Train Runner

Chapter 2

Someone slams into me, and I yelp, falling down. "Hey, watch where you're going." The man snaps at me, but he still offers his hand. "But get up, Bello," he grumbles.
    I look up at him and turn a bit red. His amber eyes were staring down at me, and his face had a handsome frown placed on it. I gulp and take his hand; he hoists me up with surprising strength. Now I can see what he looks like fully, and I'm surprised he wasn't from around here, he was wearing something that the train boys wear, normal brown pants hiked up to his shins, a white shirt, or as white as one could get doing train work, A pair of suspenders, A brown newsie hat and a pair of old brown boots.
    He snaps his fingers in my face "Bello you dropped this," he waves my orange ticket in my face "and your suitcase fell over, and if I'm seeing this right it's leaking?" he questions.
    I gulp and grab my ticket "um thanks sir, but I've got to go!" I say, picking up my suitcase, he grabs it out of my hand and holds it close to his body, leaning on it "Hey I need that!" I shout, trying to grab it but he steps back.
    "Let me take it to the back of the train, from your ticket your riding on the same train as the one that I work on?" he hums, and I growl.
    "I don't need your help," I say, but he hoists it over his head and turns on his heel to start to walk away "Hey, where are you taking that! Give it back!" I yell, running after him but he picks up speed.
    "Look here Bello I'll take it on and you can come with me ok," he says walking faster making me run after him.
    "Why are your legs so long!" I say to him after running after him for a bit, "and why are you so big everywhere?"
    He chuckles and smiles down at me, still holding my suitcase above his head he leans down a bit to whisper in my ear "Bello wouldn't you like to know. Hm?" he laughs when I turn red "ok that was bad, my bad Bello." he hums still walking.
    I grumble as I walk faster to catch up with him "what in the world does Bello even mean! and that's not my name it's Frankie!" I growl and try to look imitating, though my six-inch height difference compared to him made me look like a child. He stops in his tracks and gulps, looking down at me with wide eyes.
    "You're a girl..." his voice trails off his amber eyes turned a shade softer and his cheeks turns pink.
    I look at him and bite my lip "um yes I know I'm flat but the fact that my voice is high and I have longer hair than most boys I would think that you would know that..." I gesture to my hair which was messed up and out of its cap because of the fall.
    He stands there, gaping like a fish out of water then he looks down "ah yes I should have guessed huh," he smiles and rolls his eyes "well I'll te-" he was cut off by a loud crack of thunder coming out of nowhere.
    I jump and yelp when it starts to rain hard, he grabs my hand and sets the suitcase down, then he starts to run. We make it to the station and he picks up his pace "Wait, I'm not as fast as you!" I shout tripping on the curb. "AH!" I sprawl out on the concrete and scrape my hands, elbows, rip a hole in my pants and the sleeve of my shirt, and twist my ankle. "Why does God hate me so", I think.
    He whips around and drops the suitcase on the trolley, shouting to the man to get it on as fast as he can, he runs over to me, picking me up by my forearms, causing me to shout as he puts pressure on my elbow to steady me. He sighs and picks me up bridal style, and runs onto the train shouting at some men as he does so. We make it in right as the door closes. He lets out a breath and tries to set me down but I cling to him.
    "You can't I twisted my ankle, and it hurts" I sniffle a bit and hold on to him harder. He smiles a bit but walks back to a room near the front I think 'this is a first class cart why am I here!'  as he sets me down on one of the beds, making sure to set me down gently. "Why did you bring me to a first class cart? This cost a dollar and a quarter!" I whine and wiggle a bit though he just laughs.
 

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I just realized that I haven't posted for a while and I'm like so sorry to the 3 who have read this!