If Only It Could Be Easier

Chapter Five A Thank You

Arista was trying to remember where she had been that morning somewhere far, 'let's see Spot Conlon is the leader of the Brooklyn newsies' so she headed off towards Brooklyn. After searching for an hour she had also found a bakery and picked up many pieces of pastry. She came across a familiar building "Here is the Lodging House. Found it!"

She knocked on the door when an elderly man answered. "May I help youse miss?"

"Yes um I'm looking for a Spot Conlon."

"Youse lucky since he didn't get much sleep last night I let him stay in today. Right upstairs."

She walked up the stairs into this big room with numerous bunk beds and cots. She saw a boy laying on a bottom bunk at the end of the room. So she was very quiet in walking over planning on just leaving the pastries beside his bed with a note. When she stepped on a creek and it gave a loud noise and Spot shot out of his bed like a rocket.

"Hou'se DER!"

Startled "Just me uh Arista, uh Prima. I just brought you some pastries and to thank you for um helping me."

Spot got up and walked towards her "Sorry if I scared you I didn't really expect anyone up here."

"No I should have made more noise or something so I wouldn't scare you."

"Scare me. Nah. Nothing scares me."

"Nothing? Nothing at all?"

"Nope."

"Well here's the pastries I got to get to class."

"Yeah I see you have those shoes on. Man why would you do this if it hurts you so bad."

"I do what is best for my family. I make money while dancing and I do love it even if it does hurt."

"How could you love something that hurts you so much."

"It's pretty easy actually."

"Oh. Well I don't want to make you late."

"Yes uh here you go" she handed a bag full of lots of different pastries.

"Thank you."

"No it's to Thank you."

And Arista left without really saying goodbye probably knowing that she would see this Spot Conlon again. In her heart she knew she'd see him again. That day all she thought of was him while she was dancing with Charles it didn't hurt nearly as much as yesterday because she thought of him. He kept her in good spirit the whole day and with her big improvement she was allowed to leave an hour early that day so she set off after telling Charles she wasn't interested in having dinner with him 'So pushy he is. That's bad for me'