Chapter 13
A few weeks had passed since the Brooklyn poker game and Smarts and Dodger had settled into their new home. They were happy as newsies. Though the work was harder, they had gotten to meet all kinds of people and they had fun with their new friends. They settled into a routine.
That afternoon Jack and Dodger headed back to Tibby's to meet the rest of the newsies. They sat at their regular table and were soon joined by the rest of the newsies.
"So, Smarts, Dodger, I guess you two have decided to stick around, huh?" Race asked the pair.
"Yep," Dodger told him with a grin. "We like being newsies."
"Good."
Dodger noticed that not all the newsies seemed as pleased by the fact that they were staying. Snipeshooter glared at her and Smarts and stormed out the door. Silently she got up and followed him out of the building. She caught up with him at the mouth of an alleyway.
"Hey, Snipes," she called out. He turned.
"What do you want?" he asked sullenly.
"I just wanted to apologize for stealing your money the first day we met," she told him.
"You already apologized," he told her.
"I know, but since you haven't forgiven me yet I thought I'd do it all over again," she said with a smile. "Why do you hate me and Smarts, anyway?"
"I don't hate you," he muttered looking down at the ground.
"Then why are you so mean to us?" she asked.
Snipes just shrugged. "I don't know."
"Well then why don't we call a truce," she told him. She spit in her palm and held it out to him. Snipes looked at her hand then back at her until finally he spit in his own hand and shook hers. "Okay then, now lets go back to Tibby's."
She turned and started to walk back towards the restaurant but stopped when she realized that Snipes still held on to her hand.
"Hey, Snipes, um are you gonna let go of my hand?" she asked.
"Uh, sure, sorry," Snipes said with a blush. They walked side-by-side down the street towards Tibby's.
THE END
Author's Note: Yes this is the end of this fic, but I do plan to do sequel(s) and the next one will explain the girls that Dodger met.
A few weeks had passed since the Brooklyn poker game and Smarts and Dodger had settled into their new home. They were happy as newsies. Though the work was harder, they had gotten to meet all kinds of people and they had fun with their new friends. They settled into a routine.
That afternoon Jack and Dodger headed back to Tibby's to meet the rest of the newsies. They sat at their regular table and were soon joined by the rest of the newsies.
"So, Smarts, Dodger, I guess you two have decided to stick around, huh?" Race asked the pair.
"Yep," Dodger told him with a grin. "We like being newsies."
"Good."
Dodger noticed that not all the newsies seemed as pleased by the fact that they were staying. Snipeshooter glared at her and Smarts and stormed out the door. Silently she got up and followed him out of the building. She caught up with him at the mouth of an alleyway.
"Hey, Snipes," she called out. He turned.
"What do you want?" he asked sullenly.
"I just wanted to apologize for stealing your money the first day we met," she told him.
"You already apologized," he told her.
"I know, but since you haven't forgiven me yet I thought I'd do it all over again," she said with a smile. "Why do you hate me and Smarts, anyway?"
"I don't hate you," he muttered looking down at the ground.
"Then why are you so mean to us?" she asked.
Snipes just shrugged. "I don't know."
"Well then why don't we call a truce," she told him. She spit in her palm and held it out to him. Snipes looked at her hand then back at her until finally he spit in his own hand and shook hers. "Okay then, now lets go back to Tibby's."
She turned and started to walk back towards the restaurant but stopped when she realized that Snipes still held on to her hand.
"Hey, Snipes, um are you gonna let go of my hand?" she asked.
"Uh, sure, sorry," Snipes said with a blush. They walked side-by-side down the street towards Tibby's.
THE END
Author's Note: Yes this is the end of this fic, but I do plan to do sequel(s) and the next one will explain the girls that Dodger met.