Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Newsies, but I won Elusive,
Lightn'in, Gyn, Slip, Hawkeyes, Juniper, Starr, Orb, Forgotten and Kristin.
I'd willing trade anyone of them fro Blink or Pie Eater though. except
maybe Lightn'in. hehehe nah just kidding even he ain't worth it. And I'm
rambling.
A/N: Thanks to Neppy, Charly and KatFightOnSkis for reviewing! Glad you like it so far. And thanks to my beta reader Katie (aka Enchanted) for helping me edit and stuff. I redid some of the earlier chapters a little, and hopefully I fixed some really confusing things- at least the ones I wanted fixed at that time. *evil grin*
Chapter Three:
"Hey lil' sistah." Hawkeyes drawled from the couch as Elusive crawled in through the door. Hawkeyes' hair was long, flowing down to her elbows, and a reddish-brown like Elusive's, though Elusive's hair was darker.
"'Ey." She said lazily, returning the greeting.
"Where ya been?" Hawkeyes asked, not turning her eyes away from the book in her lap.
"At da track wit Lightn'in."
"Where's he?"
Elusive started, and turned around, looking for him. "He wuz here just a second ago." She peeked her head out into the alleyway. "Dere 'e is."
She crawled out and walked up to Lightning, whose head was shoved into a garbage can in the corner where he retched up the alcohol.
"Ya know, dis always happens." She said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Gerrout." He spat glaring at her, then opened his mouth once more to say something else. He quickly snapped it shut, and plunged his head into the garbage can once more.
She handed him one of the paper napkins she had taken from the bar when he resurfaced. "Ya kno, you'se holds yer liquor worse'n anybody Oi evah met."
"'Thanks for da support." He said dryly as he wiped his mouth. He caught sight of something behind her. "'Ey, Gyn."
Elusive rolled her eyes and turned to see the dark-haired boy walking up the alley with one hand shoved into his pocket, and the other settled on the waist of a shapely blonde.
"'Ey, Lightn'in. Kitten." He added as an after though, grinning evilly.
"Get sick an' die, Gyn." She sneered back and crawled through the door into the building once more.
"You'se shouldn't be so mean, 'Lusive." Gyn said, crawling through the hole in his turn, then turning to offer a hand to the blonde as she crawled though.
Hawkeyes groaned from the couch. "Arguin' aiready? You'se just got back."
"He started it." Elusive snapped.
"Ah, dat's right lil' Kitten. Act foive years old an' blame it on me."
"Shove it up yer-"
"Hey."
Juniper crawled in the door and stood behind Lightning, standing about two inches above the hustler. "You two'se quit it 'else I'se soak ya."
There was quiet for a while as Elusive sheepishly looked down at her bare feet and Gyn visibly ignored Juniper, but still kept quiet.
"Oi guess you two ain't friends." The blonde said in a sugary voice.
Lightning laughed harshly as he settled himself on a stool. "Dey ain't on borrowin' turms."
"Eh-ha." Elusive laughed saracstically.
"Tah put it li'tly." Gyn muttered at the same time.
"Oi'se goin' for a walk." Elusive shoved her way past Gyn and Lightning, then stopped. "Ah, crap, Slip. Whaddya do ta yerself now?"
Slipknot gave a small half-smile, sporting a split lip and a new black eye. "Oi didn't do it ta myself, Lil' Cat, Oi had a budday 'elp meh."
Hawkeyes lifted her eyes from her book for a second and looked over Slipknot from her seat curled up on the couch, then looked back down at the book. "You'll live."
"Noice tah see ya concoirned fah me, 'Eyes." Slipknot smiled full out, then winced in pain when his lip cracked come more.
Orb, appearing from the back room holding her baby rolled her eyes when she saw him. "You'se can't stay patched up fah one day, cahn yas?"
She passed the baby to Elusive, who stood there awkwardly holding Starr as the baby stirred. Orb took out a handkerchief from a pocket in her skirt and spit on it, then moved to wipe it against Slipknot's split lip.
He grabbed her wrist and held it at an arms length, leaning back away from the handkerchief.
"Whaddya doin?!" he exclaimed, a look of disgust on his face.
She rolled her eyes. "Oi'm wipin' da blood off ya bonehead."
"You spit on it!"
"So?"
"So dat's disgusting. Dat's loike kissin' yer cousin!"
"Foine!" Orb pulled her arm away. "Bleed all ovah da place."
There was silence for a while, then a gasp of pain came from Gyn. "Introduce me." The blonde hissed.
"Aiight, aiight." He said, rubbing his side. "Da tall one's Juniper, da one wit da book's Hawkeyes, the busted one's Slipknot and his cousin- da one wit da spit, is Orb. Da udder one's Lightn'in and da one holdin' da baby loike it's contaminated's Elusive."
Orb quickly took her baby back into her arms.
"An' dis is Krist'n."
They mumbled their greetings and sat down, finished with any little formalities that they were tolerating for the moment. Juniper pulled Hawkeyes into his lap and looked over her shoulder at the book- not making any of it out, though, since he couldn't read. Every so often he's place a light kiss on her neck and a slight smile would appear at the corner of her mouth.
"'Ey, where's Forgotten? She ain't 'ere." Slipknot noticed as he surveyed the room.
Elusive looked up. "Oi dunno. Oi ain't seen her since dis mornin'."
"Before you'se went out 'investing'?" Slipknot asked, arching an eyebrow and holding in a grin.
Juniper chuckled. "Investin', eh Little Cat?"
"Ah, you'se all jus' so funny I think Oi'll puke." She rolled her eyes.
"We'se just teasin' kiddo." Slipknot laughed.
"Yeah. Teasin'. Whaever." She stood and brushed off her skirt. "I'm going to bed."
A/N: Thanks to Neppy, Charly and KatFightOnSkis for reviewing! Glad you like it so far. And thanks to my beta reader Katie (aka Enchanted) for helping me edit and stuff. I redid some of the earlier chapters a little, and hopefully I fixed some really confusing things- at least the ones I wanted fixed at that time. *evil grin*
Chapter Three:
"Hey lil' sistah." Hawkeyes drawled from the couch as Elusive crawled in through the door. Hawkeyes' hair was long, flowing down to her elbows, and a reddish-brown like Elusive's, though Elusive's hair was darker.
"'Ey." She said lazily, returning the greeting.
"Where ya been?" Hawkeyes asked, not turning her eyes away from the book in her lap.
"At da track wit Lightn'in."
"Where's he?"
Elusive started, and turned around, looking for him. "He wuz here just a second ago." She peeked her head out into the alleyway. "Dere 'e is."
She crawled out and walked up to Lightning, whose head was shoved into a garbage can in the corner where he retched up the alcohol.
"Ya know, dis always happens." She said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Gerrout." He spat glaring at her, then opened his mouth once more to say something else. He quickly snapped it shut, and plunged his head into the garbage can once more.
She handed him one of the paper napkins she had taken from the bar when he resurfaced. "Ya kno, you'se holds yer liquor worse'n anybody Oi evah met."
"'Thanks for da support." He said dryly as he wiped his mouth. He caught sight of something behind her. "'Ey, Gyn."
Elusive rolled her eyes and turned to see the dark-haired boy walking up the alley with one hand shoved into his pocket, and the other settled on the waist of a shapely blonde.
"'Ey, Lightn'in. Kitten." He added as an after though, grinning evilly.
"Get sick an' die, Gyn." She sneered back and crawled through the door into the building once more.
"You'se shouldn't be so mean, 'Lusive." Gyn said, crawling through the hole in his turn, then turning to offer a hand to the blonde as she crawled though.
Hawkeyes groaned from the couch. "Arguin' aiready? You'se just got back."
"He started it." Elusive snapped.
"Ah, dat's right lil' Kitten. Act foive years old an' blame it on me."
"Shove it up yer-"
"Hey."
Juniper crawled in the door and stood behind Lightning, standing about two inches above the hustler. "You two'se quit it 'else I'se soak ya."
There was quiet for a while as Elusive sheepishly looked down at her bare feet and Gyn visibly ignored Juniper, but still kept quiet.
"Oi guess you two ain't friends." The blonde said in a sugary voice.
Lightning laughed harshly as he settled himself on a stool. "Dey ain't on borrowin' turms."
"Eh-ha." Elusive laughed saracstically.
"Tah put it li'tly." Gyn muttered at the same time.
"Oi'se goin' for a walk." Elusive shoved her way past Gyn and Lightning, then stopped. "Ah, crap, Slip. Whaddya do ta yerself now?"
Slipknot gave a small half-smile, sporting a split lip and a new black eye. "Oi didn't do it ta myself, Lil' Cat, Oi had a budday 'elp meh."
Hawkeyes lifted her eyes from her book for a second and looked over Slipknot from her seat curled up on the couch, then looked back down at the book. "You'll live."
"Noice tah see ya concoirned fah me, 'Eyes." Slipknot smiled full out, then winced in pain when his lip cracked come more.
Orb, appearing from the back room holding her baby rolled her eyes when she saw him. "You'se can't stay patched up fah one day, cahn yas?"
She passed the baby to Elusive, who stood there awkwardly holding Starr as the baby stirred. Orb took out a handkerchief from a pocket in her skirt and spit on it, then moved to wipe it against Slipknot's split lip.
He grabbed her wrist and held it at an arms length, leaning back away from the handkerchief.
"Whaddya doin?!" he exclaimed, a look of disgust on his face.
She rolled her eyes. "Oi'm wipin' da blood off ya bonehead."
"You spit on it!"
"So?"
"So dat's disgusting. Dat's loike kissin' yer cousin!"
"Foine!" Orb pulled her arm away. "Bleed all ovah da place."
There was silence for a while, then a gasp of pain came from Gyn. "Introduce me." The blonde hissed.
"Aiight, aiight." He said, rubbing his side. "Da tall one's Juniper, da one wit da book's Hawkeyes, the busted one's Slipknot and his cousin- da one wit da spit, is Orb. Da udder one's Lightn'in and da one holdin' da baby loike it's contaminated's Elusive."
Orb quickly took her baby back into her arms.
"An' dis is Krist'n."
They mumbled their greetings and sat down, finished with any little formalities that they were tolerating for the moment. Juniper pulled Hawkeyes into his lap and looked over her shoulder at the book- not making any of it out, though, since he couldn't read. Every so often he's place a light kiss on her neck and a slight smile would appear at the corner of her mouth.
"'Ey, where's Forgotten? She ain't 'ere." Slipknot noticed as he surveyed the room.
Elusive looked up. "Oi dunno. Oi ain't seen her since dis mornin'."
"Before you'se went out 'investing'?" Slipknot asked, arching an eyebrow and holding in a grin.
Juniper chuckled. "Investin', eh Little Cat?"
"Ah, you'se all jus' so funny I think Oi'll puke." She rolled her eyes.
"We'se just teasin' kiddo." Slipknot laughed.
"Yeah. Teasin'. Whaever." She stood and brushed off her skirt. "I'm going to bed."