SILLY LITTLE LIFE
CHAPTER THREE
( prompt: "Please don't cry. I can't stand it when you cry." )
"How long she been in there?" Spot asked, walking with purpose across the warped floor of the Lodging House.
"Hours," Silver answer, looking up at his friend. "She won't talk to me, Conlon. It worries me."
Spot nodded and then shoved Silver aside, tapping on the door with the top of his cane. "Liss? Can ya talk to me, doll?"
He leaned back at the sound of a large thud hitting the door. It sounded like a shoe. Spot shoved his cane at Silver, indicating that his friend should probably hold it, and then entered his room, regardless of the fact that Lissa obviously had no desire for him to come inside.
She was huddled under the window and Lissa was coddling her, holding her tight as the younger girl sobbed into her shoulder. Lissa looked up, giving him a rather annoyed look, but continued to whisper softly and stroke the girl's hair.
"Linny, ya gotta talk to me sometime," Spot said, raking his fingers through his hair, a sign of his obvious feelings of awkwardness.
"Fat ass chance of that, Sean Albert!" Carolina Conlon shouted, tears streaked down her cheeks. "Get out of here!"
"Please, Linny, don't cry. I can't stand it when you cry," Spot muttered and came over to kneel beside Lissa, who was holding his sister still. "I hated you crying when Vinnie was abusing you, and I hate it now."
"Well nobody's abusing me now and I'm still crying, Sean! Go away!" she shouted and pressed her face back into Lissa's shoulder. Lissa ran her hand comfortingly over Linny's hair, giving Spot another annoyed look.
Lissa looked up, however, when a tall figure stood in the doorway, silhouetted by the buttery light from inside the rest of the Lodging House. It was pitch black in Spot's room. A smaller boy stood next to the taller one.
"Linny?"
Carolina looked up, surprised and rather shocked to see Skittery and Tumbler standing there. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hands and stood up slowly.
"Hello, Skitts," she murmured, staring at her hands.
Spot stood up and took a protective step in front of his sister, glaring at the Manhattan newsie. Skittery put his hands up in a defensive way.
"Look, Spot, I know you're angry that I hurt your sister, but I'm not here to rub salt in the wound," Skittery said. "I'm... here to apologize." He looked straight at Carolina. "Spot was right to punch me, Linny. Some girl kept flirting with me while I was sellin', but I kept pushing her off. She didn't take the hint, though. And when she tried kissin' me, that's what Spot saw. I wasn't cheatin' on ya, Linny. I'd never do that. I... I love ya, Carolina."
Linny smiled and bounded across the room, embracing Skittery tightly. "I forgive you," she whispered earnestly. "And I love you, too."
FINALLY! Almost standard drabble size!
I wanted to get this out earlier, but college comes first, sadly. xD. Hope you enjoy this one. Oh, and a special note to zee Firefly: I am currently working on a piece for your contenst. I haven't forgotten about it; I swear! I've just been MUCHO busy.
That's all for me. I am currently working out the second chapter of THE CITY OF DIS, so I needed this to kinda lighten me up. That story is so depressing! xD
CTB!
xx Wicked
P.S- OH MY SPOT CONLON! Carolina loves Skittery? Even I didn't see that coming. xDD