The next morning as Jack was recounting the tale from the night before, the strange girl wondered down the stairs, almost as if on queue.
"Good morning," she said smiling casually at all the strange faces staring back at her, "Please, call me Aurora. I am pleased to make all your acquaintances." She added.
"Sell da papes!" Kloppmann yelled from downstairs, the newsies sighed and filed down the stairs. Aurora looked confused and grabbed on to Jack's arm. He looked down and told her,
"Youse can sell wit me taday ok?" She nodded her head and felt reassured.
Throughout the morning, Jack helped her sell papes. Then, towards the afternoon they headed over to Tibby's for lunch. During those morning hours Jack had come into contact with Aurora's mystic. She had a difference about her, almost a child-like innocence, and he couldn't say he didn't like it. In fact, it intrigued him and him want her in a most un-child-like way. As she sat with the rest of the newsies around a table at Tibby's, they too became sort-of entranced by her mystic. Although, none as much as Jack had become. Her smile seemed almost too real and her laugh was that of a different world. Her whole figure moved with grace and she altogether seemed unearthly. This is what intrigued Jack, like nothing ever had before.
As she sat there eating he leaned forward and asked.
"Aurora? What did you mean last night when you said you had been expecting me?" Aurora looked taken aback. She didn't remember saying this but tried to think of an adequate response. She settled on one quickly,
"I had a dream about you." It was vague, but true in a sense and Jack did not venture further but just nodded his head. It had worked.
As the luncheon neared to an end, Mush suggested that Aurora get some new clothes. The boys nodded in agreement and went out shopping. As they set out, Aurora asked,
"How will we pay? We have no money?" One boy snorted,
"Pay? Who said we were gonna pay?" Aurora looked displeased but kept her thoughts to herself.
When they had found a few dresses Aurora liked, they began to sneak them out of the store unnoticed, one boy at a time. When only Jack and Aurora remained, Aurora went up to the cashier and asked to see the store's owner. When he came down and asked if he could help her, she simply told him that she had no money and was taking four of the stores dresses and she asked if he didn't mind too much. Jack stared with his eyes wide and jaw to the ground. He wanted to scream, "What da hell are youse doin'?" but he refrained himself. The man nodded and said,
"That's fine, just be sure not to tell any one miss." Aurora nodded and thanked him kindly. Then on her way out the door she turned and said,
"Coming Jack?" and continued out into the streets. Jack followed, dumbfounded.
"How da hell did you get him ta do dat?"
"Do what?"
"Get him to give ya dose dresses?"
"I asked" Aurora was thinking nothing of it and found Jack's behavior amusing.
"Just asked? You must have done sometin' else?"
"No" was her simple reply. Jack gave her a look of pure annoyance and incomprehension, but let the conversation slide.
Later that night……..
"Dere's sometin seriously not normal about dat goil, Jack."
Race was saying shaking his head. Jack had told the story of what happened at the store.
"You sure dats all she did?" Mush asked skeptically. Jack nodded his head as an ear-piercingly shrill noise filled the room. It had come from the attic.
"Good morning," she said smiling casually at all the strange faces staring back at her, "Please, call me Aurora. I am pleased to make all your acquaintances." She added.
"Sell da papes!" Kloppmann yelled from downstairs, the newsies sighed and filed down the stairs. Aurora looked confused and grabbed on to Jack's arm. He looked down and told her,
"Youse can sell wit me taday ok?" She nodded her head and felt reassured.
Throughout the morning, Jack helped her sell papes. Then, towards the afternoon they headed over to Tibby's for lunch. During those morning hours Jack had come into contact with Aurora's mystic. She had a difference about her, almost a child-like innocence, and he couldn't say he didn't like it. In fact, it intrigued him and him want her in a most un-child-like way. As she sat with the rest of the newsies around a table at Tibby's, they too became sort-of entranced by her mystic. Although, none as much as Jack had become. Her smile seemed almost too real and her laugh was that of a different world. Her whole figure moved with grace and she altogether seemed unearthly. This is what intrigued Jack, like nothing ever had before.
As she sat there eating he leaned forward and asked.
"Aurora? What did you mean last night when you said you had been expecting me?" Aurora looked taken aback. She didn't remember saying this but tried to think of an adequate response. She settled on one quickly,
"I had a dream about you." It was vague, but true in a sense and Jack did not venture further but just nodded his head. It had worked.
As the luncheon neared to an end, Mush suggested that Aurora get some new clothes. The boys nodded in agreement and went out shopping. As they set out, Aurora asked,
"How will we pay? We have no money?" One boy snorted,
"Pay? Who said we were gonna pay?" Aurora looked displeased but kept her thoughts to herself.
When they had found a few dresses Aurora liked, they began to sneak them out of the store unnoticed, one boy at a time. When only Jack and Aurora remained, Aurora went up to the cashier and asked to see the store's owner. When he came down and asked if he could help her, she simply told him that she had no money and was taking four of the stores dresses and she asked if he didn't mind too much. Jack stared with his eyes wide and jaw to the ground. He wanted to scream, "What da hell are youse doin'?" but he refrained himself. The man nodded and said,
"That's fine, just be sure not to tell any one miss." Aurora nodded and thanked him kindly. Then on her way out the door she turned and said,
"Coming Jack?" and continued out into the streets. Jack followed, dumbfounded.
"How da hell did you get him ta do dat?"
"Do what?"
"Get him to give ya dose dresses?"
"I asked" Aurora was thinking nothing of it and found Jack's behavior amusing.
"Just asked? You must have done sometin' else?"
"No" was her simple reply. Jack gave her a look of pure annoyance and incomprehension, but let the conversation slide.
Later that night……..
"Dere's sometin seriously not normal about dat goil, Jack."
Race was saying shaking his head. Jack had told the story of what happened at the store.
"You sure dats all she did?" Mush asked skeptically. Jack nodded his head as an ear-piercingly shrill noise filled the room. It had come from the attic.