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By the time Jack reached the lodging house it was really dark and quite cold. He knew though that it wasn't too late and most the newsies would still be up. As he made his way up to his bunk he gradually felt better about his problems and put on his usual smile. As usual he saw Annie playing poker with some other newsies.
Any other newie that didn't live there would have found it odd considering there was a girl there. Annie almost never stayed in the girls' part of the house; unlike most of the newsies, in fact she slept right in the boys' quarters by Jack's bunk. She knew she didn't have to worry about anything happening because she could take out most of the newsies and if she couldn't Jack would do it for her. Not that she couldn't fight for herself or anything; when she was in her murderous rages no one was safe. During her first couple of months Jack made her stay in the girls' part but she just couldn't get along with them that well.
The whole thing was screwed up from the very first day. Annie was never a girlie girl of any sort and she had a fiercely independent mind and that never helped. Though, Jack was the leader of the Manhattan newsies, the girls had a their own leader and their leader was Nicole. Up till the time Jack found Annie, he always had a special spot in his heart for Nicole; then when Annie came he spent most of his free time taking care of Annie making sure that she was ok. Nicole never thought of herself as petty girl but every time she saw Jack and Annie together, she had the violent urge to pull Annie away by the hair and push her out a window.
Everyone knew that Nicole was head over heels for Jack but most also knew that Jack never thought of her that way. Not that Nicole wasn't pretty or anything, she was quite the looker but she was more of a sister and when Annie replaced her in his heart she had her own vengeance. She'd work Annie's nerves by making fun of her for having abusive parents and slight Irish accent. Annie knew that Jack had no idea any of this was going on so she just decided to fight back. Every time Nicole would say things to piss her off she swung at her face. Nicole could fight well but Annie was faster and had more experience with fights, most of them ended with Annie being pulled off by some of Nicole's cronies while Nicole called to Jack and told him some story of how awful Annie was. Annie never did refute these tales but after these fights Nicole would coincidentally have bad things happen. Tot that anyone would dare accuse Annie of such things. yes, everyone wanted to keep their teeth in their mouths.
After a few fights and bloodied rampages Annie was moved in with the boys. Everyone knew it was either that or send her to a psyche ward. At first the boys treated her like they treated the other girl newsies, as if she were fragile; not that any newsie was fragile, but still... One day Annie got so fed up with it she just started pissing everyone off until a fight broke between her and Spot. Most newsies still remembered that fight.
It'd been a rare occasion and Spot came to Manhattan to play some poker.
"Ahh shut up Spot. I know ya cheated that time. I saws ya."
"Ann, don't mess wit me, it's been a long day and I never hit no goil but ur really testin' me."
"C'mon fight me ya stupid pussy. What are ya scared ya gonna get the crap beat outta ya? And by a goil no less? Let's do this rite heah.Have at me Spot. I'm waitin' foah ya."
"You're workin' my last noive heah. now scram befoah ya get hoit lil goi."
"Aww. Spot's scawed me. Waaa. I think I'm about to piss meself cuz I'm so damn scawed. Whatevah shall I do. Someone PLEASE hold me foah I feah I shall faint!"
"I'm countin' to three Ann."
"Oooh. can't count to foah or sumthin'?"
"Ann ya mite wanna stop sometime soon."
"Shut up Mush. I can take Spot. C'mon boyo.pick up the pace heah."
"That's it! 1. 2."
"Lemme finish for ya... 3!"
Then Annie jumped him and she just started whalin' on Spot. Now, Spot could've fought back easily but he didn't want to hit a girl. As he kept sayin' so Ann just got madder and madder and finally Spot snapped and started fighting back. He started to beat her to a pulp but the girl kept on going as if there was some maniacal anger deeply rooted in her. by the time Jack and Mush pulled them apart each looked like they'd had better days and Annie looked ready to pass out. After that fiasco Annie was treated like any other newsie...
By the time Jack reached the lodging house it was really dark and quite cold. He knew though that it wasn't too late and most the newsies would still be up. As he made his way up to his bunk he gradually felt better about his problems and put on his usual smile. As usual he saw Annie playing poker with some other newsies.
Any other newie that didn't live there would have found it odd considering there was a girl there. Annie almost never stayed in the girls' part of the house; unlike most of the newsies, in fact she slept right in the boys' quarters by Jack's bunk. She knew she didn't have to worry about anything happening because she could take out most of the newsies and if she couldn't Jack would do it for her. Not that she couldn't fight for herself or anything; when she was in her murderous rages no one was safe. During her first couple of months Jack made her stay in the girls' part but she just couldn't get along with them that well.
The whole thing was screwed up from the very first day. Annie was never a girlie girl of any sort and she had a fiercely independent mind and that never helped. Though, Jack was the leader of the Manhattan newsies, the girls had a their own leader and their leader was Nicole. Up till the time Jack found Annie, he always had a special spot in his heart for Nicole; then when Annie came he spent most of his free time taking care of Annie making sure that she was ok. Nicole never thought of herself as petty girl but every time she saw Jack and Annie together, she had the violent urge to pull Annie away by the hair and push her out a window.
Everyone knew that Nicole was head over heels for Jack but most also knew that Jack never thought of her that way. Not that Nicole wasn't pretty or anything, she was quite the looker but she was more of a sister and when Annie replaced her in his heart she had her own vengeance. She'd work Annie's nerves by making fun of her for having abusive parents and slight Irish accent. Annie knew that Jack had no idea any of this was going on so she just decided to fight back. Every time Nicole would say things to piss her off she swung at her face. Nicole could fight well but Annie was faster and had more experience with fights, most of them ended with Annie being pulled off by some of Nicole's cronies while Nicole called to Jack and told him some story of how awful Annie was. Annie never did refute these tales but after these fights Nicole would coincidentally have bad things happen. Tot that anyone would dare accuse Annie of such things. yes, everyone wanted to keep their teeth in their mouths.
After a few fights and bloodied rampages Annie was moved in with the boys. Everyone knew it was either that or send her to a psyche ward. At first the boys treated her like they treated the other girl newsies, as if she were fragile; not that any newsie was fragile, but still... One day Annie got so fed up with it she just started pissing everyone off until a fight broke between her and Spot. Most newsies still remembered that fight.
It'd been a rare occasion and Spot came to Manhattan to play some poker.
"Ahh shut up Spot. I know ya cheated that time. I saws ya."
"Ann, don't mess wit me, it's been a long day and I never hit no goil but ur really testin' me."
"C'mon fight me ya stupid pussy. What are ya scared ya gonna get the crap beat outta ya? And by a goil no less? Let's do this rite heah.Have at me Spot. I'm waitin' foah ya."
"You're workin' my last noive heah. now scram befoah ya get hoit lil goi."
"Aww. Spot's scawed me. Waaa. I think I'm about to piss meself cuz I'm so damn scawed. Whatevah shall I do. Someone PLEASE hold me foah I feah I shall faint!"
"I'm countin' to three Ann."
"Oooh. can't count to foah or sumthin'?"
"Ann ya mite wanna stop sometime soon."
"Shut up Mush. I can take Spot. C'mon boyo.pick up the pace heah."
"That's it! 1. 2."
"Lemme finish for ya... 3!"
Then Annie jumped him and she just started whalin' on Spot. Now, Spot could've fought back easily but he didn't want to hit a girl. As he kept sayin' so Ann just got madder and madder and finally Spot snapped and started fighting back. He started to beat her to a pulp but the girl kept on going as if there was some maniacal anger deeply rooted in her. by the time Jack and Mush pulled them apart each looked like they'd had better days and Annie looked ready to pass out. After that fiasco Annie was treated like any other newsie...