Hey all. Just in case you noticed, I'm sorry! I wanted to add my newsie
sister, Sparkles, into the story. She owns herself. She won't really have
a big part till later, so you don't need to worry about missing out. Thank
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Chapter 5
"What?" Skip was confused. Of course. Wouldn't you be? "You're in love wit Swift?"
Everyone around Skip laughed. "Dat's funny!" a lot of them laughed.
Loops smiled madly. "Where is my Osc… Swifty?" she asked them. No one really noticed the mistake she had almost finished making.
Jack patted Skip on the back. "She's totally pullin' ya leg pal."
"Goils do stupid stuff like dis all da time," Race stated.
Loops saw Swifty catching back up to Snitch. "There!" she screamed, pointing in his direction.
Everyone turned their heads and Swifty and Snitch turned towards them. They were silent and then Loops suddenly leaped through the crowd to Swifty. "Oh Swifty! I love you!" She wrapped her arms around the confused boy and started kissing him feverishly. "Oh! I love you!" she kept repeating.
Oscar was watching all of this with utter amazement. But he was almost glad that he wasn't the center of attention. He went back to work, ignoring the whole scene.
Skip ran up to Swifty and stared at him. He wasn't sure if it was still a trick. Swifty still looked very confused. "What's all dis about Swift?" Skip inquired.
Swifty now looked very worried. "I dunno!" he exclaimed, trying to push Loops away. He might have had a slight crush on her, but this was insane, and he knew it.
Skip pulled Loops off Swifty and turned her towards him. "Enough'a da games!" he bellowed. "I get da point. Ya love me and would neva' do dat."
Loops grinned. "What? No no no." She flew her arms around and stated, forcing a very unreal frown, "I don't love you anymore." She took off the ring Skip had paid a tremendous amount of money on, and put it in his shirt pocket. "I refuse ta marry you. So der. I love Swifty!" She pulled easily away from Skip. She leaped back on Swifty, playing with his hair.
Skip looked like he had been beat up for days and days in a deep dark alley. "I… I… But I…"
Jack couldn't stand to see the scene. He ran to Loops and pulled her body from Swifty's. "Ay! Da joke is ova'! It ain't funny anymore!" he bellowed. Loops looked flabbergasted.
"No, she's serious," Skip almost cried. His whole life with Loops had disappeared in just a few seconds.
"All thanks ta my best friend fa realizing Skip wasn't fa me!" Loops exclaimed, "Cinch!"
Everyone's eyes locked with Cinch. Her mouth was open slightly and she cracked a smile. "Uh, sorry?"
Ryder ran up to the small girl and grabbed her shoulders. "What da hell did you do?" he screamed.
"I jus'… I jus' told her not ta get married. Den she went crazy fa Swifty. I didn't do nuttin', I swear!" Cinch cried.
All eyes went back to Loops, who was still caressing Swifty's hair. "You're so cute," she giggled.
Swifty's eyes got scared as Skip's eyes filled with rage.
Jack butted in between the two. "Wait," he stated at Loops, "where did all dis come from? You neva' really even talked ta Swifty. Nobody does. No offense Swift."
"None taken."
Loops pouted, "Well, it was love at first sight."
"But dis ain't da first time youse met him…"
"It doesn't matter!" Loops exclaimed, "I love Os… Swifty!"
"Who?" Jack put his ear closer to Loops.
"I love Swifty!" she cried out.
Nobody really understood why she had almost mistaken herself again.
Skip couldn't take all the pain. He ran away from everyone and away from Manhattan, back to Brooklyn.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"And DAT, my Swifty, is how youse sell a pape real quick," Loops explained, starring dreamily into Swifty's eyes.
Swifty cleared his throat, "Uh… I don't tink I can sell a pape like dat Loops. I ain't, uh… made da way a goil is made, ya know?"
Loops giggled, "You're so funny!" Loops had basically dragged Swifty into the Newsboys Lodging House and forced him to sit and talk with her on the roof, where Skip had proposed.
"Uh, don't you tink dat maybe Skip wants you ta explain, uh, ya love fa me?" Swifty couldn't speak really. He was more confused than Oscar was with the whole thing.
THE DELANCEY'S HOUSE:
Oscar was thinking only of Loops. He wasn't sure what had gone wrong, but he wasn't going to investigate and find out. The newsies had gone almost insane when they had seen Swifty and Loops together. He didn't want to know what would happen if they saw Loops and HIM together.
Oscar took out the magic book he had bought from the store and held it to the fire that he had made in front of him in the fireplace. He glanced quickly at the book, then the fire, and tossed the book into the flames, watching it slowly engulf one page after another. He stood up, dusting himself off, and headed off to bed. "Dat's da end'a dat."
Although Oscar thought the book had been destroyed, it wasn't. Magic books have more powers in them then people think, and Oscar was very daft.
BACK TO SWIFTY AND LOOPS:
Loops chuckled. "He undastands."
"BUT I don't even undastand!" Swifty exclaimed.
Loops wrapped her arms around the small boy.
"Look Loops," he started, "I…"
Loops pulled Swifty close and gave him a big smackaroo! "Enough talk!"
Swifty leaped up and dashed out of the lodging house, flabbergasted. Loops slyly skipped after him.
BROOKLYN:
"Dis is so wrong!" Spot boomed, "What's her problem? I thought sista's were…"
The Brooklyn crew had left when they realized Loops wasn't coming back.
Sparkles cut Spot off, "Don't say nuttin' you'll regret big brudda'!" Sparkles was in a little bit of a bad mood. She was sad to leave her Kid Blink after not seeing him for so long.
"Yeah, yeah…"
Ryder sat beside Skip. "She's jus'… nervous or sumpin', dat's it," he assured his friend.
Skip had his face in his pillow, hiding the tears he had shed when he had arrived back home. He shook his head in the pillow and yelled inside it, "She doesn't love me!"
Cinch came towards the bed and started, "I…"
"No!" Skip shot up from the bed and stuck his teary face in front of Cinch. "Don't even start! I thought you were my pal Cinch! I don't neva' wanna talk ta ya again! Eva'!"
"But I…"
Sparkles took Cinch's arm gingerly. "Jus'… come on." She pulled Cinch out the door, Spot following.
Skip got back on the bed and sat there. He had already shown his tear- streaked face so he wasn't worried about hiding it. "I can't beliee' it," he whispered.
Ryder slapped his friend on the back. "I know you prolly won't like hearin' dis, but I'se got a plan!"
Skip looked up at his friend. He growled, "I don't want a plan, I want Loops!"
Ryder chuckled, "Duh, my friend. Dat's what da plan has ta do wit. Now," he began, before Skip could retort, "you'se gotta make her jealous. Get a goilfriend. Anudda' one. And…"
Skip shook his head. "Out of the question. Loops is da one dat breaks peoples' hearts, not me." He felt his eyes get watery again.
Ryder shook his head. "Not a permanent one. Jus' somebody ta make her angry. Or something. Ya know?" He was trying hard to help his friend.
"No, I won't do it. If she don't love me anymore… den I gotta face it…"
"It's a phase!" Ryder bellowed, putting his arm around Skip. "I bet all goils go trew it!"
"Yeah, right." Skip got up off of the bed and headed for the bathroom area. "Jus' leave me alone," he begged.
Ryder nodded, "If ya want. But if you need anyting den…"
"Yeah." Skip waved his arm at Ryder and then disappeared into the bathroom, plastering his face with more tears.
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Chapter 5
"What?" Skip was confused. Of course. Wouldn't you be? "You're in love wit Swift?"
Everyone around Skip laughed. "Dat's funny!" a lot of them laughed.
Loops smiled madly. "Where is my Osc… Swifty?" she asked them. No one really noticed the mistake she had almost finished making.
Jack patted Skip on the back. "She's totally pullin' ya leg pal."
"Goils do stupid stuff like dis all da time," Race stated.
Loops saw Swifty catching back up to Snitch. "There!" she screamed, pointing in his direction.
Everyone turned their heads and Swifty and Snitch turned towards them. They were silent and then Loops suddenly leaped through the crowd to Swifty. "Oh Swifty! I love you!" She wrapped her arms around the confused boy and started kissing him feverishly. "Oh! I love you!" she kept repeating.
Oscar was watching all of this with utter amazement. But he was almost glad that he wasn't the center of attention. He went back to work, ignoring the whole scene.
Skip ran up to Swifty and stared at him. He wasn't sure if it was still a trick. Swifty still looked very confused. "What's all dis about Swift?" Skip inquired.
Swifty now looked very worried. "I dunno!" he exclaimed, trying to push Loops away. He might have had a slight crush on her, but this was insane, and he knew it.
Skip pulled Loops off Swifty and turned her towards him. "Enough'a da games!" he bellowed. "I get da point. Ya love me and would neva' do dat."
Loops grinned. "What? No no no." She flew her arms around and stated, forcing a very unreal frown, "I don't love you anymore." She took off the ring Skip had paid a tremendous amount of money on, and put it in his shirt pocket. "I refuse ta marry you. So der. I love Swifty!" She pulled easily away from Skip. She leaped back on Swifty, playing with his hair.
Skip looked like he had been beat up for days and days in a deep dark alley. "I… I… But I…"
Jack couldn't stand to see the scene. He ran to Loops and pulled her body from Swifty's. "Ay! Da joke is ova'! It ain't funny anymore!" he bellowed. Loops looked flabbergasted.
"No, she's serious," Skip almost cried. His whole life with Loops had disappeared in just a few seconds.
"All thanks ta my best friend fa realizing Skip wasn't fa me!" Loops exclaimed, "Cinch!"
Everyone's eyes locked with Cinch. Her mouth was open slightly and she cracked a smile. "Uh, sorry?"
Ryder ran up to the small girl and grabbed her shoulders. "What da hell did you do?" he screamed.
"I jus'… I jus' told her not ta get married. Den she went crazy fa Swifty. I didn't do nuttin', I swear!" Cinch cried.
All eyes went back to Loops, who was still caressing Swifty's hair. "You're so cute," she giggled.
Swifty's eyes got scared as Skip's eyes filled with rage.
Jack butted in between the two. "Wait," he stated at Loops, "where did all dis come from? You neva' really even talked ta Swifty. Nobody does. No offense Swift."
"None taken."
Loops pouted, "Well, it was love at first sight."
"But dis ain't da first time youse met him…"
"It doesn't matter!" Loops exclaimed, "I love Os… Swifty!"
"Who?" Jack put his ear closer to Loops.
"I love Swifty!" she cried out.
Nobody really understood why she had almost mistaken herself again.
Skip couldn't take all the pain. He ran away from everyone and away from Manhattan, back to Brooklyn.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"And DAT, my Swifty, is how youse sell a pape real quick," Loops explained, starring dreamily into Swifty's eyes.
Swifty cleared his throat, "Uh… I don't tink I can sell a pape like dat Loops. I ain't, uh… made da way a goil is made, ya know?"
Loops giggled, "You're so funny!" Loops had basically dragged Swifty into the Newsboys Lodging House and forced him to sit and talk with her on the roof, where Skip had proposed.
"Uh, don't you tink dat maybe Skip wants you ta explain, uh, ya love fa me?" Swifty couldn't speak really. He was more confused than Oscar was with the whole thing.
THE DELANCEY'S HOUSE:
Oscar was thinking only of Loops. He wasn't sure what had gone wrong, but he wasn't going to investigate and find out. The newsies had gone almost insane when they had seen Swifty and Loops together. He didn't want to know what would happen if they saw Loops and HIM together.
Oscar took out the magic book he had bought from the store and held it to the fire that he had made in front of him in the fireplace. He glanced quickly at the book, then the fire, and tossed the book into the flames, watching it slowly engulf one page after another. He stood up, dusting himself off, and headed off to bed. "Dat's da end'a dat."
Although Oscar thought the book had been destroyed, it wasn't. Magic books have more powers in them then people think, and Oscar was very daft.
BACK TO SWIFTY AND LOOPS:
Loops chuckled. "He undastands."
"BUT I don't even undastand!" Swifty exclaimed.
Loops wrapped her arms around the small boy.
"Look Loops," he started, "I…"
Loops pulled Swifty close and gave him a big smackaroo! "Enough talk!"
Swifty leaped up and dashed out of the lodging house, flabbergasted. Loops slyly skipped after him.
BROOKLYN:
"Dis is so wrong!" Spot boomed, "What's her problem? I thought sista's were…"
The Brooklyn crew had left when they realized Loops wasn't coming back.
Sparkles cut Spot off, "Don't say nuttin' you'll regret big brudda'!" Sparkles was in a little bit of a bad mood. She was sad to leave her Kid Blink after not seeing him for so long.
"Yeah, yeah…"
Ryder sat beside Skip. "She's jus'… nervous or sumpin', dat's it," he assured his friend.
Skip had his face in his pillow, hiding the tears he had shed when he had arrived back home. He shook his head in the pillow and yelled inside it, "She doesn't love me!"
Cinch came towards the bed and started, "I…"
"No!" Skip shot up from the bed and stuck his teary face in front of Cinch. "Don't even start! I thought you were my pal Cinch! I don't neva' wanna talk ta ya again! Eva'!"
"But I…"
Sparkles took Cinch's arm gingerly. "Jus'… come on." She pulled Cinch out the door, Spot following.
Skip got back on the bed and sat there. He had already shown his tear- streaked face so he wasn't worried about hiding it. "I can't beliee' it," he whispered.
Ryder slapped his friend on the back. "I know you prolly won't like hearin' dis, but I'se got a plan!"
Skip looked up at his friend. He growled, "I don't want a plan, I want Loops!"
Ryder chuckled, "Duh, my friend. Dat's what da plan has ta do wit. Now," he began, before Skip could retort, "you'se gotta make her jealous. Get a goilfriend. Anudda' one. And…"
Skip shook his head. "Out of the question. Loops is da one dat breaks peoples' hearts, not me." He felt his eyes get watery again.
Ryder shook his head. "Not a permanent one. Jus' somebody ta make her angry. Or something. Ya know?" He was trying hard to help his friend.
"No, I won't do it. If she don't love me anymore… den I gotta face it…"
"It's a phase!" Ryder bellowed, putting his arm around Skip. "I bet all goils go trew it!"
"Yeah, right." Skip got up off of the bed and headed for the bathroom area. "Jus' leave me alone," he begged.
Ryder nodded, "If ya want. But if you need anyting den…"
"Yeah." Skip waved his arm at Ryder and then disappeared into the bathroom, plastering his face with more tears.
Read on!