[WOOOHOOOOO!!!!! FINISHED FINALLY!] When Katarina Strutley lives with the Manhattan newsies, there is struggling to adapt. But after she meets the Brooklyn leader, Spot, she realizes there'll be a few different things changing in her
"Oh, Bristles, youah boithday party is gonna be da best evah!
Weah gonna have everything you can think of. Dere's gonna be…"
Hope's voice sounded distant to Bristles. It had been a few
weeks…why hadn't Spot come to visit? Of course, that's right…she and him were
still having a problem. Why couldn't she just remember that? Bristles could
never remember that Spot was supposedly the 'bad person' in her life. He had
ruined it. Everyone said what she had done was right, leaving him, but if it
really was, why didn't she feel good as if she had a weight lifted from her
shoulders? Instead of happiness and freedom, all that Bristles felt was
depression, guilt, and sadness. She felt that Spot was purposefully making her
suffer, shutting himself out of her life. She probably would have felt better
even if he insulted her. As long as she could hear his voice, as long as she
could see him. Maybe then she would have enough courage to apologize. Her only
chance was if he showed up at the birthday party. He had to…
Suddenly, Bristles was overcome with pain. She groaned, both
in pain and frustration. These pains had been intruding into her for the past
few weeks, ever since she had left Spot. She insisted that it was nothing but
some stomachaches, caused by pressure. But it wasn't true. In fact, Bristles
wasn't even sure if she could have a stomachache from pressure, but the other
newsies seemed to believe it. She didn't mention that along with these pains,
there had also been headaches and nausea. She had a pretty good idea of what it
was, but she dared not to mention it to anyone, especially to Spot.
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