Lindsay was in her bedroom when she heard a tap at her window. She went to
the window to see Mush on the ground below tossing pebbles to gain her
attention. She smiled when she saw him and opened the window. "What are
you doing here?" she asked obviously glad to see him.
"Do ya think ya can sneak out tahnight." Mush asked charmingly.
"Let me see what my aunt is doing." She left the window briefly, "It looks like everyone is asleep! I'll be down in a minute!" Lindsay grabbed a jacket and snuck down the stairs and out the front door of her large two- story home.
When she met up with Mush on the sidewalk he kissed her passionately. "I've missed you." he said, it had been a week since Lindsay was last able to sneak out of the house, for about a month now her aunt had been watching her every move.
Lindsay Kerr had been a newsie all of her life until she discovered she had upper-middle class relatives. Even though she would be living uptown with her aunt and uncle, she still stayed with Mush. Her relatives had ordered Lindsay to be done with Mush when they had first found their long-lost niece, but Lindsay had been with Mush for three years at that time and could not leave him. Since her relatives did not keep too close of a watch on Lindsay, she was fairly able to come and go as she pleased and be able to see Mush at will. Only recently had her family become suspicious of her comings and goings and started to question her leavings and restrict her freedom.
Mush pulled a small, ornate box from his pocket. "I got dis fer ya." He said almost shyly. Mush was always buying or stealing trinkets for Lindsay and had one for her nearly every other time they went out. Mush was so mushy with his girlfriends, especially Lindsay, which is how he developed the nickname "Mush."
"Oh Mush! It's so beautiful!" She hugged and kissed him. Lindsay was always surprised when Mush gave her gifts, mainly because she knew he did not have to and because the only gift she truly needed was what he would been giving her for six years: his love. Nowhere else could you find a more content couple than the one now walking downtown.
"Do ya think ya can sneak out tahnight." Mush asked charmingly.
"Let me see what my aunt is doing." She left the window briefly, "It looks like everyone is asleep! I'll be down in a minute!" Lindsay grabbed a jacket and snuck down the stairs and out the front door of her large two- story home.
When she met up with Mush on the sidewalk he kissed her passionately. "I've missed you." he said, it had been a week since Lindsay was last able to sneak out of the house, for about a month now her aunt had been watching her every move.
Lindsay Kerr had been a newsie all of her life until she discovered she had upper-middle class relatives. Even though she would be living uptown with her aunt and uncle, she still stayed with Mush. Her relatives had ordered Lindsay to be done with Mush when they had first found their long-lost niece, but Lindsay had been with Mush for three years at that time and could not leave him. Since her relatives did not keep too close of a watch on Lindsay, she was fairly able to come and go as she pleased and be able to see Mush at will. Only recently had her family become suspicious of her comings and goings and started to question her leavings and restrict her freedom.
Mush pulled a small, ornate box from his pocket. "I got dis fer ya." He said almost shyly. Mush was always buying or stealing trinkets for Lindsay and had one for her nearly every other time they went out. Mush was so mushy with his girlfriends, especially Lindsay, which is how he developed the nickname "Mush."
"Oh Mush! It's so beautiful!" She hugged and kissed him. Lindsay was always surprised when Mush gave her gifts, mainly because she knew he did not have to and because the only gift she truly needed was what he would been giving her for six years: his love. Nowhere else could you find a more content couple than the one now walking downtown.