A/N: Number five! I'm nervous!!!! I worked really hard, and from the heart. It's kinda corny but you should like it anyway. I got my fingers crossed!
CHAPTER FIVE
…One Month Later…
Kay woke up to a tapping at her window, much like little rocks pounding on the glass. She sat up in her bed in her plain white tee, her silk "Care Bear" p.j. pants, and her hair in a messy bun. She got out of bed and put her stars and moons terri-clothe bathrobe on. She stumbled over to her window and glared out. To her surprise, she saw Mush standing in her backyard with a handfull of tiny rocks happily staring up at her. She carefully slid the window open.
"Mush, what are you doing its two in the morning!", Kay tried to whisper, but not too softly so he could hear her.
"Ise couldn't stop thinking bout ya. Ise never felt dis way before. I love everyting about ya. The way your hair shines, and feels, and smells. The way your beautiful brown eyes glisten when Ise tell ya that Ise love ya. And especially the way your smile makes me shiver every time Ise sees it. I love ya, Kay. I've neva felt dis way before. I want to make everything that makes you sad go away. I want to be with Youse for the rest of my life.", Mush paused as if overwhelmed with everything he just said. "Ise never said dat to anyone before, but I meant it all. Ise just wanted ya to know dat."
"Hold on a minute.", Kay responded looking like she was about to cry in joy. She appeared not even two minutes later wearing a baggy sweatshirt, blue jeans, and a bit of make up. She had let her hair down, letting it lightly rest perfectly straight, except for the ends in tiny ringlets, upon her shoulders as she climbed out of the window onto the porch roof just below it. Mush got the hint she was about to jump and ran to the side of the porch to catch her. As she slowly lowered herself off of the roof, she felt Mush's hands glide up her legs to her waist. She released herself having complete faith and trust in him. He caught her as if she weighed absolutely nothing. He held her for only a moment then let her go allowing her to wrap her arms around him and give him a warm kiss.
"What are we doing? Where are we going?", Kay asked laughing at the thought of them just walking around into no where.
"I don't know. Anywhere Youse wantsta go."
She thought for a minute, "I know, come on.", Kay said with a mischievous look on her face. After they walked quite a ways she led him to an abandoned drive in right under the moonlit sky. Hundreds of stars sparkled over them leaving both of them in complete awe.
"It's so beautiful.", Mush said gazing into the sky.
"Isn't it. Doesn't it make you want to stay here forever." They sat down, Kay sitting in front of Mush in his buff arms. It was ridiculously cold that night, but Kay and Mush never felt it, they just stared into the sky all night lost in its beauty.
Around four they knew they had to get home, especially Kay before anyone even knew she was gone. When they got to Kay's house, it was lit up with every single light on it the house. "Oh no" Kay thought to herself.
"Where the hell have you been? We were worried sick about you! You didn't even leave a note or anything!", Kay's mother screamed out the door. "Get in the house before you sick, and who is that with you? Is that who you've been gallivanting around town with!? Some boy I've never even met! Then you just dissapear of into the night with him! What did you do? You had sex didn't you! I knew something was wrong with you. You are probably drunk or high! I can't believe you! You're lucky this isn't the 60's because your ass would be so whipped o hard right now you'd be in the hospital!", Kay's mother went on making false acusations about Mush and Kay. They just stood there in the light reflecting off of the house. Finally they came inside.
"Ma'am I'm Mush. Sir (shaking Kay's fathers' hand). I understand Youse was worried, I'm truly sorry bout dat, but wese wasn't doin any drugs or nuthin, and I mean nuthin. Dere's nothing to worry bout", Mush tried to explain.
"You keep your mouth shut, this is between my daughter and her family.", Kay's mother snapped.
"Yes ma'am.", Mush shamefully responded.
"How dare you!? I work so hard trying to raise you right and you screw up like this? I don't even know what to do with you. I knew you were a bad egg since the day you were born, I should have given you up when I had the chance. I'm so ashamed.", Kay's mother angrily whined.
"Now wait a minute, your mother does not mean that!", Kay's father chimed in.
"Yes I do, we almost gave you up when you were five. We knew you'd turn out wrong but hoped for the best. Now look at you, overweight, underprivileged, have you accomplished anything? Why couldn't you be like Tim. He wrestles, plays lacrosse, plays guitar, he has the talent to do anything. And your sister, Kaitlyn, she got that brains, but you, you got nothing. Just bad seeds that's all", Kay's mother shared.
"What? I play lacrosse, and the guitar! I've been in plenty of plays. How can you say that?", Kay screamed.
"Now you don't mean that Cynthia.", Kay's fathered turned to her mother.
"I most definitely do." she responded disappointed in the way her youngest child had turned out.
Kay ran out of the house, not saying a word, tears pouring down her face, Mush running after her.
"Good, leave.", her mother hollered back.
"Wait, wait Kay, wait up!", Mush screamed charging after her. She ran crying and so hurt. She dropped to the ground, kicking and screaming, pounding the dirt wishing it all away. Everything her mother said. Hoping it was a bad dream. The pain just wouldn't go away. It cut her heart open and just let the wound bleed. Mush ran to her side trying to stop immediately, sliding sideways in the mud. He grabbed her in his arms holding her tightly. "I'm here, I'm here." For once it seemed like Mush's bad use of English ran away from him. His once irresistible bone structure and muscular shape left him, leaving him to be nothing but everything to Kay. She needed him then more than anyone, and as bad as her heart ached, it already began healing that couple hours on the cold, wet, muddy ground in his arms. He was never going to leave her and she could feel that vibe coming from him.
Mush eventually carried Kay to the Inn after she fell asleep in his arms, and brought her to his room. He layer her sleeping body under the sheets, taking her shoes of and wiping her dried tears off of her cheeks.
"What da hell are you doin?", Jack questioned as he sat up in his bed not far from Mush's.
"Shut up and go back to sleep. I'll tell Youse latah.", Mush responded. He slid into the bed, lying right next to Kay, holding her body and slowing entering his dreams.
Kay woke up to an empty room, and an empty bed. It took her a minute to figure out where she was. There was dried up mud on her jeans, and the sheets of the bed. She heard low voices coming from the other side of the door. She knew they were talking about her. She waited for, who she thought was Skittery, to stop talking before she opened the door. Every single newsie in that room looked up into her eyes with the most sympathetic look on their faces she had ever seen. She was extremely embarrassed, and a little upset with Mush because he told everyone.
"Heya sweetheart, hows ya feelin?", Mush asked as Kay approached the chair he was sitting in.
"Fine, I'm just fine.", she said sitting down on his lap. They just sat there in each others arms, Mush completely aware that Kay was anything but fine. Kay shivered and pulled in closer to Mush depending on him for warmth.
"Insteada goin out tahday with everyone else, we can stay in, if Youse wansta.", Mush recommended.
"That'd be nice.", Kay quietly whispered in Mush's ear trying to hold back tears. They just basically sat there holding each other all day.
Meanwhile…
Everyone else was headed across town looking for something to do.
"Why'd wese hafta bring her where wese go every time!", Spot said looking at Fighter with pure hatred.
"Spot! Cause she's our friend. Come on you like her, admit it.", Hoods said elbowing Spot.
"Youse lucky Youse a lady cuz I woulda just ripped your arm off!", Spot angrily scowled.
"Why do you always have to be so hostile!", Hoods responded and stomped off. They walked a little further and saw a bowling alley. They went inside and tried to explain bowling to the newsies. They bowled a couple games and then just sat there watching Snitch try to beat his recently set bowling high score.
No one knew why Kay and Mush were absent from the games that day untill Jack explained the story for them, word for word. Even Kay's closest friend's who knew her parents very well were shocked to hear the news.
"Thank god Mush was there, or I bet she would of killed herself!", Dary said.
"If Ise was dere, I woulda taken her mudda out!", Spot told as he punched his right fist into his left hand.
"No you wouldn't, stop acting so tough!", Fighter complained to Spot.
"Ise woulda! Like Youse would know. An Ise am tough! Da toughest one dere is, specially in Brooklyn!", Spot responded defending himself. Fighter rolled her eyes.
"Enough about Brooklyn! For gods sake I've heard enough about it! If you love Brooklyn so much why don't you go back there!" By this time they were both standing up screaming each others faces. Spot all of a sudden out of no where grabbed her and attempted to make out with her. She quickly pulled away and punched him so hard she left his face red. Then again he was mostly embarrassed, but that punch definitely did sting. She ran off into the bathroom. Hoods, Eri, Dary, and Sulli came running in after her.
"How dare he! Who does he think he is, or who does he think I am! Does he think I would just kiss someone without going out with them, and we were in the middle of an argument! I hate that selfish, lowlife, conceited, bratty, Brooklyn loving boy! He thinks he's better then everyone else!" Randy went on and on. Everyone could hear her through the bathroom door and the boys were cracking up, rolling on the ground.
"Eh, shut up Youse, Youse…!", Spot raised his arm back to Snipeshooter rolling around at his feet, and Sinpeshooter continued to laugh hysterically. Fighter swung the door open and stifly stomped out of the restroom. She snickered at Spot with flames in her eyes as she walked by him. Spot's face still had a red fist-print.
That night while a few people were still up, Spot went up to the door to Fighter's room and knocked on it. She opened the door…
"What?", she asked with an attitude.
"Ise just wanted to apologize for tahday. I had no right tah do dat."
"Darn right you didn't!", Fighter screamed in Spot's face.
"Will ya let me finish!", Fighter leaned back and folded her arms, "Ise was just wonderin, if sometime Youse wanted tah go out. Maybe. Just me and Youse?", Spot suggested looking like he was serious.
"I'll think about it.", Fighter replied sticking her nose in the air.
"Uhhh, o-o-o-h o.k. Goodnight.", Spot said and walked away, Fighter with her nose still in the air. She let her head down and gave out a smile, tiny, microscopic shriek of excitement, smiled, and went back into her room.
NEXT DAY
"What the?", Spot said scratching himself and rubbing his eye as he opened his room door. "Oh Fighter!", Spot said as he stood stiff as a board seeing how poor Fighter just had to witness him scratching himself.
"Listen, I thought about it, and we can go on a date. But I'm not making any promises for the next one, if there is even going to be a next one.", Fighter tried not to smile.
"Deal. How bout tonight?", Spot asked now more relaxed.
"Great!, I mean umm yeah sure, that's cool.", Fighter tried to hide her excitement.
THAT NIGHT
"Wow. Spot and Fighter. Never even saw it coming.", Eri said watching Fighter put her make-up on. Yes, Fighter was wearing make-up! This must be a big occasion.
"Hey does anyone know how Kay's holding up?", Hoods asked concerned.
"Well I've seen her around. She seemed perfectly normal to me. But her Mush have hardly ever left that room.", Fighter said now brushing her hair.
"Well she's pretty good at hiding her feelings.", Dary responded.
"Yeah.", Hinsey added.
"You know, I'm gunna go check on them. See what their up too!", Hoods said walking out the door. "Don't miss me too much!", she said smiling.
"We won't!", Heath said smirking back.
"Hey Heath, weren't you and Spot together?", Hinsey asked turning to her.
"What! No! He's too old for me! Why'd you think that?", Heath asked.
"Well you guys looked pretty cozy on the train.", Cass added.
"Oh no, we were just talking.", Heath said turning around.
MEANWHILE…
"Come in", Hoods heard Mush say when she knocked on his room door. "Oh heya Hoods! How ya been?", he asked.
"Pretty good, you?
"Alright. Ya know with the whole Kay thing goin on. She's still pretty upset.", Mush said.
"I bet, where is she?", Mush pointed to the bathroom door as it opened and Kay came walking out. She stopped right in her tracks.
"Oh hey Hoods, what's up?", Kay asked acting as if nothing was wrong. All of a sudden they heard a door swing open and slam into the wall. A bunch of people opening more doors, stomping around, breaking stuff. Mush opened the door, Kay to the bathroom from the position behind Mush.
"Oh No!", Mush said as he stared straight forward in utter fear.
A/N: HAHA LEFT YA ON A CLIFF HANGER! Hehe this is gunna be fun torturing all of you! lol
CHAPTER FIVE
…One Month Later…
Kay woke up to a tapping at her window, much like little rocks pounding on the glass. She sat up in her bed in her plain white tee, her silk "Care Bear" p.j. pants, and her hair in a messy bun. She got out of bed and put her stars and moons terri-clothe bathrobe on. She stumbled over to her window and glared out. To her surprise, she saw Mush standing in her backyard with a handfull of tiny rocks happily staring up at her. She carefully slid the window open.
"Mush, what are you doing its two in the morning!", Kay tried to whisper, but not too softly so he could hear her.
"Ise couldn't stop thinking bout ya. Ise never felt dis way before. I love everyting about ya. The way your hair shines, and feels, and smells. The way your beautiful brown eyes glisten when Ise tell ya that Ise love ya. And especially the way your smile makes me shiver every time Ise sees it. I love ya, Kay. I've neva felt dis way before. I want to make everything that makes you sad go away. I want to be with Youse for the rest of my life.", Mush paused as if overwhelmed with everything he just said. "Ise never said dat to anyone before, but I meant it all. Ise just wanted ya to know dat."
"Hold on a minute.", Kay responded looking like she was about to cry in joy. She appeared not even two minutes later wearing a baggy sweatshirt, blue jeans, and a bit of make up. She had let her hair down, letting it lightly rest perfectly straight, except for the ends in tiny ringlets, upon her shoulders as she climbed out of the window onto the porch roof just below it. Mush got the hint she was about to jump and ran to the side of the porch to catch her. As she slowly lowered herself off of the roof, she felt Mush's hands glide up her legs to her waist. She released herself having complete faith and trust in him. He caught her as if she weighed absolutely nothing. He held her for only a moment then let her go allowing her to wrap her arms around him and give him a warm kiss.
"What are we doing? Where are we going?", Kay asked laughing at the thought of them just walking around into no where.
"I don't know. Anywhere Youse wantsta go."
She thought for a minute, "I know, come on.", Kay said with a mischievous look on her face. After they walked quite a ways she led him to an abandoned drive in right under the moonlit sky. Hundreds of stars sparkled over them leaving both of them in complete awe.
"It's so beautiful.", Mush said gazing into the sky.
"Isn't it. Doesn't it make you want to stay here forever." They sat down, Kay sitting in front of Mush in his buff arms. It was ridiculously cold that night, but Kay and Mush never felt it, they just stared into the sky all night lost in its beauty.
Around four they knew they had to get home, especially Kay before anyone even knew she was gone. When they got to Kay's house, it was lit up with every single light on it the house. "Oh no" Kay thought to herself.
"Where the hell have you been? We were worried sick about you! You didn't even leave a note or anything!", Kay's mother screamed out the door. "Get in the house before you sick, and who is that with you? Is that who you've been gallivanting around town with!? Some boy I've never even met! Then you just dissapear of into the night with him! What did you do? You had sex didn't you! I knew something was wrong with you. You are probably drunk or high! I can't believe you! You're lucky this isn't the 60's because your ass would be so whipped o hard right now you'd be in the hospital!", Kay's mother went on making false acusations about Mush and Kay. They just stood there in the light reflecting off of the house. Finally they came inside.
"Ma'am I'm Mush. Sir (shaking Kay's fathers' hand). I understand Youse was worried, I'm truly sorry bout dat, but wese wasn't doin any drugs or nuthin, and I mean nuthin. Dere's nothing to worry bout", Mush tried to explain.
"You keep your mouth shut, this is between my daughter and her family.", Kay's mother snapped.
"Yes ma'am.", Mush shamefully responded.
"How dare you!? I work so hard trying to raise you right and you screw up like this? I don't even know what to do with you. I knew you were a bad egg since the day you were born, I should have given you up when I had the chance. I'm so ashamed.", Kay's mother angrily whined.
"Now wait a minute, your mother does not mean that!", Kay's father chimed in.
"Yes I do, we almost gave you up when you were five. We knew you'd turn out wrong but hoped for the best. Now look at you, overweight, underprivileged, have you accomplished anything? Why couldn't you be like Tim. He wrestles, plays lacrosse, plays guitar, he has the talent to do anything. And your sister, Kaitlyn, she got that brains, but you, you got nothing. Just bad seeds that's all", Kay's mother shared.
"What? I play lacrosse, and the guitar! I've been in plenty of plays. How can you say that?", Kay screamed.
"Now you don't mean that Cynthia.", Kay's fathered turned to her mother.
"I most definitely do." she responded disappointed in the way her youngest child had turned out.
Kay ran out of the house, not saying a word, tears pouring down her face, Mush running after her.
"Good, leave.", her mother hollered back.
"Wait, wait Kay, wait up!", Mush screamed charging after her. She ran crying and so hurt. She dropped to the ground, kicking and screaming, pounding the dirt wishing it all away. Everything her mother said. Hoping it was a bad dream. The pain just wouldn't go away. It cut her heart open and just let the wound bleed. Mush ran to her side trying to stop immediately, sliding sideways in the mud. He grabbed her in his arms holding her tightly. "I'm here, I'm here." For once it seemed like Mush's bad use of English ran away from him. His once irresistible bone structure and muscular shape left him, leaving him to be nothing but everything to Kay. She needed him then more than anyone, and as bad as her heart ached, it already began healing that couple hours on the cold, wet, muddy ground in his arms. He was never going to leave her and she could feel that vibe coming from him.
Mush eventually carried Kay to the Inn after she fell asleep in his arms, and brought her to his room. He layer her sleeping body under the sheets, taking her shoes of and wiping her dried tears off of her cheeks.
"What da hell are you doin?", Jack questioned as he sat up in his bed not far from Mush's.
"Shut up and go back to sleep. I'll tell Youse latah.", Mush responded. He slid into the bed, lying right next to Kay, holding her body and slowing entering his dreams.
Kay woke up to an empty room, and an empty bed. It took her a minute to figure out where she was. There was dried up mud on her jeans, and the sheets of the bed. She heard low voices coming from the other side of the door. She knew they were talking about her. She waited for, who she thought was Skittery, to stop talking before she opened the door. Every single newsie in that room looked up into her eyes with the most sympathetic look on their faces she had ever seen. She was extremely embarrassed, and a little upset with Mush because he told everyone.
"Heya sweetheart, hows ya feelin?", Mush asked as Kay approached the chair he was sitting in.
"Fine, I'm just fine.", she said sitting down on his lap. They just sat there in each others arms, Mush completely aware that Kay was anything but fine. Kay shivered and pulled in closer to Mush depending on him for warmth.
"Insteada goin out tahday with everyone else, we can stay in, if Youse wansta.", Mush recommended.
"That'd be nice.", Kay quietly whispered in Mush's ear trying to hold back tears. They just basically sat there holding each other all day.
Meanwhile…
Everyone else was headed across town looking for something to do.
"Why'd wese hafta bring her where wese go every time!", Spot said looking at Fighter with pure hatred.
"Spot! Cause she's our friend. Come on you like her, admit it.", Hoods said elbowing Spot.
"Youse lucky Youse a lady cuz I woulda just ripped your arm off!", Spot angrily scowled.
"Why do you always have to be so hostile!", Hoods responded and stomped off. They walked a little further and saw a bowling alley. They went inside and tried to explain bowling to the newsies. They bowled a couple games and then just sat there watching Snitch try to beat his recently set bowling high score.
No one knew why Kay and Mush were absent from the games that day untill Jack explained the story for them, word for word. Even Kay's closest friend's who knew her parents very well were shocked to hear the news.
"Thank god Mush was there, or I bet she would of killed herself!", Dary said.
"If Ise was dere, I woulda taken her mudda out!", Spot told as he punched his right fist into his left hand.
"No you wouldn't, stop acting so tough!", Fighter complained to Spot.
"Ise woulda! Like Youse would know. An Ise am tough! Da toughest one dere is, specially in Brooklyn!", Spot responded defending himself. Fighter rolled her eyes.
"Enough about Brooklyn! For gods sake I've heard enough about it! If you love Brooklyn so much why don't you go back there!" By this time they were both standing up screaming each others faces. Spot all of a sudden out of no where grabbed her and attempted to make out with her. She quickly pulled away and punched him so hard she left his face red. Then again he was mostly embarrassed, but that punch definitely did sting. She ran off into the bathroom. Hoods, Eri, Dary, and Sulli came running in after her.
"How dare he! Who does he think he is, or who does he think I am! Does he think I would just kiss someone without going out with them, and we were in the middle of an argument! I hate that selfish, lowlife, conceited, bratty, Brooklyn loving boy! He thinks he's better then everyone else!" Randy went on and on. Everyone could hear her through the bathroom door and the boys were cracking up, rolling on the ground.
"Eh, shut up Youse, Youse…!", Spot raised his arm back to Snipeshooter rolling around at his feet, and Sinpeshooter continued to laugh hysterically. Fighter swung the door open and stifly stomped out of the restroom. She snickered at Spot with flames in her eyes as she walked by him. Spot's face still had a red fist-print.
That night while a few people were still up, Spot went up to the door to Fighter's room and knocked on it. She opened the door…
"What?", she asked with an attitude.
"Ise just wanted to apologize for tahday. I had no right tah do dat."
"Darn right you didn't!", Fighter screamed in Spot's face.
"Will ya let me finish!", Fighter leaned back and folded her arms, "Ise was just wonderin, if sometime Youse wanted tah go out. Maybe. Just me and Youse?", Spot suggested looking like he was serious.
"I'll think about it.", Fighter replied sticking her nose in the air.
"Uhhh, o-o-o-h o.k. Goodnight.", Spot said and walked away, Fighter with her nose still in the air. She let her head down and gave out a smile, tiny, microscopic shriek of excitement, smiled, and went back into her room.
NEXT DAY
"What the?", Spot said scratching himself and rubbing his eye as he opened his room door. "Oh Fighter!", Spot said as he stood stiff as a board seeing how poor Fighter just had to witness him scratching himself.
"Listen, I thought about it, and we can go on a date. But I'm not making any promises for the next one, if there is even going to be a next one.", Fighter tried not to smile.
"Deal. How bout tonight?", Spot asked now more relaxed.
"Great!, I mean umm yeah sure, that's cool.", Fighter tried to hide her excitement.
THAT NIGHT
"Wow. Spot and Fighter. Never even saw it coming.", Eri said watching Fighter put her make-up on. Yes, Fighter was wearing make-up! This must be a big occasion.
"Hey does anyone know how Kay's holding up?", Hoods asked concerned.
"Well I've seen her around. She seemed perfectly normal to me. But her Mush have hardly ever left that room.", Fighter said now brushing her hair.
"Well she's pretty good at hiding her feelings.", Dary responded.
"Yeah.", Hinsey added.
"You know, I'm gunna go check on them. See what their up too!", Hoods said walking out the door. "Don't miss me too much!", she said smiling.
"We won't!", Heath said smirking back.
"Hey Heath, weren't you and Spot together?", Hinsey asked turning to her.
"What! No! He's too old for me! Why'd you think that?", Heath asked.
"Well you guys looked pretty cozy on the train.", Cass added.
"Oh no, we were just talking.", Heath said turning around.
MEANWHILE…
"Come in", Hoods heard Mush say when she knocked on his room door. "Oh heya Hoods! How ya been?", he asked.
"Pretty good, you?
"Alright. Ya know with the whole Kay thing goin on. She's still pretty upset.", Mush said.
"I bet, where is she?", Mush pointed to the bathroom door as it opened and Kay came walking out. She stopped right in her tracks.
"Oh hey Hoods, what's up?", Kay asked acting as if nothing was wrong. All of a sudden they heard a door swing open and slam into the wall. A bunch of people opening more doors, stomping around, breaking stuff. Mush opened the door, Kay to the bathroom from the position behind Mush.
"Oh No!", Mush said as he stared straight forward in utter fear.
A/N: HAHA LEFT YA ON A CLIFF HANGER! Hehe this is gunna be fun torturing all of you! lol