Chapter 6
Friday night was approaching fast and Kate had been working hard to make her first performance great. She had practiced for hours on end to get the song perfect. Medda had bought her a brand new dress that was a ruby red color and it had a low-neck line. The days seemed to go by too fast.
It was the day before the show and Jack decided that Spot should know about the show at Medda's so Jack let Snipeshooter bring the message to Spot. Jack told him the time and he also had a special message. So after Snipes got his papes, he was off to Brooklyn. He decided to go to the docks first. He knew of only two places the Brooklyn leader could be, the docks or the lodging house. When Snipes was close to the docks, he noticed that there was no one there so he went to the lodging house. If Spot wasn't there Snipes didn't know what to do.
Every head turned towards the door as Snipeshooter opened the door and walked in. Snipes scanned the faces in front of him looking for Spot. He spotted him in the back of the room talking to some of his newsies. Snipes made his way through the mass of newsies who had gone back to what they had been doing before Snipes had come. Spot had seen Snipes so he sent the other two away so he could talk to Snipes without the others listening.
"Hey Spot." Snipes said when he came up to the Brooklyn leader. Snipes spit in his hand and held it out to Spot.
"Hey Snipes." Spot said and spit shook with Snipes.
"I got a message for ya from Jack. Medda's havin' a show tomorrow night at 7. Jack says that you should be there because there's someone you should see." Snipes said.
"I'll be there." Spot said with a smirk on his face.
Friday seemed to fly by for Kate. She had so much to get ready for. 7 o'clock came to fast. Kate was so nervous. By 7 o'clock Kate was all ready. She had her make-up on and she was in her dress. Kate became even more nervous as she looked out at the audience. What if I forget a line or I miss a note? She thought. Suddenly Kate was brought out of her thoughts when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Kate turned around to see Jack standing there.
"Hey Jack." Kate said.
"Hey Kate. Don't worry, your gonna do great. We're all rootin' for ya. We'll see ya after the show." Jack said trying to encourage her.
"Thanks Jack." Kate replied.
"Kate, your on in five seconds." said the stage manager.
"Alright. See you after the show." Kate said.
"Your on Kate." said the stage manager.
"Now give a warm welcome to our new performer, Kate." Medda said then walked off stage. The lights went off so the theater was completely dark. Kate walked carefully to the center of the stage. A few chords of the song were played and the spotlight came up on Kate. Kate couldn't see anyone but she could feel their eyes on her.
Spot had enjoyed the rest of the show and had been talking to Jack during the break when he looked at the stage and saw Kate. She was wearing a ruby red dress that fit her well. Spot stopped in mid sentence and just stared at the stage. He couldn't do anything.
Kate heard another chord of the song and began to sing.
I follow the night
Can't stand the light
When will I begin
To live again
One day I'll fly away
Leave all this to yesterday
What more could your love do for me
When will love be through with me
Why live life from dream to dream
And dread the day when dreaming ends
One day I'll fly away
Leave all this to yesterday
Why live life from dream to dream
And dread the day when dreaming ends
One day I'll fly away
Fly, fly away
When Kate was done, the audience erupted into cheers. Kate smiled sweetly, took a bow, and then walked off the stage. Spot couldn't do anything. He just stared at the stage wide eyed.
"I thought you would wanna be here." Jack said pulling Spot out of his daze.
"Thanks Kelly." Spot said and started backstage.
Kate heard a knock on the door.
"One minute!" she called. She quickly checked her make-up then stood up to open the door. Kate gasped when she saw who was at the door. Everything left her head. Every word left her mouth. She couldn't do or say anything.
"Hi Kate." Spot said trying to break the awkward silence.
"H-hi." Kate stuttered.
"You did great. I never knew you could sing like that." Kate just stared at him. "Can I come in?" Spot asked. Kate moved slowly away from the door still stunned. Spot walked in and Kate closed the door behind him. There was another awkward moment between them.
"Who told you I was here?" Kate asked suddenly finding her voice.
"No one told me. I was here for the show and I saw ya. I thought I would come backstage and talk to ya." Spot explained with his in famous smirk across his lips. "So why'd ya leave?"
"I thought I explained why in my note." Kate replied.
"You kinda explained why, but I don't understand. If ya love someone that much than why would ya leave 'em?" Spot asked.
"I don't want you to get hurt or killed because of me." Kate explained
"But the killed himself. Why would I get hurt?" Spot asked trying to reason with her.
"I know the guy killed himself but the rest of the gang is out there and if they know someone saw it, they might want to get rid of the witness. They know my family lives in New York. That's one of the reasons I ran away. I didn't want them to get hurt." Kate explained. Spot could see her point and that she was on the verge of tears so he decided to change the subject but to what?
"You did great tonight." Spot complimented after thinking a while.
"Thanks." Kate said simply.
"Are ya singin' at the next show?" Spot asked moving a little closer to Kate and looked into her crystal blue eyes and he saw love shining in them.
"I hope so." Kate replied moving toward Spot and looked in his eyes and saw the love shining in his eyes. They were now standing only inches away from each other, mesmerized by each other's eyes. They stood like that for a few minutes. Then Spot leaned forward and before Kate could do anything she felt Spot's lips brush hers. Kate felt a chill go down her spine. Spot wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss and to his surprise she didn't pull away but deepened the kiss even more and wrapped her arms around his neck. After a few minutes, Spot pulled away and stared into her bright blue eyes so full of love.
"Do you forgive?" Spot asked still holding her around the waist.
"Of course I forgive you." Kate replied. Spot kissed her sweet lips again.
"Go ask Medda if you're singin' next Friday." Spot said after breaking the kiss. Kate gave Spot a quick peck on the lips then went to find Medda.
"Medda said I wouldn't have to sing but I told her I would. I have a song in mind." Kate said coming in the room. Spot had had a plan to show Kate just how much he loved her, but it would have to wait.
"Ok." Spot looked at the floor in thought for a couple of minutes and Kate had gone back to getting ready to leave.
"Kate?" Spot asked suddenly.
"Yeah?" Kate replied.
"Can I ask ya somethin'?"
"Sure."
"Would you be me girl?"
Kate stopped what she was doing and stared at him. She had wanted him to ask her that for days. Kate could see Spot's cheeks turning red with embarrassment.
"Of course I will. I'd love to your girl." Kate replied with a huge smile on her face.
"You would?" Spot asked with a look of shock on his face.
"Of course! Why wouldn't I? I love you. I've wanted you to ask me that for a long time." Kate replied. Spot just stared at her. She's so beautiful. he thought. A sudden knock on the door brought Spot out of his thoughts.
"Come in." Kate yelled. The door flew open and a bunch of boys came bursting through.
"You did great!" Blink exclaimed.
"Yeah, ya sang like an angel." Race said.
"I hope ya sing every week." Mush said with a huge smile on his face. Everyone stopped short when they realized Spot was there.
"Are we interrupting' anything?" Jack asked.
"No." Kate and Spot replied at the same time.
"It's getting late. We should head back to the lodging house." Kate said after thanking everyone.
"Yeah. Spot, you stayin' over tonight or are ya headin' back to Brooklyn?" Jack asked. Spot looked over at Kate and smiled.
"I'll stay over. It's too late to head back." Spot said. Jack looked between Kate and Spot and smiled. Finally. he thought. He was getting sick of hearing about Spot from Kate and hearing about her dreams of him. Now there would be peace and quiet at the lodging house. Things could get back to normal. But what Jack didn't know was that earlier that day, Spot had gotten news that could disturb the peace for months.
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AN: sorry it took me so long to update. It took me awhile to figure out how I was going to end this chapter. I don't know if I'm going to keep this story up anymore. I'm not getting a lot of feed back from people on the story. I want to thank the people who have reviewed. The song Kate sang is from Moulin Rouge. It's called One Day I'll Fly Away (I think). I'll have plenty of songs in this story and I hope to write a sequel. Please review!!!!!!!!