A/N: And Up goes chapter 2!!! Well, aren't I the fast one. LOL. Okay, so
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Chapter Two: Willow?
Willow woke up and rubbed her eyes.
"Wake up sleepyhead! You wanna be late and get out on da' streets afta' all da' people dat can actually read have bought they're papes?"
Willow groaned and raised her head two inches above her pillow, suddenly she was wide awake. She jumped to her feet and stared around her. Four other girls were wakeing up, washing their faces and hair, and dressing. Willow, trying to blend in, walked toward a bowl of water and splashed it on her face. Most of the other girls were already dressed. She reached up and felt her hair, it felt clean, she looked back to where she had been sleeping. there was her bag! She ran towards it, wait, it wasn't her bag. It was a awkward canvas bag. She opened it hoping to find her clothes. She felt something and pulled it out, it was overalls, one of the suspenders latches were broken. She pulled out another item, a white shirt. It was clean, but it was old and it had a very scrubbed look to it, like it had been washed one too many times. She quickly dressed, braided her hair, and went back to her bag to put on some shoes with thinning soles and ragged laces. She ran out of the room and collided with someone. "Oh!" she gasped, "I'm sorry!"
"Dat's all right, I'm Bumlets, and you'se is Willow."
"Willow?"
"Yeah, I heard dat dere was a new goil hea dat people started callin' Willow, dat was you, wasn't it?"
Willow hesitated, what was her name, she didn't seem to know, know anything for that matter, "Willow" she said quietly, testing it. "Willow" she said, more sure, "Yes that's my name."
"Great, 'k' well, I'se gotta go, da papes don't wait for me."
"Oh!" gasped Willow, "Papes! I forgot, I get to sell them too! Can I sell with you, I don't have any money."
"Sure" said Bumlets, with a hint of hesitation, "well, I'll loan ya two bitz, you can buy 50 papes and I'se will collect fifty percent of whadeva' you'se earn."
***
"Buy a pape M'am? How about you sir? Wouldn't you like to stay informed sir?" Willow sighed. She couldn't even sell one paper. She glanced through the paper, she should be yelling headlines, not begging for sale. One article jumped out at her. A train crash, only one survivor, three bodies are still missing. Three bodies missing. bodies missing, that worked. She held up a paper and walked to the middle of the street. People yelled at her to get out of the way. "TRAIN COLLISON!!! (collision sounded much more dramatic than crash) BODIES MISSING! SOME BELIVE WERE STOLEN BY SUPERNATURAL BEINGS FROM OUTERSPACE!" She stepped onto the sidewalk. People swarmed around her. She sold of 26 of her papes! "It wasn't a total lie." she thought, "I think they were stolen by aliens, anyway." She walked to the next block, flipping through pages as she went. There was another good article. Cure for Black Plague efforts are still unsuccessful. "HAVE SCIENTISTS FOUND A CURE FOR THE BLACK PLAGUE? FIND ANSWERS HERE!!"
"And they will find they're answers" she thought, as she collected the money for another fifteen papers, "Just not very satisfying ones." She found another article, she didn't even read it this time, she just saw the word Washington D.C and began to yell, "WHITE HOUSE SCANDAL!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!" She sold her last nine papes with requests for more. she felt pretty good, she had sold all her papes, "beginners luck I guess" she thought. She turned the corner and saw a small commotion down a side alley.
"I had tough luck sellin' papes today little kid" growled a large newsie, "I think you should buy my leftover from me!"
"But I had tough luck too!" whimpered the little boy, "I still have five!"
"I'll buy you both out!" called Willow, before the bully had a chance to hit the little kid. She pulled out the money and paid them both, then grabbed the little kid's arm and dragged him away from the other newsie. Only a little while later the little kid and Willow were sitting on the roof of an apartment.
"So kid" she said, looking at the boy, "What's your name?"
"Snitch" said the kid, turning pink at the ears.
"You don't talk like everyone else. You talk like me, where are you from?"
"Virginia" replied Snitch.
"Do you have a family?"
"Yeah, my mom and my little sister. I take the money I make back to them. I eat what I can snitch-"
"You mean steal?"
"I prefer snitch, that's how I got my name"
"I figured" snickered Willow.
"Wanna come meet my sister?"asked Snitch.
"Naw" said willow, "I gotta get back to the lodgeing house."
***
Willow entered the main lodging room quietly. no one seemed to notice her, they were all gathered around some boys in the middle of the room who where engaged in a game of poker. Willow studied some of the newsies. The other girls she had seen in the morning were there. One of them was extremely short and looked very young, maybe nine. She was plain, and had Mud brown hair that was braided, like willow's, but it looked matted and dirty.
The second girl looked about Willow's age, she had light brown hair and matching brown eyes. She looked firm, quiet, but just as Willow was thinking this the girl broke into a huge smile and laughed. She seemed nice then, almost outgoing, even though she hadn't even spoken to Willow.
The third girl had long blonde hair and was very tall. The fourth had red hair and piercing green eyes. She looked tough, really tough. Willow slowly approached the second girl.
"Excuse me" she said quietly, tapping the girls shoulder. The girl turned to look at Willow.
"Hey!" she said, smiling widely, "I'se Brook, I hear people call you willow."
"ummm, yeah" mumbled Willow. The girl reached to the back of Willows head and quickly unbraided her hair. Willow had beautiful hair. It was about an inch below her shoulders and wavy, not curly. Just a perfect mix between the two. It was a striking blonde, a silvery blonde. No one had ever seen hair like hers. She had painfully light blue eyes to go along with her hair. They were almost aqua blue. Willow was suddenlt very consciounce of her hair. She looked around the room and noticed the girl with the braided black hair staring at her hair also.
"I- um." she stuttered. More newsies were staring at her hair now.
Finially one spoke out, "You have hair from the moon!" gasped the younge girl.
Willow looked paniced, "Is that a bad thing?" she asked.
"Shut up Mickey!" snapped the red haired girl, "You're hair is fine, we'se jist neva' seen hair like yours before."
"Oh!" giggled Willow nervously "That's good, I didn't mean to interrupt the game."
"Dat's okay" mumbled one player, staring intently at his cards. Willow was introduced to the rest of the Newsies by Brook. The red haired girl was Myth, and the blonde was Ivy. She met Mush, Racetrack (Ivy's guy), Snoddy (Myth's guy), Crutchy, Dutchy, Jack, Davey, SnipeShooter, KidBlink, Specs, PieEater, Skittery, boots, and several more. Willow stood with the other girls for a while but soon grew comfortable and began to talk with the other Newsies too.
"So anyway, this guy was about to-" "-hey" Bumlets interrupted Willow's conversation with Specs, "Hey, did ya sell any papes today? I had bad luck so I hope you did betta'"
"I did great!" She said, digging out the money, "Here." Bumlets stared at the money in his hand.
"I only asked for fifty fifty!" he gasped, "Not all of it!"
"That is half" beamed Willow, "I was doing good so I bought out some other guys."
"You sure did do good!" smiled Bumlets, "Thanks!" Willow smiled, "Begginer luck, I guess."
"Maybe" said Bumlets. "Hey, listen" he said hesitantly, turning slightly pink, "Umm, since you'se made some extra money for me. maybe, y'know, you'd like to go ta' Tibby's wid me ta'night?"
Willow looked confused, "Tibby's?"
"Umm, ya, dat's a restaurant"
"Oh!" laughed Willow, "You're asking me out! Cool! Sure, I'd love too."
Bumlets smiled, "Good, uh, we can leave after da game is ova'"
"ok" replied Willow, "after the game then.'' She walked back over to Brook with a flushed face.
"Bumlet's is taking you to Tibby's!" she gasped, with a huge smile.
"How did you know?" asked Willow.
"He's been watchin' you all dis evening!" laughed Brooke, "I knew he'd get around ta it if he eva' woiked up da' guts!"
Willow giggled and looked over at Bumlets, he was staring at her and their eye's met. She looked away, emberassed. "He's cute" she thought, "Really cute, and he's nice too." She let her eye's roam around the room, all of a sudden she noticed Mickey was staring at her, actually, more like glaring. "What did I do?" wondered Willow.
*** Okay so there's the second chapter. Hope you liked it. I know I like it. LOL. Anywayz, I'd like to thank Jaede Loriele Conlon, and Kate Lawrence for getting me introduced to FanFiction.Net, and for helping me get this story up. Thank you!!! You guys are awesome!
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Chapter Two: Willow?
Willow woke up and rubbed her eyes.
"Wake up sleepyhead! You wanna be late and get out on da' streets afta' all da' people dat can actually read have bought they're papes?"
Willow groaned and raised her head two inches above her pillow, suddenly she was wide awake. She jumped to her feet and stared around her. Four other girls were wakeing up, washing their faces and hair, and dressing. Willow, trying to blend in, walked toward a bowl of water and splashed it on her face. Most of the other girls were already dressed. She reached up and felt her hair, it felt clean, she looked back to where she had been sleeping. there was her bag! She ran towards it, wait, it wasn't her bag. It was a awkward canvas bag. She opened it hoping to find her clothes. She felt something and pulled it out, it was overalls, one of the suspenders latches were broken. She pulled out another item, a white shirt. It was clean, but it was old and it had a very scrubbed look to it, like it had been washed one too many times. She quickly dressed, braided her hair, and went back to her bag to put on some shoes with thinning soles and ragged laces. She ran out of the room and collided with someone. "Oh!" she gasped, "I'm sorry!"
"Dat's all right, I'm Bumlets, and you'se is Willow."
"Willow?"
"Yeah, I heard dat dere was a new goil hea dat people started callin' Willow, dat was you, wasn't it?"
Willow hesitated, what was her name, she didn't seem to know, know anything for that matter, "Willow" she said quietly, testing it. "Willow" she said, more sure, "Yes that's my name."
"Great, 'k' well, I'se gotta go, da papes don't wait for me."
"Oh!" gasped Willow, "Papes! I forgot, I get to sell them too! Can I sell with you, I don't have any money."
"Sure" said Bumlets, with a hint of hesitation, "well, I'll loan ya two bitz, you can buy 50 papes and I'se will collect fifty percent of whadeva' you'se earn."
***
"Buy a pape M'am? How about you sir? Wouldn't you like to stay informed sir?" Willow sighed. She couldn't even sell one paper. She glanced through the paper, she should be yelling headlines, not begging for sale. One article jumped out at her. A train crash, only one survivor, three bodies are still missing. Three bodies missing. bodies missing, that worked. She held up a paper and walked to the middle of the street. People yelled at her to get out of the way. "TRAIN COLLISON!!! (collision sounded much more dramatic than crash) BODIES MISSING! SOME BELIVE WERE STOLEN BY SUPERNATURAL BEINGS FROM OUTERSPACE!" She stepped onto the sidewalk. People swarmed around her. She sold of 26 of her papes! "It wasn't a total lie." she thought, "I think they were stolen by aliens, anyway." She walked to the next block, flipping through pages as she went. There was another good article. Cure for Black Plague efforts are still unsuccessful. "HAVE SCIENTISTS FOUND A CURE FOR THE BLACK PLAGUE? FIND ANSWERS HERE!!"
"And they will find they're answers" she thought, as she collected the money for another fifteen papers, "Just not very satisfying ones." She found another article, she didn't even read it this time, she just saw the word Washington D.C and began to yell, "WHITE HOUSE SCANDAL!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!" She sold her last nine papes with requests for more. she felt pretty good, she had sold all her papes, "beginners luck I guess" she thought. She turned the corner and saw a small commotion down a side alley.
"I had tough luck sellin' papes today little kid" growled a large newsie, "I think you should buy my leftover from me!"
"But I had tough luck too!" whimpered the little boy, "I still have five!"
"I'll buy you both out!" called Willow, before the bully had a chance to hit the little kid. She pulled out the money and paid them both, then grabbed the little kid's arm and dragged him away from the other newsie. Only a little while later the little kid and Willow were sitting on the roof of an apartment.
"So kid" she said, looking at the boy, "What's your name?"
"Snitch" said the kid, turning pink at the ears.
"You don't talk like everyone else. You talk like me, where are you from?"
"Virginia" replied Snitch.
"Do you have a family?"
"Yeah, my mom and my little sister. I take the money I make back to them. I eat what I can snitch-"
"You mean steal?"
"I prefer snitch, that's how I got my name"
"I figured" snickered Willow.
"Wanna come meet my sister?"asked Snitch.
"Naw" said willow, "I gotta get back to the lodgeing house."
***
Willow entered the main lodging room quietly. no one seemed to notice her, they were all gathered around some boys in the middle of the room who where engaged in a game of poker. Willow studied some of the newsies. The other girls she had seen in the morning were there. One of them was extremely short and looked very young, maybe nine. She was plain, and had Mud brown hair that was braided, like willow's, but it looked matted and dirty.
The second girl looked about Willow's age, she had light brown hair and matching brown eyes. She looked firm, quiet, but just as Willow was thinking this the girl broke into a huge smile and laughed. She seemed nice then, almost outgoing, even though she hadn't even spoken to Willow.
The third girl had long blonde hair and was very tall. The fourth had red hair and piercing green eyes. She looked tough, really tough. Willow slowly approached the second girl.
"Excuse me" she said quietly, tapping the girls shoulder. The girl turned to look at Willow.
"Hey!" she said, smiling widely, "I'se Brook, I hear people call you willow."
"ummm, yeah" mumbled Willow. The girl reached to the back of Willows head and quickly unbraided her hair. Willow had beautiful hair. It was about an inch below her shoulders and wavy, not curly. Just a perfect mix between the two. It was a striking blonde, a silvery blonde. No one had ever seen hair like hers. She had painfully light blue eyes to go along with her hair. They were almost aqua blue. Willow was suddenlt very consciounce of her hair. She looked around the room and noticed the girl with the braided black hair staring at her hair also.
"I- um." she stuttered. More newsies were staring at her hair now.
Finially one spoke out, "You have hair from the moon!" gasped the younge girl.
Willow looked paniced, "Is that a bad thing?" she asked.
"Shut up Mickey!" snapped the red haired girl, "You're hair is fine, we'se jist neva' seen hair like yours before."
"Oh!" giggled Willow nervously "That's good, I didn't mean to interrupt the game."
"Dat's okay" mumbled one player, staring intently at his cards. Willow was introduced to the rest of the Newsies by Brook. The red haired girl was Myth, and the blonde was Ivy. She met Mush, Racetrack (Ivy's guy), Snoddy (Myth's guy), Crutchy, Dutchy, Jack, Davey, SnipeShooter, KidBlink, Specs, PieEater, Skittery, boots, and several more. Willow stood with the other girls for a while but soon grew comfortable and began to talk with the other Newsies too.
"So anyway, this guy was about to-" "-hey" Bumlets interrupted Willow's conversation with Specs, "Hey, did ya sell any papes today? I had bad luck so I hope you did betta'"
"I did great!" She said, digging out the money, "Here." Bumlets stared at the money in his hand.
"I only asked for fifty fifty!" he gasped, "Not all of it!"
"That is half" beamed Willow, "I was doing good so I bought out some other guys."
"You sure did do good!" smiled Bumlets, "Thanks!" Willow smiled, "Begginer luck, I guess."
"Maybe" said Bumlets. "Hey, listen" he said hesitantly, turning slightly pink, "Umm, since you'se made some extra money for me. maybe, y'know, you'd like to go ta' Tibby's wid me ta'night?"
Willow looked confused, "Tibby's?"
"Umm, ya, dat's a restaurant"
"Oh!" laughed Willow, "You're asking me out! Cool! Sure, I'd love too."
Bumlets smiled, "Good, uh, we can leave after da game is ova'"
"ok" replied Willow, "after the game then.'' She walked back over to Brook with a flushed face.
"Bumlet's is taking you to Tibby's!" she gasped, with a huge smile.
"How did you know?" asked Willow.
"He's been watchin' you all dis evening!" laughed Brooke, "I knew he'd get around ta it if he eva' woiked up da' guts!"
Willow giggled and looked over at Bumlets, he was staring at her and their eye's met. She looked away, emberassed. "He's cute" she thought, "Really cute, and he's nice too." She let her eye's roam around the room, all of a sudden she noticed Mickey was staring at her, actually, more like glaring. "What did I do?" wondered Willow.
*** Okay so there's the second chapter. Hope you liked it. I know I like it. LOL. Anywayz, I'd like to thank Jaede Loriele Conlon, and Kate Lawrence for getting me introduced to FanFiction.Net, and for helping me get this story up. Thank you!!! You guys are awesome!
Review review review!!!! I thrive on reviews!!!! Cookies to all who review!!! ~*~