A/N- All I can say is thank you muchly to my oh so wonderful reviewers.
Wow. I've only got two chapters up and you're bombarding me with reviews.
Not that that's a problem or anything. No, seriously, keep it up!! I'm
loving all the attention. So modest, aren't I? I need just a little help,
or your opinions, however you want to put it. If Mush and Kid Blink were
to come forward in time, what clothes would you buy for them. Like what
clothes would you buy for Blink and what for Mush. Keep in mind it is the
summertime, so . . . whatever. I'd like your views ASAP, either by review
or e-mail, either one is kool. I'd also like to know, how you would
convince your parents to let the newsies stay with you, or find some other
way to have them stay with you . . . all ideas will be considered. Just
please don't send any really stupid ideas. Please keep it real. Keep
reviewing and PLEASE check out my other stories, I'll love you muchly! On
with it . . .
CHAPTER 3: COALS?
"Will we fit?"
"We better."
"August can sit in the middle."
"I will not! I have more dignity then that, Autumn!"
"Fine, I'll sit in the middle with a hott guy on either side of me."
"Well maybe I'll . . ."
"No way. You snooze, you lose."
"It's not that big, ya know."
"Brittany, don't be such a pessimist."
"She's right Autumn, it isn't" the girl's were staring at Brittany's black '98 Dodge Neon. Even if it was four doors it wasn't going to fit five teenagers comfortably.
"It's only 15 minutes" Autumn pointed out. "And I guess I'll sit in the middle. I am the smallest of the three of us" the girls nodded.
"Well, shall we go?" asked Brittany as she hit the unlock button on her keyless entry.
"Are we forgetting something?" August reminded.
"Oh" Autumn looked sheepish.
"Right" Brittany sighed in embarrassment. The girls went back into the house, where the boys were standing in the hall, engrossed in the day's newspaper. Blink looked up.
"Da woild sounds hoahable right now" he said.
"I don undahstand half dese woids" Mush said. "Like what's an aiahplane? A cah?"
"A car is . . . follow me" said Autumn. They went out to the garage, where the Neon sat. "This is a car. It's basically a horse-less carriage."
"How does it woik?"
"There's this machine inside of it that makes it go" Autumn said smiling at Mush.
"Well come on" urged Brittany.
"Wheah ah we'se goin?" asked Blink as Autumn opened one of the back doors.
"We're going shopping. To buy you guys clothes."
"Can you'se do dat? Widout a tailah?"
"Yeah" beamed August as she got in the passengers side. Blink slid in to the back, followed by Autumn and then Mush. After a quick instruction on how to buckle your seat belt and why you need to buckle it in the first place, Brittany pulled carefully out of the garage.
"You know, I much rather would have gone back in time then forward" said August turning to face the back. "Because everything is all new and different in the future and it'd be harder to adjust."
"Yeah" agreed Blink. "Dis woild taday is so confusing."
"Tell me about it" laughed Autumn. "And we live in it."
"Gosh, there's a lot you guys have missed out on" said August, still turned.
"Yeah, theah is. I'se still don undahstand half dese things" sighed Mush looking out the window at the scenery as it zoomed by. Autumn patted his hand in a reassuring manner.
"You'll pick up on things. The good thing is that it's summer, meaning no school . . ." Autumn said with a smile.
"You'se go ta school?" asked a surprised Blink.
"Yeah most people these days are a lot richer then in 1899 and there are fewer immigrants. Kids live with their parents, who provide for them and it's a law that you have to go to school until you're 16 . . . I think" August took a deep breath.
"Which we'll be in 21 days" added Autumn. "Brittany's already 16, which is why she can drive. It's also a law that you have to be 16 to get your license and you can't drive unless you have your license."
"So yoah made ta go ta school. How do you'se make money?"
"Same way as you guys do. Jobs. Some jobs that are offered are after school and in the summer we have summer jobs" August said mainly to Blink.
"See that's the problem with the summer. It's good that we don't have to worry about what we'd do if you guys came during the school year but where will you stay? And how can we show you around when we have to work?" stated Autumn.
"Can't we'se jus stay in a lodgin house? Or wid you'se?" asked Mush.
"Two problems with those ides" responded Autumn. "One, no more lodging houses. Two, our parents would totally freak if we randomly brought home two guys who looked a hell of a lot like movie, or moving picture, stars. That definitely would not blow over well."
"So what do we'se do?" asked Blink.
"We sorta have no choice" August sighed. She ran her hand through her hair, which is what she did whenever she was stressed. "We'll have to BS some story and convince our parents to let you guys stay with us. Probably in the basement."
"Sounds complicated."
"It is. It'll take brains and skill . . ."
"Which you have very little of" interrupted Autumn with a grin.
"Look who's talking! And it'll take some planning. But all five of us can probably think of something."
"Wheah ah we'se now?" asked Mush still looking out the window but this time gapping at the huge building they were pulling up to.
"At the mall. It's a big building with lots of stores. We can pretty much get everything here. Britt? August? How much money do you have?" Autumn said taking her wallet out of the back pocket of her well worn jeans.
"I have $84.65" said August checking her wallet. Brittany parked the car in a vacant parking place not to far from on the entrances. She turned the engine off and looked in her purse.
"$127.36, two checks, one maxed out credit card and my mom's credit card" she said with a sly smile.
"And I have $88.25. That's about $300. I think we have enough for clothes for them, if we shop right we'll have a little left over for us."
"Three hundred dollahs?" said Blink, his green eye wide. Mush had turned away from the window and his facial expression was about the same.
"Yeah. Don't worry. Through out the ages to value of the dollar has changed, and people are making more money so it's easier to have more money. Minimum wage is somewhere around $5.50 an hour" Brittany explained.
"Five bucks an houah?!? Wow!" exclaimed Mush. Brittany and August both opened their doors and climbed out of the car while Mush attempted to open his door. After fiddling with it for a little while Autumn leaned over him and unlocked it. He smiled sheepishly and opened the door. The three of them sitting in the back then got out of the car.
"Yeah, so I guess that sounds like quite a lot of money for you guys, huh?" asked Autumn.
"You'se could buy a nice dinnah wid dat amount of money!" Blink said. He then looked at the building they were standing in front of. "Deah gawd! Wheah ah we'se again? Dis place is huge!" the girls laughed.
"Like I said before, we're at the mall. You can get practically anything here. Clothes, food, toys, you name it, they've got it!" Autumn spread her arms wide while describing the mall.
"Papes?" asked Mush.
"I . . ." Autumn put her arms down and scratched her head as she thought. "You know, I'm not sure."
"Gotcha" gloated Mush. Before realizing what she was doing, Autumn poked Mush in the side, like Autumn normally did to her sister. Much to everyone's surprise, Mush jumped.
"Oh mi gosh! You're ticklish" squealed Autumn in surprise.
"Am not" Mush mumbled while blushing. The girls started laughing and joking about how cute that was.
"Uh . . . hate ta break da pahty up, but ah we'se jus gonna stand heah or ah we'se gonna do anythin?" Blink asked loudly. The girls stopped laughing and Mush's cheeks turned a bit more of a normal color.
"Yeah" replied Brittany. "The first step of shopping at the mall, is walking to the doors and opening them."
"Dat's not what I'se meant" exasperated Blink. Everyone laughed and they made their way to the doors. Blink pulled one open. "Ladies foist."
"August, what are you doing? He said LADIES first" teased Autumn as August made her way through the door.
"You're right, he did. I don't see any ladies here, but after ladies some very mature girls. I don't know where you fit in Autumn" August retorted. Brittany followed the twins laughing. Blink and Mush were still standing at the door, neither of them moving.
"Well Mush? I'se said ladies foist. What ah you'se waitin foah?" Blink asked with a smile. He gestured his arm through the door.
"I'se waitin foah you'se Blink. You'se see I'm a gentleman and I too believe in ladies foist. Why haven't you'se gone in yet? Yoah a lady too" August looked at the stubborn boys.
"I'll solve this" she grabbed the door from Blink. "Ladies. Boys. Newsies. Whatever the hell you are, just get in the damn building" Blink and Mush finally walked through the door, everyone laughing at the odd, but funny, solution to the situation. Mush stopped in his tracks, taken aback by the inside of the mall.
"Damn! You'se can get everythin heah."
"There's another floor . . . and plenty more halls" said Autumn with a smile. Mush's jaw dropped in amazement.
"Two . . . two floors?" she stammered.
"Yessiree" Brittany said. "Two floors. I think there's something like 289 stores. I think. That's just an estimate. Maybe that's how many stores there are on the first floor alone. I'm not sure though, we could always check a map . . ."
"Shit" Blink blinked his one eye, taking everything in. "Dat's a lot of stoahs."
"Yeah" August nodded. "So . . . where to girls? We need to buy clothes for the boys, they can't go around in Brittany's brothers clothes forever."
"Well, one thing for sure is we're not going to go anywhere near Abercrombie, American Eagle OR Aeropostale" Autumn cut in.
"Fine" responded August smugly. "Then we're not going to even come close to setting foot in Hot Topic!"
"Girls" Brittany said holding up her hands and silencing the girls. "There's only one place we can go that will suit out needs" the girls grinned, all of them knowing where Brittany was referring to.
"Kohl's!" they exclaimed in unison.
"Coals?" said Mush raising an eyebrow.
"As in charcoal coal?" asked Blink in confusion.
"No" laughed August. "Not that kind of coals."
"Come on" Autumn said sharing a wink with August and Brittany. "You'll see . . ."
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A/N- yes I know you guys missed me. I haven't been on in a while because I was on computer restriction, again, because my room was messy. I'm a teenager! I'm allowed to have a messy room. But I straightened it up because I missed seeing these lovely reviews that you're about to give me after you're finished reading this dumb ramble. You know what, just stop reading right now and hit the review button. I'm serious. Are you still reading? You're not very good with instructions are you? Well if you're still reading this pointless ramble, here's a point. PLEASE submit your ideas for what clothes to get the guys and where they would stay in your review . . . or e-mail it to me. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I love you guys!
CHAPTER 3: COALS?
"Will we fit?"
"We better."
"August can sit in the middle."
"I will not! I have more dignity then that, Autumn!"
"Fine, I'll sit in the middle with a hott guy on either side of me."
"Well maybe I'll . . ."
"No way. You snooze, you lose."
"It's not that big, ya know."
"Brittany, don't be such a pessimist."
"She's right Autumn, it isn't" the girl's were staring at Brittany's black '98 Dodge Neon. Even if it was four doors it wasn't going to fit five teenagers comfortably.
"It's only 15 minutes" Autumn pointed out. "And I guess I'll sit in the middle. I am the smallest of the three of us" the girls nodded.
"Well, shall we go?" asked Brittany as she hit the unlock button on her keyless entry.
"Are we forgetting something?" August reminded.
"Oh" Autumn looked sheepish.
"Right" Brittany sighed in embarrassment. The girls went back into the house, where the boys were standing in the hall, engrossed in the day's newspaper. Blink looked up.
"Da woild sounds hoahable right now" he said.
"I don undahstand half dese woids" Mush said. "Like what's an aiahplane? A cah?"
"A car is . . . follow me" said Autumn. They went out to the garage, where the Neon sat. "This is a car. It's basically a horse-less carriage."
"How does it woik?"
"There's this machine inside of it that makes it go" Autumn said smiling at Mush.
"Well come on" urged Brittany.
"Wheah ah we'se goin?" asked Blink as Autumn opened one of the back doors.
"We're going shopping. To buy you guys clothes."
"Can you'se do dat? Widout a tailah?"
"Yeah" beamed August as she got in the passengers side. Blink slid in to the back, followed by Autumn and then Mush. After a quick instruction on how to buckle your seat belt and why you need to buckle it in the first place, Brittany pulled carefully out of the garage.
"You know, I much rather would have gone back in time then forward" said August turning to face the back. "Because everything is all new and different in the future and it'd be harder to adjust."
"Yeah" agreed Blink. "Dis woild taday is so confusing."
"Tell me about it" laughed Autumn. "And we live in it."
"Gosh, there's a lot you guys have missed out on" said August, still turned.
"Yeah, theah is. I'se still don undahstand half dese things" sighed Mush looking out the window at the scenery as it zoomed by. Autumn patted his hand in a reassuring manner.
"You'll pick up on things. The good thing is that it's summer, meaning no school . . ." Autumn said with a smile.
"You'se go ta school?" asked a surprised Blink.
"Yeah most people these days are a lot richer then in 1899 and there are fewer immigrants. Kids live with their parents, who provide for them and it's a law that you have to go to school until you're 16 . . . I think" August took a deep breath.
"Which we'll be in 21 days" added Autumn. "Brittany's already 16, which is why she can drive. It's also a law that you have to be 16 to get your license and you can't drive unless you have your license."
"So yoah made ta go ta school. How do you'se make money?"
"Same way as you guys do. Jobs. Some jobs that are offered are after school and in the summer we have summer jobs" August said mainly to Blink.
"See that's the problem with the summer. It's good that we don't have to worry about what we'd do if you guys came during the school year but where will you stay? And how can we show you around when we have to work?" stated Autumn.
"Can't we'se jus stay in a lodgin house? Or wid you'se?" asked Mush.
"Two problems with those ides" responded Autumn. "One, no more lodging houses. Two, our parents would totally freak if we randomly brought home two guys who looked a hell of a lot like movie, or moving picture, stars. That definitely would not blow over well."
"So what do we'se do?" asked Blink.
"We sorta have no choice" August sighed. She ran her hand through her hair, which is what she did whenever she was stressed. "We'll have to BS some story and convince our parents to let you guys stay with us. Probably in the basement."
"Sounds complicated."
"It is. It'll take brains and skill . . ."
"Which you have very little of" interrupted Autumn with a grin.
"Look who's talking! And it'll take some planning. But all five of us can probably think of something."
"Wheah ah we'se now?" asked Mush still looking out the window but this time gapping at the huge building they were pulling up to.
"At the mall. It's a big building with lots of stores. We can pretty much get everything here. Britt? August? How much money do you have?" Autumn said taking her wallet out of the back pocket of her well worn jeans.
"I have $84.65" said August checking her wallet. Brittany parked the car in a vacant parking place not to far from on the entrances. She turned the engine off and looked in her purse.
"$127.36, two checks, one maxed out credit card and my mom's credit card" she said with a sly smile.
"And I have $88.25. That's about $300. I think we have enough for clothes for them, if we shop right we'll have a little left over for us."
"Three hundred dollahs?" said Blink, his green eye wide. Mush had turned away from the window and his facial expression was about the same.
"Yeah. Don't worry. Through out the ages to value of the dollar has changed, and people are making more money so it's easier to have more money. Minimum wage is somewhere around $5.50 an hour" Brittany explained.
"Five bucks an houah?!? Wow!" exclaimed Mush. Brittany and August both opened their doors and climbed out of the car while Mush attempted to open his door. After fiddling with it for a little while Autumn leaned over him and unlocked it. He smiled sheepishly and opened the door. The three of them sitting in the back then got out of the car.
"Yeah, so I guess that sounds like quite a lot of money for you guys, huh?" asked Autumn.
"You'se could buy a nice dinnah wid dat amount of money!" Blink said. He then looked at the building they were standing in front of. "Deah gawd! Wheah ah we'se again? Dis place is huge!" the girls laughed.
"Like I said before, we're at the mall. You can get practically anything here. Clothes, food, toys, you name it, they've got it!" Autumn spread her arms wide while describing the mall.
"Papes?" asked Mush.
"I . . ." Autumn put her arms down and scratched her head as she thought. "You know, I'm not sure."
"Gotcha" gloated Mush. Before realizing what she was doing, Autumn poked Mush in the side, like Autumn normally did to her sister. Much to everyone's surprise, Mush jumped.
"Oh mi gosh! You're ticklish" squealed Autumn in surprise.
"Am not" Mush mumbled while blushing. The girls started laughing and joking about how cute that was.
"Uh . . . hate ta break da pahty up, but ah we'se jus gonna stand heah or ah we'se gonna do anythin?" Blink asked loudly. The girls stopped laughing and Mush's cheeks turned a bit more of a normal color.
"Yeah" replied Brittany. "The first step of shopping at the mall, is walking to the doors and opening them."
"Dat's not what I'se meant" exasperated Blink. Everyone laughed and they made their way to the doors. Blink pulled one open. "Ladies foist."
"August, what are you doing? He said LADIES first" teased Autumn as August made her way through the door.
"You're right, he did. I don't see any ladies here, but after ladies some very mature girls. I don't know where you fit in Autumn" August retorted. Brittany followed the twins laughing. Blink and Mush were still standing at the door, neither of them moving.
"Well Mush? I'se said ladies foist. What ah you'se waitin foah?" Blink asked with a smile. He gestured his arm through the door.
"I'se waitin foah you'se Blink. You'se see I'm a gentleman and I too believe in ladies foist. Why haven't you'se gone in yet? Yoah a lady too" August looked at the stubborn boys.
"I'll solve this" she grabbed the door from Blink. "Ladies. Boys. Newsies. Whatever the hell you are, just get in the damn building" Blink and Mush finally walked through the door, everyone laughing at the odd, but funny, solution to the situation. Mush stopped in his tracks, taken aback by the inside of the mall.
"Damn! You'se can get everythin heah."
"There's another floor . . . and plenty more halls" said Autumn with a smile. Mush's jaw dropped in amazement.
"Two . . . two floors?" she stammered.
"Yessiree" Brittany said. "Two floors. I think there's something like 289 stores. I think. That's just an estimate. Maybe that's how many stores there are on the first floor alone. I'm not sure though, we could always check a map . . ."
"Shit" Blink blinked his one eye, taking everything in. "Dat's a lot of stoahs."
"Yeah" August nodded. "So . . . where to girls? We need to buy clothes for the boys, they can't go around in Brittany's brothers clothes forever."
"Well, one thing for sure is we're not going to go anywhere near Abercrombie, American Eagle OR Aeropostale" Autumn cut in.
"Fine" responded August smugly. "Then we're not going to even come close to setting foot in Hot Topic!"
"Girls" Brittany said holding up her hands and silencing the girls. "There's only one place we can go that will suit out needs" the girls grinned, all of them knowing where Brittany was referring to.
"Kohl's!" they exclaimed in unison.
"Coals?" said Mush raising an eyebrow.
"As in charcoal coal?" asked Blink in confusion.
"No" laughed August. "Not that kind of coals."
"Come on" Autumn said sharing a wink with August and Brittany. "You'll see . . ."
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A/N- yes I know you guys missed me. I haven't been on in a while because I was on computer restriction, again, because my room was messy. I'm a teenager! I'm allowed to have a messy room. But I straightened it up because I missed seeing these lovely reviews that you're about to give me after you're finished reading this dumb ramble. You know what, just stop reading right now and hit the review button. I'm serious. Are you still reading? You're not very good with instructions are you? Well if you're still reading this pointless ramble, here's a point. PLEASE submit your ideas for what clothes to get the guys and where they would stay in your review . . . or e-mail it to me. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I love you guys!