(A/N: Sorry I took so long to update, I was away, but any who, here's
chapter 5)
Spot walked away from Cora's apartment with a huge smile on his face. "She gets it," he thought to himself. "Finally, someone gets me." He was in so much of a daze that he slammed right into Pipsqueak.
"Heyya, watch it" Spot snapped, snapping himself out of his train of thought.
"Where ya been Spot?" Pipsqueak asked.
"None of ya godamn business." Spot answered, sensitive of the subject of Cora.
"I'se bet you was wit that goil, the one from tha restaurant" Pipsqueak threw at him.
"Nahh I'se got rid a her a while ago" Spot said, lying his best.
"Really? Well who ya doin' now?" Pipsqueak asked, hungry for information about who or what his leader had been up to.
"Oh uh, dis goil I met tha odda night, real pretty" Spot lied. They approached the lodging house, and Spot walked faster, wanting to be away from all of Pipsqueaks un-ethical questions. Upon reaching the lodging house, Spot found something, or rather, someone he didn't expect to be there. After opening the door and stepping inside, he found himself face to face with a girl that could be described no less than beautiful. She had light blonde hair which reached past her waist, and hazel eyes that were almost as piercing as Spot's own. She was tied with rope by her hands and feet, had a bandana in her mouth, and was being held back from ripping Spot's face off by one of the strongest Brooklyn newsies.
"Heyya Conlon, brought ya a present" snickered Dante, the newsie that was holding her.
"What is this Dante? Where'd ya find her?" Spot asked, a bit confused.
"She got in a fistfight wit me sista, I broke it up n decided maybe u'd want her" Dante said proudly.
"Whatddya mean, why would I want her? You'se tryin to say I can't get wit a goil on my own?" Spot snapped.
"No dats not what I'se sayin, I'se sayin that lately even Wiggles has been bringin back more goils inta his room den you'se" Dante said, as all the other newsies that had gathered to see what Dante had brought home gasped. Spot was completely enraged. He was about to throw himself at Dante when he realized that he didn't stand a chance against him. Instead in all his rage he dragged the girl upstairs to his room and shut the door, hearing catcalls and whistles behind him. He threw the girl down on his bed and was about to kiss her neck when he stopped and looked at her. Sure, she was beautiful, but she wasn't Cora. Wait, what was he thinking? Here he had a beautiful, vulnerable girl in bed right there with him, and he wasn't going to go through with it? It wasn't anything he hadn't done before; take advantage of a girl's vulnerability. So why didn't he want to now? Why couldn't he bring himself to do it? Spot got off of the girl and sat across from her. "So, uh, whatcha name, huh?" Spot asked.
~~~
Cora finished looking through her grandfather's things not to long after Spot had left. In doing so, she found a hat that Spot had left there. Knowing how strong the sun was, being that it was late July, she thought it best to return it to him immediately so that he would have it for work tomorrow. Cora found her shoes and hat, put them on, and locked the apartment door behind her. She made her way down to where the lodging house was, which wasn't far from her apartment at all. As she got closer to the docks where the lodging house was located, she received numerous whistles and stares. Cora almost turned around and ran home twice, but kept going despite her uneasiness around the newsies.
"Whatcha doin here sweet face?" Dante asked Cora suspiciously. Cora thought it would be foolish to ignore a newsie of that size, so she decided to give him Spot's hat rather then deliver it to him herself. This was easier said then done for Cora.
"I-I I have umm, well he left this and I, I-I"
"Who left what?" Dante asked, a bit annoyed.
"SSSpot" Cora stammered
"Spot, how do ya knows Spot?" Dante asked suspiciously.
"Well were uhh, friends and um he was at my apartment today and left his hat there so if you could give it to him I would greatly appreciate it" Cora said all in one breath.
"Hah yea sure, I'll give it ta him after he's done wit tat broad I lent him" Dante laughed.
"What do you mean?" Cora asked, wide-eyed.
"He's got her there with him in his room right as we speak" Dante said matter-of-factly.
"I don't believe you" She shot at Dante. "Spots not like that." This caused every newsie within earshot of her sentence to burst out laughing.
"See for yaself sweet face, go up dere and open tha door, it ain't got a lock on it unfortunately for Spot." Dante laughed.
Cora headed slowly up the stairs that led to Spot's room. She stopped in front of his door. She heard laughter belonging to a young girl, and Spots with it as well. She opened the door, unaware of the surprise that she would uncover behind it. Cora came face to face with a face she hadn't seen in a long, long time. Spot was a bit bewildered as to why Cora and the girl weren't mad or tearing each others heads off, as he had seen girls do in this situation. The eyes of both girls welled up with tears as they stared at each other. "Ella?" Cora asked softly. "Cora?" questioned the girl. It had been far too long since the cousins had seen each other.
Spot walked away from Cora's apartment with a huge smile on his face. "She gets it," he thought to himself. "Finally, someone gets me." He was in so much of a daze that he slammed right into Pipsqueak.
"Heyya, watch it" Spot snapped, snapping himself out of his train of thought.
"Where ya been Spot?" Pipsqueak asked.
"None of ya godamn business." Spot answered, sensitive of the subject of Cora.
"I'se bet you was wit that goil, the one from tha restaurant" Pipsqueak threw at him.
"Nahh I'se got rid a her a while ago" Spot said, lying his best.
"Really? Well who ya doin' now?" Pipsqueak asked, hungry for information about who or what his leader had been up to.
"Oh uh, dis goil I met tha odda night, real pretty" Spot lied. They approached the lodging house, and Spot walked faster, wanting to be away from all of Pipsqueaks un-ethical questions. Upon reaching the lodging house, Spot found something, or rather, someone he didn't expect to be there. After opening the door and stepping inside, he found himself face to face with a girl that could be described no less than beautiful. She had light blonde hair which reached past her waist, and hazel eyes that were almost as piercing as Spot's own. She was tied with rope by her hands and feet, had a bandana in her mouth, and was being held back from ripping Spot's face off by one of the strongest Brooklyn newsies.
"Heyya Conlon, brought ya a present" snickered Dante, the newsie that was holding her.
"What is this Dante? Where'd ya find her?" Spot asked, a bit confused.
"She got in a fistfight wit me sista, I broke it up n decided maybe u'd want her" Dante said proudly.
"Whatddya mean, why would I want her? You'se tryin to say I can't get wit a goil on my own?" Spot snapped.
"No dats not what I'se sayin, I'se sayin that lately even Wiggles has been bringin back more goils inta his room den you'se" Dante said, as all the other newsies that had gathered to see what Dante had brought home gasped. Spot was completely enraged. He was about to throw himself at Dante when he realized that he didn't stand a chance against him. Instead in all his rage he dragged the girl upstairs to his room and shut the door, hearing catcalls and whistles behind him. He threw the girl down on his bed and was about to kiss her neck when he stopped and looked at her. Sure, she was beautiful, but she wasn't Cora. Wait, what was he thinking? Here he had a beautiful, vulnerable girl in bed right there with him, and he wasn't going to go through with it? It wasn't anything he hadn't done before; take advantage of a girl's vulnerability. So why didn't he want to now? Why couldn't he bring himself to do it? Spot got off of the girl and sat across from her. "So, uh, whatcha name, huh?" Spot asked.
~~~
Cora finished looking through her grandfather's things not to long after Spot had left. In doing so, she found a hat that Spot had left there. Knowing how strong the sun was, being that it was late July, she thought it best to return it to him immediately so that he would have it for work tomorrow. Cora found her shoes and hat, put them on, and locked the apartment door behind her. She made her way down to where the lodging house was, which wasn't far from her apartment at all. As she got closer to the docks where the lodging house was located, she received numerous whistles and stares. Cora almost turned around and ran home twice, but kept going despite her uneasiness around the newsies.
"Whatcha doin here sweet face?" Dante asked Cora suspiciously. Cora thought it would be foolish to ignore a newsie of that size, so she decided to give him Spot's hat rather then deliver it to him herself. This was easier said then done for Cora.
"I-I I have umm, well he left this and I, I-I"
"Who left what?" Dante asked, a bit annoyed.
"SSSpot" Cora stammered
"Spot, how do ya knows Spot?" Dante asked suspiciously.
"Well were uhh, friends and um he was at my apartment today and left his hat there so if you could give it to him I would greatly appreciate it" Cora said all in one breath.
"Hah yea sure, I'll give it ta him after he's done wit tat broad I lent him" Dante laughed.
"What do you mean?" Cora asked, wide-eyed.
"He's got her there with him in his room right as we speak" Dante said matter-of-factly.
"I don't believe you" She shot at Dante. "Spots not like that." This caused every newsie within earshot of her sentence to burst out laughing.
"See for yaself sweet face, go up dere and open tha door, it ain't got a lock on it unfortunately for Spot." Dante laughed.
Cora headed slowly up the stairs that led to Spot's room. She stopped in front of his door. She heard laughter belonging to a young girl, and Spots with it as well. She opened the door, unaware of the surprise that she would uncover behind it. Cora came face to face with a face she hadn't seen in a long, long time. Spot was a bit bewildered as to why Cora and the girl weren't mad or tearing each others heads off, as he had seen girls do in this situation. The eyes of both girls welled up with tears as they stared at each other. "Ella?" Cora asked softly. "Cora?" questioned the girl. It had been far too long since the cousins had seen each other.