AN: Wow it's been a while since I updated this. Ummm, yeah. I don't have
much to say. . .go eat some Krispy Kremes! (No, I don't own those. . .but
I would buy the company if I was a millionaire and hoard all the glazed
ones to myself! Of course if you review I might give you one, heh heh
heh. . .)
Laces glared at the ground. It was almost time for the rally and she was having a hard time pulling herself together. After she had separated from the Newsies when it was time for them to start working, she decided to visit her brother's grave. Not a very good idea when you plan on going places during the day. Finally being able to shed the tears she had needed to all these years, she felt refreshed. However, she still was unsure about her new friends realizing how horrid the past years had been. Finally, she was startled out of her thoughts when a hand was placed on her shoulder.
"You'se okay?" Mush asked.
"You'se don't look so good. . ." Blink commented.
"Sure, I'se fine you guys. Just needed tah tink for a moment, dat's all."
"Comin' in?" Blink inquired.
"Yeah, I'se am."
When Laces did entered, she was rather startled. Hundreds of rowdy boys were packed together like sardines in Irving Hall. For a while, she thought she was the only female until she saw at least one sitting at a table. None other than Jack Kelly was sitting with her.
"Wow, they look happy together. Dare I say. . .they love each other?" Christine thought. The way the two looked at each other was unmistakably flirtatious.
"C'mon, lets go say hello to Jack, huh?" Mush suggested as the trio made their way over.
"Heya Jack!" Blink greeted.
"Hey Blink, Mush. Laces I don't believe you've met Sarah. Sarah dis is Laces." Jack replied. Sarah plastered on a smile and nodded.
"Hey." Laces simply said.
"Hey, I gotta go speak now. I'll talk to youse latah." Jack said as he made his way up to the stage. He was obviously a little caught up in everything, so his ego was upped a notch. Spot and David were also making their way onto the stage as well. Blink went off in search of a seat, and Mush had also disappeared into the crowd. Laces stood uncomfortably next to the table as the boys made their speeches. When done, Jack returned proudly back to his seat, and Sarah. Christine finally made up her mind to go search for Boots. When she found him he was part of a large crowd in front of the stage.
"How youse liking da show, Boots?" She said as she neared him.
"Hey Laces, long time no see, huh?
"Guess not." She laughed in reply as she looked back at Jack's table. Boots looked at her, then followed her sorrowful gaze back at the table.
"Somethin' da mattah?"
"Nah." She said, turning her head back to the stage. She did enjoy the rest of Medda's song until Snyder and his men showed up. All in all, Laces had fought back as well. She received a large bruise on her arm even though she was still dressed as a woman. Apparently some of these men weren't afraid to hit a girl. One man was, however, unwilling to treat her as one of the boys. When some of the strikers were pulled up in front of the theatre on the street, Laces joined them.
"What's goin on?" Skittery said.
"We'se goin tah jail, dats what bonehead." Racetrack replied.
"Allright, all of you are under arrest for starting a fight. You can comply with us or you can fight us. In either case you are going to the judge." A man said. Several others started herding the boys along when Laces was stopped. "Where are you going?"
"Well, I'se figuring I'se goin to trial and den to jail."
"No, I'm afraid not miss. I'm not going to let a lady join those ruffians."
"But I beat dose guys up just as much as dey did!" She objected.
"Go on back to your home and mother, and get some rest." He laughed as he walked away. "Imagine, a girl helping those street rats?"
Laces rolled her eyes and gave the boys a look of sympathy.
"What's dis woild coming to, huh?" She snorted as she walked away.
AN: Yeah, short, once again. I never have time to do this lately, oh well. R&R please before I snatch all the Krispy Kremes in the world and eat them myself! Muhahaha!
Laces glared at the ground. It was almost time for the rally and she was having a hard time pulling herself together. After she had separated from the Newsies when it was time for them to start working, she decided to visit her brother's grave. Not a very good idea when you plan on going places during the day. Finally being able to shed the tears she had needed to all these years, she felt refreshed. However, she still was unsure about her new friends realizing how horrid the past years had been. Finally, she was startled out of her thoughts when a hand was placed on her shoulder.
"You'se okay?" Mush asked.
"You'se don't look so good. . ." Blink commented.
"Sure, I'se fine you guys. Just needed tah tink for a moment, dat's all."
"Comin' in?" Blink inquired.
"Yeah, I'se am."
When Laces did entered, she was rather startled. Hundreds of rowdy boys were packed together like sardines in Irving Hall. For a while, she thought she was the only female until she saw at least one sitting at a table. None other than Jack Kelly was sitting with her.
"Wow, they look happy together. Dare I say. . .they love each other?" Christine thought. The way the two looked at each other was unmistakably flirtatious.
"C'mon, lets go say hello to Jack, huh?" Mush suggested as the trio made their way over.
"Heya Jack!" Blink greeted.
"Hey Blink, Mush. Laces I don't believe you've met Sarah. Sarah dis is Laces." Jack replied. Sarah plastered on a smile and nodded.
"Hey." Laces simply said.
"Hey, I gotta go speak now. I'll talk to youse latah." Jack said as he made his way up to the stage. He was obviously a little caught up in everything, so his ego was upped a notch. Spot and David were also making their way onto the stage as well. Blink went off in search of a seat, and Mush had also disappeared into the crowd. Laces stood uncomfortably next to the table as the boys made their speeches. When done, Jack returned proudly back to his seat, and Sarah. Christine finally made up her mind to go search for Boots. When she found him he was part of a large crowd in front of the stage.
"How youse liking da show, Boots?" She said as she neared him.
"Hey Laces, long time no see, huh?
"Guess not." She laughed in reply as she looked back at Jack's table. Boots looked at her, then followed her sorrowful gaze back at the table.
"Somethin' da mattah?"
"Nah." She said, turning her head back to the stage. She did enjoy the rest of Medda's song until Snyder and his men showed up. All in all, Laces had fought back as well. She received a large bruise on her arm even though she was still dressed as a woman. Apparently some of these men weren't afraid to hit a girl. One man was, however, unwilling to treat her as one of the boys. When some of the strikers were pulled up in front of the theatre on the street, Laces joined them.
"What's goin on?" Skittery said.
"We'se goin tah jail, dats what bonehead." Racetrack replied.
"Allright, all of you are under arrest for starting a fight. You can comply with us or you can fight us. In either case you are going to the judge." A man said. Several others started herding the boys along when Laces was stopped. "Where are you going?"
"Well, I'se figuring I'se goin to trial and den to jail."
"No, I'm afraid not miss. I'm not going to let a lady join those ruffians."
"But I beat dose guys up just as much as dey did!" She objected.
"Go on back to your home and mother, and get some rest." He laughed as he walked away. "Imagine, a girl helping those street rats?"
Laces rolled her eyes and gave the boys a look of sympathy.
"What's dis woild coming to, huh?" She snorted as she walked away.
AN: Yeah, short, once again. I never have time to do this lately, oh well. R&R please before I snatch all the Krispy Kremes in the world and eat them myself! Muhahaha!