A/N: I'm back. Now, now don't throw things at me I come bearing full
chapters to almost every story that I am in the middle of writing. How is
that for being gone for more than a month? Don't answer that. Well, I would
have updated sooner but I kinda gave up the computer for part of Lent. And
yesterday was my last day BG. Have a good Easter everyone and check out
some of my other stuff too.
Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies. I don't own nothing at all.
"Cray do youse know that guy?" Spot pointed down the street to a man in a cowboy hat. "He's been following us for a bit."
The other three guys looked to who Spot was pointing too as varying looks of horror and surprise crossed their features.
Wil was the first to recover, "I don't believe it." He walked down to the guy and shook hands with him as he brought him back. "Cray Craig you remember Jeremy. Jeremy, Ami and the guys just got into town last night and brought Spot here and a bunch of other people back with them. Jeremy Olson this is Spot Conlon, he's from New York City."
Jeremy and Spot shook hands in greeting. "So Cray Swan what are you doing back in town? I figured you guys got out for good."
"We had our reasons, it's nice to see you up and walking again." Cray said in a tone that belayed the fact that it wasn't.
"So what are you doing back in town Jeremy?" Swan asked.
"Well some stuff happened over the summer. I work at a ranch in Texas now and we were up to Omaha to sell the year's stock, so I figured I should at least come down and touch base with my brother. Possibly invite him to come work with me." Jeremy took off his hat and ran his hand through his hair.
"Well why don't you come back to Joel and Karen's with us, get some lunch. Josh mentioned he might come back for lunch, if not then I'll show you where he works." Wil invited, not noticing the look that Cray and Swan exchanged.
"If you guys are sure Karen wouldn't mind." Jeremy said with a nod.
"Well actually Ami is the one cooking, Karen and Joel went out for the day, but I am sure she wouldn't mind." Wil assured him.
Cray looked particularly uncomfortable. "You know I better go ahead so that Kit knows what to expect. Spot why don't you come with? We'll see you at the house." Cray walked back in the direction that they had come and Spot followed leaving behind two confused guys and one very nervous Swan.
Back at the house things weren't going much better Mills and Tack were sitting next to a sobbing Kit as she poured out the story of why she left. "So after I found out about the baby I was going to tell Jeremy but before I could tell him he broke up with me because the doctors said he would never walk again. So we left. We stayed in Cincinnati a while till after the baby was born then moved on. I had my baby taken from me there by a couple who were going to pay me, but then never did. Swan and I went to Baltimore and you know the rest.
I didn't want to come back here for that reason alone. I thought that Jeremy would be here, but he wasn't so I feel better. But then finding out that he not only got better and started walking, then left makes me mad. Why didn't he come looking for me? I had to give up my first baby because of him and he got off without anything. He gets to live his life like none of it ever happened, but I have to live with it all and more." Kit's words were over taken by sobs as she went back to crying.
Mills and Tack looked at each other unable to figure out what they should do with their crying friend. There was a knock on the door and Mills got up and opened the door to admit Cray and Spot. Spot went over to Kit and sat down next to her on the bed. Cray started to go over but Mills held him back. "Why didn't youse tell me?" She whispered fiercely.
"Tell you what?" Cray whispered back.
"About youse know, the baby?" Mills responded.
"She told you?" Cray looked panicked.
"Yes, she is not taking this well at all."
"Well she is going to be worse, Jeremy is back in town and Wil invited him for lunch." Cray said nervously.
"He did what?" Mills exploded.
"Calm down, we have enough problems as it is. Wil invited Jeremy here for lunch." Cray started to look for a door but Mills blocked his only exit.
"Well youse better go and uninvite him."
"I can't not without making a fool of myself."
"Well then youse deal with Kit when she sees him. She ain't going to be happy."
"That is an understatement. You know what I'll go downstairs and slice up some ham and cheese for sandwiches."
"Yes go do that. Tack and Ise be down in a bit." Mills shooed her fiancé out the door. She then went back to the bed where Kit had finally gotten a hold of herself and was calming down. "Kit why don't youse and Spot talk while Tack and Ise make lunch."
She grabbed Tack by the arm and pulled her out of the door before either girl could protest. Mills explained the situation to Tack as they made it downstairs. Cray was cutting up the meat, bread and cheese when Swan, Wil, Jeremy and Josh came in the door. Jeremy and Josh were talking up a storm catching up on what had happened since Jeremy had left early that spring. The children came in not much later and Mills called up the stairs. "Lunch is ready."
Spot and Kit came down the stairs after a couple of minutes. Kit looking miserable while Spot looked furious. He caught sight of Jeremy and before anyone could react he had come over and socked him in the nose.
The fight was over before it even started. Spot had moved back over to where Kit was standing wrapping his arms around her protectively. Jeremy was holding his nose as he looked around the kitchen for a towel. Mills handed him one and motioned for him to sit down at the table. "Keep your head back, the bleeding will stop sooner." Her lips were in a tight line as she spoke.
The younger kids watched the older ones in a frightened awe. No one spoke as the children settled looking on with wide eyes. Bait and Jolly slowly made their way over to the bench where Kit was sitting on Spot's lap. Both slowly came to sit on either side of their uncle, Bait held on to Kit's skirt while Jolly wouldn't let go of Spot's arm. The three little girls climbed into Cray, Wil and Swan's laps, where Two Bit buried her head in Swan's shoulder not wanting to see what might happen.
"Well I feel welcome." Jeremy said as he took the towel off his nose, wiping at the blood on his face. "So Wil are you going to introduce me? It would seem that your family has grown quite a bit."
Wil looked a bit nervous and cleared his throat before starting, "Well, I am not too sure about real names, just the names they call themselves, so maybe Crale or Craig should introduce everyone"
Cray nodded as he put Lacy down. "I will introduce the kids first then Ally I want you to take everyone younger than you outside. Jeremy the children starting with the ones next to Kit are Christopher and Andrew Conlon and their Uncle Robert. The little girl being shy is Becca Malone and this is her big sister Rachel and standing next to Craig is their oldest sister Jessie. And this is my fiancée Kaitlyn O'Riely." Cray said as he put his arm around Mills. "I would like to introduce you all to one of my oldest friends Jeremy Olson. Now Ally if you would be kind please take the little ones outside the rest of this discussion isn't for your ears."
Ally nodded and motioned for the children to follow her. Bait and Jolly shook their heads, until Kit bent down and whispered in their ears. Both of the boys reluctantly got up and walked out with the rest of children. Bait glared at Jeremy as he walked past, but Jolly ignored the older boy as he followed his twin out the door. Ally didn't look back as she exited the house closing the door behind her.
After the children had left there was a silence that was broken in the end by Kit's sigh, which brought the room's attention to her. She shifted uncomfortably under the scrutiny, Spot's hand on her back stilled her. "So Jeremy why are you here?"
Jeremy looked out from under his brown bangs, "I lived here for almost all of my life. I am allowed to come home if I wish."
"Yes I guess you are." Kit said accenting her head. "So how long are you staying?"
"I was planning on staying in town, I have some business to take care of with Joel. After that who knows." Jeremy seemed to almost dare Kit to say something. "How long were you all planning on staying?"
"We are heading out to the farm this evening when Karen and Joel get back." Cray said before Kit could say anything. The room fell silent again as they quietly ate their lunches. Kit couldn't stand sitting waiting for someone to say something and got up and began clearing the table. As she took Cray's plate he laid a hand on her wrist and didn't let go until she met his eyes. He motioned with his hands to put down the dishes and looked pointedly at the door.
Kit sighed, placed the dishes back on the table and brushed off her hands. She moved toward the door and waited for Cray to follow.
Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies. I don't own nothing at all.
"Cray do youse know that guy?" Spot pointed down the street to a man in a cowboy hat. "He's been following us for a bit."
The other three guys looked to who Spot was pointing too as varying looks of horror and surprise crossed their features.
Wil was the first to recover, "I don't believe it." He walked down to the guy and shook hands with him as he brought him back. "Cray Craig you remember Jeremy. Jeremy, Ami and the guys just got into town last night and brought Spot here and a bunch of other people back with them. Jeremy Olson this is Spot Conlon, he's from New York City."
Jeremy and Spot shook hands in greeting. "So Cray Swan what are you doing back in town? I figured you guys got out for good."
"We had our reasons, it's nice to see you up and walking again." Cray said in a tone that belayed the fact that it wasn't.
"So what are you doing back in town Jeremy?" Swan asked.
"Well some stuff happened over the summer. I work at a ranch in Texas now and we were up to Omaha to sell the year's stock, so I figured I should at least come down and touch base with my brother. Possibly invite him to come work with me." Jeremy took off his hat and ran his hand through his hair.
"Well why don't you come back to Joel and Karen's with us, get some lunch. Josh mentioned he might come back for lunch, if not then I'll show you where he works." Wil invited, not noticing the look that Cray and Swan exchanged.
"If you guys are sure Karen wouldn't mind." Jeremy said with a nod.
"Well actually Ami is the one cooking, Karen and Joel went out for the day, but I am sure she wouldn't mind." Wil assured him.
Cray looked particularly uncomfortable. "You know I better go ahead so that Kit knows what to expect. Spot why don't you come with? We'll see you at the house." Cray walked back in the direction that they had come and Spot followed leaving behind two confused guys and one very nervous Swan.
Back at the house things weren't going much better Mills and Tack were sitting next to a sobbing Kit as she poured out the story of why she left. "So after I found out about the baby I was going to tell Jeremy but before I could tell him he broke up with me because the doctors said he would never walk again. So we left. We stayed in Cincinnati a while till after the baby was born then moved on. I had my baby taken from me there by a couple who were going to pay me, but then never did. Swan and I went to Baltimore and you know the rest.
I didn't want to come back here for that reason alone. I thought that Jeremy would be here, but he wasn't so I feel better. But then finding out that he not only got better and started walking, then left makes me mad. Why didn't he come looking for me? I had to give up my first baby because of him and he got off without anything. He gets to live his life like none of it ever happened, but I have to live with it all and more." Kit's words were over taken by sobs as she went back to crying.
Mills and Tack looked at each other unable to figure out what they should do with their crying friend. There was a knock on the door and Mills got up and opened the door to admit Cray and Spot. Spot went over to Kit and sat down next to her on the bed. Cray started to go over but Mills held him back. "Why didn't youse tell me?" She whispered fiercely.
"Tell you what?" Cray whispered back.
"About youse know, the baby?" Mills responded.
"She told you?" Cray looked panicked.
"Yes, she is not taking this well at all."
"Well she is going to be worse, Jeremy is back in town and Wil invited him for lunch." Cray said nervously.
"He did what?" Mills exploded.
"Calm down, we have enough problems as it is. Wil invited Jeremy here for lunch." Cray started to look for a door but Mills blocked his only exit.
"Well youse better go and uninvite him."
"I can't not without making a fool of myself."
"Well then youse deal with Kit when she sees him. She ain't going to be happy."
"That is an understatement. You know what I'll go downstairs and slice up some ham and cheese for sandwiches."
"Yes go do that. Tack and Ise be down in a bit." Mills shooed her fiancé out the door. She then went back to the bed where Kit had finally gotten a hold of herself and was calming down. "Kit why don't youse and Spot talk while Tack and Ise make lunch."
She grabbed Tack by the arm and pulled her out of the door before either girl could protest. Mills explained the situation to Tack as they made it downstairs. Cray was cutting up the meat, bread and cheese when Swan, Wil, Jeremy and Josh came in the door. Jeremy and Josh were talking up a storm catching up on what had happened since Jeremy had left early that spring. The children came in not much later and Mills called up the stairs. "Lunch is ready."
Spot and Kit came down the stairs after a couple of minutes. Kit looking miserable while Spot looked furious. He caught sight of Jeremy and before anyone could react he had come over and socked him in the nose.
The fight was over before it even started. Spot had moved back over to where Kit was standing wrapping his arms around her protectively. Jeremy was holding his nose as he looked around the kitchen for a towel. Mills handed him one and motioned for him to sit down at the table. "Keep your head back, the bleeding will stop sooner." Her lips were in a tight line as she spoke.
The younger kids watched the older ones in a frightened awe. No one spoke as the children settled looking on with wide eyes. Bait and Jolly slowly made their way over to the bench where Kit was sitting on Spot's lap. Both slowly came to sit on either side of their uncle, Bait held on to Kit's skirt while Jolly wouldn't let go of Spot's arm. The three little girls climbed into Cray, Wil and Swan's laps, where Two Bit buried her head in Swan's shoulder not wanting to see what might happen.
"Well I feel welcome." Jeremy said as he took the towel off his nose, wiping at the blood on his face. "So Wil are you going to introduce me? It would seem that your family has grown quite a bit."
Wil looked a bit nervous and cleared his throat before starting, "Well, I am not too sure about real names, just the names they call themselves, so maybe Crale or Craig should introduce everyone"
Cray nodded as he put Lacy down. "I will introduce the kids first then Ally I want you to take everyone younger than you outside. Jeremy the children starting with the ones next to Kit are Christopher and Andrew Conlon and their Uncle Robert. The little girl being shy is Becca Malone and this is her big sister Rachel and standing next to Craig is their oldest sister Jessie. And this is my fiancée Kaitlyn O'Riely." Cray said as he put his arm around Mills. "I would like to introduce you all to one of my oldest friends Jeremy Olson. Now Ally if you would be kind please take the little ones outside the rest of this discussion isn't for your ears."
Ally nodded and motioned for the children to follow her. Bait and Jolly shook their heads, until Kit bent down and whispered in their ears. Both of the boys reluctantly got up and walked out with the rest of children. Bait glared at Jeremy as he walked past, but Jolly ignored the older boy as he followed his twin out the door. Ally didn't look back as she exited the house closing the door behind her.
After the children had left there was a silence that was broken in the end by Kit's sigh, which brought the room's attention to her. She shifted uncomfortably under the scrutiny, Spot's hand on her back stilled her. "So Jeremy why are you here?"
Jeremy looked out from under his brown bangs, "I lived here for almost all of my life. I am allowed to come home if I wish."
"Yes I guess you are." Kit said accenting her head. "So how long are you staying?"
"I was planning on staying in town, I have some business to take care of with Joel. After that who knows." Jeremy seemed to almost dare Kit to say something. "How long were you all planning on staying?"
"We are heading out to the farm this evening when Karen and Joel get back." Cray said before Kit could say anything. The room fell silent again as they quietly ate their lunches. Kit couldn't stand sitting waiting for someone to say something and got up and began clearing the table. As she took Cray's plate he laid a hand on her wrist and didn't let go until she met his eyes. He motioned with his hands to put down the dishes and looked pointedly at the door.
Kit sighed, placed the dishes back on the table and brushed off her hands. She moved toward the door and waited for Cray to follow.