SHOUT OUTS!!!:
Seraph-Thanx for pointing out that those two chapters were named the same thing, don't know how that happened! I think I fixed it.
Imagnelet, Dreamer, Deanie, Artimas-Chan- THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REVIEWS! If I missed any people who sent me all the great reviews I jist want to say thank you and keep 'em coming! Even if you review me on every single chapter I'll be happy! I love to get reviews!
Kate: Thank you for showing me more of how this confusing website works, I think I screwed up on updateing one of the chapters but I'm sure you can help me fix it!
Everybody, the casting calls are still open! Please send me replies! I will try to at least get four chapters up a week but I have a play on Friday and I'm practiceing like heck to get my acting perfect so it's going to slow down a bit! SORRY! Please continue to read anyways!
***
"dis is hopeless!" yelled Racetrack, slamming his cards to the floor and stomping towards the door.
"Race wait!" called Ivy.
"What?!" asked Racetrack, spinning around with a scowl on his face.
"Just try one more time!" pleaded Ivy, "just one more time!"
"No Ivy" sighed Willow, "it's okay, Race doesn't need to try any more, I'm just not a card player."
"oh!" yelled Race, "you're far more than 'just not a card player' !!! You're a bend the cards, ask too many questions, let me see your cards, poker loser, horrible bet placer, CARD LOSER!!!"
"Ok Race!" said Ivy, "I think we get da picture!"
"I'm da master of Poker!" yelled Race, "I, myself, Racetrack am the best at poker, and any odder card game and even I can't teach her how ta play poker?! No! Dis betta not git around to da odders because den. den I'll be- just don't tell anyone else how bad you'se is!"
With that he jerked open the door and was about to storm away when he poked his head back in and said, "This will blow over in a bout a half an hour but right now I really really hate you Willow!"
"You are kinda dense" said Ivy to Willow.
"Oh thanks!" mumbled Willow, "you're such a great encourager!"
"I'm jist very blunt" said Ivy.
"I didn't notice" mumbled Willow sarcastically.
Jewels entered the room then with Tricks and Myth right behind her. Tricks took one look at the cards next to Willow and said, "Race tried to teach you ta play poker huh?"
"Did he teach you too?" asked Willow, hopeful that she might have someone else to share her frusteration with.
"Yeah" said Tricks, "But I loined really fast from him, he really is da best."
"I really am a card loser" sighed Willow.
"Dat's okay" said Jewels, "You good at odder stuff, like making keys."
"How'd you hear about dat?" asked Willow.
"Well" said Jewels, "Smudge tells Blink everyting an' den Blink goes an' brags about how great his goil is so he tells da whole story, he told us how you guys got Bumlets out, and dat's how I found out."
"Oh! Gee!" gasped Willow sarcastically, "I hope he gave Smudge the amount of credit she deserves for the rescue!" The other girls laughed.
"I'm sure he exaggerated every heroic part dat she had ta do wid" laughed Ivy.
"But she really was a big help" said Willow, "She deserves a lot of the credit."
"Well Willow" said Jewels, "We came ta tell you dat we found sumptin under yer pillow today."
"Really?" said Willow, "I don't usually put stuff under me pillow."
"Yeah, well" said Jewels, "We knows dat but da problem is dat da stuff we saw under yer pillow was stolen money. It was stolen from Race's stuff, he had won a little off a bet dat he made on a horse."
"What?!" gasped Willow, "I didn't do that!"
"We don't tink so either" Tricks explained, "we think someone is framing you, and we tink we knows who it is too, but we ain't sure."
Willow was about to ask who it was when he eyes narrowed, "Mickey" she whispered under her breath.
"Yeah" said Jewels, "we tink it was Mickey too, but we can't really prove it and after we do, so what?"
"So what?!" yelled Willow, "She's trying to break me and Bumlets up! If we prove her wrong she'll stop!"
"Calm down!" hissed Jewels, "Bumlets ain't dumb, he see's right through Mickey."
"But will she really stop?" asked Tricks, "she might get more and more angry, what if she tried to kill you?!"
"Would she do that?" asked Willow in a small voice.
"No!" said Myth loudly, "Listen, I don't like Mickey any more den you guys but she wouldn't try to kill Willow. She's jist really possessive over Bumlets, when she came here she was a lot younger and beat up pretty bad by her mudder and fadder, Bumlets was sorta like her older brother and dey got really close. She just fell in love with him after a while and he didn't, it's dat simple. She wants him for herself and she's trying to get you out of da way, and she's gonna try crazy tings to get you away, Willow. But I know for a fact she will not try to kill you."
Willow sighed, "Mickey never did like me."
"She did until she caught Bumlets starin' at you" said Ivy.
"That was my first day!" said Willow, "She couldn't have liked me before then so she's never liked me."
"Okay, di is jist stupid!" said Tricks, "who cares how long she's hated you for? We jist have ta pin dis on her."
"Yeah" said Jewels, "and I think I'se got a plan dat will woik..."
***
"Mickey?" said Bumlets, quietly opening the girls lodging room.
Mickey looked up, seeing it was Bumlets she smiled, "Yes Bumlets?"
"I jist wanted to talk to ya, since you're in here alone I thought dis was da poifect time."
"great!" said Mickey cheerfully, "let's talk!"
"ok" said Bumlets, "uh, so I guess ya hoid about what happened ta Race huh?"
"Yeah" said Mickey, "Willow stole his money-"
"Well" said Bumlets, cutting her off, "Some people ain't to sure it was her, of course, I don't want her ta be caught, but I wouldn't mind her being da one who did it. I neva liked Race much, he's always makin' crazy bets on dose stinkin' horses and he tinks he owns da game of Poker-"
"You mean, you're kinda glad someone tried to steal his money?!" asked Mickey.
"Yeah, I guess I is" said Bumlets slowly, "and I tink it really was Willow who took da money. She always tries ta impress me and she knows I don't like Race dat much, she probably did dis to impress me, an I must say, it woiked."
"Really?" said Mickey thoughtfully.
***
"It's working Jewels! It's working!" whispered Willow excitedly, "You're so smart!"
"Shh!" hissed Tricks, "they'll here us an den it won't woik!" The girls quieted down and continued to listen to Mickey and Bumlet's conversations from the other side of the door. ***
"Well" said Bumlets, standing up, "I guess I'se done, is dere anyting else you'se wanted ta talk ta me about?"
"Yes" said Mickey, with a smirk. ***
As soon as Bumlets stood up the girls went and gathered the newsies that were waiting at the bottom of the stairs, they all gathered around the door and listened carefully. ***
"I stole da money from Race" announced Mickey proudly, "It was me, all me, I hid it under Willow's pillow because. well never mind, da point is, it was me who stole da money from Racetrack."
"You stole the money from Racetrack?!" gasped Bumlets loudly, so all the newsies he knew would be on the other side of the door.
"Yes!" Mickey exclaimed, getting louder as she became more excited, "Aren't you impressed?! I pulled a fast one on Race, not dat flaky Willow goil! Do you love me now?! Bumlets? It was me all along! I'm da one who really loves you! I stole da money for you!" Bumlets stared at her for a little while quietly.
"Bumlets?" asked Mickey, starting to wonder what she had said wrong, "aren't you proud of me?"
"Mickey" said Bumlets, shaking his head, "Race and me are like brodders! And even if I didn't like him, I wouldn't be impressed by stealing, why can't ya leave Willow an' me alone?"
Mickey gasped, "but you said-"
"I'm really sorry Mickey" said Bumlets, opening the door for her to see all the listeners, "I'm sorry I had to betray your trust, but Willow is important to me, and when someone does sumptin like dis to me goil. well, I'll do anyting to clear her name." Mickey's eye's started to tear up and her lip quivered.
"What'r you guys gonna do ta me?" she asked the other newsies, "We're gonna send you ta da Bronx" said Tricks, telling Mickey the decision they had all made before hand, "When spots boids tell im dat you're okay agin', you'll get to come back."
"I have to be scrutinized by da Brooklyn Boids and live in da Bronx?!" cried Mickey, then she sniffed and wiped the tears off her face.
"Okay" she said, "I know what you have to take when yer a newsie, and I have what it takes ta be a newsie wether I'm a newsie in Manhattan or da Bronx."
Ivy went over to Mickey, "I'll come visit you" she ressured Mickey, "and of course Jewels and Tricks and Willow and Myth will too."
Mickey looked over at Bumlets pleadingly, "no" he said desicively, "I won't be visiting you, you hafta change without having me for yer motivation." Mickey looked down at the floor.
"Ok" she whispered quietly. She went over to her bed and had everything gathered up within a few minutes. Blink, Mush, and Myth walked out of the Lodging house with her, they were the ones picked to take her to da Bronx.
Bumlets stared after her, "I wish." he said quietly.
"You wish what?" asked Willow.
"I wish dere had been anudder way ta get her to confess" he mumbled, "I don't like ta betray people's trust."
"I know." whispered Willow, leaning against him, "and I'se sorry" she said in a New York accent.
Bumlets looked down at her and smiled, "You sound good when ya talk like us udder Newsies."
Seraph-Thanx for pointing out that those two chapters were named the same thing, don't know how that happened! I think I fixed it.
Imagnelet, Dreamer, Deanie, Artimas-Chan- THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REVIEWS! If I missed any people who sent me all the great reviews I jist want to say thank you and keep 'em coming! Even if you review me on every single chapter I'll be happy! I love to get reviews!
Kate: Thank you for showing me more of how this confusing website works, I think I screwed up on updateing one of the chapters but I'm sure you can help me fix it!
Everybody, the casting calls are still open! Please send me replies! I will try to at least get four chapters up a week but I have a play on Friday and I'm practiceing like heck to get my acting perfect so it's going to slow down a bit! SORRY! Please continue to read anyways!
***
"dis is hopeless!" yelled Racetrack, slamming his cards to the floor and stomping towards the door.
"Race wait!" called Ivy.
"What?!" asked Racetrack, spinning around with a scowl on his face.
"Just try one more time!" pleaded Ivy, "just one more time!"
"No Ivy" sighed Willow, "it's okay, Race doesn't need to try any more, I'm just not a card player."
"oh!" yelled Race, "you're far more than 'just not a card player' !!! You're a bend the cards, ask too many questions, let me see your cards, poker loser, horrible bet placer, CARD LOSER!!!"
"Ok Race!" said Ivy, "I think we get da picture!"
"I'm da master of Poker!" yelled Race, "I, myself, Racetrack am the best at poker, and any odder card game and even I can't teach her how ta play poker?! No! Dis betta not git around to da odders because den. den I'll be- just don't tell anyone else how bad you'se is!"
With that he jerked open the door and was about to storm away when he poked his head back in and said, "This will blow over in a bout a half an hour but right now I really really hate you Willow!"
"You are kinda dense" said Ivy to Willow.
"Oh thanks!" mumbled Willow, "you're such a great encourager!"
"I'm jist very blunt" said Ivy.
"I didn't notice" mumbled Willow sarcastically.
Jewels entered the room then with Tricks and Myth right behind her. Tricks took one look at the cards next to Willow and said, "Race tried to teach you ta play poker huh?"
"Did he teach you too?" asked Willow, hopeful that she might have someone else to share her frusteration with.
"Yeah" said Tricks, "But I loined really fast from him, he really is da best."
"I really am a card loser" sighed Willow.
"Dat's okay" said Jewels, "You good at odder stuff, like making keys."
"How'd you hear about dat?" asked Willow.
"Well" said Jewels, "Smudge tells Blink everyting an' den Blink goes an' brags about how great his goil is so he tells da whole story, he told us how you guys got Bumlets out, and dat's how I found out."
"Oh! Gee!" gasped Willow sarcastically, "I hope he gave Smudge the amount of credit she deserves for the rescue!" The other girls laughed.
"I'm sure he exaggerated every heroic part dat she had ta do wid" laughed Ivy.
"But she really was a big help" said Willow, "She deserves a lot of the credit."
"Well Willow" said Jewels, "We came ta tell you dat we found sumptin under yer pillow today."
"Really?" said Willow, "I don't usually put stuff under me pillow."
"Yeah, well" said Jewels, "We knows dat but da problem is dat da stuff we saw under yer pillow was stolen money. It was stolen from Race's stuff, he had won a little off a bet dat he made on a horse."
"What?!" gasped Willow, "I didn't do that!"
"We don't tink so either" Tricks explained, "we think someone is framing you, and we tink we knows who it is too, but we ain't sure."
Willow was about to ask who it was when he eyes narrowed, "Mickey" she whispered under her breath.
"Yeah" said Jewels, "we tink it was Mickey too, but we can't really prove it and after we do, so what?"
"So what?!" yelled Willow, "She's trying to break me and Bumlets up! If we prove her wrong she'll stop!"
"Calm down!" hissed Jewels, "Bumlets ain't dumb, he see's right through Mickey."
"But will she really stop?" asked Tricks, "she might get more and more angry, what if she tried to kill you?!"
"Would she do that?" asked Willow in a small voice.
"No!" said Myth loudly, "Listen, I don't like Mickey any more den you guys but she wouldn't try to kill Willow. She's jist really possessive over Bumlets, when she came here she was a lot younger and beat up pretty bad by her mudder and fadder, Bumlets was sorta like her older brother and dey got really close. She just fell in love with him after a while and he didn't, it's dat simple. She wants him for herself and she's trying to get you out of da way, and she's gonna try crazy tings to get you away, Willow. But I know for a fact she will not try to kill you."
Willow sighed, "Mickey never did like me."
"She did until she caught Bumlets starin' at you" said Ivy.
"That was my first day!" said Willow, "She couldn't have liked me before then so she's never liked me."
"Okay, di is jist stupid!" said Tricks, "who cares how long she's hated you for? We jist have ta pin dis on her."
"Yeah" said Jewels, "and I think I'se got a plan dat will woik..."
***
"Mickey?" said Bumlets, quietly opening the girls lodging room.
Mickey looked up, seeing it was Bumlets she smiled, "Yes Bumlets?"
"I jist wanted to talk to ya, since you're in here alone I thought dis was da poifect time."
"great!" said Mickey cheerfully, "let's talk!"
"ok" said Bumlets, "uh, so I guess ya hoid about what happened ta Race huh?"
"Yeah" said Mickey, "Willow stole his money-"
"Well" said Bumlets, cutting her off, "Some people ain't to sure it was her, of course, I don't want her ta be caught, but I wouldn't mind her being da one who did it. I neva liked Race much, he's always makin' crazy bets on dose stinkin' horses and he tinks he owns da game of Poker-"
"You mean, you're kinda glad someone tried to steal his money?!" asked Mickey.
"Yeah, I guess I is" said Bumlets slowly, "and I tink it really was Willow who took da money. She always tries ta impress me and she knows I don't like Race dat much, she probably did dis to impress me, an I must say, it woiked."
"Really?" said Mickey thoughtfully.
***
"It's working Jewels! It's working!" whispered Willow excitedly, "You're so smart!"
"Shh!" hissed Tricks, "they'll here us an den it won't woik!" The girls quieted down and continued to listen to Mickey and Bumlet's conversations from the other side of the door. ***
"Well" said Bumlets, standing up, "I guess I'se done, is dere anyting else you'se wanted ta talk ta me about?"
"Yes" said Mickey, with a smirk. ***
As soon as Bumlets stood up the girls went and gathered the newsies that were waiting at the bottom of the stairs, they all gathered around the door and listened carefully. ***
"I stole da money from Race" announced Mickey proudly, "It was me, all me, I hid it under Willow's pillow because. well never mind, da point is, it was me who stole da money from Racetrack."
"You stole the money from Racetrack?!" gasped Bumlets loudly, so all the newsies he knew would be on the other side of the door.
"Yes!" Mickey exclaimed, getting louder as she became more excited, "Aren't you impressed?! I pulled a fast one on Race, not dat flaky Willow goil! Do you love me now?! Bumlets? It was me all along! I'm da one who really loves you! I stole da money for you!" Bumlets stared at her for a little while quietly.
"Bumlets?" asked Mickey, starting to wonder what she had said wrong, "aren't you proud of me?"
"Mickey" said Bumlets, shaking his head, "Race and me are like brodders! And even if I didn't like him, I wouldn't be impressed by stealing, why can't ya leave Willow an' me alone?"
Mickey gasped, "but you said-"
"I'm really sorry Mickey" said Bumlets, opening the door for her to see all the listeners, "I'm sorry I had to betray your trust, but Willow is important to me, and when someone does sumptin like dis to me goil. well, I'll do anyting to clear her name." Mickey's eye's started to tear up and her lip quivered.
"What'r you guys gonna do ta me?" she asked the other newsies, "We're gonna send you ta da Bronx" said Tricks, telling Mickey the decision they had all made before hand, "When spots boids tell im dat you're okay agin', you'll get to come back."
"I have to be scrutinized by da Brooklyn Boids and live in da Bronx?!" cried Mickey, then she sniffed and wiped the tears off her face.
"Okay" she said, "I know what you have to take when yer a newsie, and I have what it takes ta be a newsie wether I'm a newsie in Manhattan or da Bronx."
Ivy went over to Mickey, "I'll come visit you" she ressured Mickey, "and of course Jewels and Tricks and Willow and Myth will too."
Mickey looked over at Bumlets pleadingly, "no" he said desicively, "I won't be visiting you, you hafta change without having me for yer motivation." Mickey looked down at the floor.
"Ok" she whispered quietly. She went over to her bed and had everything gathered up within a few minutes. Blink, Mush, and Myth walked out of the Lodging house with her, they were the ones picked to take her to da Bronx.
Bumlets stared after her, "I wish." he said quietly.
"You wish what?" asked Willow.
"I wish dere had been anudder way ta get her to confess" he mumbled, "I don't like ta betray people's trust."
"I know." whispered Willow, leaning against him, "and I'se sorry" she said in a New York accent.
Bumlets looked down at her and smiled, "You sound good when ya talk like us udder Newsies."