Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies, I don't own oatmeal, I don't own anything.
Nothing at all.
(a/n: sorry its so long, I had nothing to do! I was bored! Just to let you know I am anti-long story when I'm reading stories. But again I was bored.)
Blink was sitting of the stairs thinking, Mush was sitting next to him they had just gotten back from selling off all their papes down at the harbor.
"Hey Kid, what ya thinkin' about?" Mush asked after what seemed like an hour.
'Wouldn't you like to know.. ' He thought.
"Nothing Mush."
"Why don't we go and play a game wit the others. I tink Race started a new game, I tink he made it up. It looks like fun." Said Mush.
Blink looked over at Racetrack and a few of the younger Newsies, "You can go over there if you want, Mush. I'll just stay here."
"Aww common, Kid. Just one game?" Mush seemed like he really wanted to do something. It didn't surprise Blink at all. I bet it would be boring just sitting there, He was doing it, but at least he was thinking of something to keep his mind off of his boredom.
"Later, Mush" Blink lied. He wouldn't play that game with Racetrack, not as long as he kept winning like he was.
"Oh fine. Just sit here and be bored." Mush started to walk off.
"I'm not bored Mush! Unlike you I think!" Blink soon regretted what he had said.
Mush stopped and turned around, "And what do you mean by dat!"
"What does it sound like I meant by dat? You couldn't think if your life depended on it!" Blink was now on his feet.
"Why wouldn't I tink, Kid?!" Mush was mad at Blink, he could tell. "I do tink, Kid! In fact I'm thinking right now! Thinking of you getting run over by-" Mush stopped shook his head and walked off.
"Ha! Your to scared to finish the sentence ain't ya!?" Blink yelled after him, thinking of a new nickname for Mush, one that he wouldn't like. Mush turned around and jumped onto Blink. "Ouch! Oatmeal!"
"Oatmeal? Who ya calling Oatmeal?"
"Oatmeal! Gets off me! You bit me!"
"No really? I bit you? I'm surprised I know how to Bite!!" Mush was really angry now Blink could yell.
"Why don't you go play that game with Race? Or are you to blind to see he's making up new rules each time someone does something just so that he will win each time!" It was true. Race was cheating at the game he made up himself.
Mush looked over at Race, then back at Blink, You're lying, Kid! Race wouldn't do Dat!"
"Oatmeal think of who we're talking 'bout! Of Course Race would do that!" Blink wanted to hurt Mush now. But he fought himself. "If you can't see dat maybe you are blind!"
"At least I have both of my eyes" Mush mumbled.
"Not for long!" Blink punched at Mush, but missed. With in seconds they were fighting with Newsies all around them cheering them on and Race betting on whose going to win.
"Two bucks says Mush runs off!" He said plainly.
Mush jumped on Race and Blink jumped on the two of them.
Jack was the last Newsie to get over to the three of them.
"What's going on here!?" Jack yelled, pulling the three boys apart.
"Mush jumped on me!" Yelled Race
"Blink's is trying to kill me!" Mush said gasping for air.
"No I'm not! Mush started it!" Blink said fighting to get free from Jack.
Mush glared at Blink then walked over to his bunk. Blink started to walk outside. Race collected his money.
"Where are you going?" Jack asked.
"I dunno, Brooklyn?" Blink didn't even look at anyone as he left.
* * *
Blink was walking down Brooklyn Bridge when he saw someone he knew.
"Hiya, Spot." Blink said as he passed.
"Hey, Blink." Spot kept walking. Then he stopped after a minute or so. "Wait, Where are you going?"
Blink turned. "Anywhere but where Mush is."
Spot turned, "Get into a fight?" Blink nodded. "Ya win?"
'I would have if Jack wouldn't of split us up!' he thought.
"Yup." Blink smiled then turned around to face Spot.
"Really? Then why are you leavin'?" Spot asked.
"Cause, I'm sick of 'em." Blink said banging the side of the bridge that they were now leaning on.
"I see.. well I better go now, ya know, things ta do." Spot started to walk off. "See ya, Blink."
"Bye, Spot." Blink sat there for a moment looking down into the river.
"Excuse me?" came a soft voice from behind him.
Blink turned around.
"Can you help me?" there was a girl about his age, her long blond hair was blowing in the wind. She looked at him her green eyes staring at him.
"Sure, what do ya need help with." Blink asked.
"Well.. I have a brother and I think he lives in Manhattan, I think he's a Newsboy."
"Really, maybe I know 'im. Does he gotta name?" He asked.
"His name is Thomas." This surprised Blink, either this girl was his sister, or there was another kid in the lodging house with the name Thomas.
"Thomas?" He asked, "Thomas Patterson?" The name he hadn't used in years.
The girl nodded.
"Katie?" He said smiling. She nodded. He couldn't believe it, his twin sister. The last time he had seen her they were seven. Their parents had separated Blink went with their father, and Katie with their mother. Blink walked over to her and hugged her. "It's me, Tee." Tee was a name Blink called her since they were very little. Before he could even say her name.
She smiled. "What are you doing in Brooklyn?"
"I was just goin' fer a walk." He couldn't help but keep his eyes on her. He couldn't believe how much she had grown. "Why are you here?" He asked her, "Where's momma?"
She looked at her feet. "Momma died, about a year ago. I've been looking for you ever since. You and our step brother."
"Step brother?" Blink looked at her, "Mom got remarried?"
Tee nodded, "Yup. He's six years younger then us."
Blink did the math in his head. "Dat would make 'em eleven."
"Ya, It would, He ran away when he was eight."
"Where'd he run away too?" Blink asked, hoping it wasn't too Manhattan.
"I don't know. I haven't asked anyone yet."
"He gotta name?" Blink asked, he didn't know much of what boys real names were at the lodging house, but it was worth a try.
"Wilith." she said clearly.
"Hmm.. Wilith? I never heard of him, But someone else might have, come with me." Blink forgetting how he didn"t want to be at the lodging house, or anywhere near Mush started to walk down the street to Manhattan.
Katie trying to catch up ran behind him, "Where are we going?"
"To the Lodging house."
"What's there?"
"Newsies."
"No.. duh.. Why are we going there?"
"To find Wilith."
"You think he's there?"
'No chance' he thought.
"He might be." He said.
"How much further?" Katie asked. They have been walking for an hour, but it seemed like more.
"Not much, I can see it from here." He pointed it out to her.
(a/n: sorry its so long, I had nothing to do! I was bored! Just to let you know I am anti-long story when I'm reading stories. But again I was bored.)
Blink was sitting of the stairs thinking, Mush was sitting next to him they had just gotten back from selling off all their papes down at the harbor.
"Hey Kid, what ya thinkin' about?" Mush asked after what seemed like an hour.
'Wouldn't you like to know.. ' He thought.
"Nothing Mush."
"Why don't we go and play a game wit the others. I tink Race started a new game, I tink he made it up. It looks like fun." Said Mush.
Blink looked over at Racetrack and a few of the younger Newsies, "You can go over there if you want, Mush. I'll just stay here."
"Aww common, Kid. Just one game?" Mush seemed like he really wanted to do something. It didn't surprise Blink at all. I bet it would be boring just sitting there, He was doing it, but at least he was thinking of something to keep his mind off of his boredom.
"Later, Mush" Blink lied. He wouldn't play that game with Racetrack, not as long as he kept winning like he was.
"Oh fine. Just sit here and be bored." Mush started to walk off.
"I'm not bored Mush! Unlike you I think!" Blink soon regretted what he had said.
Mush stopped and turned around, "And what do you mean by dat!"
"What does it sound like I meant by dat? You couldn't think if your life depended on it!" Blink was now on his feet.
"Why wouldn't I tink, Kid?!" Mush was mad at Blink, he could tell. "I do tink, Kid! In fact I'm thinking right now! Thinking of you getting run over by-" Mush stopped shook his head and walked off.
"Ha! Your to scared to finish the sentence ain't ya!?" Blink yelled after him, thinking of a new nickname for Mush, one that he wouldn't like. Mush turned around and jumped onto Blink. "Ouch! Oatmeal!"
"Oatmeal? Who ya calling Oatmeal?"
"Oatmeal! Gets off me! You bit me!"
"No really? I bit you? I'm surprised I know how to Bite!!" Mush was really angry now Blink could yell.
"Why don't you go play that game with Race? Or are you to blind to see he's making up new rules each time someone does something just so that he will win each time!" It was true. Race was cheating at the game he made up himself.
Mush looked over at Race, then back at Blink, You're lying, Kid! Race wouldn't do Dat!"
"Oatmeal think of who we're talking 'bout! Of Course Race would do that!" Blink wanted to hurt Mush now. But he fought himself. "If you can't see dat maybe you are blind!"
"At least I have both of my eyes" Mush mumbled.
"Not for long!" Blink punched at Mush, but missed. With in seconds they were fighting with Newsies all around them cheering them on and Race betting on whose going to win.
"Two bucks says Mush runs off!" He said plainly.
Mush jumped on Race and Blink jumped on the two of them.
Jack was the last Newsie to get over to the three of them.
"What's going on here!?" Jack yelled, pulling the three boys apart.
"Mush jumped on me!" Yelled Race
"Blink's is trying to kill me!" Mush said gasping for air.
"No I'm not! Mush started it!" Blink said fighting to get free from Jack.
Mush glared at Blink then walked over to his bunk. Blink started to walk outside. Race collected his money.
"Where are you going?" Jack asked.
"I dunno, Brooklyn?" Blink didn't even look at anyone as he left.
* * *
Blink was walking down Brooklyn Bridge when he saw someone he knew.
"Hiya, Spot." Blink said as he passed.
"Hey, Blink." Spot kept walking. Then he stopped after a minute or so. "Wait, Where are you going?"
Blink turned. "Anywhere but where Mush is."
Spot turned, "Get into a fight?" Blink nodded. "Ya win?"
'I would have if Jack wouldn't of split us up!' he thought.
"Yup." Blink smiled then turned around to face Spot.
"Really? Then why are you leavin'?" Spot asked.
"Cause, I'm sick of 'em." Blink said banging the side of the bridge that they were now leaning on.
"I see.. well I better go now, ya know, things ta do." Spot started to walk off. "See ya, Blink."
"Bye, Spot." Blink sat there for a moment looking down into the river.
"Excuse me?" came a soft voice from behind him.
Blink turned around.
"Can you help me?" there was a girl about his age, her long blond hair was blowing in the wind. She looked at him her green eyes staring at him.
"Sure, what do ya need help with." Blink asked.
"Well.. I have a brother and I think he lives in Manhattan, I think he's a Newsboy."
"Really, maybe I know 'im. Does he gotta name?" He asked.
"His name is Thomas." This surprised Blink, either this girl was his sister, or there was another kid in the lodging house with the name Thomas.
"Thomas?" He asked, "Thomas Patterson?" The name he hadn't used in years.
The girl nodded.
"Katie?" He said smiling. She nodded. He couldn't believe it, his twin sister. The last time he had seen her they were seven. Their parents had separated Blink went with their father, and Katie with their mother. Blink walked over to her and hugged her. "It's me, Tee." Tee was a name Blink called her since they were very little. Before he could even say her name.
She smiled. "What are you doing in Brooklyn?"
"I was just goin' fer a walk." He couldn't help but keep his eyes on her. He couldn't believe how much she had grown. "Why are you here?" He asked her, "Where's momma?"
She looked at her feet. "Momma died, about a year ago. I've been looking for you ever since. You and our step brother."
"Step brother?" Blink looked at her, "Mom got remarried?"
Tee nodded, "Yup. He's six years younger then us."
Blink did the math in his head. "Dat would make 'em eleven."
"Ya, It would, He ran away when he was eight."
"Where'd he run away too?" Blink asked, hoping it wasn't too Manhattan.
"I don't know. I haven't asked anyone yet."
"He gotta name?" Blink asked, he didn't know much of what boys real names were at the lodging house, but it was worth a try.
"Wilith." she said clearly.
"Hmm.. Wilith? I never heard of him, But someone else might have, come with me." Blink forgetting how he didn"t want to be at the lodging house, or anywhere near Mush started to walk down the street to Manhattan.
Katie trying to catch up ran behind him, "Where are we going?"
"To the Lodging house."
"What's there?"
"Newsies."
"No.. duh.. Why are we going there?"
"To find Wilith."
"You think he's there?"
'No chance' he thought.
"He might be." He said.
"How much further?" Katie asked. They have been walking for an hour, but it seemed like more.
"Not much, I can see it from here." He pointed it out to her.