Sarah sighed as she removed her blue canvas apron and hung it on the
hook by the back door of Tibby's. She was glad her shift was over. As she
whisked out the front door, she was greeted by a smiling, nearly giddy,
Spot.
"Why are you in such a good mood?" she asked him.
Spot let out a girlish giggle that was downright scary. He leaned in, and in a squeaky half-whisper, he told her. "She kissed me!"
Sarah looked at him, surprised. "Really?" she asked with interest.
Spot nodded vigorously. "Yep. Repeatedly."
"Wow."
"Don't tell Jack, tho. She wants tah break da news tah him herself."
"What news? That she cheated on him?"
"No. Dat she's leavin' 'im. Fer me. She don't love 'im no more. She loves me." Spot pointed to his chest proudly. "Well, I'm off tah tell da woild!" he said before he scampered off.
Sarah was happy for Spot. She really was. He finally got what he wanted. So why did she feel like someone had taken all the wind out of her sails?
~~~
Race wandered the streets of Manhattan aimlessly. He had been in the middle of a heated poker game with Specs and Mush, but he just got up in the middle of it and left, leaving all his money on the floor where they had been playing. He just couldn't concentrate on anything that day. Something was bothering him, but he just couldn't put his finger on it.
Maybe Kid Blink and Mush were right. Whenever his too best friends actually agreed on something, they were always right. He shouldn't have broke up with Bean. But what could he do about it now? She had no doubt moved onto someone else by now. Bean never had problems with boys. Although she wasn't alarmingly pretty, her personality made her absolutely irresistible. She was so innocent, but not naïve. She was could be very feminine at times, but insisted on wearing boy's clothes and could belch with the best of them. Race thought about himself for a moment. He was fairly attractive, he thought, but there were so many other newsies that were better looking. He spent all his time at the tracks, and he smoked cigars, which made his breath smell horrible. What had Bean ever seen in him? Race sighed as he sat down on a bench. This was so confusing.
~~~
Bean's long golden hair swished back and forth as she walked home from work. She slowed down as she approached the alley where she saw Mooch. As she passed the alley, Bean saw Mooch slip through the door into Dmitri's office. or whatever that room was.
Bean wasted no time in sneaking to the door. She slowly creaked the door open, peeking to see if anyone besides Mooch was in the room. Mooch stood silently alone by the large oak desk, and appeared to be deep in thought. Bean opened the door just enough to slip through, Se scurried across the room, closing the door a little too loudly, for it made Mooch start. Mooch quickly peered around the room, looking for any intruders. She saw no one. Bean had ducked behind a large cedar cabinet jus in time. The two waited in silence for Dmitri.
~~~
"You mean you didn't kill him?"
Kira shook her head. "He woke up just as I was about to," she fibbed.
Dmitri's face began to turn red. "Why didn't you just finish him off then?"
Kira frowned. "I'm not like you, Dmitri, I do have a slight conscience."
Dmitri slammed his leathery, rough hand on the desk. "Kira. I will not tell you this again. I want them DEAD!"
Kira looked at Dmitri coolly. "Whatever you say, Dmitri." She turned to leave.
"One more thing before you go, Kira."
Kira turned around and looked at him.
"If one of them is not dead by the end of the week, you will be."
Kira looked at him, skeptically, then left.
Dmitri stood for a moment, seemingly thinking about something, then sat down at his desk and began to write.
Bean sighed as she leaned up against the wall. She wasn't going to get out easily this time. She may be stuck here for a while. She surveyed the room, looking for a possible way to get out the door. She noticed a small window near the ceiling. She figured that she could climb up there without being noticed, because the cabinet reached all the way to the ceiling. The brick wall of the room would provide great footing for climbing. In the small space that she had, she got a running start of about a foot and a half, and mounted the wall. She opened the window, much like the one that the newsies pushed "The Newsies Banner" through during the strike. She slipped out of the window, just as Dmitri looked up to see what was making all the noise.
"Hey, get back here!" he cried out the window as Bean took off running. Dmitri quickly ran out into the alley, then to the street to try to catch up to the intruder, but by the time he got out there, Bean was long gone.
"Why are you in such a good mood?" she asked him.
Spot let out a girlish giggle that was downright scary. He leaned in, and in a squeaky half-whisper, he told her. "She kissed me!"
Sarah looked at him, surprised. "Really?" she asked with interest.
Spot nodded vigorously. "Yep. Repeatedly."
"Wow."
"Don't tell Jack, tho. She wants tah break da news tah him herself."
"What news? That she cheated on him?"
"No. Dat she's leavin' 'im. Fer me. She don't love 'im no more. She loves me." Spot pointed to his chest proudly. "Well, I'm off tah tell da woild!" he said before he scampered off.
Sarah was happy for Spot. She really was. He finally got what he wanted. So why did she feel like someone had taken all the wind out of her sails?
~~~
Race wandered the streets of Manhattan aimlessly. He had been in the middle of a heated poker game with Specs and Mush, but he just got up in the middle of it and left, leaving all his money on the floor where they had been playing. He just couldn't concentrate on anything that day. Something was bothering him, but he just couldn't put his finger on it.
Maybe Kid Blink and Mush were right. Whenever his too best friends actually agreed on something, they were always right. He shouldn't have broke up with Bean. But what could he do about it now? She had no doubt moved onto someone else by now. Bean never had problems with boys. Although she wasn't alarmingly pretty, her personality made her absolutely irresistible. She was so innocent, but not naïve. She was could be very feminine at times, but insisted on wearing boy's clothes and could belch with the best of them. Race thought about himself for a moment. He was fairly attractive, he thought, but there were so many other newsies that were better looking. He spent all his time at the tracks, and he smoked cigars, which made his breath smell horrible. What had Bean ever seen in him? Race sighed as he sat down on a bench. This was so confusing.
~~~
Bean's long golden hair swished back and forth as she walked home from work. She slowed down as she approached the alley where she saw Mooch. As she passed the alley, Bean saw Mooch slip through the door into Dmitri's office. or whatever that room was.
Bean wasted no time in sneaking to the door. She slowly creaked the door open, peeking to see if anyone besides Mooch was in the room. Mooch stood silently alone by the large oak desk, and appeared to be deep in thought. Bean opened the door just enough to slip through, Se scurried across the room, closing the door a little too loudly, for it made Mooch start. Mooch quickly peered around the room, looking for any intruders. She saw no one. Bean had ducked behind a large cedar cabinet jus in time. The two waited in silence for Dmitri.
~~~
"You mean you didn't kill him?"
Kira shook her head. "He woke up just as I was about to," she fibbed.
Dmitri's face began to turn red. "Why didn't you just finish him off then?"
Kira frowned. "I'm not like you, Dmitri, I do have a slight conscience."
Dmitri slammed his leathery, rough hand on the desk. "Kira. I will not tell you this again. I want them DEAD!"
Kira looked at Dmitri coolly. "Whatever you say, Dmitri." She turned to leave.
"One more thing before you go, Kira."
Kira turned around and looked at him.
"If one of them is not dead by the end of the week, you will be."
Kira looked at him, skeptically, then left.
Dmitri stood for a moment, seemingly thinking about something, then sat down at his desk and began to write.
Bean sighed as she leaned up against the wall. She wasn't going to get out easily this time. She may be stuck here for a while. She surveyed the room, looking for a possible way to get out the door. She noticed a small window near the ceiling. She figured that she could climb up there without being noticed, because the cabinet reached all the way to the ceiling. The brick wall of the room would provide great footing for climbing. In the small space that she had, she got a running start of about a foot and a half, and mounted the wall. She opened the window, much like the one that the newsies pushed "The Newsies Banner" through during the strike. She slipped out of the window, just as Dmitri looked up to see what was making all the noise.
"Hey, get back here!" he cried out the window as Bean took off running. Dmitri quickly ran out into the alley, then to the street to try to catch up to the intruder, but by the time he got out there, Bean was long gone.