"Cmon Les!" Davey called to his little brother who was walking out of Jacobi's still talking to Jack who was about to go back inside, to work. "The folks are waitin'." The ten year old ran up to his big brother and grabbed his hand and they ran off together.

"So," the girl turned to Jack as they were the last two left in the front of the diner. "What's your story? Are you working here to gain money for art school?" She asked, curiously, picturing the portrait he'd done of her just two days ago.

Jack bit back a laugh. "Art school?" He scoffed, like there was no way in hell he could ever make it there. The girl's eyes widened at his response.

"But you're an artist!" She told him, obviously. "You have real talent! You should be out there, illustrating!" She insisted. "Instead of stuck at a school that doesn't teach you anything!"

"Maybe that's not what I want." Jack argued, softly. His hands shoved in his pockets as he looked at the ground, almost looking like he was in deep thought.

"Well what do you want?" The woman asked, readying a pencil and paper.

Jack put on his mysterious face and stepped closer to the girl, their faces almost touching. "Can't you see it, in my eyes?" He asked, his voice soft and low.

The girl's eyes widened and she took a step back. "Yeah ok..." she mumbled, her voice letting him know that move didn't work on her. "So have you always been their leader?" She asked trying to, desperately, change the topic.

Jack scoffed once again. "I'm just the blowhard, Davey's the brains." He said, pointing in the direction that his friend had gone.

"Modesty is not a quality I would've pinned on you." The girl wrote something down on her pad of paper.

"You got a name?" Jack finally asked, wondering just who this girl was.

"Katherine... Plumber." She answered, almost tripping over her last word. She quickly looked back down at the paper, like she was trying to hide something.

"What's the matter, ain't ya sure?" Jack laughed.

"It's my byline." She explained, looking up at him with a shrug. "The name I publish under." She then looked back at the paper in her hand. "What are you hoping for tomorrow?"

Jack stepped closer, closing in on Katherine once again. "I'd rather tell ya what I'm hoping for tonight." He responded, seductively.

"Mister Kelly..." she sighed, taking another step backwards.

Jack groaned and started talking. "Today we got most of the guys ta up and leave the school. Tomorra," he said with a cocky grin, "we get the rest of the school ta see the damn thing as it is. It's a trap. A prison. It needs ta be stopped." He explained.

"Are you scared?" Katherine asked. Hell, she wouldn't blame him. Even she was nervous.

"Do I look scared?" He scoffed. But then he looked at the ground and bit his lip, nervously. "But uh... ask me again in the mornin'." He added.

Katherine's jaw dropped. She's gotta say, she wasn't expecting the great Jack Kelly to admit he may actually have feelings. "Good answer!" She then looked at the time on the clock that hung on the back wall of Jacobi's. "Goodnight Mister Kelly." She said as she turned and started to quickly walk away.

"'Ey!" He called after her. "Where ya runnin' to? It ain't suppertime yet!" He joked, not at all wanting this girl to leave. She smiled sweetly at him, making him melt inside.

"I'll see you in the morning, Mister Kelly." She waved as she turned to walk away. But she once again turned back to say, "and off the record... good luck." And then she hurried off. But she didn't get very far before the boy called her again.

"'Ey Plumber!" He looked as if he was about to make one of his sarcastic comments but he then lowered his gaze as he asked her something. "Write it good. We both got a lot ridin' on ya." And then he returned to the restaurant, leaving behind a practically speechless writer.

Write it good.

I am so glad that you guys who are reviewing love this story. It took me a lot of time to write it so I appreciate the feedback. I'm thinking about uploading the next two chapters today also. I'm excited to put up the whole series because, as I said before, it gets a lot more intense. If you want to hear a little bit about those just let me know.

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