Wheehee!!

BUMLETS: *does fan-spin*

Ah... beautiful. What's even MORE beautiful is that I have the next chappie up! *smiles eagerly* But, before we resume our regularly scheduled chappie, I present to you some more shout outs!! Woot!!

~LET: Yay for destoyin' all mankind!! *shines nails on shirt* Yep, I thought that was a particularly nice touch...

~ZIPPY: *salutes* Yes ma'am! I'm updating!! Right now as a matter of fact... heh, what are the odds? =)

~RAVEN: Yes, yes, yes... the pure, unadulterated smut-ness of you in the car with Spot!! *laughs all evilly* I am so very scarred for life after all this... *looks for a good therapist*

~EVENSTAR: *Huggles* Hey, baby! Yeah, I watched "Grease" right after I started writing the fic... 'twas very great! I really reccomend that to anyone! It's so funny, picturing our boys in leather and greaser-do's... *grins*

~DAKKI: *sighs* Yes, I know... love IS like oxygen... *hums the rest of "Elephant Love Medley" to herself... envisions Jack as Christian...* GAH! I never thought of that!! Jack... Christian... WOOT!

~CHELSEA: Oh. My. God. I love the fact that you love me! Or my story, anyway... gah. *smiles stupidly* Yes, Denton is SO the true Vince Fontaine... but I think I said that already... *coughs*

~BROWNIE: *rubs hands* I know!! I can't wait until we get Bumlets in here! Which is actually gonna be... *checks* THIS chapter!! *is so excited now* It's your lucky day, sunshine... =)

~SAPPHY: *Great Big Massive Huggles* Thank you for defending my honor with a Super Soaker, darling! I love you even more now... Yummy, Jack looks friggin' HOT when he's all wet... DO IT AGAIN! Ha ha! Oh. And Mush wants to challenge you to a water gun duel... *shrugs* I jus' deliver the messages!

~KAYLEE: Yeah, er... sorry about that! *frowns* Don't worry, you weren't bein' nasty! *smiles* I was... kinda. Aw, let's just skip it, shall we? *smile* Thankies again for readin', sweets! Oh, and I know Race is yours... he sure belongs to a lot of you, doesn't he? Hmm.

~FIFI: *tries to visualize socks being rocked HARDCORE* Interesting... *strokes chin thoughtfully* And... SURPRISE!! This is an update! So get readin', baby love!! *smile*

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CHAPTER THREE- ANGSTY LOVE AND FAN-SPINNING ANGELS...

((It's a few weeks later. Scene? Tibby's. I mean, where else? There were no Frosty Palaces in Newsie-land! Augh, just skip it. Anyway, here we are at Tibby's, the chief hangout of DA PINK LADIES, DA T-BOIDS, and, well, whoever else happens to come along. So, what is STAGEY up to now that JACK broke her heart? Well, let's just see...))

STAGEY: *sitting all alone at a booth, looks longingly at JACK across the room* What a jerk...

((SKITTERY, THE UBER JOCK, enters conveniently, kind of falling into the booth.))

SKITTERY: Uh... whoops. *dusts himself off*

STAGEY: *with a sudden urge to get her butt on the rebound* Hey, you're cute...

SKITTERY: You serious? *is all excited*

STAGEY: Wanna go out?

SKITTERY: Yeah, okay... *smiles stupidly*

((Jeez, that was quick. Reminds me of the ol' kindergarten days...))

JACK: *sees the goings-on* Hey... look over there.

RACE: Look, Stagey got herself another chump!

BLINK: *snickers*

MUSH: You sure are screwed, Jack! She jus' dumped you for a jock! *dies laughing*

JACK: Shuddup!! *turns to SPOT* What do you think, Spot?

SPOT: Can't you see that I'm a li'l BUSY, Jack?... *resumes sucking face with RAVEN*

RAVEN: *sitting in SPOT's lap, giggles to herself*

((JACK watches STAGEY and SKITTERY intently, and he decides to go over there... but he's stopped by CANARIE SIMCOX, a girl who's always prepared to use her feminine wiles to get the man she wants.))

CANARIE: *with her perky smile* Heyyy Jack... *throws arms around him*

JACK: *trying to wriggle free like a boa constrictor's victim* Uh... I can't talk.

CANARIE: Aw... why not? Not goin' after that Stagey again, are you? She won't want you back! After all, you DID completely humiliate her at the game a while back.

JACK: How did you know that?

CANARIE: *shrugs* G.B.N.

JACK: *is obviously oblivious*

CANARIE: *spells it out for him* Girls' Bathroom Network.

JACK: *walks away* Look, I gotta go...

CANARIE: *calling after him desperately* Call me!

((Meanwhile... MAYO and HOPE are sitting at a booth near the BOIDS, doing the usual girly chat...))

MAYO: *checks her watch* Where's Sapphy?

HOPE: I don't know... Sheesh. I wish she hadn't dropped out of Rydell... Jus' between you an' me, she doesn't make a good beauty school student.

SAPPHY: *rushes in* Oh my gosh!! I'm sorry, girls! I had to clean up after manicuring class... My nails still smell like varnish. *sniffs them*

MAYO: Sapphy... c'mon, we miss you!

HOPE: Yeah. Come back to Rydell!

SAPPHY: C'mon, girls! I told you this a zillion times! I don't wanna go back! Beauty school is, um... a good direction for me.

MUSH: *slides in all of a sudden* Then why is your hair blue?

((Suddenly, everyone finally notices that "something different" about SAPPHY: Her hair fits her name... tinted like peacock-blue ink.))

SAPPHY: Well... y'know. I jus' had some trouble in tinting class...

MAYO: *rolls her eyes* Sure, sure... *turns to RACE* Hey! Where's my escort?

RACE: *darts in* I'm comin'!! *snags her hand* Come on, luscious, let's blow this joint!

MAYO: *is pleasantly surprised* Right-o! Later, girls! An' Sapphy? *shakes her head* Get that hair under control!

HOPE: 'Bye, Mayo! *looks wistfully as MAYO and RACE leave*

BLINK: *figures that this is as good an oppportunity as any... clears his throat* Uh, Hope?...

HOPE: *turns around* Yeah, what?

BLINK: *gets it all over with* I-think-you're-wonderful-will-you-please-my-girlfriend?

HOPE: *eyes narrow* Okay... WHAT, now?

BLINK: I love you!! *clamps mouth shut* Holy crap...

HOPE: Oh my God!! I love you, too!! *takes his arm and whisks him out the door*

((Cut to SPOT and RAVEN, who are seriously making a scene.))

SPOT: *pulls away* You ain't kissin' back no more!

RAVEN: *sighs* Jesus, Spot! We've only been doin' this for two and-a-half hours straight! Can't we get something to eat... or move to the next level... or SOMETHING?

SPOT: What'sa matter, wit' you, Rave? You got the personality of a wet mop!

RAVEN: Hey, look buddy boy, don't you pull that crap with me, okay?

SPOT: I gotta good mind to finish with you, you know that? *gives the ol' eyeball to a girl passing by*

GIRL: Teehee!!

RAVEN: You little... *can't think of a word bad enough to call Spot* ERGH!! *tosses her soda in his face and walks away* Get out of my way, Conlon!

SPOT: *chases after her frantically* RAVEN! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!

((And we're back to STAGEY, trying desperately to look entertained with SKITTERY, her new boyfriend...))

SKITTERY: ...So anyway, I said to the guy: "That's no llama! That's my algebra book!" HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

STAGEY: *smiles, laughs nice and loud to make Jack pissed off* You're so funny, Skits...

SKITTERY: *beams* She called me Skits!

STAGEY: Hey, can I get a nickel for the jukebox?

SKITTERY: *digs around in his pocket and hands her one* Anything for you, sweetie!

STAGEY: *smiles* Thanks. *goes over to the jukebox, where, conveniently enough, JACK is lounging*

JACK: *composes himself quickly* Uh, Stagey... hey. *coughs*

STAGEY: *without making eye contact* Oh. Hello.

JACK: Why are you still mad at me?

STAGEY: Who said I was mad at you?

JACK: *indicates SKITTERY* So, what're you doin' cavortin' around with that jock strap, then?

STAGEY: *rolls her eyes* That's not fair! I can see whoever I want... *like in a Lifetime movie* It's not like YOU would care anyway, right? I'm just so glad that Skittery's such a simple guy... *waves to him as he approaches*

SKITTERY: *with that territorial male ape kind of thing* Are you ready to go, princess?

STAGEY: Sure... *takes his arm* Goodbye, Jack.

JACK: Stagey! Come on!! *growls, punching the jukebox* 'Ey, Mush! I wanna get out of here! Let's go get somethin' to eat... I'm hungry!

MUSH: *puzzled* But Jack... we're IN a restaurant...

JACK: Mush!! Did I ASK for your opinion?!

MUSH: *smiles at his sapphire-haired girlfriend* Guess that's my cue to leave... *kisses her cheek* You wanna come with us?

SAPPHY: *absent-mindedly* Ah, no thanks... I think I'll stay here for awhile.

MUSH: But it's all empty now...

SAPPHY: I'll. Be. Okay! *smiles* Go on, now!!

((As MUSH leaves with a very pissed-off JACK, SAPPHY is all alone at Tibby's. She decides that now is as good a time as any to exercise some praying skills...))

SAPPHY: *like a little kid* Okay... so God? Or whoever's up there... *sighs* I don't know if I'm cut out for bein' a beauty school student. You think that if you ain't too busy, you could send me some kinda sign? *pauses* Yeah. Okay. Thank yew!

((She prepares to get up, when all of a sudden, the room gets all disco-looking. The ceiling fan is sent into wild motion by an initially invisible force. Then we see BUMLETS spinning gleefully on the fan as he gradually materializes. SAPPHY is, needless to say, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the sight.))

BUMLETS: *hops down from the fan* Heya, sweetie!

SAPPHY: *squeaks* You talkin' to ME?...

BUMLETS: Of course! I'm your guardian angel! *demonstrates his unearthly glorious self*

SAPPHY: So, er... what are you here for, anyway?

BUMLETS: Didn't you call for a sign? *checks the order form* Yep... you sure did.

SAPPHY: *looks up at the sky* Now that's what I call service!

BUMLETS: So, Sapphy... seems like you gotta problem. This whole beauty school thing... *snickers as he finally takes notice of SAPPHY's bizarrely blue 'do* Nice hair, sweetie...

SAPPHY: *is hurt* Hey! I can't help it! I just suck at tinting, that's all!

BUMLETS: *with arms folded* Well that should tell you something, right?

SAPPHY: Huh?

BUMLETS: *rolls eyes* Ah, okay baby, I'll spell it out for you: Your friends all love you! They don't want you becomin' no hair-cuttin' floozie! Besides which, you really suck at it. You almost made Stagey bleed to death when you tried piercin' her ears.

SAPPHY: Hmm... wow. *finally gets her epiphany* You're right!

BUMLETS: Always am! That's why I have this job! *smiles broadly* So, you're all set then?

SAPPHY: *shrugs* Sure... Oh! One more thing before you go?

BUMLETS: Yes? *turns around*

SAPPHY: Can I get some glass slippers an' go to the ball an' meet Prince Charming an' live happily ever after?

BUMLETS: Do I LOOK like a fairy godmother to you?! *under his breath* It was my last job... so sue me already!

SAPPHY: *snickers* Ha ha... you were a fairy godmother!!

BUMLETS: *rolls eyes* Okay. Well, look, I got more kids with problems, so you need anythin' else? For real?

SAPPHY: Er... no...

BUMLETS: *singing like the guy in "Grease"* Gotta be headin' to that malt shop in... the... sky... *twirls on the overhead fan until he gradually disappears*

SAPPHY: *pats heart* I think I'm in love...

MUSH: *tapping on the glass from outside* Sapphy? Who are you talkin' to in there?

SAPPHY: *all evasively* Uh... NO one!

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*Takes a bow* Well, there it is, the THIRD installment of "Greased Newsies"! Sorry it took so bloody long to do, by the way. I should be more 'chop-chop' after all my college admissions stuff is over and done with, which should be soon! PLEASE REVIEW, kids!! Thanks SO much!

Comin' up next chappie... Sapphy comes back to Rydell, Raven gets even with Spot, "the biggest thing to happen to Rydell High," and, of course, the ongoing Jack 'n' Stagey saga! Stay tuned to "Greased Newsies" for the next installment... coming soon!!