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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 25, 2008 20:28:31 GMT -5
"Why would you care?? Nobody else cares about me, apparently. " She said choking back sobs.
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Post by magnet on Aug 25, 2008 20:30:36 GMT -5
Magnet was suprised. Something must've really hurt this girl. He walked up to her and hugged her. "Hey, it's gunna be alright, ya just gotta cry it out." He whispered in her ear, since he was taller than her.
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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 25, 2008 20:32:23 GMT -5
She pushed him away, her face full of confusion.
"Get your hands off me, boy. Did I ask for ya'r comfort?" She asked, her violet eyes gleaming in anger.
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Post by magnet on Aug 25, 2008 20:34:54 GMT -5
Magnet backed off, and got a little frustrated. "Well, I'm sorry, but forgive me for trying ta confort ya when yoah sad." He gave a little glare at her, "If ya don't want me heah, then I'll just leave.." He turned around and started to walk away.
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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 26, 2008 0:24:24 GMT -5
She stood tall and yelled after him, "Fine! I didn't want ya heah in da foist place!" As she watched him walk away she felt lonesome again.
"Fine. Just leave me heah all alone like everybody else does," He didn't turn around and she felt horrible. What had she done? Somebody had finally been nice to her and she had turned him away. She felt so alone and confused, she collapsed to the ground in a heap and started sobbing.
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Post by magnet on Aug 26, 2008 0:31:14 GMT -5
He started to ignore her until he heard a thud, then soon after loud sobbing. His eyes widened, and he turned around. Magnet felt so bad for leaving her, he didn't mean to, but she made him mad.
He jogged back up to her and sat down. Wrapping his arms around her and rocking her back and forth, he began to sign a song.
"Don't stop your crying it will be alright, Just take my hand, hold it tight, I will protect you, from all around me, I will be here don't you cry. Born so small, you seem so strong, my arms will hold you keep you safe and warm. This bond between us, can't be broken, I will be here don't you cry." It was one of his favorite songs that he remembered his mother sang to him when he was younger and cried.
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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 26, 2008 0:34:30 GMT -5
She looked up at him and wiped some tears from her eyes. She calmed down and then suddenly a tiny slow smile spread cross her lips. She looked deep into his eyes and then said in a dry tone, "Ya have a terrible singing voice." A smirk danced across her lips.
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Post by magnet on Aug 26, 2008 0:38:07 GMT -5
"Ya have a terrible singing voice."
Magnet pretended to look hurt, he put a hand to his chest and gasped, "Well..." He was at a loss of words, but he smiled anyway. "Ya feel bettah?"
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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 26, 2008 0:42:48 GMT -5
She snorted. "Do I look any betta to you?? Ya think you're awful singing helped? cuz it made me wanna scream and cover me ears." She looked at him, studying him closely and intently.
"So ya got a name singa boy? or should I call ya dopey?"
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Post by magnet on Aug 26, 2008 0:44:23 GMT -5
He gave her a small glare, "Ya know, I was just trying ta help, if yoah gunna be rude- den I might as well just leave." She had her arms wrapped around his waist and he started to stand up.
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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 26, 2008 0:48:27 GMT -5
She grabbed him and pulled him back down hard. He hit the dock with a thud.
"No singa boy! Ya wanted ta comfort me den ya ain't leavin' yet. Sides' ya haven't answered me question yet." Magnet scowled at her, rubbing his bottom.
"What's da matta, can't take a few wisecrack jokes?" She asked haughtily smirking.
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Post by magnet on Aug 26, 2008 0:57:01 GMT -5
"Fine, fine. I'm Magnet. What about ya?" He asked very casually, wondering why she pulled him back, but suddenly feeling very uncomfortable. He put his arms back around her.
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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 26, 2008 1:05:06 GMT -5
She picked up his hands and put the off of her and scooted away a little. Magnet thought boy, she's a stubborn thing.
"Me name is Smiley Anderson, I'm from Manhattan." She looked at him and held up her finger and pointed at him, she srcrunched her forehead together thinking.
"Wait a minute. Magnet ya said ya name was? I'se hoid of you. Yeah, some of da otha goils in Manhattan were talking about ya, about what a heart throb ya are and how handsome." Magnet grinned.
"Oh, I see." He said raising his eyebrows. Smiley stared at him squinting her eyes and looked at him for a long minute.
"Ya......I don't see it."
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Post by magnet on Aug 26, 2008 1:08:51 GMT -5
He was taken aback. "Well, dat was kinda rude, but ya dat is why I'm called Magnet." He thought, then remembered she said her name was Smiley. "Smiley ya say? I don't think yoah so smiley at da moment...no offense."
Wondering why she was crying, he asked, "Wait...if ya don't mind me askin', why were ya cryin'?"
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Post by smileyanderson on Aug 26, 2008 1:34:51 GMT -5
"You'se nosy too. Nosy, dopey, ugly, and on top a dat, a lousy singin' voice. Ya aren't very comforting eitha....but since I'se got nothin' else ta do....I'll tell ya why I was cryin'." She took a deep breath and started.
"When I was a little girl, I lived on a little farm in the countryside of New York with my family. I had an older brother Cliff and a younger brother Ralphie. Life was good for us, we certainly weren't rich but we weren't desperately poor either, ya know? Well when I was nine, my grandmother in England grew very very sick. Ma decided she would go to England to help take care of her. That day was the last we would see her. Her ship crashed on the way and sunk, along with our mother. We took it hard, but we were still a fine happy family. That is, until Ralphie got sick. He died and after that Pa couldn't take it anymore. He had loved Ralphie just as much as he had loved Ma. Cliff blamed him saying that he would've been fine if we had just got the doctor. Pa got mad, real mad. He hit Cliff hard, and from that day on, he grew to be the typical abusive father. Cliff decided to run away, I wouldn't let him leave without me so we came together all the way to New York City. It wasn't that great of an idea though. We lived in an alley. Cliff found a factory job but pretty soon he couldn't handle the pressure and stress of the job, he left me one night, leaving me all alone in an alley in Harlem. I was eleven then. Dagger, a Harlem newsie, found me one night, very sick and almost starved. He carried me back to the warehouse and from that day on I was a Harlem newsie. Until this year, when I got thrown in the refuge. I escaped and needed a place to stay for the night, it was too dark to go back to Harlem so I decided to try the Manhattan newsies Lodging House. It was much more homier then the warehouse in Harlem and the boys and girls were nicer, well most of them anyways. I decided to stay a bit longer and soon became friends with each and every one of them. Then I realized, I belonged in Manhattan."
Magnet watched as she basically retold her whole life. He stared in wonder as she smiled and her eyes sparkled as she talked about her happy life on the farm and then how sad they looked when she told of all the sad things.
She continued. "I still go to visit my friends in Harlem often and thats the problem. The Manhattan newsies think I should choose where my loyalties lie and stop going to Harlem. Well, I still went today and spent some time with my friend Dagger. All the sudden he told me he missed me so much and he wanted me to stay in Harlem. I told him I couldn;t and he got angry. He said either I stay in Harlem or he never wanted to see my face again. It was awful Magnet."
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