Chapter 11
"What should we do now?" Mel asked.
"Well," I said, "I think they're busy."
We started back down the stairs. Outside we looked up and down the street.
Spot coughed, "I need to sell more papes."
Mel took his hint immediately. "You need to teach me how, remember?" She tugged on his sleeve.
"Alright. Let's go. We'll go up to Brooklyn tomorrow. I got to get back, but you all can come along and we'll go swimming."
I know a look of horror appeared on my face. Bumlets leaned over and whispered in my ear, "I got to see this."
I whispered back, "Let's follow then. Out loud Bumlets announced to Spot that we were going too. "Haven't sold my quota today"
I could tell that Spot wasn't pleased. Mel elbowed me in the stomach and gave me a nasty look. Bumlets came back with more papes and handed some to me. "We'll lose them after I'm finished laughing."
We started off screaming elaborated headlines and calling for money. Spot got rid of most of his. Me and Bumlets were about even. Mel was struggling until Spot helped her. As a team they worked quite well.
Well frankly I was bored. I pulled Bumlets over to the side and suggested that we find something better to do. He agreed and we disappeared down a side street. Spot and Mel didn't notice.
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After a lovely afternoon with Bumlets I found myself walking home to whatever its called. I was meeting the rest of the gals because the guys were off being guys at Medda's. This included celebrating Jack's new short-lived singlehood and where they were about to find out about Amanda.
We decided that now would be a good time to practice Big Spender, but first I needed to find out what had happened between Spot and Mel. I hollered greetings up the stairs. I was the last to arrive. Mel was telling the story of her afternoon, "well Spot suggested we head down to Central Park since some type of festival was going on down there. So I said, 'ok' because I've been wanting to go down there anyway. We get there and there were already people celebrating the fourth of July! So we walked around looking at everything, and that's when I saw it. The Funnel Cake Stand. You can't go to a fair without one. We had been resting on a bench when I saw it and decided I wanted one. I asked Spot if he wouldn't mind sharing one, he said that he didn't. I got up and got in line for one. When I had received it and started heading back, there was a girl sitting on Spot's lap. She had long wavy black hair, a clear olive complexion, and bright blue eyes. Course I didn't see that until later because she was busy sucking face with Spot. When they finished, I handed Spot the rest of the funnel cake saying he could have the rest because I didn't feel so good. He just smiled and offered some to that thing on his lap, which only made me feel worse. When they finished wiping powered sugar off of each other's faces, Spot decided to introduce us. I found out that her name was Sapphire, or at least that was what everyone called her because of her eyes. She seemed too fake and just so ewwy, it was harsh, and yet Spot seemed mesmerized. By now I had figured out why Spot had wanted to come here in the first place. So in the disgusted state that I was, I left the two and wandered around for a bit and ended up finding Blink and Racetrack on their way to Medda's. I joined them and they brought me back here before returning to Medda's. I had more fun walking with them than I had this entire day. As far as I know, Spot didn't even notice that I had left. And well, anyway, enough of my babbling of something I can't do anything about. We need to get started on Big Spender."
Mel hopped down from the bed and was just about to put the CD in the player when Amanda shouted out, "Wait a second! Its not supposed to happen like this, and even though it has, you're ok with it?!"
"Well what am I going to do about it?!" Mel answered, " no I'm not ok with it! But there's nothing I can do! He's got to do it on his own free will, because he wants to! And if he doesn't want to, then nobody's going to make him choose otherwise. Now we really need to get this started because I really want to do this, alright?"
"Maybe it was a jealousy thing, " I said landing upon the bed next to Amanda.
"It worked didn't it?" said Amanda agreeing with me.
"He's always been like that, " said Sniffles, "guys are so afraid of commitment. And if it means, actually means something to them, well off they go in the other direction. Sapphire is just a hanger anyway. She likes the attention she gets from hanging with Newsies." Sniffles groaned. "Let's get on with the show though shall we?"
Mel explained the situation to them. We listened to the song once or twice and then Mel started showing us
what she had in mind. Lily spoke up with suggestions which were awesome, and we added them in it. The dance was starting to look like something. I was loving it, the only problem I had was some people need to learn how to
shake their hips.
Amanda protested, "I don't have any!"
So we added a little belly dancing in there as a warm-up. The whole scene was to consist of a bar that we
would be hanging on. We were pretending to be bored prostitutes. The whole song consisted of perfect
timing and switching of positions. We practiced that most of the time because that's where we needed help.
Satisfied with the progress we had made, we finished just in time to be ready for bed as the guys sauntered
in from celebrating. And we went to bed, fairly happy, but I was still pissed at Spot and the other girls
were too, I could tell. But there was enough time for that in the morning.
"What should we do now?" Mel asked.
"Well," I said, "I think they're busy."
We started back down the stairs. Outside we looked up and down the street.
Spot coughed, "I need to sell more papes."
Mel took his hint immediately. "You need to teach me how, remember?" She tugged on his sleeve.
"Alright. Let's go. We'll go up to Brooklyn tomorrow. I got to get back, but you all can come along and we'll go swimming."
I know a look of horror appeared on my face. Bumlets leaned over and whispered in my ear, "I got to see this."
I whispered back, "Let's follow then. Out loud Bumlets announced to Spot that we were going too. "Haven't sold my quota today"
I could tell that Spot wasn't pleased. Mel elbowed me in the stomach and gave me a nasty look. Bumlets came back with more papes and handed some to me. "We'll lose them after I'm finished laughing."
We started off screaming elaborated headlines and calling for money. Spot got rid of most of his. Me and Bumlets were about even. Mel was struggling until Spot helped her. As a team they worked quite well.
Well frankly I was bored. I pulled Bumlets over to the side and suggested that we find something better to do. He agreed and we disappeared down a side street. Spot and Mel didn't notice.
*****************************************************************************************************************
After a lovely afternoon with Bumlets I found myself walking home to whatever its called. I was meeting the rest of the gals because the guys were off being guys at Medda's. This included celebrating Jack's new short-lived singlehood and where they were about to find out about Amanda.
We decided that now would be a good time to practice Big Spender, but first I needed to find out what had happened between Spot and Mel. I hollered greetings up the stairs. I was the last to arrive. Mel was telling the story of her afternoon, "well Spot suggested we head down to Central Park since some type of festival was going on down there. So I said, 'ok' because I've been wanting to go down there anyway. We get there and there were already people celebrating the fourth of July! So we walked around looking at everything, and that's when I saw it. The Funnel Cake Stand. You can't go to a fair without one. We had been resting on a bench when I saw it and decided I wanted one. I asked Spot if he wouldn't mind sharing one, he said that he didn't. I got up and got in line for one. When I had received it and started heading back, there was a girl sitting on Spot's lap. She had long wavy black hair, a clear olive complexion, and bright blue eyes. Course I didn't see that until later because she was busy sucking face with Spot. When they finished, I handed Spot the rest of the funnel cake saying he could have the rest because I didn't feel so good. He just smiled and offered some to that thing on his lap, which only made me feel worse. When they finished wiping powered sugar off of each other's faces, Spot decided to introduce us. I found out that her name was Sapphire, or at least that was what everyone called her because of her eyes. She seemed too fake and just so ewwy, it was harsh, and yet Spot seemed mesmerized. By now I had figured out why Spot had wanted to come here in the first place. So in the disgusted state that I was, I left the two and wandered around for a bit and ended up finding Blink and Racetrack on their way to Medda's. I joined them and they brought me back here before returning to Medda's. I had more fun walking with them than I had this entire day. As far as I know, Spot didn't even notice that I had left. And well, anyway, enough of my babbling of something I can't do anything about. We need to get started on Big Spender."
Mel hopped down from the bed and was just about to put the CD in the player when Amanda shouted out, "Wait a second! Its not supposed to happen like this, and even though it has, you're ok with it?!"
"Well what am I going to do about it?!" Mel answered, " no I'm not ok with it! But there's nothing I can do! He's got to do it on his own free will, because he wants to! And if he doesn't want to, then nobody's going to make him choose otherwise. Now we really need to get this started because I really want to do this, alright?"
"Maybe it was a jealousy thing, " I said landing upon the bed next to Amanda.
"It worked didn't it?" said Amanda agreeing with me.
"He's always been like that, " said Sniffles, "guys are so afraid of commitment. And if it means, actually means something to them, well off they go in the other direction. Sapphire is just a hanger anyway. She likes the attention she gets from hanging with Newsies." Sniffles groaned. "Let's get on with the show though shall we?"
Mel explained the situation to them. We listened to the song once or twice and then Mel started showing us
what she had in mind. Lily spoke up with suggestions which were awesome, and we added them in it. The dance was starting to look like something. I was loving it, the only problem I had was some people need to learn how to
shake their hips.
Amanda protested, "I don't have any!"
So we added a little belly dancing in there as a warm-up. The whole scene was to consist of a bar that we
would be hanging on. We were pretending to be bored prostitutes. The whole song consisted of perfect
timing and switching of positions. We practiced that most of the time because that's where we needed help.
Satisfied with the progress we had made, we finished just in time to be ready for bed as the guys sauntered
in from celebrating. And we went to bed, fairly happy, but I was still pissed at Spot and the other girls
were too, I could tell. But there was enough time for that in the morning.