"Rise and Shine." Spot whispered into Star's ear as he pulled the covers
from her face.
"Leave me alone!" Star groaned
"Sawry princess, I just cant. We have to get going to the distribution center and get some papes."
"I aint a newsie, so let me go back to sleep."
"Yer comin wid me!" Spot flipped the mattress making her fall out of bed.
"You are so annoying!" Star complained as she walked into the washroom to get ready. All the Brooklyn newsies watched and smiled to themselves as they left the bunkroom to go to the distribution center.
* * *
LATER THAT DAY.
"So what do you think Medda?"
"I say you are real talented, Dally"
"Blink taught me." Dally smiled proudly. "I'm learning to write me own music too."
"That's really great." Medda replied
"Well.I gotta meet the boys at Tibby's.so I'll come see you soon okay."
"Okay, bye." Medda said as Dally walked away.
* * *
"Hey boys." Dally said as she walked in.
"Hey Dally!" newsies called out.
She sat down next to Blink who was sitting next to Fancy. "Hey Blink." Dally greeted.
"Hey Dal." Blink smiled.
"Hi Fancy" Dally said as she turned to her. Fancy just smiled back. Blink turned to Fancy and took her hand.
"Please try to make it Fancy, for me." Blink pleaded with a puppy dog face. Fancy's heart sank and she gave in.
"Okay I'll be there." Fancy replied "But I have to get going now, its getting late and my father will be furious." Blink nodded. "Would you like me to walk ya?"
"Please." She smiled.
Dally rolled her eyes and went to where Racetrack was winning Specs and Skittery' money in a game of poker.
* * *
Blink and Fancy stopped at the same corner as the night before.
"Please let me walk you all the way home." Blink pleaded.
"Okay but just to the door."
Blink kissed her and she led the way.
* * *
"So uh.what brought ya to Brooklyn? I aint evah seen you before." Spot asked as he took a drag off his cigarette and looked into the dark gray sky from the roof.
"I'm looking for my brother."
Spot turned to look at her. She was laying down looking up at the stars but her gaze met his. "God she's beautiful." Spot thought as he watched the moon illuminate her face.She smiled at him.
"I don't even know where to start." She suddenly said as she sat up. "I don't even know what he looks like." She turned her gaze away from his and looked over the city.
"So how do you suppose to find him?" Spot asked.
"I dunno. For all I know he probably even aint alive anymoah." She shrugged tears started to form in her eyes. "Well I'm a go to bed." She got up and started to climb down the roof. "Night spot." He nodded and continued smoking.
* * *
"Psst. Blink." Dally whispered. Blink moved over and she climbed into his bed.
"I showed Medda my piano improvements. She says Ise got talent." She smiled
"She's right." Blink smiled at her. "I'll show you some baroque art tomorrow if ya let me sleep." Blink said. "Okay, goodnight Blink." She said excitedly.
"Night."
Dally cuddled into the covers. "Hey Blink?"
"What?" he said groggily.
"What time tomorrow?"
"Befoah the poker game, now go to sleep." Blink said impatiently.
"Night." Dally smiled.
* * *
"Don't cry." Spot said as he sat on Star's bed. "Ya wanna talk in me room?" he asked.
Star nodded. She wiped her face, got up and followed Spot into his room.
He closed the door behind her and they sat on his bed.
She suddenly threw herself in his arms. It took spot by surprise but when he snapped out of it he began to stroke her hair.
"Its okay." He said sympathetically.
"Spot."
"Yea"
"Tell me about you, your family, why you're heah." Spot frowned at the request but he didn't want to be rude. Not now. Not when she felt like she did.
"My family?" he asked as he cleared his throat.
"Yea"
"Hmmm.I remember my mom being real poity. We had a big house. We were pretty wealthy. Uh, heah." he opened the top drawer of his dresser and took out a picture. He studied it for a second and then handed it to her. "That's me family."
Star looked at it very closely. His mom was very beautiful and his dad was very handsome.Spot looked very adorable in his mother's arms. Spots brothers and sisters looked alike.
"What happened to them?" she asked as she looked up at him. He looked very sad.
"They died in a big fire.and my sister Fiona," he pointed at his younger sister, "She died in the orphanage long time ago."
"I'm sawry." Star said wanting to get off the subject. She put the picture down and hugged him.
"My mother died too." She stated. Spot looked down at her. "She had fever or sumptin, we really didn't know what exactly.my dad left us two years before she died. My brudder, the one I'm trying to find, he always thought she died of a broken heart and hated dad a lot for leaving.my oldest brudder, Strummer.he always thought it was fer the best, he said he'd always hurt her and had lovers on the side. He was glad he left. Anyways.we were put on da streets after that."
"You know where your older brudder is?" Spot asked.
"Yea, he's in Coney right now. This is the foist time I'se left his side.he didn't want me to come looking fer my odder brudder."
"Why's that? How come all three of you aint together?"
"Strummer. he didn't know how to take care of all of us.hell! He didn't even know how he was gonna take care of himself.he had Trey grow up too soon.too soon." Star said shaking her head. "He was just seven.he probably was terrified, iremember he cried that night." Tears started to fall down her cheeks. "He didn't want to be left.but Strummer told him he had to go his own way. He wouldn't have been able to provide fer the both of us and himself...when Trey would follow us, Strummer would turn around and push him away." Star looked at the floor, a lump had formed on her throat.
"Aidi, Aidi, don't leave me." she remembered her little brother cry to her.
She wiped her eyes. She yawned and soon fell asleep.
Spot tucked her into bed and sat on a worn out couch that was near the bed and fell asleep.
"Leave me alone!" Star groaned
"Sawry princess, I just cant. We have to get going to the distribution center and get some papes."
"I aint a newsie, so let me go back to sleep."
"Yer comin wid me!" Spot flipped the mattress making her fall out of bed.
"You are so annoying!" Star complained as she walked into the washroom to get ready. All the Brooklyn newsies watched and smiled to themselves as they left the bunkroom to go to the distribution center.
* * *
LATER THAT DAY.
"So what do you think Medda?"
"I say you are real talented, Dally"
"Blink taught me." Dally smiled proudly. "I'm learning to write me own music too."
"That's really great." Medda replied
"Well.I gotta meet the boys at Tibby's.so I'll come see you soon okay."
"Okay, bye." Medda said as Dally walked away.
* * *
"Hey boys." Dally said as she walked in.
"Hey Dally!" newsies called out.
She sat down next to Blink who was sitting next to Fancy. "Hey Blink." Dally greeted.
"Hey Dal." Blink smiled.
"Hi Fancy" Dally said as she turned to her. Fancy just smiled back. Blink turned to Fancy and took her hand.
"Please try to make it Fancy, for me." Blink pleaded with a puppy dog face. Fancy's heart sank and she gave in.
"Okay I'll be there." Fancy replied "But I have to get going now, its getting late and my father will be furious." Blink nodded. "Would you like me to walk ya?"
"Please." She smiled.
Dally rolled her eyes and went to where Racetrack was winning Specs and Skittery' money in a game of poker.
* * *
Blink and Fancy stopped at the same corner as the night before.
"Please let me walk you all the way home." Blink pleaded.
"Okay but just to the door."
Blink kissed her and she led the way.
* * *
"So uh.what brought ya to Brooklyn? I aint evah seen you before." Spot asked as he took a drag off his cigarette and looked into the dark gray sky from the roof.
"I'm looking for my brother."
Spot turned to look at her. She was laying down looking up at the stars but her gaze met his. "God she's beautiful." Spot thought as he watched the moon illuminate her face.She smiled at him.
"I don't even know where to start." She suddenly said as she sat up. "I don't even know what he looks like." She turned her gaze away from his and looked over the city.
"So how do you suppose to find him?" Spot asked.
"I dunno. For all I know he probably even aint alive anymoah." She shrugged tears started to form in her eyes. "Well I'm a go to bed." She got up and started to climb down the roof. "Night spot." He nodded and continued smoking.
* * *
"Psst. Blink." Dally whispered. Blink moved over and she climbed into his bed.
"I showed Medda my piano improvements. She says Ise got talent." She smiled
"She's right." Blink smiled at her. "I'll show you some baroque art tomorrow if ya let me sleep." Blink said. "Okay, goodnight Blink." She said excitedly.
"Night."
Dally cuddled into the covers. "Hey Blink?"
"What?" he said groggily.
"What time tomorrow?"
"Befoah the poker game, now go to sleep." Blink said impatiently.
"Night." Dally smiled.
* * *
"Don't cry." Spot said as he sat on Star's bed. "Ya wanna talk in me room?" he asked.
Star nodded. She wiped her face, got up and followed Spot into his room.
He closed the door behind her and they sat on his bed.
She suddenly threw herself in his arms. It took spot by surprise but when he snapped out of it he began to stroke her hair.
"Its okay." He said sympathetically.
"Spot."
"Yea"
"Tell me about you, your family, why you're heah." Spot frowned at the request but he didn't want to be rude. Not now. Not when she felt like she did.
"My family?" he asked as he cleared his throat.
"Yea"
"Hmmm.I remember my mom being real poity. We had a big house. We were pretty wealthy. Uh, heah." he opened the top drawer of his dresser and took out a picture. He studied it for a second and then handed it to her. "That's me family."
Star looked at it very closely. His mom was very beautiful and his dad was very handsome.Spot looked very adorable in his mother's arms. Spots brothers and sisters looked alike.
"What happened to them?" she asked as she looked up at him. He looked very sad.
"They died in a big fire.and my sister Fiona," he pointed at his younger sister, "She died in the orphanage long time ago."
"I'm sawry." Star said wanting to get off the subject. She put the picture down and hugged him.
"My mother died too." She stated. Spot looked down at her. "She had fever or sumptin, we really didn't know what exactly.my dad left us two years before she died. My brudder, the one I'm trying to find, he always thought she died of a broken heart and hated dad a lot for leaving.my oldest brudder, Strummer.he always thought it was fer the best, he said he'd always hurt her and had lovers on the side. He was glad he left. Anyways.we were put on da streets after that."
"You know where your older brudder is?" Spot asked.
"Yea, he's in Coney right now. This is the foist time I'se left his side.he didn't want me to come looking fer my odder brudder."
"Why's that? How come all three of you aint together?"
"Strummer. he didn't know how to take care of all of us.hell! He didn't even know how he was gonna take care of himself.he had Trey grow up too soon.too soon." Star said shaking her head. "He was just seven.he probably was terrified, iremember he cried that night." Tears started to fall down her cheeks. "He didn't want to be left.but Strummer told him he had to go his own way. He wouldn't have been able to provide fer the both of us and himself...when Trey would follow us, Strummer would turn around and push him away." Star looked at the floor, a lump had formed on her throat.
"Aidi, Aidi, don't leave me." she remembered her little brother cry to her.
She wiped her eyes. She yawned and soon fell asleep.
Spot tucked her into bed and sat on a worn out couch that was near the bed and fell asleep.