"Mi casa, es su casa." Rex says, gesturing grandly to the hovel. Tuck takes one look at his current crashing site and drags Rex away. "No." Is all he says. "Just..no." Even if Rex can't remember any other home, he too recognizes the awfulness of it and lets Tuck lead him someplace new. Can't be any worse than that. Rex thinks. The mouse in the corner was starting to look murderous. Also, the smell wasn't getting any more pleasant. Sometime after the third turn around a dark alley corner, he starts to wonder though. "So..uh...where are we going?" Because this is starting to feel familiar, and he's somewhat worried that Tuck's going to beat him up and take his money or something. Well, Rex has no money right now, but still. Tuck may not know that. …show more content…
That building you were staying at is where gangs and druggies go sometimes. Two weeks ago there was shooting there." A shiver crawls down Rex's spine. He could've been sleeping near the spot where someone died. "Oh." Tuck says suddenly, letting Rex go and rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry. I kinda saw that bad place and just freaked out. You didn't leave any stuff back there, did you?" Rex thinks of paper cups with tea and empty food wrapers. "No." He says truthfully. "Good." Tuck smiles. "I-I just...I didn't want you to stay there are get hurt. You don't have to - I mean, I was just gonna lead you to this neighborhood with people like us." Rex squints at him. "Changed." Tuck clarifies. "People there aren't freaked out by appearances like mine," Here he gestured down at himself, "And usually they won't like, stab you in the back while you're sleeping. So, you know - I thought it would be a step up. From where you were staying." Fair enough, Rex thinks. Abruptly Tuck looks embarrassed, and would probably be turning red if his skin wasn't made out of white strips of cloth. It's as if he's not supposed to be caught caring about another human being, or
I apologize dejectedly. "Maya! Are you alright? " Beau rushes over to aid Maya's wound.
“I miss you,Jax. Real bad. I get this aching in my throat sometimes and I am not sure if you are real or not. It's been so long since I’ve seen you”.
“I know. I can hear them,” Remington grumbled as he rolled over on the bed to face Sebastian. “Is there at least anything new today?” Scanning the crowd, Sebastian glanced over the people outside. “Nope, just more of the same
“So sorry I startled you, poor things,” she swaggered towards them, stopping directly in front of Jackson. She appeared to be sizing him up. “What brings you two here?”
Griffith asks. "When she finds out that this was a set up, I 'm dead, so I 'm hoping never. " I check my phone for messages. " She says she 's almost here." "Look, thanks for doing this, Rowan.
Sam steps in and says that Rex should join football. “Now hold on Luciana. If Rex is serious, I support him. Better than reading books all the time. He’d get some muscles, and maybe a girlfriend, and stop being such a sissy all the time.”
Harry looked down at Aimee and held her in his arms. "I'm scared." She said. "I know, but, it's going to be okay. I promise."
“Me too” I said. It was settled. We are going to get out. We went to the outpost but we ducked behind a wall as two military came
He looked up from his screen in surprise, “You mean like... Our
"Maybe this place isn't so bad. It makes you wonder why it was sealed
"This'll be a real hunt! Who'll come?" Ralph moved impatiently. "These spears are made of wood. Don't be silly."
“That does not matter. What does matter is you locked me here for no apparent reason. You tricked me through wine while I was in a drunken state to come here. So you could what, bury me alive out of your own desires.”
It was terrible after that. Everything terrible happened and the island was divided,” Ralph said, clearly shaken. “We didn’t mean to hurt
oh, wait! You’re the only other one here!” She smugly glances at him before returning her eyes to the road. “We’re going down together. Besides, he can’t be too mad.
“Darry and me nearly went nuts when you ran out like that. Darry is awful sorry he hit you. You know he didn 't mean it... Darry hasn’t got the slightest notion where you’re at and it is nearly killing him.”