Surprise and Thoughts
"You're the girl from yesterday. You're Katelin!" I was surprised that he knew my name and the fact he remembered me. I got a bit scared and started to walk quickly in the direction we had been heading in.
"Hey wait up. I ain't gonna hurt you." He caught up to me and blocked my way. By now I had my hat on but left my hair down.
"Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday. Racetrack and I were really surprised when you punched Jack that we wanted to see why you did it. We were going to ask but your friend Brina and David came along. Are you okay?" I didn't know what to say, but then again when do I? I stood there shuffling my feet not sure of what to do. I rubbed my one arm and winced when I hit the bruise.
"Here, let me see that. I've seen enough bruises in my time to know what to do." He rolled up my sleeve to show a mean looking bruise.
"Oh my gosh! How did this happen?" I got the courage and looked at him straight in the eye but didn't say anything. He figured out what I was trying to say.
"You mean that I did this? Let me see the other arm." That was more of an order than a request. Lifting up the sleeve, another bruise showed.
"I am extremely sorry for doing that to you. If we see Racetrack, I'm going to make him apologize for doing the other one to you."
"D.don't please. I.I.I'm not mad at you g.guys. You were ju.just helping out a fr.friend." I got past him and started for the Sun building.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
I watched Katelin walk off towards the building. I hadn't noticed that we had gotten to the building but it made sense since I was too preoccupied with the fact that the kid I had been selling with turned out to be the girl Katelin from the day before. Thinking of the bruises, guilt washed over me.
"Oh man. I feel so bad for doing that to her. I guess we didn't realize how tight we were holding her arms. But her struggling didn't help any."
"Yo Blink, are you talkin' to yourself again. That ain't healthy." I turned around and saw that Racetrack was coming up behind me.
"I guess I was. I was just thinking about Katelin."
"Oh that girl. She gave Jack a good bruise. I saw it this mornin when he was getting ready to sell." I stood there and laughed at the sight of Katelin giving Jack a bruise.
"I wonder where she and that girl Brina went off to yesterday." Race sat down on a nearby bench and I followed suit since I didn't have to be in the building until another hour.
"I don't know but I saw her today." Race chocked on cigar smoke and looked at me.
"WHAT! You saw her? When, where?" I went into detail of how I had thought a guy was asking for a paper. I had accused him of looking at my patch. I noticed that he had a bad bruise and said that he looked as if he had needed a friend. He then said he was looking for the Sun building and I offered to help if he helped me with my papes. Race interrupted me.
"What does this have to do with Katelin?"
"I'll get to that." I continued with that he had this bad stutter when he talked but when he shouted a line, his voice was clear.
"Well I ended up introducing myself and asked what his name. Before he said it, he took off his hat and hair came down showing that it was a girl. Not any girl but Katelin. I guess she thought I was going to hurt her because she tried to get away from me. I told her I wouldn't and I ended up noticing how bad the bruise was." Race gave me a weird look to why I was talking about a bruise.
"We gave her some nasty bruises when we grabbed her arms yesterday." Race looked down and for the second time, he threw his cigar away when there was still a half to it. I had seen him do this once before when he had hurt a girl.
"Well we've got to do something to make it up to her. Where is she?" He looked around trying to see her. I pointed towards the Sun building.
"She ended up going in there. I don't know why she was going there. Maybe for a job or something. She looks to be around 18 so she's old enough for a desk job." I looked to my watch and saw that I had 15mins to get up to Denton's office for that day's assignment.
"I'll see you later at the Lodging House. Denton's gonna be mad if I'm not there on time. Bye." I waved as I ran to the building and entered.
~*~*Brina's POV~*~*
I had waited for Katelin but she took to long getting ready. Papa had wanted us to meet his boss and see around the building. I left word with Samantha that Katelin was to meet us at the building. When Papa and I reached the building, I realized that I had forgotten to give directions.
"I hope she figures out how to get here. I haven't gotten the feeling so she's not in any trouble." Papa showed me around the building to the places that it was safe for me to go. We went to the top floor and I ended up meeting Mr. Denton.
"So this is the lovely daughter I've heard about. It's a pleasure to meet you." I took his outstretched hand.
"It's nice to finally meet the guy, oh excuse me, man who took the Newsie picture." Mr. Denton looked at me with surprise on his face.
"You know of that picture? Most people outside of New York haven't seen that one before since it was before I had my big break and became editor. How did you get it?" Papa, Mr. Denton and I sat down and I went into of how we had seen the picture.
"Well I have this friend named Katelin. Well she is very interested in writing and such and she bugged my father to buy her a newspaper from the New York Sun and the World every week."
"Wouldn't her own father buy it for her?" I guess that Papa didn't tell him that Katelin lived with us and that her parents died when she was younger.
"Well both her parents died when she was young. Papa and Mama ended up taking her in and she's lived with us ever since. She's very quiet and hasn't really bothered to ask for much in the way of things. A copy of your paper and Mr. Pulitzer's once a week has actually improved her speech. Well when the picture was printed in that one issue, Papa bought it and it's been her favorite ever since."
Mr. Denton sat there with a smile on his face.
"I'm happy that she likes it so much. When do I get to meet her?" I looked to the clock on the wall and saw that it was an hour since we had left the house.
"She should be here soon. She was taking awhile to get ready. I just hope she hurries."
Just then, Mr. Denton's secretary came into the room.
"Excuse me sir, but there is a young boy to see you." Then she left.
"Ah, that must be Kid Blink. He was in the strike as well. Afterwards, I took him in as a Newsboy reporter and he comes in every morning about now. I'll introduce you."
~*~*Katelin's POV~*~*
I waited outside Mr. Denton's office hoping that Brina and Matthew were somewhere in the building. The secretary had gone in and told Mr. Denton I was there and when she came out, she told me just to wait. I was too nervous to sit down so I just stood but the window. His door creaked open and out stepped Mr. Denton, or whom I assumed to be, and followed him were Brina and Matthew. Judging from the look on Mr. Denton's face, he thought I was a boy. I had quickly put my hair up under my hat coming up the stairs.
"Excuse me son, but how can I help you?" Was all he could get out before Brina realized it was me.
"Mr. Denton, this is Katelin. The girl I told you about who likes your picture." Mr. Denton gave her a confused look and I took off my hat to let my hair come down. He just laughed.
"Well then. It's a pleasure to meet you Katelin. I'm glad you like my photograph of the Newsies in their prime time." He looked past my shoulders and noticed someone coming up from behind me.
"Ah, there is the young boy I was telling you about. Brina, Matthew, meet Kid Blink." My eyes bulged open and I nearly fell over hearing that name again.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
I walked towards Denton and saw that there were several people there with him.
"Kid Blink. I'd like you to meet Matthew Monroe. He's the new assistant editor of the newspaper. This here is his daughter Brina and Brina's friend Katelin."
The girls turned around and when the three of us looked at each other, we all yelled,
"YOU!?!?!?!"
A/N: I'd like to thank those who have reviewed the story so far. I'm quickly updating and Spot Conlon and other Newsies will be in it soon. Until then, I present to all of you, live size cut outs of your favorite Newsie.
"You're the girl from yesterday. You're Katelin!" I was surprised that he knew my name and the fact he remembered me. I got a bit scared and started to walk quickly in the direction we had been heading in.
"Hey wait up. I ain't gonna hurt you." He caught up to me and blocked my way. By now I had my hat on but left my hair down.
"Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday. Racetrack and I were really surprised when you punched Jack that we wanted to see why you did it. We were going to ask but your friend Brina and David came along. Are you okay?" I didn't know what to say, but then again when do I? I stood there shuffling my feet not sure of what to do. I rubbed my one arm and winced when I hit the bruise.
"Here, let me see that. I've seen enough bruises in my time to know what to do." He rolled up my sleeve to show a mean looking bruise.
"Oh my gosh! How did this happen?" I got the courage and looked at him straight in the eye but didn't say anything. He figured out what I was trying to say.
"You mean that I did this? Let me see the other arm." That was more of an order than a request. Lifting up the sleeve, another bruise showed.
"I am extremely sorry for doing that to you. If we see Racetrack, I'm going to make him apologize for doing the other one to you."
"D.don't please. I.I.I'm not mad at you g.guys. You were ju.just helping out a fr.friend." I got past him and started for the Sun building.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
I watched Katelin walk off towards the building. I hadn't noticed that we had gotten to the building but it made sense since I was too preoccupied with the fact that the kid I had been selling with turned out to be the girl Katelin from the day before. Thinking of the bruises, guilt washed over me.
"Oh man. I feel so bad for doing that to her. I guess we didn't realize how tight we were holding her arms. But her struggling didn't help any."
"Yo Blink, are you talkin' to yourself again. That ain't healthy." I turned around and saw that Racetrack was coming up behind me.
"I guess I was. I was just thinking about Katelin."
"Oh that girl. She gave Jack a good bruise. I saw it this mornin when he was getting ready to sell." I stood there and laughed at the sight of Katelin giving Jack a bruise.
"I wonder where she and that girl Brina went off to yesterday." Race sat down on a nearby bench and I followed suit since I didn't have to be in the building until another hour.
"I don't know but I saw her today." Race chocked on cigar smoke and looked at me.
"WHAT! You saw her? When, where?" I went into detail of how I had thought a guy was asking for a paper. I had accused him of looking at my patch. I noticed that he had a bad bruise and said that he looked as if he had needed a friend. He then said he was looking for the Sun building and I offered to help if he helped me with my papes. Race interrupted me.
"What does this have to do with Katelin?"
"I'll get to that." I continued with that he had this bad stutter when he talked but when he shouted a line, his voice was clear.
"Well I ended up introducing myself and asked what his name. Before he said it, he took off his hat and hair came down showing that it was a girl. Not any girl but Katelin. I guess she thought I was going to hurt her because she tried to get away from me. I told her I wouldn't and I ended up noticing how bad the bruise was." Race gave me a weird look to why I was talking about a bruise.
"We gave her some nasty bruises when we grabbed her arms yesterday." Race looked down and for the second time, he threw his cigar away when there was still a half to it. I had seen him do this once before when he had hurt a girl.
"Well we've got to do something to make it up to her. Where is she?" He looked around trying to see her. I pointed towards the Sun building.
"She ended up going in there. I don't know why she was going there. Maybe for a job or something. She looks to be around 18 so she's old enough for a desk job." I looked to my watch and saw that I had 15mins to get up to Denton's office for that day's assignment.
"I'll see you later at the Lodging House. Denton's gonna be mad if I'm not there on time. Bye." I waved as I ran to the building and entered.
~*~*Brina's POV~*~*
I had waited for Katelin but she took to long getting ready. Papa had wanted us to meet his boss and see around the building. I left word with Samantha that Katelin was to meet us at the building. When Papa and I reached the building, I realized that I had forgotten to give directions.
"I hope she figures out how to get here. I haven't gotten the feeling so she's not in any trouble." Papa showed me around the building to the places that it was safe for me to go. We went to the top floor and I ended up meeting Mr. Denton.
"So this is the lovely daughter I've heard about. It's a pleasure to meet you." I took his outstretched hand.
"It's nice to finally meet the guy, oh excuse me, man who took the Newsie picture." Mr. Denton looked at me with surprise on his face.
"You know of that picture? Most people outside of New York haven't seen that one before since it was before I had my big break and became editor. How did you get it?" Papa, Mr. Denton and I sat down and I went into of how we had seen the picture.
"Well I have this friend named Katelin. Well she is very interested in writing and such and she bugged my father to buy her a newspaper from the New York Sun and the World every week."
"Wouldn't her own father buy it for her?" I guess that Papa didn't tell him that Katelin lived with us and that her parents died when she was younger.
"Well both her parents died when she was young. Papa and Mama ended up taking her in and she's lived with us ever since. She's very quiet and hasn't really bothered to ask for much in the way of things. A copy of your paper and Mr. Pulitzer's once a week has actually improved her speech. Well when the picture was printed in that one issue, Papa bought it and it's been her favorite ever since."
Mr. Denton sat there with a smile on his face.
"I'm happy that she likes it so much. When do I get to meet her?" I looked to the clock on the wall and saw that it was an hour since we had left the house.
"She should be here soon. She was taking awhile to get ready. I just hope she hurries."
Just then, Mr. Denton's secretary came into the room.
"Excuse me sir, but there is a young boy to see you." Then she left.
"Ah, that must be Kid Blink. He was in the strike as well. Afterwards, I took him in as a Newsboy reporter and he comes in every morning about now. I'll introduce you."
~*~*Katelin's POV~*~*
I waited outside Mr. Denton's office hoping that Brina and Matthew were somewhere in the building. The secretary had gone in and told Mr. Denton I was there and when she came out, she told me just to wait. I was too nervous to sit down so I just stood but the window. His door creaked open and out stepped Mr. Denton, or whom I assumed to be, and followed him were Brina and Matthew. Judging from the look on Mr. Denton's face, he thought I was a boy. I had quickly put my hair up under my hat coming up the stairs.
"Excuse me son, but how can I help you?" Was all he could get out before Brina realized it was me.
"Mr. Denton, this is Katelin. The girl I told you about who likes your picture." Mr. Denton gave her a confused look and I took off my hat to let my hair come down. He just laughed.
"Well then. It's a pleasure to meet you Katelin. I'm glad you like my photograph of the Newsies in their prime time." He looked past my shoulders and noticed someone coming up from behind me.
"Ah, there is the young boy I was telling you about. Brina, Matthew, meet Kid Blink." My eyes bulged open and I nearly fell over hearing that name again.
~*~*Kid Blink's POV~*~*
I walked towards Denton and saw that there were several people there with him.
"Kid Blink. I'd like you to meet Matthew Monroe. He's the new assistant editor of the newspaper. This here is his daughter Brina and Brina's friend Katelin."
The girls turned around and when the three of us looked at each other, we all yelled,
"YOU!?!?!?!"
A/N: I'd like to thank those who have reviewed the story so far. I'm quickly updating and Spot Conlon and other Newsies will be in it soon. Until then, I present to all of you, live size cut outs of your favorite Newsie.