FOREVER IN YOUR EYES
by sheena and trish Chapter One
"I knew you would like that movie! See, Kris always knows!" said Kristanna over the phone. She had been talking to her best friend, Emily on the phone for the past half hour about the movie they had just watched "The Newsies".
Emily laughed, "You sure do! Now you got me obsessed over Mush! Isn't it so cool that he can sing and dance? But doesn't he remind you of Justin Timberlake?!"
"Don't you think you're getting a little bit way over your head? That movie was made at least 9 years ago… isn't it kind of weird liking a guy older than you?" Kristanna exclaimed. Even though her positive attitude always pulled through, she still managed to look at the realistic way of things.
"Haha, that's true! It is weird… But at least we have all summer to watch it over and over again!" Emily has been boy crazy ever since Kris brought her to the mall to watch movies. Seeing a building full of boys opened Emily's eyes to a new experience she never knew. It also gave Emily an opportunity to embarrass Kris every time they were at the mall.
The girls talked on and on for hours until both of them fell asleep soundly on their beds...
***
Emily's head was throbbing with pain. I shouldn't have stayed up all night talking to Kris… I always get a headache after staying up too late… but then again I guess it's okay since we talked about "The Newsies" and most importantly Mush... damn… Mush is so hot! She was sitting up in a bunk bed, which apparently wasn't her house, and not her room either! The walls were bare and empty, with a few windows here and there. At the very end of the room were two doors, which lead to separate bathrooms. On the left of the doors was a staircase leading downstairs. There were also several other bunk beds, which seemed empty, except for one right across hers. Hey, that girl looks familiar… it's Kris! Emily ran over to Kristanna, who was still sound asleep, and shook her shoulders fiercely.
"Kris! You gotta wake up! There's something wrong!" Emily looked like she was on the verge of crying. How did we end up in this place?
"Wha…? Emily?! I didn't sleepwalk to your house without knowing again did I? 'Cause the last time I did that, your Dad thought I was a burglar… WHERE ARE WE?!" Kristanna sat bolt upright and ran to the window.
"Well, I don't know… I just woke up!"
"Emily… I don't think you'll like this… "
"What? Is it like Terminator 3 where the machines take over?!"
"No! This isn't the New York I know… this is the New York back then! Don't you remember looking at your history book? There was a picture exactly like this! We've gone back in time!"
Kris looked out the window and saw that this wasn't the New York she knew. New York had tall buildings and skyscrapers. There were people in suits walking and hurrying to their jobs. There were hotdog stands and magazine stands that would sell its products everyday. This New York was different. There were houses half the size of a usual building. There weren't any suits, but people wearing a different style of clothes. Instead of people in cars, there were people in horse-drawn carriages, and people in bicycles. This New York was very different.
"But that's not possible! We've gone back in time by sleeping?! And besides since when have I ever looked at my history book?! It's summer!"
Kristanna sighed. Nothing was making sense. How did they get here? "All I know is we have to look for somebody to talk to. At least somebody who can tell us what year we're in!"
Kristanna headed for the stairs leading downstairs.
"But are you sure that's such a good idea?" asked Emily. They were both downstairs and looking for a way out.
But before Kristanna could reply, Emily and Kristanna bumped into a tall pole right in front of them causing them to fall.
"Ow… who puts poles in a building?!" shouted Emily.
"Excuse me, but we're not poles… we're humans…"
Kristanna and Emily were obviously not looking where they were going. Their eyes still weren't used to the sunlight. They were both lying on the ground, until two boys who looked like their age, helped them up. One of the boys had curly brown hair and was very shocked by their appearance. So was the other one, who was wearing an eye patch on his right eye and a hat covered his short blond hair.
Emily's eyes finally focused on what she was seeing. "Oh my goodness! This too good to be true…Kris!!!" squealed Emily who looked like she was going to jump for joy.
"What now?" asked Kristanna.
"IT'S MUSH! FROM THE MOVIE!!!" Emily was so pleased to see him that she took his hand and started shaking it so madly, that it looked like his arm was about to fall off.
"I'm very confused," said the boy with the eye patch, "and how did you know his name? Are you girls' mind readers or something? And what's a movie?" he eyed them carefully until Kristanna found him staring at both of them.
Kristanna finally realized what was going on. The curly haired boy was Mush and the boy who was wearing an eye patch was Kid Blink from the movie "The Newsies". Kristanna quickly took a hold of Emily who was blushing furiously and looked like she wanted to faint right there.
"Um… sorry about that. My name's Kristanna, you can call me Kris. This is Emily." She pointed to Emily who was still too astounded to speak.
"Where did you get those clothes?" Kid Blink asked. Nobody wears those kinds of clothes around here…
Emily and Kristanna looked at each other. They were still wearing clothes that you would wear in the future! Emily was wearing flared jeans and a light green tube top with a white jacket with platforms, while Kristanna was wearing a blue long sleeved shirt and short shorts. Both girls looked very pretty in their outfits, considering that it hugged them in all the right places.
Emily finally found her voice and said, "This is so embarrassing… would you believe us if we said that we're from the future?"
"I guess that would explain a lot…" Mush exclaimed, still eyeing Emily strangely.
But before any of them could speak, a girl with long brown hair walked in towards the door. "What's going on? Hmm… looks like you two have company… by the way, where is Jack?"
Emily finally realized who she was… It's Sarah…
Both the boys stopped staring and realized what happened. They turned to talk to Sarah. "Jack told us to tell you to meet him at Tibby's Restaurant instead. He still has some papes to sell." Kid Blink exclaimed.
"All right, I'll meet you guys there then." Sarah turned to leave, but before she could, Blink grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Sarah, maybe you could do us all a favor. These girls here… they need some clothes to wear. Can you lend them some?"
"You girls do dress funny… sure, I have some extra clothes at home. Hmm… I don't think it'd be good for you girls to walk around outside. I got a quick errand to run, I'll be right back with clothes for the two of you. What are your names?"
Wow… she's nice… "I'm Kristanna. You can call me Kris." Kristanna hid shyly behind Emily, who at least was wearing long jeans.
WE dress funny?! Well that dress you're wearing is kind of outdated, but than again we ARE in the past…. "I'm Emily." Emily smiled and glued her eyes back on Mush. It's Mush! This is SO COOL!
"Nice to meet you, Kristanna, Emily." Sarah turned towards Mush and Kid Blink. "How about the three of us meet the rest of you at Tibby's?"
Mush nodded and Kid Blink smiled. "Alright. We'll see you there!"
***
I hate this dress, it's so poofy and these shoes they're like boots…when are they going to invent spiked heels or platforms? "Thanks Sarah for lending us your clothes..." Although they're not as trendy or comfortable as my own clothes…
"Sure, don't mention it. Emily… right?" How on earth did these girls end up dressing so funny?! They're very pretty though… Emily nodded.
I feel like a mushroom! What's the point of wearing a corset if you're going to wear a big poofy dress?! "This is a really interesting dress Sarah, but how do you manage to wear a corset? I mean, doesn't it hurt?!" exclaimed Kris who seemed glad to be out of her short shorts but in pain from wearing a corset, not that she needed one.
"Well, it does hurt sometimes but you eventually get used to it." Sarah was trying so hard not to laugh at the sight of the two. Emily was walking funny with the shoes that Sarah lent her; she probably wasn't used to wearing these compared to those tall funny looking shoes she was wearing earlier. Kris was moving very slowly and carefully trying to get used to the corset. Both of them were also trying to flatten out their dresses as they walked. Although they did look pretty good in the clothes that Sarah had lent them, they were funny to watch.
The three of them entered Tibby's and the noise that they had heard from the outside abruptly stopped. After the newsies had stared at the three of them they all went back to whatever they were doing earlier and the noise resumed. Jack had walked over to the three of them, followed by Blink and Mush.
"Well, well, well…I don't think I've met these two pretty ladies," Jack smiled at Kris and Emily then took Sarah into his arms.
Damn Jack is pretty cute too, but Mush is better… "I'm Emily," Emily stuck her hand out to shake hands with Jack but he ended up kissing her hand. Wow, how come the guys from the future don't do this anymore?! Hey look it's Mush! Emily's eyes were once again glued on Mush.
Emily! you're scaring Mush! "I'm Kris… short for Kristanna," Kris gave a small wave and the next thing she knew Jack was kissing her hand too. Wow, what a gentleman too bad he already has Sarah.
Kris laughed, "If only guys in the future would do that…"
"What?" Kid Blink was standing next to Jack, his hands in his pockets, looking confused.
"Never mind… where are we going to sit?" asked Kris. The place was full of newsies… it was obvious that Kris and Emily had no idea where to sit… or who to talk to. Mush took her hand and led them over to a circular table where four other boys were sitting together.
"Kris… Emily… these are the boys: Race, Crutchy, Dave, and his little brother, Les."
They all exchanged "hi's" and "hello's" to each other before sitting down and getting acquainted.
"So where are you girls from? Obviously not Manhattan, 'cuz we've never seen you girls around here before," asked Dave.
This is going to take a while… "You guys wouldn't believe us… you'd think we're crazy!" Emily shouted. Although Mush and Blink probably think I'm crazy already...
"How can two beautiful girls be crazy? Come on… tell us, we won't laugh at you!" Geez… they're so determined to find out!
"We already told Mush and Blink, but I'll say it again… we're from—from—from the—the—" Oh no! I hate it when I stutter! Kristanna found herself stuttering and quickly put her hands over her mouth.
"Kris… are you okay?" asked Mush.
"—from the---from—thefu—fu—"
"Oh man, Kris, don't tell me you're starting to stutter again! Anybody have a glass of water?" asked Emily. Crutchy handed Kris a glass of water, but Kris didn't seem to want to talk anymore.
"Well, what Kris was trying to say is that we're from the future 2003 to be exact." Emily pointed out.
"2003?! Well if that's true than what's it like?" asked Race.
"Well, its really cool. There's colored televisions—"
"What's a…"
"….computers…"
"com—compupers?"
"movie theaters, air-cons, airplanes, and um…" Emily looked around and saw how fascinated the newsies faces were "and flying horses!" The newsies seemed really excited…This is too funny! They're so gullible! "Ouch!" exclaimed Emily since Kris had kicked her from under the table.
"There are no flying horses in the future, you have to excuse Emily her imagination is very wild." Kris explained who already found her voice.
"How about flying pigs?!" asked Les who was probably the most excited about the news of flying horses.
"No," Kris said calmly while Emily was trying hard not to burst out laughing.
"Flying cows?" Les eyes widened. He looked so interested in flying animals…
"No."
"Flying frogs?"
"No."
"Flying-"
"The only animals that can fly are birds," Kris explained. She raised her left eyebrow and looked at Emily. Look what you did! Emily didn't seem to really see it since she had tears from laughter.
"I'm sorry," Emily was struggling to talk while holding back her laughter, "I just couldn't pass up the chance."
"How are we supposed to know if you girls are REALLY from the future? What if we don't know you're actually lying?" asked Race with a cigarette hanging from his mouth.
"Are you calling us liars?" Emily quickly stopped laughing and stared at Race.
"I have an idea!" shouted Kris, "How about… we tell you something that happens in the future… let's place a bet on it." Kris smiled. This is going to be fun!
Race eyed her up and down, "Alright. 5 cents on it. Double or nothing."
"Alright. Let's see… in a few years from now… Orville and Wilbur Wright will fly a powered airplane."
"Are you sure? Kris, you're going to lose a lot of money. People around here don't believe in those things," Race answered.
"Why? Are you scared?" Kris smiled slyly.
"Alright, alright. Let's shake on it."
"Hmm… that's interesting. Well, what are you ladies planning to do while you're here in Manhattan?" asked Blink.
"Well to tell you the truth, we don't know, especially since we're not really familiar with the streets of New York." Kris explained, "But I think that maybe we'll get a job, since we need money for food and to pay rent or something since we don't have a place to stay."
"You don't have a place to stay?" asked Mush, "Well you could always stay with us newsies and I'd be more than happy to show you around New York. As far as earning money, you could sell papes with us newsies. We'd be more than glad to help you ladies out, ain't that right fellas?!" The newsies all agreed with Mush.
"Well that's very generous of you guys, we'll make it up to you guys!" exclaimed Kris.
"No problem, well I don't have anything to do this afternoon so why don't I join Mush with the tour?" asked Blink
"Sure, the more the merrier!" Kris smiled. Kris looked at Emily who looked like she was going to faint at the idea of spending an afternoon with Mush.
***
"Wow, that's really weird... er, odd...," Emily said. Although the rest of the group didn't really know what she was talking about.
"The carriage? Is there nothing like that where you're from?" asked Mush.
"Not the carriage, the lady's hat. It's like a tower of fruits," Emily explained.
Mush chuckled, "I guess it is kind of odd."
"So what do you guys do around here for fun?" asked Kris.
"Well, there's Medda… the Swedish Meadowlark… beautiful singer. The newsies from New York go there once in a while just to have fun," answered Blink.
"How about we go there one night? Wouldn't that be fun?" Kris was always the one who was thinking of activities for them to do. If it weren't for her, Kris and Emily would become couch potatoes…
Mush smiled, " 'Course! I'll go talk to Jack about it later on."
The tour was much more different than they expected. Of course, they didn't have malls and shops for them to go look at, so instead, they just walked around the park and made fun of rich people wearing funny clothes. It wasn't exactly a tour, but it was still fun. By the end of the afternoon, Mush, Blink, Kristanna, and Emily walked over to the Newsboys Lodging House.
"Kloppman! Kloppie! Where are ya?!" shouted Blink.
"What now?" an old man, wearing a hat and glasses came out of a door across the staircase. "Looks like you boys have been busy! Where'd you find them?" Kloppman winked.
"Well, actually they found us," Mush answered.
Too much talking… "Excuse me, I'm Kris, and this is Emily. We need a place to stay, we don't have money to pay for today, but we'll pay for the next few days. I promise we won't cause too much trouble." Kris smiled. Haha, this always works. Kris' mother taught her how to cute up whenever she needed to get something for herself.
Emily sighed. She's doing it again… "We'll start selling newspapers tomorrow so we can have the money ready."
"Of course! Of course! Why don't you wait here while I go look for some pillows and blankets?"
"We're going to have to go upstairs now," Mush smiled, "We'll see you girls tomorrow!" Blink waved at them as he headed upstairs for their bunk beds, leaving the two girls at the front desk.
Kloppman came out holding two pillows, a huge blanket, and two other small blankets, which were for each of them. "Here ya go. I don't have a specific place for you girls right now, but would you be willing to sleep out in the hallway? I know its kind of odd, but it's the only place you girls can fit right now."
The hallway?! Well at least its close to Mush! "Don't worry about it, Kloppman, we'll be fine! We're big girls! We can tie our shoes and everything!" laughed Emily.
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