1899 Manhattan, New York
"Scuse me ma´me" The girl turned around. She had long black hair that curled on the bottom, striking green eyes and pouty glossy lips.
"You seem to have dropped this" said the boy, he had blond hair and green- blue, he wore a brown patch on his left eye. She couldn't take her eyes off his face, it was like his smile drew her in. He handed her a dime novel that she dropped. She quickly looked down and took it.
"Thanks," she said almost in a whisper. She turned and started to walk away.
"That's a good one," he said now next to her. She jumped startled.
"I'm sorry, Ise didn't mean to startle ya," he grinned.
"I really like the story you got there, we gave tonz of those layin around at the Newsboys lodging house." He extended his hand out to her.
"Me name's Kid Blink, but people just call me Blink." She shook his hand very lightly as if she was barely holding it.
"My name is Fancy." She shyly smiled, avoiding his eyes.
"Well I'll be seein you then." He tipped his hat and started yelling headlines. Fancy watched Blink until he was out of sight. She noticed the sun was starting to set. She smiled to herself and quickly went her way.
* * *
"Heya everybody," exclaimed Blink as he walked into Tibby's.
"Hey, we's been waitin fer ya!" exclaimed a short Italian boy with a cigar in his mouth, as he pulled out a chair for Blink. Blink headed to the Italian boy and then looked around.
"Heya Racetrack, order sumptin fer me kay, Ise be right back," Blink said to the boy. Blink headed towards a girl who was sitting in a table in the corner playing poker with some boys. Blink recognized that the boys were Jack, Skittery, Specs, and Spot. He stood behind the girl, she had long light brown hair and clear green eyes and was wearing boy's clothes.
He put his hands over her eyes. "Guess who," he said trying to make his voice as deep as he could.
"Knock it off Blink," she yelled kind of annoyed. She turned around and smiled at him. He kissed her on the forehead and pulled up a chair next to her.
"So are ya winning Dally?" Blink asked her.
"Shud up Blink! I'm tryin to concentrate heah!" she yelled. He threw his hands up in defense.
"Sorry.so, Spot, why so far from Brooklyn?"
"Just visitin Jack, Blink," he said preoccupied.
"Well I'm a go eat." Blink got up and headed over to a impatient Racetrack who was waiting for Blink to get the dinner that he had ordered for him.
"God, took ya long enuf!" yelled Racetrack.
"Sowry Race," Blink said. He sat down and started eating.
"So Much how did ya do?" Blink asked a curly haired boy who was standing next to Racetrack.
"Oh I did okay.wasn't me best day, but it works," he said as he sat down. The three continued to talk about the day's headlines and finished their dinner.
* * *
"Hey Jackyboy I gotta head back.so I'll see ya around," Spot said as he got up. They spit in their hands and shook.
"Later boys!" Spot said as he walked out.
"See ya Spot!" the boys said in unison.
"Okay lets get goin' back to da Lodging house," Jack said to all the boys. All the newsies started getting up and heading out. Dally, Jack, Skittery, and Specs walked up to Blink, Racetrack, and Mush.
"Oh hey ya guys. I'se met a poity goil taday!" Blink said with a smile on his face as they all walked out of Tibby's.
"Oh yea! Does she have a sister?" Mush said excitedly.
"Umm.I'se dunno." Blink said thoughtfully.
"Oh." Mush said disappointed.
"I'll ask if I see 'er again though." Mush smiled. They all got to the Lodging House. When they walked in they saw a old man in the front desk.
"Hey Kloppman!" they said.
"Hey kids.uh get goin ta bed, all da others are upstairs alweady," Kloppman said. They said goodnight and went upstairs. All the newsies started to get ready for bed.
"Hey Boots, how was yer day taday?" Skittery asked. Boots glared at Skittery.
"I take it Les ran into ya!" Skittery chuckled.
Boots grunted. "You don't know how hard it is ta lose him!" yelled Boots. All the newsies turned and laughed at Boots.
"I was talking to Snipeshooter and I turned to face him and off he went running away so I thought, Hey what happened." Boots explained.
"I'm sorry Boots!" Snipeshooter apologizes.
"Yea well then I turned around and there was Les! The little joik left me ta deal wid da problem by meself!" Botts yelled.
Skittery and Snipeshooter burst out laughing at the look on Boots angry face. Skittery hit Boots in the face with a pillow and got into bed. All the newsies were now ready to sleep.
"Lights out," yelled Jack and he turned off the lights.
* * *
"Hey Spot," Tricks said as Spot walked in. He had been sitting in the parlor of the Brooklyn Newsboy's Lodging house.
"What is dis!" Spot yelled. "I don't like ya waitin up fer me, if I wanted that I'd get me a family, get ur ass upstairs."
"Okay, okay I'm gone," Tricks said as he went up the stairs to the bunkroom. Spot climbed up the roof and lit a smoke.
Scotch sat next to him. "Ruff day?" Scotch asked.
"Nah, jist tired." Spot said. They both sat in silence as they watched the city from the rooftop.
* * *
"Psst. Blink!" Dally whispered into Blink's ear. "Blink!" Dally whispered again as she nudged his arm.
"What?" Blink groaned as he tried to wake up.
"Scoot over and tawk ta me some, Ise had a bad dream." Blink moved over and Dally climbed in his bed and cuddled in his sheets.
"Hey Blink.remembah when we's little, u'se had just barely gotten ta Manhattan, ya know that day ya came back heah soakin wet?"
"Yeah.?" Blink asked now turning to look at her.
"I pushed ya in," she chuckled as she confessed.
"Oh! You little devil!" Blink said with a smile on his face. "I knew that though."
"How!"
"When I came back heah I saw ya and u'se started ta cry." he said trying to suppress his laughter.
"I did not!" she cried in a whisper. Blink laughed into his pillow trying not to wake no one up.
"I really didn't mean ta dough.I had just gone ta talk ta ya and nudged ya a little and ya fell in.when I saw ya fall in I took off running.I'se really am sorry." Dally said.
"Awright.Ise forgive ya if ya let me get some sleep." Blink said as he turned over to sleep.
"Goodnight Blink."
"Goodnight Dally."
* * *
"Scuse me ma´me" The girl turned around. She had long black hair that curled on the bottom, striking green eyes and pouty glossy lips.
"You seem to have dropped this" said the boy, he had blond hair and green- blue, he wore a brown patch on his left eye. She couldn't take her eyes off his face, it was like his smile drew her in. He handed her a dime novel that she dropped. She quickly looked down and took it.
"Thanks," she said almost in a whisper. She turned and started to walk away.
"That's a good one," he said now next to her. She jumped startled.
"I'm sorry, Ise didn't mean to startle ya," he grinned.
"I really like the story you got there, we gave tonz of those layin around at the Newsboys lodging house." He extended his hand out to her.
"Me name's Kid Blink, but people just call me Blink." She shook his hand very lightly as if she was barely holding it.
"My name is Fancy." She shyly smiled, avoiding his eyes.
"Well I'll be seein you then." He tipped his hat and started yelling headlines. Fancy watched Blink until he was out of sight. She noticed the sun was starting to set. She smiled to herself and quickly went her way.
* * *
"Heya everybody," exclaimed Blink as he walked into Tibby's.
"Hey, we's been waitin fer ya!" exclaimed a short Italian boy with a cigar in his mouth, as he pulled out a chair for Blink. Blink headed to the Italian boy and then looked around.
"Heya Racetrack, order sumptin fer me kay, Ise be right back," Blink said to the boy. Blink headed towards a girl who was sitting in a table in the corner playing poker with some boys. Blink recognized that the boys were Jack, Skittery, Specs, and Spot. He stood behind the girl, she had long light brown hair and clear green eyes and was wearing boy's clothes.
He put his hands over her eyes. "Guess who," he said trying to make his voice as deep as he could.
"Knock it off Blink," she yelled kind of annoyed. She turned around and smiled at him. He kissed her on the forehead and pulled up a chair next to her.
"So are ya winning Dally?" Blink asked her.
"Shud up Blink! I'm tryin to concentrate heah!" she yelled. He threw his hands up in defense.
"Sorry.so, Spot, why so far from Brooklyn?"
"Just visitin Jack, Blink," he said preoccupied.
"Well I'm a go eat." Blink got up and headed over to a impatient Racetrack who was waiting for Blink to get the dinner that he had ordered for him.
"God, took ya long enuf!" yelled Racetrack.
"Sowry Race," Blink said. He sat down and started eating.
"So Much how did ya do?" Blink asked a curly haired boy who was standing next to Racetrack.
"Oh I did okay.wasn't me best day, but it works," he said as he sat down. The three continued to talk about the day's headlines and finished their dinner.
* * *
"Hey Jackyboy I gotta head back.so I'll see ya around," Spot said as he got up. They spit in their hands and shook.
"Later boys!" Spot said as he walked out.
"See ya Spot!" the boys said in unison.
"Okay lets get goin' back to da Lodging house," Jack said to all the boys. All the newsies started getting up and heading out. Dally, Jack, Skittery, and Specs walked up to Blink, Racetrack, and Mush.
"Oh hey ya guys. I'se met a poity goil taday!" Blink said with a smile on his face as they all walked out of Tibby's.
"Oh yea! Does she have a sister?" Mush said excitedly.
"Umm.I'se dunno." Blink said thoughtfully.
"Oh." Mush said disappointed.
"I'll ask if I see 'er again though." Mush smiled. They all got to the Lodging House. When they walked in they saw a old man in the front desk.
"Hey Kloppman!" they said.
"Hey kids.uh get goin ta bed, all da others are upstairs alweady," Kloppman said. They said goodnight and went upstairs. All the newsies started to get ready for bed.
"Hey Boots, how was yer day taday?" Skittery asked. Boots glared at Skittery.
"I take it Les ran into ya!" Skittery chuckled.
Boots grunted. "You don't know how hard it is ta lose him!" yelled Boots. All the newsies turned and laughed at Boots.
"I was talking to Snipeshooter and I turned to face him and off he went running away so I thought, Hey what happened." Boots explained.
"I'm sorry Boots!" Snipeshooter apologizes.
"Yea well then I turned around and there was Les! The little joik left me ta deal wid da problem by meself!" Botts yelled.
Skittery and Snipeshooter burst out laughing at the look on Boots angry face. Skittery hit Boots in the face with a pillow and got into bed. All the newsies were now ready to sleep.
"Lights out," yelled Jack and he turned off the lights.
* * *
"Hey Spot," Tricks said as Spot walked in. He had been sitting in the parlor of the Brooklyn Newsboy's Lodging house.
"What is dis!" Spot yelled. "I don't like ya waitin up fer me, if I wanted that I'd get me a family, get ur ass upstairs."
"Okay, okay I'm gone," Tricks said as he went up the stairs to the bunkroom. Spot climbed up the roof and lit a smoke.
Scotch sat next to him. "Ruff day?" Scotch asked.
"Nah, jist tired." Spot said. They both sat in silence as they watched the city from the rooftop.
* * *
"Psst. Blink!" Dally whispered into Blink's ear. "Blink!" Dally whispered again as she nudged his arm.
"What?" Blink groaned as he tried to wake up.
"Scoot over and tawk ta me some, Ise had a bad dream." Blink moved over and Dally climbed in his bed and cuddled in his sheets.
"Hey Blink.remembah when we's little, u'se had just barely gotten ta Manhattan, ya know that day ya came back heah soakin wet?"
"Yeah.?" Blink asked now turning to look at her.
"I pushed ya in," she chuckled as she confessed.
"Oh! You little devil!" Blink said with a smile on his face. "I knew that though."
"How!"
"When I came back heah I saw ya and u'se started ta cry." he said trying to suppress his laughter.
"I did not!" she cried in a whisper. Blink laughed into his pillow trying not to wake no one up.
"I really didn't mean ta dough.I had just gone ta talk ta ya and nudged ya a little and ya fell in.when I saw ya fall in I took off running.I'se really am sorry." Dally said.
"Awright.Ise forgive ya if ya let me get some sleep." Blink said as he turned over to sleep.
"Goodnight Blink."
"Goodnight Dally."
* * *