Everything Is Okay
by CottonBalls
" So what is it ya gotta tell me?" asked Mush with a worried look on his face.
" N- nothing. Forget it." She stammered
" No, you'se can't just tell me you gotta say something and den leave me hangin. Dat ain't right Clover."
" FINE! If you wanna know da truth, I'se da udda goil in dat pictah. Steps is me sistah! I ran away 2 years ago an when I'se hoid dat she was dead along wid my parents, I didn't have a choice but ta come back." She said running out the door and into the streets.
Mush mouth wide open, and in shock couldn't believe what he had just heard. Clover was Steps sister. Could it be true? He snapped out of shock and realized that Clover was nowhere to be seen.
" Jack, JACK! Come heah!" he yelled.
" What? Jeez, ya woulda thought you was havin a heart attack or somethin. Why was Clover runnin out like dat? What did you say ta her?" Jack questioned.
" I think I did just have a heart attack. Clover just told me that she's da udda goil in dat pictah we found. I was in shock an' she just ran out on me without me realizing dat she was gone. We gotta find 'er Jack."
" Wait, so Clover is Steps sistah?"
" Yea. She said she ran away 2 years ago an' when she found out dat Steps an' her parents were dead she had ta come back."
Jack grabbed Mush's arm and pulled him down the lodging house stairs. The two ventured out onto the street.
" Where would you go if you was her?" asked Jack.
" Back Home, right?"
" Dat's it! Let's get goin."
Jack and Mush ran on their way to the house they had visited just the day before. When they arrived they went in the same way they had before. Mush went through first this time. Jack told him he'd check the downstairs. Mush ran up the stairs to the bedroom they had seen the previous day. In the corner was a moving figure. It looked like someone was crouched down, rocking back and forth. Mush couldn't help but remember what Steps had told him about her rocking back and forth.
" Clover?" Mush said.
" Go away, I'se don't wanna talk. Just let me be, don't come heah eva again."
" No, I won't leave. I'se not leavin ya in da dust. For whateva reason, you kept dis from me. For whateva reason, I
know dat da reason you had was a good one."
" I said GO!"
" No, I wont!" said Mush moving toward her. He noticed two objects in her hand. He saw that one was the scarf from the trunk but the other looked like a sharp knife. " Now Clover, but dat down. Please? I don't wanna lose anudda friend dat I'se care about."
" You care about me? Even aftah I lied ta you and called you all of dose awful names?"
" I'd be a horrible person if I didn't forgive ya. Now put down da knife."
Mush heard the clink of a metal object and sighed with relief when he confirmed that it was the knife. He walked toward her and kneeled down next to her. He pulled something out from his pocket and opened Clovers hand. He placed Steps black scarf in Clovers hand and then closed it again.
" It means more ta you. Keep it wid you."
" But I can't take da only thing you have left from her."
" Of coise you can. Aftah all, I got her sistah right heah in front of me. Dat's more valuable den a scarf."
Clover looked down as a tear dropped from her eye. The tear trickled down and dropped onto the black scarf. She smiled and clinched it, then looked up at Mush.
Just then Jack walked in. He looked confused but happy that Mush had found Clover.
" What happened. Is everythin ok?" He asked nervously.
" It is now", said Clover smiling at Mush.
Epilogue:
One might think that Mush and Clover got married, had children and lived a happy life. There would be some truth to that thought. They did live a happy life. Not as Husband and Wife, but Brother and Sister in Law. The bond that the two shared would be like no other bond anyone could experience. It wasn't a bond of friendship or love. It was a bond of knowing. Knowing what? That's for you to decide.
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