1-1-03 (HELL YEAH! HAPPY NEW YEARS!!) – Chapter 6

Chapter Summary: Back to Spot!! And Kit & Kid fluff

Disclaimers: Honestly, I don't own them, just between the two of us though… (If I DID own them, I would not be here writing stories! Don't you hate people who try to make up fun disclaimers?)

Rating: Right now? PG, later PG- 13 and even later probably R (I can't resist it!)

So- with the spot thing, I got a few e- mails and I think I'm gonna go with a nice girl who just really doesn't like him, because she has fallen for another newsie- what do you guys think? But THEN- there's more stuff to think about, like would she stay with the other newsie? Or not? And I don't really have a whole lot of other available newsies at this point… hmm… sorry- I'm just a sucker for the newsies and I live vicariously through each of my girl characters. Hehehe.

OK- I tried to post this all day but ff.net was not working too well- so again sorry for the EXTRA delay!!

Brooklyn:

Spot made it back to Brooklyn a little after noon, walking slowly and selling his papes along the way. (Does anybody actually know how long it would take to walk from Manhattan to Brooklyn? I went to NY once for a whirlwind college tour for like 3 days (and spent one of those days at Princeton (NJ)) so I really don't have any idea. I'm pretty west coast, only been back east with my school to Washington DC and a 6 day college tour of Boston and NY. I guess when I get home I'll see if I can maybe figure it out on mapquest. Anyhow- isn't Manhattan kind of a big place anyways?? I got to get this all straight.) When he got back to the docks, the newsies were all jumping off and swimming around them, the girls jumping in with them, most of the girl newsies were tough and up for just as much as the guys. He walked over to a sopping wet girl newsie called Asia. "Heya anything exciting happen while I'se gone?"

Asia was one of his close friends, very high up on the chain of power in Brooklyn. She laughed and replied, "Oh, don't worry Spot, we survived da night without ya. Brooklyn doesn't fall ta pieces da moment you step on dat bridge." She smiled and wrung the water out of her light brown hair. Her golden highlights shimmered in the sun and her blue eyes gleamed as she watched the infamous Spot take her teasing.

He smiled sheepishly, "Ah, goil, I knows dat, I'm just tryin ta make sure dat everything's fine."

"I know Spot, and don't worry, nothing happened." Her tall body straightened out as she sobered up to reassure him that she wasn't leaving any details out. Her natural authority along with her tall but medium build asserted her superiority over most of the newsies, excluding Spot, Ditch and a few others.

Everybody knew that Spot Conlon was very protective of his newsies and liked to know everything that went on in his absence. "I'll fill ya in on everything later, but fa now, lets go swimmin!" She laughed and dove back in the water, waving for him to join her when she surfaced. He grinned and easily stripped himself of his clothes and jumped in to join her. Her playful manner and consideration for others clearly showed why she was irresistable to most of the boys. Without any ill intention, she always ended up flirting with them and went through boys just as easily as Spot went through girls.

Later in Manhattan:

Kit & Kid sat on the edge of the roof of the lodging house looking out over the city below. On the street beneath them the newsies were playing games in the glow of the streetlights that lit the city. A few other newsies were on the roof with them, talking or playing cards, laughing often at the banter between them.

"So goil, how did ya get ta be on da streets like da rest of us," Kid asked, breaking the comfortable silence between them. He felt her small body tense up, and he put his hand around hers to reassure her. Her silence led him to speak up again, "It's ok, you don't have ta tell me, I was just wonderin, but you don't have ta tell me."

She looked up at him with tear filled eyes, "Oh Kid," she exclaimed as she leaned into his chest. Surprised, he lightly put his arm around her shoulders, "it's not dat I don't wanna." She choked out, her voice tight with emotion, "I just don't think I can right now."

"Shhhhhhhh," he whispered in her ear hugging her more tightly to him, "don't worry about it." He held her tightly as she cried into his chest for a few minutes, until she calmed down. Neither of them made a move to adjust themselves as she calmed down, still enjoying the warmth and comfort of his arms.

"Hey Kit?" He timidly asked.

She reluctantly pulled her head away from his chest, "ya?"

"Dis may seem kinda sudden, but I really like ya. And I wants ya ta be me goil. I know we only met yestaday, but ya really pretty and really fun ta be with and Is just want ta-" she cut him off in his rambling by giving him a quick peck on the lips.

She laughed as she wiped tears from eyes, "I would love to be ya goil Kid." And she went back to relaxing peacefully in his arms.

Alright, alright, I know it was short but you know what I tried. I'm just not feeling inspired (could be that I'm sick and my newsies dvd- actually still on rent from netflix- got misplaced by my brother- I need it for that inspiration!). Anyways, I just wanted to post something, so if you review hopefully I'll get inspired and be able to post more before I go out of town (again- I know). AND- I got my own copy of newsies for Christmas (woohoo)- yeah- totally random, but I felt it was appropriate to include. More randomness but I saw Analyze This and it's got like one scene with Max Casella (Race)- not worth watching the whole movie just for him, but an excellent movie anyways.

So that whole Kit/Kid thing, yeah I was gonna tell her heartbreaking story, but I decided I didn't wanna waste the words on that, I mean we know it would've been totally Mary Suish because I'm lame and I can't come up with anything original. So instead of fooling you and making you think that it was a long chapter when really half of it was a tortured tale of how these poor children came to be orphans, I just skipped that. I know it's totally fluff, but deal with it- there's a reason I love newsies, who am I kidding? I love happy, Disney endings! I'm an absolute sucker for those feel good endings where the good guys are happy, the bad guys are sad and you just can't help but grin. Ok, sorry about the mini rant there, just explaining my logic here.

Crunch- I got online at my cousin's house (my grandfather doesn't have internet- :o ) BUT I got back to my g-pa's house and had to write because your review was so inspiring! You're a great writer and still go around and tell us little people we're great! Thanks for being so… so… *bursts into tears also and the two share a teary embrace* hehe- you're the best!

Aly- I totally understand what you mean about the girl, and I like the idea of her flirting with him and not even like… realizing it, or, you know what I mean. Thanks SO much for giving me all kinds of valuable input and reviewing! Sorry I already kind of set up Kit & Kid, but no worries, I'll figure out something that should make you happy! I'm just not sure what yet…. Any newsie you have a particular aversion to that I should steer clear of?

Rhap- short but sweet!

Kaylee- again my most faithful reviewer! Sorry I didn't get you and race in this chapter, next one I swear (maybe), but I'm glad I made you so happy! And that birthday thing- I've never seen a surer sign in my life that two people were meant for each other- despite the fact that he's like 35!! JK- I love him too!!

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