Chapter 5: The New Girl and the Miracle

I saw Sara sitting next to Dave in the Lodging House. I stood in the doorway wondering why he wasn't at home. I watched them for a while. I guess they hadn't noticed. They would talk, and kiss, and then talk some more. I continued walking when I saw Sphinx come out of the washroom.

I walked over to Sara and Dave. They were kissing…again…"Hey Davey, could I talk ta Sara? I don't think we'se really got introduced…" He gave me a confused look, but said ok.

When Dave left Sara just looked at me so I decided to break the ice.

"Well, I'm Stormy…do you have a Newsie name yet?"

"Oh," She suddenly got cheerful "Yea, its Gretch."

"So, ya really like Davey right?" I asked her sitting down across from her.

"Yea, I'm hopin I'm his goil…but I dunno…I dunno how he treats goils…he seems sweet."

"Oh, yea, I mean, he is. He'd probably make an excellent boyfriend, I can see you two together…and he's nice, and I mean, you can count on him ya know? He's dependable."

She laughed, "Its sounds like you like him!"

"Me?" I laughed, maybe too hard. "Don't get me wrong," I said as I saw the look on her face. "I mean, he's great, but he's jist not me type, I like Race. Blinks a cutie too." I said smiling she looked relieved.

"He's mine…" Sphinx said laughing as she sat on the bed by Gretch.

"Yea…" I said uncomfortably. "See ya later Gretch…Sphinx…" I added as she looked back at me. I got up and walked outside.

 "Wait!" Sphinx yelled after me. I turned around slowly "Yea?" I spoke as politely as I could.

"Listen, weren't you a dancer? At the Star Theater?" she asked me. I gasped. No one had talked to me about the Star Theater in ages.

"How do you know about that?" I asked her, she smiled.

"I used to go there to, not to dance, but watch everyone…don't you remember me? I was the one who always sat in the front row."

I laughed, "Yea, I do! You were the one who always knew what I was thinking…how'd you do that?"

"No big, I mean, I jist guessed and stuff…but one day I didn't see you, so I asked around but…" Her voice sank.

"But what?" I curiously asked.

"Well, I asked the director and…he beat me…" I thought she had paused to hold back tears, but she quickly told me we'd talk later. She walked around me and I turned to tell her 'ok' but stopped as I was staring Spot face to face.

"Spot, I'm kinda busy…" I said trying to dodge him first going to the left, them to the right…

He blocked me no matter where I went. "I didn't know you danced at the Star Theater…" He said.

"I…sang…too…" I said trying to look over his shoulder. He stopped me by putting his hand *strong hands…* on my shoulders.

"We need ta talk…" I must have looked at him strangely because he had laughed at me. I sighed but followed him until I saw Race and started walking over to him.

"Where ya goin'?" Spot asked as he grabbed me arm. I shook myself loose. "I'm goin ta tell Race I'm wit you'se, got a problem?" He shook his head no and put his hands up in a surrendering manner.

"Race!" I shouted as he was walking away. He turned to look at me and smiled. He kissed me hello. "I'm gonna go wit Spot for a little while ok? He says he has to talk to me…?"

"ok, ya gonna spend da night in Brooklyn?"

"Maybe, it jist depends on how late I'm out…Is all, I'll see ya later…" I said as I kissed him goodbye and jogged back over to Spot. WE had talked all the way to Brooklyn until we heard a faint scream.

"What was that…?" I asked.

"I dunno," he answered back. We started walking toward where we thought the scream had come from.

We heard it again, but it was a lot louder. All of a sudden, Spot ran toward and ally way. I darted after him. He paused at the dark entrance to it and whipped out his cane.

I looked over his shoulder and saw a tall thin girl in the arms of a burly man. She looked at Spot; her eyes filled with hope and plead. She had dark brown hair and dark chocolate eyes. I looked on her hand and saw a scar. It was oddly shaped, and I couldn't make it out well, but it looked like a lightning bolt.

Spot charged at the hairy man *lol* and the man ran. He was quite fast for a man his size. I rushed toward Spot as he rounded a corner but ended up running into him since he had frozen in his place.

"Ow…" I said lightly, rubbing my head where a new cut had formed from being knocked down.

"She was hott…"

I looked at him unbelievingly and gaped.

"But, where'd he go?" He let out a low growl, you could tell he was extremely mad for letting that man get away since his eyes weren't a true blue, but now they were a dark sea blue.

"Lets go Spot…" I said quietly.

"Yea…ow…what happened to your head?" He asked as he was just paying attention to me since we had seen the girl. I rolled my eyes but he looked confused.

"Never mind…" I mumbled. "Ya goin ta Manhattan or Brooklyn?" I asked him. He looked around.

"Manhattan."

The walk to Manhattan was a quiet one. I guess Spot was still thinking about the girl.

"What should we call hoir?" he asked me.

"Nuthin, until we get hoir back…" I looked over at him and he looked worried, "and we will" I said defiantly.

We walked into the Lodging House and Blink ran over to me. "What happened to ya?" He asked. I hadn't noticed I have a bruise on my arm, it didn't hurt, but it looked bad.

"Nothin…" I lied, stealing a glance at Spot. Race came over.

"Ya got in a fight didn't ya?" He asked, laughing lightly. "Ya jist cant go pick fights wit jist anyone…" He laughed a little harder.

"I didn't get in a fight!" I said defending myself.

"Then what happened?" He asked, suddenly concerned.

"Nuthin! Oy, Lets jist go ta bed ok?" He smiled and we went up to the bunkroom and lied down to sleep.

*****SHOUT OUTS****

Ponine the Newsie: haha, chel you funny. Your stories coming out great, I like it a lot. *L*O*V*E* L is for the way you look at meeeeeeeee…..O is for the only one I see………….V is very very *bum bum* extra ordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore that's Love! is all that I can give to you…LOVE is more than just a game for 2….TWO! in love can make it, take my heart but please don't break it, LOVE was made for me and yooooouuuuuuuuuuuu!!! Lol. Hehehe. Good timesJ Well, whats ur fav somg? You'll know why I ask in the other fan fic ok? Lol.

Miracle: Don't worry, you'll be added in more later, I promise. I think Spot'll like you, I'm not sure, it might be one of those on-off things like…he's afraid to commit and stuff…I dunno. Lol. But tell me what you think, and give me some Ideas on what you want to happen *Not promising they will, lol.* but its good to get suggestions.

Chewy: God, your reviews are so funny! Lol. I love to read them. I cant wait to see what happens when shes cooking, I can imagine what would happen if it were me…and eggs, lamo. Hahahaha. Ok, that's enough, call, we'll party sometime. LIKE OUR BIG KHELO PARTY! Remember? We were gonna have a huge pic of him on the wall! Hahahaha ok. Lol