"Just To Love"
By: Laney Sanchez
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Note: I do not own any of the newsies characters except for Reina. I really dunno WHY I'm taking on one more story, but I love Newsies and especially Spot [Who doesn't? ^_~]. This is of course a romance fic but I really hope to delve into the story before getting into the lovey dovey stuff.
Enjoy.
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Chapter One ~ A Window to a Darker World
The rain poured down like cold mini daggers. Each drop that hit Reina Townshend's skin made her shiver all the more.
She kept to the corner. She didn't want to acknowledge that her once beautiful clothes were now filthy rags. She didn't want to acknowledge that she was hungry and homeless.
She didn't want to acknowledge that she was alone.
For about two weeks, the deep wound of pain roared like an angry fire within her heart.
"There one minute and gone the next..."
Her mind repeated that phrase like a song that would not leave her mind. Reina pulled her legs to her chest and bit her lip. Thinking of what had happened brought new, fresh tears to her hazel green eyes.
"No...stop it..." she chided herself. She had cried enough. She had to be strong now or she knew she would surely perish on her own.
Though that thought of death felt like sheer heaven compared to what she had been through. She now had nothing and worse, no clue how to pick up the shattered pieces of her life.
Reina moaned as another cold drop of water fell through the roof and stabbed her once more with a shiver.
She allowed herself to fall onto her side and curl into a small ball. Yes...she had to save herself. It was a sin to just throw away life...
But for now all she could bare was to lock the world out.
Reina's cheek rested against the soaked and damp wooden boards of the old tenement. Her eyes stared dully and lifelessly towards the door, leading to the gray, rainy outside world.
It wasn't long until after that, that Reina slipped into darkness.
Which was perfectly fine for her...
*~*
The young men scuffled into the old shabby house. They were reasonably young. About eighteen or so. One approached the small bundle of clothing and stared at it. A look of pity and disgust crossed his face.
He rubbed his nose for a moment and nodded to the others. "C'mon now. We don't have all day."
The others nodded and advanced closer.
By: Laney Sanchez
==============
Note: I do not own any of the newsies characters except for Reina. I really dunno WHY I'm taking on one more story, but I love Newsies and especially Spot [Who doesn't? ^_~]. This is of course a romance fic but I really hope to delve into the story before getting into the lovey dovey stuff.
Enjoy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter One ~ A Window to a Darker World
The rain poured down like cold mini daggers. Each drop that hit Reina Townshend's skin made her shiver all the more.
She kept to the corner. She didn't want to acknowledge that her once beautiful clothes were now filthy rags. She didn't want to acknowledge that she was hungry and homeless.
She didn't want to acknowledge that she was alone.
For about two weeks, the deep wound of pain roared like an angry fire within her heart.
"There one minute and gone the next..."
Her mind repeated that phrase like a song that would not leave her mind. Reina pulled her legs to her chest and bit her lip. Thinking of what had happened brought new, fresh tears to her hazel green eyes.
"No...stop it..." she chided herself. She had cried enough. She had to be strong now or she knew she would surely perish on her own.
Though that thought of death felt like sheer heaven compared to what she had been through. She now had nothing and worse, no clue how to pick up the shattered pieces of her life.
Reina moaned as another cold drop of water fell through the roof and stabbed her once more with a shiver.
She allowed herself to fall onto her side and curl into a small ball. Yes...she had to save herself. It was a sin to just throw away life...
But for now all she could bare was to lock the world out.
Reina's cheek rested against the soaked and damp wooden boards of the old tenement. Her eyes stared dully and lifelessly towards the door, leading to the gray, rainy outside world.
It wasn't long until after that, that Reina slipped into darkness.
Which was perfectly fine for her...
*~*
The young men scuffled into the old shabby house. They were reasonably young. About eighteen or so. One approached the small bundle of clothing and stared at it. A look of pity and disgust crossed his face.
He rubbed his nose for a moment and nodded to the others. "C'mon now. We don't have all day."
The others nodded and advanced closer.