Ack ack ack ack!!! I have 40 reviews!!! *tear* I love everyone!!!
Slacker - heeheehee yes yes indeed this story is cute... *sheepish grin* but then again we all need some cuteness once in a while... thank you so much for reviewing!!!
Gypsy - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I GOT A GYPSY REVIEW!!! I CAN DIE A HAPPY GIRL NOW!!!!! Where ya been, kid? Hows the GPA? Has your mom stopped being crazy yet? Did you go to the audition? Did you get the part? ACK I know I'm prolly driving you CRAZYCRAZYCRAZY with the questions but aw I miss you! *blushes* thank you so much for liking my story... its my baby *cuddles story to her* and though its terribly cute it makes me smile, non? Anyway - update king of shadows, dammit! You are absolutely NOT allowed to leave it there!!! I wuv you!
Raeghann - lol my Spot is indeed about a million times sweeter than yours... I think I must have caught him at a good time. Thank you SO much for the praise - after reading your amazing story I really value your opinion. Speaking of your story... UPDATE OR ILL GO CRAZY!! (crazier? craziest?) thank you so much for reviewing! :)
Valeria - *looks sheepish* okay, you have an excellent point there... damn. Maybe he limped down the stairs? Or crawled? Eep. What an oversight on my part, eh?? Oops...anyway - ACK don't boys suck? They're SO complicated and moronic! Ack! I know what you mean about the romance - jesus, that was my entire motivation behind writing this story! I needed some love!! Oh dear, that's quite sad, isn't it?? ... meh. Anyway, I hope guy #1 moves within a 2 block radius and I hope that guy #2 quits being so STUPID and asks you out :) ... jesus. And boys call US insane!
Falco Conlon - hahahahhahaha oh I LOVE your reviews, they're so much fun! thank you for the "awwwww" ... I now have my own studio audience! :)
Spot Conlons' ExGirlfriend - AAAAAAHHHHH I LOVE YOU *huggles spot to her* oh spotty boy my love... you're the best reviewer EVER cuz with your reviews come newsies *grin* ... but since you're so damn cool, I think we'll have to share spot. There's enough spot to go round *spot looks smug* eeeeek I know what you mean about the emotional highs! ... I just never thought that I'd be good enough to give 'em to anyone! AH I LOVE YOU! *wipes away tears* - make an account and write so that I can send you crazy wonderful reviews too, k? :)
Autumn's Dawn - GAH I love your name! Its beee-utiful :) thanks for your review and your praise!!
Eden - hahahahhahahaha I LIKE you - don't worry, tho, you don't hafta hunt me down - THE UPDATE IS HERE!!! :) thanks for reviewing!
Snuggles - aaaaaaaaah I love crying in movies - Casablanca and Life as a House make me BAWL... it's quite girly, really. Ack I know what you mean about confusing boys... honestly. They're totally insane... anyway - thank you for leaving me such an entertaining review :)
Pretzel - awww I'm sorry Race isn't up to keeping your heart safe! *shakes fist at race who cowers in a corner* awww I'm sorry racie darling, I still love you *huggles race* thank you for calling this impossibly romantic! That's exactly how I describe it... it really does hurt, doesn't it? ... don't you wish love was this easy? *pout* no fair! Damn fan fiction... makes me use my imagination! Eeeep you rock tho - thank you so much for reviewing and for being so nice! YAY! :)
Okay, so here goes... the final frontier.
**********
Blush woke to an empty bed three hours later. Feeling the warmth of her former bed-fellow gone, she opened her eyes to find him disappeared. Immediately she assumed the worst. Leaping out of bed, she raced down the hall shrieking "Jack! JACK!" at the top of her lungs. Bursting into the bunkroom, she raced around like a madwoman, finally finding Cowboy and throwing herself at him, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Jack, Jack, how could you?! I didn't even get to say goodbye...I wanted to say goodbye!" she sobbed, hitting him with all her strength. Jack pulled her off him bemusedly, holding her at arms' length and chuckling.
"Jack, you bastard! How can you laugh at me? I loved him and he's gone...I didn't even get to say goodbye." She collapsed on to the floor, sobbing. Almost immediately, she was enveloped by a strong pair of arms, pulling her into a comforting hug. She cried into his chest, repeating to him, " I didn't even get to say goodbye..."
"Well, neither did I! Quit yer bawling, sweetie, an' feel sorry for me too." A teasing voice reached her ears - that most certainly was NOT Jack Kelley. Pulling away in astonishment, Blush gazed up into a pair of familiar gray-blue-green eyes, now sparkling with mischief as they smiled down at her.
"Spot...!" she gasped, "wha - what are you doing here?"
"I'm thanking the girl who saved me - " he murmured, and his eyes went gray. "In the best way I know how." Spot bent his head and captured her lips in a searing kiss that left Blush almost completely breathless. Spot pulled away to see Blush opening her eyes - eyes full of tears.
"Blush?" Spot didn't understand. "Blush, sweetie, I'm - "
Blush pulled away from him violently, gasping out "I hafta go" and running from the bunkroom blindly with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"What was that?" a bewildered Spot asked Cowboy.
"I think you scared her. Go up on the roof. She'll be up there in a second. She's gonna want to talk to you." Spot half-smiled worriedly.
"I hope you're right..."
***
Spot sat alone on the roof until late afternoon. She's not coming, you moron. She doesn't love you back, and you just ruined the best thing that ever happened to you. Way to go, kid. He sighed, brushing away a stray tear. Standing up, he turned towards the fire escape and froze. Blush stood there, her messy hair cascading down the back of her well-worn shirt in a definitely un-ladylike fashion, her feet bare on the stones of the rooftop, her eyes red from crying.
She looked absolutely perfect.
They stood in silence, simply staring at each other, until Blush finally spoke.
" I once asked you if you thought that you could fall in love. You told me yes, if the right girl came along. So I have one more question for you."
"What?" his words seemed to almost be stuck in his throat. She looked so beautiful standing there in the light with a hesitant expression on her face.
"What do you do when she's standing in front of you?"
He simply stared at her, too astonished to form words. Her face fell.
"Well, um, fine, sorry, I didn't...um...I'll just go then..." She turned to leave, tears threatening in her clear green eyes.
"No - wait."
She looked confused.
"Spot, I - "
"Shhhh."
"But, I -"
"Shut up. I'm trying to remember exactly how you look right now, and you're ruining it with all your blabbering."
"I - I don't understand."
"In a second, I'm going to come over there and kiss you. And you're going to look considerably less beautiful afterwards than you do now."
Her eyes lit up before she could hide it. Quickly regaining her composure, she grinned in a normally infuriating manner.
"Is that so? Well, don't you have a high opinion of yourself."
He stepped closer, a characteristic smirk on his face.
"Well, you once told me that I could make a girl's knees weak if I kissed her properly. And I intend to do just that."
Her arms snaked around his neck as he bent closer.
"Well, get to work then." She whispered.
"Gladly."
Sealed with a kiss, indeed.
AN: *cue graduation music*
*sniff* its over!!! ... I can hardly believe it... anyway, thank you SO much to all my luvverly reviewers - thanks to you guys, I smiled lots and am now completely addicted to reviews. *high fives* for everyone :) oh I love the romance... how I love the romance...
*someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I can feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight...*
etc.
gotta love the Frank Sinatra
Slacker - heeheehee yes yes indeed this story is cute... *sheepish grin* but then again we all need some cuteness once in a while... thank you so much for reviewing!!!
Gypsy - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I GOT A GYPSY REVIEW!!! I CAN DIE A HAPPY GIRL NOW!!!!! Where ya been, kid? Hows the GPA? Has your mom stopped being crazy yet? Did you go to the audition? Did you get the part? ACK I know I'm prolly driving you CRAZYCRAZYCRAZY with the questions but aw I miss you! *blushes* thank you so much for liking my story... its my baby *cuddles story to her* and though its terribly cute it makes me smile, non? Anyway - update king of shadows, dammit! You are absolutely NOT allowed to leave it there!!! I wuv you!
Raeghann - lol my Spot is indeed about a million times sweeter than yours... I think I must have caught him at a good time. Thank you SO much for the praise - after reading your amazing story I really value your opinion. Speaking of your story... UPDATE OR ILL GO CRAZY!! (crazier? craziest?) thank you so much for reviewing! :)
Valeria - *looks sheepish* okay, you have an excellent point there... damn. Maybe he limped down the stairs? Or crawled? Eep. What an oversight on my part, eh?? Oops...anyway - ACK don't boys suck? They're SO complicated and moronic! Ack! I know what you mean about the romance - jesus, that was my entire motivation behind writing this story! I needed some love!! Oh dear, that's quite sad, isn't it?? ... meh. Anyway, I hope guy #1 moves within a 2 block radius and I hope that guy #2 quits being so STUPID and asks you out :) ... jesus. And boys call US insane!
Falco Conlon - hahahahhahaha oh I LOVE your reviews, they're so much fun! thank you for the "awwwww" ... I now have my own studio audience! :)
Spot Conlons' ExGirlfriend - AAAAAAHHHHH I LOVE YOU *huggles spot to her* oh spotty boy my love... you're the best reviewer EVER cuz with your reviews come newsies *grin* ... but since you're so damn cool, I think we'll have to share spot. There's enough spot to go round *spot looks smug* eeeeek I know what you mean about the emotional highs! ... I just never thought that I'd be good enough to give 'em to anyone! AH I LOVE YOU! *wipes away tears* - make an account and write so that I can send you crazy wonderful reviews too, k? :)
Autumn's Dawn - GAH I love your name! Its beee-utiful :) thanks for your review and your praise!!
Eden - hahahahhahahaha I LIKE you - don't worry, tho, you don't hafta hunt me down - THE UPDATE IS HERE!!! :) thanks for reviewing!
Snuggles - aaaaaaaaah I love crying in movies - Casablanca and Life as a House make me BAWL... it's quite girly, really. Ack I know what you mean about confusing boys... honestly. They're totally insane... anyway - thank you for leaving me such an entertaining review :)
Pretzel - awww I'm sorry Race isn't up to keeping your heart safe! *shakes fist at race who cowers in a corner* awww I'm sorry racie darling, I still love you *huggles race* thank you for calling this impossibly romantic! That's exactly how I describe it... it really does hurt, doesn't it? ... don't you wish love was this easy? *pout* no fair! Damn fan fiction... makes me use my imagination! Eeeep you rock tho - thank you so much for reviewing and for being so nice! YAY! :)
Okay, so here goes... the final frontier.
**********
Blush woke to an empty bed three hours later. Feeling the warmth of her former bed-fellow gone, she opened her eyes to find him disappeared. Immediately she assumed the worst. Leaping out of bed, she raced down the hall shrieking "Jack! JACK!" at the top of her lungs. Bursting into the bunkroom, she raced around like a madwoman, finally finding Cowboy and throwing herself at him, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Jack, Jack, how could you?! I didn't even get to say goodbye...I wanted to say goodbye!" she sobbed, hitting him with all her strength. Jack pulled her off him bemusedly, holding her at arms' length and chuckling.
"Jack, you bastard! How can you laugh at me? I loved him and he's gone...I didn't even get to say goodbye." She collapsed on to the floor, sobbing. Almost immediately, she was enveloped by a strong pair of arms, pulling her into a comforting hug. She cried into his chest, repeating to him, " I didn't even get to say goodbye..."
"Well, neither did I! Quit yer bawling, sweetie, an' feel sorry for me too." A teasing voice reached her ears - that most certainly was NOT Jack Kelley. Pulling away in astonishment, Blush gazed up into a pair of familiar gray-blue-green eyes, now sparkling with mischief as they smiled down at her.
"Spot...!" she gasped, "wha - what are you doing here?"
"I'm thanking the girl who saved me - " he murmured, and his eyes went gray. "In the best way I know how." Spot bent his head and captured her lips in a searing kiss that left Blush almost completely breathless. Spot pulled away to see Blush opening her eyes - eyes full of tears.
"Blush?" Spot didn't understand. "Blush, sweetie, I'm - "
Blush pulled away from him violently, gasping out "I hafta go" and running from the bunkroom blindly with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"What was that?" a bewildered Spot asked Cowboy.
"I think you scared her. Go up on the roof. She'll be up there in a second. She's gonna want to talk to you." Spot half-smiled worriedly.
"I hope you're right..."
***
Spot sat alone on the roof until late afternoon. She's not coming, you moron. She doesn't love you back, and you just ruined the best thing that ever happened to you. Way to go, kid. He sighed, brushing away a stray tear. Standing up, he turned towards the fire escape and froze. Blush stood there, her messy hair cascading down the back of her well-worn shirt in a definitely un-ladylike fashion, her feet bare on the stones of the rooftop, her eyes red from crying.
She looked absolutely perfect.
They stood in silence, simply staring at each other, until Blush finally spoke.
" I once asked you if you thought that you could fall in love. You told me yes, if the right girl came along. So I have one more question for you."
"What?" his words seemed to almost be stuck in his throat. She looked so beautiful standing there in the light with a hesitant expression on her face.
"What do you do when she's standing in front of you?"
He simply stared at her, too astonished to form words. Her face fell.
"Well, um, fine, sorry, I didn't...um...I'll just go then..." She turned to leave, tears threatening in her clear green eyes.
"No - wait."
She looked confused.
"Spot, I - "
"Shhhh."
"But, I -"
"Shut up. I'm trying to remember exactly how you look right now, and you're ruining it with all your blabbering."
"I - I don't understand."
"In a second, I'm going to come over there and kiss you. And you're going to look considerably less beautiful afterwards than you do now."
Her eyes lit up before she could hide it. Quickly regaining her composure, she grinned in a normally infuriating manner.
"Is that so? Well, don't you have a high opinion of yourself."
He stepped closer, a characteristic smirk on his face.
"Well, you once told me that I could make a girl's knees weak if I kissed her properly. And I intend to do just that."
Her arms snaked around his neck as he bent closer.
"Well, get to work then." She whispered.
"Gladly."
Sealed with a kiss, indeed.
AN: *cue graduation music*
*sniff* its over!!! ... I can hardly believe it... anyway, thank you SO much to all my luvverly reviewers - thanks to you guys, I smiled lots and am now completely addicted to reviews. *high fives* for everyone :) oh I love the romance... how I love the romance...
*someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I can feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight...*
etc.
gotta love the Frank Sinatra