Hey!
Sureshot Higgins: Sorry about the computer trouble. I'll keep writing, I just hope I keep getting ideas.
Klover: Bah, I know it took me a long time to update, but I had prom and end of year stuff with friends. Things have been busy on the Stretchy front, lets hope it calms soon.
Southern Spell: Mailing list? I forgot something. Anyway, Davey does have a habit of being snooty in fics (snooty-homage to Ferris Bueller).
Celtic Lass: Yay!! You liked me being profound. I feel the need to do that sometimes. It's odd. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENTS!!!
Spatz: HURRAY!!! YOU LOOKED BACK ON SNITCH TO SEE WHY HE WAS IN THERE! I try to get some of these boys to interact with each other. It seems natural.
Sqky0o7: Closet time is fun, and I have more people in there now. Most recent addition: Emcee from Cabaret. I LOVE HIM!!!
Pyromanical Llama: Run away to Borneo? Me??? NEVER!!!…It would be Fiji. I made you like David? Not sure if that's a good thing or not. I'M SO HAPPY YOU LIKE MY X2 FIC!!! I adore Nightcrawler!!!
Hotshot: Yeah, sometimes people don't give David enough love. :::goes to read fic you told her about:::
Brook Lyn: Hmmm…that name sounds ODDLY familiar. THANKS FOR THE REVIEW!
Gretch: I KNEW YOU WOULD LIKE IT, WITH IT BEING DAVID AND ALL!
Ponine: HAHAHA!!! David a Pulitzer??? Hmmm…
Thumbsucker Snitch: I LOVE X2!!! NIGHTCRAWLER IS ADOREABLE!!! ZOOT!!! MONTY PYTHON!!! WOO HOO!!!
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Les was the tag-along. The little brother to everyone in the ragged
bunch that surrounded Manhattan on a daily basis. They were his
idols, and he looked up to them intently like a devoted puppy. In a
way it was endearing. He wasn't the youngest newsboy in New York,
but he was probably the most innocent. Though he never truly
understood what being a child of the streets was, having older
siblings to help take care of him and a warm home to go to at the
end of the day, he gathered more out of life from those few years
selling papers than I think he ever had, or ever will again.
David was always around, for advice, to save him from unwelcome
situations, or to just tell him what to do when Les stood clueless
and confused. I'm not sure how he would have survived without his
older brother always there, grabbing him by the collar when he was
bordering on trouble. Soon, the others took him on s a sort of
surrogate sibling, having either none of their own or being miles
away from them. It was because of this that Les remained the most
naïve of the group, still believing in the stories he was taught in
school about good overcoming evil while the others understood that
it wasn't that simple.
It wasn't permanent. I knew that from the second I laid my eyes on
him. He was going to become something, or be taken care of for the
rest of his life. That was the way he was, and some people can just
tell. Certain people have their lives ahead written all over their
faces, so that even if they don't notice it, others do. Les was
never going to have to struggle as the others did. Sure, he had his
hardships, but they passed with time and built character.
It was a hard few years, saving up for it. Yet, he had his parents
to help, as well as his older siblings. They were there for him from
the beginning and they will be there for him until the bitter end.
For years they saved, wanting his life to be better than theirs, his
world to stay more innocent and optimistic. By the time his
schooling was finished, graduating a year late due to his time off
selling when his father was between jobs because of his injury, Les
was given the opportunity to attend college, something neither his
brother nor sister had the privilege of doing.
Between his parents' saving, David's paper earning more money each
year, and the textile factory Sarah managed, They somehow managed
it. Les was the only one of the boys to get a higher education. He's
still studying, working to become a lawyer of sorts I believe. He
has the education to allow him to survive and give the children he
may one day have a better life than he had. However, he has the
experience to treat the people he is hired for with utmost respect
and understanding that many spoiled young men will never offer. It's
good to finally have someone of that status working on your side.
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THERE!! ONE MORE CHAPTER TO GO!!! WOO HOO!!!
Stretch