Chapter 2:Need a friend?
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Tigress at first didn't know what to do when Mrs. Lu closed the door leaving her and Rees in the same room.
'I wonder how we can even make this arrangement work. I mean there's only one bed and I am not sure if both of us would be comfortable in it but I guess this is what having a roommate is like' Tigress thought to herself.
When Rees was finished getting comfortable Tigress decided it would be best if they could talk and get to know each other. Tigress was very excited because she never had someone to talk to before and Rees probably wanted to talk to her as well.
"So how did you end up in this place"? Tigress asked curiously.
"Well I was homeless for most of my life. I never knew my parents and I lived in a village not to far from here. Your nice caretaker Mrs. Lu found me lying in a alley way and she asked me if I wanted to come home with her so I said yes I just didn't know that I would have to live in an orphanage." Reece said sadly.
"That's horrible but if makes you feel better I never knew my parents either I was just left on the doorstep of this orphanage and I have lived here my whole life" Tigress said sadly.
"But hey at least you get your own room that sounds nice I bet everything is really great here" Rees said with a grin. A frown formed on Tigress's face.
"What's wrong?" Rees asked.
"Can I tell you something something personal and can you not judge me?" Tigress asked with pleading eyes.
"Of course go ahead" Rees said.
"Well I just wanted to say that life here for me is awful everyday I am locked in this room which is more like a jail cell. I am beaten and fun of everyday by a group of bullies and the caretakers don't even care!". Tigress said pointing to her wound she sustained from earlier today Rees gasped at how horribly she was treated.
"And not only that all the other children make fun of me because of my strength and they call me a monster and make jokes and insults that hurt my feelings. I pray every day to have a friend but I don't have any because all the other children hate me.I am sorry for loading this all on you it's just this anger and sadness has been building up inside of me for so long I just needed someone to talk to." Tigress said scared of how he would react but Rees just smiled at her and held on to her paw.
"Well I would like to tell you something. At first I didn't know what to expect when they told me I had to sleep in the 'monster's room' originally I was scared out of my mind but when I saw you I no longer felt afraid you were just a sweet beautiful girl." Tigress blushed at the compliment.
"And before I came here a few older kids were telling me of all the bad and scary things you did to all of them but I didn't pay them a single thought. Ever since I was young I was called similar things but not monster usually names like freak, homeless freak, poor freak stuff like that so I understand where your coming from and I wanted to say that maybe we can help each other out. You see I never had any friends either and since you don't have any friends I was wondering. Tigress would you be my friend? " Rees asked with hope in his eyes. Tigress was ecstatic she couldn't believe that she finally had someone in her life that actually wanted to be her friend. She thought back on all the times she tried asking the other kids the same question and always getting a no or a never as an answer she gave the biggest simile she ever gave in her life and hugged the young panther.
"Thank you thank you thank you yes I will be your friend" Tigress said happily.
"Please…..hug….to...tight" Rees wheezed.
Tigress gasped and let go of him, she ran to her bed and covered herself up in her sheet, and started to cry. She was afraid that she had ruined her first friendship in the first night. Rees took a few deep breaths and walked over to her bed and lifted the sheet so he could see her face and said in a gentle voice.
"It's okay I'm fine I was just a little surprised on how strong you were those kids were right about something but I think that everything about you is awesome and I still want to be friends tell you what since it's your room I will sleep on the floor tonight good night Tigress". And with that Tigress stopped crying and sighed for she still had her friend. She was excited to see what it was like to finally have a friend. That night Tigress had a deep restful sleep where she dreamed of all the fun they were going to have together.
The next morning a scared young goat was shaking like crazy. He had a pair of keys in his hand and he had the 'unlucky' job of unlocking Tigress's room. But when he unlocked the door he was surprised to see a young panther and Tigress walking out of the room talking. It was weird to him because every morning she would either growl at the caretakers or have a temper tantrum but today she was smiling and laughing with the young boy. Tigress took Rees to her favorite tree and they watched the sun rise.
"Wow this is so beautiful and you really get to a lot from up here" Rees said.
"Yeah I always like to think that one day a family will adopt me and take me somewhere nice where I live in a big house with a big yard and I can play all day" Tigress said with a grin. Tigress helped Rees down from the tree and went to the cafeteria. Tigress started walking towards her serving area and Rees tried to follow her but one of the caretakers instructed him to go in line with the others. Rees looked over his shoulder and frowned at Tigress because he wanted to sit with her but instead he had to sit at a table with the other kids. Lee, Ping, and Déshì made their way to Rees's table and pushed away all the other kids from the table.
"Hey what are you doing?!" shouted Rees. Tigress heard the commotion in the other room so she peeked around the door to see what was going on.
"Whoa take it easy kid." Lee assured him.
"We don't want no trouble we just want to ask you something?" Lee asked.
"Sure I guess" Rees said skeptically.
"Well we knew that you spent the night in the monster's room and survived and I have to say I am very impressed that you're still alive. And we wanted to ask you if you wanted to join our gang here. Together we will rule Bao Gu and finally lock that monster away forever! So what do you say?" Lee said holding out his hoof for Rees to shake. Rees was furious that they would ever do that kind of thing to someone as sweet as Tigress so he moved his hoof aside and said to him in a serious tone.
"Listen I know you were the bully that threw a rock at Tigress's head yesterday and I have to say you are the meanest bully I have ever encountered and I swear if you ever threaten or hurt my friend again. I will you turn into a large stack of pork chops now if you will excuse me I have to go play catch with Tigress" and with that he left out to the court yard. Lee and the others were in shock no one ever refused there offers." Oh you think your so cool Guy well we'll just see who will be beating who!" Lee said with a evil grin.
Tigress over heard everything and she was so happy she could barely control herself so she immediately ran outside and pounced on Rees from behind.
"Tigress what are you doing?" Rees chuckled. Tigress started to purr as she squeezed tighter.
"I just wanted to thank you for sticking up for me in front of Lee. In all my years I never saw anyone else turn him down." Tigress said as she helped Rees up.
"Well I just hate bullies is all they think their so much better than everyone. They walk around like their the emperor himself and the only way they can feel like that is by making other kids sink to a lower level then their at. Can you promise me something Tigress?" Rees asked.
"Yes what is it?" Tigress replied.
"If you ever have any problems I want you to come to me not the caretakers or anyone else just me. I want you to be safe and I can keep you safe ok" Rees said while holding on to her paw.
"Ok Rees I trust you" Tigress said with a grin.
"Good now let's play some catch" Rees said enthusiastically. Tigress was nervous what if she hurt him again what if something would go wrong. But they decided to play anyway.
"Ok Tigress give me your best shot" Rees egging her on playfully.
"Ok if you say so" Tigress said feeling very unsure. She threw the ball as hard as she could and the whole courtyard went silent when they heard the loud thump and saw Rees holding onto the ball with both hands with his feet dug into the ground for traction. Tigress's throw sent him back only a few feet and behind that ball Rees was laughing.
"Great throw Tigress let's keep playing" Rees said with a grin.
"Ok... but Rees how are you so strong you never told me that" Tigress giggled.
"Well let's just say when your living on the streets and being bullied on a daily basis you got to learn how to be strong defend yourself" Rees said throwing the ball back to her.
They played for hours until they had to go to bed both Rees and Tigress were overjoyed at all the fun they had and they sleep well dreaming of other things they could do tomorrow.
I hope that you all enjoyed and please keep reviewing it really helps me think of ways I could improve the story and come with new ideas for chapters thank you all again have a great day. :)