Chapter 13- A New Beginning?
Slick woke to a curious feminine face staring at her. "You ok?"
Her head spun, it hurt something serious too. "I'm not sure. Where am I?" Dark eyes looked worriedly at into Slick's own, "Uhm...yer in New York, on da edge Queen's if ya wanna be more specific."
Slick sighed, and sat up, quickly regretting the decision, as her head yelled out in pain, and escaping out her mouth.
"What 'appened to ya?"
"Long story." Slick said quietly.
The girl smiled, "I undastand. Me name's Katz by the way, what's yers?"
Slick smiled back weakly, "Slick."
Katz laughed, "You onea those Newsies?"
Slick's face dropped its smile, "I was. Not any more though." Katz sat down beside Slick
"So, if ya ain't a newsie no more, what ya plannin' on doin'?"
"I dunno." Slick dropped her head to her hands, all she had known last night was that she needed to get away from Blink, Spot, Jack and all the others she loved so much. But now, she had no idea what to do.
"Ya could woik with me, I mean it ain't the most glamorous job in the Woild, but it makes good money an' ya meet lotsa guys." Katz offered. Using her offhanded humor to get a smile back on the girl's face at her last comment.
"An' what would that be?"
"I's a waitress an' bartentah at a bar jus' inside Brooklyn."
Slick hesitated, Brooklyn, that meant Spot Conlon, but she needed a new job, and she could easily hide from Spot if the occasion called for it, "Uhm....ok, I guess anyway."
Katz grinned and jumped to her feet, "Great! I could take ya ta there right now, common!" Slick was a little taken aback at the girl's enthusiasm, but she grinned in spite of herself, and grabbed the hand held out to help her up. "Ya know, nothin' against the newsies or nothin' but ya can't exactly go by Slick, especially since all the girls woikin' there know the newsies from both Manhattan an' Brooklyn, they'd be all ova ya with questions if the found out ya knew 'em. So ya got any otha name ya could go by, a real name or somthin?"
"Sierra." Slick said after a moment, Sierra was her real name, known only by a fortunate few.
"Sierra it is." Katz said grinning.
Slick smiled, following Katz cautiously back onto the fringes of Brooklyn. This definitely seemed like a new beginning.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: All right, I've finally decided, this is the end of "JUST A CHANGE OF SCENE." But don' worry, a sequel is going to follow, it will probably be called, "A NEW BEGINNING?" jus' like the name of this chapter. Thank you ALL so much for reviewing this story it really means a lot to me!!!!!
§ SHOUT OUTS §
KtStar, Raider, Rumor, Chachi, Splash, Irish Fury, an' Emu-THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING THIS THING OUT 'TIL THE END!!!
Slick woke to a curious feminine face staring at her. "You ok?"
Her head spun, it hurt something serious too. "I'm not sure. Where am I?" Dark eyes looked worriedly at into Slick's own, "Uhm...yer in New York, on da edge Queen's if ya wanna be more specific."
Slick sighed, and sat up, quickly regretting the decision, as her head yelled out in pain, and escaping out her mouth.
"What 'appened to ya?"
"Long story." Slick said quietly.
The girl smiled, "I undastand. Me name's Katz by the way, what's yers?"
Slick smiled back weakly, "Slick."
Katz laughed, "You onea those Newsies?"
Slick's face dropped its smile, "I was. Not any more though." Katz sat down beside Slick
"So, if ya ain't a newsie no more, what ya plannin' on doin'?"
"I dunno." Slick dropped her head to her hands, all she had known last night was that she needed to get away from Blink, Spot, Jack and all the others she loved so much. But now, she had no idea what to do.
"Ya could woik with me, I mean it ain't the most glamorous job in the Woild, but it makes good money an' ya meet lotsa guys." Katz offered. Using her offhanded humor to get a smile back on the girl's face at her last comment.
"An' what would that be?"
"I's a waitress an' bartentah at a bar jus' inside Brooklyn."
Slick hesitated, Brooklyn, that meant Spot Conlon, but she needed a new job, and she could easily hide from Spot if the occasion called for it, "Uhm....ok, I guess anyway."
Katz grinned and jumped to her feet, "Great! I could take ya ta there right now, common!" Slick was a little taken aback at the girl's enthusiasm, but she grinned in spite of herself, and grabbed the hand held out to help her up. "Ya know, nothin' against the newsies or nothin' but ya can't exactly go by Slick, especially since all the girls woikin' there know the newsies from both Manhattan an' Brooklyn, they'd be all ova ya with questions if the found out ya knew 'em. So ya got any otha name ya could go by, a real name or somthin?"
"Sierra." Slick said after a moment, Sierra was her real name, known only by a fortunate few.
"Sierra it is." Katz said grinning.
Slick smiled, following Katz cautiously back onto the fringes of Brooklyn. This definitely seemed like a new beginning.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: All right, I've finally decided, this is the end of "JUST A CHANGE OF SCENE." But don' worry, a sequel is going to follow, it will probably be called, "A NEW BEGINNING?" jus' like the name of this chapter. Thank you ALL so much for reviewing this story it really means a lot to me!!!!!
§ SHOUT OUTS §
KtStar, Raider, Rumor, Chachi, Splash, Irish Fury, an' Emu-THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING THIS THING OUT 'TIL THE END!!!