DISCALIMER: Yada, yada, yada. Newsies belong to Disney. Phoenix, Salsa, and
Clue belong to me, though! Muah ha! Oh, and so does Crow! And Doctor
Reynald too! And Blackjack too! And Runner! And Bricks! And Lightning
Silver Victor!
A.N. Heya everyone! I feel so bad that my updates are once a week nowadays, but as most of you know, school is just evil like that. Worse of all, the story's almost over. :frowns: No more Spot and Phoenix, Jack and Clue, or Race and Crow. I was going to write a sequel, but I didn't want to go and ruin anything. You ever notice how most sequels totally suck? Oh well, Hahaha! I'm just rambling on now. I think I'll get on with Chapter 22.
Sugar and Spice and A Little Bit of Vice
Dear Diary, Jack proposed to me this morning!!! I feel like I'se in some kind of dream, and I never wanna wake from it! Never in me life has I ever felt so exhilarated. All day, I'se was skipping around the lodging house, tellin people the news in between giggles. No one was really surprised, though. Gosh, this is definitely the best day of me life, and I think from here on out, it's only gunna get better! ~CLuE
Clue closed her journal, smiling absentmindedly at the butterflies that fluttered about in her stomach. She knew at once that she was addicted to love, and wondered whether she would feel like this all the time. Someone entered the lodging house then, and she looked up from where she sat in the main room to see who it was. "Blink!"
Blink waved and made his way over to her. "Heya Clue, how's it crackin?"
"Blink! Jack proposed tah me this mornin!!" She jumped to her feet and hugged him tight.
"Sweety, this is the sixth time youse tell me. Excited much?"
"I'se just can't believe it," she replied in a giggle. "It's like one of those things that's too good tah be true, ya know?"
"Well, there's yer future husband now," Blink said, motioning to Jack who had just entered into the room. "I leave youse two alone." He nudged her with an elbow and gave her a sly grin before joining Mush and Snoddy at a table where they were playing poker.
Jack kept his eyes on Clue as he neared her, and wore a dashing smile that made the girl blush and turn away in embarrassment. She preoccupied herself with running two fingers through her hair to hide the redness in her cheeks. "Heya, love," he whispered into her ear as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. "Don't get all shy on me again." He kissed her neck and left his lips there, as if in thought. "Ya know, I was sellin me papes before, and it suddenly dawned on me that I was engaged to the most perfect goil in the woild. Naturally, I had tah sell twice as fast just so that I could come home tah youse quicker."
Clue turned around, a wide smile wiped across her face. "Jacky, that is the sweetest thing I'se ever hoid!" She kissed him and sighed happily. "I can't wait tah marry youse!" Jack grinned back and hugged her.
Suddenly, someone barged through the front doors of the lodging house screaming. "Oh my god! We'se rich now! We'se filthy rich!!!" It was none other than Crow, with Race behind her looking dazed. "I can't believe it! Jack, look at this! I'se holding more than a dollar in me hands!"
Jack took the money and counted it, his jaw dropping lower and lower when the amount surpassed the twenties. "Holy shit! Where'd youse get all this? Youse rob some hoity toity?"
"Of coise not!" Crow answered, looking offended. "We'se placed a bet at the tracks and won!"
Race nodded to confirm the statement. "Yea, it's the truth, cowboy. I'se actually won a bet for once." His voice was monotonous, though. He couldn't quite grasp the fact that he had supported a winning horse yet.
"Wow, I'se so happy fer youse!" Clue said. "What are youse gunna do wid all the money?"
Crow shrugged. "We have no idea! Maybe we should just save it or sumthin."
"Jack and me is gettin married," Clue exclaimed out of nowhere.
Race's expression completely changed. "WOW! Are youse serious? That's Great! When's the wedding? Damn, cowboy, I'se better be one of the groom's men! This is crazy! Congratulations!"
The four friends stood looking at each other for what seemed an eternity. Clue looking hopeful, offered a radiant smile while Jack looked as if he wanted to ask a favor. Crow arched her eyebrows in confusion while Race scratched his head, knowing what would be following.
"Alright," he said, groaning playfully. "So I'se thinkin youse want good ol' Race to give youse the best weddin ever, right?"
* * * * *
Spot was just putting his hat on when Phoenix was awakening from sleep. She shivered slightly and wrapped the bed sheet around her to keep warm as she sat up. Spot glanced up at the window to his room-the pane he had broken the night Phoenix had gone out on a date with Race still needed to be fixed. With winter coming, the nights would only get colder.
"Sleep well?" He asked from the chair upon which he sat.
Phoenix grinned. "It was an eventful night." She blew him a kiss and laughed. "So we'se up kinda early, aint we?"
"Yea. I'se figured the quicker we sell, the quicker we can just be alone and have time tah talk."
"Youse act like we'se don't talk as we sell." She went into the washroom and waited for a reply.
"I'se just wants yer full attention today." When she disappeared from sight, he pulled the ring box from the pocket of his pants and took one last glance at the ring he would present to Phoenix. He had done this once already, it wasn't anything new. But like the first time, what if it would not work out? What if somewhere down the road, Phoenix decided that she was wrong in saying she loved him? Spot leaned his head back against the wall and sighed. Why did everything have to be so hard!?
"Me full attention?" She asked, coming back into the room and sitting on Spot's lap. "Youse always gots that." She teased him with a quick kiss and then snatched the hat from his head to place it atop hers. "Youse look cuter when I'se can see your hair."
Spot smirked and rolled his eyes. "Would youse hurry up already!"
"Calm down, Conlon. Youse actin as if yer life depends on the things that happen today!"
Ironically, that was all too true, and the Brooklyn leader quieted down at those words. His life did depend on it! If Phoenix said no, he would be crushed! He would sooner throw himself into a freezing lake than hear her utter that one word. "I'se gunna wait outside," he said. He exited the room and climbed down the staircase to the main room of the lodging house, where only a few newsies were awake and ready to start a new day of work. Among them was Runner.
"Heya!"
Spot sighed and slumped against a wall. "I'se screwed, Run. I can't do it. I can't ask her."
"Why the hell not?!"
"I'se aint ready. I mean, when she woke up this morning, she looked stunning, even though she was only wearin a simple nightshirt. She wouldn't wanna marry a guy like me!" Spot ran his fingers through his hair to loosen up his nerves. Runner was the only newsie he could ever spill out his feelings too, mostly because the younger newsie was not the gossip type who would go around telling people that the infamous king of New York actually was human and did get hurt sometimes.
"I swear, sometimes I think youse were dropped as a baby! Of coise she loves you, Spot! Just as much as youse love her!"
Spot shook his head. "I know she loves me. That aint the question. I'se just wonderin whether she loves me enough tah marry me."
"I guess youse is just gunna have tah take a risk and ask."
"Yea, I'se gunna definitely ask her today."
"Ask who what?" Both boys spun around to see Phoenix standing before them, already dressed and ready to sell papers. She whore Spot's hat backwards and her eyes were narrowed as if she suspected something.
Runner smirked. "I guess I'll go now." As he walked away, he could not help but sing under his breath, "here comes the bride...."
More To Come! I know that was mad short! I'm so sorry! But I was in a rush to update and had to cut the chapter short so that you guys could read another addition. But I promise the next one will be longer! PLEASE REVIEW! Don't' slack on me, goils! I need those REVIEWS to keep on rolling in! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!! Love ya all!
A.N. Heya everyone! I feel so bad that my updates are once a week nowadays, but as most of you know, school is just evil like that. Worse of all, the story's almost over. :frowns: No more Spot and Phoenix, Jack and Clue, or Race and Crow. I was going to write a sequel, but I didn't want to go and ruin anything. You ever notice how most sequels totally suck? Oh well, Hahaha! I'm just rambling on now. I think I'll get on with Chapter 22.
Sugar and Spice and A Little Bit of Vice
Dear Diary, Jack proposed to me this morning!!! I feel like I'se in some kind of dream, and I never wanna wake from it! Never in me life has I ever felt so exhilarated. All day, I'se was skipping around the lodging house, tellin people the news in between giggles. No one was really surprised, though. Gosh, this is definitely the best day of me life, and I think from here on out, it's only gunna get better! ~CLuE
Clue closed her journal, smiling absentmindedly at the butterflies that fluttered about in her stomach. She knew at once that she was addicted to love, and wondered whether she would feel like this all the time. Someone entered the lodging house then, and she looked up from where she sat in the main room to see who it was. "Blink!"
Blink waved and made his way over to her. "Heya Clue, how's it crackin?"
"Blink! Jack proposed tah me this mornin!!" She jumped to her feet and hugged him tight.
"Sweety, this is the sixth time youse tell me. Excited much?"
"I'se just can't believe it," she replied in a giggle. "It's like one of those things that's too good tah be true, ya know?"
"Well, there's yer future husband now," Blink said, motioning to Jack who had just entered into the room. "I leave youse two alone." He nudged her with an elbow and gave her a sly grin before joining Mush and Snoddy at a table where they were playing poker.
Jack kept his eyes on Clue as he neared her, and wore a dashing smile that made the girl blush and turn away in embarrassment. She preoccupied herself with running two fingers through her hair to hide the redness in her cheeks. "Heya, love," he whispered into her ear as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. "Don't get all shy on me again." He kissed her neck and left his lips there, as if in thought. "Ya know, I was sellin me papes before, and it suddenly dawned on me that I was engaged to the most perfect goil in the woild. Naturally, I had tah sell twice as fast just so that I could come home tah youse quicker."
Clue turned around, a wide smile wiped across her face. "Jacky, that is the sweetest thing I'se ever hoid!" She kissed him and sighed happily. "I can't wait tah marry youse!" Jack grinned back and hugged her.
Suddenly, someone barged through the front doors of the lodging house screaming. "Oh my god! We'se rich now! We'se filthy rich!!!" It was none other than Crow, with Race behind her looking dazed. "I can't believe it! Jack, look at this! I'se holding more than a dollar in me hands!"
Jack took the money and counted it, his jaw dropping lower and lower when the amount surpassed the twenties. "Holy shit! Where'd youse get all this? Youse rob some hoity toity?"
"Of coise not!" Crow answered, looking offended. "We'se placed a bet at the tracks and won!"
Race nodded to confirm the statement. "Yea, it's the truth, cowboy. I'se actually won a bet for once." His voice was monotonous, though. He couldn't quite grasp the fact that he had supported a winning horse yet.
"Wow, I'se so happy fer youse!" Clue said. "What are youse gunna do wid all the money?"
Crow shrugged. "We have no idea! Maybe we should just save it or sumthin."
"Jack and me is gettin married," Clue exclaimed out of nowhere.
Race's expression completely changed. "WOW! Are youse serious? That's Great! When's the wedding? Damn, cowboy, I'se better be one of the groom's men! This is crazy! Congratulations!"
The four friends stood looking at each other for what seemed an eternity. Clue looking hopeful, offered a radiant smile while Jack looked as if he wanted to ask a favor. Crow arched her eyebrows in confusion while Race scratched his head, knowing what would be following.
"Alright," he said, groaning playfully. "So I'se thinkin youse want good ol' Race to give youse the best weddin ever, right?"
* * * * *
Spot was just putting his hat on when Phoenix was awakening from sleep. She shivered slightly and wrapped the bed sheet around her to keep warm as she sat up. Spot glanced up at the window to his room-the pane he had broken the night Phoenix had gone out on a date with Race still needed to be fixed. With winter coming, the nights would only get colder.
"Sleep well?" He asked from the chair upon which he sat.
Phoenix grinned. "It was an eventful night." She blew him a kiss and laughed. "So we'se up kinda early, aint we?"
"Yea. I'se figured the quicker we sell, the quicker we can just be alone and have time tah talk."
"Youse act like we'se don't talk as we sell." She went into the washroom and waited for a reply.
"I'se just wants yer full attention today." When she disappeared from sight, he pulled the ring box from the pocket of his pants and took one last glance at the ring he would present to Phoenix. He had done this once already, it wasn't anything new. But like the first time, what if it would not work out? What if somewhere down the road, Phoenix decided that she was wrong in saying she loved him? Spot leaned his head back against the wall and sighed. Why did everything have to be so hard!?
"Me full attention?" She asked, coming back into the room and sitting on Spot's lap. "Youse always gots that." She teased him with a quick kiss and then snatched the hat from his head to place it atop hers. "Youse look cuter when I'se can see your hair."
Spot smirked and rolled his eyes. "Would youse hurry up already!"
"Calm down, Conlon. Youse actin as if yer life depends on the things that happen today!"
Ironically, that was all too true, and the Brooklyn leader quieted down at those words. His life did depend on it! If Phoenix said no, he would be crushed! He would sooner throw himself into a freezing lake than hear her utter that one word. "I'se gunna wait outside," he said. He exited the room and climbed down the staircase to the main room of the lodging house, where only a few newsies were awake and ready to start a new day of work. Among them was Runner.
"Heya!"
Spot sighed and slumped against a wall. "I'se screwed, Run. I can't do it. I can't ask her."
"Why the hell not?!"
"I'se aint ready. I mean, when she woke up this morning, she looked stunning, even though she was only wearin a simple nightshirt. She wouldn't wanna marry a guy like me!" Spot ran his fingers through his hair to loosen up his nerves. Runner was the only newsie he could ever spill out his feelings too, mostly because the younger newsie was not the gossip type who would go around telling people that the infamous king of New York actually was human and did get hurt sometimes.
"I swear, sometimes I think youse were dropped as a baby! Of coise she loves you, Spot! Just as much as youse love her!"
Spot shook his head. "I know she loves me. That aint the question. I'se just wonderin whether she loves me enough tah marry me."
"I guess youse is just gunna have tah take a risk and ask."
"Yea, I'se gunna definitely ask her today."
"Ask who what?" Both boys spun around to see Phoenix standing before them, already dressed and ready to sell papers. She whore Spot's hat backwards and her eyes were narrowed as if she suspected something.
Runner smirked. "I guess I'll go now." As he walked away, he could not help but sing under his breath, "here comes the bride...."
More To Come! I know that was mad short! I'm so sorry! But I was in a rush to update and had to cut the chapter short so that you guys could read another addition. But I promise the next one will be longer! PLEASE REVIEW! Don't' slack on me, goils! I need those REVIEWS to keep on rolling in! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!! Love ya all!