Leaving Home

Thank You (real chapter)

SOOOOOOOOO SORRY ABOUT THE LAST CHAPTER GUUUUUUUUUYS, but whatev's enjoy this chapter! Byyyyyyyyyye.

I yawn as sun shines through the small window. I rub my eyes and roll over. there is a basket of fruit on my bedside table. Cute. I think as I sit up. Joseph must have put them in here while I was sleeping... I thought about this for a moment. My body gose tence and i pull the covers tight around my neck. Joseph was in my room, while I was asleep! He could have kill me! Or worse! He could have!.. my body relaxed... he could have... but he didn't.  I smile and pop a strawberry into my mouth. I eat some more of the fruit, the  spot a note on the table. I pick it up, it read:

U owe me $5   4 the basket

I stop mid chew. I was eating a raspberry.

"That little cheapskate." I muttered

I through five bucks down on the counter in front of Joseph.
"There take it." I mutter as I walk towards the door. "Not like I need the money or anything."

"Hey kid wher'ya going?"

"What you didn't think I was staying did you?"

"Well uuu..."

"Oh and I ate all the fruit. It looks like it will be my last meal for a while." I open the door and walk out on to the street. Beleiving fully I would never see joe again. He got what he wanted, I thought. A quick buck.

"Hey! Hey kid! Wait! Wait..." Joe came panting behind me, "what did you mean back there?" He asked when I had stopped but I didn't turn to face him.

"Hmm?" I said dumbly as if I didn't know

"About it being you last meal for awhile."

"I don't get what you don't understand.  I'm out of money okay? I have no cash, notta, zip, zilch. Not one, single pathetic little penny to my name got it? I am FLAT broke."

"I didn't realize. Sorry kid..." he walk around to face me "Here." He handed me the five I had given him "times are hard kid... I would know."

"Thanks Joe." I say as run my fingers across the slick crinkled plastic bill.

"It's alright, time are tuff fer me but I'm willing to bet alot more then I just gave you, that yer hav'n a far worse time then I am."

"No." I say shaking my head, "thank you for everything else,  you have truly been very kind to me, and to my surprise , a real..."

"Jack Ass?"

"Gentleman." I correct in ernest "so thank you... really." I stand on my tip toes and kiss him lightly on the cheek "thank you." He gives me a nod.

"You off then dearie?"

"Yeah... I guess I am." I smile and turn as I walk away I hear joe calling

" you keep yourself out of trouble you hear!? And I want to hear the whole rest of yer story when I see ya again!"

I laughed and continued down the street, hoping that I would see him soon.