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Was that everyone? I don't remember, cause I'm not online… Sorry if I forgot anyone… Here I am updating… Mostly because my super-special golf club has been taken once again and Portman won't help me get it back because he wants me to review also. *Growls at Portman who has the decency to look ashamed* Anyway, on with the fic!!!
Twists of Life
Chapter Six
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The four teenagers stood at the railing of the Brooklyn Bridge and yelled at the water below. Other passersby looked at them strangely and muttered comments under their breath about obnoxious teens.
"How long do you think it will take us to get across?" Star asked as the four continued towards the Brooklyn end of the bridge.
"Probably about a half hour or something, depending on how fast we walk." Mush shrugged. "I don't remember from last time."
By the time they reached Brooklyn it was almost dark, so they hailed a cab back to the hotel. Talking and joking made the time pass quickly and before they knew it, they were pulling up in front of the hotel and the sun had set. They paid the cabbie and ran up to the girls' room, where they found Travis waiting with a pizza.
"Newsies is on Pay-Per View." He said. "I suppose you guys will want to watch it?" He chuckled as Claire and Star just raised their eyebrows at him. "Yeah, thought so." He ordered the movie and turned the lights out. "I'm going to watch something else in my room."
Claire and Aaron settled onto Claire's bed while Gabe and Star sat on Star's. As the movie started, Claire found her mind wandering.
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Mush looked down at Moth, who was resting her head on his shoulder as they danced. He had to tell her, but he didn't know how to start. The song ended and she looked up at him.
"Let's go take a walk." He nodded and pulled away from her, taking her hand as they walked out of Irving Hall. It was now or never.
Mush looked up at the sky. It was a perfectly clear night and there were thousands of stars visible. He pulled Moth closer, putting an arm around her. They walked in silence for several minutes until they reached Central Park.
"Moth, I…" He trailed off not sure how to say this. He turned towards her; clasping both her hands in his as he searched for the right words. "I…" As she looked up at him expectantly, her eyes reflected the light of the stars and his train of thought did a complete 180. Getting down on one knee, he pulled the small box out of his pocket.
"Moth, will you marry me?" He opened the box and took out the small silver band with a single small diamond. Taking her left hand in his right he slipped the ring over her third finger and stood up, searching her face.
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Moth stood stock still for several seconds, staring at the ring on her finger and trying to understand what had just happened. Suddenly it hit her and she looked up at Mush and nodded, not able to get any words past the lump in her throat.
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Mush took her in his arms and kissed her softly, trying to figure out why he'd just done that. It wasn't that he didn't want to marry Moth, but the fact that he would be leaving for England in a week and he still hadn't told her. Granted, he had only found out the day before, but he'd still had plenty of opportunities to bring it up. Taking a deep breath, he started talking.
"Moth, I found my dad yesterday. Well, last night actually. That's why I was gone for so long. We had a nice talk, getting to know each other again, you know?"
Moth hugged him tightly. "I'm so happy for you! Now you can invite him to our wedding!" She looked up at him with such pure love and adoration in her eyes that Mush couldn't continue. He just couldn't break her heart with the fact that he was leaving next week and might not ever see her again.
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"Dear me, I'm afraid that da sewer may have backed up during da night." Claire came back to the present to see Racetrack making fun of the Delancy brothers. She looked over at Aaron to discover he was looking back at her. They blushed and looked back at the T.V., pretending they were concentrating on the movie, while instead each mind raced over what had just occurred.
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Star watched the Delancys chase Jack around on the streets, but for once her mind wasn't on the movie. She was thinking over all that had happened that day and was wondering what it meant. She glanced at Claire and Aaron, both staring hard at the T.V. and blushing. Watching them for a moment, she decided either they had just kissed or they'd both had one of those flashback things in which they'd kissed or something. Star looked on her other side to Gabe and studied his profile for a few minutes. Suddenly he turned and looked at her and she found herself staring into his blue-gray eyes.
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Spot grinned at Ducky as his arms reached out and pulled her against him. They had both come back from selling early and had the LH to themselves. As they kissed, Ducky felt Spot's hands travel up and down her back, starting shivers down her spine. She reached up and entangled one of her hands in his hair, while the fingers of the other one danced on the back of his neck.
Pulling one of his hands away from her back, Spot caressed the side of Ducky's face, letting his hand fall to her shoulder and around to her throat, where he played with the button of her shirt for a couple seconds, finally unfastening it and dropping his hand to the next one.
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Some time later, Specs walked into the room and grinned. There was a trail of clothes leading to one of the beds, where Ducky and Spot lay sleeping in each other's arms. The smile disappeared when Specs realized the couple was in HIS bed. Glaring, he cleared his throat loudly and watched the two pairs of eyes pop open in alarm and then gaze sheepishly at him.
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Ducky quickly averted her eyes from Gabe's and looked back at the screen, not actually seeing or hearing the movie. She could feel Gabe's eyes on her and knew her cheeks were flaming. Suddenly, she found herself staring into his eyes again as their lips met in a deep kiss.
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Okay, so maybe it went kind of fast… Did it? Gabe and Star wanted more action, so I let them take control of my fingers partially. Not fully, because I'm trying to keep this PG 13!! They wanted to go at least R in the flashback, but I decided not to let them… yet. *Smirks* Seriously though, some of the chapters may have higher ratings, I'll have to see when I write them. I had no idea this chapter was going to turn out this way… Review please!!!