"Have you figured out where you wanna go yet?" asked Quirky impatiently.
The boy just looked at her and smiled. She chose to ignore that and continued to talk.
"I seriously hate skirts" she said tugging on her own skirt. She looked down and saw something shiny.
"oooh! A nickel!" she exclaimed picking up the form of currency "must be a newsies lucky day. Are you gonna be a newsie? Jake is a newsie. Jake says I look very sexy in skirts but I hate them."
The boy looked at her blankly. He was obviously confused. "Who's Jake?"
"My boyfriend" stated Quirky matter-of-factly.
"Let's not talk about him, let's talk about you and me."
"Oh ok, so where do you want me to take you?" asked Quirky, not really catching his drift.
"How 'bout you place?" he asked grinning.
"The 2nd newgirls lodging house? ok, follow me." she replied still not quite getting it.
STRESS
"...And over here is the newsboys lodging house, this is where you'll stay if you're planning on becoming a newsie."
"Are you a newsie?" asked the boy she'd been showing around.
"Yes I am"
"Ok, then that's what i'm gonna be" he leaned in to kiss her
Stress dodged the boy "Hey, listen, you're cute and nice and all, but I got a boyfriend."
"He don't even gotta know about it" the boy replied grabbing her forcefully.
Stress punched him in the face, causing his lip to bleed.
"You little bitch" he spat, throwing her up against the wall.
Stress struggled to break free, but couldn't, she swallowed her pride and called out,
"Jack!! Help!"
Just like the hero he is, Jack ran outside and rescued Stress, soaking the boy in the process. Stress went to hug him but he wouldn't hug her back.
"What were you doin wit him?" he asked trying to mask how upset he was.
"Jack, calm down, he's new, I was just showin him around, that's all."
"Yea? well why didn't ya take da oddah goils witcha?" he asked, his voice almost in a yell.
"They were showin guys around too, there was a group of em, we-"
Stress was cut off by Tinker who came from one direction and Quipster who came from another.
"Jack don't yell at her! This is all my fault!" said Tinker quickly.
By that time all the boys had assembled outside.
"Tinker what happened?" Kid Blink asked a very visibly shaken Tinker.
"Oh Blink, I didn't mean to! Well, I didn't do it, but I almost did! And i'm so sorry!" she said on the verge of tears.
"Wait, what did you do?" Blink asked, not sure that he wanted to hear the answer.
"I was out with Dagger and"
Kid Blink cut her off "Wait, you was out with another guy?!" he exploded.
"Calm down!" yelled quipster, coming to her friends defense "we was all out wit dem!"
"You too Quip?" Mush asked, hurt.
"Yea, but nuttin happened, He tried, but I said no"
"Oh, ok" replied Mush contently.
"I still can't believe you'se goils would do this!" Jack commented. "Where's Tunes and Quirky?"
As if on cue, Tunes came running down the street sobbing. Skittery jumped down from the stoop of the house and went over to her.
"What happened?" he asked, concerned.
Tunes wiped her eyes and sniffled "he-he.."
"What, just tell me, i'll go soak him!" said Skittery, showing his courageous side.
"He ripped my skirt!" She blurted out and began sobbing again,
Skittery let go of her. "He ripped your skirt? That's it?"
"Well yeah" Tunes sniffled "I mean, he hit on me but I took care of it."
Skittery got angry "So what?! You still went out with some random guy!"
"I didn't really go out with him!" Tunes explained.
"Whatever!" Skittery shouted.
"Hey, I violently assaulted a cute guy for you and this is what I get?!" she shouted back.
"Oh, so now you're telling me he's cute? Ya know what? Forget you!"
"No, forget you!" Tunes yelled back
"Forget YOU!"
"FINE!" she screamed in anguish.
"FINE!" he yelled and stormed into the lodging house.
Quirky came walking up with the boy she was showing around.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" he asked
Quirky looked around confusedly "Oh, stupid me, I brought you to the boys lodging house."
Jake walked over to the boy "What do you think you're doin with my girlfriend pal?"
The boy took one look at Jake and ran.
"Thanks Jake." smiled Quirky sweetly.
"I don't wanna talk to you right now" he said as he walked back inside.
Kid Blink followed him, as did Jack.
"You aren't mad at me, are you Mush?" Quipster asked, running her fingers across his chest.
"Nah. Hey you wanna come in and-" Mush was cut off by a slap to the back of the head, compliments of Jack. "I mean, yes." he said winking at Quipster and following Jack inside.
The boy just looked at her and smiled. She chose to ignore that and continued to talk.
"I seriously hate skirts" she said tugging on her own skirt. She looked down and saw something shiny.
"oooh! A nickel!" she exclaimed picking up the form of currency "must be a newsies lucky day. Are you gonna be a newsie? Jake is a newsie. Jake says I look very sexy in skirts but I hate them."
The boy looked at her blankly. He was obviously confused. "Who's Jake?"
"My boyfriend" stated Quirky matter-of-factly.
"Let's not talk about him, let's talk about you and me."
"Oh ok, so where do you want me to take you?" asked Quirky, not really catching his drift.
"How 'bout you place?" he asked grinning.
"The 2nd newgirls lodging house? ok, follow me." she replied still not quite getting it.
STRESS
"...And over here is the newsboys lodging house, this is where you'll stay if you're planning on becoming a newsie."
"Are you a newsie?" asked the boy she'd been showing around.
"Yes I am"
"Ok, then that's what i'm gonna be" he leaned in to kiss her
Stress dodged the boy "Hey, listen, you're cute and nice and all, but I got a boyfriend."
"He don't even gotta know about it" the boy replied grabbing her forcefully.
Stress punched him in the face, causing his lip to bleed.
"You little bitch" he spat, throwing her up against the wall.
Stress struggled to break free, but couldn't, she swallowed her pride and called out,
"Jack!! Help!"
Just like the hero he is, Jack ran outside and rescued Stress, soaking the boy in the process. Stress went to hug him but he wouldn't hug her back.
"What were you doin wit him?" he asked trying to mask how upset he was.
"Jack, calm down, he's new, I was just showin him around, that's all."
"Yea? well why didn't ya take da oddah goils witcha?" he asked, his voice almost in a yell.
"They were showin guys around too, there was a group of em, we-"
Stress was cut off by Tinker who came from one direction and Quipster who came from another.
"Jack don't yell at her! This is all my fault!" said Tinker quickly.
By that time all the boys had assembled outside.
"Tinker what happened?" Kid Blink asked a very visibly shaken Tinker.
"Oh Blink, I didn't mean to! Well, I didn't do it, but I almost did! And i'm so sorry!" she said on the verge of tears.
"Wait, what did you do?" Blink asked, not sure that he wanted to hear the answer.
"I was out with Dagger and"
Kid Blink cut her off "Wait, you was out with another guy?!" he exploded.
"Calm down!" yelled quipster, coming to her friends defense "we was all out wit dem!"
"You too Quip?" Mush asked, hurt.
"Yea, but nuttin happened, He tried, but I said no"
"Oh, ok" replied Mush contently.
"I still can't believe you'se goils would do this!" Jack commented. "Where's Tunes and Quirky?"
As if on cue, Tunes came running down the street sobbing. Skittery jumped down from the stoop of the house and went over to her.
"What happened?" he asked, concerned.
Tunes wiped her eyes and sniffled "he-he.."
"What, just tell me, i'll go soak him!" said Skittery, showing his courageous side.
"He ripped my skirt!" She blurted out and began sobbing again,
Skittery let go of her. "He ripped your skirt? That's it?"
"Well yeah" Tunes sniffled "I mean, he hit on me but I took care of it."
Skittery got angry "So what?! You still went out with some random guy!"
"I didn't really go out with him!" Tunes explained.
"Whatever!" Skittery shouted.
"Hey, I violently assaulted a cute guy for you and this is what I get?!" she shouted back.
"Oh, so now you're telling me he's cute? Ya know what? Forget you!"
"No, forget you!" Tunes yelled back
"Forget YOU!"
"FINE!" she screamed in anguish.
"FINE!" he yelled and stormed into the lodging house.
Quirky came walking up with the boy she was showing around.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" he asked
Quirky looked around confusedly "Oh, stupid me, I brought you to the boys lodging house."
Jake walked over to the boy "What do you think you're doin with my girlfriend pal?"
The boy took one look at Jake and ran.
"Thanks Jake." smiled Quirky sweetly.
"I don't wanna talk to you right now" he said as he walked back inside.
Kid Blink followed him, as did Jack.
"You aren't mad at me, are you Mush?" Quipster asked, running her fingers across his chest.
"Nah. Hey you wanna come in and-" Mush was cut off by a slap to the back of the head, compliments of Jack. "I mean, yes." he said winking at Quipster and following Jack inside.
