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Post by Ace on Mar 2, 2010 19:13:38 GMT -5
She didn't know what to think any more, since she had gotten out of the hospital, since she had worried the hell out of Hawk,Chase and Kitten, she was confused. She sat on the top of Kloppner's desk downstairs and swung her legs back and fourth abit as she enjoyed the taste of her cherry sugar stick in her mouth. She eyed the kids around the room, some playing cards, some playing marbles, others whispering in the corner and her mind drew toward Jack. Where'd he been? What the hell did he expect her to do without him? Hell Mush helped her of course, Kid occassionally did as well, even Abby picked up when Ace couldn't but for the most part, with how witty and intelligent Ace was, most of the kids came to her with their problems. She sighed softly, they needed Jack back, that or they needed a new leader. She knew she'd have to go talk to Hawk about this later at some point((Pretending this is before her situation with Hawk)).
She looked up at the sound of slight groaning and aggrivation to find one of the younger boys coming through the doorway with a bloody nose and a black eye. "Ey boyo, what happened?"Ace asked as she hopped off the desk and walked toward the kid he had to be about 13, she believed his name was Shooter or something, it was hard to keep track of names lately. She pulled her sugar stick from her mouth and shoved it in her pocket as she examined the kid's injuries, she brought her hands to his face and tilted his chin up,"Get ta the Loo and get a rag, the bleeding will stop soon enough and jus' try and find some ice for that eye of yers,"she told him as she motioned for one of the older boys about her age,"Help the kid out ok?"she told him and watched as the two boys went upstairs.
She pulled the candy back out of her pocket and put it back in her mouth as she made her way back to the desk and presumed her position once more, she noticed Chase had been gone almost all night, actually she hadn't seen him for about 2 days now, she wondered how he could leave her when she was still healing up from the stitches and appendicitis episode just 4 days ago. |
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Post by Chase on Mar 2, 2010 19:51:38 GMT -5
Chase walked into the Lodging House, slightly out of breath. "There ya are." He said, panting slightly seeing Ace. "Been looking fer ya everywhere." His German accent had been replaced since he'd been here, but not completely. He caught his breath and walked over to the counter. "How've ya been holdin' up?" He asked helping her down from the counter. He hugged her tightly, but not so he'd hurt her.
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Post by Ace on Mar 2, 2010 20:44:57 GMT -5
She looked at him as he picked her up off the desktop and hugged her, for some reason it didn't feel right. He'd been looking for her everywhere? He knew very well she had been here the past few days since the surgery. "Chase....what's..going on?"she asked him as she pulled back and looked him over,"You knew I was hereh, I haven't left since the surgery..."she told him softly,"are ya sick?"she asked him feeling his forehead looking for a problem with him.
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Post by Chase on Mar 3, 2010 17:30:15 GMT -5
Chase pulled away from Ace smiling at her. But it wasn't a real smile. It was to an extent, but it didn't reach his eyes. "No i ain't sick." He told her. "But, well, i- There's something i gotta tell ya." He let her go and looked at the ground. He took a deep breath. "Ace i- i care about you a lot, but do ya know Mischief? I met her a while back, and well, she helped meh. There's something about her- I don't know what. But- i'm sorry Ace, i didn't mean for it ta happen like this." Chase looked her in the eyes when he talked to her. He wanted to look away, to not be able to see what happened next, but he couldn't. He swallowed hard and waited for her reaction.
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Post by Ace on Mar 3, 2010 18:14:29 GMT -5
Ace listened to him and took a step back, she wanted to cry but she was stronger than tat, she held back the tears, not even showing the urge to cry, only showing the small hint of hurt in her eyes. "Chase....I...I can't believe you,"she told him as she turned her back on him and folded her arms over her chest, distracting herself by looking over at Shooter with a group of boys on the floor, playing cards,"just....whatever Chase...do what you want, I'll be there if you need me, but if things go wrong don't expect me to show sympathy,"she muttered, it broke her heart to say those words to him and she walked over to the boys and sat down next to Shooter,"deal me in,"she muttered under her breath as she watched him deal the cards, she wasn't going to make a scene, she had duties to uphold since Jack was gone...she couldn't let this effect her.
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Post by Chase on Mar 3, 2010 18:26:09 GMT -5
Chase opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Ace walked away and he reached out for her but didn't touch her. He clenched his jaw. It felt like someone had just driven a knife through his back and turned it. He looked away from where she sat. "I'm sorry." He said out loud. He turned and went up the stairs taking them two at a time. He sat at the top step and stared at the wall opposite him.
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Post by Mischief on Mar 3, 2010 18:36:22 GMT -5
Ace looked up at the sound of his apology and at this she tossed her cards into the middle of the pile and stood, she walked up the staircase and stopped a step away from him,"Jack's room...now,"she told him pointing to the door down the hallway, she knew with Jack being gone it was ok to use his room when need be, this was a needed time and he had just pushed her over the edge.
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Post by Chase on Mar 3, 2010 18:39:49 GMT -5
Chase looked up a little startled at Ace. He stood up and walked in the direction she had pointed. He walked into the room and turned to look at her. "What's this about? I said i was sorreh." He looked at her with a kind of sadness in his eyes. Every time he looked at her, the knife in his back turned a little more. He dropped his eyes to look at the floor.
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Post by Mischief on Mar 3, 2010 18:47:11 GMT -5
She walked in and shut the door behind her looking at him, a mixture of furry and pain in her eyes. "Yer sorry? Sorry doesn't fix anythin' Chase, Sorry doesn't heal a broken heart, sorry doesn't make it easier to look at you, Sorry doesn't make the urge to cry go away!" she told him, her words harsh and full of hurt as she looked at him and shook her head. "I can't believe I trusted you...and I thought Poet had had it bad when Irish fooled around wit Abby behind her back, at least they stayed together because that's what love is...but you have no idea what love is do you?"she asked him as she felt her body shaking with her frustration.
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Post by Chase on Mar 3, 2010 19:03:22 GMT -5
"Ace!" Chase exclaimed. That was all he could say. She was right. He couldn't look at her. He could barely say her name. He shook his head and sat on Jack's bed. His jaw clenched and unclenched. His brain told him to say something, but he couldn't. "I- i thought i knew what love was. Once. Only once." He squeezed his eyes shut, something he did when he needed to think. He put his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. "I do care about ya Ace, believe meh. But-." He stopped. He didn't know where he was going with that one. He had felt love once. It was with Ace. And when she was put in the hospital with Apendicitis, he felt like he was dying. But Chase couldn't bring himself to say any of this to her. *"Es ist alles meine Schuld."* He looked at her again as he swallowed his feelings.
* it's all my fault *
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Post by Mischief on Mar 3, 2010 19:19:59 GMT -5
She looked at him and shook her head again,"I don't think ya really do care so much Chase...if ya cared so much ya wouldn't do this ta meh...after all we've been through, after all I told you, I trusted you, I told you I was afraid of being with someone again after everything that had happened with me and Spade and me and Hunter, now this? I just....I have things I need to deal with, responsibilities I need to handle while Jack is away...ya have alot of thinkin ta do and I suggest ya don't come ta meh until yer sure ya can even be my friend again..."she muttered before turning her back and opening the door, she slowly headed out the door.
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Post by Chase on Mar 3, 2010 19:39:08 GMT -5
Chase stared as Ace walked out of the room. He angrily wiped a tear off his cheek. He stood up and followed her out. He passed by his room and walked down stairs. He saw the same group of kids playing cards and the others marbles. But he didn't see Ace. He was about to ask, but he figured she'd only get mad again if he showed up. "Goin' for a walk." He muttered, not caring if the younger boys heard or not. His head hurt. His brain swimming in thoughts. If i could only make everything okay again. He walked through the door and bumped into many people as if he were blind. He headed for the docks.
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Post by Mischief on Mar 3, 2010 19:50:17 GMT -5
Ace had left to go talk to Hawk, she of course would find one of his boys first, coax them into a game of cards and tell Hawk they convinced her to come along and play a few rounds. She knew it was quite a walk but she headed to Harlem and when she ran into a group of the boys, she was surprised they actually ended up asking her to play anyway, she took up the offer and headed to the Harlem Lodging House with them.
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Post by Brooke on Mar 3, 2010 20:03:17 GMT -5
Brooke walked along the street. She was looking for Sean. Someone ran into her. "Hey!" She said turning to the person. "Chase? Chase!" She followed him and he stopped at the docks. He was in a trance it looked like. He'd stopped on the edge and stripped his shirt off. He didn't do anything else he just stared into the water like he was debating over something. "Chase what are ya doin'?" She called out to him with no answer. He started swaying like he was about to jump in. Brooke shook her head and covered her mouth with her hand. "Chase!!" She yelled his name but he didn't ever look back at her once. So, she ran for the one person she knew could get him to come to his senses.
Brooke ran back through the streets asking everyone if they'd seen Ace. "Please, ya gotta help meh." She almost cried. She got ahold of another Newsie.
"I think she went that way with a couple other guys." He said hurridly pointing towards Hawk's jurisdiction. Brooke muttered a quick thanks and ran off in that direction. She ran as fast as she could hoping she'd get to Ace before Chase did anything stupid.
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Post by Mischief on Mar 3, 2010 20:14:40 GMT -5
Ace turned around hearing Brooke's cries and she tilted her head,"Brooke what's going on?"she asked still frustrated with what Chase had done. One of the boys tugged on Chase's arm abit,"ya comin'?" he asked. Ace looked down at the boy,"ya boys go ahead, I'll catch up eventually," she assured them.
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