Disclaimer: Is this really necessary by now, I own nothing except for what you don't recognize.
"I'm sorry for, the person I became"- Reliant K
Spot went to find Jack. He hoped that Jack had some answers for him.
As he walked through the streets he found that Gem had completely taken over his thoughts. He didn't think she had changed. She was still appeared to be the same Gem. Sharp tongue at times, but she was the quiet one of the twins. Daisy had been the one he had to worry about, never Gem. He wondered if that was the reason that she hid it so well.
He decided on the walk that he wasn't going to sell today. He was going to find Jack, and bring him back to the apartment, and then stay with Gem.
As the distribution center came into view, Spot walked quicker, hoping to catch Jack before he left to sell for the day. Thankfully, Jack was standing with Dave and Les in front of the Distribution Gates.
"Jack!" Spot yelled over the crowd. Jack's head turned to the sound of his name, and cracked a smirk when he noticed Spot pushing his way through the crowd.
Spot approached him, and Jack spit into his hand and held it out. Spot did the same while he was still walking and shook hands with Jack when he reached him.
"What's new?" Jack asked Spot, not expecting him to see Spot for a few more days when he came back with Gem.
"Gem, you know she drinks?"
Jack laughed and shook his head, "Course I know, everybody knows. Out drank Race last week at Medda's. Was kinda surprised by that because you know Race and…"
Spot cut him off by putting his hand into the air, "No Jack, I mean she really drinks".
Jack still didn't understand exactly what Spot was trying to say, and it showed on his face.
"Follow me Cowboy, I gotta show you something."
Jack started to protest, but Spot just grabbed his arm and pulled him away from Dave and Les, down the street.
"You have to see this Jack, you're not gonna believe it."
Back at Gem's apartment, Gem lay asleep in her bed, dreaming-
"Daisy, you sleeping?"
Gem stood over her sister shaking her awake. Finally the girl woke up and groggily opened her eyes.
"I was Gem, what are you doing?"
"Let's go swimming?"
Daisy groaned and rolled back over to sleep, "You're crazy Lanie, it's 2:30 in the morning."
Gem pushed her again, "Just come with me."
Daisy groaned and pushed the covers off herself and rolled out of bed.
"Just so you know, I'm gonna kick your ass if we get caught sneaking out," she said while scrambling around that room to find her clothes.
"You sneak out all the time Lis," Lanie said crossing her arms across her chest. Lanie continued to pick up articles of clothing around the room.
"I sneak in Lanie, big difference then sneaking out. The boys will help you sneak back in, not out."
Finally both girls were ready and proceeded down the stairs. They tip-toed through the common room, and up to the front door.
Wait," Lissy whispered loudly before turning back around and sneaking into Jameson's office. Lanie stood and waited for her to return. Suddenly there was a loud crash and Lissy came running back through the door, running towards Lanie grabbing her hand and running with her out the door. They didn't stop until they reached the docks when both girls fell down laughing.
"That was fun," Lanie said through bouts of laughter. Lissy nodded her head in agreement. "What did you knock over in Jameson's office?"
Lissy shook her head and reached into her pocket pulling out a bottle of rum. Lanie's eyes grew in shock.
"You stole that off Jameson!"
Lissy nodded her head and twisted the bottle open and brought it to her lips and drank a quarter of the bottle before handing the bottle to her sister. Lanie look at it unsure before deciding to drink, she drank just as much as her sister before placing the bottle in front of her. She looked over at her sister, and noticed her staring at her.
"What possessed you to sneak out Lanie? It's not like you at all."
Lanie looked back at her sister and thought for a few moments before answering. "Spot… and the boys. I'm just sick of them thinking I'm perfect."
Her sister stared at her harder after she said this knowing that her sister wasn't telling her the whole truth but decided to let it go.
"There gonna be looking for us now," Lissy finally said while reaching over for the bottle in front of her sister and drinking some. "There gonna make sure were okay after that crash. We'd better get in the water before we can't get in at all."
Lanie just shrugged her shoulders and stood up to undress, Lissy doing the same.
Lissy jumped in first, Lanie immediately following. The two girls playing, swimming, having a good time.
"Go under," Lissy said. "Let's see who can stay under longer." Lanie nodded her head and both girls took giant breaths of air and went under at the same time.
Lanie came up quickly after getting water up her nose, and as she coughed, she waited for Lissy to come up too. After a few moments she began to worry and turned in circles waiting for her sister to reappear.
"Lissy! Lissy this isn't funny! Come up right now!" She yelled over and over again. Suddenly somebody pushed her under the water. She came up quickly and heard Lissy laughing behind her.
"Not funny you ass! I thought you drowned! Lanie yelled at her sister. Lissy kept laughing.
"Lissy! Lissy this isn't funny," Lissy said mocking her sister.
"Shut up!" Lanie yelled splashing her sister in the process. Lissy splashed her back, and a splashing war was started. The girls screaming, having a good time suddenly they heard a voice from up above them. The two stopped playing and looked up to see Spot throwing daggers at them with his eyes. Then hestarted yelling, "What the hell do you think you are doing! Do you realize that my boys have been looking for you half the night!".
Lissy looked at Lanie apologetically before looking back at Spot with a scowl, "We only went for a quick swim Spot, no harm done".
"You don't sneak off in the middle of the night, in Brooklyn! You should know that by now!" Spot was livid with the girls but Lissy kept her cool.
"Well there's nothing to worry about now. We'll get out, you can stop being high and mighty, we're safe," Lissy said swimming over to the dock Lanie following her. Lissy climbed out first and reached down to held her sister out. As she did this, the dock gave way, and the pair fell back into the water.
Spot, not sure what to do, too panic strickened by the situation unfolding in front of him to think, he just kneeled at the side of the dock, peering into the murky black water below, looking for any sign of life.
Suddenly, both girls surfaced, both scared, both screaming. Lissy kept bobbing up and down, and Lanie was screaming at Spot, telling him that Lissy was stuck, and she couldn't get enough air. Spot noticed that Lissy and Lanie were holding hands, and without hesitation, he reached into the water, trying to grab both girls. Scared to fall in and drown himself, he kept reaching down farther and farther. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't reach both of the girls just Lanie. He knew that if he didn't get her out of the water soon, both of them were going to drown. He did the only thing he could think of, he reached into the water, and pulled the two girls hands apart. Lanie let out a blood curdling scream, "No, You can't leave her there! GET HER OUT!" But Spot had no choice, he could only save one. As he pulledLanie higher and higher out of the water, she fought back harder. "YOU NEED TO GET HER OUT! GET LISSY OUT!" There was nothing more that Spot could do, as he threw Laine onto the dock, he quickly looked over at where he had last seen Lissy, but there was no longer a body, there was nothing, no sign of life what so ever.
Suddenly Lanie started screaming, "WHY SPOT! WHY DID YOU DO THAT! YOU SHOULD HAVE LET ME GO WITH HER!" She was screaming and bawling, choking on her own sobs, swinging at Spot with all her might, before she crashed into his arms, sobbing. He held her there until she blacked out…
SuddenlyLanie awoke with a start, Jack was kneeling next to her, rubbing her hair back, Spot standing behind him, his face a white as a ghost. Laine noticed tears were streaming down her face. Jack looked at her concerned, "Lanie, you're ok, you're here with us," he whispered. She shot Spot a quick glance again, and for the first time since the accident she felt sorry for him, but without saying anything, she closed her eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
Alright, so I hope you kind of got the drift of where I'm going with this… how about some reviews people! I'm kind of getting depressed…