"Hey Shadow..." Jack said as he walked into the Queens Lodging House.
"Hey Jack!" She exclaimed. "So uh.what brings you heah?" she asked real happy to see him.
"Oh uh.it was a lovely mownin so I started to walk after I sold me papes and ended up heah.so do you wanna get some lunch?"
"Yea let's go," she said and they both walked out.
* * *
"Hey Blink, since yer done with sellin yer papes can ya teach me new things on the piano?" Dally asked.
"I can't right now, I'm a go see if I can find that goil, Fancy that Ise ran into yesterday." Blink kissed her on the forehead and took off.
Dally sighed, "oh god! I hate this goil already!"
* * *
"How clueless could he possibly be!" Shadow thought while she played with her food. "If everyone knows I like Jack, how come he can't figure it out?"
"Hey Shadow?" Jack interrupted her thoughts.
"Yea?"
"Ise best be heading back to Manhattan now.I'll see ya next poker night alright."
"Yea"
"Bye." Jack walked out.
"Argg!" Shadow cried.
* * *
"Hey Fancy!" Blink called out to her. She turned around and saw Blink headed her way.
"Hey Blink."
"Wheah ya headed?"
"Nowhere in particular." Fancy responded.
"Is it alwight wid ya if Ise keep ya company?"
"Sure." She smiled. At that Blink smiled a big smile. She felt as if she could melt at his smile. They went the rest of the day walking around the park and talking about nothing in particular.
* * *
"Hey guys!" Jack greeted as he walked into Tibby's for dinner that evening.
"Heya Jack!" called out many of the newsies. He sat down next to Race and Skittery and ordered his meal.
"So uh.wheah's Blink?" Jack asked.
"Right heah!" Blink called out with a smile on his face as he entered Tibby's and made his way to Jack.
"Missed me much Jack?" he asked with a sly grin.
"Ha Ha." Jack said sarcastically.
"Hey guys Ise want ya ta meet Fancy," Blink said proudly. "Fancy, dis 'ere is Jack Kelly. He's the leadah of the Manhattan newsies.dis is Racetrack, Skittery , Specs." he went on introducing her to everyone.
"Fancy." Racetrack said as he was getting up from his chair. "Just as beautiful as Blink described ya." Fancy blushed and Blink shot race a warning look to keep his mouth shut, but Race just smiled. They sat and ordered their meal.
* * *
It was dark and Spot was sitting on the roof of the Brooklyn Lodging House smoking a cigarette. He looked into the city and in the corner of his eye he saw a figure in the shadows enter a nearby alley. Spot tried to get a closer look but it was too dark. He flicked his cigarette to the ground and climbed back into the lodging house. His boys were in their room playing cards or just talking to each other. Spot headed towards the alley.
"Hey what ya doin heah? Don't ya know its dangerous heah, specially at night!" he stated at the figure that was trying to hide. He grabbed an arm and dragged the person out.
"Hey! Leave me alone!" said a girl with long dirty blond hair and green- blue eyes. Spot smirked she was quite pretty.
"Hey Ise just tryin to help ya out heah."
"Doesn't sound like it!" she said sourly.
"Come wid me, ya kin stay at me lodging house tonight since you obviously got nowheah to stay." He picked up her stuff from the ground.
She looked at his face, his tanned skin, brown hair and light eyes fit in so perfectly together.
"Lets go." He said exasperated. She started to follow him.
"Heah" he said throwing her stuff at her. "Ya didn't think I was gonna carry it fer ya did ya?" he said with a smirk on his face.
She glared at him. " at least she had a place to sleep." She thought.
"Ise Spot Conlon. The Leadah of Brooklyn." Spot said proudly.
"Ise didn't know Brooklyn had a leadah." She mocked.
"Well now ya know." He said a bit angry. "And you are."
"Star." She sweetly smiled.
Spot cocked his head. "that's an agreeable name." Star glared at him. They walked into the Brooklyn Lodging House and went up the stairs to the bunkroom. All the newsies dropped their jaws at the sight of the pretty girl.
"You'll be sleepin heah." Spot pointed to a bunk. She nodded and threw her stuff on the bed. "Spot?.wheah can I change?"
"This is the washroom." Spot said as he led her into it. "You can go into that stall." Spot said as he pointed to a random stall. Star nodded, took her clothes and went into the stall.
"New goil?" Scotch asked.
"Nah, she just had nowheah else to go." Spot explained. "You boys best not try anything!" Spot warned. All the boys nodded and climbed into their bunks.
Star came out of the washroom and climbed into bed. "Its been a while since I had a bed or something soft to sleep in." Star thought.
"Night Star, I'll see ya in the mownin." Spot said as he walked out of the bunkroom and into his own room.
"Night Spot." She whispered after him.
* * *
"I'll see ya tomorrow?" Blink asked Fancy hopingly as he walked her home in the dark street with the street lights barely illuminating it.
"I'd like that." She said shyly as she looked at the ground. " I can go from here." Fancy said as she stopped at a corner.
"Bye." He smiled and took her hand and lightly kissed it.
"Goodnight." She replied and smiled back as she took off.
* * * "Real poity!" Race exclaimed as Blink walked into the lobby of the Newsboys Lodging House.
"Ain't she" Blink grinned.
"She wadn't that poity." Dally said from behind a book.
Blink looked up at her confused.
"Ooh! Someone's jealous! " Specs joked, who was sitting on the couch right next to her. Dally ignored the remark.
Blink walked up to her. "Now don't be mad, we can fool around the piano now." He grabbed her hand and took her to the piano that was next to the window.
She sat down next to him and he started to play some Mozart.
"Hey we's got poker night in Harlem in two days." Jack stated and the newsies nodded.
"Well we should be getting to bed. We's gotta carry the banner 'morrow mowning." Jack said as he headed up the stairs. Snipeshooter, Boots, and some other younger newsies followed. The older ones waited a while and then headed up the stairs.
"Can ya teach me Mozart 'morrow?" Dally asked Blink as they were heading upstairs.
"Sorry kid, Ise meeting up with Fancy tomorrow but real soon okay." She looked at him disappointed and shrugged.
"I guess."
"Come on and join me for a smoke on da roof." Blink said as he nudged her a little. She shrugged and followed him to the roof.
"So.ya taking her ta da poker game?" Dally asked as they sat on the roof smoking their cigarettes.
"Yea.I really like 'er ya know." He grinned at her.
"You barely know her," she pointed out.
"Yea but I'se got a good feeling bout 'er." He said to her starry eyed. He reached out for her and helped her up, and flicked his cigarette into the street below. They climbed through the window back to the lodging house.
"Hey Jack!" She exclaimed. "So uh.what brings you heah?" she asked real happy to see him.
"Oh uh.it was a lovely mownin so I started to walk after I sold me papes and ended up heah.so do you wanna get some lunch?"
"Yea let's go," she said and they both walked out.
* * *
"Hey Blink, since yer done with sellin yer papes can ya teach me new things on the piano?" Dally asked.
"I can't right now, I'm a go see if I can find that goil, Fancy that Ise ran into yesterday." Blink kissed her on the forehead and took off.
Dally sighed, "oh god! I hate this goil already!"
* * *
"How clueless could he possibly be!" Shadow thought while she played with her food. "If everyone knows I like Jack, how come he can't figure it out?"
"Hey Shadow?" Jack interrupted her thoughts.
"Yea?"
"Ise best be heading back to Manhattan now.I'll see ya next poker night alright."
"Yea"
"Bye." Jack walked out.
"Argg!" Shadow cried.
* * *
"Hey Fancy!" Blink called out to her. She turned around and saw Blink headed her way.
"Hey Blink."
"Wheah ya headed?"
"Nowhere in particular." Fancy responded.
"Is it alwight wid ya if Ise keep ya company?"
"Sure." She smiled. At that Blink smiled a big smile. She felt as if she could melt at his smile. They went the rest of the day walking around the park and talking about nothing in particular.
* * *
"Hey guys!" Jack greeted as he walked into Tibby's for dinner that evening.
"Heya Jack!" called out many of the newsies. He sat down next to Race and Skittery and ordered his meal.
"So uh.wheah's Blink?" Jack asked.
"Right heah!" Blink called out with a smile on his face as he entered Tibby's and made his way to Jack.
"Missed me much Jack?" he asked with a sly grin.
"Ha Ha." Jack said sarcastically.
"Hey guys Ise want ya ta meet Fancy," Blink said proudly. "Fancy, dis 'ere is Jack Kelly. He's the leadah of the Manhattan newsies.dis is Racetrack, Skittery , Specs." he went on introducing her to everyone.
"Fancy." Racetrack said as he was getting up from his chair. "Just as beautiful as Blink described ya." Fancy blushed and Blink shot race a warning look to keep his mouth shut, but Race just smiled. They sat and ordered their meal.
* * *
It was dark and Spot was sitting on the roof of the Brooklyn Lodging House smoking a cigarette. He looked into the city and in the corner of his eye he saw a figure in the shadows enter a nearby alley. Spot tried to get a closer look but it was too dark. He flicked his cigarette to the ground and climbed back into the lodging house. His boys were in their room playing cards or just talking to each other. Spot headed towards the alley.
"Hey what ya doin heah? Don't ya know its dangerous heah, specially at night!" he stated at the figure that was trying to hide. He grabbed an arm and dragged the person out.
"Hey! Leave me alone!" said a girl with long dirty blond hair and green- blue eyes. Spot smirked she was quite pretty.
"Hey Ise just tryin to help ya out heah."
"Doesn't sound like it!" she said sourly.
"Come wid me, ya kin stay at me lodging house tonight since you obviously got nowheah to stay." He picked up her stuff from the ground.
She looked at his face, his tanned skin, brown hair and light eyes fit in so perfectly together.
"Lets go." He said exasperated. She started to follow him.
"Heah" he said throwing her stuff at her. "Ya didn't think I was gonna carry it fer ya did ya?" he said with a smirk on his face.
She glared at him. " at least she had a place to sleep." She thought.
"Ise Spot Conlon. The Leadah of Brooklyn." Spot said proudly.
"Ise didn't know Brooklyn had a leadah." She mocked.
"Well now ya know." He said a bit angry. "And you are."
"Star." She sweetly smiled.
Spot cocked his head. "that's an agreeable name." Star glared at him. They walked into the Brooklyn Lodging House and went up the stairs to the bunkroom. All the newsies dropped their jaws at the sight of the pretty girl.
"You'll be sleepin heah." Spot pointed to a bunk. She nodded and threw her stuff on the bed. "Spot?.wheah can I change?"
"This is the washroom." Spot said as he led her into it. "You can go into that stall." Spot said as he pointed to a random stall. Star nodded, took her clothes and went into the stall.
"New goil?" Scotch asked.
"Nah, she just had nowheah else to go." Spot explained. "You boys best not try anything!" Spot warned. All the boys nodded and climbed into their bunks.
Star came out of the washroom and climbed into bed. "Its been a while since I had a bed or something soft to sleep in." Star thought.
"Night Star, I'll see ya in the mownin." Spot said as he walked out of the bunkroom and into his own room.
"Night Spot." She whispered after him.
* * *
"I'll see ya tomorrow?" Blink asked Fancy hopingly as he walked her home in the dark street with the street lights barely illuminating it.
"I'd like that." She said shyly as she looked at the ground. " I can go from here." Fancy said as she stopped at a corner.
"Bye." He smiled and took her hand and lightly kissed it.
"Goodnight." She replied and smiled back as she took off.
* * * "Real poity!" Race exclaimed as Blink walked into the lobby of the Newsboys Lodging House.
"Ain't she" Blink grinned.
"She wadn't that poity." Dally said from behind a book.
Blink looked up at her confused.
"Ooh! Someone's jealous! " Specs joked, who was sitting on the couch right next to her. Dally ignored the remark.
Blink walked up to her. "Now don't be mad, we can fool around the piano now." He grabbed her hand and took her to the piano that was next to the window.
She sat down next to him and he started to play some Mozart.
"Hey we's got poker night in Harlem in two days." Jack stated and the newsies nodded.
"Well we should be getting to bed. We's gotta carry the banner 'morrow mowning." Jack said as he headed up the stairs. Snipeshooter, Boots, and some other younger newsies followed. The older ones waited a while and then headed up the stairs.
"Can ya teach me Mozart 'morrow?" Dally asked Blink as they were heading upstairs.
"Sorry kid, Ise meeting up with Fancy tomorrow but real soon okay." She looked at him disappointed and shrugged.
"I guess."
"Come on and join me for a smoke on da roof." Blink said as he nudged her a little. She shrugged and followed him to the roof.
"So.ya taking her ta da poker game?" Dally asked as they sat on the roof smoking their cigarettes.
"Yea.I really like 'er ya know." He grinned at her.
"You barely know her," she pointed out.
"Yea but I'se got a good feeling bout 'er." He said to her starry eyed. He reached out for her and helped her up, and flicked his cigarette into the street below. They climbed through the window back to the lodging house.