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"When sellin' papes, don't be afraid to stretch da truth a lil', " Jack told Kit, "for example. "Extry! Extry! Lizard human baby eats muddah an' all da family!" he said waving a paper above his head.
A few people heard what he said and came over and bought some newspapers. Kit was amazed at how quickly he thought of a lie. He sold ten papers and said thank you to the customers. He even winked at one of the girls that bought a paper.
"Wow, it's only been like five minutes and you already sold seven newspapers." Kit said.
"Dey don't call me da best for nothing." Jack said. "Now you try."
They walked a little to a new spot. Kit looked at her papers. She saw an article about how some dispute in the South will affect the number of chickens New York gets and that some chickens were diseased. She thought for a second.
"Extry! Extry! Chicken shortages in New York may be caused by da chicken flu dat is highly contagious!" she yelled waving around her paper.
It wasn't the best lie, but she knew she would get better. A few customers came to her. Kit graciously said thank you. She just sold three newspapers. It was not much compare to the seven Jack sold in five minutes, but that didn't make her any less excited
"Did ya see dat, Jack? Did ya see dat? I just sold some papahs!" Kit said excitedly. Jack smiled at her excitement and enthusiasm. He noticed that she was even picking up a bit of the newsies accent.
"Yea. Good Job. Now go sell s'more. I'll be right 'ere." Cowboy said.
"Okie Dokie."
She practically skipped to a new spot to sell some newspapers. She read a few other articles and contemplated other lies she could make up. Kit read an article about an alarming number of dead squirrels found at Grand Central Station. Kit thought of what to say.
"Extry! Extry! Read all about it! Dead bodies found at Grand Central Station!" she yelled, waving a newspaper around.
A few people looked at her, alarmed. She immediately sold 5 papers to people who heard her. A few other people also bought from her seconds later. She decided to try a different approach. She walked up to a woman who was dressed nicely. Kit decided that she must have some money on her.
"Excuse me ma'am, would ya like to buy a papah? Me father said he'll let me have dinner if I sell all of me papes." Kit said in a small voice.
The woman looked moved at what Kit said.
"Sure, honey. I'll take a dozen," the woman said giving Kit a quarter, "keep the change."
Kit smiled gratefully and accepted the quarter. She counted 12 newspapers from her stack and handed it to the woman who took it from her.
"Thank ya, miss." Kit said.
"No problem." The woman said and then walked away.
Kit continued selling papers using Jack's advice of "stretching the truth". She ended up selling the rest of her papers. By the time she was done, Jack had finished selling all of his papers and was talking to Les and David, who still had papers to sell.
"Hey, Kit, you'se sold all o' ya papes already?" Jack said impressed.
"Well, I did learn from da best." Kit said smugly.
"Davey an' Les here were just invitin' us ta dinner at deir house witt deir family." Jack said.
"Our mom's cooking some biscuits and chicken. It's so good." Les said with an adorable smile.
"Yeah, it's pretty delicious." David said
"Sounds good." Kit said.
"Den let's go. All dis talkin' bout food is makin' me hungry." Cowboy said.
Kit followed Les, David, and Cowboy. Cowboy seemed to know where he was going so she presumed he has been to their house many times before. On the way there, David and Les continued to sell their papers and sold all of them when Kit saw another blue swirling portal, it seemed to be a bit closer to her than the last one she saw. She decided to ignore it. No one else seemed to see it, or they were really good at pretending not to see it. They reached the Jacob's house and Kit shyly entered their home.
"Ma, Pop, this is Kit, she's a friend of ours." David said.
"Is she your girlfriend, David?" Mrs. Jacobs asked.
"No! She's just a friend." He answered, turning a deep shade of red, and Kit felt her face burn up a bit, too. She heard Jack and Les snicker.
"Nice to meet you, Kit." Mr. Jacobs said interrupting the awkwardness.
"Nice ta meet ya, too. Ya have a lovely home, Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs." Kit said politely.
"Thank you." Mrs. Jacobs said. "Dinner will be on the table in ten minutes."
Kit nodded. Then a pretty girl who seemed a little older than her came in and smiled when she saw Jack. She recognized her as Sarah from the movie. Jack walked over to her and planted a kiss on her cheek and then gave her a bear hug. It was pretty darn adorable.
"So that must be Sarah." Kit said smiling.
"Yeah, Sarah, dis is me friend Kit." Cowboy said.
"Nice to meet you." Sarah said. "So Jack here has told you about me?"
Kit found this to be the perfect time for her to get back at Jack for making fun of her and Blink.
"Yeah, he talks 'bout you'se all da time. All da time." Kit reiterated.
Cowboy blushed and Sarah looked at him smiling.
"Well, why don't you'se goyls go do ya goyly things." Cowboy said.
"C'mon, I'll show you around." Sarah said leaving Cowboy and coming towards Kit.
They went to the bedroom that had two beds in it. It was the room that Sarah, Les, and David shared. Sarah led her to the bed closest to the window and they sat down. They had a nice conversation and Kit soon found herself jealous at how pretty Sarah was, but tried to brush it off. Sarah was nice to talk to and a nice person in general. She even offered to give Kit some of her old skirts and dresses that didn't fit her anymore.
"Dat's real nice of you, but I couldn't." Kit said.
"It's no problem really, but if you really don't want to take it, you can borrow them whenever you go on a date or something." Sarah said. Kit instantly smiled; thinking of what a date with Blink would be like.
"Oh I see that smile, is there a boy you like?" Sarah asked.
Sarah seemed like someone Kit could trust and Kit really enjoyed being around Sarah. So she told her it was Kid Blink, but they weren't really dating yet.
"Don't ya worry, he'll ask ya and when he does I'll help ya get ready." Sarah said.
Then they were called for dinner.