Chapter 5
"I want this bed," Sparks called out. She was currently bouncing on the mattress. She jumped suddenly, landing on her feet. Obviously, she was looking for her own entertainment.
"Anyone want to play cards," Aqua called out, sounding reluctant in asking. She shrugged, "There’s not much else to do." She shuffled the cards in her hands and then began to deal out a game on top of the thin bed covers.
"Why not," someone shrugged. She was 5 foot 7 with straight blonde hair that ended slightly past her shoulders with bangs swept to the side and emerald green eyes. Nova sat on the other end of the bed, while two others sat on the floor on either side.
One of the other girls was Bookworm. Her blue eyes concentrated on the cards she held. Her long brown hair swept over her ears she leaned forward in anticipation of her next move. She sat up straighter in her 5 foot 4 frame to get a better look at the pile of cards on the bed.
"Do you have a…four," Bookworm asked, speaking to the girl next to her. Singer shook her head, her dirty blonde hair moving with it. When she stopped, the light blonde highlights were visible and her hazel eyes looked up.
"Go fish," Singer said suddenly. It was easy to forget to speak when it was just as easy to shake or nod your head, "A eight?"
"Yeah," Nova replied, then sighed, handing her the card.
"King?" This time it was Sparks who shook her head. Singer picked up a card. Sparks in turn asked for a nine and so on.
Somewhere in the middle of the game, Aqua reached over to grab a card from the pile. Soon after, the side of the bed she was on collapsed and cards went flying everywhere. They floated down from above, scattering all over the room.
"Call it a tie," Nova asked, staring up at the cards. Immediately, the four girls involved began laughing.
"I’ll go find my cards," Aqua said, sliding off the collapsed half. She lifted it back up, hoping that it would hold that night.
"So, what do you think of the school," Stutter asked, bringing the subject up casually.
"I don’t see why we have to go," Singer spoke up, "I can understand the younger kids going, but aren’t we a little too old for this?"
"I agree," Bookworm said, "I’ve been doing fine without school all this time." The other girls nodded their agreement to this.
"Can we please change the subject," Sunshine asked suddenly, "Let’s talk about something else…like the boys living here." It was an obvious distraction, but nobody was complaining about it.
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"There must be about 20 of ‘em," Blink said.
"You’re exaggerating," Jack remarked with a laugh, "There’s about ten, but any girls are better than none."
"You don’t get it do you," Mush asked him, "Girls…are staying here…in the same lodging house. They’re one floor above us."
"I get it," Jack told Mush, "But we really don’t know them."
"They could be out to get us," Skittery said sarcastically, "Come on, it’s just a bunch of girls. What can they do?"
"They mess with your mind," Race replied and the rest of the guys burst out laughing, "They’re girls, that’s just what they do."
"Girls can’t be that bad," Specs commented, "Give ‘em a chance."
"Yeah," Bumlets told everyone, "After all, we’ll be seeing a lot of them in the next few months."