Mush had a hard time sleeping on the floor that night. He didn't know if it
was the fact that the floor was as hard as rock, if it was because Dutchy
seemed to have a cold and snored the whole night, or if it was the fact
that he was in love with Blink's sister, or the fact that Blink was
throwing rocks at him all night.
"What am I going to do?" he asked himself in his head.
Mush finally fell asleep, and was awaken by the sound of Kloppman's voice.
"Get up! Come on Newsies!" he had yelled.
Mush sighed and stretched as he stood up. He looked over to where Katie had slept. She was already awake and talking to Snipeshooter.
"Hi" He yawned approaching them.
"Hello, Mush." Katie smiled. "How'd ya sleep?"
"Wonderful," he lied, "What about you?"
"Better then I have in years." She still had her wonderful smile on her face.
"Good." He smiled.
Blink looked over to them. "Hey, Tee, Hungry?" He asked.
"Very" she answered.
"We better go find somethin' ta eat den." Came the voice of Race from the bed under Blink's bed.
"I saw a bakery on the way here, we can get some bread." She suggested.
"Where are we going to get the money for dat?" Blink asked.
"I've got money." she said.
"I've got a bit too.." said Race pulling money out of one of his pockets, the same money he won off of the other Newsies the day before.
Snipeshooter smiled at Race, "Why don' ya just steal your breakfast like ya always do?"
Race shook his head, "there's too much of us to steal the food. Besides if we got enough money to pay we should." Race began to mumble, "Plus we'd get caught if we stole that much."
"Dat ain't the Race I know." Said Blink.
Race grinned.
"Well, I still have all the money my dad sent me, and the money my mom left me, and the money my step dad left me." Said Katie.
"Tee? Dad gave you money?" Blink stared at her.
"Ya I've got money from a lot of people when mom died." She said.
"How much money do ya have?" Snipe asked.
"I don't know.. ten dollars, I have more at the Bank." Katie smiled down at Snipeshooter.
"We can go to Tibby's with that!" Mush looked at her.
"Ok" she said. "Where's that?"
"Just down the street, not to far." Said Blink.
Snipe smiled. "Are we going, Tee?" Blink looked at Snipe, he never heard anyone call her Tee but him, and Mush but she told him to call her Tee.
"Alright, lets go!" Katie said.
* * *
The restaurant was crowded. They had found a small table in the corner of the restaurant and sat themselves down.
"So, Blink, what happened to your eye?" Katie asked as they waited for the food they had ordered.
"Long story." He had simply said.
"Well.. in these type of restaurants the food will take a while to get here.. tell me." She looked at him.
Blink looked at her then down at his silverware.
"I don't think he wants to talk about it." Mush said patting Blink's arm .
"Oatmeal.." Blink said glaring at him.
Katie saw Blink glaring at Mush and moved closer to Mush just to make Blink mad. They never did like each other.
* * *
The food had finally come and they had eaten. When they were done the left the restaurant and started walking to get their papes.
Everyone went their own way; Mush and Katie went together to the harbor.
"Has Blink told anyone what happened to his eye?" Katie asked Mush.
"I don't think anyone ever asks." He answered.
"Oh." she said.
Mush lifted up a pape, "Dog attacked by masked man!" He said as someone took the pape and game him the money for it. "Thank you, ma'am."
"Can I try, Mush?" Katie asked.
"Sure, here." He handed her some papes.
Katie read through the pape. "There's nothing interesting in here.."
"Just make something up." He whispered into her ear.
Katie nodded, "Bank robber found by ally!" she yelled as two teenaged boys approached her. "Buy a paper, sirs?"
"Hey, Tee, leave them alone. Their trouble." He said pulling her away from the Delancey brothers. Mush and Katie started to walk away.
"Where ya goin'?" One of them said to Katie.
Mush turned around, "Leave her alone!"
"Look, Oscar, its little Mush." The two boys laughed.
"Got yourself a little girlfriend, Newsie?" The one named Oscar said.
"Something you'll never get, huh Oscar. Now leave us alone." Mush said putting his hand on Katie's back and pushed her away.
"Morris, This kid ain't that polite is he?" said Oscar.
"All we want is a pape, is that to much to ask for?" Morris grinned.
"I'm sure." Mush glared.
"Come on, Mush. Lets go." Katie pulled on his arm.
"Ya, common, Mush. Go with your girlfriend. Go show her what you do for a living." Said Oscar.
Mush smirked. "Alright, and you go show your girlfriend what you do for a living, wait, I'm sorry, I forgot, you don't have on do you? And with a face like that it doesn't surprise me that you don't."
Oscar stepped forward, "How would you know if I had a girlfriend or not."
"Mush, lets go." Said Katie.
"Well.. first of all you'd make Morris here jealous if you had a girlfriend, and I know you wouldn't hurt Morris." Mush said.
"What are you saying?" said Morris.
"You heard me." Mush smiled at Katie and whispered in her ear. "We'll leave in a minute, ok?"
"No, it's not ok. Lets leave now Mush. We gotta get back to Blink." Said Katie.
Mush bit his lip. He'd rather be here with the Delanceys' then with Blink right now.
"Alright." He grabbed her hand and started to walk away.
"We're not done with you, Newsie." Oscar called after him.
"We'll finish with you tomorrow." yelled Morris.
"What am I going to do?" he asked himself in his head.
Mush finally fell asleep, and was awaken by the sound of Kloppman's voice.
"Get up! Come on Newsies!" he had yelled.
Mush sighed and stretched as he stood up. He looked over to where Katie had slept. She was already awake and talking to Snipeshooter.
"Hi" He yawned approaching them.
"Hello, Mush." Katie smiled. "How'd ya sleep?"
"Wonderful," he lied, "What about you?"
"Better then I have in years." She still had her wonderful smile on her face.
"Good." He smiled.
Blink looked over to them. "Hey, Tee, Hungry?" He asked.
"Very" she answered.
"We better go find somethin' ta eat den." Came the voice of Race from the bed under Blink's bed.
"I saw a bakery on the way here, we can get some bread." She suggested.
"Where are we going to get the money for dat?" Blink asked.
"I've got money." she said.
"I've got a bit too.." said Race pulling money out of one of his pockets, the same money he won off of the other Newsies the day before.
Snipeshooter smiled at Race, "Why don' ya just steal your breakfast like ya always do?"
Race shook his head, "there's too much of us to steal the food. Besides if we got enough money to pay we should." Race began to mumble, "Plus we'd get caught if we stole that much."
"Dat ain't the Race I know." Said Blink.
Race grinned.
"Well, I still have all the money my dad sent me, and the money my mom left me, and the money my step dad left me." Said Katie.
"Tee? Dad gave you money?" Blink stared at her.
"Ya I've got money from a lot of people when mom died." She said.
"How much money do ya have?" Snipe asked.
"I don't know.. ten dollars, I have more at the Bank." Katie smiled down at Snipeshooter.
"We can go to Tibby's with that!" Mush looked at her.
"Ok" she said. "Where's that?"
"Just down the street, not to far." Said Blink.
Snipe smiled. "Are we going, Tee?" Blink looked at Snipe, he never heard anyone call her Tee but him, and Mush but she told him to call her Tee.
"Alright, lets go!" Katie said.
* * *
The restaurant was crowded. They had found a small table in the corner of the restaurant and sat themselves down.
"So, Blink, what happened to your eye?" Katie asked as they waited for the food they had ordered.
"Long story." He had simply said.
"Well.. in these type of restaurants the food will take a while to get here.. tell me." She looked at him.
Blink looked at her then down at his silverware.
"I don't think he wants to talk about it." Mush said patting Blink's arm .
"Oatmeal.." Blink said glaring at him.
Katie saw Blink glaring at Mush and moved closer to Mush just to make Blink mad. They never did like each other.
* * *
The food had finally come and they had eaten. When they were done the left the restaurant and started walking to get their papes.
Everyone went their own way; Mush and Katie went together to the harbor.
"Has Blink told anyone what happened to his eye?" Katie asked Mush.
"I don't think anyone ever asks." He answered.
"Oh." she said.
Mush lifted up a pape, "Dog attacked by masked man!" He said as someone took the pape and game him the money for it. "Thank you, ma'am."
"Can I try, Mush?" Katie asked.
"Sure, here." He handed her some papes.
Katie read through the pape. "There's nothing interesting in here.."
"Just make something up." He whispered into her ear.
Katie nodded, "Bank robber found by ally!" she yelled as two teenaged boys approached her. "Buy a paper, sirs?"
"Hey, Tee, leave them alone. Their trouble." He said pulling her away from the Delancey brothers. Mush and Katie started to walk away.
"Where ya goin'?" One of them said to Katie.
Mush turned around, "Leave her alone!"
"Look, Oscar, its little Mush." The two boys laughed.
"Got yourself a little girlfriend, Newsie?" The one named Oscar said.
"Something you'll never get, huh Oscar. Now leave us alone." Mush said putting his hand on Katie's back and pushed her away.
"Morris, This kid ain't that polite is he?" said Oscar.
"All we want is a pape, is that to much to ask for?" Morris grinned.
"I'm sure." Mush glared.
"Come on, Mush. Lets go." Katie pulled on his arm.
"Ya, common, Mush. Go with your girlfriend. Go show her what you do for a living." Said Oscar.
Mush smirked. "Alright, and you go show your girlfriend what you do for a living, wait, I'm sorry, I forgot, you don't have on do you? And with a face like that it doesn't surprise me that you don't."
Oscar stepped forward, "How would you know if I had a girlfriend or not."
"Mush, lets go." Said Katie.
"Well.. first of all you'd make Morris here jealous if you had a girlfriend, and I know you wouldn't hurt Morris." Mush said.
"What are you saying?" said Morris.
"You heard me." Mush smiled at Katie and whispered in her ear. "We'll leave in a minute, ok?"
"No, it's not ok. Lets leave now Mush. We gotta get back to Blink." Said Katie.
Mush bit his lip. He'd rather be here with the Delanceys' then with Blink right now.
"Alright." He grabbed her hand and started to walk away.
"We're not done with you, Newsie." Oscar called after him.
"We'll finish with you tomorrow." yelled Morris.