Chapter
19
The two were kissing so passionately that they didn't notice anybody come in until they heard the hoots and hollers. There, standing around the doorway, were the newsies, all of which were wearing unmistakable grins on their faces. Fortunately, nobody noticed that mine was false. Racetrack and Hope pulled away from each other and started blushing furiously. Seeing that the show had ended, Jack suggested for a game of poker, which Racetrack quickly agreed to and, with the taunts of Blink and Mush, went down the stairs hand in hand with Hope. By then the only person left in the bunkroom was me. I sat down thinking about Race and Hope. They seemed very happy together…was that the way that Spot and I would have turned to be? Had I thought wrongly of him? I couldn't bear to think of him being confused and sad. Slowly, tears started to fall down my face again, and with no one else around, I let out all the pain and sadness that I had in me.
