-Sorry it took so long to get out the next chapter.
"Spot, do you think Jack will let me stay with him? I don't know him very well and I would be the only girl living there. I'm not sure if he's going to be okay with that." Olive for some reason was getting nervous about asking Jack if she could stay with him. What would he say? If he said yes, would he really want her there or would he just try to be nice? What would the other newsies think with a girl living there? Maybe living with Spot would be a better idea. No, she thought, I just can't go all the way to Brooklyn. I still have to be in Manhattan so I would just be walking back and forth a lot.
"Don't worry about it, Olivia," Spot said trying to comfort her. He could tell she was nervous. "I know Jack will let you stay with him. He's such a nice guy and I know he would never say no to such a pretty goil like you."
Olive smiled and looked down because she knew she was blushing. Spot kissed her on the cheek to let her know everything was going to be okay.
Back at the Lodging House Les and Jack were sitting in the bunkroom talking. Les had said that he needed to get something off his chest and Jack was the only person he could talk to about this.
"So what's up Les? Is anything wrong?" Jack went and sat on Race's bottom bunk and looked across to Les who was sitting on Snipeshooters bunk.
"Well ya see I sorta have some um ya know uh." Les studdered and just couldn't get the words to come out.
"Come on Les what's the matter?"
"Girl problems," Les looked down at his feet. He could feel his cheeks turning red.
"Goil problems? Well you've come to the right guy," Jack said smiling proudly of himself, "what kinda goil problems?"
"I kinda have a crush on this one girl and I really wanna tell her how I feel but she's seeing someone else and I don't know how she feels about me."
"Can you tell me who the girl is?"
"Well, it's uh..okay the girl is." Les was about to tell Jack when he heard Spot's voice yell from downstairs.
"Hey Jack. Jack. Where are youse? I really need to talk to ya about something important," Spot yelled from downstairs not realizing he was interrupting Jack and Les's conversation.
Jack turned towards the door, "Hold up, Spot I'll be down in a minute." He turned back to Les, "can we finish talking about this later? We can go up on the roof tonight where theres no distractions because this sounds really important to you. Okay?"
"Alright," Les agreed but inside he was saying no, I want to finish talking about this now. Spot took his best friend and now he was taking Jack away from his conversation; which was very important to him. Les couldn't hold it inside of him anymore, he had to tell someone how he felt about Olive and he knew he could trust Jack and right when he was about to tell him Spot has to come and bother them. He's the leader of Brooklyn, shouldn't he be over there instead of in Manhattan?
Jack and Les both walked down the stairs to find Spot and Olive standing in the doorway holding hands and smiling at each other. It broke Les's heart to see Olive so happy with Spot. He wished he could be there holding Olive's hand and smiling at her instead of Spot. She was to good for Spot, she would be better off with him. "Hi Olivia," Les said trying to get her to look at him instead of Spot.
"Oh hey Les," Olive said finally peeling her eyes away from Spot, "I haven't seen you in awhile."
Yeah because you spend all of you time with Spot. Les was dying to say this but somehow he kept it inside. "So how have you been?"
"Oh I've been pretty good," she looked over at Spot and smiled, "how bout yourself?"
"I'm alright I guess." There was an akward silence between everyone. "Well I'm kinda tired so I'm gunna go lie down for a little while. I'll talk to you tonight Jack." Les turned to go upstairs into the bunkroom.
"Maybe I'll see you later tonight Les," Olive called.
Les gave her a little smile even though he doubted that he would see her tonight or even tomorrow, "Yeah see ya."
"So what can I do for you Spot?" The three of them turned to go sit on the couch that was in the lobby.
"Actually I was wondering if you could do something for Olivia. We just came from her house and something happened to her parents, I won't get into that now, but to make this short can she stay here with you in Manhattan? She doesn't have any place to live and she doesn't want to live with me in Brooklyn because she doesn't want to leave her friends here and she doesn't want to keep going back and forth. So can she? It would mean a lot to me Jacky-boy, if you would let her stay."
"Of course she can stay here. It would be no problem, but I'm just reminding you that you'd be the only goil heah. But you do have Les that you can talk to and my goilfriend Cups is over heah a lot and I'm sure you'll like her, and all the guys are real nice here so I'm sure you'll fit right in."
Olive ran over and hugged Jack. "Oh Jack, I'm so happy you're letting me stay. I promise I won't be a bother. You don't know how much this means to me."
"Yeah thanks Jacky-boy. You're a real pal." Spot stood up and spit shook with Jack. "I have to be goin back to Brooklyn now. I'll see you guys tomorrow."
"Okay bye Spot." Jack said.
"I'll miss you Spot." Olive said.
"I'll miss ya too, doll face." Spot kissed Olive before he left and waved to Jack.
As Spot left Jack turned to Olive. "Come with me, I'll show you wear your bunk is gunna be. I really hope youse gunna like staying here." Olive followed Jack up the stairs and into the bunkroom. She had never realized how many boys actually lived at the Lodging House. "This heahs Race, Blink, Skittery, Dave, and Mush," Jack started naming off all their names as he showed her to her bunk, "and this is Snitch, Dutchy, Bumlets, and Crutchy. And over here is Itey, Snoddy, Jake, and Pie Eater. Sitting over there is Boots, Les, and Snipeshooter. I know you'll never remember all those names, but that's okay. And heah is you're bunk. You get to have it all to yourself so you can pick either the top or the bottom. Right next to you is Les who's on top, and David who's on the bottom."
"I think I'll take the top bunk."
"I figured you'd pick that one. Well I've got to go meet Les up on the roof for a little bit, but if you need anything just come up and ask me or you can ask one of the guys. Hey Race get over heah," Jack yelled across the room. A short Italian boy started walking over to them. "Race, this is Olivia take her over by youse guys and introduce her. She's going to be stayin heah so be nice."
"Sure thing Jack. Come on over by us Olivia." Race said as he pointed to where he was sitting before. Jack watched Race introduce her to the guys and invited her to play poker with them and once Jack could tell that she was settling in he went up on the roof to talk to Les.
"Spot, do you think Jack will let me stay with him? I don't know him very well and I would be the only girl living there. I'm not sure if he's going to be okay with that." Olive for some reason was getting nervous about asking Jack if she could stay with him. What would he say? If he said yes, would he really want her there or would he just try to be nice? What would the other newsies think with a girl living there? Maybe living with Spot would be a better idea. No, she thought, I just can't go all the way to Brooklyn. I still have to be in Manhattan so I would just be walking back and forth a lot.
"Don't worry about it, Olivia," Spot said trying to comfort her. He could tell she was nervous. "I know Jack will let you stay with him. He's such a nice guy and I know he would never say no to such a pretty goil like you."
Olive smiled and looked down because she knew she was blushing. Spot kissed her on the cheek to let her know everything was going to be okay.
Back at the Lodging House Les and Jack were sitting in the bunkroom talking. Les had said that he needed to get something off his chest and Jack was the only person he could talk to about this.
"So what's up Les? Is anything wrong?" Jack went and sat on Race's bottom bunk and looked across to Les who was sitting on Snipeshooters bunk.
"Well ya see I sorta have some um ya know uh." Les studdered and just couldn't get the words to come out.
"Come on Les what's the matter?"
"Girl problems," Les looked down at his feet. He could feel his cheeks turning red.
"Goil problems? Well you've come to the right guy," Jack said smiling proudly of himself, "what kinda goil problems?"
"I kinda have a crush on this one girl and I really wanna tell her how I feel but she's seeing someone else and I don't know how she feels about me."
"Can you tell me who the girl is?"
"Well, it's uh..okay the girl is." Les was about to tell Jack when he heard Spot's voice yell from downstairs.
"Hey Jack. Jack. Where are youse? I really need to talk to ya about something important," Spot yelled from downstairs not realizing he was interrupting Jack and Les's conversation.
Jack turned towards the door, "Hold up, Spot I'll be down in a minute." He turned back to Les, "can we finish talking about this later? We can go up on the roof tonight where theres no distractions because this sounds really important to you. Okay?"
"Alright," Les agreed but inside he was saying no, I want to finish talking about this now. Spot took his best friend and now he was taking Jack away from his conversation; which was very important to him. Les couldn't hold it inside of him anymore, he had to tell someone how he felt about Olive and he knew he could trust Jack and right when he was about to tell him Spot has to come and bother them. He's the leader of Brooklyn, shouldn't he be over there instead of in Manhattan?
Jack and Les both walked down the stairs to find Spot and Olive standing in the doorway holding hands and smiling at each other. It broke Les's heart to see Olive so happy with Spot. He wished he could be there holding Olive's hand and smiling at her instead of Spot. She was to good for Spot, she would be better off with him. "Hi Olivia," Les said trying to get her to look at him instead of Spot.
"Oh hey Les," Olive said finally peeling her eyes away from Spot, "I haven't seen you in awhile."
Yeah because you spend all of you time with Spot. Les was dying to say this but somehow he kept it inside. "So how have you been?"
"Oh I've been pretty good," she looked over at Spot and smiled, "how bout yourself?"
"I'm alright I guess." There was an akward silence between everyone. "Well I'm kinda tired so I'm gunna go lie down for a little while. I'll talk to you tonight Jack." Les turned to go upstairs into the bunkroom.
"Maybe I'll see you later tonight Les," Olive called.
Les gave her a little smile even though he doubted that he would see her tonight or even tomorrow, "Yeah see ya."
"So what can I do for you Spot?" The three of them turned to go sit on the couch that was in the lobby.
"Actually I was wondering if you could do something for Olivia. We just came from her house and something happened to her parents, I won't get into that now, but to make this short can she stay here with you in Manhattan? She doesn't have any place to live and she doesn't want to live with me in Brooklyn because she doesn't want to leave her friends here and she doesn't want to keep going back and forth. So can she? It would mean a lot to me Jacky-boy, if you would let her stay."
"Of course she can stay here. It would be no problem, but I'm just reminding you that you'd be the only goil heah. But you do have Les that you can talk to and my goilfriend Cups is over heah a lot and I'm sure you'll like her, and all the guys are real nice here so I'm sure you'll fit right in."
Olive ran over and hugged Jack. "Oh Jack, I'm so happy you're letting me stay. I promise I won't be a bother. You don't know how much this means to me."
"Yeah thanks Jacky-boy. You're a real pal." Spot stood up and spit shook with Jack. "I have to be goin back to Brooklyn now. I'll see you guys tomorrow."
"Okay bye Spot." Jack said.
"I'll miss you Spot." Olive said.
"I'll miss ya too, doll face." Spot kissed Olive before he left and waved to Jack.
As Spot left Jack turned to Olive. "Come with me, I'll show you wear your bunk is gunna be. I really hope youse gunna like staying here." Olive followed Jack up the stairs and into the bunkroom. She had never realized how many boys actually lived at the Lodging House. "This heahs Race, Blink, Skittery, Dave, and Mush," Jack started naming off all their names as he showed her to her bunk, "and this is Snitch, Dutchy, Bumlets, and Crutchy. And over here is Itey, Snoddy, Jake, and Pie Eater. Sitting over there is Boots, Les, and Snipeshooter. I know you'll never remember all those names, but that's okay. And heah is you're bunk. You get to have it all to yourself so you can pick either the top or the bottom. Right next to you is Les who's on top, and David who's on the bottom."
"I think I'll take the top bunk."
"I figured you'd pick that one. Well I've got to go meet Les up on the roof for a little bit, but if you need anything just come up and ask me or you can ask one of the guys. Hey Race get over heah," Jack yelled across the room. A short Italian boy started walking over to them. "Race, this is Olivia take her over by youse guys and introduce her. She's going to be stayin heah so be nice."
"Sure thing Jack. Come on over by us Olivia." Race said as he pointed to where he was sitting before. Jack watched Race introduce her to the guys and invited her to play poker with them and once Jack could tell that she was settling in he went up on the roof to talk to Les.