Spot's POV
I waited till the last kid was gone before saying good-bye to Ice. Just looking at her face made me guilty. Her face was occupied with that of worry and every time that happened, it made me feel even worse.
'Please let everything turn out right for Ice.'
Leaving Ice to her duties of tidying up the Lodging house and teaching the ones who didn't go out in the morning, I went over to the bank to deposit the past week's earnings. We had gained 3 new people so every little thing helped towards making the Brooklyn Lodging House better. Brooklyn Newsies are still the most feared, but I want the living conditions better than when I ruled the place. Once I was finished in the bank, I headed off towards the Manhattan Lodging House.
Along the way, I saw some of the familiar faces. Snipeshooter, who looked like a younger version of Racetrack with the cigar sticking out from his mouth, was selling by the bridge. Farther along I saw Les who looked like his older brother more and more every day. His hair wasn't curly like his brothers but it wasn't that short either. It was about the same length as mine was when I was 15. Les reminded me of myself when I was that age. I was the leader of Brooklyn and he's now the leader of Manhattan. I was tough as nails and so is he. The only real difference is that he has respect for the bulls and won't let any of his Newsies disrupt the police. I on the other hand didn't have any respect for them until I grew up and became an adult.
I finally came to the Lodging House. It was Sunday so Jack, Kid Blink and Mush would be sleeping there until the night shift began at the factory. Even though they weren't Newsies anymore, they still slept there for it was the cheapest place they could find. Kloppman didn't mind; he liked having familiar faces around that helped with the young or new boys and girls.
I entered the building to see Kloppman sitting behind the check in counter snoozing. Rather than waking him up, I snuck up the stairs to the 3rd floor where the boy's bunkroom was. 2nd floor was the eating room/poker room and the 4th, which used to be the attic, was now the girl's room.
Entering the boy's room, I saw that it was empty all for 3 figures that lay in the bunks against the far wall. I didn't really see them, the sound got to me first. Mush snores very LOUD and can be heard throughout the room. I'm surprised Jack and Kid Blink can even sleep. I walked over to the bunks to see the 3 sleeping beauties. (Lol) Jack had a little stubble on his chin, which made him look even more like a cowboy. Mush's hair had grown enough that it straightened itself out and this caused his looks to improve by some girl's standards. Looking at Kid made me laugh. He hadn't changed at all. He still looked 16 rather than 21.
Seeing that it was 8:00am and knowing that they had gotten in at 5:00am made my waking them up even more fun. I walked to the farthest part of the room, got up on a bunk and yelled, "FIRE!!!"
All three of them jumped out of their beds and scrambled for their pants. I couldn't help but to burst out laughing. Jack soon heard me and turned towards me.
"That was not funny Spot. You know how we need to sleep."
"Yeah well I thought maybe you'd want some breakfast at Melanie's since I'm buying."
Melanie's was a somewhat fancy place that had taken over Tibby's. The food was better so business from both Newsies and businessmen increased. I could tell from the looks on their faces that they were into it.
"Well get changed and I'll meet you downstairs."
I left them to their washing and changing and went downstairs. Waiting for them, I talked with Kloppman about the old times. He said that the only thing he didn't miss was the late night poker games. Those ones were few and ended around 4:00am. Jack, Mush and Kid Blink came downstairs, we said farewell to Kloppman and headed off for Melanie's.
"So why in the world did you wake us up? Couldn't you have waited till lunch?"
I shook my head.
"I'm having lunch with Ice. I've got a little business to talk with you guys so I thought I'd treat you all to breakfast."
They shrugged their shoulders and we entered Melanie's. The only difference in this place was that it was cleaner and brighter looking. Jack and Kid Blink ordered scrambled eggs and bacon while Mush asked for some pancakes. I ordered some french toast and we all got orange juice.
"So what was this about important business? I was in the middle of a dream about Santa Fe." We all laughed at this. Jack had realized that he never would get to Santa Fe on what he made, so what thing that came out that was western like he bought it.
"Well this business stems from Ice. This morning when I was opening up the front door, this short kid slammed into me. At first I thought it was a boy because short hair and really dirty. We this one had a mouth on it and it was a boy but a girl."
"Pretty much all girls we know have mouths on them. Look at Ice."
I slapped Kid Blink upside the head for saying that and continued.
"Sure all girls we know are like that, but this one didn't excuse herself after swearing. She looked and acted tough as nails like I did when I ruled. Well anyways, Ice realized after the two of us got in a little fight that it was her best friend from where she used to live. The girl's name is Dodger. Well she ended up hitting me pretty hard but I also got her in the eye. After Dodger ran off, Ice told me that she'd go into hiding. What I want you guys to do is be on the look out for her. She means a lot to Ice."
Jack, Mush and Kid Blink looked at one another then all agreed that while they were out, they'd keep their eyes and ears open. After a mouthful of eggs, Jack asked me what she looked like.
"Well she's about 5'6", short dark hair from what I could see under the hat. She's pretty dirty looking at the moment. I don't know if she'll clean up. Man, her eyes though turned emerald green. Be careful though, she's got a mean punch."
~*~*~Back to the 60's~*~*~*
John's POV
I looked around and nodded my head at what Mr. Spot said.
"Grandma did have a mean punch. I remember one time, I smacked Hallie for taking my comic books and well Grandma punched me for punching her."
The older gentlemen laughed.
"That was Dodger for ya. She hated others being hit unless it was for defense purposes."
Mr. Mush said. Grandpa looked at his pocket watch that Grandma had given him on their 40th anniversary and said that coffee would be served soon so we headed to the coffee shop, grabbed some and headed back to the room we had been in.
A/N: I don't own any of the Newsies that you recognize from the movie. Everything else, I do except for Ice. Please review and I'll review your stories. Thanks!
I waited till the last kid was gone before saying good-bye to Ice. Just looking at her face made me guilty. Her face was occupied with that of worry and every time that happened, it made me feel even worse.
'Please let everything turn out right for Ice.'
Leaving Ice to her duties of tidying up the Lodging house and teaching the ones who didn't go out in the morning, I went over to the bank to deposit the past week's earnings. We had gained 3 new people so every little thing helped towards making the Brooklyn Lodging House better. Brooklyn Newsies are still the most feared, but I want the living conditions better than when I ruled the place. Once I was finished in the bank, I headed off towards the Manhattan Lodging House.
Along the way, I saw some of the familiar faces. Snipeshooter, who looked like a younger version of Racetrack with the cigar sticking out from his mouth, was selling by the bridge. Farther along I saw Les who looked like his older brother more and more every day. His hair wasn't curly like his brothers but it wasn't that short either. It was about the same length as mine was when I was 15. Les reminded me of myself when I was that age. I was the leader of Brooklyn and he's now the leader of Manhattan. I was tough as nails and so is he. The only real difference is that he has respect for the bulls and won't let any of his Newsies disrupt the police. I on the other hand didn't have any respect for them until I grew up and became an adult.
I finally came to the Lodging House. It was Sunday so Jack, Kid Blink and Mush would be sleeping there until the night shift began at the factory. Even though they weren't Newsies anymore, they still slept there for it was the cheapest place they could find. Kloppman didn't mind; he liked having familiar faces around that helped with the young or new boys and girls.
I entered the building to see Kloppman sitting behind the check in counter snoozing. Rather than waking him up, I snuck up the stairs to the 3rd floor where the boy's bunkroom was. 2nd floor was the eating room/poker room and the 4th, which used to be the attic, was now the girl's room.
Entering the boy's room, I saw that it was empty all for 3 figures that lay in the bunks against the far wall. I didn't really see them, the sound got to me first. Mush snores very LOUD and can be heard throughout the room. I'm surprised Jack and Kid Blink can even sleep. I walked over to the bunks to see the 3 sleeping beauties. (Lol) Jack had a little stubble on his chin, which made him look even more like a cowboy. Mush's hair had grown enough that it straightened itself out and this caused his looks to improve by some girl's standards. Looking at Kid made me laugh. He hadn't changed at all. He still looked 16 rather than 21.
Seeing that it was 8:00am and knowing that they had gotten in at 5:00am made my waking them up even more fun. I walked to the farthest part of the room, got up on a bunk and yelled, "FIRE!!!"
All three of them jumped out of their beds and scrambled for their pants. I couldn't help but to burst out laughing. Jack soon heard me and turned towards me.
"That was not funny Spot. You know how we need to sleep."
"Yeah well I thought maybe you'd want some breakfast at Melanie's since I'm buying."
Melanie's was a somewhat fancy place that had taken over Tibby's. The food was better so business from both Newsies and businessmen increased. I could tell from the looks on their faces that they were into it.
"Well get changed and I'll meet you downstairs."
I left them to their washing and changing and went downstairs. Waiting for them, I talked with Kloppman about the old times. He said that the only thing he didn't miss was the late night poker games. Those ones were few and ended around 4:00am. Jack, Mush and Kid Blink came downstairs, we said farewell to Kloppman and headed off for Melanie's.
"So why in the world did you wake us up? Couldn't you have waited till lunch?"
I shook my head.
"I'm having lunch with Ice. I've got a little business to talk with you guys so I thought I'd treat you all to breakfast."
They shrugged their shoulders and we entered Melanie's. The only difference in this place was that it was cleaner and brighter looking. Jack and Kid Blink ordered scrambled eggs and bacon while Mush asked for some pancakes. I ordered some french toast and we all got orange juice.
"So what was this about important business? I was in the middle of a dream about Santa Fe." We all laughed at this. Jack had realized that he never would get to Santa Fe on what he made, so what thing that came out that was western like he bought it.
"Well this business stems from Ice. This morning when I was opening up the front door, this short kid slammed into me. At first I thought it was a boy because short hair and really dirty. We this one had a mouth on it and it was a boy but a girl."
"Pretty much all girls we know have mouths on them. Look at Ice."
I slapped Kid Blink upside the head for saying that and continued.
"Sure all girls we know are like that, but this one didn't excuse herself after swearing. She looked and acted tough as nails like I did when I ruled. Well anyways, Ice realized after the two of us got in a little fight that it was her best friend from where she used to live. The girl's name is Dodger. Well she ended up hitting me pretty hard but I also got her in the eye. After Dodger ran off, Ice told me that she'd go into hiding. What I want you guys to do is be on the look out for her. She means a lot to Ice."
Jack, Mush and Kid Blink looked at one another then all agreed that while they were out, they'd keep their eyes and ears open. After a mouthful of eggs, Jack asked me what she looked like.
"Well she's about 5'6", short dark hair from what I could see under the hat. She's pretty dirty looking at the moment. I don't know if she'll clean up. Man, her eyes though turned emerald green. Be careful though, she's got a mean punch."
~*~*~Back to the 60's~*~*~*
John's POV
I looked around and nodded my head at what Mr. Spot said.
"Grandma did have a mean punch. I remember one time, I smacked Hallie for taking my comic books and well Grandma punched me for punching her."
The older gentlemen laughed.
"That was Dodger for ya. She hated others being hit unless it was for defense purposes."
Mr. Mush said. Grandpa looked at his pocket watch that Grandma had given him on their 40th anniversary and said that coffee would be served soon so we headed to the coffee shop, grabbed some and headed back to the room we had been in.
A/N: I don't own any of the Newsies that you recognize from the movie. Everything else, I do except for Ice. Please review and I'll review your stories. Thanks!
