Alrighty, here's the next chappie... I'm gonna start getting back to the point of the story in this one... But I needed a break from all that crying and drama... lol... And I'm the one writing the damn story... ANYWAYS... on with the story.
The Next Chapter
"Get your lazy asses outa bed and sell the papes!" Kloppman's voice rang out at 4:30am. He went through the room shaking the boys who were ignoring him. As the newsies woke up, they found that each one of them, with the exception of Blink, Race, Crutchy, Jack, Snipes, Skittery and the girls, were tied to their beds. Their wrists and ankles were tied to the bedposts and they each had a rope around their middle, holding them down. (A/N: Don't ask me how they managed to sleep like that) In seconds the room had erupted in yells and threats.
Boots glared at the girls. "Why not them?" he asked, indicating the boys who had been left alone. "We already got themlas night" Star replied. "It was your guy's turn." She and the other girls all got feathers and started tickling the tied down guys, making them yell louder than before.
Mush looked at Star, who was tickling him. "Star... please untie us... we have to go sell papes..." He squirmed, trying to get away from the feather that was aganizing him. Star laughed. "Awww look... You're begging me for something." Mush tried to glare at her, but it wasn't very effective while he was squirming and laughing. "C'mon Star, I'll buy you ice cream at Tibby's." Star immediately stopped. "Okay." She untied his hands and walked away, leaving him to untie his feet and waist. The rest of the girls did the same. They did have to get ready after all.
As Star walked into the bathroom, she was hit in the face with a handful of shaving cream. "What the...?" She spied Jack doubled over laughing about 3 feet away from her. Star smirked and grabbed the dish with shaving cream off the counter. Holding it behind her back, she taped him on the shoulder and waited for him to stand up. When he did, she threw the shaving cream into his face. He sat there for a few seconds, stunned. The rest of the boys had been watching and now started laughing at Jack, and that is how the war began.
When Kloppman came back up the stairs half an hour later, he found all the newsies running around (or in Crutchy's case hopping) and throwing shaving cream at each other. "STOP!!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. Having been around teenagers for a good portion of his life, he stepped out of the doorway, just as several handfuls of shaving cream came flying out. He stepped back into the room to see all the newsies staring at the door, paused in whatever position they had been in when he yelled. Kloppman stood there for several seconds, taking in the scene. Shaving cream dripping off every surface, including the ceiling and over 40 boys and girls in their night clothes (very few actually had pajamas, so most of their clothing consisted of underwear), staring at him like deer caught in headlights. (A/N: ok, so maybe that wasn't an expression yet, but the only other thing I could think of was a cow staring at an oncoming train and cows don't have that expression). Singah was the first one to notice he was trying not to smile and she dissolved into giggles, which led to the room erupting in laughter. Even Kloppman.
"Get yourselves cleaned up and get your asses outa here." Kloppman told them, when they had calmed down a bit. "You lazy bums are almost late." The newsies ran for the the bunkroom and got themselves dressed, still laughing every few seconds. Kloppman shook his head, chuckling to himself and started to clean up the mess in the bathroom as the newsies ran down the stairs and down the street towards the DO.
When they got there, Star grabbed Taurus and dragged her over to where Dutchy was standing. "Hey Dutchy, do me a favor?" Dutchy nodded. "Could you sell with Taurus here today? I was gonna but I have some things I need to do." Star grinned at him as he blushed and nodded. "Thanks so much Dutchy, you're so sweet!" She ran off to go find someone else to sell with. "Star, wanna sell together today?" Mush asked, coming up behind her. Star turned around. "Sure Mush! I was looking for you. I was gonna sell with one of the girls, but..." She motioned to the girls, who were all paired up with a guy, either their boyfriends, or who they would like to be with. Mush grinned. "Playing matchmaker again?" Star just smiled.
After Ramble and Racetrack got their papes, they walked over to Sheepshead, Race telling Ramble all the tricks of selling on their way. When they got there, Race turned to her and said "Okay, now that I've told you and showed you how to sell papes, you gotta try it." Ramble nodded nervously and looked at the headline on the pape, trying to find a way to improve it. "Mayor buys beautiful female to breed!" She called out. Imediately 5 people came over and shoved money at her "I'll take one!" "Over here!". She handed them the papes, collected the money and turned to Racetrack, who grabbed her hand and pulled her through the crowd before the coustomers realized she'd been talking about a female German Shepard.
"That was great!" He turned to her grinning, neither of them realizing he hadn't let go of her hand and they stared at each other for a second until someone bumped into Ramble from behind. They both blushed and quickly took their hands apart, pretending to neaten their papes. Ramble smiled shyly. "Thanks."
Dutchy and Taurus were walking along in Central Park. They hadn't sold many papes because they had spent most of the time talking. Somehow, Taurus's pape selling lessons had turned into life story time. "Excuse me? Hello?? HEY!! YOU!!" They jumped realizing someone was talking to them. A well-dressed man was standing there glaring at them. "I would like to buy a paper, unless you newsies have decided to keep those for yourselves." Taurus blushed while Dutchy handed the man a pape and took the penny. "I guess we better start selling" She said as the man walked away. "We can finish talking at Tibby's or the Lodging House. Dutchy agreed and they put their minds to buisness.
Mush and Star had sold almost all of their papes. They only had 5 left between them. When they had finished sellig those, they decided to go to Tibby's early. "You owe me a Root Beer float." Star reminded him as they walked through the door. "I plan to collect now." Mush groaned as the waitress came to their table and Star ordered. "Do you want anything?" The waitress asked Mush. Mush shook his head and the waitrss walked away.
"Hey Star..." Mush began. Star looked at him and he fidgeted around. "I... uh... I wanted to tell and ask you something..." He stopped again. Star raised an eyebrow at him and tried not to look too hopeful as her heart started beating faster. Had he broken up with Jenny? Was he going to ask her out? Her mind raced through all the possibilities as Mush fidgeted in his seat, moving his eyes from her face, to the table, to the wall behind her and back to her face. He opened his mouth again and the rest of the newsies burst in the door. "I'll tell you later, ok?" Star leaned back in her seat, silently cursing the bad timing of her friends as they sat down near her.
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MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *grins evily* Aren't you just DYING to know what he was gonna say? Maybe I'll make the next chapter be just the other people and make you wait longer to know what he's gonna say... *dives under her rock as her one fan comes at her with a gun* JUST KIDDING!!! I'll write in the next chapter!!! I swear! I'm just tired and I decided to try a pathetic attempt at a cliffhanger...
The Next Chapter
"Get your lazy asses outa bed and sell the papes!" Kloppman's voice rang out at 4:30am. He went through the room shaking the boys who were ignoring him. As the newsies woke up, they found that each one of them, with the exception of Blink, Race, Crutchy, Jack, Snipes, Skittery and the girls, were tied to their beds. Their wrists and ankles were tied to the bedposts and they each had a rope around their middle, holding them down. (A/N: Don't ask me how they managed to sleep like that) In seconds the room had erupted in yells and threats.
Boots glared at the girls. "Why not them?" he asked, indicating the boys who had been left alone. "We already got themlas night" Star replied. "It was your guy's turn." She and the other girls all got feathers and started tickling the tied down guys, making them yell louder than before.
Mush looked at Star, who was tickling him. "Star... please untie us... we have to go sell papes..." He squirmed, trying to get away from the feather that was aganizing him. Star laughed. "Awww look... You're begging me for something." Mush tried to glare at her, but it wasn't very effective while he was squirming and laughing. "C'mon Star, I'll buy you ice cream at Tibby's." Star immediately stopped. "Okay." She untied his hands and walked away, leaving him to untie his feet and waist. The rest of the girls did the same. They did have to get ready after all.
As Star walked into the bathroom, she was hit in the face with a handful of shaving cream. "What the...?" She spied Jack doubled over laughing about 3 feet away from her. Star smirked and grabbed the dish with shaving cream off the counter. Holding it behind her back, she taped him on the shoulder and waited for him to stand up. When he did, she threw the shaving cream into his face. He sat there for a few seconds, stunned. The rest of the boys had been watching and now started laughing at Jack, and that is how the war began.
When Kloppman came back up the stairs half an hour later, he found all the newsies running around (or in Crutchy's case hopping) and throwing shaving cream at each other. "STOP!!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. Having been around teenagers for a good portion of his life, he stepped out of the doorway, just as several handfuls of shaving cream came flying out. He stepped back into the room to see all the newsies staring at the door, paused in whatever position they had been in when he yelled. Kloppman stood there for several seconds, taking in the scene. Shaving cream dripping off every surface, including the ceiling and over 40 boys and girls in their night clothes (very few actually had pajamas, so most of their clothing consisted of underwear), staring at him like deer caught in headlights. (A/N: ok, so maybe that wasn't an expression yet, but the only other thing I could think of was a cow staring at an oncoming train and cows don't have that expression). Singah was the first one to notice he was trying not to smile and she dissolved into giggles, which led to the room erupting in laughter. Even Kloppman.
"Get yourselves cleaned up and get your asses outa here." Kloppman told them, when they had calmed down a bit. "You lazy bums are almost late." The newsies ran for the the bunkroom and got themselves dressed, still laughing every few seconds. Kloppman shook his head, chuckling to himself and started to clean up the mess in the bathroom as the newsies ran down the stairs and down the street towards the DO.
When they got there, Star grabbed Taurus and dragged her over to where Dutchy was standing. "Hey Dutchy, do me a favor?" Dutchy nodded. "Could you sell with Taurus here today? I was gonna but I have some things I need to do." Star grinned at him as he blushed and nodded. "Thanks so much Dutchy, you're so sweet!" She ran off to go find someone else to sell with. "Star, wanna sell together today?" Mush asked, coming up behind her. Star turned around. "Sure Mush! I was looking for you. I was gonna sell with one of the girls, but..." She motioned to the girls, who were all paired up with a guy, either their boyfriends, or who they would like to be with. Mush grinned. "Playing matchmaker again?" Star just smiled.
After Ramble and Racetrack got their papes, they walked over to Sheepshead, Race telling Ramble all the tricks of selling on their way. When they got there, Race turned to her and said "Okay, now that I've told you and showed you how to sell papes, you gotta try it." Ramble nodded nervously and looked at the headline on the pape, trying to find a way to improve it. "Mayor buys beautiful female to breed!" She called out. Imediately 5 people came over and shoved money at her "I'll take one!" "Over here!". She handed them the papes, collected the money and turned to Racetrack, who grabbed her hand and pulled her through the crowd before the coustomers realized she'd been talking about a female German Shepard.
"That was great!" He turned to her grinning, neither of them realizing he hadn't let go of her hand and they stared at each other for a second until someone bumped into Ramble from behind. They both blushed and quickly took their hands apart, pretending to neaten their papes. Ramble smiled shyly. "Thanks."
Dutchy and Taurus were walking along in Central Park. They hadn't sold many papes because they had spent most of the time talking. Somehow, Taurus's pape selling lessons had turned into life story time. "Excuse me? Hello?? HEY!! YOU!!" They jumped realizing someone was talking to them. A well-dressed man was standing there glaring at them. "I would like to buy a paper, unless you newsies have decided to keep those for yourselves." Taurus blushed while Dutchy handed the man a pape and took the penny. "I guess we better start selling" She said as the man walked away. "We can finish talking at Tibby's or the Lodging House. Dutchy agreed and they put their minds to buisness.
Mush and Star had sold almost all of their papes. They only had 5 left between them. When they had finished sellig those, they decided to go to Tibby's early. "You owe me a Root Beer float." Star reminded him as they walked through the door. "I plan to collect now." Mush groaned as the waitress came to their table and Star ordered. "Do you want anything?" The waitress asked Mush. Mush shook his head and the waitrss walked away.
"Hey Star..." Mush began. Star looked at him and he fidgeted around. "I... uh... I wanted to tell and ask you something..." He stopped again. Star raised an eyebrow at him and tried not to look too hopeful as her heart started beating faster. Had he broken up with Jenny? Was he going to ask her out? Her mind raced through all the possibilities as Mush fidgeted in his seat, moving his eyes from her face, to the table, to the wall behind her and back to her face. He opened his mouth again and the rest of the newsies burst in the door. "I'll tell you later, ok?" Star leaned back in her seat, silently cursing the bad timing of her friends as they sat down near her.
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MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *grins evily* Aren't you just DYING to know what he was gonna say? Maybe I'll make the next chapter be just the other people and make you wait longer to know what he's gonna say... *dives under her rock as her one fan comes at her with a gun* JUST KIDDING!!! I'll write in the next chapter!!! I swear! I'm just tired and I decided to try a pathetic attempt at a cliffhanger...