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3Moon*Star
Mush and Bay pulled apart after a few minutes when they realized that the rain had stopped.
"C'mon, my Astra, it's getting' late. We'se gotta head back ta da Lodgin' House," Mush said smiling, extending his hand to Bay to help her up. She grabbed it gratefully and the two walked the couple of blocks back, both with smiles on their faces and both thinking about how the kiss affected their friendship.
'I hope she don' hate me now,' Mush thought, 'I'se gonna hafta talk ta her 'bout it lata'.'
'Oh, no. I hope this doesn't affect our friendship. I don't know *what* I'd do without Jeremy. I'll have to talk to him later,' Bay thought.
They got to the Lodging House just in time for dinner.
"My Lord, is that you, Bay?" Mr. Kloppman asked as they signed into the log book.
She nodded and smiled.
"Look at how grown up you'se are! Spin around, lemme get a good look atcha," he smiled, and Bay and Mush smiled, too, because Kloppman's grin was so contagious. When he smiled, his whole face was; his eyes twinkled and his facegot all scrunched up.
"So what happened ta you two?" he questioned. Mush and Bay looked at each other; they were both covered in mud.
"Well, uh, you see, it's quite funny actually, we got caught in the rain, and we slipped while running for cover," she laughed nervously, and Mush nodded his head in agreement.
"Uh huh," Kloppman smiled, not believing a word of it. "Well you're just in time for dinner, but you're not sitting on the furniture like that. Go upstairs and get changed. Mush, lend her some of your clothes.
They nodded and headed upstairs.
"He didn't believe our story," Bay laughed.
"Did he *ever* believe our stories?" Mush asked, opening the drawer next to his bunk and pulling out some clothes.
"True, very true." She grabbed the clothes that Mush laid out for her. "Turn around."
"Why?" he asked stupidly.
"So I can change."
"Fine," he sighed, "but you'se toin 'round, too, so'se I can get changed, too."
Mush looked at Bay when they were done changing. She was wearing his brown cutoffs, suspenders, and his green shirt (A/N the one that he was wearing during "The World Will Know" reprise) over his white wifebeater tanktop. He had to admit that she looked very sexy wearing his clothes.
He cleared his throat. "Erm.we'se betta' head down now, othawise da guys, dey might be upset at us fo' makin' 'em wait fo' dinna."
"It's 'bout time," the newsies grumbled as they walked into the dining room. Mush led Bay to two empty chairs with his hand on the small of her back.
The group had just began to eat their soup and bread when the door slammed open and Jack came in.
"Sorry I'se late, Kloppman, I'se was--" he stopped abruptly noticing that Bay was there. "You'se know what? I'se not even hungry." With that, he stormed upstairs into the bunkroom.
"Erm.I'll be right back," Bay whispered quietly to Mush.
"If ya need any help, an' I mean any, you'se yell fo' me. Ya' hear me?" he whispered back. She nodded and walked up into the bunkroom.
Jack spun around quickly when he heard someone walk in.
"What do you'se want?" he said angrily.
"Look, Jack, we gotta talk."
"What's dere ta talk 'bout?"
"Everything," she sighed, sitting on a bunk. He took a place on the bunk across from her.
"Why'd ya leave me, Bay? Why?" he asked quietly but harshly, his eyes full of pain.
"You know I didn't want to leave Jack. My father made me go."
"Then how come, when I'se saw you'se in da street, you'se wouldn't even talk ta me?"
"Because I was afraid of getting caught! Jack, my father is a very powerful man, in every way you could imagine. If I did something wrong I would get a whip across the back, so no one could see the scars on me. I couldn't defy him, Jack. I was terrified."
"An' whadda 'bout now? All o' a sudden you'se come back. Whadda 'bout you'se fadda'?"
"I'm not afraid anymore, Jack. Not with the new-my friends, to protect me."
"You'se said ya loved me. I loved ya, Bay! I loved ya more den life itself! You'se were my one reason fo' livin'. I could barely survive wit'out you'se, Bay. You'se were me goil! You'se was da foist an' on'y goil I eva made love to. You told me ya loved me!"
"And I meant it!"
"Then why didja go an' kiss Mush taday?" he asked bitterly.
"You were *spying* on me?"
"No, but I'se saw you'se two kissin' in Central Park. You'se lied ta me! You'se neva' loved me!" he said, a tear slipping down his cheek. He brushed it away angrily.
"But I did, Jack. You don't realize how much!" she cried, tears streaming down her face.
"Do ya still love me den?" he asked.
"Yes," she whispered, barely audible. "I always have."
He grinned. "Me, too. Aw, Baby, I love ya so much. Will you'se be me goil?"
"Yes."
&*^a little while before^*&
Mush heard yelling. He jumped up out of his chair and rushed up the stairs just in time to hear his Bay become Jack's girl.
Mads and Alex: Thanks for reviewing..5 times! LOL. You guys are awesomeness on a cracker.
Firecat: Thankies! You're so sweet!
SweetSixteen: Thank you! You will find out about Jack's issues and Mush's and Bay's past within the next few chapters.it'll allllllll be explained lol.
Anywho, on with the story!
3Moon*Star
Mush and Bay pulled apart after a few minutes when they realized that the rain had stopped.
"C'mon, my Astra, it's getting' late. We'se gotta head back ta da Lodgin' House," Mush said smiling, extending his hand to Bay to help her up. She grabbed it gratefully and the two walked the couple of blocks back, both with smiles on their faces and both thinking about how the kiss affected their friendship.
'I hope she don' hate me now,' Mush thought, 'I'se gonna hafta talk ta her 'bout it lata'.'
'Oh, no. I hope this doesn't affect our friendship. I don't know *what* I'd do without Jeremy. I'll have to talk to him later,' Bay thought.
They got to the Lodging House just in time for dinner.
"My Lord, is that you, Bay?" Mr. Kloppman asked as they signed into the log book.
She nodded and smiled.
"Look at how grown up you'se are! Spin around, lemme get a good look atcha," he smiled, and Bay and Mush smiled, too, because Kloppman's grin was so contagious. When he smiled, his whole face was; his eyes twinkled and his facegot all scrunched up.
"So what happened ta you two?" he questioned. Mush and Bay looked at each other; they were both covered in mud.
"Well, uh, you see, it's quite funny actually, we got caught in the rain, and we slipped while running for cover," she laughed nervously, and Mush nodded his head in agreement.
"Uh huh," Kloppman smiled, not believing a word of it. "Well you're just in time for dinner, but you're not sitting on the furniture like that. Go upstairs and get changed. Mush, lend her some of your clothes.
They nodded and headed upstairs.
"He didn't believe our story," Bay laughed.
"Did he *ever* believe our stories?" Mush asked, opening the drawer next to his bunk and pulling out some clothes.
"True, very true." She grabbed the clothes that Mush laid out for her. "Turn around."
"Why?" he asked stupidly.
"So I can change."
"Fine," he sighed, "but you'se toin 'round, too, so'se I can get changed, too."
Mush looked at Bay when they were done changing. She was wearing his brown cutoffs, suspenders, and his green shirt (A/N the one that he was wearing during "The World Will Know" reprise) over his white wifebeater tanktop. He had to admit that she looked very sexy wearing his clothes.
He cleared his throat. "Erm.we'se betta' head down now, othawise da guys, dey might be upset at us fo' makin' 'em wait fo' dinna."
"It's 'bout time," the newsies grumbled as they walked into the dining room. Mush led Bay to two empty chairs with his hand on the small of her back.
The group had just began to eat their soup and bread when the door slammed open and Jack came in.
"Sorry I'se late, Kloppman, I'se was--" he stopped abruptly noticing that Bay was there. "You'se know what? I'se not even hungry." With that, he stormed upstairs into the bunkroom.
"Erm.I'll be right back," Bay whispered quietly to Mush.
"If ya need any help, an' I mean any, you'se yell fo' me. Ya' hear me?" he whispered back. She nodded and walked up into the bunkroom.
Jack spun around quickly when he heard someone walk in.
"What do you'se want?" he said angrily.
"Look, Jack, we gotta talk."
"What's dere ta talk 'bout?"
"Everything," she sighed, sitting on a bunk. He took a place on the bunk across from her.
"Why'd ya leave me, Bay? Why?" he asked quietly but harshly, his eyes full of pain.
"You know I didn't want to leave Jack. My father made me go."
"Then how come, when I'se saw you'se in da street, you'se wouldn't even talk ta me?"
"Because I was afraid of getting caught! Jack, my father is a very powerful man, in every way you could imagine. If I did something wrong I would get a whip across the back, so no one could see the scars on me. I couldn't defy him, Jack. I was terrified."
"An' whadda 'bout now? All o' a sudden you'se come back. Whadda 'bout you'se fadda'?"
"I'm not afraid anymore, Jack. Not with the new-my friends, to protect me."
"You'se said ya loved me. I loved ya, Bay! I loved ya more den life itself! You'se were my one reason fo' livin'. I could barely survive wit'out you'se, Bay. You'se were me goil! You'se was da foist an' on'y goil I eva made love to. You told me ya loved me!"
"And I meant it!"
"Then why didja go an' kiss Mush taday?" he asked bitterly.
"You were *spying* on me?"
"No, but I'se saw you'se two kissin' in Central Park. You'se lied ta me! You'se neva' loved me!" he said, a tear slipping down his cheek. He brushed it away angrily.
"But I did, Jack. You don't realize how much!" she cried, tears streaming down her face.
"Do ya still love me den?" he asked.
"Yes," she whispered, barely audible. "I always have."
He grinned. "Me, too. Aw, Baby, I love ya so much. Will you'se be me goil?"
"Yes."
&*^a little while before^*&
Mush heard yelling. He jumped up out of his chair and rushed up the stairs just in time to hear his Bay become Jack's girl.