Anna C.-A new reviewer, yay. I'm happy. Thanks a lot for your review. I'm
glad you liked it.
Angel Fish7-Yes it's ending very soon, as in basically I think this is the last chapter, I'll know at the end. I'm glad you love it. I've got another story line that I'm thinking about doing..I put a lot of emotion into the description of his eyes, my heart went into that one, so I'm really glad you noticed. Thanks so much for all of your reviews, I'm so glad you've stuck through this story, I appreciate it sooooo much.
Clips- I know I know. I've really been slacking, especially since this story is probably over, seeing how I think this might be the last chapter. I'm working on a new story though, so I hope that's some compensation for taking forever to get this chapter up. Thanks a bunch for all your reviews and getting me to keep typing.
Dreamer Conlon-Well see I'm always told go with my hunches, but they're always wrong so I don't know what to tell you besides "read on" to find out about the cane. Thus said I'll make this response short. Thanks a million for reviewing and staying with me. I really love all you reviewers.
Sarah Kate- You've always been the person who wrote me the longest reviews and you've also been with me for a while. I just got a lot more reviews during the beginning chapters and as I kept going they got fewer and fewer it seemed. I'm trying to post faster it just seems like something always comes up. And I also don't type that fast so it usually takes me and hour or two and then people are talking to me, you get the idea.
Pages Conlon-I'm glad you like this story. Good to know there are still people reading that aren't reviewing or whatnot, but I'm glad that you reviewed.
Chapter 33
'Damn' Raven thought. 'Well you knew it had ta come sooner or later.' Said the logical voice in her head. 'I would have preferred later' came another little voice. 'Tough shit.' Came the logical voice again 'Ya jus goin ta have ta deal.'
"Hey" Raven said, trying not to show any emotion. She could usually keep her face perfectly clear like Spot could, but her downfall was also her eyes.
"Hey" An uncomfortable silence followed.
A few moments later Raven grew too impatient. "Yes?"
"What? Can't I jus say 'hey' and look at ya?"
"I'm not a prize ta be stared at."
"Ya t'ink dat now. I used ta be ya prize and you were mine."
"I don't want ta t'ink about it."
"Why?" After a pause and no answer from her, he stepped closer. "Was it that bad? Were ya pretendin ta like me da whole time? Was it jus a great joke ta ya? Ta get Spot Conlon ta his knees? Well ya did. Are ya happy now? I'll be back soon. Meet me in Central Park in an hour."
Raven was left shell-shocked as he walked away. She couldn't believe his arrogance. Not trusting herself to speak, she debated on whether or not she should go to Central Park. Finally deciding that she owed him enough to let him have his say, she headed to Central Park, deciding to sort through her thoughts there.
IN BROOKLYN
Spot walked into the Brooklyn lodging house with a purpose. Several of his newsies weren't selling the afternoon edition so they were lying around the bunkroom.
"Slip." Spot yelled, hoping he was here. He was not in the mood to wait today.
Noticing that his leader didn't look like he was in one of his best moods, Slip hurried and folded out of the game he was in and walked over. "Yea Spot?"
"I needs ta talk ta ya." Spot headed to his room and Slip had no choice but to follow.
They got in there and Spot closed the door. Then on second thought he opened it and yelled out. "If any of youse tries ta listen den you'll be kicked out and have no place ta stay. Ya got dat?" Spot didn't wait for an answer, he just slammed the door shut and walked over to where Slip was waiting.
For a moment Spot didn't know how to begin. Then he said. "Do ya remember dat goil, Raven?"
"Soah. Dat dark-haired beauty ya had about a month ago. Ya came in heah after you were gone fer dat week and I heard ya cursing her name."
"Ya say shit the way it is, don't ya?"
"To you yea."
Spot had to laugh. "I love her." He said getting down to business. "I think ya know dat seein as how ya almost interrupted our.shall we say.moment of passion." Slip's cheeks turned a fiery red and he couldn't speak, he just looked embarrassed at the ground. "I know you were trying to make sure she was still alive so I didn't say anything. I think that's quite admirable since I woulda liked her ta be my goil for longer and she woulda been one of my top newsies. But she t'inks dat because I'm da leadah of Brooklyn dat it won't work, dat she'll get in da way. I've never felt this way about a goil befoah and I'm not goin ta screw dis up. I'll do anyt'ing fer her." He paused. "Including dis." Spot reached slowly up and pulled his key off his neck.
Slip's eyes got so wide, Spot thought they were going to fall out of his head. "I c-can't." he stuttered. "Brooklyn's yours. I couldn't. Dey wouldn't listen ta me-"
"Ya have ta. I can't. I love her and I got to get her ta know dat. If she doesn't dis time, den well I don't know if I could try again."
"I'll do it fer ya." Slip gulped audibly. "Fer her."
"I'se not goin ta say anyt'ing ta da boys. Put da key on. I'm jus goin ta walk out dat door. Dey are all goin ta want ta know what happened, ya know dat. Don't come out until I'm gone. I don't feel like answering dat damned why question. Got dat?"
"Yea Spot." Slip replied with a heavy heart. "All too well."
Spot smiled grimly and left the room. The weight of his key was no longer against his chest. And it wasn't his key anymore. It was as if the key had bound him to Brooklyn and now he was free from his cage. It didn't feel right though. Almost as if he was leaving an obligation.
Spot stopped walking. He was now a few feet from the lodging house. Then an image of Raven came to mind. All proud and defiant, black hair, haunting eyes, lithe body, all captivating his mind. With one last backward glance, he kept on walking.
'Is she really goin ta go ta Central?' Spot wondered as he walked through the streets of Manhattan. He came to Central Park and peered in. He saw a figure huddled up on a bench, shivering slightly. He walked closer to investigate.
It was Raven. He walked up and sat down next to her. He waited there patiently for her to start talking. She grew more and more uncomfortable knowing what he was waiting for. "I love ya, I really do. I was never pretending about my feelings for you or whether on not I cared. You were my foist, foist in almost everyt'ing, foist ta kiss me, foist ta make me cry, foist ta touch me. I can't even say that I loved you and put it in the past tense. But ya have Brooklyn ta deal wit and ya don't need a weak goil like me, especially wit Shiner. It'll take me a while ta get my strength back up and everyt'ing ta heal."
"I love ya too. I heard what ya said in Tibby's taday. I won't leave ya, not ever. I promise you. I need ya. I'm not Brooklyn anymore. I care about you more."
It took Raven a moment to fully understand his words. Her gaze traveled to his finely muscled chest where his key usually hung.
"Your key?!?" She exclaimed.
"I have you. Dat's all dat mattahs."
"Spot. No. Ya can't. Ya have ta lead Brooklyn. Hell you are Brooklyn. Slip is good an all but ya newsies need ya. Ya can't jus leave dem fer me."
"I don't care. I'll love ya no mattah if I have Brooklyn or not. I don't care if I lose Brooklyn but I don't want ta lose ya. Will ya be my goil again?"
"On one condition."
"What's dat?"
"Dat ya take back Brooklyn."
"I will I promise." He leaned in close to her and she closed her eyes. Their lips met in a kiss so sweet it was as if it were the purest rose. A magical fire shocked them both and they pulled away slowly.
Spot stood up and offered Raven his arm. Raven took his arm and Spot lead them towards Brooklyn. The trip seemed extremely short and soon they were at the front of the lodging house. Raven gave Spot a quick kiss. Hand in hand they walked into the lodging house.
Every person stopped talking. All eyes went to Spot. For the first time, Raven could sense he was nervous but no one else noticed.
Slip came up to Spot. "Ya want ta talk? Let's go ta ya room, Raven cin come too." Spot nodded and led the way. Slip shut the door behind him.
"Heah's ya key back. I knew dat she'd understand." Slip smiled at Raven. "I was jus surprised dat she was so damn prideful and cared about ya dat much and ya neva realized dat." Raven laughed somewhat bitterly.
Spot stood nervously, known only to Raven. "How did ya know?"
"It was obvious. But ya had ta figure it out fer yaself. I jus told da boys dat ya gave da key ta me fer a little while."
"Ya make a really good second-in-command, ya know dat Slip." Spot smiled.
"I know." Slip laughed.
"Slip?" Raven asked politely.
"Yes?"
Spot exchanged a glance with Raven. "Ya cin keep da key til tomorrow. We're not planning on getting out of heah til den."
Slip started to say something. "Oh, okay. Um then I'll jus uhh leave now. Bye." He quickly exited the room and closed the door behind him.
"Hmm seems I'm left ta your horrible temper again."
"Dat ya are." Spot rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "But dis time, not'ings goin ta happen if I have any say."
"Spot?" Raven interrupted.
"Yea?"
"Ya talk too much."
"That cin be changed." He grinned seductively.
"Den change it already damn it." Raven eyes got mad but still showed her love.
"If you say so...
A/N: I finished a story. Just so you guys know, this story is totally complete. Please please review and tell me what you thought of it. Thanks to all my reviewers and in a week I will be putting up another author's note thanking all of you individually. Thanks so much to all my readers and reviewers. Amazon2
Angel Fish7-Yes it's ending very soon, as in basically I think this is the last chapter, I'll know at the end. I'm glad you love it. I've got another story line that I'm thinking about doing..I put a lot of emotion into the description of his eyes, my heart went into that one, so I'm really glad you noticed. Thanks so much for all of your reviews, I'm so glad you've stuck through this story, I appreciate it sooooo much.
Clips- I know I know. I've really been slacking, especially since this story is probably over, seeing how I think this might be the last chapter. I'm working on a new story though, so I hope that's some compensation for taking forever to get this chapter up. Thanks a bunch for all your reviews and getting me to keep typing.
Dreamer Conlon-Well see I'm always told go with my hunches, but they're always wrong so I don't know what to tell you besides "read on" to find out about the cane. Thus said I'll make this response short. Thanks a million for reviewing and staying with me. I really love all you reviewers.
Sarah Kate- You've always been the person who wrote me the longest reviews and you've also been with me for a while. I just got a lot more reviews during the beginning chapters and as I kept going they got fewer and fewer it seemed. I'm trying to post faster it just seems like something always comes up. And I also don't type that fast so it usually takes me and hour or two and then people are talking to me, you get the idea.
Pages Conlon-I'm glad you like this story. Good to know there are still people reading that aren't reviewing or whatnot, but I'm glad that you reviewed.
Chapter 33
'Damn' Raven thought. 'Well you knew it had ta come sooner or later.' Said the logical voice in her head. 'I would have preferred later' came another little voice. 'Tough shit.' Came the logical voice again 'Ya jus goin ta have ta deal.'
"Hey" Raven said, trying not to show any emotion. She could usually keep her face perfectly clear like Spot could, but her downfall was also her eyes.
"Hey" An uncomfortable silence followed.
A few moments later Raven grew too impatient. "Yes?"
"What? Can't I jus say 'hey' and look at ya?"
"I'm not a prize ta be stared at."
"Ya t'ink dat now. I used ta be ya prize and you were mine."
"I don't want ta t'ink about it."
"Why?" After a pause and no answer from her, he stepped closer. "Was it that bad? Were ya pretendin ta like me da whole time? Was it jus a great joke ta ya? Ta get Spot Conlon ta his knees? Well ya did. Are ya happy now? I'll be back soon. Meet me in Central Park in an hour."
Raven was left shell-shocked as he walked away. She couldn't believe his arrogance. Not trusting herself to speak, she debated on whether or not she should go to Central Park. Finally deciding that she owed him enough to let him have his say, she headed to Central Park, deciding to sort through her thoughts there.
IN BROOKLYN
Spot walked into the Brooklyn lodging house with a purpose. Several of his newsies weren't selling the afternoon edition so they were lying around the bunkroom.
"Slip." Spot yelled, hoping he was here. He was not in the mood to wait today.
Noticing that his leader didn't look like he was in one of his best moods, Slip hurried and folded out of the game he was in and walked over. "Yea Spot?"
"I needs ta talk ta ya." Spot headed to his room and Slip had no choice but to follow.
They got in there and Spot closed the door. Then on second thought he opened it and yelled out. "If any of youse tries ta listen den you'll be kicked out and have no place ta stay. Ya got dat?" Spot didn't wait for an answer, he just slammed the door shut and walked over to where Slip was waiting.
For a moment Spot didn't know how to begin. Then he said. "Do ya remember dat goil, Raven?"
"Soah. Dat dark-haired beauty ya had about a month ago. Ya came in heah after you were gone fer dat week and I heard ya cursing her name."
"Ya say shit the way it is, don't ya?"
"To you yea."
Spot had to laugh. "I love her." He said getting down to business. "I think ya know dat seein as how ya almost interrupted our.shall we say.moment of passion." Slip's cheeks turned a fiery red and he couldn't speak, he just looked embarrassed at the ground. "I know you were trying to make sure she was still alive so I didn't say anything. I think that's quite admirable since I woulda liked her ta be my goil for longer and she woulda been one of my top newsies. But she t'inks dat because I'm da leadah of Brooklyn dat it won't work, dat she'll get in da way. I've never felt this way about a goil befoah and I'm not goin ta screw dis up. I'll do anyt'ing fer her." He paused. "Including dis." Spot reached slowly up and pulled his key off his neck.
Slip's eyes got so wide, Spot thought they were going to fall out of his head. "I c-can't." he stuttered. "Brooklyn's yours. I couldn't. Dey wouldn't listen ta me-"
"Ya have ta. I can't. I love her and I got to get her ta know dat. If she doesn't dis time, den well I don't know if I could try again."
"I'll do it fer ya." Slip gulped audibly. "Fer her."
"I'se not goin ta say anyt'ing ta da boys. Put da key on. I'm jus goin ta walk out dat door. Dey are all goin ta want ta know what happened, ya know dat. Don't come out until I'm gone. I don't feel like answering dat damned why question. Got dat?"
"Yea Spot." Slip replied with a heavy heart. "All too well."
Spot smiled grimly and left the room. The weight of his key was no longer against his chest. And it wasn't his key anymore. It was as if the key had bound him to Brooklyn and now he was free from his cage. It didn't feel right though. Almost as if he was leaving an obligation.
Spot stopped walking. He was now a few feet from the lodging house. Then an image of Raven came to mind. All proud and defiant, black hair, haunting eyes, lithe body, all captivating his mind. With one last backward glance, he kept on walking.
'Is she really goin ta go ta Central?' Spot wondered as he walked through the streets of Manhattan. He came to Central Park and peered in. He saw a figure huddled up on a bench, shivering slightly. He walked closer to investigate.
It was Raven. He walked up and sat down next to her. He waited there patiently for her to start talking. She grew more and more uncomfortable knowing what he was waiting for. "I love ya, I really do. I was never pretending about my feelings for you or whether on not I cared. You were my foist, foist in almost everyt'ing, foist ta kiss me, foist ta make me cry, foist ta touch me. I can't even say that I loved you and put it in the past tense. But ya have Brooklyn ta deal wit and ya don't need a weak goil like me, especially wit Shiner. It'll take me a while ta get my strength back up and everyt'ing ta heal."
"I love ya too. I heard what ya said in Tibby's taday. I won't leave ya, not ever. I promise you. I need ya. I'm not Brooklyn anymore. I care about you more."
It took Raven a moment to fully understand his words. Her gaze traveled to his finely muscled chest where his key usually hung.
"Your key?!?" She exclaimed.
"I have you. Dat's all dat mattahs."
"Spot. No. Ya can't. Ya have ta lead Brooklyn. Hell you are Brooklyn. Slip is good an all but ya newsies need ya. Ya can't jus leave dem fer me."
"I don't care. I'll love ya no mattah if I have Brooklyn or not. I don't care if I lose Brooklyn but I don't want ta lose ya. Will ya be my goil again?"
"On one condition."
"What's dat?"
"Dat ya take back Brooklyn."
"I will I promise." He leaned in close to her and she closed her eyes. Their lips met in a kiss so sweet it was as if it were the purest rose. A magical fire shocked them both and they pulled away slowly.
Spot stood up and offered Raven his arm. Raven took his arm and Spot lead them towards Brooklyn. The trip seemed extremely short and soon they were at the front of the lodging house. Raven gave Spot a quick kiss. Hand in hand they walked into the lodging house.
Every person stopped talking. All eyes went to Spot. For the first time, Raven could sense he was nervous but no one else noticed.
Slip came up to Spot. "Ya want ta talk? Let's go ta ya room, Raven cin come too." Spot nodded and led the way. Slip shut the door behind him.
"Heah's ya key back. I knew dat she'd understand." Slip smiled at Raven. "I was jus surprised dat she was so damn prideful and cared about ya dat much and ya neva realized dat." Raven laughed somewhat bitterly.
Spot stood nervously, known only to Raven. "How did ya know?"
"It was obvious. But ya had ta figure it out fer yaself. I jus told da boys dat ya gave da key ta me fer a little while."
"Ya make a really good second-in-command, ya know dat Slip." Spot smiled.
"I know." Slip laughed.
"Slip?" Raven asked politely.
"Yes?"
Spot exchanged a glance with Raven. "Ya cin keep da key til tomorrow. We're not planning on getting out of heah til den."
Slip started to say something. "Oh, okay. Um then I'll jus uhh leave now. Bye." He quickly exited the room and closed the door behind him.
"Hmm seems I'm left ta your horrible temper again."
"Dat ya are." Spot rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "But dis time, not'ings goin ta happen if I have any say."
"Spot?" Raven interrupted.
"Yea?"
"Ya talk too much."
"That cin be changed." He grinned seductively.
"Den change it already damn it." Raven eyes got mad but still showed her love.
"If you say so...
A/N: I finished a story. Just so you guys know, this story is totally complete. Please please review and tell me what you thought of it. Thanks to all my reviewers and in a week I will be putting up another author's note thanking all of you individually. Thanks so much to all my readers and reviewers. Amazon2