Carrie step on the train full of excitement. She sat at the edge of her seat watching as the sights of small town life go by. She was ready for an adventure something she was not getting in the middle of no where Connecticut. She was caught in a continuous lope. She would go to school than go to work at a local theater in what ever show they were working on. If she had it her way she wouldn't need school but her father is a banker and her mother helps out any way she can in there town and they insist on it. Then of course she had her perfect brother Max. He is always so polite and well behaved unlike his sister who's mouth gets her in a lot of trouble. Thats how she ended up on that train. Her parents thought that spending her summer break in New York would be a good idea. They thought that her cousin Kathrine would be a "good influence" on her. Carrie thought that was funny because her cousin literally helped lead a strike against her own father last summer. However she wasn't going to complain because she and Kathrine were always really close. They hadn't gotten a chance to see each other in two years. They were like two peas in a pod. So when the train pulled up to the station she ran out the door on to the platform.
She looked and she looked all over till she found the filmier brown head of curls that matched her own in the crowed. They locked eyes for a minute before running towards one another and engulfing each other in a hug.
"I missed you so much" Kathrine said squeezing tighter.
"I missed you too!" Carrie said laughing thinking of how they must look to the other people in the station. "Come on let's get to your place! I have been dying to meet that cowboy of yours that you go on and on about in your letters."
" I do not go on and on!" Katherine said trying but failing at hiding her blush.
"Oh he is so dreamy and an artist! He is also tough and strong. I love him soooo much!" Carrie said dramatically." I believe that was a direct quote from one of your letters."
"Oh ya! If that's how you act in your shows no wonder your not famous in vaudeville!" Katherine retorted back.
"Wow that was a low blow Kath! I'm hurt!" Carrie said her voice heavy with sarcasm as it always is.
"Come on let's head to my place." Katherine laughed.
They walk in the door of a small apartment on the sixth floor of a eight floored building. The kitchen was small and the first thing you saw when you walk threw the door. Off to the side of the kitchen was a small siting room with a desk on the back wall with Kathrine's type writer on it. On the left wall was two doors. On the wall on the right of the kitchen was a bathroom.
"Come over here." Katherine called and brought her over to the wall with two doors. "This one is yours." Kathrine said opening the door on the right.
"The room was simple. On the left side wall was a closet. In the middle of the room against the back wall was the bed with a trunk on the end. With a desk to the left of the bed also against the back wall. On the left side of the door was a face washing basin. On the right of the door was a vanity. Then on the right wall was a widow.
" It's perfect!" Carrie said smiling.
Katherine and I started to unpack my things laughing at each other's story's. I told her about what my family was up to and she told me all about the strike. Then all of a sudden we hear a widow open.
"Hey Ace! Where are you? I want to meet this fantastic cousin of yours!" A mans voice called from the sitting room. Kathrine smiled and ran to the sitting room with Carrie close on her heels. Kathrine ran into his arms and gave him a kiss. Then turned her attention back to Carrie.
"Jack this is my cousin Carrie. Carrie this is my boyfriend Jack."Kathrine said with the biggest grin on her face.
Jack step forward with a smirk on his face looking down at her. "So you're the famous Carrie Carter that I heard so much about!"
"Well I wouldn't say famous, beautiful, smart, witty, talented but not famous." She said sarcastically.
"Oh I like her Kath!" Jack said throwing his arm around Carrie. "So why don't you girls get all gussied up and we'll take miss sassy here to go meet the boys."
"The boys?" Carrie asked
" The newsies! Come on Kathy didn't you tell her about the strike against the evil Pulitzer lead by the handsome and charming Jack Kelly!"Jack said mater of factly.
" Well some one has a big head." Carrie said rolling her eyes.
"Oh the boys are going to love her!"
