Lost Writers: Chapter 2
Jacky Speare

Seth and Nick walked into a cloud of smoke.
"What ya don' tha for? Ya knows it's bad for ya's health and all..." raged Seth.
Puc and Jack were sitting at the card table smoking cigarrettes.

Puc was the playful kind. He's not so good with words, but in the end he makes a lasting impression.
Jack, on the other hand, took things more seriously. Jack wasn't as playful as Puc. He had this air about him- like
he knows everything that's going to happen just the way he knows it will. With a blank expression on his face, you
would have a hard time deciphering if he was smiling at a joke or if he disliked it all together. When Jack was
really happy, you could catch a crooked smile and a twinkle in his brilliant green eyes. On hot summer days, like this
one, his sleek black hair shone in the sunlight other than his usual cap which was normally perched on his head.
Jack too had a girl, Kimberly. She was his world until the day that she and her friends, Lauren and Anne,
were taken back to Virginia after Kimberly's grandfather found that they were seeing "dirty ink rats with no future,
and with no business seeing proper ladies in New York alleys". It broke his heart those few months ago. Seth, Nick,
and Jack had been ripped from the one happiness in thier lives, love.

"Give me a break Seth...What....uh...", Puc was looking at their mud drenched clothing. "Cab drivers?
you know not to sit on the curbs...ya know what they say, ' Curb sitters, bench warmers, all bummers..and , uh they
sell no papes!' !"

"You dolt! That doesn't even rhyme!" snapped Jack.

Nick walked over to Jack and sat beside him. Each of them knew what the other was thinking about. The
same expression was healed on nearly every newsboy's face. They all sat scattered around the room searching through
papers. Everyday for months they sat looking through the day's paper for columns and articles with authors by the name
of Anne Capri, Lauren Waters, and Kimberly Robinson. For in fact, all the boys had fallen in love with the three writers
and their stories.

To Be Continued...