Meeting someone again
~*~*The Next Day.~*~*
I woke up with my arms being a little sore from being grabbed the day before. I looked at the clock on one of the shelves next to my bed and saw that it was 8:00am. I had finally gotten to sleep around 4:00am and really wanted my rest. I just laid in my bed, thinking about the day before events. My running into 3 boys, 2 of which I knew what their names were and meeting a nice guy named David. All of them looked familiar to me but I couldn't think of where I had seen them before. Even Brina's remark about Jack being shorter in person is causing familiarity. I looked at the picture of the Newsie strike and then it clicked.
"Now I remember where I've seen them before! Those are the guys from the Newsie Strike. Jack did look shorter in person." I laughed to myself thinking about him and Brina standing up to one another and her pushing him.
But even when I saw the picture of Jack and the others during the strike, he reminded me of someone but I couldn't think of whom. I heard a creak on the stair.
"I'm already up Brina so you can put away the glass of water."
"How'd you know it was me? I tried to get up before you and you still can tell it's me."
I turned on my side and faced her.
"I knew it was you because you didn't knock before coming up. Everyone else has done that since we've moved in." Brina sulked and came over to my bed and plopped down on it.
"Well what are you thinking about? The only time you spend this long in bed is when you're thinking about something." Long? How long was I in my bed. I turned to my clock and saw that it was 10:00am already.
"I hadn't realized I was up here that long. Last time I looked at the clock, it was 8:00am."
"Well quit changing the subject. What were you thinking about?" I went around my room and opened the window to my room.
"Oh I was just thinking about yesterday's run in with those Newsies. I just remembered where I had seen that Jack guy before along with the guy Race and David. The newspaper clipping from 4 years ago."
"I remembered Jack from them but I didn't realize that David was in it. Which one was Race?" I pulled the clipping out from my nightstand drawer and pointed him out to her.
"He's the one with the cigar in his mouth. There is the other guy that had my other arm." I pointed to the guy who had the eye patch on.
"Did you get his name by any chance?" I shook my head and told her that she and David had come before I heard his name mentioned. We discussed the guys a bit more and then I kicked her out of my room so that I could get changed. I took out a pair of black pants that came to my knees and a green shirt. Reaching up onto the shelf in the cabinet, I pulled out my Newsie hat that my father had given to me and pulled my hair up underneath it. I then bounded down the stairs for a cold breakfast was something I needed to wake me up even more.
"Good mornin' Miss Katelin. What would you like for breakfast?" Samantha the cook asked me.
"A piece of toast will due. Do you know where Brina is at the moment?" I sat down at the table and rolled up my sleeves. You could sort of see small bruises from where the guys had grabbed me the day before. I just ignored them and started to read the newspaper since I hadn't the day before.
"Oh Miss Brina said that she and her father were going to the office for the day. She wanted to wait for you but as she put it, you were taking too long and had to go. She told me that you were to go over to the office to meet up with her." Samantha handed me my toast and I quickly ate it and left for the office.
I started to make my way to the office when I decided to buy a paper.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
Walking out from the distribution center, I looked at my hundred papes and then at my watch that Specs had given to me for my birthday. I had two hours to sell them and then get over to Denton's office to do my part time job there. I was just about to yell out a headline when a boy came up to me.
"Excuse me but could I..." He just stopped what he was saying and looked at me. 'Oh great, he's looking at the patch. Just what I need.'
"Listen kid, I'se would like it if you didn't stare at me like that." He quickly looked down and apologized.
"I'm sorry. May I please have a paper?" I handed it to him and noticed the bruises on his arm that just showed from beneath his sleeve. He started to walk away but stopped when I called out.
"Are you okay? That looks like a nasty bruise." The boy weakly nodded and started to walk away but I stopped him when I stood in front of him.
"Listen I'se ain't gonna hurt you. You looks like you could use a friend."
"I..I..I just n.need to get to th.the Sun's office but I.. I. don't know w..where it is." 'Man he has a bad stuttering problem.' I thought to myself.
"Well listen, I'se going there myself once I sell my papes. I'se can take you there." It looked as if I wasn't going to get an answer from this guy so I started to walk away.
~*~*Katelin's POV~*~*
Here in front of me was the other kid from the day before. My stuttering was starting up again but instead of making fun of me, he was offering to help me get to the Sun's office. When I didn't answer, he started to walk away from me. 'Oh just do something.' My conscience said.
"I.I.would like that." I called out. He turned around and smiled.
"Alright then, that's settled. You and I'se will walk over there but you need to help me sell my papes first." 'I guess it couldn't hurt. He is after all helping me get to Brina.' I thought to myself as he handed me some of his papes.
I skimmed over the front page and found a headline that would work. I summed up my courage and yelled
"Manic haunts Central Park! Beware!" very clearly and without any stuttering. The boy looked at me in total surprise.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
Wow. This kid who had a stutter 5 seconds ago is yelling perfectly. About 15 people ran up to him and bought a newspaper.
"Where is that?" He took a pape and pointed to the article. "Maniac Dog seen around Central Park." I laughed when I read this. He was good. 'I wonder if he's ever been a Newsie before.' I thought as we sold the rest of the papes. With the lines that this guy was coming up with, we sold the hundred papes in less then an hour.
"You are really good kid. I'm Kid Blink. What's your name?" I asked as we started to walk to the Sun building. He looked down at the ground as we walked. The bruise on his arm was becoming more visible and wasn't looking good.
"My, my name is." before he said anything else, he took off his hat. Hair fell down and showed that he was a girl! Not just any girl, Katelin from the day before.
"You're the girl from yesterday. You're Katelin!"
~*~*The Next Day.~*~*
I woke up with my arms being a little sore from being grabbed the day before. I looked at the clock on one of the shelves next to my bed and saw that it was 8:00am. I had finally gotten to sleep around 4:00am and really wanted my rest. I just laid in my bed, thinking about the day before events. My running into 3 boys, 2 of which I knew what their names were and meeting a nice guy named David. All of them looked familiar to me but I couldn't think of where I had seen them before. Even Brina's remark about Jack being shorter in person is causing familiarity. I looked at the picture of the Newsie strike and then it clicked.
"Now I remember where I've seen them before! Those are the guys from the Newsie Strike. Jack did look shorter in person." I laughed to myself thinking about him and Brina standing up to one another and her pushing him.
But even when I saw the picture of Jack and the others during the strike, he reminded me of someone but I couldn't think of whom. I heard a creak on the stair.
"I'm already up Brina so you can put away the glass of water."
"How'd you know it was me? I tried to get up before you and you still can tell it's me."
I turned on my side and faced her.
"I knew it was you because you didn't knock before coming up. Everyone else has done that since we've moved in." Brina sulked and came over to my bed and plopped down on it.
"Well what are you thinking about? The only time you spend this long in bed is when you're thinking about something." Long? How long was I in my bed. I turned to my clock and saw that it was 10:00am already.
"I hadn't realized I was up here that long. Last time I looked at the clock, it was 8:00am."
"Well quit changing the subject. What were you thinking about?" I went around my room and opened the window to my room.
"Oh I was just thinking about yesterday's run in with those Newsies. I just remembered where I had seen that Jack guy before along with the guy Race and David. The newspaper clipping from 4 years ago."
"I remembered Jack from them but I didn't realize that David was in it. Which one was Race?" I pulled the clipping out from my nightstand drawer and pointed him out to her.
"He's the one with the cigar in his mouth. There is the other guy that had my other arm." I pointed to the guy who had the eye patch on.
"Did you get his name by any chance?" I shook my head and told her that she and David had come before I heard his name mentioned. We discussed the guys a bit more and then I kicked her out of my room so that I could get changed. I took out a pair of black pants that came to my knees and a green shirt. Reaching up onto the shelf in the cabinet, I pulled out my Newsie hat that my father had given to me and pulled my hair up underneath it. I then bounded down the stairs for a cold breakfast was something I needed to wake me up even more.
"Good mornin' Miss Katelin. What would you like for breakfast?" Samantha the cook asked me.
"A piece of toast will due. Do you know where Brina is at the moment?" I sat down at the table and rolled up my sleeves. You could sort of see small bruises from where the guys had grabbed me the day before. I just ignored them and started to read the newspaper since I hadn't the day before.
"Oh Miss Brina said that she and her father were going to the office for the day. She wanted to wait for you but as she put it, you were taking too long and had to go. She told me that you were to go over to the office to meet up with her." Samantha handed me my toast and I quickly ate it and left for the office.
I started to make my way to the office when I decided to buy a paper.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
Walking out from the distribution center, I looked at my hundred papes and then at my watch that Specs had given to me for my birthday. I had two hours to sell them and then get over to Denton's office to do my part time job there. I was just about to yell out a headline when a boy came up to me.
"Excuse me but could I..." He just stopped what he was saying and looked at me. 'Oh great, he's looking at the patch. Just what I need.'
"Listen kid, I'se would like it if you didn't stare at me like that." He quickly looked down and apologized.
"I'm sorry. May I please have a paper?" I handed it to him and noticed the bruises on his arm that just showed from beneath his sleeve. He started to walk away but stopped when I called out.
"Are you okay? That looks like a nasty bruise." The boy weakly nodded and started to walk away but I stopped him when I stood in front of him.
"Listen I'se ain't gonna hurt you. You looks like you could use a friend."
"I..I..I just n.need to get to th.the Sun's office but I.. I. don't know w..where it is." 'Man he has a bad stuttering problem.' I thought to myself.
"Well listen, I'se going there myself once I sell my papes. I'se can take you there." It looked as if I wasn't going to get an answer from this guy so I started to walk away.
~*~*Katelin's POV~*~*
Here in front of me was the other kid from the day before. My stuttering was starting up again but instead of making fun of me, he was offering to help me get to the Sun's office. When I didn't answer, he started to walk away from me. 'Oh just do something.' My conscience said.
"I.I.would like that." I called out. He turned around and smiled.
"Alright then, that's settled. You and I'se will walk over there but you need to help me sell my papes first." 'I guess it couldn't hurt. He is after all helping me get to Brina.' I thought to myself as he handed me some of his papes.
I skimmed over the front page and found a headline that would work. I summed up my courage and yelled
"Manic haunts Central Park! Beware!" very clearly and without any stuttering. The boy looked at me in total surprise.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
Wow. This kid who had a stutter 5 seconds ago is yelling perfectly. About 15 people ran up to him and bought a newspaper.
"Where is that?" He took a pape and pointed to the article. "Maniac Dog seen around Central Park." I laughed when I read this. He was good. 'I wonder if he's ever been a Newsie before.' I thought as we sold the rest of the papes. With the lines that this guy was coming up with, we sold the hundred papes in less then an hour.
"You are really good kid. I'm Kid Blink. What's your name?" I asked as we started to walk to the Sun building. He looked down at the ground as we walked. The bruise on his arm was becoming more visible and wasn't looking good.
"My, my name is." before he said anything else, he took off his hat. Hair fell down and showed that he was a girl! Not just any girl, Katelin from the day before.
"You're the girl from yesterday. You're Katelin!"