Chapter 3
Spot fell to the ground with a thud. Zack turned around and snatched
the bat away from Trace and his blue eyes started to turn a pale steal
color. "You son of a bitch!"
"Whad ya gonna do faggot? Ya boyfriend is prolly dead 'bout now..."
Trace never got to say another word for the rest of his life. Zack
had swung the bat back and slammed it into Tace's jaw. All the newsies
heard a loud scream and there was blood and teeth all over. Zack dropped
the bat, saw the blood, started shaking and then fainted to the ground
right next to Spot.
There was a moment where a fog horn could of gone off and none of the
newsies would have noticed. Jack and David grabbed Spot's body and Blink
and Race grabbed Zack's. No one touched the bleeding hysterical Trace. He
ran off and no one followed. Jack, Mush, Blink, Skittery, and Race took
Spot and Zack back to the lodging house. Skittery rushed to the phone and
called the doctor. Then opened the "sick" room door on the first floor.
The sick room had three beds, a mirror, three chairs, and a trunk in
it. Jack, David, Blink and Race gently put the two boys on separate beds.
Skittery had gotten a water basin and splashed some water on Zack. He woke
up and looked like a deer in the headlights.
Race put his hand on Zack's shoulder, don't worry, ya okay..."
"I just knocked someone's teeth out! Spot's...." He started crying as
soon as he saw the unconscious Spot.
"Spot's gonna be fine, we just called the doctor." David said.
Just then the doctor came in and told everyone to get out so he could
work. Everyone listened but Zack, who was too hysterical to even notice
that the doctor had arrived.
The other newsies went out to the stairs and sat down. Jack was
shaking his head, "Spot's....."
"I can't believe it." David said in a melancholy voice.
"Alot of guys are jealous of his looks.." Blink said with a bit of
anger in his voice.
"He could have gotten any girl he wanted..." Skittery sighed.
"But he never has liked them."
"What?" Blink, Skittery, David, and Jack said at the same time.
"Since when?"
Race looked at his pocket watch, "Me and Spot used ta be real close
when we weah kids, had at least one drunken Irish parent. He told me when
we where 9 that he didn't like girls and how he'd never marry one. He's
never even dated one."
"But he always has girls around him..." Blink said.
"That's because he doesn't tell them he's gay, I mean, that's why he
got beat up and kicked outa Brooklyn. They caught him kissin' Zack in his
room."
Meanwhile in the "sick" room the doctor had given Zack a lollipop
just to shut him up and was examining Spot. He had asked Zack what had
happened and Zack gave the details, but leaving out the part where he
smashed Trace's jaw out. With the information the doctor looked closely at
Spot's shoulder. Where Trace had hit him and called the other boys back in.
"He missed his head by inches. But the blow was enough to knock him out.
His shoulder is broken and you need to make sure he keeps the cast I put
on, on. You will also need to make sure he wears his sling. I don't want
him out of bed for three days. Make sure he take's these pills too, one a
day. That will be six dollars."
The newsboys looked at each other, then looked at Zack who had pulled
a five out of his wallet, "You guys hava dollah?"
Jack had twenty cents, Race had fifty, David had ten and Blink had
ten. They handed it all to the doctor and all sat down and looked at their
unconscious friend.
Spot fell to the ground with a thud. Zack turned around and snatched
the bat away from Trace and his blue eyes started to turn a pale steal
color. "You son of a bitch!"
"Whad ya gonna do faggot? Ya boyfriend is prolly dead 'bout now..."
Trace never got to say another word for the rest of his life. Zack
had swung the bat back and slammed it into Tace's jaw. All the newsies
heard a loud scream and there was blood and teeth all over. Zack dropped
the bat, saw the blood, started shaking and then fainted to the ground
right next to Spot.
There was a moment where a fog horn could of gone off and none of the
newsies would have noticed. Jack and David grabbed Spot's body and Blink
and Race grabbed Zack's. No one touched the bleeding hysterical Trace. He
ran off and no one followed. Jack, Mush, Blink, Skittery, and Race took
Spot and Zack back to the lodging house. Skittery rushed to the phone and
called the doctor. Then opened the "sick" room door on the first floor.
The sick room had three beds, a mirror, three chairs, and a trunk in
it. Jack, David, Blink and Race gently put the two boys on separate beds.
Skittery had gotten a water basin and splashed some water on Zack. He woke
up and looked like a deer in the headlights.
Race put his hand on Zack's shoulder, don't worry, ya okay..."
"I just knocked someone's teeth out! Spot's...." He started crying as
soon as he saw the unconscious Spot.
"Spot's gonna be fine, we just called the doctor." David said.
Just then the doctor came in and told everyone to get out so he could
work. Everyone listened but Zack, who was too hysterical to even notice
that the doctor had arrived.
The other newsies went out to the stairs and sat down. Jack was
shaking his head, "Spot's....."
"I can't believe it." David said in a melancholy voice.
"Alot of guys are jealous of his looks.." Blink said with a bit of
anger in his voice.
"He could have gotten any girl he wanted..." Skittery sighed.
"But he never has liked them."
"What?" Blink, Skittery, David, and Jack said at the same time.
"Since when?"
Race looked at his pocket watch, "Me and Spot used ta be real close
when we weah kids, had at least one drunken Irish parent. He told me when
we where 9 that he didn't like girls and how he'd never marry one. He's
never even dated one."
"But he always has girls around him..." Blink said.
"That's because he doesn't tell them he's gay, I mean, that's why he
got beat up and kicked outa Brooklyn. They caught him kissin' Zack in his
room."
Meanwhile in the "sick" room the doctor had given Zack a lollipop
just to shut him up and was examining Spot. He had asked Zack what had
happened and Zack gave the details, but leaving out the part where he
smashed Trace's jaw out. With the information the doctor looked closely at
Spot's shoulder. Where Trace had hit him and called the other boys back in.
"He missed his head by inches. But the blow was enough to knock him out.
His shoulder is broken and you need to make sure he keeps the cast I put
on, on. You will also need to make sure he wears his sling. I don't want
him out of bed for three days. Make sure he take's these pills too, one a
day. That will be six dollars."
The newsboys looked at each other, then looked at Zack who had pulled
a five out of his wallet, "You guys hava dollah?"
Jack had twenty cents, Race had fifty, David had ten and Blink had
ten. They handed it all to the doctor and all sat down and looked at their
unconscious friend.