The Girl
By Maggie Davis
Authors note: I just have to say that no matter how much I want to own these characters from Newsies. I can't. But you all know that Disney owns them, and I'm not making any money off of this. Maggie and Squeaker belong to me. This is first in the series. Please email me after you read it. Thanks.
Background: Maggie and her mother are actresses in California but when the guys who own the theater murder her mother. Maggie knows she can't stay any longer so she runs away. To Brooklyn, NY to be exact. But a few months later the owners find her and whip her a dozen times. Maggie gets away but not far enough to hear them say that if they ever found her they would kill her.
"Gee's Spot its freezin' out heah lets go in." Whined Squeaker. One of Spots younger newsies.
"Ok, ok, lets go in"
About half way to the lodging house Spot sees a girl running towards the Brooklyn Bridge.
"Heya, Squeaker go in ahead I'll be back." Spot runs after girl.
"Hey goil, Hey wait a second." Spot grads her arms. She spins around knocking both to the ground.
"Let go of me"
"Gees I was just seein if you'se was awright" She stands up dusts off her skirt.
"I'm fine, just leave me alone." She takes off running towards Manhattan. Spot seemed a little confused.
"What the-" Spot looks down at his shirt and sees the he's covered in blood. Her blood.
"Oh my Gosh, she's hoit I gotta find Jack" Spot runs to The Manhattan Lodging House.
At the Lodging House
"Hey Spot, don'cha have your own lodging house to be bumbing around at?"
Ignoring what Kloppman said. Jack comes down to see who Kloppman is talking to.
"Heya Spot whad brings you heah?"
"Heya Jacky-boy, we's get ourselves a bit of a problem." Jack see Spot shirt.
"Spot whad happened?"
"Yeah I'se fine, but she aint." Jack a little confused.
"I'll explain, come on weahs the boys we're gonna need some help."
Spot explains what happened to Jack, Racetrack, and Mush. They all exit the lodging house and they all go there separate ways. Mush to Bottle Alley, Racetrack to the well, racetracks were else. Jack and Spot head over to Medda's all had agreed to meet at the tracks, sence Race had the farthest to go.
About 20 minuets later
Race sneaks back were the horses are kept. Watching the races is really has close as he has ever come to the horses, he wanted to see them up close. He sees a girl about his age talking to one of the horses.
"Hey there, its ok, I wont hurt you. Shhhh. Its ok." The horse was a little nervous with people in her stall. The horse calmed down. Race was in awe. Gosh she's beautiful.
"See, I'm not as bad as you think huh?" The horse nudges her. Race knocks over a bucket. Scaring the horse, it jumps up knocking Maggie over, who ended up on top of Race. (How akward)
"Ah, Hi I'se Racetrack." Maggie slowly stands up and was about to say hi but winces in pain.
"I'm…in pain" She winces again before collapsing. Race catches her noticing the blood on her back. He picks her up just as Jack and Spot arrive.
"Spot I found her." Spot comes over and takes her from Race.
"Mush run up a head to the lodging house tell Kloppman to get a bed ready with hot water and blakets." Spot instructed to Mush, who just arrived.
With that Mush runs off towards the house and Spot walks as fast as possible without hurting her. Jack turns to Race who looked upset.
"Heya Race youse ok?" Race looks up at Jack.
"She's not going to make it, is she?" Jack looks down at the ground finding his shoes very interesting.
"I knew it." Race takes off.
"R-Race!! Come back" Jack goes after him.
At the Lodging House
"Kloppman, Race found da goil, she hoit real bad, there was blood all over her."
"Ok, boy calm down go get some blankets."
Mush ran upstairs to get a blanket. Kloppman goes into the kitchen to get the water heated up.
The Next Morning
Maggie had been bandaged up by Kloppman and was still sleeping. Jack and Race still hadn't returned Mush and Spot were both sound asleep on the floor next to her bed. She started to stir. Mush wakes up to see her eyes opened.
"Hey she waken up." Mush slaps Spot on the arm. Not knowing he was already awake.
"No duh, I can see wit me own two eyes." Spot hits Mush in the head with a pillow.
"Hey what was dat for." They both start laughing Maggie sits up.
"Where is he?" Spot and Mush both stop and look at her. Spot moves over to her.
"Wheres who." She looks at him.
"The boy, the one at the horses."
"Hey well, Me names Spot Conlon leader of the Brooklyn Newsies. That's where I'se be taken ya tomorrow."
"BROOKLYN??, I cant go back to Brooklyn that's where I came from NO, I wont go. Never again no" She starts to cry.
"Spot look whad ya did, you made her cry."
"Shudd-up" Spot walks out to wait for Jack. Mush sits next to Maggie.
"You'se awright?" She looks up at him. She wipes her eyes dry.
"I'm ok, I guess." I'll never go back never, I can't they'll kill me.
"My names Mush." She smiles.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Mar-Maggie." Maggie looks out the door. They cant know who I am.
"Mush,right?" He nods "The boy who I saw last night at the racetracks. Where is he?"
"Well, him and Jack haven't come back yet no one seen um sence last night." Jack walks through the door.
"Hey Jack where you been? Where Racetrack?" Mush jumps up to see him.
"That's why I didn't come back, he took off after Spot and use left with…" He looks at Maggie.
"Your awake?" Maggie blushes.
"She woke up not to long ago."
"Hey me names Kelly, Jack Kelly leader of the Manhattan Newsies."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Maggie, why did he take off?"
"Race?"she nodds
"Well ya see, he was well so scared dat ya weren't gonna make it. I dunno he just took off."
"He ran away because of me?" Jack nodds
"But why?" Omgosh where could he be.
"I dunno, he'll turn up don't you worry." Maggie half-heartedly smiled. And went to bed.
A few weeks later
Jack and Spot both developed a crush on Maggie. Spot stayed in Manhattan. Told his boys that he had "stuff" to attend to. They were both so sure Maggie liked them that they didn't even notice that she was getting sick, she was thinner and paler as the days went on. They had no clue that Maggie fell for Racetrack. It was obvious to all the other Newsies. She sold paper at the races hoping Race would show up. She slept on his bed every night. When Spot came and told them about Maggie, Race had left his pocket watch behind. Now Maggie clutched it in her hand.
"Heya Jack, I gotta talk to you." Mush had to talk to Jack about Maggie. Mush and Maggie were getting pretty close. Mush insisted they sold together. Maggie didn't mind as long as the sold at the tracks.
"What Mush."
"Its about Maggie."
"What happened? Just tell me she's ok."
"Jack she's in love."
Jack thinking its himself smiles.
"No, Jack not you."
His smile quickly fades.
"Its Spot huh."
"No, its not you or Spot. Jack have you realized sense she been heah she's only lost weight instead of gained? Do ya know wheah she sells at?" It still not clicking with Jack who she likes. Maggie was sleeping on Race's bed at the time. Mush drags Jack over to the bed. "Look at her Jack, who's bed she sleepin in? Race's. Wheah does she sell her papes? The tracks. Look whads in her hand Jack. Race's watch, she loves Racetrack." Its now all clicking with Jack. Mush was right. She loved Racetrack. He now noticed that she did look awfully pale.
"I cant believe I been so blind. Whad are we'se gonna do?"
" We gotta tell her to move on Race isn't coming back." Mush said it bluntly, but he was right.
"Mush you know her best, can you talk to her?"
"Ok." Not liking the fact that he had to do it but agreed.
"Hey its time for dinnah how bout we all go you'se stay heah wit Maggie."
"Ok"
Everyone left Mush woke Maggie up.
"Hey Mush, where is everyone."
"They all went ta dinnah they'll bring us food when day come back."
Maggie looks a little confused.
"Maggie we's gotta talk."
"About what, Mush?"
"Race" Maggie hadn't expected him to say that. Tears began to stream down her face.
"He's not comin back Maggie-" She cuts him off.
"He is too, you'll see he'll come back." She seemed so sure the he would come back he hated to tell her he wasnt.
"No Maggie he's not, its been three weeks, he's not comin back."
"How dare you say that Mush Meyers. He's one of your best friends. You should know him better. I knew him for only 5 minutes and I know him like I've known him for years. He's coming back you'll see. He's coming back."
With that Maggie ran out of the lodging house just as Jack, Spot and the others were coming back.
"Whad ya do ta her Mush?!!"
"Its ok Spot I tol' him to talk ta her about Race."
"Wha about Race?"
"She's in love wit Race, Spot"
"What are you tawking about Mush." Spot and his huge ego, was soo sure Maggie liked him.
"Nevah mind we's gotta find Maggie." Mush ran out the door hoping to find Maggie.
Later that Night
"Mush your back, wheahs Maggie?"
"I dunno Spot. I couldn't find her anywhere."
"Whad do you mean shes supposed ta be your best friend!"
"Shuddup Spot, come on we'll look for her in da mornin." Spot and Mush followed Jack up stairs.
It was close to midnight when Maggie came back. She collapsed into Race's bed falling asleep instantly. But not for long because Maggie had a strange dream she was walking alone to the tracks when she sees a fire in an alley then she wakes up.
Race! Maggie said to herself then she got up and went to Mush's bunk.
"Mush, Mush wake up." She whispered.
"Go away Kloppy its too early."
"Mush!"
"What"
"He's alive Mush. I'll be back."
"HUH, yeah yeah whadeveh. Night Maggie." It suddenly occurred to Mush what she just said.
"Maggie, Maggie" It was too late she was long gone. Mush got out of his bunk and ran to Jacks.
"Jack, Jack get up, get up."
"Mush? Whad are you'se doin at me bunck in the middle of da night"
"Its Maggie, she was heah and she talked to me din left."
"Whad she say Mush?"
"I dunno"
"We have ta go aftah her." Spot had awaken up to them talking.
"No, its too late right now. We'll wait till mornin' now go back ta sleep." Jack through a pillow at Mush.
"Fine, night Spot and Jack."
"Night Mush." The both called.
Coney Island
Ok Maggie you can do it your almost there come on the tracks are just a little farther. Maggie was soo tired she had ran almost the whole way to the tracks but she couldn't go any farther. So she walked into the closest alley and sat down and put her head in her hands.
"Oh Race where are you? Just give me a sign so I know where to find you."
Maggie started smelling smoke.
"A fire?:::gasp::: My dream." She looks farther down into the alley to see a little fire going.
"Can it really be??" She walks over to it and sees someone sitting up smoking a cigar. Maggie's heart started racing. Its him.
"Racetrack." Hearing his name Race jumps up knocking over some trashcans.
"Who're you." She walks closer to him and takes his hand and drops his watch into it.
"We never really got to meet. I'm Maggie"
"Tanks." He said referring to his watch.
"No, thank you." Race looked at her.
"I would have been dead by morning if you hadn't been there at the tracks that night." Maggie wanted to tell him so badly that she loved him but she wasn't sure if he felt the same way. But he did.
"Thad night I was so scared I mean Spot came in says dat dis goil he saw was hurt badly, I was afraid we might not find you in time. Din I finds you'se at da track den when you collapsed I though we had lost you. I couldn't stand losing you." He smiles and blushes. "I nevah believed in love at first, dat is until I meet you." It was Maggie's turn to blush.
"I though I would never love anyone until I might you." There eyes met and they kissed.
The next thing they knew it was morning, Maggie was sitting up against the wall, Race's head was in her lap, and he was a sleep. She couldn't help but smile she loved Race so much, she knew they would be together forever. Race woke up.
"Hey Maggie."
"Good morning Race."
"I'se kinda hungry wanna go to Tibby's?"
"I loved too."
"Den lets go."
Racetrack and Maggie ran all the way back to Tibby's hand in hand. On the way they saw Boots and Snipeshooter selling papes.
"Mornin Boots, Snipeshooter."
"Hi Race, Maggie" They said then stopped and turned back to them.
"Racetrack!!!" Snipeshooter ran and jumped into Race's arms.
"Well if it aint me cigar stealer."
"Race we missed ya so much." Snipeshooter huged him
"Where you been?"
"Hey go tell everyone to meet at Tibby's but don't tell them why."
"Why?" Boots asked
"Oh jist listen ta her and go do it." Boots smiled he knew exactly what was going on between the two love birds.
"Ok bye Maggie, bye Race."
"Bye."
"Heya Maggie where we goin?"
"To the lodging house. You need a shower."
"Gee tanks." They both laughed and ran to the lodging house. They burst through the door scaring Kloppman.
"Hey Maggie, Racetrack?!"
"Heya Kloppman." Kloppman gave him a hug.
"Its good to have ya back Race, it hasn't been the same without all the poker games goin on upstairs."
"Ya but I'se back now and heah to stay."
"Come on Race hurry up stairs and take a shower."
20 minutes later
"Ready?"
"Yep."
They both left for Tibby's
At Tibby's
"Hey Boots so when are youse gonna tell us why you made us come heah?"
"You'll see." Almost on cue Racetrack and Maggie came running through the door.
"Racetrack!!!" Everyone ran up to him hugging him.
"Maggie youse was right." Mush said
"Yeah I was." She couldn't stop smiling seeing everyone so happy having Racetrack back. The only thing that would make this moment better is if he were to...
"Maggie?"
"Yes."
"Are you and Race together now." Spot still didn't really believe that Maggie liked Race better than him. Race heard and walked over to Maggie, and swept her into his arms and kissed her. Both laughing. Maggie answers.
"Yea I guess we are."
By Maggie Davis
Authors note: I just have to say that no matter how much I want to own these characters from Newsies. I can't. But you all know that Disney owns them, and I'm not making any money off of this. Maggie and Squeaker belong to me. This is first in the series. Please email me after you read it. Thanks.
Background: Maggie and her mother are actresses in California but when the guys who own the theater murder her mother. Maggie knows she can't stay any longer so she runs away. To Brooklyn, NY to be exact. But a few months later the owners find her and whip her a dozen times. Maggie gets away but not far enough to hear them say that if they ever found her they would kill her.
"Gee's Spot its freezin' out heah lets go in." Whined Squeaker. One of Spots younger newsies.
"Ok, ok, lets go in"
About half way to the lodging house Spot sees a girl running towards the Brooklyn Bridge.
"Heya, Squeaker go in ahead I'll be back." Spot runs after girl.
"Hey goil, Hey wait a second." Spot grads her arms. She spins around knocking both to the ground.
"Let go of me"
"Gees I was just seein if you'se was awright" She stands up dusts off her skirt.
"I'm fine, just leave me alone." She takes off running towards Manhattan. Spot seemed a little confused.
"What the-" Spot looks down at his shirt and sees the he's covered in blood. Her blood.
"Oh my Gosh, she's hoit I gotta find Jack" Spot runs to The Manhattan Lodging House.
At the Lodging House
"Hey Spot, don'cha have your own lodging house to be bumbing around at?"
Ignoring what Kloppman said. Jack comes down to see who Kloppman is talking to.
"Heya Spot whad brings you heah?"
"Heya Jacky-boy, we's get ourselves a bit of a problem." Jack see Spot shirt.
"Spot whad happened?"
"Yeah I'se fine, but she aint." Jack a little confused.
"I'll explain, come on weahs the boys we're gonna need some help."
Spot explains what happened to Jack, Racetrack, and Mush. They all exit the lodging house and they all go there separate ways. Mush to Bottle Alley, Racetrack to the well, racetracks were else. Jack and Spot head over to Medda's all had agreed to meet at the tracks, sence Race had the farthest to go.
About 20 minuets later
Race sneaks back were the horses are kept. Watching the races is really has close as he has ever come to the horses, he wanted to see them up close. He sees a girl about his age talking to one of the horses.
"Hey there, its ok, I wont hurt you. Shhhh. Its ok." The horse was a little nervous with people in her stall. The horse calmed down. Race was in awe. Gosh she's beautiful.
"See, I'm not as bad as you think huh?" The horse nudges her. Race knocks over a bucket. Scaring the horse, it jumps up knocking Maggie over, who ended up on top of Race. (How akward)
"Ah, Hi I'se Racetrack." Maggie slowly stands up and was about to say hi but winces in pain.
"I'm…in pain" She winces again before collapsing. Race catches her noticing the blood on her back. He picks her up just as Jack and Spot arrive.
"Spot I found her." Spot comes over and takes her from Race.
"Mush run up a head to the lodging house tell Kloppman to get a bed ready with hot water and blakets." Spot instructed to Mush, who just arrived.
With that Mush runs off towards the house and Spot walks as fast as possible without hurting her. Jack turns to Race who looked upset.
"Heya Race youse ok?" Race looks up at Jack.
"She's not going to make it, is she?" Jack looks down at the ground finding his shoes very interesting.
"I knew it." Race takes off.
"R-Race!! Come back" Jack goes after him.
At the Lodging House
"Kloppman, Race found da goil, she hoit real bad, there was blood all over her."
"Ok, boy calm down go get some blankets."
Mush ran upstairs to get a blanket. Kloppman goes into the kitchen to get the water heated up.
The Next Morning
Maggie had been bandaged up by Kloppman and was still sleeping. Jack and Race still hadn't returned Mush and Spot were both sound asleep on the floor next to her bed. She started to stir. Mush wakes up to see her eyes opened.
"Hey she waken up." Mush slaps Spot on the arm. Not knowing he was already awake.
"No duh, I can see wit me own two eyes." Spot hits Mush in the head with a pillow.
"Hey what was dat for." They both start laughing Maggie sits up.
"Where is he?" Spot and Mush both stop and look at her. Spot moves over to her.
"Wheres who." She looks at him.
"The boy, the one at the horses."
"Hey well, Me names Spot Conlon leader of the Brooklyn Newsies. That's where I'se be taken ya tomorrow."
"BROOKLYN??, I cant go back to Brooklyn that's where I came from NO, I wont go. Never again no" She starts to cry.
"Spot look whad ya did, you made her cry."
"Shudd-up" Spot walks out to wait for Jack. Mush sits next to Maggie.
"You'se awright?" She looks up at him. She wipes her eyes dry.
"I'm ok, I guess." I'll never go back never, I can't they'll kill me.
"My names Mush." She smiles.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Mar-Maggie." Maggie looks out the door. They cant know who I am.
"Mush,right?" He nods "The boy who I saw last night at the racetracks. Where is he?"
"Well, him and Jack haven't come back yet no one seen um sence last night." Jack walks through the door.
"Hey Jack where you been? Where Racetrack?" Mush jumps up to see him.
"That's why I didn't come back, he took off after Spot and use left with…" He looks at Maggie.
"Your awake?" Maggie blushes.
"She woke up not to long ago."
"Hey me names Kelly, Jack Kelly leader of the Manhattan Newsies."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Maggie, why did he take off?"
"Race?"she nodds
"Well ya see, he was well so scared dat ya weren't gonna make it. I dunno he just took off."
"He ran away because of me?" Jack nodds
"But why?" Omgosh where could he be.
"I dunno, he'll turn up don't you worry." Maggie half-heartedly smiled. And went to bed.
A few weeks later
Jack and Spot both developed a crush on Maggie. Spot stayed in Manhattan. Told his boys that he had "stuff" to attend to. They were both so sure Maggie liked them that they didn't even notice that she was getting sick, she was thinner and paler as the days went on. They had no clue that Maggie fell for Racetrack. It was obvious to all the other Newsies. She sold paper at the races hoping Race would show up. She slept on his bed every night. When Spot came and told them about Maggie, Race had left his pocket watch behind. Now Maggie clutched it in her hand.
"Heya Jack, I gotta talk to you." Mush had to talk to Jack about Maggie. Mush and Maggie were getting pretty close. Mush insisted they sold together. Maggie didn't mind as long as the sold at the tracks.
"What Mush."
"Its about Maggie."
"What happened? Just tell me she's ok."
"Jack she's in love."
Jack thinking its himself smiles.
"No, Jack not you."
His smile quickly fades.
"Its Spot huh."
"No, its not you or Spot. Jack have you realized sense she been heah she's only lost weight instead of gained? Do ya know wheah she sells at?" It still not clicking with Jack who she likes. Maggie was sleeping on Race's bed at the time. Mush drags Jack over to the bed. "Look at her Jack, who's bed she sleepin in? Race's. Wheah does she sell her papes? The tracks. Look whads in her hand Jack. Race's watch, she loves Racetrack." Its now all clicking with Jack. Mush was right. She loved Racetrack. He now noticed that she did look awfully pale.
"I cant believe I been so blind. Whad are we'se gonna do?"
" We gotta tell her to move on Race isn't coming back." Mush said it bluntly, but he was right.
"Mush you know her best, can you talk to her?"
"Ok." Not liking the fact that he had to do it but agreed.
"Hey its time for dinnah how bout we all go you'se stay heah wit Maggie."
"Ok"
Everyone left Mush woke Maggie up.
"Hey Mush, where is everyone."
"They all went ta dinnah they'll bring us food when day come back."
Maggie looks a little confused.
"Maggie we's gotta talk."
"About what, Mush?"
"Race" Maggie hadn't expected him to say that. Tears began to stream down her face.
"He's not comin back Maggie-" She cuts him off.
"He is too, you'll see he'll come back." She seemed so sure the he would come back he hated to tell her he wasnt.
"No Maggie he's not, its been three weeks, he's not comin back."
"How dare you say that Mush Meyers. He's one of your best friends. You should know him better. I knew him for only 5 minutes and I know him like I've known him for years. He's coming back you'll see. He's coming back."
With that Maggie ran out of the lodging house just as Jack, Spot and the others were coming back.
"Whad ya do ta her Mush?!!"
"Its ok Spot I tol' him to talk ta her about Race."
"Wha about Race?"
"She's in love wit Race, Spot"
"What are you tawking about Mush." Spot and his huge ego, was soo sure Maggie liked him.
"Nevah mind we's gotta find Maggie." Mush ran out the door hoping to find Maggie.
Later that Night
"Mush your back, wheahs Maggie?"
"I dunno Spot. I couldn't find her anywhere."
"Whad do you mean shes supposed ta be your best friend!"
"Shuddup Spot, come on we'll look for her in da mornin." Spot and Mush followed Jack up stairs.
It was close to midnight when Maggie came back. She collapsed into Race's bed falling asleep instantly. But not for long because Maggie had a strange dream she was walking alone to the tracks when she sees a fire in an alley then she wakes up.
Race! Maggie said to herself then she got up and went to Mush's bunk.
"Mush, Mush wake up." She whispered.
"Go away Kloppy its too early."
"Mush!"
"What"
"He's alive Mush. I'll be back."
"HUH, yeah yeah whadeveh. Night Maggie." It suddenly occurred to Mush what she just said.
"Maggie, Maggie" It was too late she was long gone. Mush got out of his bunk and ran to Jacks.
"Jack, Jack get up, get up."
"Mush? Whad are you'se doin at me bunck in the middle of da night"
"Its Maggie, she was heah and she talked to me din left."
"Whad she say Mush?"
"I dunno"
"We have ta go aftah her." Spot had awaken up to them talking.
"No, its too late right now. We'll wait till mornin' now go back ta sleep." Jack through a pillow at Mush.
"Fine, night Spot and Jack."
"Night Mush." The both called.
Coney Island
Ok Maggie you can do it your almost there come on the tracks are just a little farther. Maggie was soo tired she had ran almost the whole way to the tracks but she couldn't go any farther. So she walked into the closest alley and sat down and put her head in her hands.
"Oh Race where are you? Just give me a sign so I know where to find you."
Maggie started smelling smoke.
"A fire?:::gasp::: My dream." She looks farther down into the alley to see a little fire going.
"Can it really be??" She walks over to it and sees someone sitting up smoking a cigar. Maggie's heart started racing. Its him.
"Racetrack." Hearing his name Race jumps up knocking over some trashcans.
"Who're you." She walks closer to him and takes his hand and drops his watch into it.
"We never really got to meet. I'm Maggie"
"Tanks." He said referring to his watch.
"No, thank you." Race looked at her.
"I would have been dead by morning if you hadn't been there at the tracks that night." Maggie wanted to tell him so badly that she loved him but she wasn't sure if he felt the same way. But he did.
"Thad night I was so scared I mean Spot came in says dat dis goil he saw was hurt badly, I was afraid we might not find you in time. Din I finds you'se at da track den when you collapsed I though we had lost you. I couldn't stand losing you." He smiles and blushes. "I nevah believed in love at first, dat is until I meet you." It was Maggie's turn to blush.
"I though I would never love anyone until I might you." There eyes met and they kissed.
The next thing they knew it was morning, Maggie was sitting up against the wall, Race's head was in her lap, and he was a sleep. She couldn't help but smile she loved Race so much, she knew they would be together forever. Race woke up.
"Hey Maggie."
"Good morning Race."
"I'se kinda hungry wanna go to Tibby's?"
"I loved too."
"Den lets go."
Racetrack and Maggie ran all the way back to Tibby's hand in hand. On the way they saw Boots and Snipeshooter selling papes.
"Mornin Boots, Snipeshooter."
"Hi Race, Maggie" They said then stopped and turned back to them.
"Racetrack!!!" Snipeshooter ran and jumped into Race's arms.
"Well if it aint me cigar stealer."
"Race we missed ya so much." Snipeshooter huged him
"Where you been?"
"Hey go tell everyone to meet at Tibby's but don't tell them why."
"Why?" Boots asked
"Oh jist listen ta her and go do it." Boots smiled he knew exactly what was going on between the two love birds.
"Ok bye Maggie, bye Race."
"Bye."
"Heya Maggie where we goin?"
"To the lodging house. You need a shower."
"Gee tanks." They both laughed and ran to the lodging house. They burst through the door scaring Kloppman.
"Hey Maggie, Racetrack?!"
"Heya Kloppman." Kloppman gave him a hug.
"Its good to have ya back Race, it hasn't been the same without all the poker games goin on upstairs."
"Ya but I'se back now and heah to stay."
"Come on Race hurry up stairs and take a shower."
20 minutes later
"Ready?"
"Yep."
They both left for Tibby's
At Tibby's
"Hey Boots so when are youse gonna tell us why you made us come heah?"
"You'll see." Almost on cue Racetrack and Maggie came running through the door.
"Racetrack!!!" Everyone ran up to him hugging him.
"Maggie youse was right." Mush said
"Yeah I was." She couldn't stop smiling seeing everyone so happy having Racetrack back. The only thing that would make this moment better is if he were to...
"Maggie?"
"Yes."
"Are you and Race together now." Spot still didn't really believe that Maggie liked Race better than him. Race heard and walked over to Maggie, and swept her into his arms and kissed her. Both laughing. Maggie answers.
"Yea I guess we are."