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Kaylee, plainjane, and Dragonfly- thanks for the reviews!!!!
Chapter 5
"Go to Brooklyn," Jack murmured, and looked at Charlotte. Her eyes were closed, and her breathing was slow.
He sighed, and lifted her up, carrying her across the great bridge that loomed before them. More than once did he have to stop, and heaved her tiny body higher.
He finally reached the end of the bridge, and looked around him. Brooklyn was obviously different from Manhattan, and Jack was intimidated. He took a deep breath, squeezed his eyes shut, and took the final step off the bridge, expected to feel some sort of change.
A hand shook him. Jack quickly opened his eyes, and looked into the stone cold face of Spot Conlon.
"Don't ever do that!" Jack yelled at the small boy.
Charlotte woke up immediately, and punched Jack.
"Don't wake me up," she demanded.
Spot glared at Jack, and spoke to him in a threatening voice, " I jist saved yer ass. I'm givin ya a place ta stay an everythin'."
Spot pushed his face closer to Jacks, so their noses were almost touching. " And nevah yell at me eva agin."
"I'll yell at you if I want to."
Spot's eyes glazed over with fury, and he threw Jack down. Jack immediately stood up and ran to Spot.
Charlotte, sensing trouble, grabbed her brother as he whisked past her. The shock pushed him to the ground.
"Whadya do that for?" he asked her.
She folded her small arms and shook her blond curls(A/N: They're blond when she's a child, and light brown when she gets older.) and her honey eyes glared.
"No fightin!"
Spot smirked at Jack, then at Charlotte and his face softened.
"How owld are ya?" he asked her.
"Near five." She answered.
He then jutted his chin towards Jack, " And you?"
"Six"
"Yeah, me too (A/N: Yeah, this is annoying. I like the idea of Spot being the same age as Jack.)" Spot answered.
He spit on his hand and shook it. Jack did the same, and so did Charlotte. Both Spot and Jack laughed when she sat there with her chubby arm extended, with a glob of spit in her hand, tapping her foot, waiting for one of the two to shake with her.
Spot finally did, and Charlotte smiled and blushed. Spot roughly pushed her, but then gently took her hand.
"Come on, I'se got a place for youse ta stay."
They followed him for a couple of blocks until they reached a building with a large sign on it.
"Brooklyn Newsboys Lodging House"
Spot pushed open the door and welcomed Jack and Charlotte inside.
A tall boy at the desk looked up.
"'Eh, Conlon. Wheah were ya?"
"Out." He quickly answered, and he turned to Charlotte and Jack. " Sign yer names in if ya wanna stay."
Jack quickly looked around. It was warm, and the place large. There was a sitting room where most of the boys were, and stairs that led up.
"Alright." Jack went to the desk and awkwardly took the pen.
"Hey! Conlon! What did I say bout now tawkin ta me before ya invite people heah!"
Spot whirled around, " Listen, Chestnut. We'se family. I though you'd undastand if I let some people stay here."
Chestnut glared at him, " I thought I told ya not to say dat."
"What dat wese bruddahs?"
"Yeah!"
"I ain't gonna deny it." Spot glared back at Chestnut with the same blue eyes.
"Whateva." Chestnut answered and turned to the two little kids.
Jack had already signed his name into the book. Jack Kelly. He stared to write Charlotte's name.
"Do ya want it written Charlotte Sullivan or Cowan?"
"Sullivan," she promptly answered.
Chestnut watched as Jack scrawled Charlotte Sullivan into the book.
"Hello!" Charlotte said, noticing Chestnut looking at Jack.
"Well, hello. And who are you?" he replied.
"I'm Charlotte. And your Chestnut. I like chestnuts. Are you going to take care of me?"
"Well, as long as you become a newsie, then wese family." Chestnut was beginning to like this little girl.
"Well, I'se tired. Goodnight."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"So dats how ya met, Spot" Blink stated.
"Well, duh!" Race answered.
"Chill boys." Jack demanded.
"I nevah knew Spot had an oldah bruddah." Race said.
Jacks eyes got cold and he glanced at them, " Nevah evah, bring it up!!!"
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So's
Kaylee, plainjane, and Dragonfly- thanks for the reviews!!!!
Chapter 5
"Go to Brooklyn," Jack murmured, and looked at Charlotte. Her eyes were closed, and her breathing was slow.
He sighed, and lifted her up, carrying her across the great bridge that loomed before them. More than once did he have to stop, and heaved her tiny body higher.
He finally reached the end of the bridge, and looked around him. Brooklyn was obviously different from Manhattan, and Jack was intimidated. He took a deep breath, squeezed his eyes shut, and took the final step off the bridge, expected to feel some sort of change.
A hand shook him. Jack quickly opened his eyes, and looked into the stone cold face of Spot Conlon.
"Don't ever do that!" Jack yelled at the small boy.
Charlotte woke up immediately, and punched Jack.
"Don't wake me up," she demanded.
Spot glared at Jack, and spoke to him in a threatening voice, " I jist saved yer ass. I'm givin ya a place ta stay an everythin'."
Spot pushed his face closer to Jacks, so their noses were almost touching. " And nevah yell at me eva agin."
"I'll yell at you if I want to."
Spot's eyes glazed over with fury, and he threw Jack down. Jack immediately stood up and ran to Spot.
Charlotte, sensing trouble, grabbed her brother as he whisked past her. The shock pushed him to the ground.
"Whadya do that for?" he asked her.
She folded her small arms and shook her blond curls(A/N: They're blond when she's a child, and light brown when she gets older.) and her honey eyes glared.
"No fightin!"
Spot smirked at Jack, then at Charlotte and his face softened.
"How owld are ya?" he asked her.
"Near five." She answered.
He then jutted his chin towards Jack, " And you?"
"Six"
"Yeah, me too (A/N: Yeah, this is annoying. I like the idea of Spot being the same age as Jack.)" Spot answered.
He spit on his hand and shook it. Jack did the same, and so did Charlotte. Both Spot and Jack laughed when she sat there with her chubby arm extended, with a glob of spit in her hand, tapping her foot, waiting for one of the two to shake with her.
Spot finally did, and Charlotte smiled and blushed. Spot roughly pushed her, but then gently took her hand.
"Come on, I'se got a place for youse ta stay."
They followed him for a couple of blocks until they reached a building with a large sign on it.
"Brooklyn Newsboys Lodging House"
Spot pushed open the door and welcomed Jack and Charlotte inside.
A tall boy at the desk looked up.
"'Eh, Conlon. Wheah were ya?"
"Out." He quickly answered, and he turned to Charlotte and Jack. " Sign yer names in if ya wanna stay."
Jack quickly looked around. It was warm, and the place large. There was a sitting room where most of the boys were, and stairs that led up.
"Alright." Jack went to the desk and awkwardly took the pen.
"Hey! Conlon! What did I say bout now tawkin ta me before ya invite people heah!"
Spot whirled around, " Listen, Chestnut. We'se family. I though you'd undastand if I let some people stay here."
Chestnut glared at him, " I thought I told ya not to say dat."
"What dat wese bruddahs?"
"Yeah!"
"I ain't gonna deny it." Spot glared back at Chestnut with the same blue eyes.
"Whateva." Chestnut answered and turned to the two little kids.
Jack had already signed his name into the book. Jack Kelly. He stared to write Charlotte's name.
"Do ya want it written Charlotte Sullivan or Cowan?"
"Sullivan," she promptly answered.
Chestnut watched as Jack scrawled Charlotte Sullivan into the book.
"Hello!" Charlotte said, noticing Chestnut looking at Jack.
"Well, hello. And who are you?" he replied.
"I'm Charlotte. And your Chestnut. I like chestnuts. Are you going to take care of me?"
"Well, as long as you become a newsie, then wese family." Chestnut was beginning to like this little girl.
"Well, I'se tired. Goodnight."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"So dats how ya met, Spot" Blink stated.
"Well, duh!" Race answered.
"Chill boys." Jack demanded.
"I nevah knew Spot had an oldah bruddah." Race said.
Jacks eyes got cold and he glanced at them, " Nevah evah, bring it up!!!"
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