Okay so I haven't posted for almost 2 months so I decided to make this chapter extra long! YAY ME! I hope you like it, more truths and pasts like I said and more sadness…well I expect a LOT of reviews for this otherwise I won't post anymore chapters and that's a promise. I have plenty of other story ideas that I could be writing and if I'm not getting any reviews for this one then why continue? So if you read it, REVIEW! I notice that there are ppl who are reading and not reviewing. I will not stand for that at all!

TRUTHS AND PASTS-PART 2

JACK'S POV

"Kay," I sighed softly as we sat on a bench in the park some 10 minutes later, "why?"

She looked up at me with tearful, honest eyes, "I don' really know Jack, its da on'y way I know how ta deal with my problems."

"By killin' yourself!" She looked down at her feet and shrugged. I closed my eyes for a second and put my arm around her shoulders. "I'm sorry I'se actin da way I am, I just hate dat your life means so li'l ta you'se. You ah like a sista to me and Kelly, ya know, Doll. She looks up ta you'se and since she don't know about her past, you're all she's got."

Kay looked back into my eyes and sighed, "Our past, Jack."

FLASHBACK

"Ma, Pa! Kelly! I'se home! Could'ja all please come heah for a minute?" Francis called as he led a cold, wet Kay into his house. Kay shrank back behind Francis as his mother and father came down the stairs, carrying a young girl who looked about two years old. "Ev'ry body, dis is Kay" They all smiled at her, "Kay dis is me family!" He present each of them with a huge grin on his face and they all smiled lovingly at Kay.

"It's nice to meet you." She said shyly, looking down at her wet feet.

Francis took a few steps toward his family, "Mommy, Daddy, could she stay with us? She has no wheah else ta go." He gave his parents the pleading, puppy dog eyes, that win almost every parent over and they just couldn't refuse.

"Of course deah! We'd love to have her. Come along Kay, lets go an' gettcha dried up." His mother smiled warmly at her and walked her up the stairs to an empty room and gave her some new clothes.

END FLASHBACK

SPOT'S POV

Wow it's been a long time since Jack ran after Irony…I hope nothings wrong. I thought as I stood up from my chair and made my way to the window. I sighed as I looked out at the slowly darkening sky.

This girl is making me go soft! How can one person have such an affect on me? I never thought that I would be able to care about just one girl! But now here she is and she has taken over my heart. The way she always speaks her mind just astonishes me. She isn't afraid of me and can throw a pretty good punch too.

I laughed as I remembered that day when we first fought and how surprised I was at her strength. She is a wild one. Well, was…she hasn't been the same since…well, since yesterday, with the pickpockets!

I still feel completely guilty for the whole thing. My smile faded immediately when I realized that, no matter how much I tried to deny it, I am responsible for this terrible change in our lives. None of this would have happened if I hadn't been such an idiot! If only I hadn't jumped at her throat the very second I met her. She had the power to bring out the worst in me! I mean I hit her, a girl, I don't hit girls! It's not that I never have I just hate doing it and they have to really piss me off...which is hard but she did it easily.

But now, like I said, she brings out the best in me, she is making me go soft! When she's around I just try to do anything I can possibly do to make her accept me, to forgive me for everything that I have caused.

I continued to look out the window for about 10 minutes when I finally saw her, with Jacks arm around her shoulders, walking down the road, heading for the lodging house.

IRONY'S POV

Over the next week, things slowly began to go back to normal. We were still devastated about everything that happened but we were moving on, as best we could. Jack kept a close eye on me to make sure I wouldn't get too upset, and Spot was just there…Damn Spot, When ever he's around I just get so angry! He is the only person who can bring out the worse in me and at the same time makes me so happy. The way he always bosses me around is a real turn on.

That thought made me smile, as an image of Spot flashed through my mind. That brownish blonde hair, stormy grey eyes and muscular body were enough to make any girl melt.

"Jack! Spot! Come down heah quick!" I came out of my day dream and jumped off the window ledge I had been sitting on then ran to the entry room where I saw Mush dragging in a young girl with long strawberry blonde hair. She was about five feet tall and looked like she just died from fear. Her eyes were as round as baseballs and she was looking around the lodging house like she had just entered hell itself.

"Jewels!" I couldn't believe it, "Mush what ah you'se doin?" I couldn't understand why he would be dragging her in here with a look of murder on his face. He walked right past me and dragged her over to Spot and Jack who were standing at the bottom of the stairs looking just as confused as I was but for different reasons.

"Jack, Spot, dis heah is a Brooklyn Pickpocket! I found her sneakin' up to da lodgin' house as I was comin' back from sellin'!" Mush explained.

Spot stepped forward and was about an inch from her terrified face, after all he might be small but he towered over her none-the-less, "You comin heah ta murdah anothah one of us?" He snarled.

She opened and closed her mouth a few times then hesitantly said, "No…no I had nothing ta do wid it! I…I was lookin for Kay and remembered dat she was heah! I have ta talk ta her!" she struggled, trying to get out of Mush's grip but he wasn't even close to letting her go.

"Mush!" I cried making myself noticed by all of them, "let me talk ta her, please!" Mush hesitated but let her go and she ran straight to me, wrapping her arms around my neck in a tight hug. It was then I noticed that she was crying, "Jewels! What's wrong? What is it?"

She looked up into my eyes and cough back some tears, "It's Ronnie!" she cried, "We tried to stop them from hurting your friend and they…they…" she started crying again and I stroked her hair softly, glancing over at Spot, Jack and Mush who were standing there. I then noticed the other Manhattan newsies and my girls who had made their way into the room to see what all the commotion was about.

I looked back at Jewels, "Shhhh…" I comforted, "calm down. Now tell me…what happened to him?"

"They took us and tortured us! I only barely got away! We…we have to help him!" she turned to the rest of the newsies, "Please! I really need yoah help." At that there was an uproar in the lodging house.

Race started muttering incoherent words in Italian, Mush stood there in shock, Spot walked to my side, Crutchy thought we should help, Blondie drooled over Race, Sprinter Punched the wall, Note glared at everyone while holding a crying Doll in her arms and everyone else was just shouting, either that we shouldn't help or we should. I had never seen everyone so discombobulated!

Finally it had gotten way too out of control, everyone was trying to shout over everyone else and it was just total chaos! "SHUT UP!" Spot finally yelled, causing everyone to stop talking right away, "dat's bettah!" he sighed. He then turned to Jewels and glared down at her once more, "Why da hell should I put MY friends in dangah ta help a pickpocket? So we could all jus' die? No I don't think so!" He screamed in her face causing her to shrink back into a blonde newsie with round glasses, who caught her before she fell.

"Come on Spot, be reasonable!" I began hotly but he cut me off.

"Be reasonable! Irony, one of your closest friends is dead!" I flinched at what he said but that didn't stop him, "And ya expect me ta put de rest of us in dangah? Do ya not even care? Do ya care so much about your self dat you'se would put de rest of us in dangah? BLADE IS DEAD!" I took a step back from him as be began screaming into my face while the rest of the newsies stood there staring at us. Everyone had frozen, Dutchy was still holding Jewels, Racetracks cigar was hanging loosely from his mouth, Sprinter covered Dolls ears and Jack stood frozen on the stairs. I felt my eyes fill with tears as Spot continued to yell, "All because YOU decided ta leave, YOU caused her ta take yoah place, YOU are the reason she's dead!"

My eyes burned as tears poured down my cheeks. I couldn't believe that he would say such hurtful things to me. I stared him in the eye for a few seconds longer then turned on my heel and stormed past the newsies up stairs, trying to hide my eyes from which tears were freely flowing. I slammed the door to my room and flung myself on my bed ignoring the shouts I heard downstairs and trying to get Spots words out of my head.

SPOTS POV

I glared at Irony's retreating back angrily, and looked around the lodging house to find everyone looking at me, eyes wide. I then looked at Jack who was glaring at me with the most intense hatred ever.

"What da hell is yoah fuckin problem?" He screamed as he stormed over to me. He socked me in the jaw with so much force it pushed me to the floor, "do ya have any idea what she is going through? She tried ta kill herself last week; she thought it was her fault! I just convinced her dat it wasn't her fault at all and now you'se had ta go and blame her!" I looked back at him, shocked. I didn't know she had tried to kill her self.

I looked away from all of the angry newsies and suddenly felt like the biggest ass in the world. I hated myself for the things I said to her. It wasn't her fault! It wasn't any ones fault. How could I have been so stupid?

"Shit!" I yelled as I ran out of the lodging house, leaving behind the angry looks of hatred I was getting from my fellow newsies.

JACKS POV

I watched Spot run from the lodging house then glanced back at Jewels who was still in Dutchy's arms. "Hey Jewels, I'se sorry but we can't help you. Ya can tell dat we are having a lot of trouble around heah and I really can't afford ta put me newsies in any dangah."

"But dey'll kill him!" She gasped sadly.

"I know Jewels! But we jus' can't. If we weren't goin through so much right now I'd try but we just can't" I said this with all sincerity and truly meant it.

"Then I'll go myself!" She said softly, turning to leave.

I was taken aback for a moment but then stopped her, "NO!" I said firmly, "I can't let you go and put yoahself inta dangah!"

"But he'll die!" She cried, her voice rising.

"And so will you'se if you help him. Dere's nothing you'se can do! Dutchy heah will take care of you'se while I go and talk ta Kay."

Dutchy stepped forward and put his arm around her shoulders, "Come on Jewels, lets go find you a place ta stay for now." He smiled softly and she returned it as he lead her upstairs.

SPOTS POV

As I sat in the bar, about 20 minutes later, draining my eighth glass of beer I couldn't stop hating myself for what I had said to Irony. How could I have been so stupid?

"Hey!" I slurred, "Anothah beer!" I probably shouldn't have taken another but I wasn't drunk enough to get rid of this feeling. I grabbed the mug and gulped it down, slamming it on the counter. I looked over at the bar tender and glared at him, silently saying 'Hey you! Get me anothah or I'll soak ya!"

"Hey Spot," I turned around to see the mayors daughter Kimberly walking toward me. "How are you doing?" She winked suggestively at me as she sat down on my lap, wrapping her arms around my neck.

I smirked back at her and at that moment all thoughts of that day left my mind and all that replaced it was this girl and her gorgeous body. I put my hand around her neck and pulled her lips to mine in a deep kiss.

Next Chapter: It's a surprise! Woohoo! Cuz I don't really know for sure either lol

Well what did you think? It's really long ya? Lol

Okay this is how my friend Julia wanted me to finish the story, "Then Dutchy kissed Jewels because she was so beautiful and then Spot and Race joined in and Mush too and then Blink declared his undying love for her. Then the most amazing thing happened, Irony decided she really didn't like Spot and that Skittery was for her. So she walked up and kissed him. And then Jewels laughed because Spot was way better. Spot then decided that Jewels was the bestest girl in the world and proposed. OF COURSE she said YES because Spot is HOT and belongs to her, even if he didn't know it yet. They lived happily ever after and were gorgeous always! PS….Skittery and Irony had a baby. And they named her Julia after Irony's best friend because she is so beautiful!" I'm sure you liked my ending to the chapter better but that's her imagination. Haha she has issues jk jk

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