Dunno why Ise saved youse (Jack Kelley One-Shot)
I don't own Newsies in any way.
*During the trolley worker's strike*
We came out of Medda's.
"So, youse liked dat?" I asked David.
"Oh, I loved that. I loved it. It was great. She is beautiful. How do you know her?" David asked.
"She was a friend of me faddah's. Come on, Les, youse wanna shine me shoes foa me?" I asked sitting down.
"Oh, it's getting late. My parents are going to be worried. What about yours?" David asked.
"Nah, dey're out west lookin' foa a place ta live", I told him, "As soon as dey find da right ranch, dey're gonna send foa me".
"Then you'll be a real cowboy", Les said.
We heard bangs and shots. We ran towards it. A girl was in the middle of the road and a carriage was headed straight for her.
"Get outta da way!" I yelled.
She stayed frozen.
Just as the carriage was about to hit her, I shoved her out of the way, me landing on top of her on the other side.
Her wide hazel eyes stared up at me in fear.
"Youse okay?" I asked her.
She nodded quickly.
"Jack Kelley", I told her.
"Lily Conlon", she said.
"Youse Spot's sistah", I gasped.
She nodded. David and Les were staring at us.
"Youse guys go on ahead and head home. Ise gonna take her ta da lodgin' house", I told them.
"Tank youse", she whispered. She was shaking with fear.
I wrapped my arms around her. I picked her up and carried her to the lodging house.
She was shaking and whimpering.
I heard yelling coming from the lodging house.
It sounded like Spot's voice. "Lily!" he yelled seeing me.
"Ise found her. Nearly gots hit by a carriage", I told him.
Lily clinged onto Spot for dear life. Her fingernails digging into the skin of his back.
Spot was speaking soft and gentle to her. "Ise don' know how Ise could evah tank ya Jack", Spot said, "Tank youse foa findin' her and savin' her. Ise don' know what Ise would do witout Lily".
"Youse lose yer head", she said.
Spot smiled and said, "Probably kiddo".
They turned to leave, but Lily turned around and kissed me softly on the lips.
"Why did ya save her Jack?" Kid Blink asked me later.
"No idea", I told him truthfully.
There was one part of my past that nobody would know about and that was…I once had a younger brother…and he was killed by a runaway carriage. I couldn't let another younger sibling be killed. I vowed to save anyone in danger, because 1.) I was 'Cowboy' and that's what I do and 2.) No parent, brother, or sister should have to experience that kind of grief and pain. So…I dunno why I saved her, but I was glad I did. Now Spot could be happy and more importantly, I had finally accepted my brother's death and could move on with my life.
All thanks to a scared girl and a carriage.