reason he has like built in Timber-radar that tells him to hug me. I don't even have to tell him why I'm upset or say anything at all for that matter. That's a good reason!
He's always there for me…despite his tough-guy approach to everything, he's a really sweet guy. And when in life do you find a good-looking guy who's smart AND sweet? That's like one in a billion, folks!
Unfortunately, with this discovery, I've also found that the ones that you DO find, are taken, don't want to be taken, or they're gay. I can't win.
That's when I heard footsteps on the fire escape. No doubt another couple who'd want their privacy. They always come up here to make out or …well you get the idea. So I'd take my little self down to the alley and take a walk. Yeah…walking sounded pretty good right now.
Once down in the alley itself, it looks a lot longer and a lot wider. Kind of freaky actually. It always sounds like someone's following you, but it always turns out to be your own two feet. That's what the case was now…wasn't it?
I didn't want to look behind me, so I just walked a little faster. The footsteps sped up, and they weren't mine anymore. That's when I broke out into a run.
CONFOUND THIS DRESS! I knew I should have changed before I came down to the alley!
No matter how much I turned or wound around, they followed me, and they were closer each time. One of them actually stepped on the heel of my shoe once. That's when they grabbed my arm and spun me around. I let my fist collide with their jaw, but that didn't stop them. They shoved me up against the wall of the alley and put me up by my throat. That's when I saw their faces.
"The drones?" I groaned to myself. Baby Doll and Mongo's boyfriends. I knew it'd come back to bite me in the ass. WHY DON'T I LISTEN TO MYSELF!
"Baby asked us to pay you a visit, Timber. She said for us to return the favor…she didn't say how, so I guess we can do anything we want." He grinned at me.
He had nasty yellow teeth. GROSS. Then again, my eyesight was starting to get blurry, so maybe I was mixing colors together.
Focus Timb, I thought to myself. I tried to pry his hand off my throat when I felt his other hand go up the skirt.
Oh no he didn't. I narrowed my eyes and let my kick fly into his stomach. He doubled over, releasing my neck. That was the good part. The bad part was that the other one threw me into the OTHER wall.
This was not a good day for my head. I heard the dress rip as I fell to the ground, and knew that Sarah was going to murder me. That is, if these two didn't beat her to it. He sat on my stomach and cracked his knuckles threateningly. Was it my imagination or did I hear more feet echoing down the alley?
I couldn't focus on the sound too long because he was proclaiming war on my face. I tried to fight him off, but damn him to hell, he was even bigger than Mongo. I think I might be turning cross-eyed.
Just when I started to loose consciousness, I felt the weight of him being pulled off me. I breathed a sigh of relief and slowly tried to sit up. The grunts and yelling was so loud to my ears right now, it was a wonder that nobody else was waking up to it and telling us to shut the hell up. I looked out through my good eye and I could swear my heart stopped.
Spot beating the shit out of those two was the last thing I saw before I gave in to the darkness.