So Close But Yet So Far
Okay here's what I'm going to do, my one goal is to find a way to prevent Jack from meeting Sarah, but how. I can't get David out of the picture, he's important to the story, but when there's David there's bound to be Sarah. Somehow, someway I have to find a way around it without messing up the story.
"I paid for twenty. I only got nineteen."
" Are you accusing me of lying kid?"
" No. I just want my paper."
" He said beat it!"
" No, it's nineteen. It's nineteen, but don't worry about it. It's an honest mistake. I mean, Morris here can't count to twenty with his shoes on. Hey Race, will ya spot me 2 bits? Another 50 for my friend." I pretended to laugh along, even though I've heard that joke a million times.
" I don't want another 50." I'll take 50 from Jack anyday! Why does David has to so mean to someone who's doing him a favor.
" Sure you do. Every newsie wants more papes."
" I don't. I don't want your papes. I don't take charity from anyone. I don't know you. I don't care to. Here are your papes." He doesn't have to be so mean about it! He was just helping him out!
" Cowboy. They called him Cowboy."
"Yeah, I'm called that and a lot of other things, including Jack Kelly, which is what me mudder called me. What do they call you kid?" I wonder what those other things were? "Les, and this is my brother David. He's older." No shit, Les!
I was watching from a short distance then suddenly I heard Weasel yell "Next!" a few time turned around. I was next! Oh No! What shall I do? Do I even have money?! I didn't even think about this, I just sort of went with the flow. What am I going to do? I looked over towards Loud Mouth, she shrugged. Weasel had this annoyed look on his face.
"Well, are you going bye some papes or are you going to keep me waiting?"
Suddenly like an answered prayer, Jack come from behind me and slammed down two bits and smiled at me.
"Don't tell me ya need 50 as well! This ya foirst time?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"Naw, just that I have a way of seeing these kinda things. Do ya need help selling? I'm already givin' lessons to anotha forist tima, I can sure use a newsgoil" Was this for real, please tell me I'm not going to wake up and it's going to be Monday! I looked over to Loud Mouth, I didn't want to ditch her, she was mouthing a "Go!" with eagerness. I can tell that she REALLY wanted to be alone to go to Brooklyn.
"Okay, Jack! You have a deal! You want to spilt it 60/40, like you did with David?"
…..for some reason when I said that David seemed give me an evil look
"So ya know David, how didja know we split the money that way?" Oh no! I said way too much information, I need to be really careful of that!
"Just a Lucky guess, I suppose" I said in defense.
"Yeah, sure it was" David muttered
"Excuse me?" I asked
"Oh, nothing jus that---"
"Maybe you and Race should go to the tracks together, he could really use someone like you" Jack cut in stopping David from saying something. That sounded fun but I'd rather be with Jack at the moment.
The rest of the newsies have gotten their papers and we were moving out into the street, David and Les were walking with Jack and I.
"The name of the game is volume, Dave. You only took twenty papes. Why?"
" Bad headline."
" That's the first thing you gotta learn. Headlines don't sell papes---",
"newsies sell papes." I finished, they all looked at me.
"Right" Jack nodded "You know, we're what holds this town together. Without newsies---"
"nobody knows nothing." I finished again
"You sure got this down" David muttered while giving me another evil look.
A girl, much more prettier than me, hurries past and they take off their hats and make a cat calls. That little bitch! Thinking she's too good for the Newsies.
"Baby born with three heads!"
And so on my dream-come-true day of selling newspapers with Jack has begun!
.To be continued
Up next: Loud Mouth's quest to Brooklyn. Will she make it there? Or will some Newsies keep her away. Will Azure be able to stop Jack from meeting the evil Sarah and falling for her spell? Will she be able to stop herself from beating the crap out of Sarah?
Okay here's what I'm going to do, my one goal is to find a way to prevent Jack from meeting Sarah, but how. I can't get David out of the picture, he's important to the story, but when there's David there's bound to be Sarah. Somehow, someway I have to find a way around it without messing up the story.
"I paid for twenty. I only got nineteen."
" Are you accusing me of lying kid?"
" No. I just want my paper."
" He said beat it!"
" No, it's nineteen. It's nineteen, but don't worry about it. It's an honest mistake. I mean, Morris here can't count to twenty with his shoes on. Hey Race, will ya spot me 2 bits? Another 50 for my friend." I pretended to laugh along, even though I've heard that joke a million times.
" I don't want another 50." I'll take 50 from Jack anyday! Why does David has to so mean to someone who's doing him a favor.
" Sure you do. Every newsie wants more papes."
" I don't. I don't want your papes. I don't take charity from anyone. I don't know you. I don't care to. Here are your papes." He doesn't have to be so mean about it! He was just helping him out!
" Cowboy. They called him Cowboy."
"Yeah, I'm called that and a lot of other things, including Jack Kelly, which is what me mudder called me. What do they call you kid?" I wonder what those other things were? "Les, and this is my brother David. He's older." No shit, Les!
I was watching from a short distance then suddenly I heard Weasel yell "Next!" a few time turned around. I was next! Oh No! What shall I do? Do I even have money?! I didn't even think about this, I just sort of went with the flow. What am I going to do? I looked over towards Loud Mouth, she shrugged. Weasel had this annoyed look on his face.
"Well, are you going bye some papes or are you going to keep me waiting?"
Suddenly like an answered prayer, Jack come from behind me and slammed down two bits and smiled at me.
"Don't tell me ya need 50 as well! This ya foirst time?"
"Is it that obvious?"
"Naw, just that I have a way of seeing these kinda things. Do ya need help selling? I'm already givin' lessons to anotha forist tima, I can sure use a newsgoil" Was this for real, please tell me I'm not going to wake up and it's going to be Monday! I looked over to Loud Mouth, I didn't want to ditch her, she was mouthing a "Go!" with eagerness. I can tell that she REALLY wanted to be alone to go to Brooklyn.
"Okay, Jack! You have a deal! You want to spilt it 60/40, like you did with David?"
…..for some reason when I said that David seemed give me an evil look
"So ya know David, how didja know we split the money that way?" Oh no! I said way too much information, I need to be really careful of that!
"Just a Lucky guess, I suppose" I said in defense.
"Yeah, sure it was" David muttered
"Excuse me?" I asked
"Oh, nothing jus that---"
"Maybe you and Race should go to the tracks together, he could really use someone like you" Jack cut in stopping David from saying something. That sounded fun but I'd rather be with Jack at the moment.
The rest of the newsies have gotten their papers and we were moving out into the street, David and Les were walking with Jack and I.
"The name of the game is volume, Dave. You only took twenty papes. Why?"
" Bad headline."
" That's the first thing you gotta learn. Headlines don't sell papes---",
"newsies sell papes." I finished, they all looked at me.
"Right" Jack nodded "You know, we're what holds this town together. Without newsies---"
"nobody knows nothing." I finished again
"You sure got this down" David muttered while giving me another evil look.
A girl, much more prettier than me, hurries past and they take off their hats and make a cat calls. That little bitch! Thinking she's too good for the Newsies.
"Baby born with three heads!"
And so on my dream-come-true day of selling newspapers with Jack has begun!
.To be continued
Up next: Loud Mouth's quest to Brooklyn. Will she make it there? Or will some Newsies keep her away. Will Azure be able to stop Jack from meeting the evil Sarah and falling for her spell? Will she be able to stop herself from beating the crap out of Sarah?