***Disclaimer***I don't own Newsies, Disney does. I don't own any of the
characters except, Leigh, Ten, (Aunt) Claire, Rick, Conlon, Donna, Charles,
and Red (There might be more, I think that's it though).
Intertwined Lives
"Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear." Unknown.
Spot alone sat at the edge of 'his' dock. Hours had past since he had arrived there. The water lapped against the side of the weather worn dock, filling Spot's ears with a soothing and familiar sound. He reached inside of his shirt and pulled out a key on a chain that hung around his neck. He stared at it. His eyes held a look of want and hopelessness within them. Sadness filled those wanting eyes and a single tear escaped them. He rubbed his thumb tenderly against the key's warn teeth. Memories began to flood his mind, memories that were so dear and precious that it hurt to think of them. But he let the memories take hold of him. He let his mind take him back in time.
"Hey Spot where are yous off to?" Ten, a Brooklyn newsie, asked upon seeing Spot leaving the Brooklyn peer. Spot turned around at the sound of the question.
"I'll be back later." Turning back around he continued his walk. Spot kept to himself. He believed that not trusting in others protected him, from hurt, rejection, and betrayal. From his own experiences he came to the belief that it was better and safer that way. If he were going somewhere he would just simply state it and leave. Sometimes he would leave and not come back for days. The leader of the Brooklyn newsies needed to escape from his everyday life.
Lately Spot had a lot of things on his mind. The "bulls" had been after him for some time now. Supposedly he was to be blamed for the death of a person. Spot continued walking. He really didn't know where he was going, in fact it didn't really matter to him, and as long as he was walking he felt he could clear his head and think better. "Maybe I'll stop and see how Jack and his boys are doin'." So it was decided that he would head for Manhattan. The spring breeze played about him as he walked.
As he continued on noise began to fill his ears. It seemed to be coming from above him, on the roofs. He stopped to see what it was. As he looked up a force fell down upon him, sending him to the ground. "What da hell!" He looked to see what was on top of him and realized that it was a person. He was about to yell at the person but before he could say anything a police whistle sounded from behind. With the sound of the whistle both Spot and the person who fell upon him got off of the ground and ran in the opposite direction of where the police were.
The two of them ran side by side. They turned a few corners and went up a fire escape, loosing the police. They both stopped to rest on the roof. Spot looked across the roof to see the person he was with. To his surprise it wasn't a guy, it was a girl, a beautiful girl at that.
"Sorry about dat back there." She said while adjusting her cap. She looked at him, noticing the strange look he was giving her. "Are you okay?"
Spot studied her for a moment. She was beautiful. He was surprised to see that she was dressed as a guy. The girl continued to stare at him. Spot realized that she was waiting for a response.
"Yeah, I'm alright." He finally answered. "Da names Conlon, Spot Conlon." Spot put his hand out to shake hers.
The girl placed her hand in his. "Da names Leigh."
Spot jolted forward. "I can't keep doin' this to myself. I have ta get her out of me head! I can't dough. Everythin' reminds me of er." Spot looked down at his hand, the hand that had held Leigh's. He closed it into a fist, shoving it into his pant's pocket. And the memories started again.
"Hey der Leigh!" Jack greeted Leigh as he saw her entering Tibbys. Leigh and Spot had been together for a couple of weeks now. All the newsies knew and liked Leigh, who had become a part of their family. Spot and Leigh were especially close.
"Hi der Cowboy." Leigh said with a warm smile. Jack smiled back at her and then put his attention back to the conversation he and Racetrack were having. Leigh saw Spot sitting in the both opposite of Jack's, waiting for her. She walked over and sat next to him.
"Hey der angel." Spot said with a grin while Leigh made herself comfortable by taking off her cap. Leigh exchanged the grin with a smile. 'God I love dat smile!' Spot thought to himself. "Never have my eyes seen such a beautiful smile." He said with a look of mischief.
"If you don't stop looking at me like dat I'll make your nose regret it." Leigh gave Spot a challenging look.
"Yeah, I know you will. It still hurts from da last time." Leigh laughed.
"Well yous deserved it." She said while she leaned over the table to give Spot's nose a quick peck. "There. All better?"
"Certainly is now." Spot said with a smile. Spot had ordered their food before Leigh had gotten there, so in no time the food arrived and they began to eat. The bell to the door behind them rang; meaning someone just entered Tibby's. Jack looked up from where he was sitting to see if it was David, who he was waiting for. It wasn't David, it was the police. Jack turned quickly to Racetrack.
"Shit! Da bulls are here!" Racetrack looked up and saw them.
"We gotta get Spot outta here!" Racetrack said while turning back to Jack. Jack nodded his head in agreement. Jack no longer had to run from the police, but now Spot had to. Jack casually got up from his seat and walked over to where Spot and Leigh were sitting.
"Spot." The two looked up at him.
"What is it Cowboy?" Spot asked. Jack tilted his head toward the entrance.
"Da bulls are here." Spot and Leigh both quickly hid their faces. Jack saw Leigh hiding and wondered why she was. Spot was wondering the same thing. He knew from their first encounter that the police were after her, but he never did ask her why.
"Look Leigh, dere's a back door to da place. Walk straight back and next to the last table, by the coat-rack, turn da corner, the door is dere. After ya leave you'll be in an alley. Don't run down it. Go up the fire escape ladder that's behind the opened door. I'll meet ya on the roof." Leigh nodded at Spot's instructions. "I'll leave shortly after ya." Leigh got up and followed Spot's directions.
After a few minutes Spot got up from the table to leave the same way. While making his way to the back door one of the policemen saw and recognized him. The policeman reached for his whistle to alarm the others with him. Jack, noticing this, quickly took action. He looked around to see what he could do. A waiter crossing the room with a tray of food caught his eye. Jack ran in front of him, causing the food to spill everywhere, delaying the policemen. Spot ran out of the door and up to the roof where Leigh stood anxiously awaiting him. Spot ran toward her and took her hand and they ran to the other side of the roof.
"He knows what he's doin'. I wonder why da bulls are after him?" Leigh thought to herself. On the other side of the roof there was a pipe along the side of the building. Spot lifted his leg over the edge of the wall and grabbed the pipe. He quickly crawled down it. There was still quit a distance from the end of the pipe till the ground. He jumped and landed in a squatting position, he then stood up. Leigh quickly followed him in the same way. As she was crawling over the wall she didn't know that a policeman was behind her. Spot looked up and saw the man dressed in blue.
"Jump Leigh!"
Leigh looked down at him. "He wants me ta jump from here?! He's crazy!" Leigh continued to look at him and then noticed he was not looking at her. She followed his gaze and saw a hand reaching for her. She quickly turned, taking in a breath of air, and closing her eyes, she jumped. Spot stood below waiting to catch her. Leigh fell right into his arms. She opened her tightly shuteyes as she felt Spot's strong arms holding her. Leigh's hair was in his face. He inhaled the smell of it sudely.
"God she smells good!" Leigh's hand griped around his shoulder.
"My god is he every built." She moved her head so that she could see Spot's face. Their eyes locked. Spot moved his head towards hers, as she bent hers up. Their lips joined together. They stayed like that for only a moment. But for both of them that moment was what their entire lives were for. A police whistle blew, causing them to end their sweet kiss. They both got off of the ground and ran away together.
Intertwined Lives
"Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear." Unknown.
Spot alone sat at the edge of 'his' dock. Hours had past since he had arrived there. The water lapped against the side of the weather worn dock, filling Spot's ears with a soothing and familiar sound. He reached inside of his shirt and pulled out a key on a chain that hung around his neck. He stared at it. His eyes held a look of want and hopelessness within them. Sadness filled those wanting eyes and a single tear escaped them. He rubbed his thumb tenderly against the key's warn teeth. Memories began to flood his mind, memories that were so dear and precious that it hurt to think of them. But he let the memories take hold of him. He let his mind take him back in time.
"Hey Spot where are yous off to?" Ten, a Brooklyn newsie, asked upon seeing Spot leaving the Brooklyn peer. Spot turned around at the sound of the question.
"I'll be back later." Turning back around he continued his walk. Spot kept to himself. He believed that not trusting in others protected him, from hurt, rejection, and betrayal. From his own experiences he came to the belief that it was better and safer that way. If he were going somewhere he would just simply state it and leave. Sometimes he would leave and not come back for days. The leader of the Brooklyn newsies needed to escape from his everyday life.
Lately Spot had a lot of things on his mind. The "bulls" had been after him for some time now. Supposedly he was to be blamed for the death of a person. Spot continued walking. He really didn't know where he was going, in fact it didn't really matter to him, and as long as he was walking he felt he could clear his head and think better. "Maybe I'll stop and see how Jack and his boys are doin'." So it was decided that he would head for Manhattan. The spring breeze played about him as he walked.
As he continued on noise began to fill his ears. It seemed to be coming from above him, on the roofs. He stopped to see what it was. As he looked up a force fell down upon him, sending him to the ground. "What da hell!" He looked to see what was on top of him and realized that it was a person. He was about to yell at the person but before he could say anything a police whistle sounded from behind. With the sound of the whistle both Spot and the person who fell upon him got off of the ground and ran in the opposite direction of where the police were.
The two of them ran side by side. They turned a few corners and went up a fire escape, loosing the police. They both stopped to rest on the roof. Spot looked across the roof to see the person he was with. To his surprise it wasn't a guy, it was a girl, a beautiful girl at that.
"Sorry about dat back there." She said while adjusting her cap. She looked at him, noticing the strange look he was giving her. "Are you okay?"
Spot studied her for a moment. She was beautiful. He was surprised to see that she was dressed as a guy. The girl continued to stare at him. Spot realized that she was waiting for a response.
"Yeah, I'm alright." He finally answered. "Da names Conlon, Spot Conlon." Spot put his hand out to shake hers.
The girl placed her hand in his. "Da names Leigh."
Spot jolted forward. "I can't keep doin' this to myself. I have ta get her out of me head! I can't dough. Everythin' reminds me of er." Spot looked down at his hand, the hand that had held Leigh's. He closed it into a fist, shoving it into his pant's pocket. And the memories started again.
"Hey der Leigh!" Jack greeted Leigh as he saw her entering Tibbys. Leigh and Spot had been together for a couple of weeks now. All the newsies knew and liked Leigh, who had become a part of their family. Spot and Leigh were especially close.
"Hi der Cowboy." Leigh said with a warm smile. Jack smiled back at her and then put his attention back to the conversation he and Racetrack were having. Leigh saw Spot sitting in the both opposite of Jack's, waiting for her. She walked over and sat next to him.
"Hey der angel." Spot said with a grin while Leigh made herself comfortable by taking off her cap. Leigh exchanged the grin with a smile. 'God I love dat smile!' Spot thought to himself. "Never have my eyes seen such a beautiful smile." He said with a look of mischief.
"If you don't stop looking at me like dat I'll make your nose regret it." Leigh gave Spot a challenging look.
"Yeah, I know you will. It still hurts from da last time." Leigh laughed.
"Well yous deserved it." She said while she leaned over the table to give Spot's nose a quick peck. "There. All better?"
"Certainly is now." Spot said with a smile. Spot had ordered their food before Leigh had gotten there, so in no time the food arrived and they began to eat. The bell to the door behind them rang; meaning someone just entered Tibby's. Jack looked up from where he was sitting to see if it was David, who he was waiting for. It wasn't David, it was the police. Jack turned quickly to Racetrack.
"Shit! Da bulls are here!" Racetrack looked up and saw them.
"We gotta get Spot outta here!" Racetrack said while turning back to Jack. Jack nodded his head in agreement. Jack no longer had to run from the police, but now Spot had to. Jack casually got up from his seat and walked over to where Spot and Leigh were sitting.
"Spot." The two looked up at him.
"What is it Cowboy?" Spot asked. Jack tilted his head toward the entrance.
"Da bulls are here." Spot and Leigh both quickly hid their faces. Jack saw Leigh hiding and wondered why she was. Spot was wondering the same thing. He knew from their first encounter that the police were after her, but he never did ask her why.
"Look Leigh, dere's a back door to da place. Walk straight back and next to the last table, by the coat-rack, turn da corner, the door is dere. After ya leave you'll be in an alley. Don't run down it. Go up the fire escape ladder that's behind the opened door. I'll meet ya on the roof." Leigh nodded at Spot's instructions. "I'll leave shortly after ya." Leigh got up and followed Spot's directions.
After a few minutes Spot got up from the table to leave the same way. While making his way to the back door one of the policemen saw and recognized him. The policeman reached for his whistle to alarm the others with him. Jack, noticing this, quickly took action. He looked around to see what he could do. A waiter crossing the room with a tray of food caught his eye. Jack ran in front of him, causing the food to spill everywhere, delaying the policemen. Spot ran out of the door and up to the roof where Leigh stood anxiously awaiting him. Spot ran toward her and took her hand and they ran to the other side of the roof.
"He knows what he's doin'. I wonder why da bulls are after him?" Leigh thought to herself. On the other side of the roof there was a pipe along the side of the building. Spot lifted his leg over the edge of the wall and grabbed the pipe. He quickly crawled down it. There was still quit a distance from the end of the pipe till the ground. He jumped and landed in a squatting position, he then stood up. Leigh quickly followed him in the same way. As she was crawling over the wall she didn't know that a policeman was behind her. Spot looked up and saw the man dressed in blue.
"Jump Leigh!"
Leigh looked down at him. "He wants me ta jump from here?! He's crazy!" Leigh continued to look at him and then noticed he was not looking at her. She followed his gaze and saw a hand reaching for her. She quickly turned, taking in a breath of air, and closing her eyes, she jumped. Spot stood below waiting to catch her. Leigh fell right into his arms. She opened her tightly shuteyes as she felt Spot's strong arms holding her. Leigh's hair was in his face. He inhaled the smell of it sudely.
"God she smells good!" Leigh's hand griped around his shoulder.
"My god is he every built." She moved her head so that she could see Spot's face. Their eyes locked. Spot moved his head towards hers, as she bent hers up. Their lips joined together. They stayed like that for only a moment. But for both of them that moment was what their entire lives were for. A police whistle blew, causing them to end their sweet kiss. They both got off of the ground and ran away together.