Azure's POV
We are now in the streets of New York. We were roaming through the crowds. Jack looks even hotter up close in person than in the screen. I couldn't keep my eyes off him. I just have to remember now, that I'm not part of the audience anymore and that I'm now part of the movie and everything I do is being watched.
This whole day has been weird but yet exciting. I felt like I was in a dream. Part of the weirdest thing is that there's a lot that happens that they didn't show in the movie. Before we ended up here we hitched a ride, Jack stole some fruit and we almost go caught, which made David mad for setting a bad example for Les. I was pretty proud at myself, I sold 15 papes! It was hard at first, especially trying to yell the headline out loud so everybody could hear. I did not sell nearly as much as Jack who already sold 35 papes! David on the other hand only sold 10, he's such a pain in the ass, always nagging at us! And now here we are, about to confront Snyder. I was getting more nervous by the minute. What if I mess up and Snyder catches Jack? What would happen then?
"Hey Jack, maybe we should go and sell somewhere else, this place might be too scary for Les?" I said hopefully waiting for him to agree so we can get away from Snyder in time.
"I'm not scared!" Shup up Les!
"I think she right, this place is too violent for a little nine year old" For once David is on my side!
"Yeah, but it has a crowd, and a big one dat is. Can ya name anotha place dat's as good as dis?" Jack said
It was then that I thought of the greatest idea………..
"Yeah, Irving Hall"
He smiled at me, with that Bale smile, like he knew what I was trying to do. "I know jus the person who can get us in there fer free"
I knew who he was talking about. I get to be alone dark with Jack Kelly! Woo hoo! My plan is going perfectly!
"What's Irving Hall? And who is this person you know?"
Damn you David! Don't you dare try to ruin this for me!
"Irving Hall is a very fun and safe place for people of all ages! Okay, so let's go!" I said hoping we can leave before Snyder spots us!
"But you didn't answer my question!"
"Don't worry so much Davy, do ya think we'd take ya there if it wasn't safe, it's a lot better than out on the streets" Jack said
"Okay! So now that we settled that, let's go! C'mon let's hurry!"
Jack leads David and Les and I through the crowd, we walk some ways. As we were walking I thinking about a lot of things, Like would Medda like me? Did I screw up the story by keeping Snyder away from Jack? But the one thing that really got to me, How in the hell will I be able to keep Sarah away from Jack for good? No matter what, I'm sure as hell going to be the one Jack kisses at the end, so help me!
We suddenly pulled a halt outside Irving Hall. We entered the building. It was exactly like it was in the movie.
"This is the place? And how is this safer?"
"It jus is David so shut up!" I wanted to say that for so long! Jack looked at me shocked that a girl like me would say such a thing. He started to laugh. I loved him even more.
"What's so funny?!"
"You take everything so seriously, Davy , you need to learn how to have fun once in a while"
"How can you afford to have fun when you have a family to take care of?!"
Jack's smile faded, he looked hurt. I knew why.
Then out of nowhere Medda came out.
"What's going on down there? Out! Out! Out!"
"You wouldn't kick me out without a kiss goodbye, wouldja Medda?" I know I wouldn't.
"Oh Kelly. Where ya been, kid? Oh, I miss seeing you up in the balcony."
"Hanging on your every word. So Medda."
"Yes."
"This is David, Les and the beauty over there is Azure" He thinks I'm a beauty! ME, not Sarah! I couldn't help but blush at his statement.
"Hello."
"And this is the greatest star of the vaudeville stage today, Miss Medda Larkson, the Swedish Meadowlark."
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen."
"Medda also owns the joint."
"You are a beauty! I could sure use a girl like you! I don't know why a pretty girl like yourself is selling newspapers for a living!" I was turning beet red, enough with the compliments! I'm not really that pretty, I'm just a ordinary looking girl!
"So, is it alright if we stay here for a little while, Medda?
"Sure, stay as long as you like. Toby, just give my guests whatever they want."
Medda goes on stage and sings. Jack leads me to the backstage to watch David and Les follow. I'm shaking, this can't be real! This is too good to be true! I felt light headed, my stomach had butterflies. I could laugh and I could cry, this was too wonderful!
Loud Mouth's POV
I'm so mad, I can't even see straight! They said that they'll take me to Brooklyn, but did they?! No! Instead they took me to the tracks, which was fun because Race won 5 bucks because I told him to bet on a different horse, but still they didn't take me to Brooklyn! Now here we were walking back to the lodging house. I'm so tired from all that walking, I can't wait to fall asleep. I started to walk in through the entrance, but then I was stopped.
"What do ya think your doin'? asked Blink
"Going inta lodging house"
"ya can't"
"And why not"
"Because there's no goils allowed"
"No goils allowed! What kind of lodging house doesn't accept goils?!"
" A newsBOY lodging house, that is" said Mush pointing to the sign
This wasn't good
Azure's POV
After the show, we went outside. Jack lights up a cigarette, the only thing about him that I dislike. Oh well nobody's perfect.
"So, you like that?"
"Oh, I loved that. I loved it. It was great. She is beautiful. How do you know her?"
"She was a friend of me fadder's. Come on, Les, you wanna shine me shoes for me?"
"Oh, it's getting late. My parents are going to be worried. What about yours?"
"Nah, they're out west looking for a place to live, like this." He pulls out a Santa Fe brochure "See, that Les? Santa Fe, New Mexico. As soon as they find the right ranch, they're gonna send for me."
"Then you'll be a real cowboy."
"Yup."
Suddenly there was fire and the sound of loud crashes. We run and see a riot breaking out. A group of men are beating up another man.
"Jack! Why don't we go to my place and divvy up. You can meet my folks."
NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"It's the trolley strike, Dave. These couple of dumb-asses must not have joined or something."
"Jack, let's get out of here."
"No let's stay! Please, we don't really need to go,do we?" I pleaded
"My mom will give you a home cooked meal" David said back
We were at war.
"Why don't we go to Tibby's, yeah, let's go to Tibby's!"
"Are you kidding that place is so expensive! It would cost us more than our whole day wage!"
You are so not my favorite person right now David!
I had to think of something, and fast!
Suddenly it came to me!
"OOWWW!" I cried holding my stomach.
"Are you okay?!" Jack said very concerned.
"No, I think I need to go to the hospital?!"
The crowd was so loud that we could hardly hear eachother.
"Nonsense, she probably has a stomach ache from all that candy she and Les ate. Here, let's take her to my place, she needs to lie down!"
"No! I need to go to a hospital!"
"OOWWW!"
"Maybe she should go to the hospital!" Jack said in my defense
"What can a hospital do for her? Besides do you know how expensive it is? I don't think you have that kind of money. All you need is some rest and you'll be better in the morning"
"How can you be so sure? She's screaming in pain!"
"Trust me! She'll be alright." David said as if he knew that I was faking.
I was losing! I couldn't think of anything else to do to prevent this. Nothing worked! I literally had to be dragged to David's apartment, I was kicking, screaming , and pleading with them to go someplace else, somewhere else but David's apartment.
We arrived, I was on the verge of tears, David just thought it was because I was in pain.
"My God. What happened? Is she alright?!"
"Nothing, mama. She has a bit of a stomach pain, nothing too serious"
"Here, let's put the poor girl down to rest, she must feel feverish"
I wasn't listening to the rest of what David and his Mom were saying.
And then I saw HER. HER with her perfect hair, her perfect looks and perfect everything. I wanted to beat the crap out of her, I wanted to just throw her out the window, or take the scissors and cut off her unreal perfect hair! Anything to keep HER away from my one true love! But all I could do was just sit there on the bed and just stare at her with anger.Jack hasn't seen her yet, he was still behind David in the doorway. Any second David was going to introduce him to HER and Jack will completely forget about me.
"Well, half of it's Jack and Azure's. This is our selling partners, and our friends. Jack Kelly, Azure, my parents. And that's my sister, Sarah."
NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
They stared at each other both lingering their eyes. It was over! The chances of Jack and me being together were gone! There's no way I can win him back! No way!
David's family sat us down to eat, I was on the bed behind the table lying down, Sarah gave me a bowl of the soup. I gave her an evil look, and then she gave me an evil grin back.
"So, from what I saw today, you're boys are a couple of born newsies. Can I have some more?"
"Yes" Sarah said, even though she never gets him more soup.
I was so mad I couldn't even eat.
"So with their hard work and my experience, I figure we can peddle a thousand papes a week and not even break a sweat."
"That many?"
"More when the headline's good."
He was looking towards me with his deep eyes and smiling, it sent shivers through my spine. He's so gorgeous!
"So what makes the headline good?"
And that's when I realized that he wasn't smiling to me, but to Sarah!
"Words like maniac, corpse, nude! Everybody knows that!" I blurted out, totally stealing Jack's line.
They all went silent and were looking at me, shocked or something like they knew that I stole Jack's line.
"Well Sarah, why don't you go get the cake your mother's hiding in the cabinet!" He said, ending the silence……..
"Oh! That's for your birthday tomorrow!" She said like she just remembered that she had to say that line.
Something was very wrong here.
"Well, I've had enough birthdays. This is a celebration."
"I'll get the knife." You better keep that away from me!
"I got the plates." You say that a little too enthusiastically, they're just plates!
"This is only the beginning, papa. The longer I work, the more money I'll make."
"You'll only work until I go back to the factory, and then you are going back to school, like you promised."
"Happy-birthday, papa."
"This is going to heal, and they'll give me my job back. We'll make them"
David's mom came over to me to give me a piece of cake and stopped when she saw that I hadn't touched my soup.
"How come you didn't eat your soup? You're so flustered"
"I'm fine! I'm much better now!" I said getting up from the bed
"I should go now!"
"You're not going anywhere missy!" She said pushing me back on the bed
"Not when you're sick like that!"
Okay, I lost the chance to be with Jack, and I lost the chance to kiss him, but I am sure as hell not going to miss the chance to watch him sing Santa Fe live! So help me!
"I assure you, I'm not sick! I'm really quite fine"
"Sarah, does she look sick to you?"
Sarah gave me an evil smile and then said
"Oh my! She looks like she's running a fever! I think she should stay over night!"
NO!
"I have to agree with you, Sarah, we don't want her to get sicker" Her mom said
"No I'm alright, Please I must go! I can't stay with you guys!"
"Oh but we insist! You can't go out like that, here lay down"
I looked out to see David and Jack standing at the fire escape, Jack was preparing to leave. No Jack! Stay here! Save me from the Jacobs! Oh no! What about Loud Mouth?! She has nowhere to stay, unless she made it to Brooklyn!
Everything is ruined! It's over! There's no hope for and Jack and I! No hope!
We are now in the streets of New York. We were roaming through the crowds. Jack looks even hotter up close in person than in the screen. I couldn't keep my eyes off him. I just have to remember now, that I'm not part of the audience anymore and that I'm now part of the movie and everything I do is being watched.
This whole day has been weird but yet exciting. I felt like I was in a dream. Part of the weirdest thing is that there's a lot that happens that they didn't show in the movie. Before we ended up here we hitched a ride, Jack stole some fruit and we almost go caught, which made David mad for setting a bad example for Les. I was pretty proud at myself, I sold 15 papes! It was hard at first, especially trying to yell the headline out loud so everybody could hear. I did not sell nearly as much as Jack who already sold 35 papes! David on the other hand only sold 10, he's such a pain in the ass, always nagging at us! And now here we are, about to confront Snyder. I was getting more nervous by the minute. What if I mess up and Snyder catches Jack? What would happen then?
"Hey Jack, maybe we should go and sell somewhere else, this place might be too scary for Les?" I said hopefully waiting for him to agree so we can get away from Snyder in time.
"I'm not scared!" Shup up Les!
"I think she right, this place is too violent for a little nine year old" For once David is on my side!
"Yeah, but it has a crowd, and a big one dat is. Can ya name anotha place dat's as good as dis?" Jack said
It was then that I thought of the greatest idea………..
"Yeah, Irving Hall"
He smiled at me, with that Bale smile, like he knew what I was trying to do. "I know jus the person who can get us in there fer free"
I knew who he was talking about. I get to be alone dark with Jack Kelly! Woo hoo! My plan is going perfectly!
"What's Irving Hall? And who is this person you know?"
Damn you David! Don't you dare try to ruin this for me!
"Irving Hall is a very fun and safe place for people of all ages! Okay, so let's go!" I said hoping we can leave before Snyder spots us!
"But you didn't answer my question!"
"Don't worry so much Davy, do ya think we'd take ya there if it wasn't safe, it's a lot better than out on the streets" Jack said
"Okay! So now that we settled that, let's go! C'mon let's hurry!"
Jack leads David and Les and I through the crowd, we walk some ways. As we were walking I thinking about a lot of things, Like would Medda like me? Did I screw up the story by keeping Snyder away from Jack? But the one thing that really got to me, How in the hell will I be able to keep Sarah away from Jack for good? No matter what, I'm sure as hell going to be the one Jack kisses at the end, so help me!
We suddenly pulled a halt outside Irving Hall. We entered the building. It was exactly like it was in the movie.
"This is the place? And how is this safer?"
"It jus is David so shut up!" I wanted to say that for so long! Jack looked at me shocked that a girl like me would say such a thing. He started to laugh. I loved him even more.
"What's so funny?!"
"You take everything so seriously, Davy , you need to learn how to have fun once in a while"
"How can you afford to have fun when you have a family to take care of?!"
Jack's smile faded, he looked hurt. I knew why.
Then out of nowhere Medda came out.
"What's going on down there? Out! Out! Out!"
"You wouldn't kick me out without a kiss goodbye, wouldja Medda?" I know I wouldn't.
"Oh Kelly. Where ya been, kid? Oh, I miss seeing you up in the balcony."
"Hanging on your every word. So Medda."
"Yes."
"This is David, Les and the beauty over there is Azure" He thinks I'm a beauty! ME, not Sarah! I couldn't help but blush at his statement.
"Hello."
"And this is the greatest star of the vaudeville stage today, Miss Medda Larkson, the Swedish Meadowlark."
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen."
"Medda also owns the joint."
"You are a beauty! I could sure use a girl like you! I don't know why a pretty girl like yourself is selling newspapers for a living!" I was turning beet red, enough with the compliments! I'm not really that pretty, I'm just a ordinary looking girl!
"So, is it alright if we stay here for a little while, Medda?
"Sure, stay as long as you like. Toby, just give my guests whatever they want."
Medda goes on stage and sings. Jack leads me to the backstage to watch David and Les follow. I'm shaking, this can't be real! This is too good to be true! I felt light headed, my stomach had butterflies. I could laugh and I could cry, this was too wonderful!
Loud Mouth's POV
I'm so mad, I can't even see straight! They said that they'll take me to Brooklyn, but did they?! No! Instead they took me to the tracks, which was fun because Race won 5 bucks because I told him to bet on a different horse, but still they didn't take me to Brooklyn! Now here we were walking back to the lodging house. I'm so tired from all that walking, I can't wait to fall asleep. I started to walk in through the entrance, but then I was stopped.
"What do ya think your doin'? asked Blink
"Going inta lodging house"
"ya can't"
"And why not"
"Because there's no goils allowed"
"No goils allowed! What kind of lodging house doesn't accept goils?!"
" A newsBOY lodging house, that is" said Mush pointing to the sign
This wasn't good
Azure's POV
After the show, we went outside. Jack lights up a cigarette, the only thing about him that I dislike. Oh well nobody's perfect.
"So, you like that?"
"Oh, I loved that. I loved it. It was great. She is beautiful. How do you know her?"
"She was a friend of me fadder's. Come on, Les, you wanna shine me shoes for me?"
"Oh, it's getting late. My parents are going to be worried. What about yours?"
"Nah, they're out west looking for a place to live, like this." He pulls out a Santa Fe brochure "See, that Les? Santa Fe, New Mexico. As soon as they find the right ranch, they're gonna send for me."
"Then you'll be a real cowboy."
"Yup."
Suddenly there was fire and the sound of loud crashes. We run and see a riot breaking out. A group of men are beating up another man.
"Jack! Why don't we go to my place and divvy up. You can meet my folks."
NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"It's the trolley strike, Dave. These couple of dumb-asses must not have joined or something."
"Jack, let's get out of here."
"No let's stay! Please, we don't really need to go,do we?" I pleaded
"My mom will give you a home cooked meal" David said back
We were at war.
"Why don't we go to Tibby's, yeah, let's go to Tibby's!"
"Are you kidding that place is so expensive! It would cost us more than our whole day wage!"
You are so not my favorite person right now David!
I had to think of something, and fast!
Suddenly it came to me!
"OOWWW!" I cried holding my stomach.
"Are you okay?!" Jack said very concerned.
"No, I think I need to go to the hospital?!"
The crowd was so loud that we could hardly hear eachother.
"Nonsense, she probably has a stomach ache from all that candy she and Les ate. Here, let's take her to my place, she needs to lie down!"
"No! I need to go to a hospital!"
"OOWWW!"
"Maybe she should go to the hospital!" Jack said in my defense
"What can a hospital do for her? Besides do you know how expensive it is? I don't think you have that kind of money. All you need is some rest and you'll be better in the morning"
"How can you be so sure? She's screaming in pain!"
"Trust me! She'll be alright." David said as if he knew that I was faking.
I was losing! I couldn't think of anything else to do to prevent this. Nothing worked! I literally had to be dragged to David's apartment, I was kicking, screaming , and pleading with them to go someplace else, somewhere else but David's apartment.
We arrived, I was on the verge of tears, David just thought it was because I was in pain.
"My God. What happened? Is she alright?!"
"Nothing, mama. She has a bit of a stomach pain, nothing too serious"
"Here, let's put the poor girl down to rest, she must feel feverish"
I wasn't listening to the rest of what David and his Mom were saying.
And then I saw HER. HER with her perfect hair, her perfect looks and perfect everything. I wanted to beat the crap out of her, I wanted to just throw her out the window, or take the scissors and cut off her unreal perfect hair! Anything to keep HER away from my one true love! But all I could do was just sit there on the bed and just stare at her with anger.Jack hasn't seen her yet, he was still behind David in the doorway. Any second David was going to introduce him to HER and Jack will completely forget about me.
"Well, half of it's Jack and Azure's. This is our selling partners, and our friends. Jack Kelly, Azure, my parents. And that's my sister, Sarah."
NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
They stared at each other both lingering their eyes. It was over! The chances of Jack and me being together were gone! There's no way I can win him back! No way!
David's family sat us down to eat, I was on the bed behind the table lying down, Sarah gave me a bowl of the soup. I gave her an evil look, and then she gave me an evil grin back.
"So, from what I saw today, you're boys are a couple of born newsies. Can I have some more?"
"Yes" Sarah said, even though she never gets him more soup.
I was so mad I couldn't even eat.
"So with their hard work and my experience, I figure we can peddle a thousand papes a week and not even break a sweat."
"That many?"
"More when the headline's good."
He was looking towards me with his deep eyes and smiling, it sent shivers through my spine. He's so gorgeous!
"So what makes the headline good?"
And that's when I realized that he wasn't smiling to me, but to Sarah!
"Words like maniac, corpse, nude! Everybody knows that!" I blurted out, totally stealing Jack's line.
They all went silent and were looking at me, shocked or something like they knew that I stole Jack's line.
"Well Sarah, why don't you go get the cake your mother's hiding in the cabinet!" He said, ending the silence……..
"Oh! That's for your birthday tomorrow!" She said like she just remembered that she had to say that line.
Something was very wrong here.
"Well, I've had enough birthdays. This is a celebration."
"I'll get the knife." You better keep that away from me!
"I got the plates." You say that a little too enthusiastically, they're just plates!
"This is only the beginning, papa. The longer I work, the more money I'll make."
"You'll only work until I go back to the factory, and then you are going back to school, like you promised."
"Happy-birthday, papa."
"This is going to heal, and they'll give me my job back. We'll make them"
David's mom came over to me to give me a piece of cake and stopped when she saw that I hadn't touched my soup.
"How come you didn't eat your soup? You're so flustered"
"I'm fine! I'm much better now!" I said getting up from the bed
"I should go now!"
"You're not going anywhere missy!" She said pushing me back on the bed
"Not when you're sick like that!"
Okay, I lost the chance to be with Jack, and I lost the chance to kiss him, but I am sure as hell not going to miss the chance to watch him sing Santa Fe live! So help me!
"I assure you, I'm not sick! I'm really quite fine"
"Sarah, does she look sick to you?"
Sarah gave me an evil smile and then said
"Oh my! She looks like she's running a fever! I think she should stay over night!"
NO!
"I have to agree with you, Sarah, we don't want her to get sicker" Her mom said
"No I'm alright, Please I must go! I can't stay with you guys!"
"Oh but we insist! You can't go out like that, here lay down"
I looked out to see David and Jack standing at the fire escape, Jack was preparing to leave. No Jack! Stay here! Save me from the Jacobs! Oh no! What about Loud Mouth?! She has nowhere to stay, unless she made it to Brooklyn!
Everything is ruined! It's over! There's no hope for and Jack and I! No hope!