A/N: Here is the newest chapter. Sorry it took so long. Hopefully I'll get the next chapter up sooner then later.
Chapter Zwei
Tom was lying in his bed reading a new book he just got from the used bookstore when his door opened. He lazily looked from his book to the door. Not to his surprise Harry was standing there, the thing that surprised him though was the fact the boy was almost naked except for a pair of underwear. Harry came over and sat next to him.
"Harry, may I ask you why you are naked?"
"You may ask." Harry replied happily. Tom waited for an answer. "Well are you going to ask or not?"
Tom sighed. "Why are you naked?"
"Well those ladies took away my clothing and said to get into the clothes they have. I told them no and I wanted my own clothing. Well then they said either I get on the clothes or I go around naked. I chose the second option." Harry explained. "You know it's nice to finally be out of the small room. I was in there for what five months?"
"No Harry it's only been two weeks since you first arrived." Tom said. He went back to his book.
"Hey Tom let's play hide and seek ok."
"Fine Harry. Go hide and I'll find you."
"Close your eyes and no peeking!" ordered Harry. Tom closed his eyes and Harry dashed away. As soon as Harry left the room Tom went back to his room.
"Oh my goodness young man get some clothes on this instant." Mrs. Cole said down the hallway.
"Shush I'm playing hide and seek. You're going to get me caught." Harry whispered rather loudly. "Tom! Hey Tom! You can come find me now!"
Tom ignored him. His book was getting more interesting by the moment. Then he heard the sound of Harry being dragged back to his room. The boy was kicking and screaming. Mrs. Cole went into Harry's room with Harry.
"I don't want to wear it! I would rather go around nude!" Harry cried rather loudly.
"I don't care what you want. You will wear them and nothing else." She said. Then she opened the door and let Harry out. He was wearing black shorts and a gray tunic. He trudged over to Tom's room, came in, shut the door and then sat on the bed. Quietly he sat there for a moment.
"Tom do you like it here?" Harry said suddenly.
"No not really, but I have no where else to go." Tom responded.
"Let's run away! It'll be fun!" Harry said wildly, excitement filled his eyes. "It will be the greatest adventure ever!"
"We can't do that. There is no way to get food and we will have no shelter."
"The snakes will know where food and shelter is." Harry whispered in Parsletounge.
"Harry, don't talk like that. If either of us get caught talking like that they will think we're insane."
"If you don't come with me I will tell Mrs. Cole that you talk to snakes all the time. I will tell that you are insane." Harry threatened. "So will you come with me?"
Tom stared at the boy. Harry was blackmailing him. He wanted to leave the orphanage, but at the same time he knew it was safe their. "You swore you wouldn't tell anyone."
"No you swore, I didn't."
"Fine I'll go with you, but if we get in danger I want us to come back here alright."
"Sure thing Tom! Now we need to figure out a way out of here, but how?" Harry pondered this. "We could climb threw the chimney, but that's really hard. I tried it at the last orphanage I was in. "
"We can distract them then sneak out." Tom said. Harry thought about it.
"Hmm, well we will try it. Let's hurry down stairs!" Harry jumped off the bed and dashed outside. Tom followed far behind him. Harry stopped and looked around. There were only a couple assistances watching the front door. Kids came in and out without any problems. Tom caught up with Harry. "Hey Tom why can't we just go threw like them?"
"Because you are not allowed outside. They are scared you'll run away," replied Tom. "Let's go to the kitchen."
"This is no time to get food Tom. We need to figure out a distraction."
"Just trust me Harry, come on."
"Fine fine what ever." Harry said. They snuck into the kitchen. There was no one in there. Harry went to the icebox. "Aw no food."
Tom went over to the gas stove. He turned the gas on, then got some small pieces of firewood and but it on top of the gas. After some searching he found some matches. "Harry, get away from this."
"Are you making a bomb? That would be really cool, even cooler then talking to snakes!"
"Harry, be quiet will you." Tom stuck the match against the counter. He put it against the gas-covered wood. It irrupted into a large fireball, all the surrounding wood caught on fire. "Let's get out of here!"
Tom and Harry dashed out of the kitchen. "Fire! Fire in the kitchen!" Tom yelled loudly. All the assistants rushed to it. No one was guarding the door. Tom and Harry snuck out while everyone was distracted. They kept running until they were blocks away from the orphanage. When they were far enough they rested on a street bench.
"That was fun let's do it again!" Harry said excitedly. "I never did anything like that before. It was a very good adventure."
"I am finally out of there. I don't need to listen to those idiotic people. From now on I make my own rules." Tom said happily. "I am glad you made me leave that place Harry. So now what do we do?"
"Let's go get some food. I know where some really good stuff is. Follow me," Harry walked around the streets. No one seemed to mind the two boys. They soon entered a crowded, out door market. Harry walked around the venders, looking for something. Then he saw some bread. He grabbed a loaf. "This looks good. What do you think Tom?"
"It looks good, but I don't have money to buy it. Do you?" Tom asked. Harry looked around and saw something else. He handed Tom the bread.
"I'll be right back." Harry quickly left then came back, a coin purse. He handed the vender some coins. Then the two boys left the market. "Now we need to find some shelter."
"Did you steal that money?" Tom asked. Harry nodded. They traveled quietly down the streets. Then they arrived at a hotel.
"Does this place look ok?" Harry asked.
"It looks perfect. Do we have enough money though?"
"If we don't I am sure I can go find some more some where." Harry responded. They went into the hotel. The receptionist was sitting down, reading the newspaper while chewing bubblegum. She looked the boys.
"Hey kids where are your parents?" She asked.
"Oh they won't be here for a while. Um, they wanted us to go ahead and get the room without them. We have the money." Tom lied, he gave her a charming smile. The lady took the money and counted it up.
"You're a little short and I don't just mean height wise, but I'll just forget about it. You'll be in room 8. Here is your key." She said while handing him an old key. Tom took it.
"Thanks very much." Tom and Harry went to their room. The room was small, but it was bigger then their rooms at the orphanage. In the room there was a two beds and a bathroom. Harry ran to the closest bed and bounced on it.
"I like this place. What do you think of it Tom?" Harry asked. Tom went over and laid on his bed.
"It's better then that stupid orphanage. Now that we are here we need to figure out what we are going to do for money." Tom stated.
"We can just steal from people. That's what I used to do."
"We can only do that for so long though. Eventually we will get caught. There has to be some way to make money."
"The factories." Harry muttered. " I'm not going back there though. Those factories are scary. One of my old mates that worked with me in one got pulled into one and he died. I swore I would never go back to one of those and you can't make me."
"I won't make you, don't worry. Now I'm going to read my-" Tom was about to say book when he realized that he had left his book at the orphanage. He let out a loud sigh. "Harry do you have something we can do to past the time and please don't say-"
"Lets go on an adventure!" Harry shouted.
"It's almost dust, the creepy people come out during this time."
"Don't worry we'll be ok, trust me."
"I don't trust you. I think you are making a rash decision."
"You are just chicken." Harry replied while making chicken noises.
"Your childish antics won't work on me," He laid down on his bed. Harry sat next to him.
"Hey Tom if you could have anything what would it be?" Harry asked. Tom looked at him.
"Why do you want to know?" he questioned.
"Well I was just thinking that I've known you for about a two weeks or something and I still don't know much about you. I just figured while we had nothing to do I would ask you some questions. Is that alright with you?" Harry asked.
"Yea it's fine." Tom responded, "but in return you have to answer my questions as well ok."
"Ok."
"You swear?"
"I swear."
"Alright, if I could have anything I think I would want a home and I don't mean just a roof over my head home. I want to be some place where people don't think I'm weird." Tom said.
"I think you're weird." Harry replied with a smile. Tom glared at him. "I mean weird in a good way. I'm weird in a good way so don't worry."
"So how about you? What would you want?"
"My parents. That's it. I want them alive and I want them to be proud of me." Harry said, his smile growing. "I used to imagine them playing games with me and going on adventures."
"What is with you and going on adventures?" Tom asked with a chuckle. Harry thought about it.
"Well I always imagined my parents as great explores. I just want to follow in their footsteps."
"Sometimes I dream about my parents. I imagine my father as a great and powerful man. Everyone would respect him. My mother would be the opposite though. She died at the orphanage, after giving birth to me." Tom explained. He looked at Harry. The boy was fast asleep. This slightly irritated Tom. Tom went over to Harry's bed and fell asleep.
A/N: All right finished with this chapter! Ok so now I am going to start on the third chapter and hope I don't get distracted. Oh and by the way I steal don't have a title for the story. I am thinking about the title 'the marvelous adventures of Tom and Harry' or something like that… maybe the wicked adventures…hmm. Anyways Thanks for reading. If you like the story don't forget to review (even if you hate the story don't forget to review)
