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"Holy fucking shit!" Spot yelled
"Spotty what's wrong?" I asked
"Man I got hit with a pin."
"Did you have your feet up?"
"Well. . . no."
"You deserved it then. And you will live."
"I am glad you're so nice to him. I mean you could be a little more considerate," Jack said
"Grrrr. I'm sorry Spotty but you do have to listen to me. I mean I have been a pin setter since I was 11. I'm 15 now. I know what is going on."
"Wow no wonder your such a great setter" I turned when I heard Blink's voice
"Oh thanks. I'm not all that fast though. And you have two balls" Blink looks down and jumps down gracefully"
"Maddie that came out wrong" Jack said.
"Yeah it really did" Spot agreed.
"Yeah I know but I needed to tell him. How else would I phrase it?" I said carefully. "BUT when you're a pin setter you have to get used to dirty raunchy jokes. That's the fun of it!"
"MADDIE!" I heard Mark yell
"WHAT?" I yelled in one of my many voices
"HAVE EVERYONE TAKE A BREAK AND COME GET MONEY AND SHOW THEM WHERE AND HOW TO GET SODAS!"
"YES SIR!" I yelled
I got all the guys and told them to follow me. I got to all the bowlers first. "Mark why are we getting soda early?" I asked quizzically. It was only the end of the first game and we usually get sodas when the second pair ends their second game.
"Well, we decided only to play two games because tonight we have to train three pin setters instead of just one." He said in a matter-of-fact tone
"Oh" I said.
He handed me a $5 bill. "Get each of you a soda and can I have a Diet Pepsi?"
"Sure"
Ray walks over and gives me $2 and says "A Diet for me and a Pepsi for Jack the bowler."
"Okey dokey then. Anyone else?"
There were a few no's so I said ok and grabbed Spot's cane.
"Come my children we must fly!" I yell
"Whatever you say boss lady" Jack says laughing
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We walk upstairs and into the big bingo room where the ceiling has swirling clouds of cigarette smoke and the sound of bingo chips can be heard all around you. "B-22" the announcer says
"Ugh. Come on boys."
We walk over to the snack table.
"Hey Kristy! How's it rolling?" we do our usual Newsies greeting of spitting in our hands and then shaking hands.
"How many math problems for me today Maddie?" she asks with her silly grin
"I don't know. But we want 3 Pepsis, a Cherry Pepsi, and a Diet Pepsi with this money" I hand her the $5 bill.
"Ok that's. . ." she looks at me for help.
"2.40" Kid Blink's voice comes from behind me
"And you are?"
"I'm Kid Blink. That's Jack and Spot" He points at each boy
"They are new setters hun." I tell her
"Ohhhhhh." She nods in an understanding way.
She then gives me back my change.
"A Diet and a regular and we are on our way."
"OK!"
She hands me the soda, the change gives me a hug, and we walk away.
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We walk downstairs and I give the bowlers there change and soda, and then walk back to the back part of the alley again.
We then all work in silence except for me learning they are going to Allderdice too (score one for me) and are in my grade.
"ALL THE LANES ARE DONE!" Mark yells
"YES!" I yell.
"Is that all?" jack and spot ask.
"Yeah but they went easy on you. Most of the bowlers aren't here and we only had two games. You also had a rather large break. It will get harder and easier but mostly harder" I report and I grab my stuff. "Don't forget anything!" I yell over my shoulder
We walk to the front and get paid. The boys all make about $12 and I make $29. I know I only made that much because of the boys but it was OK. Right now my concern was getting a ride home. Walking through Garfield alone at night isn't my biggest dream especially since I'm a girl.
I walk over to Mark to ask him when Blink grabs my arm. "Can I walk you home?" he asks me in a very cute shy voice with a sweet smile on his face.
"Well where do you live?" I don't want him to get lost
"On Fairmount. I live next door to the Stroup's. Kloppman bought the house for us foster boys to live in so I know where it is."
"Well then sure"
"Bye!" I call to the bowlers.
Jack and Spot race after us. "And where are you two going alone?" they ask in a mocking voice
"I am walking Maddie home thank-you very much" Blink said matter-of-factly
"Well that could cause a problem Blink. . . ya see you're the only one who knows where we live so. . ."
I laughed "It's ok you can come with us"'
When we were on Roup, Blink grabbed my hand and started holding it, and I didn't mind. We walked in silence all the way back to my house. When we got there I found Beth waiting for me.
"Whoa Maddie did you blow me off for an orgy or something?"
"I did not blow you off and no these guys are new pinsetters."
Spot looks at her, she being a very outgoing person grabs his arm, and yells "Be back in a minute!" I just shook my head.
"Maddie!" Minrose walks in. she once again has on a mask. Ever since 7th grade when her acne left she has still been very self conscious about it. She once again looked very pretty in a pair of homestar runner pajama pants and an Abercrombie shirt with monkeys on it.
"Well hello" she cooes to Jack.
He takes one look at her, smiles and says, "You are a very hott person you know that right?"
"Yeah I do. And you are very hott too!"
She then pulls him upstairs and out onto the roof above the mud room.
"My friends are real outgoing by the way."
"Well when I'm alone with a beautiful woman so am I" Blink says smiling a great smile. He then pulls me into the sweetest kiss in the world! With our lips locked and his powerful arms around me I feel safe.
"WHOOO!" I look up to see my sister who is home from NYU for winter break with her fiancé Chris.
"Blink this is my sister Molly and her fiancé Chris. Chris, Molly this is Louie he is a new pin setter."
"My names not Chris it's C-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-istoff." He says with a Spanish r roll. He has been insisting for me to call him that since the 7th grade. I just roll my eyes
"Of course it is Chris" Molly rolls her eyes too
"Be careful with the Chandler girls OK?" he says as he and Molly then walk back upstairs arms around each others waists to their room on the second floor of my house.
"SPOT! JACK!" I yell. All four of my friends come back with big smiles on their faces.
"You are terrible" I say. I give Blink a quick kiss and push him out the door. "you guys too!" and Jack and Spot kiss their new girls and walk away. "See you on Monday!" I yell
"Oh they go to Dice too guys"
"Who are they? Where do they live? And what happened tonight?" they ask at the same time.
I put my arms around their shoulders and say "Lets watch Newsies and I will tell you all about tonight."
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"Holy fucking shit!" Spot yelled
"Spotty what's wrong?" I asked
"Man I got hit with a pin."
"Did you have your feet up?"
"Well. . . no."
"You deserved it then. And you will live."
"I am glad you're so nice to him. I mean you could be a little more considerate," Jack said
"Grrrr. I'm sorry Spotty but you do have to listen to me. I mean I have been a pin setter since I was 11. I'm 15 now. I know what is going on."
"Wow no wonder your such a great setter" I turned when I heard Blink's voice
"Oh thanks. I'm not all that fast though. And you have two balls" Blink looks down and jumps down gracefully"
"Maddie that came out wrong" Jack said.
"Yeah it really did" Spot agreed.
"Yeah I know but I needed to tell him. How else would I phrase it?" I said carefully. "BUT when you're a pin setter you have to get used to dirty raunchy jokes. That's the fun of it!"
"MADDIE!" I heard Mark yell
"WHAT?" I yelled in one of my many voices
"HAVE EVERYONE TAKE A BREAK AND COME GET MONEY AND SHOW THEM WHERE AND HOW TO GET SODAS!"
"YES SIR!" I yelled
I got all the guys and told them to follow me. I got to all the bowlers first. "Mark why are we getting soda early?" I asked quizzically. It was only the end of the first game and we usually get sodas when the second pair ends their second game.
"Well, we decided only to play two games because tonight we have to train three pin setters instead of just one." He said in a matter-of-fact tone
"Oh" I said.
He handed me a $5 bill. "Get each of you a soda and can I have a Diet Pepsi?"
"Sure"
Ray walks over and gives me $2 and says "A Diet for me and a Pepsi for Jack the bowler."
"Okey dokey then. Anyone else?"
There were a few no's so I said ok and grabbed Spot's cane.
"Come my children we must fly!" I yell
"Whatever you say boss lady" Jack says laughing
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We walk upstairs and into the big bingo room where the ceiling has swirling clouds of cigarette smoke and the sound of bingo chips can be heard all around you. "B-22" the announcer says
"Ugh. Come on boys."
We walk over to the snack table.
"Hey Kristy! How's it rolling?" we do our usual Newsies greeting of spitting in our hands and then shaking hands.
"How many math problems for me today Maddie?" she asks with her silly grin
"I don't know. But we want 3 Pepsis, a Cherry Pepsi, and a Diet Pepsi with this money" I hand her the $5 bill.
"Ok that's. . ." she looks at me for help.
"2.40" Kid Blink's voice comes from behind me
"And you are?"
"I'm Kid Blink. That's Jack and Spot" He points at each boy
"They are new setters hun." I tell her
"Ohhhhhh." She nods in an understanding way.
She then gives me back my change.
"A Diet and a regular and we are on our way."
"OK!"
She hands me the soda, the change gives me a hug, and we walk away.
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We walk downstairs and I give the bowlers there change and soda, and then walk back to the back part of the alley again.
We then all work in silence except for me learning they are going to Allderdice too (score one for me) and are in my grade.
"ALL THE LANES ARE DONE!" Mark yells
"YES!" I yell.
"Is that all?" jack and spot ask.
"Yeah but they went easy on you. Most of the bowlers aren't here and we only had two games. You also had a rather large break. It will get harder and easier but mostly harder" I report and I grab my stuff. "Don't forget anything!" I yell over my shoulder
We walk to the front and get paid. The boys all make about $12 and I make $29. I know I only made that much because of the boys but it was OK. Right now my concern was getting a ride home. Walking through Garfield alone at night isn't my biggest dream especially since I'm a girl.
I walk over to Mark to ask him when Blink grabs my arm. "Can I walk you home?" he asks me in a very cute shy voice with a sweet smile on his face.
"Well where do you live?" I don't want him to get lost
"On Fairmount. I live next door to the Stroup's. Kloppman bought the house for us foster boys to live in so I know where it is."
"Well then sure"
"Bye!" I call to the bowlers.
Jack and Spot race after us. "And where are you two going alone?" they ask in a mocking voice
"I am walking Maddie home thank-you very much" Blink said matter-of-factly
"Well that could cause a problem Blink. . . ya see you're the only one who knows where we live so. . ."
I laughed "It's ok you can come with us"'
When we were on Roup, Blink grabbed my hand and started holding it, and I didn't mind. We walked in silence all the way back to my house. When we got there I found Beth waiting for me.
"Whoa Maddie did you blow me off for an orgy or something?"
"I did not blow you off and no these guys are new pinsetters."
Spot looks at her, she being a very outgoing person grabs his arm, and yells "Be back in a minute!" I just shook my head.
"Maddie!" Minrose walks in. she once again has on a mask. Ever since 7th grade when her acne left she has still been very self conscious about it. She once again looked very pretty in a pair of homestar runner pajama pants and an Abercrombie shirt with monkeys on it.
"Well hello" she cooes to Jack.
He takes one look at her, smiles and says, "You are a very hott person you know that right?"
"Yeah I do. And you are very hott too!"
She then pulls him upstairs and out onto the roof above the mud room.
"My friends are real outgoing by the way."
"Well when I'm alone with a beautiful woman so am I" Blink says smiling a great smile. He then pulls me into the sweetest kiss in the world! With our lips locked and his powerful arms around me I feel safe.
"WHOOO!" I look up to see my sister who is home from NYU for winter break with her fiancé Chris.
"Blink this is my sister Molly and her fiancé Chris. Chris, Molly this is Louie he is a new pin setter."
"My names not Chris it's C-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-istoff." He says with a Spanish r roll. He has been insisting for me to call him that since the 7th grade. I just roll my eyes
"Of course it is Chris" Molly rolls her eyes too
"Be careful with the Chandler girls OK?" he says as he and Molly then walk back upstairs arms around each others waists to their room on the second floor of my house.
"SPOT! JACK!" I yell. All four of my friends come back with big smiles on their faces.
"You are terrible" I say. I give Blink a quick kiss and push him out the door. "you guys too!" and Jack and Spot kiss their new girls and walk away. "See you on Monday!" I yell
"Oh they go to Dice too guys"
"Who are they? Where do they live? And what happened tonight?" they ask at the same time.
I put my arms around their shoulders and say "Lets watch Newsies and I will tell you all about tonight."
I know it was a great chapter. REVIEW!!!!