**Yeah...um...Oh whatever! Here's chapter sixteen.**
Chapter Sixteen
"I love you," Lizzy whispered into Spot's ear, "Please don't go. I love you."
Spot heard her. She did love him! He didn't care what she had said before anymore. What mattered was that she loved him and he couldn't give up. As Spot fought to regain consciousness, he heard Lizzy's quiet pleas growing closer until he blurrily saw her kneeling beside the bed and felt his hand in hers.
Spot's hand moved slightly in Lizzy's, making her look up. "Spot?" she whispered, not truly believing what was happening.
Spot looked into Lizzy's tear-streaked face and smiled weakly. He was alive. "Spot!" Lizzy exclaimed, throwing her arms around him. He winced in pain and she hastily let go.
Spot reached up and touched Lizzy's face, as if assuring himself that she was real. The touch of his hand made Lizzy's heart ache. She had nearly lost him. He had almost left her...forever. The realization of this made her cry harder than she had before, but with relief and joy instead of fear and sadness.
"Lizzy," Spot said, finally finding his voice, "I don't undastand. What happened?"
Lizzy shook her head and gave him a small smile, getting control of her tears. "Dat's not important now." She tried to keep herself from crying again, but couldn't. "Oh Spot, I t'ought I'd lost ya. I t'ought you'd left me. I was so scared."
"I t'ought I was gonna leave too, but den ya said... ya said dat ya loved me. Dat's why I'm still heah. It's because of you. I'd be lost wit out ya Lizzy, 'cause I love ya so much."
He gently pulled Lizzy's face down to his and kissed her tenderly. She let herself become enveloped in that kiss, finding in it all the warmth and comfort she would ever need. All the protection and safety that she needed. For the first time in two years, she felt safe. Unfortunately, at that moment, Race walked in.
"Hey Lizzy," he said, "How's-" He stopped abruptly as Spot rolled over to face him. "Spot?"
"Hey ya Race," Spot murmured, "How ya doin'?"
"Spot!" Race ran over to the bed and stood, not too sure what to do. "You're okay! Man, I can't believe it!"
"Why? Were ya expectin' me ta croak so ya could take my goil?"
They laughed, and Lizzy and Spot returned to their interrupted kiss. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Spot slowly regained his health with Lizzy by his side the whole time and she eventually told him about what had happened at the warehouse. By the time Spot was well enough to sell papers again, Lizzy had made a decision and approached him with it.
Spot was sitting in the window seat, looking out at the sky. The Newsies were all busy doing their usual evening activities and paid no attention to them. Lizzy approached quietly and say beside him.
"Spot?" she whispered.
"Hmm?"
"We need ta talk."
"What about?"
"I... I don't tink I can stay heah anymore Spot. I gotta leave."
"What? Why? If any of da Newsies did sometin' to ya I swear I'll-"
"No," she interrupted, "It ain't like dat. It's just dat... eva since da incident wit dat Kay fella, I've been tinkin'. I can't let anyting like dat happen again. He ain't gonna stay in jail foreva an' when he gets out, I don't wanna put you at risk again. Dat's why I've gotta leave."
Spot pulled Lizzy into his arms and kissed the top of her head. "Lizzy, ya don't have ta leave. What happened happened and it wasn't your fault. Besides, ya can't just run away from it anyway."
"But Spot, Mista Kay-"
"Sure he'll get outta jail eventually, but dat doesn't matta. 'Cause whateva happens, we'll face it togeddah, and dat ain't eva gonna change."
The End
Just in case you're wondering...
She stayed. A couple weeks later, there was a tentative knock on the door. Spot opened it to see the two boys that had beat him up in the streets. Simple and Bullet.
"Um..." Bullet hesitated, "Look. We're sorry 'bout what we did, but Mista Kay was threatenin' us. Ya gotta undastand dat we wouldn't do sometin' like dat on our own."
Lizzy came up behind Spot and looked out at the boys. When she recognized them as the boys from the warehouse, a fire seemed to spark up behind her eyes. "What're you two doin' heah?" she asked suspiciously.
"Lizzy," Spot said in a warning way, "Don't go jumped to any conclusions now. Apparently, dese two fellas have come ta beg our forgiveness."
Simple looked up at them with sincere eyes. "Do ya want us ta beg on our knees our is on our feet okay?"
Lizzy couldn't help but smile. Simple and Bullet explained how Mister Kay had threatened to kill them if they didn't work for him and that they were hoping to be allowed to stay with Newsies who hated the man as much as they did. After some long consideration, Spot decided that the boys could stay.
The chief came by a few weeks later to say that Lizzy was being asked to testify against Mister Kay. She told them about what he had done to her and her parents. He was found guilty and sentenced to be hung. With Mister Kay um... "out of the way", Lizzy's life was good. She was with great friends, had no one chasing her, and had someone who loved her as much as she loved him. But, she can't help wonder about what could have happened to Adam. Where had her little brother gone and would she ever see him again?
**WOOHOO!!!! I'm finished! I'm finished! Just so ya'll know, this is the first story I've ever finished since like... fifth grade or something. Well, on to another story my wonderful reviewers. I've got a few in the works, so I want to take a poll. Here are the summaries for some of them. Pick one and put it in a review.
*Newsies Fic- Race meets a girl named Cat from Harlem that's had some serious relationship issues. She's withdrawn and doesn't like speaking to anyone. But Race is different from any other person that she has ever met. Can he knock down the wall that she's built around herself?
*X-men Evolution- Pietro's father, Magneto, finds a mutant girl with unbelievable psychic powers. Of course, he experiments with her and has Pietro learn a little about it. But Pietro's conscience gets the better of him and he takes Karen to Professor X. Magneto isn't happy, because Pietro and Karen are getting closer than he would like. Can Pietro stop following what he was taught by his father and follow his heart instead?
*Harry Potter- Fea Dawson is a quiet girl. She's new on the Quidditch team and doesn't have too much control of her broom. She turns to Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Seeker, for help. But Fea has an entrancing air about her and she and Draco go from coach and coached, to friends, to slightly more than friends. But what will happen when Draco finds out that she's Muggle born? Will the hatred that has been instilled in him since he was a child make him look the other way and forget her, or can he look past her blood to who she really is?
You decide! Tell me so I know which to get a start on. I'll probably try and put up what you vote for by October 12, so tell me what you want!
*spots_lil_boidie*
Chapter Sixteen
"I love you," Lizzy whispered into Spot's ear, "Please don't go. I love you."
Spot heard her. She did love him! He didn't care what she had said before anymore. What mattered was that she loved him and he couldn't give up. As Spot fought to regain consciousness, he heard Lizzy's quiet pleas growing closer until he blurrily saw her kneeling beside the bed and felt his hand in hers.
Spot's hand moved slightly in Lizzy's, making her look up. "Spot?" she whispered, not truly believing what was happening.
Spot looked into Lizzy's tear-streaked face and smiled weakly. He was alive. "Spot!" Lizzy exclaimed, throwing her arms around him. He winced in pain and she hastily let go.
Spot reached up and touched Lizzy's face, as if assuring himself that she was real. The touch of his hand made Lizzy's heart ache. She had nearly lost him. He had almost left her...forever. The realization of this made her cry harder than she had before, but with relief and joy instead of fear and sadness.
"Lizzy," Spot said, finally finding his voice, "I don't undastand. What happened?"
Lizzy shook her head and gave him a small smile, getting control of her tears. "Dat's not important now." She tried to keep herself from crying again, but couldn't. "Oh Spot, I t'ought I'd lost ya. I t'ought you'd left me. I was so scared."
"I t'ought I was gonna leave too, but den ya said... ya said dat ya loved me. Dat's why I'm still heah. It's because of you. I'd be lost wit out ya Lizzy, 'cause I love ya so much."
He gently pulled Lizzy's face down to his and kissed her tenderly. She let herself become enveloped in that kiss, finding in it all the warmth and comfort she would ever need. All the protection and safety that she needed. For the first time in two years, she felt safe. Unfortunately, at that moment, Race walked in.
"Hey Lizzy," he said, "How's-" He stopped abruptly as Spot rolled over to face him. "Spot?"
"Hey ya Race," Spot murmured, "How ya doin'?"
"Spot!" Race ran over to the bed and stood, not too sure what to do. "You're okay! Man, I can't believe it!"
"Why? Were ya expectin' me ta croak so ya could take my goil?"
They laughed, and Lizzy and Spot returned to their interrupted kiss. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Spot slowly regained his health with Lizzy by his side the whole time and she eventually told him about what had happened at the warehouse. By the time Spot was well enough to sell papers again, Lizzy had made a decision and approached him with it.
Spot was sitting in the window seat, looking out at the sky. The Newsies were all busy doing their usual evening activities and paid no attention to them. Lizzy approached quietly and say beside him.
"Spot?" she whispered.
"Hmm?"
"We need ta talk."
"What about?"
"I... I don't tink I can stay heah anymore Spot. I gotta leave."
"What? Why? If any of da Newsies did sometin' to ya I swear I'll-"
"No," she interrupted, "It ain't like dat. It's just dat... eva since da incident wit dat Kay fella, I've been tinkin'. I can't let anyting like dat happen again. He ain't gonna stay in jail foreva an' when he gets out, I don't wanna put you at risk again. Dat's why I've gotta leave."
Spot pulled Lizzy into his arms and kissed the top of her head. "Lizzy, ya don't have ta leave. What happened happened and it wasn't your fault. Besides, ya can't just run away from it anyway."
"But Spot, Mista Kay-"
"Sure he'll get outta jail eventually, but dat doesn't matta. 'Cause whateva happens, we'll face it togeddah, and dat ain't eva gonna change."
The End
Just in case you're wondering...
She stayed. A couple weeks later, there was a tentative knock on the door. Spot opened it to see the two boys that had beat him up in the streets. Simple and Bullet.
"Um..." Bullet hesitated, "Look. We're sorry 'bout what we did, but Mista Kay was threatenin' us. Ya gotta undastand dat we wouldn't do sometin' like dat on our own."
Lizzy came up behind Spot and looked out at the boys. When she recognized them as the boys from the warehouse, a fire seemed to spark up behind her eyes. "What're you two doin' heah?" she asked suspiciously.
"Lizzy," Spot said in a warning way, "Don't go jumped to any conclusions now. Apparently, dese two fellas have come ta beg our forgiveness."
Simple looked up at them with sincere eyes. "Do ya want us ta beg on our knees our is on our feet okay?"
Lizzy couldn't help but smile. Simple and Bullet explained how Mister Kay had threatened to kill them if they didn't work for him and that they were hoping to be allowed to stay with Newsies who hated the man as much as they did. After some long consideration, Spot decided that the boys could stay.
The chief came by a few weeks later to say that Lizzy was being asked to testify against Mister Kay. She told them about what he had done to her and her parents. He was found guilty and sentenced to be hung. With Mister Kay um... "out of the way", Lizzy's life was good. She was with great friends, had no one chasing her, and had someone who loved her as much as she loved him. But, she can't help wonder about what could have happened to Adam. Where had her little brother gone and would she ever see him again?
**WOOHOO!!!! I'm finished! I'm finished! Just so ya'll know, this is the first story I've ever finished since like... fifth grade or something. Well, on to another story my wonderful reviewers. I've got a few in the works, so I want to take a poll. Here are the summaries for some of them. Pick one and put it in a review.
*Newsies Fic- Race meets a girl named Cat from Harlem that's had some serious relationship issues. She's withdrawn and doesn't like speaking to anyone. But Race is different from any other person that she has ever met. Can he knock down the wall that she's built around herself?
*X-men Evolution- Pietro's father, Magneto, finds a mutant girl with unbelievable psychic powers. Of course, he experiments with her and has Pietro learn a little about it. But Pietro's conscience gets the better of him and he takes Karen to Professor X. Magneto isn't happy, because Pietro and Karen are getting closer than he would like. Can Pietro stop following what he was taught by his father and follow his heart instead?
*Harry Potter- Fea Dawson is a quiet girl. She's new on the Quidditch team and doesn't have too much control of her broom. She turns to Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Seeker, for help. But Fea has an entrancing air about her and she and Draco go from coach and coached, to friends, to slightly more than friends. But what will happen when Draco finds out that she's Muggle born? Will the hatred that has been instilled in him since he was a child make him look the other way and forget her, or can he look past her blood to who she really is?
You decide! Tell me so I know which to get a start on. I'll probably try and put up what you vote for by October 12, so tell me what you want!
*spots_lil_boidie*