FOREVER IN YOUR EYES

by sheena and trish

Chapter Two

Its already midnight and I STILL can't sleep! Kristanna sat up against the wall while Emily was sound asleep mumbling to herself once every often about Mush. Emily was always the early bird… she went to sleep early… and woke up early. However, Kristanna stayed up late and woke up late. Kristanna laughed. Its so funny how we can be so different, yet so alike.

The girls were so tired from the day's events that they went straight up towards the hallway and chatted for a while, until Emily fell asleep. However, Kristanna had nobody to talk to; the boys are probably sleeping already… I wish they had a radio around here. I need some music. Forget that, I'll make my own…

Kristanna started singing softly, "Oh, it's just my imagination… running away with me…"

Suddenly, Kristanna heard footsteps coming towards them. Who is that? What's happening? But before Kristanna could do anything, something or somebody, had tripped over her legs and fell flat on the floor. Kristanna finally realized who it was.

"Mush? Are you ok? What are you doing here at night?"

"Kris? What—" Oddly enough, Mush fell smack in the middle, right between Kristanna and Emily. "Why are you girls sleeping here?" His eyes widened when he finally realized where he was.

Emily, still in her sleep, suddenly grabbed Mush's arm and hugged it tightly. "hmm… ooh… mushy… you look so hot… hmmm…"

Kristanna started laughing so hard, it looked like she was going to cry.

"Um… Kris… can you help me here?"

Kristanna giggled, "This is so funny… she probably thinks you're a pillow…" She helped Mush out of Emily's grasp and gave Emily her pillow to hug instead.

"Sorry about that. She just really likes you."

"I kind of figured that when she started wringing my arm when she first saw me. How about we move a little bit over there so she won't start grabbing random parts of my body again…" Kris nodded and moved so that she and Mush were facing each other.

"So what are you doing up this late?" asked Mush.

"I couldn't sleep," Kristanna said simply. "Emily always sleeps early… I always sleep late. Complete opposites. Wait—I guess I should be asking YOU that question! What are you doing up so late?"

"I was outside for a walk… I was walking… until I tripped!" Mush laughed. Its so fun talking to her… "I heard someone singing right before I tripped… was that you?"

Please don't make me sing! "Um… yeah…" Kristanna answered shyly.

"Wow… so you can sing huh? Maybe you should talk to Medda about that."

"Nah, I don't think so… I'm not that confident singing in front of big crowds. I get all nervous and I have butterflies."

"Don't worry about that! Once you start singing…you get all comfortable and let go and soon the big crowd ain't there no more... its just you."

Aww… He's so sweet! Kristanna smiled. "Thanks."

"Is it ok if I can hear you sing? I can understand if you don't want to, but would you?" Mush moved towards her and sat next to her instead. He smiled, "Just so I can hear you better."

Too close… Waaayyy too close!!! "Alright, I'll sing. At least its not like I'm in front of a crowd." What song should I sing? Oh, I know… Kristanna cleared her throat and started to sing.

"Each day through my window… I watch him as he passes by… I say to myself… I'm so lucky he's so fly… To have a boy like him… is truly a dream come true… Out of all the girlies in the world… he belongs to you…" Kristanna stopped. Oh God, he's staring at me…

"That was… amazing… I never met anybody who can sing like that," Mush eyes widened. "Oh, and what's fly?"

Kristanna chuckled, "It means… cute… nice… wonderful…" As she said each word, Mush came closer and closer… What's he doing?!

Kristanna backed away and moved to where Emily was sleeping, "You know, Emily can dance." Kristanna said quickly out of panic.

Mush looked shocked. He was still frozen to the spot where they had just been. After a few seconds, he snapped out of it. "Um yeah… together you girls would be unstoppable."

***

That was a really good sleep… even though the floor was hard. Emily opened her eyes to see that the lights were already turned on. There were very few people awake, though. Once again, I'm the early bird. Emily looked towards Kris… but it wasn't Kris whom she first saw. It was Mush! "Oh my goodness… It's Mush! What's he doing here?!"

"That's what I'd like to know…" It was Blink. He was standing over them with a stunned look at his face. "I was going to wake you girls up, but I guess you got your own alarm clock right here…"

It was a very interesting image to look at. Mush was sleeping in the middle of Kristanna and Emily. Emily, strangely enough, didn't even notice him. But Kristanna was leaning on his shoulder while Mush had his arm around her.

"Blink… I have no idea what happened… when I went to sleep, Mush wasn't even here!" Emily pleaded.

"What—huh?" Mush was starting to wake up… he was rubbing his eyes and slowly realized where he was. "I fell asleep!"

"You sure did," answered Blink. Mush stood up quickly leaving the sleeping Kris still on the floor. "I—Blink, why don't we leave the girls here and talk for a while?" They both left, not looking very pleasant.

Oh my gosh… Mush was here when I was sleeping! Why didn't Kristanna wake me up?! Blink didn't look very happy though… "Kris! Krissie! YO! Wake up!" shouted Emily. Kristanna ignored her and mumbled in her sleep. Emily sighed, "FIRE! THERE'S A FIRE!!!"

Kristanna stood bolt upright. "Fire! Where? EMILY!" Kristanna finally realized that Emily was just trying to wake her up. They both looked at each other and started to have fits of laughter. It abruptly stopped when Race passed by.

"Sounds like you girls have caused… trouble," said Race.

"Oh my God… I forgot… where's Mush?"

"He's awake already," answered Emily. "Um… it wasn't pretty…"

"We just ended up talking yesterday night, and I guess we both fell asleep…"

"It's ok, Kris. I trust you girls. You're the first girl who ever made a bet with me. Nobody's… bold enough to do it. Don't worry, I'll talk to Blink, alright?" Race winked at Kris.

"Thanks Race," Kris smiled and hugged Race before he could get away.

"Hey now… don't get all mushy on me… not that mushy meant anything!" Race smiled and walked away.

"Emily… what happened? How'd Blink get into this?"

"Let's go to the bathroom… I'll tell you what happened there…"

Emily told Kristanna everything that happened since she had woken up. When it was Kristanna's turn to tell her what happened, Emily felt a twinge of jealousy for her friend. If I only stayed up late…

"So now you believe me?" asked Kristanna. Her eyes were pleading for help. Emily could tell that she was scared of what might happen.

"Of course I do! Come on, let's get ready…" But as Emily headed to take a bath, they just realized they had run out of soap. "Um… Kris… can you go ask the guys if they have extra soap? They don't have any here…"

"Why can't YOU get it?!"

" 'Cuz I'm already in here!" Emily shouted.

"Fine, I'll go get it…"Kris sighed. This isn't going to be easy.

Kris walked up to the bathroom. The door was closed. It probably never was until we came here… Kris knocked on the door. "Hello? Can anybody hear me?" The door slowly opened and there was Crutchy standing in front of her. "Hey Krissie! Do ya need anything?"

"Um… do you guys have extra soap? We don't have any…"

"Sure, I'll be right back." Crutchy left to get soap leaving the door open. All of a sudden, the newsies recognized she was there. The usual noise of talking quieted down and everybody stared. Kristanna looked over at Mush and Blink. They weren't even standing together. Mush turned bright red and Blink looked angrier than ever. Crutchy came back. He was holding a brand new bar of soap in his hand. "Here ya go, Krissie."

"Um... thanks, Crutchy..."

***

What on earth was Mush THINKING?! Sleeping with a girl is bad enough, but in between two girls! And his arm was around Kris and how Kris seemed to enjoy being in his arms… Blink was so angry that his face was bright red. He looked over at Mush, who seemed to be in his own world right now.

Race entered the room "Hey fellas," Race looked from Blink to Mush. "Did you have a good evening?"

"I'm sure Mush did," Blink muttered heatedly.

Yah, actually I did, that was really interesting…Mush had prevented a smile just in time. "Nothing happened, I was just taking a walk and I heard singing and…" Mush looked at Blink, who seemed to be ignoring him and not wanting to hear a word that came out of his mouth. "Will you at least listen to me?!" This can't be good, Blink and I usually get along. We haven't fought in a while…

I can't hear you… Blink continued washing up pretending to not hear a word Mush said. What kind of friend are you anyways?! The kind that steals the girl that your friend likes? Or how about the kind that not only wants one girl but two?!

Listen to me Blink! You're usually never this stubborn… Mush sighed; he knew he had to at least try and explain things to Blink. "I was walking back to the room and I tripped over something, well more of someone actually. Kris and Emily were sleeping out in the hallway. Kris said she was the one that was singing earlier so I asked her to sing for me and then…" How am I going to explain what happens next? Should I even tell him? It might make things worse…

She sang for him?! For Mush?! She must like him… "And than you ended up sleeping next to Kris and Emily since you thought that maybe one of them would fall for you, is that it?!" Blink was really irritated; he couldn't hold it in anymore.

"It's nothing like that Blink. To be honest, I don't know or remember how I ended up sleeping there." Mush seemed like he was about to burst too. He was so angry at how irrational Blink was being.

"Its not enough that you have Emily going gaga over you, is it? You have to have Kris' attention too?!" Blink was now yelling, loosing his cool.

"Oh is that what this is about?!" Mush exclaimed "You're jealous is that it? You're jealous that I have Emily? Or is it Kris you want?!"

I can't take this anymore…Blink raised his fist ready to hit Mush.

"Fellas, fellas let's try to be calm…" Race tried to calm them down while the other newsies were either holding back Blink or Mush. Mush and Blink kept trying to get out of the other newsies' grasps. The room was full of commotion. "fellas fellas…ah forget it… CHEESE IT!" Race shouted and the room fell silent. "Blink, I'm sure that nothing happened between Mush and the girls. Mush, no sleeping with the girls anymore. Now... lets be calm and reasonable and get ready to sell some papes alrite?" The normal muttering and noise in the bathroom resumed. Mush and Blink were on opposite sides of the room.

There was a knock on the door, but most of the newsies just ignored it. They were all preparing themselves for another fight. Crutchy finally went to the door. Mush and Blink and the other newsies eventually moved their attention to the door, where Kris was standing rather shyly.

What happened between us last night? Mush had so many things he wanted to confront Kris about but now wasn't the time. Oh my gosh… Is that Kris? Just in time… Mush blushed and looked away when Kris had caught him staring at her.

You like Mush don't you? Well maybe I can change your mind... Blink was getting so hopeful until he saw Kris looking over at Mush. Once again Blink was filled with envy; he had to look away from the two of them.

***

What is taking that girl so long? I'm freezing! Emily was shivering in the tub that was filled with warm water a couple minutes ago before Kris had left to go ask for soap. Don't tell me she's having another moment with Mush. She already had one last night while I was asleep! Man…why do I have to go to sleep so early?! The door opened and Kris entered. "What took you so long?" Emily asked

"Long? That was long?!" Kris gave a little laugh. Well I guess if I were naked in the bathtub I'd consider that long…

"Haha, yes, that was long," Emily replied and started washing so fast that Kris thought the soap was going to fly out of her hands. "So did you and Mush have another moment or something?" Emily asked she said in a joking matter but deep inside she was full of worry.

"No," Kris let out a sigh, "I think he and Blink are having a fight about what happened last night…" I hope I didn't cause too much trouble… "What are you doing?" Kris was trying not to laugh.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm trying to put on this corset..." Emily explained.

"Well, that was a fast bath..." Kris looked over at Emily and started laughing at the sight of Emily trying to tie the strings together. It seemed like it was a dog chasing its tail.

"Can I get a little help here?" Emily asked. But Kris was too busy laughing to hear her.

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